1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 3547 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 16, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4981, is amended to read:
1.417.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC
1.5FARMS.
1.6    (a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life
1.7is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or
1.8minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 17.4981 to 17.4997 is to:
1.9    (1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;
1.10    (2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without
1.11approval of the commissioner;
1.12    (3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;
1.13    (4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and
1.14    (5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.
1.15    (b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate
1.16commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.
1.17    (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall report to the legislature, in
1.18odd-numbered years, the proposed license and other fees that would make aquaculture
1.19self-sustaining. The fees shall not cover the costs of other programs. The commissioner
1.20shall encourage fish farming in man-made ponds and develop best management practices
1.21for aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program.

1.22    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, is
1.23amended to read:
1.24    Subdivision 1. License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic
1.25farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
2.1    (b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by
2.2the commissioner.
2.3    (c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the
2.4commissioner.
2.5    (d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required
2.6license fee under section 17.4988.
2.7    (e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property
2.8rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant
2.9detrimental impact on the public resource.
2.10    (f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house
2.11of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy
2.12recommendations regarding aquaculture.
2.13    (g) The commissioner shall not issue or renew a license to raise minnows in a natural
2.14water body if the natural water body is the subject of a protective easement or other
2.15interest in land that was acquired with funding from federal waterfowl stamp proceeds
2.16or migratory waterfowl stamp proceeds under section 97A.075, subdivision 2, or if the
2.17natural water body was the subject of any other development, restoration, maintenance, or
2.18preservation project funded under section 97A.075, subdivision 2.
2.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.20    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
2.21    Subd. 15. Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an
2.22application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate safety
2.23training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the commissioner
2.24by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic
2.25and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The commissioner may:
2.26    (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions,
2.27including by telephone;
2.28    (2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or
2.29fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as
2.30temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until
2.31the license or registration is received or expires;
2.32    (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic card
2.33transactions and in person using an electronic licensing system agent and of individuals
2.34who make transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an additional
2.35transaction fee not to exceed $3.50. An electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of
3.1individuals making an electronic card transaction in person must post a sign informing
3.2individuals of the fee. The sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, and
3.3include the amount of the fee;
3.4    (4) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be
3.5paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system.
3.6The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly
3.7overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing
3.8system; and
3.9    (5) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.
3.10    (b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clause (3), and the commission
3.11established under paragraph (a), clause (4), are not subject to the rulemaking procedures
3.12of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
3.13    (c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision,
3.14including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the
3.15natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.

3.16    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.17    Subdivision 1. Pass in possession. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while
3.18riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state
3.19trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests, a person 16 years of age
3.20or over shall carry in immediate possession and visibly display on person or horse tack,
3.21a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a
3.22conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
3.23    (b) A valid horse pass is not required under this section for a person riding, leading,
3.24or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trail that is owned by the person or the
3.25person's spouse, child, or parent."
3.26Page 6, after line 32, insert:

3.27    "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.435, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.28    Subd. 4. Separate selection of eligible licensees. (a) The commissioner may
3.29conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the turkey licenses to be issued for
3.30any area. Only persons who are owners or tenants of and who live on at least 40 acres
3.31of land in the area, and their family members, are eligible applicants for turkey licenses
3.32for the separate selection. The qualifying land may be noncontiguous. Persons who are
3.33unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining
3.34licenses. Persons who obtain a license in a separate selection must allow public turkey
4.1hunting on their land during that turkey season. A license issued under this subdivision is
4.2restricted to the permit area where the qualifying land is located.
4.3    (b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family
4.4members under this subdivision.
4.5    (c) The commissioner shall presume that an applicant under this subdivision is
4.6eligible in order to ensure the timely processing of applications. An applicant that
4.7knowingly makes a false statement or a license agent that knowingly issues a license to an
4.8ineligible person is subject to the penalty provisions under section 97A.311."
4.9Page 7, after line 18, insert:

4.10    "Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3,
4.11is amended to read:
4.12    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may
4.13not must obtain a small game license but may in order to take small game by firearms
4.14or bow and arrow without a license paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475,
4.15subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if the resident is:
4.16    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
4.17    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
4.18guardian;
4.19    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
4.20by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an
4.21apprentice hunter validation; or
4.22    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
4.23    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game
4.24license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident
4.25under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter,
4.26bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat,
4.27or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the
4.28accompanying parent or guardian.
4.29    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey
4.30without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or
4.31guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

