1.1                                        A bill for an act&#10;1.2     relating to game and fish; restricting off-road vehicle trails; providing for &#10;1.3     marking canoe and boating routes; modifying critical habitat private sector &#10;1.4     matching account provisions; providing definitions; providing for and modifying &#10;1.5     disposition of certain revenue; modifying provisions for designating game &#10;1.6     refuges; modifying restrictions on motorized watercraft and recreational vehicles &#10;1.7     in wildlife management areas; modifying procedure for confiscation of property; &#10;1.8     modifying certain penalty and fee amounts; modifying certain game and fish &#10;1.9     license provisions; modifying firearms possession provisions for persons under &#10;1.10    16; providing for collecting antler sheds; modifying certain provisions for &#10;1.11    taking and possessing game and fish; providing for arms use areas; modifying &#10;1.12    provisions for fishing contests; creating a ditch buffer task force; providing &#10;1.13    for a moratorium on use of public waters for aquaculture; appropriating &#10;1.14    money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.943, subdivision 3; &#10;1.15    85.32, subdivision 1; 97A.015, by adding subdivisions; 97A.055, subdivision &#10;1.16    2; 97A.065, subdivision 2; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.085, subdivision 4; &#10;1.17    97A.101, subdivision 4; 97A.221, subdivisions 3, 4; 97A.225, subdivisions &#10;1.18    2, 5; 97A.321; 97A.465, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, &#10;1.19    20; 97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.021, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; &#10;1.20    97B.301, subdivision 7; 97C.081, subdivisions 4, 6, 8, 9; 97C.205; 97C.355, &#10;1.21    subdivision 7; 97C.371, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, &#10;1.22    sections 97A.405, subdivision 4; 97A.475, subdivision 3; 97A.551, subdivision &#10;1.23    6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 97B; &#10;1.24    repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 6.&#10;1.25    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.1.0"></a>1.26        Section 1. <ins><b>[84.8045] RESTRICTIONS ON OFF-ROAD VEHICLES ON COUNTY </b></ins>&#10;1.27    <ins><b>AND STATE FOREST LANDS.</b></ins>&#10;1.28    <ins>Off-road vehicle trails may not be established on county forest or state forest lands </ins>&#10;1.29    <ins>administered by the commissioner except:</ins>&#10;1.30    <ins>(1) on state and county forest roads; and</ins>&#10;1.31    <ins>(2) off-road vehicle use areas as provided by section 84.915.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.2.0"></a>2.1         Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.943, subdivision 3, is amended to read:&#10;2.2         Subd. 3. <b>Appropriations must be matched by private funds.</b> Appropriations &#10;2.3     transferred to the critical habitat private sector matching account and money credited to &#10;2.4     the account under section  168.1296, subdivision 5, may be expended only to the extent &#10;2.5     that they are matched equally with contributions <del>to the account</del> from private sources &#10;2.6     or by funds contributed to the nongame wildlife management account. The private &#10;2.7     contributions may be made in cash <del>or in contributions of</del><ins>, property, </ins>land<ins>,</ins> or interests in &#10;2.8     land <del>that are designated by the commissioner of natural resources as program acquisitions</del>. &#10;2.9     Appropriations transferred to the account that are not matched within three years from the &#10;2.10    date of the appropriation shall cancel to the source of the appropriation. For the purposes &#10;2.11    of this section, the private contributions of <ins>property, </ins>land<ins>,</ins> or interests in land <ins>that are </ins>&#10;2.12    <ins>retained by the commissioner </ins>shall be valued in accordance with their appraised value. &#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.3.0"></a>2.13        Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:&#10;2.14        Subdivision 1. <b>Areas marked.</b> The commissioner of natural resources is authorized &#10;2.15    in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when &#10;2.16    feasible to mark canoe and boating routes on the <ins>Ottertail, </ins>Little Fork, Big Fork, &#10;2.17    Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, &#10;2.18    Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre &#10;2.19    within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in &#10;2.20    Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, &#10;2.21    and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic values and to mark appropriately points &#10;2.22    of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other &#10;2.23    serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe and watercraft travelers.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.4.0"></a>2.24        Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;2.25    to read:&#10;2.26        <ins>Subd. 3a.</ins> <ins><b>Bonus permit.</b></ins> <ins>"Bonus permit" means a license to take and tag deer by </ins>&#10;2.27    <ins>archery or firearms, in addition to deer authorized to be taken under regular firearms </ins>&#10;2.28    <ins>or archery licenses.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.5.0"></a>2.29        Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;2.30    to read:&#10;2.31        <ins>Subd. 14a.</ins> <ins><b>Deer.</b></ins> <ins>"Deer" means white-tailed or mule deer.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.6.0"></a>3.1         Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;3.2     to read:&#10;3.3         <ins>Subd. 26b.</ins> <ins><b>Intensive deer area.</b></ins> <ins>"Intensive deer area" means an area of the state </ins>&#10;3.4     <ins>where taking a deer of either sex is allowed and where multiple bonus permits are </ins>&#10;3.5     <ins>authorized.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.7.0"></a>3.6         Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;3.7     to read:&#10;3.8         <ins>Subd. 27b.</ins> <ins><b>Lottery deer area.</b></ins> <ins>"Lottery deer area" means an area of the state </ins>&#10;3.9     <ins>where taking antlerless deer is allowed only by either-sex permit and no bonus permits </ins>&#10;3.10    <ins>are authorized.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.8.0"></a>3.11        Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;3.12    to read:&#10;3.13        <ins>Subd. 27c.</ins> <ins><b>Managed deer area.