1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; temporarily prohibiting enforcement of penalties for 
1.3 	failure to remove ice houses.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON ENFORCING PENALTIES FOR 
1.6 	FAILURE TO REMOVE ICE HOUSES.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.355, subdivisions 7 and 8, where ice 
1.8 	or snow conditions make it impractical to remove a shelter from the ice by the date required 
1.9 	by Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), a conservation officer 
1.10 	must not enforce those subdivisions by confiscating a shelter or by issuing a citation for 
1.11 	failure to remove a shelter.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from March 4, 2019, and 
1.13 	expires on May 1, 2019. A citation that would have been prohibited by this act that is issued 
1.14 	on or after March 4, 2019, but before the date of final enactment, is void.