1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying muskellunge minimum size limit; requiring 
1.3 	rulemaking.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MUSKELLUNGE MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT; RULEMAKING.
 1.6 	The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 
1.7 	6262.0200, to provide that the minimum size limit for muskellunge in all inland waters 
1.8 	is 55 inches in length. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this 
1.10 	section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.