1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; eliminating dedication of certain license revenue for 
1.3 	wolf management and monitoring;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	97A.075, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
1.8 	"deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (5), 
1.9 	(6), (7), (13), (14), and (15); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11), and (12); and 
1.10 	8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
1.11 	(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife 
1.12 	trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section 97A.473, 
1.13 	subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer management account and is appropriated to the 
1.14 	commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.
1.15 	(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the 
1.16 	lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued 
1.17 	under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear management 
1.18 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer and bear management programs, 
1.19 	including a computerized licensing system.
1.20 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and wild 
1.21 	cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
1.22 	wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
1.23 	wild cervidae health management is available until expended.
2.1 	When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and 
2.2 	wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 
2.3 	unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
2.4 	management programs and computerized licensing.
2.5 	(e) Fifty cents from each annual deer license and 50 cents annually from the lifetime 
2.6 	fish and wildlife trust fund established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under 
2.7 	section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring 
2.8 	account under subdivision 7.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2018.