1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; imposing moratorium on muskellunge stocking in certain 
1.3 	waters of the state; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MORATORIUM ON STOCKING MUSKELLUNGE.
 1.6 	Until August 1, 2025, the commissioner of natural resources must not stock muskellunge 
1.7 	in waters wholly located in Otter Tail County or in Gull Lake, Upper Gull Lake, Nisswa 
1.8 	Lake, Roy Lake, Margaret Lake, Spider Lake, Love Lake, Round Lake, and Bass Lake in 
1.9 	Cass and Crow Wing Counties.

1.10 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STOCKING 
1.11 	MUSKELLUNGE.
 1.12 	$50,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents 
1.13 	of the University of Minnesota to study the socioeconomic effects of stocking muskellunge 
1.14 	in Otter Tail, Cass, and Crow Wing Counties. By January 15, 2021, the board must submit 
1.15 	the study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and 
1.16 	divisions with jurisdiction over natural resources policy.