1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1238, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 3, delete section 7
1.4Page 5, after line 5, insert:

1.5    "Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6    Subdivision 1. Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this
1.7subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2,
1.8clauses (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (14), and (15), (16), and (17), and 3, clauses (2), (3), (4),
1.9(9) (10), (11), and (12), and (13), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
1.10    (b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and
1.11wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section
1.1297A.473, subdivision 4 , shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be
1.13used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.
1.14    (c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from
1.15the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license
1.16issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear
1.17management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including
1.18a computerized licensing system.
1.19    (d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding
1.20and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer
1.21feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency
1.22deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When
1.23the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild
1.24cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first
1.25time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund.
1.26The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance
2.1committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild
2.2cervidae health management has been spent.
2.3    Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer
2.4feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal
2.5year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer
2.6and bear management programs and computerized licensing."
2.7Page 5, line 30, delete "number four buckshot" and insert "FF or .23 diameter shot"
2.8Page 6, after line 10, insert:

2.9    "Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.10    Subd. 4. Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer
2.11hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a
2.12replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that
2.13are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and
2.14the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person
2.15changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both
2.16an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value
2.17of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.
2.18    (b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any
2.19tag from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The
2.20original license or licenses and all unused tags for the licenses being replaced must be
2.21submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.
2.22    (c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as
2.23otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
2.24    (1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened;
2.25    (2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to
2.26an all season deer license;
2.27    (3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone
2.28deer license; or
2.29    (4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth
2.30deer license.
2.31    (d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid
2.32immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time."
2.33Page 6, after line 30, insert:

2.34    "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.35    Subd. 7. Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may
2.36issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a resident who is an owner or
3.1tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, as
3.2defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to take
3.3additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only one
3.4license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, only
3.5one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The
3.6license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes
3.7or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land
3.8is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or
3.9dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision
3.102 , the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may
3.11take an additional deer under that license.
3.12    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer
3.13hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first
3.14Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under
3.15section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13) clause (5)."
3.16Page 7, line 9, after "license" insert "when shore fishing or wading on state-owned
3.17land"
3.18Page 7, line 10, delete "waters" and insert "water bodies" and before "state" insert
3.19"statutory boundary of the"
3.20Page 7, after line 16, insert:
3.21"EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2010."
3.22Page 8, delete section 17
3.23Page 8, after line 23, insert:

3.24    "Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.25    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents
3.26only, are:
3.27    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
3.28    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
3.29    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $23;
3.30    (4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
3.31    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms
3.32season, $26;
3.33    (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
3.34    (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
3.35season, $26;
3.36    (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
4.1    (9) to take bear, $38;
4.2    (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
4.3    (11) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
4.4    (12) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
4.5    (13) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer
4.6season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
4.7    (14) (12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
4.8    (15) (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular
4.9firearms season, $13;
4.10    (16) (14) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and
4.11    (17) (15) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the
4.12muzzleloader season, $13."
4.13Page 9, line 3, strike "multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one
4.14zone, $270"
4.15Page 9, line 4, strike "(10)"
4.16Page 9, line 5, strike "(11)" and insert "(10)"
4.17Page 9, line 7, strike "(12)" and insert "(11)"
4.18Page 9, line 8, strike "(13)" and insert "(12)"
4.19Page 9, line 10, strike "(9)" and insert "(8)"
4.20Page 10, line 29, strike "outdoors"
4.21Page 10, line 30, strike "or"
4.22Page 10, line 31, delete the new language and strike "a motor vehicle" and insert
4.23"not armed"
4.24Page 11, line 8, delete "and during that season"
4.25Page 11, lines 18 to 21, reinstate the stricken language
4.26Page 15, line 32, delete "that is" and strike "under the control of" and delete "a
4.27single landowner"
4.28Page 17, after line 21, insert:

4.29    "Sec. 47. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 2, section 25, is amended to read:
4.30    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3,
4.31is amended to read:
4.32    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 must
4.33obtain a small game license in order to take small game by firearms or bow and arrow
4.34without paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if
4.35the resident is:
4.36    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
5.1    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
5.2guardian;
5.3    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
5.4by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an
5.5apprentice hunter validation; or
5.6    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
5.7    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game
5.8license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident
5.9under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter,
5.10bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat,
5.11or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the
5.12accompanying parent or guardian.
5.13    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey
5.14without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or
5.15guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
5.16    (d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a
5.17prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an
5.18adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
5.19EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to paragraph (a) are effective March 1,
5.202009 2010.
5.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from March 1, 2009."
5.22Page 18, delete section 46, and insert:

5.23    "Sec. 50. REPEALER.
5.24Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.525, subdivision 2; 97B.301, subdivisions 7
5.25and 8; and 97C.405, are repealed."
5.26Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
5.27Amend the title accordingly