1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying prohibitions on use of lights to take fish; 
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.335.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.335, is amended to read:
1.6 	97C.335 USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO TAKE FISH PROHIBITED.
1.7 	A person may not use artificial lights to lure or attract fish or to see fish in the water 
1.8 	while spearing, except that while angling or spearing, a person may affix to the end of a 
1.9 	fishing line a lighted artificial bait with hooks attached or affix a lighted artificial bait to a 
1.10 	spear. Any battery that is used in lighted fishing lures cannot contain any intentionally 
1.11 	introduced mercury.