86B.201 STATE LAW AND LOCAL ORDINANCE AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.
Application of state law. The provisions of this chapter and of other
applicable laws of this state shall govern the operation, equipment, numbering, and all other
related matters for a watercraft operated on the waters of this state, or the time when an activity
regulated by this chapter may take place.
Subd. 2.
Local authority to adopt ordinance. (a) This chapter does not limit the authority
of a political subdivision of this state to adopt regulations that are not inconsistent with this
chapter and the rules of the commissioner relating to the use of waters of this state that are wholly
or partly within the territorial boundaries of a county or entirely within the boundaries of a city.
(b) A city of the first class of over 200,000 or the park board of the city may forbid the use of
motorboats or boats with attached motors on its lakes.
Subd. 3.
Nonmotorized carry-on access. A person may access any public waters through
public land with a hand-carried nonmotorized watercraft.
History: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 9; 1997 c 226 s 11