§ 97A.065 — Dedication of Certain Receipts
Plain-Language Summary
Dedicates certain receipts related to game and fish to specific purposes. Fines and forfeited bail collected from prosecutions of game and fish law violations (and related wild-animal and aquatic-vegetation laws) are deposited in the state treasury, with half credited to the general fund and half to the game and fish fund. Money collected as restitution for wild animals killed, injured, or possessed unlawfully must be used by the commissioner to replace, propagate, or protect wild animals. Deer license surcharges and donations are deposited in the special revenue fund and appropriated to the commissioner for deer management and venison donation programs and for the walk-in access program. (Subdivisions 1, 3, and 4 have been repealed.)
97A.065 DEDICATION OF CERTAIN RECEIPTS.
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Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2012 c 277 art 1 s 91] §
Subd. 2.Fines and forfeited bail.
Fines and forfeited bail collected from prosecutions of violations of: the game and fish laws or rules adopted thereunder; sections 84.091 to 84.15 or rules adopted thereunder; chapter 348; and any other law relating to wild animals or aquatic vegetation, must be deposited in the state treasury. Half the receipts must be credited to the general fund, and half the receipts must be credited to the game and fish fund under section 97A.055. §
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1994 c 561 s 28] §
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54] §
Subd. 5.Restitution for wild animals.
Money collected from restitution under section 97A.341 for wild animals killed, injured, or possessed in violation of the game and fish laws must be used by the commissioner for replacement, propagation, or protection of wild animals. §
Subd. 6.Deer license donations and surcharges.
(a) The surcharges collected under section 97A.475, subdivision 3a, paragraph (b), shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for deer management, including for grants or payments to agencies, organizations, or individuals for assisting with the cost of processing deer taken for population management purposes for venison donation programs. None of the additional license fees shall be transferred to any other agency for administration of programs other than venison donation. If any money transferred by the commissioner is not used for a venison donation program, it shall be returned to the commissioner.
(b) The surcharges and donations under section 97A.475, subdivisions 3, paragraph (b); 3a, paragraph (a); and 4, paragraph (b), shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the walk-in access program.
History:
1986 c 386 art 1 s 12; 1986 c 429 s 1; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 8; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 5; 1987 c 404 s 118; 1989 c 19 s 2; 1989 c 298 s 1; 1993 c 184 s 6; 1996 c 410 s 58; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 7; 1998 c 367 art 8 s 1; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 1; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7; 2000 c 495 s 29; 2001 c 185 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 1; 2003 c 28 art 1 s 13; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 18; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 81; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 21; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 3 s 6
History: History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 12; 1986 c 429 s 1; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 8; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 5; 1987 c 404 s 118; 1989 c 19 s 2; 1989 c 298 s 1; 1993 c 184 s 6; 1996 c 410 s 58; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 7; 1998 c 367 art 8 s 1; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 1; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7; 2000 c 495 s 29; 2001 c 185 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 1; 2003 c 28 art 1 s 13; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 18; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 81; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 21; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 3 s 6