</b></ins> <ins>"Managed deer area" means an area of the state </ins>&#10;3.14    <ins>where taking a deer of either sex is allowed and where one bonus permit is authorized.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.9.0"></a>3.15        Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision &#10;3.16    to read:&#10;3.17        <ins>Subd. 32a.</ins> <ins><b>Muzzle-loader season.</b></ins> <ins>"Muzzle-loader season" means the firearms </ins>&#10;3.18    <ins>deer season option open only for legal muzzle-loading firearms, as prescribed by the </ins>&#10;3.19    <ins>commissioner.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.10.0"></a>3.20        Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a &#10;3.21    subdivision to read:&#10;3.22        <ins>Subd. 41a.</ins> <ins><b>Regular firearms season.</b></ins> <ins>"Regular firearms season" means any of the </ins>&#10;3.23    <ins>firearms deer season options prescribed by the commissioner that begin in November, </ins>&#10;3.24    <ins>exclusive of the muzzle-loader season.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.11.0"></a>3.25        Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:&#10;3.26        Subd. 2. <b>Receipts.</b> The commissioner of finance shall credit to the game and fish &#10;3.27    fund all money received under the game and fish laws<ins> and all income from state lands </ins>&#10;3.28    <ins>acquired by purchase or gift for game or fish purposes,</ins> including receipts from:&#10;3.29    (1) licenses<ins> and permits</ins> issued;&#10;3.30    (2) fines and forfeited bail;&#10;4.1     (3) sales of contraband, wild animals, and other property under the control of the &#10;4.2     division;&#10;4.3     (4) fees from advanced education courses for hunters and trappers;&#10;4.4     (5) reimbursements of expenditures by the division;&#10;4.5     (6) contributions to the division; and&#10;4.6     (7) revenue credited to the game and fish fund under section  297A.94, paragraph &#10;4.7     (e), clause (1). &#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.12.0"></a>4.8         Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:&#10;4.9         Subd. 2. <b>Fines and forfeited bail.</b> (a) Fines and forfeited bail collected from &#10;4.10    prosecutions of violations of: the game and fish laws or rules adopted thereunder; sections  &#10;4.11    84.091 to  84.15 or rules adopted thereunder; sections  84.81 to  84.91 or rules adopted &#10;4.12    thereunder; section  169A.20, when the violation involved an off-road recreational vehicle &#10;4.13    as defined in section  169A.03, subdivision 16; chapter 348; and any other law relating &#10;4.14    to wild animals or aquatic vegetation, must be paid to the treasurer of the county where &#10;4.15    the violation is prosecuted. The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the receipts to &#10;4.16    the commissioner and credit the balance to the county general revenue fund except as &#10;4.17    provided in paragraphs (b)<del>,</del><ins> and</ins> (c)<del>, and (d)</del>. In a county in a judicial district under section  &#10;4.18    480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the share that would otherwise go to the county &#10;4.19    under this paragraph must be submitted to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the &#10;4.20    state treasury and credited to the general fund. &#10;4.21    <del>(b) The commissioner may reimburse a county, from the game and fish fund, for the </del>&#10;4.22    <del>cost of keeping prisoners prosecuted for violations of the game and fish laws under this </del>&#10;4.23    <del>section if the county board, by resolution, directs: (1) the county treasurer to submit all </del>&#10;4.24    <del>game and fish fines and forfeited bail to the commissioner; and (2) the county auditor to </del>&#10;4.25    <del>certify and submit monthly itemized statements to the commissioner.</del>&#10;4.26    <del>(c)</del> <ins>(b) </ins>The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the receipts collected under &#10;4.27    paragraph (a) from prosecutions of violations of sections  84.81 to  84.91 or rules adopted &#10;4.28    thereunder, and  169A.20, except receipts that are surcharges imposed under section  &#10;4.29    357.021, subdivision 6, to the commissioner and credit the balance to the county &#10;4.30    general fund. The commissioner shall credit these receipts to the snowmobile trails and &#10;4.31    enforcement account in the natural resources fund. &#10;4.32    <del>(d)</del><ins> (c)</ins> The county treasurer shall indicate the amount of the receipts that are &#10;4.33    surcharges imposed under section  357.021, subdivision 6, and shall submit all of those &#10;4.34    receipts to the commissioner of finance. &#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.13.0"></a>5.1         Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:&#10;5.2         Subdivision 1. <b>Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.</b> (a) For purposes of this &#10;5.3     subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section  97A.475, subdivisions &#10;5.4     2, clauses (4), (5), (9), (11), (13), and (14), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses &#10;5.5     issued under section  97B.301, subdivision 4. &#10;5.6     (b) <del>At least</del> $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish &#10;5.7     and wildlife trust fund, established in section  97A.4742, for each license issued under &#10;5.8     section  97A.473, subdivision 4, <ins> shall be credited to the deer management account and </ins>&#10;5.9     shall be used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs. &#10;5.10    (c) <del>At least</del> $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually &#10;5.11    from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section  97A.4742, for each &#10;5.12    license issued under section  97A.473, subdivision 4, <ins>shall be credited to the deer and bear </ins>&#10;5.13    <ins>management account and </ins>shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including &#10;5.14    a computerized licensing system. &#10;5.15    <ins>(d) </ins>Fifty cents from each deer license is <ins>credited to the emergency deer feeding </ins>&#10;5.16    <ins>and wild cervidae health management account and is </ins>appropriated for emergency deer &#10;5.17    feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency &#10;5.18    deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When &#10;5.19    the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild &#10;5.20    cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first &#10;5.21    time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund. &#10;5.22    The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance &#10;5.23    committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild &#10;5.24    cervidae health management has been spent. &#10;5.25    Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer &#10;5.26    feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal &#10;5.27    year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer &#10;5.28    and bear management programs and computerized licensing.