2003 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.025 Hunter and trapper education. 

    (a) The commissioner may establish education courses for 
 hunters and trappers.  The commissioner shall collect a fee from 
 each person attending a course.  The commissioner shall 
 establish a fee that neither significantly over recovers nor 
 under recovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in 
 providing the services.  The fee is not subject to the 
 rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not 
 apply.  The fees shall be deposited in the game and fish fund 
 and the amount thereof is appropriated annually to the 
 Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for 
 the administration of the program.  In addition to the fee 
 established by the commissioner, instructors may charge each 
 person up to the established fee amount for class materials and 
 expenses.  School districts may cooperate with the commissioner 
 and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom 
 portion of the training. 

    (b) The commissioner shall enter into an agreement with a 
 statewide nonprofit trappers association to conduct a trapper 
 education program.  At a minimum, the program must include at 
 least six hours of classroom and in the field training.  The 
 program must include a review of state trapping laws and 
 regulations, trapping ethics, the setting and tending of traps 
 and snares, tagging and registration requirements, and the 
 preparation of pelts.  The association shall be responsible for 
 all costs of conducting the education program, and shall not 
 charge any fee for attending the course. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 6; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 9; 1999 c 250 
 art 3 s 8; 2000 c 495 s 38; 2002 c 351 s 14