Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 199-S.F.No. 1502 
           An act relating to game and fish; regulating the time 
          when fish houses may be on the ice; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1988, section 97C.355, subdivision 7. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97C.355, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [DATES AND TIMES HOUSES MAY REMAIN ON ICE.] (a) 
After February 28, a fish house or dark house may not be on the 
ice between 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m one hour before sunrise.  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 order, extend the date 
beyond February 28 for any part of international boundary 
waters.  Copies of the order must be conspicuously posted on the 
shores of the waters as prescribed by the commissioner.  
    (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house or 
dark house in violation of paragraph (a).  The officer may 
remove, burn, or destroy the house.  The officer shall seize the 
contents of the house 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. 
    Presented to the governor May 18, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 19, 1989, 11:08 p.m.