Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 32-S.F.No. 283 
                  An act relating to natural resources; clarifying the 
                  prohibition of the commissioner of natural resources 
                  in establishing quotas for enforcement officer 
                  activity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
                  84.0285. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0285, is 
        amended to read: 
           84.0285 [GAME AND FISH CITATION QUOTAS PROHIBITED.] 
           The commissioner of natural resources, or the director of 
        the division of enforcement and field service, may not order, 
        mandate, require, or in any manner suggest, directly or 
        indirectly, to a conservation officer that the conservation 
        officer issue a certain number of game and fish law violations 
        on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis, 
        except that the commissioner or director may utilize a 
        conservation officer's total enforcement activity, in comparison 
        to the total enforcement activity of all conservation officers, 
        in the evaluation of an officer's performance. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 2001 
           Signed by the governor April 24, 2001, 9:55 a.m.