1.1Senator Wesenberg moved to amend
S.F. No. 3 as follows (...):
1.2Page 138, after line 22, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
1.497B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
1.5 (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area,
1.6if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
The
1.7commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
select
1.8the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
1.9previously applied and have not been selected.
Additionally, the commissioner may award
1.10points toward a preference under this section to a person who is at least six years
of age, so
1.11that by the time the person is old enough to be a bear hunter the person has accumulated
a
1.12number of preference points.
1.13(b) If the commissioner limits the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area
under
1.14paragraph (a), the commissioner must reserve one permit and give first preference
for that
1.15permit to a resident of a Minnesota veterans home.
1.16 (c) A person selected through a drawing must purchase a license by August 1. Any
1.17remaining available licenses not purchased shall be issued to any eligible person
as prescribed
1.18by the commissioner on a first-come, first-served basis beginning three business days
after
1.19August 1."
1.20Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.21Amend the title accordingly
1.22The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.