2000 Minnesota Statutes

     84.152 Wild rice. 

    Subdivision 1.    Rules.  The commissioner shall 
 prescribe rules for harvesting and possessing wild rice.  

    Subd. 2.    License required.  A person who buys wild 
 rice within the state for resale to anyone except consumers, or 
 sells wild rice imported from outside the state to anyone within 
 the state except consumers must have a wild rice dealer's 
 license.  

    Subd. 3.    Application.  (a) An application for a wild 
 rice dealer's license must be made under a written oath.  The 
 form of a wild rice dealer's license application must include:  

    (1) the amount of wild rice, whether raw or processed, 
 bought or sold by the applicant during the preceding calendar 
 year; 

    (2) the amount of wild rice the applicant estimates will be 
 bought or sold under the license; and 

    (3) other pertinent information required by the 
 commissioner. 

    (b) The license fee must be paid in advance, based on the 
 applicant's estimate.  A license may not be issued for a fee 
 based on a lesser amount of wild rice than was bought or sold by 
 the applicant during the preceding calendar year.  

    Subd. 4.    Supplemental license.  A wild rice dealer 
 may not buy or sell wild rice for which a license is required in 
 excess of the amount covered by the license.  If a wild rice 
 dealer desires to buy or sell wild rice in excess of the 
 licensed amount, the dealer must apply for a supplemental 
 license.  The supplemental license shall be issued for the 
 additional amount of wild rice upon payment of the prescribed 
 fee, less credit for the fees paid for the previous license or 
 licenses issued for the same calendar year.  When the 
 supplemental license is issued, the previous licenses held by 
 the dealer shall be surrendered to the commissioner.  

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1989 c 350 art 19 s 2 

    Subd. 6.    Penalties.  (a) A person is guilty of a 
 misdemeanor who:  

    (1) willfully makes a false statement in an application for 
 a license or in a required report or record; or 

    (2) violates a provision relating to wild rice dealers. 

    (b) Each violation is a separate offense.  An acquittal 
 prohibits later prosecution based on a similar charge involving 
 other wild rice in the same transaction. 

    (c) If a wild rice dealer is convicted of two offenses 
 under this subdivision within three years, the dealer's license 
 is null and void and the dealer may not be issued a license for 
 one year after the date of the conviction.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 4 s 13