Minnesota SF 506: Spear guns to take fish authorization

Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance (as of 2017-02-02)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 506

Subjects: Fish and Fishing, Natural Resources and Natural Resources Department

Sponsors: Hoffman

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment; appropriating money from the environment and natural
1.3 resources trust fund; modifying prior appropriations; amending Laws 2024, chapter
1.4 83, section 2, subdivisions 3, 8.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
1.7 The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
1.8 and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the environment and
1.9 natural resources trust fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
1.10 indicated for each purpose. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this act mean that the
1.11 appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or
1.12 June 30, 2027, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal
1.13 year 2027. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Any unencumbered balance
1.14 remaining in the first year does not cancel and is available for the second year or until the
1.15 end of the appropriation. These are onetime appropriations.
1.16 APPROPRIATIONS
1.17 Available for the Year
1.18 Ending June 30
20271.19 2026
1.20 Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RESOURCES
0$103,326,000$1.21 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
1.22 This appropriation is from the environment
1.23 and natural resources trust fund. The amounts
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 506NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HAWJ and Westrom)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading15201/23/2025
Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Author added Westrom39102/13/2025
Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance42802/20/2025
Comm report: To pass as amended643a03/06/2025
Second reading650
Rule 47, returned to Finance6285
See First Special Session, SF3

2.1 that may be spent for each purpose are
2.2 specified in the following subdivisions.
2.3 Subd. 2.Definition
2.4 "Trust fund" means the Minnesota
2.5 environment and natural resources trust fund
2.6 established under the Minnesota Constitution,
2.7 article XI, section 14.
-0-22,084,000
2.8 Subd. 3.Foundational Natural Resource Data
2.9 and Information
2.10 (a) Fond du Lac Deer Study - Phase 1
2.11 $1,441,000 the first year is from the trust fund
2.12 to the Minnesota State Colleges and
2.13 Universities for Bemidji State University to
2.14 collect baseline deer demographic, movement,
2.15 and habitat-use data before elk restoration to
2.16 better inform management of both elk and deer
2.17 populations on the Fond du Lac Reservation
2.18 and surrounding areas.
2.19 (b) Are All Walleye Created Equal? Probably
2.20 Not.
2.21 $298,000 the first year is from the trust fund
2.22 to the Board of Regents of the University of
2.23 Minnesota to investigate Minnesota walleye
2.24 strain physiology and disease responses to
2.25 warming water and to build a tool to guide
2.26 adaptive management of walleye in a warming
2.27 climate.
2.28 (c) Deer Survival Within Minnesota's Densest
2.29 Wolf Population
2.30 $809,000 the first year is from the trust fund
2.31 to the Board of Regents of the University of
2.32 Minnesota to evaluate how wolves, winter
2.33 severity, and habitat affect deer mortality and
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3.1 survival across space and time within the
3.2 Voyageurs region.
3.3 (d) Evaluating Anticoagulant Rodenticide
3.4 Exposure in Minnesota's Carnivores
3.5 $247,000 the first year is from the trust fund
3.6 to the Board of Regents of the University of
3.7 Minnesota for the Natural Resources Research
3.8 Institute in Duluth to determine anticoagulant
3.9 rodenticide exposure rates and concentrations
3.10 in Minnesota bobcats and fishers, factors
3.11 influencing exposure risk, and negative effects
3.12 of rodenticide exposure on carnivore health.
3.13 (e) Digitizing the Science Museum of
3.14 Minnesota's Mollusk Specimens
3.15 $386,000 the first year is from the trust fund
3.16 to the Science Museum of Minnesota to make
3.17 the museum's Minnesota mollusk specimen
3.18 collection available for research and education
3.19 by identifying and organizing all relevant
3.20 specimens and digitizing the museum's data.
3.21 (f) Integrating Wildlife Objectives in Long-Term
3.22 Forest Management Planning
3.23 $316,000 the first year is from the trust fund
3.24 to the Board of Regents of the University of
3.25 Minnesota to develop a harvest-scheduling
3.26 model that integrates wildlife habitat metrics
3.27 with timber production objectives in the
3.28 forest-planning process for more sustainable
3.29 forest landscape-level outcomes.
3.30 (g) Surveying Minnesota's Secretive Marsh
3.31 Birds
3.32 $413,000 the first year is from the trust fund
3.33 to the commissioner of natural resources for
3.34

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