| C.__Prescribe the type and length of instruction and the | time and place of examinations; and |
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| D.__Issue a certificate of competency to individuals who | successfully complete the examination. |
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| | 7.__Trapper education program established.__The commissioner | shall establish a program for training individuals in safe and | responsible trapping skills and behavior. This program must | include instruction in the applicable laws and rights and in the | appropriate principals of wildlife management. The commissioner | may charge an enrollment fee of up to $10 a person to help defray | the costs of this program.__For the purpose of establishing the | program, the commissioner may cooperate with any public or | private association having similar goals. |
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| In establishing the program, the commissioner shall: |
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| A.__Prescribe the qualifications of instructors; |
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| B.__Provide for insurance.__Each instructor authorized by | the commissioner to conduct training under the program must | be covered by liability insurance protecting that person | from liability for damages during the time when instruction | is being given.__The cost of this insurance must be borne by | the State and must be a charge against the funds credited to | the department; |
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| C.__Prescribe the type and length of instruction and the | time and place of examinations; and |
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| D.__Issue a certificate of competency to individuals who | successfully complete the examination. |
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| | 8.__Hunters for the Hungry Program.__The Hunters for the | Hungry Program, referred to in this subsection as the "program," | is established to allow the department and persons who are | lawfully in the possession of wild game meat to donate that wild | game meat for distribution to needy persons through the food | assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, Food and | Rural Resources. |
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| A.__The department shall develop and implement this program | in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Food and | Rural Resources.__In developing the program, the department | shall investigate, in cooperation with the Department of | Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the costs and | benefits of establishing a toll-free telephone line for | facilitating the donation of meat. |
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