Bill Text: MN HF2991 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Migratory waterfowl and pheasant pictorial stamp purchasing options modified.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy [HF2991 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2991-Introduced.html
1.2relating to game and fish; modifying migratory waterfowl and pheasant pictorial
1.3stamp purchasing options;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.405,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from
1.8an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either:
1.9(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2)
1.10the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to
1.11the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
1.12 (b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person
1.13must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper
1.14license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper
1.15license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state
1.16identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the
1.17license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been
1.18issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement
1.19shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer,
1.20the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest,
1.21or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon
1.22request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name
1.23in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
2.1 (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a
2.2copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license
2.3identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights
2.4or privileges conferred by a license.
2.5 (d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall
2.6be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorialmigratory
2.7waterfowl, pheasant, trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to the licensee
2.8after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional fee that covers
2.9the costs of producing and mailing a pictorial stamp. A pictorial migratory waterfowl,
2.10pheasant, or turkey stamp may be purchased for a fee that covers the costs of producing
2.11and mailing the pictorial stamp. Notwithstanding section16A.1283 , the commissioner
2.12may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees for providing the
2.13pictorial stamps. The fees must be set in an amount that does not recover significantly
2.14more or less than the cost of producing and mailing the stamps. The fees are not subject to
2.15the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section14.386 does not apply.
1.3stamp purchasing options;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.405,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from
1.8an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either:
1.9(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2)
1.10the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to
1.11the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
1.12 (b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person
1.13must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper
1.14license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper
1.15license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state
1.16identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the
1.17license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been
1.18issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement
1.19shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer,
1.20the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest,
1.21or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon
1.22request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name
1.23in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
2.1 (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a
2.2copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license
2.3identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights
2.4or privileges conferred by a license.
2.5 (d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall
2.6be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial
2.7
2.8after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional fee that covers
2.9the costs of producing and mailing a pictorial stamp. A pictorial migratory waterfowl,
2.10pheasant, or turkey stamp may be purchased for a fee that covers the costs of producing
2.11and mailing the pictorial stamp. Notwithstanding section
2.12may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees for providing the
2.13pictorial stamps. The fees must be set in an amount that does not recover significantly
2.14more or less than the cost of producing and mailing the stamps. The fees are not subject to
2.15the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section
