Subd. 1. Nonresident lifetime licenses authorized.

1. (a) The commissioner may issue a lifetime angling license or a lifetime small game hunting license to a nonresident. The license fees paid for a lifetime license are nonrefundable.

2. (b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by:

   1. (1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner; or
   2. (2) the purchase of stamps for the license.

Subd. 2. Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee.

1. (a) A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation or other stamps required by law.

2. (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:

   1. (1) age 3 and under, $447;
   2. (2) age 4 to age 15, $600;
   3. (3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and
   4. (4) age 51 and over, $513.

Subd. 3. Nonresident lifetime small game hunting license; fee.

1. (a) A nonresident lifetime small game hunting license authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state. The license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the annual nonresident small game hunting license. The license does not include a turkey stamp validation or any other hunting stamps required by law.

2. (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small game hunting license are:

   1. (1) age 3 and under, $947;
   2. (2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280;
   3. (3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and

   4. (4) age 51 and over, $1,083.

      * NOTE: The amendments to subdivisions 2 and 3 by Laws 2001, *First Special Session chapter 2, sections 111 and 112, are *effective March 1, 2002. Laws 2001, First Special Session *chapter 2, sections 111 and 112, the effective dates.