Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1116

1E Permitting commissioner of agriculture to determine aquatic farm
(aquaculture) and private fish hatcheries fees without regard to administrative
rulemaking; changing conditions and time restriction for department of natural
resources (DNR) off-highway motorcycle, off-road vehicle, snowmobile,
all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and watercraft (boat) registration refunds; requiring
summaries of fish and game laws delivery to license vendors, defining bow
fishing, modifying waterfowl feeding and resting areas restrictions, take a kid
fishing weekends age requirement, transportation of wild animals by common
carrier, possession of firearms and ammunition restriction in deer zones and
possession of night vision equipment; exempting certain wildlife management
areas from local ordinances and limiting unit use and management, establishing
the take a kid fishing in a state park opportunity, authorizing residents over
the age of 90 to fish without a license, providing free licenses to net ciscoes
and whitefish for personal consumption to residents under the age of 16,
requiring commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to issue without fee an
either-sex deer permit to residents with certain federal active military service
(armed forces veterans), providing one permit per resident; expanding department
of natural resources (DNR) game and fish lottery and drawing preferences for
qualified service members (veterans) to residents in receipt of a purple heart
medal and veterans with service-connected disabilities; authorizing commissioner
of natural resources (DNR) to issue lifetime spearing and lifetime angling and
spearing licenses, specifying fees, adding spearing to the lifetime sporting
license; increasing fees for lifetime sporting licenses; authorizing
nonresidents to take fish by spearing from a dark house; requiring commissioner
of natural resources (DNR) to amend rules; allowing residents under a certain
age to take small game without a license under certain conditions, making
clarifying changes for nonresident hunting, including shelters under fish and
dark houses regulations, modifying certain restrictions on use of artificial
lights (shining) to take wild animals with or without implements; modifying the
definition of deer bait or feed by removing bird feeder grains and nuts from the
bait or feed definition exclusion under a baiting prohibition provision;
allowing hunting from stationary motor vehicles for physically disabled,
prohibiting coyote taking and possession, modifying duck decoy restrictions;
modifying fishing contest requirements, requiring a boat count in place of
person count, limiting contests without permits to rough fish and limiting total
prize value for contests with and without permits from commissioner of natural
resources (DNR), removing authorization for fee waiver, requiring commissioner
to develop best practices management to ensure proper handling and release, to
develop an online web based fishing contest permit application process and to
allow for live release weigh-ins at public accesses; modifying restrictions on
bow fishing; authorizing nonresidents to take fish by spearing from a dark
house; establishing a bow fishing season; permitting the possession of bows and
arrows on or near water during bow hunting season; specifying certain nightime
restrictions on motorboats; authorizing the discharging of an arrow in the
Mississippi and Minnesota rivers; establishing restrictions on the discharge of
an arrow near structures or campsites; prohibiting the returning of rough fish
taken by bow and arrows to water; authorizing commissioner rulemaking for
muskelunge on inland waters, specifying requirements; providing certain
exceptions for shining without implements and specifying temporary warning
requirements prior to a certain date; authorizing commissioner of natural
resources (DNR) to extend the firearms deer season within designated areas
between certain dates; repealing transportation of wild animals by common
carrier, muskellunge size limits and residents under age 16 small game
provisions
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