1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; providing for early season for spearing and netting 
1.3 	sucker;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Sucker season. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 
1.9 	commissioner may allow spearing and dip netting of sucker before May 1 when weather 
1.10 	conditions warrant it and the earlier season would not interfere with spawning of other 
1.11 	fish. The commissioner must post notice of the earlier spring opening by both print 
1.12 	and electronic means. Regional fisheries chiefs in any of the department's regions 
1.13 	may recommend the earlier spring opening for sucker spearing and dip netting to the 
1.14 	commissioner.