&#10;5.29    <ins><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins><ins>This section is effective July 1, 2007.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.14.0"></a>5.30        Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.085, subdivision 4, is amended to read:&#10;5.31        Subd. 4. <b>Establishment by petition of county residents.</b> The commissioner may &#10;5.32    designate as a game refuge public waters or a contiguous area described in a petition, &#10;5.33    signed by 50 or more residents of the county where the public waters or area is located. The &#10;5.34    game refuge must be a contiguous area of at least 640 acres unless it borders or includes &#10;5.35    a marsh, or other body of water or watercourse suitable for wildlife habitat. The game &#10;6.1     refuge may be designated only if the commissioner finds that protected wild animals are &#10;6.2     depleted and are in danger of extermination, or that it will best serve the public interest.<ins> If </ins>&#10;6.3     <ins>any of the land area in the proposed game refuge is privately owned and the commissioner </ins>&#10;6.4     <ins>receives a petition opposing designation of the refuge signed by the owners, lessees, or </ins>&#10;6.5     <ins>persons in possession of at least 75 percent of the private land area within the proposed </ins>&#10;6.6     <ins>game refuge, the commissioner shall not designate the private lands as a game refuge.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.15.0"></a>6.7         Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:&#10;6.8         Subd. 4. <b>Restrictions on airboats, watercraft, and recreational vehicles.</b> (a) The &#10;6.9     use of airboats is prohibited at all times on lakes designated for wildlife management &#10;6.10    purposes under this section unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.&#10;6.11    (b) The commissioner may restrict the use of motorized watercraft and recreational &#10;6.12    vehicles on lakes designated for wildlife management purposes by posting all public &#10;6.13    access points on the designated lake.<ins> Restrictions may include prohibitions or limitations </ins>&#10;6.14    <ins>on the type of allowable motorized watercraft or recreational vehicle, horsepower or </ins>&#10;6.15    <ins>thrust of motor, speed of operation, season or area of use, or other restrictions that the </ins>&#10;6.16    <ins>commissioner determines are necessary to minimize disturbances to wildlife or to protect </ins>&#10;6.17    <ins>wildlife habitat. Designation of areas, times, and types of restrictions to be posted shall be </ins>&#10;6.18    <ins>by written order published in the State Register. Posting of the restrictions is not subject to </ins>&#10;6.19    <ins>the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.16.0"></a>6.20        Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.221, subdivision 3, is amended to read:&#10;6.21        Subd. 3. <b>Procedure for confiscation of property seized.</b> The enforcement officer &#10;6.22    must hold the seized property. The property held may be confiscated when:&#10;6.23    (1) the person from whom the property was seized is convicted<ins>, the conviction is not </ins>&#10;6.24    <ins>under appeal, and the time period for appeal of the conviction has expired</ins>; or&#10;6.25    (2) the property seized is contraband consisting of a wild animal, wild rice, or other &#10;6.26    aquatic vegetation.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.17.0"></a>6.27        Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.221, subdivision 4, is amended to read:&#10;6.28        Subd. 4. <b>Disposal of confiscated property.</b> Confiscated property may be disposed &#10;6.29    of or retained for use by the commissioner, or sold at the highest price obtainable as &#10;6.30    prescribed by the commissioner. Upon acquittal or dismissal of the charged violation for &#10;6.31    which the property was seized<del>,</del><ins> :</ins> &#10;6.32    <ins>(1) </ins>all property, other than contraband consisting of a wild animal, wild rice, or other &#10;6.33    aquatic vegetation, must be returned to the person from whom the property was seized<ins>; and</ins>&#10;7.1     <ins>(2) the commissioner shall reimburse the person for the full value of any seized or </ins>&#10;7.2     <ins>confiscated property that is sold, lost, or damaged</ins>.&#10;7.3     <ins><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins><ins>This section is effective the day following final enactment </ins>&#10;7.4     <ins>and applies to property seized beginning one year prior to that date.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.18.0"></a>7.5         Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:&#10;7.6         Subd. 2. <b>Procedure for confiscation of property seized.</b> The enforcement officer &#10;7.7     must hold the seized property, subject to the order of the court having jurisdiction where &#10;7.8     the offense was committed. The property held is confiscated when<ins>:</ins>&#10;7.9     <ins>(1) </ins> the commissioner complies with this section <del>and</del><ins>;</ins> &#10;7.10    <ins>(2) </ins>the person from whom it was seized is convicted of the offense<ins>; and</ins>&#10;7.11    <ins>(3) the conviction is not under appeal and the time period for appeal of the </ins>&#10;7.12    <ins>conviction has expired</ins>.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.19.0"></a>7.13        Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.225, subdivision 5, is amended to read:&#10;7.14        Subd. 5. <b>Court order.</b> (a) If the person arrested is acquitted, the court shall dismiss &#10;7.15    the complaint against the property and<ins>:</ins> &#10;7.16    <ins>(1) </ins>order it returned to the person legally entitled to it<ins>; and</ins>&#10;7.17    <ins>(2) order the commissioner to reimburse the person for the full value of any seized </ins>&#10;7.18    <ins>or confiscated property that is sold, lost, or damaged</ins>.