Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                        CHAPTER 84-H.F.No. 1208 
           An act relating to game and fish; extending the date 
          by which fish houses and dark houses must be removed 
          from certain state waters; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1990, section 97C.355, subdivision 7. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, 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 one hour before sunrise after the 
following dates: 
    (1) February 28, for state waters south of a line starting 
at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way 
of 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 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 change 
the date beyond February 28 dates in this paragraph for any part 
of international boundary state 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 10, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 13, 1991, 11:59 a.m.