1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of pheasant habitat 
1.3 	improvement account; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 97A.075, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Pheasant stamp. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps 
1.9 	must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account is 
1.10 	appropriated to the commissioner and may be used only for:
1.11 	(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked 
1.12 	pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter 
1.13 	cover, and reliable food sources;
1.14 	(2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;
1.15 	(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private 
1.16 	land;
1.17 	(4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including 
1.18 	promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and
1.19 	(5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public 
1.20 	hunting.
1.21 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for:
1.22 	(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph 
1.23 	(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under 
1.24 	paragraph (a), clause (4); or
2.1 	(2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2019, personnel may be hired 
2.2 	to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement 
2.3 	conservation provisions of state and federal programs.