&#10;7.19    (b) Upon conviction of the person, the court shall issue an order directed to any &#10;7.20    person that may have any right, title, or interest in, or lien upon, the seized property. The &#10;7.21    order must describe the property and state that it was seized and that a complaint against &#10;7.22    it has been filed. The order shall require a person claiming right, title, or interest in, or &#10;7.23    lien upon, the property to file with the court administrator an answer to the complaint, &#10;7.24    stating the claim, within ten days after the service of the order. The order shall contain a &#10;7.25    notice that if the person fails to file an answer within the time limit, the property may be &#10;7.26    ordered sold by the commissioner.&#10;7.27    (c) The court order must be served upon any person known or believed to have any &#10;7.28    right, title, interest, or lien in the same manner as provided for service of a summons in a &#10;7.29    civil action, and upon unknown persons by publication, in the same manner as provided &#10;7.30    for publication of a summons in a civil action.&#10;7.31    <ins><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins><ins>This section is effective the day following final enactment </ins>&#10;7.32    <ins>and applies to property seized beginning one year prior to that date.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.20.0"></a>8.1         Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.321, is amended to read:&#10;8.2     <b>97A.321 DOGS PURSUING OR KILLING BIG GAME.</b>&#10;8.3     <ins>The owner of a dog that pursues but does not kill a big game animal is guilty of a </ins>&#10;8.4     <ins>petty misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each violation. </ins>The owner &#10;8.5     of a dog that kills <del>or pursues</del> a big game animal is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and is &#10;8.6     subject to a civil penalty of <del>up to</del> $500 for each violation.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.21.0"></a>8.7         Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is &#10;8.8     amended to read:&#10;8.9         Subd. 4. <b>Replacement licenses.</b> (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer &#10;8.10    hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a &#10;8.11    replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that &#10;8.12    are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and &#10;8.13    the replacement license. When a person submits both an archery and a firearms license &#10;8.14    for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value of both licenses towards the &#10;8.15    replacement license fee.&#10;8.16    (b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any tag &#10;8.17    from the original license and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The original license &#10;8.18    and all unused tags for that license must be submitted to the issuing agent at the time &#10;8.19    the replacement license is issued.&#10;8.20    (c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as &#10;8.21    otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:&#10;8.22    (1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or&#10;8.23    (2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to a &#10;8.24    <ins>multizone or all season </ins>deer license <del>that is valid in multiple zones</del>.&#10;8.25    (d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid &#10;8.26    immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.22.0"></a>8.27        Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.465, is amended by adding a &#10;8.28    subdivision to read:&#10;8.29        <ins>Subd. 6.</ins> <ins><b>Special hunts for military personnel.</b></ins> <ins>The commissioner may by rule </ins>&#10;8.30    <ins>establish criteria, special seasons, and limits for military personnel and veterans to take </ins>&#10;8.31    <ins>big game and small game by firearms or archery in designated areas or times. A person </ins>&#10;8.32    <ins>hunting under this subdivision must be participating in a hunt sponsored and administered </ins>&#10;8.33    <ins>by the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs or the Minnesota Department of Veterans </ins>&#10;8.34    <ins>Affairs.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.23.0"></a>9.1         Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:&#10;9.2         Subd. 2. <b>Resident hunting.</b> Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents &#10;9.3     only, are:&#10;9.4     (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;&#10;9.5     (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;&#10;9.6     (3) to take turkey, $18;&#10;9.7     (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;&#10;9.8     (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;&#10;9.9     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;&#10;9.10    (7) to take bear, $38;&#10;9.11    (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;&#10;9.12    (9) <ins>multizone license </ins>to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;&#10;9.13    (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;&#10;9.14    (11) <ins>all season license </ins>to take two deer throughout the state in any open deer season, &#10;9.15    except as restricted under section  97B.305, $78; &#10;9.16    (12) to take prairie chickens, $20;&#10;9.17    (13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms<ins> during </ins>&#10;9.18    <ins>the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period</ins>, $13; and&#10;9.19    (14) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.24.0"></a>9.20        Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is &#10;9.21    amended to read:&#10;9.22        Subd. 3. <b>Nonresident hunting.</b> Fees for the following licenses, to be issued &#10;9.23    to nonresidents, are:&#10;9.24    (1) to take small game, $73;&#10;9.25    (2) to take deer with firearms, $135;&#10;9.26    (3) to take deer by archery, the greater of:&#10;9.27    (i) an amount equal to the total amount of license fees and surcharges charged to a &#10;9.28    Minnesota resident to take deer by archery in the person's state or province of residence; or&#10;9.29    (ii) $135;&#10;9.30    (4) to take bear, $195;&#10;9.31    (5) to take turkey, $73;&#10;9.32    (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, or coyote, $155;&#10;9.33    (7) <ins>multizone license </ins>to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270; and&#10;9.34    (8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.25.0"></a>10.1        Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.475, subdivision 20, is amended to read:&#10;10.2        Subd. 20. <b>Trapping license.</b> The fee for a license to trap fur-bearing animals is:&#10;10.3    (1) for residents over age 13 and under age 18, $6;&#10;10.4    (2) for residents age 18 <del>and older</del><ins> or over and under age 65</ins>, $20; <del>and</del>&#10;10.5    (3) <ins>for residents age 65 or over, $10; and</ins>&#10;10.6    <ins>(4) </ins>for nonresidents, $73.