The commissioner shall issue and sell licenses. The commissioner shall furnish licenses and applications to agents authorized to issue licenses.
The commissioner may appoint federal, state, or local government employees to be agents of the commissioner for the sale of licenses or permits to take additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A bond is not required of a government employee appointed under this subdivision.
The commissioner may appoint agents of the commissioner to issue and sell licenses. The appointment may be revoked by the commissioner at any time.
To be an agent, a person must apply to the commissioner in writing and in a manner approved by the commissioner.
An agent must promptly deposit and remit all money received from the sale of licenses, except issuing fees, to the commissioner.
(a) Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the following issuing fees:
(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1;
(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is $1;
(4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
(5) for stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
(6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441 or 97A.465, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
(7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
(8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller.
(b) Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one stamp in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the commissioner.
(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be maintained by the commissioner for one year.
The commissioner shall retain for the operation of the electronic licensing system the commission established under section 84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner on all license fees.
[See Note.]
A license to guide bear hunters may not be issued after the day before the opening of the related firearms season.
The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the accounting and procedural requirements necessary to assure the efficient handling of licenses and license fees. The commissioner may, by rule, establish standards for the appointment and revocation of agents to assure the efficient distribution of licenses throughout the state.
The commissioner must allow one-day paper fishing licenses to be sold by fishing guides operating charter boats.
1986 c 386 art 1 s 70; 1987 c 404 s 132; 1988 c 437 s 3; 1989 c 287 s 4; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 124; 1990 c 608 art 7 s 1; 1991 c 227 s 1; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 33; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1992 c 462 s 14; 1993 c 231 s 28,29; 1993 c 310 s 5; 1994 c 561 s 21,22; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 25; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 25; 1997 c 226 s 25-27; 2000 c 463 s 14; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 116; 2002 c 376 s 9; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 74; 2004 c 255 s 32-37; 2005 c 146 s 20; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 102,103; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 96; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 36; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 28,38
NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 7 by Laws 2012, chapter 277, article 2, section 28, is effective March 1, 2013. Laws 2012, chapter 277, article 2, section 38.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
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