1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying certain issuing
1.3 	fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.4 	97A.485, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.485,
1.7 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Licenses to be sold and issuing fees.  (a)
1.9 	Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must
1.10 	issue the following licenses for the license fee and the
1.11 	following issuing fees:
1.12 	(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the
1.13 	issuing fee is $1;
1.14 	(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and
1.15 	(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by
1.16 	spearing, and to trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is
1.17 	$1;
1.18 	(4) for a trout and salmon stamp that is not issued
1.19 	simultaneously with an angling or sporting license, ~~an~~ the 
1.20 	issuing fee ~~of~~ is 50 cents ~~may be charged at the discretion of~~
1.21 	~~the authorized seller~~;
1.22 	(5) for stamps other than a trout and salmon stamp, ~~and for~~
1.23 	~~a special season Canada goose license, there is no fee~~ the
1.24 	issuing fee is 50 cents; ~~and~~ 
1.25 	(6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a
2.1 	fee under section 97A.441or 97A.465, ~~there is no~~ the issuing 
2.2 	fee is 50 cents; and 
2.3 	(7) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or
2.4 	applications or any other transaction through the electronic
2.5 	licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an
2.6 	issuing fee is not specified, the issuing fee is 50 cents.
2.7 	(b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a
2.8 	trout and salmon stamp if a stamp validation is issued
2.9 	simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.
2.10 	Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one
2.11 	trout and salmon stamp in the same transaction after the end of
2.12 	the season for which the stamp was issued.
2.13 	(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission
2.14 	for selling the licenses.
2.15 	(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on
2.16 	licenses sold by the commissioner.
2.17 	(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the
2.18 	issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a
2.19 	commission for selling the licenses.
2.20 	(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued
2.21 	without a fee,the issuing fees are:
2.22 	(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
2.23 	(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
2.24 	(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in
2.25 	books of ten licenses each to fishing guides operating charter
2.26 	boats upon receipt of payment of all license fees, excluding the
2.27 	issuing fee required under this section.  Copies of sold and
2.28 	unsold licenses shall be returned to the commissioner.  The
2.29 	commissioner shall refund the charter boat captain for the
2.30 	license fees of all unsold licenses.  Copies of sold licenses
2.31 	shall be maintained by the commissioner for one year.