&#10;10.7    <ins><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins><ins>This section is effective March 1, 2007.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.26.0"></a>10.8        Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:&#10;10.9        Subdivision 1. <b>Tags required.</b> <ins>(a) </ins>A person may not possess or transport deer, &#10;10.10   bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner &#10;10.11   prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has &#10;10.12   the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by &#10;10.13   the commissioner.&#10;10.14   <ins>(b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by </ins>&#10;10.15   <ins>the commissioner.</ins>&#10;10.16   <ins>(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, </ins> the tag must be attached to the &#10;10.17   deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the &#10;10.18   site of the kill<del>, and</del><ins>.</ins>&#10;10.19   <ins>(d) The tag </ins> must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for &#10;10.20   storage.&#10;10.21   <ins>(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the </ins>&#10;10.22   <ins>kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually </ins>&#10;10.23   <ins>or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while </ins>&#10;10.24   <ins>possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the </ins>&#10;10.25   <ins>animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the </ins>&#10;10.26   <ins>deer, bear, elk, or moose:</ins>&#10;10.27   <ins>(1) as otherwise provided in this section; and</ins>&#10;10.28   <ins>(2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being </ins>&#10;10.29   <ins>hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or </ins>&#10;10.30   <ins>other place of habitation.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.27.0"></a>10.31       Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.551, subdivision 6, is &#10;10.32   amended to read:&#10;10.33       Subd. 6. <b>Tagging and registration.</b> The commissioner may, by rule, require &#10;10.34   persons taking, possessing, and transporting certain species of fish to tag the fish with &#10;11.1    a special fish management tag and may require registration of tagged fish. A person &#10;11.2    may not possess or transport a fish species taken in the state for which a special fish &#10;11.3    management tag is required unless a tag is attached to the fish in a manner prescribed by &#10;11.4    the commissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner of issuance and the &#10;11.5    type of tag as authorized under section 97C.087. The tag must be attached to the fish as &#10;11.6    prescribed by the commissioner immediately upon reducing the fish to possession and &#10;11.7    must remain attached to the fish until the fish is processed or consumed. Species for &#10;11.8    which a special fish management tag is required must be transported undressed<ins>, except as </ins>&#10;11.9    <ins>otherwise prescribed by the commissioner</ins>.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.28.0"></a>11.10       Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:&#10;11.11       Subdivision 1. <b>Restrictions.</b> (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a person &#10;11.12   under the age of 16 may not possess a firearm<del>, unless accompanied by</del><ins> without maintaining </ins>&#10;11.13   <ins>unaided visual and vocal contact with</ins> a parent or guardian.&#10;11.14   (b) A person under age 16 may possess a firearm without <del>being accompanied by</del><ins> </ins>&#10;11.15   <ins>maintaining unaided visual and vocal contact with</ins> a parent or guardian:&#10;11.16   (1) on land owned by, or occupied as the principal residence of, the person or the &#10;11.17   person's parent or guardian;&#10;11.18   (2) while participating in an organized target shooting program with adult &#10;11.19   supervision;&#10;11.20   (3) while the person is participating in a firearms safety program or traveling to &#10;11.21   and from class; or&#10;11.22   (4) if the person is age 14 or 15 and has a firearms safety certificate.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.29.0"></a>11.23       Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.021, is amended by adding a &#10;11.24   subdivision to read:&#10;11.25       <ins>Subd. 1a.</ins> <ins><b>Parent or guardian duties.</b></ins> <ins>A parent or guardian may not knowingly </ins>&#10;11.26   <ins>direct, allow, or permit a person under the age of 16 to possess a firearm in violation </ins>&#10;11.27   <ins>of this section.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.30.0"></a>11.28       Sec. 30. <ins><b>[97B.22] COLLECTING ANTLER SHEDS.</b></ins>&#10;11.29   <ins>(a) A person may take and possess naturally shed antlers without a license.</ins>&#10;11.30   <ins>(b) A person may not place, arrange, or set equipment in a manner that is likely to </ins>&#10;11.31   <ins>artificially pull, sever, or otherwise cause antlers of live deer, moose, elk, or caribou to </ins>&#10;11.32   <ins>be shed or removed.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.31.0"></a>12.1        Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read:&#10;12.2        Subd. 7. <b>All season deer license.</b> (a) A resident may obtain an all season deer &#10;12.3    license<del>. This license</del><ins> that</ins> authorizes the resident to <del>take one buck by firearm or archery</del><ins> hunt</ins> &#10;12.4    during <del>any season statewide. In addition, a resident obtaining this license may take one </del>&#10;12.5    <del>antlerless deer:</del><ins> the archery, regular firearms, and muzzle-loader seasons. The all season </ins>&#10;12.6    <ins>license is valid for taking three deer, no more than one of which may be a legal buck.</ins>&#10;12.7    <del>(1) by firearms in the regular firearms season if the resident first obtains an antlerless </del>&#10;12.8    <del>deer permit or if the resident takes the antlerless deer in an area where the commissioner </del>&#10;12.9    <del>has authorized taking a deer of either sex without an antlerless permit;</del>&#10;12.10   <del>(2) by archery in the archery season; or</del>&#10;12.11   <del>(3) by muzzleloader in the muzzleloader season.</del>&#10;12.12   (b) <ins>The all season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as follows:</ins>&#10;12.13   <ins>(1) up to two antlerless deer may be taken during the archery or muzzle-loader </ins>&#10;12.14   <ins>seasons in any open area or during the regular firearms season in managed or intensive </ins>&#10;12.15   <ins>deer areas; and</ins>&#10;12.16   <ins>(2) one antlerless deer may be taken during the regular firearms season in a lottery </ins>&#10;12.17   <ins>deer area, only with an either-sex permit or statutory exemption from an either-sex permit.