1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; modifying the issuance fee 
  1.3             for trout and salmon stamps, migratory waterfowl 
  1.4             stamps, and pheasant stamps; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1994, section 97A.485, subdivision 6. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.485, 
  1.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 6.  [LICENSES TO BE SOLD AND ISSUING FEES.] (a) 
  1.10  Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must sell 
  1.11  the following licenses for the license fee and the following 
  1.12  issuing fees:  
  1.13     (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the 
  1.14  issuing fee is $1; 
  1.15     (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and 
  1.16     (3) to take small game, for a person under age 65 to take 
  1.17  fish by angling or for a person of any age to take fish by 
  1.18  spearing, and to trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is 
  1.19  $1; 
  1.20     (4) for a trout and salmon stamp ~~that is not issued~~ 
  1.21  ~~simultaneously with an angling or sporting license, an~~, the 
  1.22  issuing fee ~~of~~ is 50 cents ~~may be charged at the discretion of~~ 
  1.23  ~~the authorized seller~~; ~~and~~ 
  1.24     (5) for ~~stamps other than~~ a ~~trout and salmon~~ migratory 
  1.25  waterfowl stamp, ~~there is no~~ the issuing fee is 50 cents; and 
  2.1      (6) for a pheasant stamp, the issuing fee is 50 cents. 
  2.2      (b) ~~An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a~~ 
  2.3   ~~trout and salmon stamp if a stamp is issued simultaneously with~~ 
  2.4   ~~the related angling or sporting license.~~  Only one issuing fee 
  2.5   may be collected when selling more than one ~~trout and salmon~~ 
  2.6   stamp in the same transaction after the end of the season for 
  2.7   which the stamp was issued. 
  2.8      (c) The auditor or subagent shall keep the issuing fee as a 
  2.9   commission for selling the licenses.  
  2.10     (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on 
  2.11  licenses sold by the commissioner. 
  2.12     (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the 
  2.13  issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a 
  2.14  commission for selling the licenses. 
  2.15     (f) For duplicate licenses, the issuing fees are: 
  2.16     (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and 
  2.17     (2) for other licenses, 50 cents.