1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying certain 
  1.3             licensing fees; dedicating the in lieu of sales tax 
  1.4             receipts on lottery tickets for natural resource 
  1.5             purposes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, sections 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 
  1.7             7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 20; 97A.485, subdivision 12; and 
  1.8             297A.44, subdivision 1. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  1.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  1.13  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  1.14     (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, ~~$10~~ $12; 
  1.15     (2) for persons age 65 or over, ~~$5~~ $6; 
  1.16     (3) to take turkey, ~~$16~~ $18; 
  1.17     (4) to take deer with firearms, ~~$22~~ $25; 
  1.18     (5) to take deer by archery, ~~$22~~ $25; 
  1.19     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
  1.20  persons, ~~$275~~ $310; 
  1.21     (7) to take bear, ~~$33~~ $38; 
  1.22     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
  1.23  ~~$220~~ $250; 
  1.24     (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, ~~$44~~ $50; 
  1.25  and 
  1.26     (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, ~~$3~~ $4.  
  1.27     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  2.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 3.  [NONRESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  2.3   licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
  2.4      (1) to take small game, ~~$56~~ $73; 
  2.5      (2) to take deer with firearms, ~~$110~~ $125; 
  2.6      (3) to take deer by archery, ~~$110~~ $125; 
  2.7      (4) to take bear, ~~$165~~ $195; 
  2.8      (5) to take turkey, ~~$56~~ $73; 
  2.9      (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, or 
  2.10  lynx, ~~$137.50~~ $155; 
  2.11     (7) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, ~~$220~~ $250; 
  2.12  and 
  2.13     (8) to take Canada geese during a special season, ~~$3~~ $4. 
  2.14     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  2.15  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.16     Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  2.17  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  2.18     (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 
  2.19  65, ~~$15~~ $17; 
  2.20     (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
  2.21  ~~$5.50~~ $6.50; 
  2.22     (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
  2.23  married couple, ~~$20.50~~ $25; 
  2.24     (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, ~~$15~~ $17; 
  2.25  and 
  2.26     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
  2.27  by the licensee, ~~$8~~ $8.50. 
  2.28     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  2.29  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.30     Subd. 7.  [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  2.31  licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
  2.32     (1) to take fish by angling, ~~$31~~ $34; 
  2.33     (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
  2.34  days selected by the licensee, ~~$21.50~~ $24; 
  2.35     (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected 
  2.36  by the licensee, ~~$18~~ $20; 
  3.1      (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  3.2   family, ~~$41.50~~ $46; 
  3.3      (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
  3.4   by the licensee, ~~$8~~ $8.50; and 
  3.5      (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  3.6   married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days selected by one 
  3.7   of the licensees, ~~$32~~ $35. 
  3.8      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.9   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  3.10     Subd. 8.  [MINNESOTA SPORTING.] The commissioner shall 
  3.11  issue Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only.  The 
  3.12  licensee may take fish by angling and small game.  The fee for 
  3.13  the license is:  
  3.14     (1) for an individual, ~~$20~~ $23; and 
  3.15     (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take 
  3.16  fish and for one spouse to take small game, ~~$27.50~~ $32.  
  3.17     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.18  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  3.19     Subd. 11.  [FISH HOUSES AND DARK HOUSES; RESIDENTS.] Fees 
  3.20  for the following licenses are: 
  3.21     (1) for a fish house or dark house that is not 
  3.22  rented, ~~$10~~ $11.50; and 
  3.23     (2) for a fish house or dark house that is rented, ~~$23~~ $26. 
  3.24     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.25  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  3.26     Subd. 12.  [FISH HOUSES; NONRESIDENT.] Fees for fish house 
  3.27  licenses for a nonresident are:  
  3.28     (1) annual, ~~$31.50~~ $33; and 
  3.29     (2) seven consecutive days, ~~$18.50~~ $19. 
  3.30     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.31  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
  3.32     Subd. 13.  [NETTING WHITEFISH AND CISCOES FOR PERSONAL 
  3.33  CONSUMPTION.] The fee for a license to net whitefish and ciscoes 
  3.34  in inland lakes and international waters for personal 
  3.35  consumption is, for each net, ~~$9~~ $10. 
  3.36     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  4.1   subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
  4.2      Subd. 20.  [TRAPPING LICENSE.] The fee for a license to 
  4.3   trap fur-bearing animals is: 
  4.4      (1) for persons over age 13 and under age 18, ~~$5.50~~ $6; and 
  4.5      (2) for persons age 18 and older, ~~$18~~ $20.  
  4.6      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.485, 
  4.7   subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  4.8      Subd. 12.  [YOUTH DEER LICENSE.] The commissioner may, for 
  4.9   a fee of ~~$5~~ $5.50, issue to a resident under the age of 16 a 
  4.10  license, without a tag, to take deer with firearms.  A youth 
  4.11  holding a license issued under this subdivision may hunt under 
  4.12  the license only if accompanied by a licensed hunter who is at 
  4.13  least 18 years of age and possesses a valid tag.  A deer taken 
  4.14  by a youth holding a license issued under this subdivision must 
  4.15  be promptly tagged by the licensed hunter accompanying the 
  4.16  youth.  Section 97B.301, subdivision 6, does not apply to a 
  4.17  youth holding a license issued under this subdivision.  