</ins>&#10;12.18   <ins>(c) </ins>The commissioner shall issue <del>one tag for a buck and one tag for an antlerless </del>&#10;12.19   <del>deer</del><ins> three tags</ins> when issuing a license under this subdivision.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.32.0"></a>12.20       Sec. 32. <ins><b>[97B.318] ARMS USE AREAS AND RESTRICTIONS; REGULAR </b></ins>&#10;12.21   <ins><b>FIREARMS SEASON.</b></ins>&#10;12.22       <ins>Subdivision 1.</ins> <ins><b>Shotgun use area.</b></ins> <ins>During the regular firearms season in the shotgun </ins>&#10;12.23   <ins>use area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading </ins>&#10;12.24   <ins>long guns, and legal handguns may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include </ins>&#10;12.25   <ins>those with rifled barrels. The shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within </ins>&#10;12.26   <ins>the following described boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at U.S. </ins>&#10;12.27   <ins>Highway 10; thence along U.S. Highway 10 to State Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence </ins>&#10;12.28   <ins>along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence </ins>&#10;12.29   <ins>along I-94 to County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along </ins>&#10;12.30   <ins>CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas </ins>&#10;12.31   <ins>County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 6 to </ins>&#10;12.32   <ins>CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; thence along STH 29 to </ins>&#10;12.33   <ins>CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, to CSAH 22, </ins>&#10;12.34   <ins>Todd County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway 71 </ins>&#10;12.35   <ins>to STH 27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of </ins>&#10;13.1    <ins>the Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to </ins>&#10;13.2    <ins>U.S. Highway 8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence </ins>&#10;13.3    <ins>along the east, south, and west boundaries of the state to the point of beginning.</ins>&#10;13.4        <ins>Subd. 2.</ins> <ins><b>All legal firearms use area.</b></ins> <ins>The all legal firearms use area is that part of </ins>&#10;13.5    <ins>the state lying outside of the shotgun use area.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.33.0"></a>13.6        Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:&#10;13.7        Subd. 4. <b>Restrictions.</b> The commissioner may by rule establish restrictions on &#10;13.8    fishing contests to protect fish and fish habitat<ins>, to restrict activities during high use periods, </ins>&#10;13.9    <ins>to restrict activities that affect research or management activities, to restrict the number of </ins>&#10;13.10   <ins>boats allowed,</ins> and for the safety of contest participants.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.34.0"></a>13.11       Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 6, is amended to read:&#10;13.12       Subd. 6. <b>Permit application process.</b> (a) Beginning <del>September</del><ins> August</ins> 1 each &#10;13.13   year, the commissioner shall accept permit applications for fishing contests to be held in &#10;13.14   the following year.&#10;13.15   (b)  If the number of permit applications received by the commissioner from &#10;13.16   <del>September</del><ins> August</ins> 1 through the last Friday in <del>October</del><ins> September</ins> exceeds the limits &#10;13.17   specified in subdivisions 7 and 8, the commissioner shall notify the affected applicants &#10;13.18   that their requested locations and time period are subject to a drawing. After notification, &#10;13.19   the commissioner shall allow the affected applicants a minimum of seven days to change &#10;13.20   the location or time period requested on their applications, provided that the change is &#10;13.21   not to a location or time period for which applications are already at or above the limits &#10;13.22   specified in subdivisions 7 and 8.&#10;13.23   (c) After the applicants have been given at least seven days to change their &#10;13.24   applications, the commissioner shall conduct a drawing for all locations and time periods &#10;13.25   for which applications exceed limits. First preference in the drawings shall be given &#10;13.26   to applicants for established or traditional fishing contests, and second preference to &#10;13.27   applicants for contests that are not established as traditional fishing contests based on the &#10;13.28   number of times they have been unsuccessful in previous drawings. Except for applicants &#10;13.29   of established or traditional fishing contests, an applicant who is successful in a drawing &#10;13.30   loses all accumulated preference.<ins> "Established or traditional fishing contest" means a </ins>&#10;13.31   <ins>fishing contest that was issued permits in 1999 and 2000 or was issued permits four out of </ins>&#10;13.32   <ins>five years from 1996 to 2000 for the same lake and time period. Beginning with 2001, </ins>&#10;13.33   <ins>established or traditional fishing contests must continue to be conducted at least four out </ins>&#10;13.34   <ins>of five years for the same lake and time period to remain established or traditional.</ins>&#10;14.1    (d)  The commissioner has until <del>December</del><ins> November</ins> 7 to approve or deny permit &#10;14.2    applications that are submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday in <del>October</del><ins> September</ins>. The &#10;14.3    commissioner may approve a permit application that is received after 4:30 p.m. on the last &#10;14.4    Friday in <del>October</del><ins> September</ins> if approving the application would not result in exceeding &#10;14.5    the limits in subdivisions 7 and 8.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.35.0"></a>14.6        Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 8, is amended to read:&#10;14.7        Subd. 8. <b>Limits on number of fishing contests.</b> <del>(a)</del> The number of permitted &#10;14.8    fishing contests allowed each month on a water body shall not exceed the following limits:&#10;14.9    <ins>(1) Lakes:</ins>&#10;<rs_table>14.10                         Maximum number       Maximum number       Maximum number     &#10;14.11                       of permitted fishing of large permitted   of permitted fishing &#10;14.12                            contests       fishing contests     contest days    &#10;14.13   Size/acres                                                                      &#10;14.14   less than 2,000              2                    0                    4           &#10;14.15   2,000-4,999                  3                    1                    6           &#10;14.16   5,000-14,999                 4                    2                    8           &#10;14.17   15,000-55,000                5                    3                   10         &#10;14.18   more than 55,000         no limit           no limit           no limit      &#10;</rs_table>14.19   <del>(b)</del> For boundary <del>waters</del><ins> water lakes</ins>, the limits on the number of permitted fishing &#10;14.20   contests shall be determined based on the Minnesota acreage.