1.1Senator Wesenberg moved to amend
H.F. No. 3911, as amended pursuant to Rule 45,
1.2adopted by the Senate May 3, 2024, as follows:
1.3(The text of the amended House File is identical to
S.F. No. 3887.)
1.4Page 27, after line 17, insert:
1.5 "Section 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
1.697B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
1.7 (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area,
1.8if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
The
1.9commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
select
1.10the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
1.11previously applied and have not been selected.
Additionally, the commissioner may award
1.12points toward a preference under this section to a person who is at least six years
old so that
1.13by the time the person is old enough to be a bear hunter the person has accumulated
a number
1.14of preference points.
1.15(b) If the commissioner limits the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area
under
1.16paragraph (a), the commissioner must reserve one permit and give first preference
for that
1.17permit to a resident of a Minnesota veterans home.
1.18 (c) A person selected through a drawing must purchase a license by August 1. Any
1.19remaining available licenses not purchased shall be issued to any eligible person
as prescribed
1.20by the commissioner on a first-come, first-served basis beginning three business days
after
1.21August 1."
1.22Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.23Amend the title accordingly
1.24The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.