Bill Text: MN SF2162 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Turkey license distribution method modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - Referred to Environment and Natural Resources [SF2162 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2162-Introduced.html
1.2relating to game and fish; modifying method of distributing turkey licenses;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Eligibility; method of distribution. (a) Persons eligible for a turkey
1.8license shall be determined by this section and commissioner's rule.
1.9(b) A person is eligible for a turkey license only if the person is at least age 16
1.10before the season opens, possesses a firearms safety certificate, or, if under age 12, is
1.11accompanied by a parent or guardian.
1.12(c) All eligible persons age 65 and over who apply for a turkey license shall be issued
1.13a turkey license, provided the number of applicants under this paragraph does not exceed
1.14the number of licenses to be issued as determined according to subdivision 1. If the number
1.15of applicants under this paragraph exceeds the number of licenses to be issued, all turkey
1.16licenses shall be distributed by lottery drawing, regardless of the age of the applicant.
1.17(d) All remaining licenses after distribution according to paragraph (c) shall be
1.18distributed by lottery drawing, except as provided under subdivision 4.
1.19 Sec. 2. RULEMAKING.
1.20The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, chapter
1.216236, to conform with section 1. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption
1.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under
2.1this section. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in
2.2Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Eligibility; method of distribution. (a) Persons eligible for a turkey
1.8license shall be determined by this section and commissioner's rule.
1.9(b) A person is eligible for a turkey license only if the person is at least age 16
1.10before the season opens, possesses a firearms safety certificate, or, if under age 12, is
1.11accompanied by a parent or guardian.
1.12(c) All eligible persons age 65 and over who apply for a turkey license shall be issued
1.13a turkey license, provided the number of applicants under this paragraph does not exceed
1.14the number of licenses to be issued as determined according to subdivision 1. If the number
1.15of applicants under this paragraph exceeds the number of licenses to be issued, all turkey
1.16licenses shall be distributed by lottery drawing, regardless of the age of the applicant.
1.17(d) All remaining licenses after distribution according to paragraph (c) shall be
1.18distributed by lottery drawing, except as provided under subdivision 4.
1.19 Sec. 2. RULEMAKING.
1.20The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, chapter
1.216236, to conform with section 1. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption
1.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under
2.1this section. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in
2.2Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.