&#10;14.21   <ins>(2) Rivers:</ins>&#10;<rs_table>14.22                       <ins>Maximum number </ins>     <ins>Maximum number </ins>     <ins>Maximum number </ins>     &#10;14.23                       <ins>of permitted fishing </ins><ins>of large permitted </ins> <ins>of permitted fishing </ins>&#10;14.24                       <ins>contests</ins>            <ins>fishing contests</ins>    <ins>contest days</ins>        &#10;14.25   <ins>Mississippi River: </ins>                                                             &#10;14.26   <ins>Pool 1, 2, 3, 5, 5A, </ins>                                                            &#10;14.27   <ins>6, 7, 8, 9</ins>          <ins>4 (each pool)</ins>       <ins>2 (each pool)</ins>       <ins>8 (each pool)</ins>       &#10;14.28   <ins>Pool 4</ins>              <ins>5</ins>                   <ins>3</ins>                   <ins>10</ins>                  &#10;</rs_table><rs_table>14.29   <ins>St. Croix River</ins>     <ins>2</ins>                   <ins>1</ins>                   <ins>4</ins>                   &#10;14.30   <ins>Lake St. Croix</ins>      <ins>4</ins>                   <ins>2</ins>                   <ins>8</ins>                   &#10;</rs_table>15.1    <ins>Contest waters identified in the permit for Mississippi River pools are limited to </ins>&#10;15.2    <ins>no more than one lockage upstream and one lockage downstream from the pool where </ins>&#10;15.3    <ins>the contest access and weigh-in is located.</ins>&#10;15.4    <ins>Contest waters for Lake St. Croix are bounded by the U.S. Highway 10 bridge at </ins>&#10;15.5    <ins>Prescott upstream to the Arcola Bar. Contest waters for the St. Croix River are bounded </ins>&#10;15.6    <ins>by the Arcola Bar upstream to the Wisconsin state line.</ins>&#10;15.7    <ins>For all other rivers, no more than two contest permits, not to exceed four days </ins>&#10;15.8    <ins>combined, may be issued for any continuous segment of a river per month. Of the two </ins>&#10;15.9    <ins>contests permitted, only one shall be a large permitted fishing contest. Permits issued by </ins>&#10;15.10   <ins>the commissioner shall not exceed 60 continuous river miles.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.36.0"></a>15.11       Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 9, is amended to read:&#10;15.12       Subd. 9. <b>Permit restrictions.</b> (a) The commissioner may require fishing contest &#10;15.13   permittees to limit prefishing to week days only as a condition of a fishing contest permit. &#10;15.14   The commissioner may require proof from permittees that prefishing restrictions on the &#10;15.15   permit are communicated to fishing contest participants and enforced.&#10;15.16   (b) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the hours that a permitted &#10;15.17   fishing contest is conducted, including, but not limited to, starting and ending times.&#10;15.18   (c) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the number of parking &#10;15.19   spaces that may be used on a state-owned public water access site. The commissioner may &#10;15.20   require proof from permittees that parking restrictions on the permit are communicated to &#10;15.21   fishing contest participants and enforced.&#10;15.22   (d) To prevent undue <del>loss</del><ins> mortality</ins> of <ins>released </ins>fish, the commissioner may require &#10;15.23   restrictions for off-site weigh-ins <ins>and live releases </ins>on a fishing contest permit or may deny &#10;15.24   permits requesting an off-site weigh-in<ins> or live release</ins>.&#10;15.25   (e) A person may not transfer a fishing contest permit to another person.&#10;15.26   (f) Failure to comply with fishing contest permit restrictions may be considered &#10;15.27   grounds for denial of future permit applications.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.37.0"></a>15.28       Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.205, is amended to read:&#10;15.29   <b>97C.205 </b><del><b>RULES FOR</b></del><b> TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.</b>&#10;15.30   (a) <ins>Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a </ins>&#10;15.31   <ins>quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:</ins>&#10;15.32   <ins>(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections </ins>&#10;15.33   <ins>17.4985 and 17.4986;</ins>&#10;15.34   <ins>(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;</ins>&#10;16.1    <ins>(3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;</ins>&#10;16.2    <ins>(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section </ins>&#10;16.3    <ins>97C.821; or</ins>&#10;16.4    <ins>(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section.</ins>&#10;16.5    <ins>(b) </ins>The commissioner may adopt rules to <ins>allow and </ins>regulate:&#10;16.6    (1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs <del>from one body of water to another</del>; and&#10;16.7    (2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.&#10;16.8    <del>(b)</del><ins> (c)</ins> The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting &#10;16.9    organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:&#10;16.10   (1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;&#10;16.11   (2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary &#10;16.12   equipment; and&#10;16.13   (3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the &#10;16.14   needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization &#10;16.15   operating the rearing pond.&#10;16.16   <del>(c)</del><ins> (d)</ins> A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, &#10;16.17   transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, &#10;16.18   white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, &#10;16.19   yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may &#10;16.20   be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches &#10;16.21   in total length.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.38.0"></a>16.22       Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:&#10;16.23       Subd. 7. <b>Dates and times houses may remain on ice.