4.32    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.33    Subd. 4. Persons Residents under age 16; big game. A person resident under the
4.34age of 16 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a firearms
4.35safety certificate. A person under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or
5.1guardian to hunt big game. by firearms or bow and arrow if the resident obtains a license
5.2to take big game and is:
5.3    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
5.4    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
5.5guardian;
5.6    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
5.7by a parent or guardian who possesses a big game license that was not obtained using
5.8an apprentice hunter validation
5.9    (4) age 12 and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. A resident age 12 or under
5.10is not required to possess a firearms safety certificate under section 97B.020 to take big
5.11game; or
5.12    (5) age 11 or ten and is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the
5.13parent is within immediate reach and the youth obtains a license without paying the fee.

5.14    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a
5.15subdivision to read:
5.16    Subd. 4a. Nonresidents under age 16; big game. (a) A nonresident under age
5.1716 may obtain a big game license at the applicable resident fee under section 97A.475,
5.18subdivision 2, if the nonresident is:
5.19    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
5.20    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
5.21guardian;
5.22    (3) age 12 and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. A nonresident age 12
5.23or under is not required to possess a firearms safety certificate under section 97B.020
5.24to take big game; or
5.25    (4) age 11 or ten and is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where
5.26the parent is within immediate reach."
5.27Page 7, delete section 12 and insert:

5.28    "Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2,
5.29is amended to read:
5.30    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents
5.31only, are:
5.32    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
5.33    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
5.34    (3) to take turkey, $18 $23;
5.35    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;
6.1    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
6.2    (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
6.3    (7) to take bear, $38;
6.4    (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
6.5    (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
6.6    (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
6.7    (11) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer
6.8season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
6.9    (12) all-firearm season license to take two deer throughout the state in any open
6.10firearms deer season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $52;
6.11    (13) to take prairie chickens, $20;
6.12    (13) (14) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms
6.13during the muzzle-loader season or during the regular firearms season in any open zone
6.14or time period, $13; and
6.15    (14) (15) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.
6.16EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendment to clause (3) is effective March 1, 2009."
6.17Page 9, after line 15, insert:

6.18    "Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 16,
6.19is amended to read:
6.20    Subd. 16. Resident hunting guides outfitters. (a) The fee for a resident license to
6.21guide bear hunters is $82.50 and is available only to a Minnesota resident individual.
6.22    (b) The fee for a resident master bear hunting outfitter license is $165. The fee to
6.23add an additional person under the license is $82.50 per person."
6.24Page 10, after line 30, insert:

6.25    "Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
6.2697B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER SEASON.
6.27    Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer,
6.28bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons.
6.29The transportation requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular
6.30firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section
6.3197B.106, subdivision 2 . A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this
6.32section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.

6.33    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:
6.3497B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED
6.35IN DEER ZONES.
7.1    A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period
7.2beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after
7.3the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:
7.4    (1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm
7.5and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game
7.6in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;
7.7    (2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;
7.8    (3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot
7.9or steel shot;
7.10    (4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber of
7.11.22 inches containing only .17 caliber rimfire cartridges, .22 short, long or long rifle, or
7.12.22 magnum caliber cartridges;
7.13    (5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections
7.14624.714 and 624.715 for the purpose authorized; and
7.15    (6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.
7.16    This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer
7.17may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the
7.18taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by
7.19muzzleloader during that season.
7.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2008."
7.21Page 11, after line 22, insert:

7.22    "Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, is amended by adding a
7.23subdivision to read:
7.24    Subd. 8. All-firearm season deer license. (a) A resident may obtain an all-firearm
7.25season deer license that authorizes the resident to hunt during the regular firearms and
7.26muzzleloader seasons. The all-firearm season license is valid for taking two deer, no more
7.27than one of which may be a legal buck.
7.28    (b) The all-firearm season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as prescribed
7.29by the commissioner.
7.30    (c) The commissioner shall issue two tags when issuing a license under this
7.31subdivision."
7.32Page 12, after line 13, insert:

7.33    "Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
7.3497B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
8.1    (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an
8.2area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
8.3The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
8.4select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
8.5previously applied and have not been selected.
8.6    (b) In the case of a drawing, the commissioner shall allow a person to apply for a
8.7permit in more than one area at the same time and rank the person's choice of area. A
8.8person applying for a permit shall submit the applicable license fee under section 97A.475
8.9with the application. If a person is not selected for a bear hunting permit, the person may
8.10elect to have the license fee refunded or held and applied to a future license or permit.

