1999 Minnesota Statutes

     84D.05 Prohibited exotic species. 

    Subdivision 1.    Prohibited activities.  A person may 
 not possess, import, purchase, sell, propagate, transport, or 
 introduce a prohibited exotic species, except: 

    (1) under a permit issued by the commissioner under section 
 84D.11; 

    (2) in the case of purple loosestrife, as provided by 
 sections 18.75 to 18.88; 

    (3) under a restricted species permit issued under section 
 17.457; 

    (4) when being transported to the department, or another 
 destination as the commissioner may direct, in a sealed 
 container for purposes of identifying the species or reporting 
 the presence of the species; 

    (5) when being transported for disposal as part of a 
 harvest or control activity under a permit issued by the 
 commissioner pursuant to section 103G.615, or as specified by 
 the commissioner; 

    (6) when the specimen has been lawfully acquired dead and, 
 in the case of plant species, all seeds are removed or are 
 otherwise secured in a sealed container; 

    (7) in the form of herbaria or other preserved specimens; 

    (8) when being removed from watercraft and equipment, or 
 caught while angling, and immediately returned to the water from 
 which they came; or 

    (9) as the commissioner may otherwise prescribe by rule. 

    Subd. 2.    Seizure.  Under section 97A.221, the 
 commissioner may seize or dispose of all specimens of prohibited 
 exotic species unlawfully possessed, imported, purchased, sold, 
 propagated, transported, or introduced in the state. 

    HIST: 1996 c 385 art 1 s 5