</b> (a) Except as provided &#10;16.24   in paragraph (d), a <ins>shelter, including a </ins>fish house or dark house<ins>,</ins> may not be on the ice &#10;16.25   between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates:&#10;16.26   (1) the last day of February, for state waters south of a line starting at the &#10;16.27   Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route No. 10, then &#10;16.28   east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along Trunk Highway &#10;16.29   No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No. 200 to U.S. Route &#10;16.30   No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border; and&#10;16.31   (2) March 15, for other state waters.&#10;16.32   A <ins>shelter, including a </ins>fish house or dark house<ins>,</ins> on the ice in violation of this &#10;16.33   subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner &#10;16.34   may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of &#10;17.1    the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the &#10;17.2    commissioner.&#10;17.3    (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house <del>or</del><ins>,</ins> dark house<ins>, or shelter</ins> in &#10;17.4    violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house<ins> or shelter</ins>. &#10;17.5    The officer shall seize the contents of the house <ins>or shelter </ins>and hold them for 60 days. If the &#10;17.6    seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the &#10;17.7    division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.&#10;17.8    (c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15, &#10;17.9    under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a <ins>shelter, including a </ins>fish house or &#10;17.10   dark house<ins>,</ins> may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until &#10;17.11   12:00 a.m. the following Monday.&#10;17.12   (d) A person may have a <ins>shelter, including a </ins>fish house or dark house<ins>,</ins> on the ice &#10;17.13   between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in &#10;17.14   paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house <ins>or shelter </ins>may not be unattended during those &#10;17.15   hours.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.39.0"></a>17.16       Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:&#10;17.17       Subd. 4. <b>Open season.</b> The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1 &#10;17.18   to the <del>third</del> <ins>last </ins>Sunday in February.&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.40.0"></a>17.19       Sec. 40. <ins><b>DITCH BUFFER TASK FORCE.</b></ins>&#10;17.20   <ins>The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall convene a task force to address the </ins>&#10;17.21   <ins>recommendations and findings identified in the February 2006 public drainage ditch </ins>&#10;17.22   <ins>buffer study, including, but not limited to:</ins>&#10;17.23   <ins>(1) clarification of the point of beginning for measuring the required grass strip;</ins>&#10;17.24   <ins>(2) enhancing the ability of drainage authorities to establish and maintain grass strips;</ins>&#10;17.25   <ins>(3) developing methods and models for drainage records modernization;</ins>&#10;17.26   <ins>(4) developing a best management practices manual and training for public drainage </ins>&#10;17.27   <ins>systems and authorities;</ins>&#10;17.28   <ins>(5) annual reporting by drainage authorities; and</ins>&#10;17.29   <ins>(6) identifying barriers and promoting incentives for buffer strip implementation </ins>&#10;17.30   <ins>regarding federal, state, and local programs and requirements.</ins>&#10;17.31   <ins>The recommendations must be done in consultation with farm groups, watershed </ins>&#10;17.32   <ins>districts, soil and water conservation districts, counties, industry, and conservation </ins>&#10;17.33   <ins>organizations, as well as federal agencies implementing voluntary buffer programs. </ins>&#10;17.34   <ins>State agencies participating shall include the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, </ins>&#10;18.1    <ins>Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. </ins>&#10;18.2    <ins>The board shall report the results to the senate and house of representatives committees </ins>&#10;18.3    <ins>with jurisdiction over public drainage systems by January 15, 2007.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.41.0"></a>18.4        Sec. 41. <ins><b>MORATORIUM ON LICENSING OR USE OF NEW PUBLIC WATERS </b></ins>&#10;18.5    <ins><b>FOR AQUACULTURE.</b></ins>&#10;18.6    <ins>(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the commissioner of natural </ins>&#10;18.7    <ins>resources may not license or use public waters, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section </ins>&#10;18.8    <ins>103G.005, subdivision 15, for aquaculture or the raising of fish that were not licensed by </ins>&#10;18.9    <ins>the commissioner of natural resources or used for that purpose by the commissioner of </ins>&#10;18.10   <ins>natural resources during the five-year period prior to April 1, 2006.</ins>&#10;18.11   <ins>(b) The commissioner of natural resources may annually authorize fish rearing in </ins>&#10;18.12   <ins>new public waters, if the fish rearing is conducted as part of a wetland improvement plan </ins>&#10;18.13   <ins>approved by the commissioner.</ins>&#10;18.14   <ins>(c) The commissioner of natural resources may license or use public waters for </ins>&#10;18.15   <ins>aquaculture that were not used during the time period prescribed in paragraph (a) as a </ins>&#10;18.16   <ins>replacement for public waters that were used during that time period and are being vacated </ins>&#10;18.17   <ins>for use in aquaculture or raising fish. The restrictions in paragraph (a) apply to public </ins>&#10;18.18   <ins>waters that are replaced under this paragraph.</ins>&#10;18.19   <ins>(d) This section expires December 31, 2007.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.42.0"></a>18.20       Sec. 42. <ins><b>APPROPRIATION; NATURAL RESOURCES FUND.</b></ins>&#10;18.21   <ins>$65,000 is appropriated from the water recreation account in the natural resources </ins>&#10;18.22   <ins>fund to the commissioner of natural resources to cooperate with local units of government </ins>&#10;18.23   <ins>in marking routes and designating river accesses and campsites under Minnesota Statutes, </ins>&#10;18.24   <ins>section 85.32. This is a onetime appropriation. The money is available until expended </ins>&#10;18.25   <ins>and does not cancel.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.43.0"></a>18.26       Sec. 43. <ins><b> REPEALER.</b></ins>&#10;18.27   <ins>Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 6,</ins><ins> is repealed.</ins>&#10;