8.11    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.431, is amended to read:
8.1297B.431 BEAR HUNTING GUIDES OUTFITTERS.
8.13    (a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for
8.14compensation without a bear hunting guide outfitter license. A bear hunting guide outfitter
8.15is not required to have a license to take bear unless the guide outfitter is attempting
8.16to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and
8.17administration of the licenses.
8.18    (b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear hunting outfitter license
8.19under which one person serves as the bear hunting outfitter and one other individual is
8.20eligible to guide and bait bear. Additional individuals may be added to the license and
8.21eligible to guide and bait bear under the license provided the additional person fee under
8.22section 97A.475, subdivision 16, is paid for each individual added. The commissioner
8.23shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.

8.24    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.25    Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour
8.26after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person:
8.27    (1) must be on foot;
8.28    (2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
8.29    (3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or
8.30long rifle, rimfire ammunition; and
8.31    (4) may not use shotgun shells with larger than No. 4 shot."
8.32Page 12, after line 25, insert:

8.33    "Sec. 39. [97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.
9.1    Subdivision 1. Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation
9.2angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered
9.3for resident and nonresident individuals, resident married couples, nonresident married
9.4couples valid for 14 consecutive days, and nonresident families.
9.5    Subd. 2. Daily and possession limits. Daily and possession limits for fish taken
9.6under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the
9.7corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next
9.8whole number if necessary.
9.9    Subd. 3. License fee. The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this
9.10section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section
9.1197A.475, subdivision 6 or 7, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

9.12    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.13    Subdivision 1. Lines. An angler may not use more than one line except:
9.14    (1) two lines may be used to take fish through the ice; and
9.15    (2) the commissioner may, by rule, authorize the use of two lines in areas designated
9.16by the commissioner in Lake Superior."
9.17Page 13, after line 20, insert:

9.18    "Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
9.19    Subd. 4. Open season. The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1
9.20to ends the last Sunday in February.

9.21    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.22    Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by
9.23angling are as follows:
9.24    (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and
9.25smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend
9.26to the last Sunday in February;
9.27    (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
9.28    (3) for lake trout on lakes entirely or partly within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
9.29Wilderness, from the Saturday nearest January 1 to March 31;
9.30    (4) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to
9.31October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section
9.3297C.415, subdivision 2 ; and
9.33    (4) (5) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
10.1    (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are
10.2spawning and closing the season will protect the resource."
10.3Page 13, after line 26, insert:

10.4    "Sec. 48. UNCASED FIREARMS REPORT.
10.5    The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report to the legislature by
10.6January 1, 2009, on uncased firearms that answers the questions listed below.
10.7    (1) How many other states have laws like Minnesota's governing uncased firearms?
10.8    (2) Are there any studies that prove that uncased firearms laws like Minnesota's
10.9reduce firearm-related accidents?
10.10    (3) Is there evidence that more accidents occur loading and unloading firearms and
10.11putting firearms in and out of cases than would occur if the firearms were not required to
10.12be cased?
10.13    (4) Are there any studies to prove that having a cased gun law reduces other criminal
10.14violations? For example, there are thousands of tickets written for uncased guns every
10.15year; is this the activity the state is trying to stop or is the state trying to reduce other
10.16crimes? Is there any proof that by issuing tickets Minnesota is stopping other crimes?
10.17    (5) If the state cannot verify that it is reducing accidents or reducing other criminal
10.18violations by writing uncased gun tickets, why is the state writing them?
10.19    (6) If the state is reducing other wildlife crimes such as shooting from the roadway,
10.20how is it doing this?
10.21    The report must comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and be
10.22submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over the
10.23environment and natural resources. The commissioner may include additional information
10.24that the commissioner feels is important to this issue.

10.25    Sec. 49. COCK PHEASANT BAG LIMIT; RULEMAKING.
10.26    The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
10.276234.0400, subpart 2, to allow a person to take up to three cock pheasants per day after the
10.2816th day of the pheasant season. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption
10.29under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rule and
10.30Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota
10.31Statutes, section 14.388.

10.32    Sec. 50. BEAR HUNTING PERMIT DRAWING; RULEMAKING.
10.33    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules to comply with the changes
10.34made to Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.405. The commissioner may use the good cause
10.35exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt
11.1the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in
11.2Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388."
11.3Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
11.4Amend the title accordingly