1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; lowering the minimum age to take big game;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.451, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2017 
1.4 	Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Residents and nonresidents under age 16; big game. (a) A resident or 
1.8 	nonresident age 12, 13, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person 
1.9 	possesses a firearms safety certificate or an apprentice-hunter validation as provided under 
1.10 	section 97B.022. A nonresident age 12 or 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian 
1.11 	to hunt big game.
1.12 	(b) A resident or nonresident age eight, nine, ten, or 11 must obtain a license under 
1.13 	paragraph (c) and may take big game, provided the person is under the direct supervision 
1.14 	of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within immediate reach.
1.15 	(c) A resident or nonresident age eight, nine, ten, 11, or 12 must obtain a license to take 
1.16 	big game under section 97A.475, subdivision 2 or 3.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended 
1.18 	to read:
1.19 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
1.20 	only, are:
1.21 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $15.50;
2.1 	(2) for persons age 65 or over, $7 to take small game;
2.2 	(3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $26;
2.3 	(4) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take turkey, $5;
2.4 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
2.5 	season, $34;
2.6 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $34;
2.7 	(7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
2.8 	season, $34;
2.9 	(8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $356;
2.10 	(9) for persons age 18 or over to take bear, $44;
2.11 	(10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $287;
2.12 	(11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
2.13 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $23;
2.14 	(13) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the 
2.15 	regular firearms season, $5;
2.16 	(14) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $5;
2.17 	(15) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during 
2.18 	the muzzleloader season, $5;
2.19 	(16) for persons age eight, nine, 10, 11, or 12 to take bear, no fee;
2.20 	(17) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take bear, $5;
2.21 	(18) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period 
2.22 	selected by the licensee, $19, of which an amount equal to one-half of the fee for the 
2.23 	migratory-waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the 
2.24 	waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half of 
2.25 	the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in the 
2.26 	pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and one-half 
2.27 	of the small-game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited in the wildlife acquisition 
2.28 	account;
2.29 	(19) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take small game, $5;
2.30 	(20) to take wolf, $30;
3.1 	(21) for persons age 12 and under to take turkey, no fee;
3.2 	(22) for persons age eight, nine, 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by firearm, no fee;
3.3 	(23) for persons age eight, nine, 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by archery, no fee; and
3.4 	(24) for persons age eight, nine, 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
3.5 	muzzleloader season, no fee.