  4.18     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.44, 
  4.19  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.20     Subdivision 1.  (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) to 
  4.21  (d), all revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
  4.22  from the excise and use taxes imposed by sections 297A.01 to 
  4.23  297A.44 shall be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
  4.24  treasury and credited to the general fund.  
  4.25     (b) All excise and use taxes derived from sales and use of 
  4.26  property and services purchased for the construction and 
  4.27  operation of an agricultural resource project, from and after 
  4.28  the date on which a conditional commitment for a loan guaranty 
  4.29  for the project is made pursuant to section 41A.04, subdivision 
  4.30  3, shall be deposited in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 
  4.31  account in the special revenue fund.  The commissioner of 
  4.32  finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the 
  4.33  project received the conditional commitment.  The amount 
  4.34  deposited in the loan guaranty account shall be reduced by any 
  4.35  refunds and by the costs incurred by the department of revenue 
  4.36  to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the 
  5.1   taxes.  
  5.2      (c) All revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
  5.3   from the excise and use taxes imposed on sales and purchases 
  5.4   included in section 297A.01, subdivision 3, paragraphs (d) and 
  5.5   (k), clauses (1) and (2), must be deposited by the commissioner 
  5.6   in the state treasury, and credited as follows: 
  5.7      (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt 
  5.8   service account in each fiscal year the amount required by 
  5.9   section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 
  5.10     (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the 
  5.11  balance must be credited to the general fund. 
  5.12     (d) The revenues, including interest and penalties, 
  5.13  collected under section 297A.135, subdivision 5, shall be 
  5.14  deposited by the commissioner in the state treasury and credited 
  5.15  to the general fund.  By July 15 of each year the commissioner 
  5.16  shall transfer to the highway user tax distribution fund an 
  5.17  amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 
  5.18  297A.135, subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year. 
  5.19     (e) The revenues, including interest and penalties, 
  5.20  transmitted to the commissioner under section 297A.259, must be 
  5.21  deposited by the commissioner in the state treasury as follows: 
  5.22     (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in a game 
  5.23  and fish enhancement account in the game and fish fund, and may 
  5.24  be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect 
  5.25  game and fish resources, including conservation, restoration, 
  5.26  and enhancement of land, water, and other natural resources of 
  5.27  the state; 
  5.28     (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  5.29  natural resources fund, and may be spent only for state parks 
  5.30  and trails; 
  5.31     (3) 22.5 percent of the revenue must be deposited in the 
  5.32  natural resources fund, and may be spent only on metropolitan 
  5.33  park and trail grants; 
  5.34     (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  5.35  natural resources fund, and may be spent only on local trail 
  5.36  grants; and 
  6.1      (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  6.2   natural resources fund, and may be spent only for the Minnesota 
  6.3   zoological garden, the Como park zoo and conservatory, and the 
  6.4   Duluth zoo. 
  6.5   The revenue dedicated under this paragraph may not be used as a 
  6.6   substitute for traditional sources of funding for the purposes 
  6.7   specified, but the dedicated revenue shall supplement 
  6.8   traditional sources of funding for those purposes.  Land 
  6.9   acquired with money deposited in the game and fish fund under 
  6.10  this paragraph must be open to public hunting and fishing during 
  6.11  the open season.  At least 95 percent of the money deposited in 
  6.12  the game and fish fund for improvement or enhancement of fish 
  6.13  and wildlife resources under this paragraph must be allocated 
  6.14  for expenditures in regional and local area offices. 
  6.15     Sec. 12.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  6.16     Subdivision 1.  [OPERATIONS SUPPORT.] (a) $1,565,000 is 
  6.17  appropriated in fiscal year 2001 from the general fund to the 
  6.18  commissioner of natural resources for operations support.  
  6.19     (b) The appropriation for fiscal year 2001 from the game 
  6.20  and fish fund in Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 5, subdivision 
  6.21  9, is reduced by $1,565,000. 
  6.22     Subd. 2.  [FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.] (a) $500,000 is 
  6.23  appropriated in fiscal year 2001 from the general fund to the 
  6.24  commissioner of natural resources for expansion of the walleye 
  6.25  stocking program. 
  6.26     (b) $5,156,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2001 from the 
  6.27  game and fish fund to the commissioner of natural resources for 
  6.28  fish and wildlife management. 
  6.29     (c) $825,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2001 from the 
  6.30  game and fish fund for enforcement of natural resources laws. 
  6.31     Sec. 13.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.32     Sections 1 to 10 are effective on March 1, 2001.  Sections 
  6.33  11 and 12 are effective July 1, 2000.