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SF 3418

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to game and fish; modifying the dates and times fish houses, dark houses,
and other shelters may be left on the ice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 97C.355, subdivision 7.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Dates and times houses may remain on ice.

(a) Except as provided
in paragraph (d), a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice
between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates:

(1) the last day of February, for state waters south of a line starting at the
Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route No. 10, then
east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along Trunk Highway
No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No. 200 to U.S. Route
No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border; and

(2) March 15, for other state waters.

A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this
subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner
may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of
the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the
commissioner.

(b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house, dark house, or shelter in
violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter.
The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the
seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the
division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15,
under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a new text begin Thursday, Friday, new text end Saturday, new text begin or Sunday, new text end a shelter,
including a fish house or dark house, may be on the ice deleted text begin between 12:00 a.m. and one hour
before sunrisedeleted text end until 12:00 a.m. the following Monday.

(d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice
between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in
paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those
hours.