2004 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.065 Dedication of certain receipts. 

    Subdivision 1.    Fish and turtles from rough fish 
 removal.  Money received from the sale of fish and turtles 
 taken under rough fish removal operations is continuously 
 available for rough fish removal.  

    Subd. 2.    Fines and forfeited bail.  (a) Fines and 
 forfeited bail collected from prosecutions of violations of:  
 the game and fish laws or rules adopted thereunder; sections 
 84.091 to 84.15 or rules adopted thereunder; sections 84.81 to 
 84.91 or rules adopted thereunder; section 169A.20, when the 
 violation involved an off-road recreational vehicle as defined 
 in section 169A.03, subdivision 16; chapter 348; and any other 
 law relating to wild animals or aquatic vegetation, must be paid 
 to the treasurer of the county where the violation is 
 prosecuted.  The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the 
 receipts to the commissioner and credit the balance to the 
 county general revenue fund except as provided in paragraphs 
 (b), (c), and (d).  In a county in a judicial district under 
 section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the share that 
 would otherwise go to the county under this paragraph must be 
 submitted to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the 
 state treasury and credited to the general fund. 

    (b) The commissioner may reimburse a county, from the game 
 and fish fund, for the cost of keeping prisoners prosecuted for 
 violations of the game and fish laws under this section if the 
 county board, by resolution, directs:  (1) the county treasurer 
 to submit all game and fish fines and forfeited bail to the 
 commissioner; and (2) the county auditor to certify and submit 
 monthly itemized statements to the commissioner.  

    (c) The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the 
 receipts collected under paragraph (a) from prosecutions of 
 violations of sections 84.81 to 84.91 or rules adopted 
 thereunder, and 169A.20, except receipts that are surcharges 
 imposed under section 357.021, subdivision 6, to the 
 commissioner and credit the balance to the county general fund.  
 The commissioner shall credit these receipts to the snowmobile 
 trails and enforcement account in the natural resources fund. 

    (d) The county treasurer shall indicate the amount of the 
 receipts that are surcharges imposed under section 357.021, 
 subdivision 6, and shall submit all of those receipts to the 
 commissioner of finance. 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1994 c 561 s 28 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54 

    Subd. 5.    Restitution for wild animals.  Money 
 collected from restitution under section 97A.341 for wild 
 animals killed, injured, or possessed in violation of the game 
 and fish laws must be used by the commissioner for replacement, 
 propagation, or protection of wild animals.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 12; 1986 c 429 s 1; 1987 c 149 art 1 
 s 8; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 5; 1987 c 404 s 118; 1989 c 19 s 2; 1989 
 c 298 s 1; 1993 c 184 s 6; 1996 c 410 s 58; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 7; 
 1998 c 367 art 8 s 1; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 1; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 
 7; 2000 c 495 s 29; 2001 c 185 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 1; 2003 
 c 28 art 1 s 13; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 2 by Laws 2001, First 
*Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 1, is effective 
*July 1, 2005, in the Sixth 
*and Tenth Districts.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 
*5, article 5, section 1, the effective date.