1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; authorizing a hunting 
  1.3             season for mourning doves; requiring a report on the 
  1.4             impact of the mourning dove season; proposing coding 
  1.5             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; 
  1.6             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97B.731, 
  1.7             subdivision 2. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [97B.717] [MOURNING DOVES.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [SEASON.] The commissioner shall prescribe 
  1.11  an open season and adopt rules for taking mourning doves. 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [LICENSE REQUIRED.] A person may not take 
  1.13  mourning doves without a small game license in possession. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [REPORT.] 
  1.15     The commissioner shall report to the legislature by March 
  1.16  1, 2004, on the results of the mourning dove season authorized 
  1.17  by Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.717.  The report must include 
  1.18  a description of the impact of the season on the mourning dove 
  1.19  population in the state. 
  1.20     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  1.21     Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97B.731, subdivision 2, is 
  1.22  repealed. 
  1.23     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.24     Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  1.25  enactment.