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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruttin" data-source="post: 251995" data-attributes="member: 336">A new portion of the bill...doing nothing but muddying the waters!  Pathetic!!20.1-18-01. Hunters access advisory group.1.The hunters access advisory group consists of:a.The agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's designee;b.The director or the director's designee;c.The chief information officer or the officer's designee;d.A representative of the North Dakota association of counties;e.Two members of an agriculture committee; andf.Two members of a sportsmen committee.2.The hunters access advisory group shall oversee the development of the huntersaccess database identifying private land in the state as open to hunters, closed tohunters, or open to hunters with permission from the owner or lawful occupant.3.The hunters access advisory group shall establish guidelines for the development ofthe database and acceptance criteria for county data used to develop the database.20.1-18-02. Hunters access database.1.The hunters access database must use color coding or other clear indicators todesignate private land in the state as open to hunters, closed to hunters, or open tohunters with permission from the owner or lawful occupant.2.A landowner or lawful occupant may designate which of the three categories insubsection1 applies to the landowner's or occupant's land. Land for which alandowner or lawful occupant does not designate a category must be indicated in thedatabase as open to hunters if the county in which the land is located is included in thedatabase.3.If a landowner or lawful occupant designates land as open to hunters with permission,the landowner or lawful occupant shall provide contact information to be included inthe database for hunters to request permission to hunt on the land.4.The database must be accessible electronically to the public and may be madeavailable to the public through other means, including smartphone applications.5.To be included in the database, a county shall provide geographic information systemdata or other data to the information technology department which meets the criteriaestablished by the hunters access advisory group.Page No. 519.0896.02000123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Sixty-sixthLegislative Assembly20.1-18-03. Noncompliance with database and posting - Penalty.1.Until the county in which private land is located is included in the hunters accessdatabase, the land is deemed open unless posted in accordance with section20.1-01-17.2.After a county is included in the database:a.A hunter may not enter land in the county which is designated in the database asclosed to hunters or open to hunters with permission unless the hunter haspermission to enter the land or otherwise is entitled to enter the land. A hunter isguilty of an infraction for a first knowing violation and a class B misdemeanor fora second and subsequent knowing violation of this subdivision; andb.A hunter without permission may enter land in the county which is not designatedin the database as closed to hunters or open to hunters with permission, unlessthe land is posted in accordance with section 20.1-01-17.3.A hunter may not enter land that is posted in accordance with section 20.1-01-17unless the hunter has permission to enter the land or otherwise is entitled to enter theland, regardless of the designation of the land in the database. A hunter is guilty of aninfraction for a first knowing violation and a class B misdemeanor for a second andsubsequent knowing violation of this subsection.SECTION 7.LEGISLATIVE INTENT - TIMELINE FOR DATABASE DEVELOPMENT. It isthe intent of the legislative assembly that several counties will be included in an operationalhunters access database by the fall hunting season of 2020, and the operational database willinclude all counties whose data meet the specifications of the hunters access databaseadvisory group by September 1, 2022.SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - ACCESS TO LANDS FORHUNTING AND TRAPPING. During the 2019-20 interim, the legislative management shallconsider studying access to public and private lands for hunting, trapping, and related issues.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with anylegislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-seventh legislativeassembly.</blockquote>

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