1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing exemptions to snowmobile state trail 
1.3 	sticker requirement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 
1.4 	84.8205, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 84.8205, subdivision 1, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Sticker required; fee. (a) A person may not operate a snowmobile 
1.9 	on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a snowmobile state trail sticker is affixed 
1.10 	to the snowmobile. The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a sticker upon 
1.11 	application and payment of a $15 fee. The fee for a three-year snowmobile state trail 
1.12 	sticker that is purchased at the time of snowmobile registration is $30. In addition to other 
1.13 	penalties prescribed by law, a person in violation of this subdivision must purchase an 
1.14 	annual state trail sticker for a fee of $30. The sticker is valid from November 1 through 
1.15 	April 30. Fees collected under this section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents 
1.16 	under this section and for the electronic licensing system commission established by 
1.17 	the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, shall be deposited in the state 
1.18 	treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural 
1.19 	resources fund and must be used for grants-in-aid, trail maintenance, grooming, and 
1.20 	easement acquisition.
1.21 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to:
1.22 	(1) a person operating a collector snowmobile for which a special permit has been 
1.23 	issued under section 84.82, subdivision 7a; or
1.24 	(2) a person operating a snowmobile on property owned by the person.