1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring the Minnesota State High School League to adopt 
1.3 	policies relating to youth hockey;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	128C.01, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 128C.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.League power to control. (a) The State High School League may control 
1.8 	contests by and between pupils of the Minnesota high schools that are delegated to it under 
1.9 	this section.
1.10 	(b) The league must adopt rules and regulations providing that:
1.11 	(1) the length of a high school varsity hockey game is three 20-minute periods;
1.12 	(2) high school varsity hockey teams may participate in up to six exhibition games per 
1.13 	season under the control of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, and exhibition 
1.14 	games under this clause shall not count against the maximum per-season game limit otherwise 
1.15 	established by league rule; and
1.16 	(3) high school junior varsity girls hockey teams may participate in up to six exhibition 
1.17 	games per season against teams not affiliated with a school or under the control of the league.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.