State shutdown

[cabin boy]

We are expecting visitors from out of state, scheduled to arrive July 5th-are they going to be able to get a non-resident fishing license with the state going out of business?

[flyfisher03]

In short NOPE!! Unless they get them June 30thby 4:00pm.

3. Will I still be able to purchase a fishing license if there is a shutdown? (6-20-11)

We anticipate that the sale of all fishing, hunting and trapping licenses, including online and telephone sales, will be suspended in the event of a shutdown. Likewise, no boat, ATV or other licenses will be sold. Customers in need of licenses are advised to purchase them before July 1 as a contingency measure.

All natural resource and license laws will remain in effect during a shutdown and will be enforced.

from this HSOforum

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/shutdown/index.html

[walleyeseeker]

You or they could go online yet and get a license. This would avoid any problems.

[flyfisher03]

It would have to be done by 4:00 tomorrow (June 30th) since there will not be anyone to process them as the computer systems will be shut down then.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Takes no man power to leave the computer on. What a joke.

[upnorth]

They are only going to support key/critical computer systems during the shutdown.

[flyfisher03]

It isn't just one computer it is a complex system of servers that are taken offline for security issues, and thus it would require no-one to manage the security of it.