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86B.111 NAVIGATION MARKERS AND BUOYS.
    Subdivision 1. Permit for placement of navigation hazards. The commissioner may
require that a permit is obtained for the placement of a structure or device determined by the
commissioner to constitute a hazard to navigation.
    Subd. 2. Removal and damage to buoys prohibited. Except as authorized by the
commissioner, a person may not obstruct, remove, damage, or destroy a buoy or structure placed
in the waters of this state in accordance with this chapter or by authority of the United States.
    Subd. 3. Uniform marking required for buoys. A person may not place buoys or other
waterway markers unless the markers conform with the uniform marking system established
by the commissioner.
    Subd. 4. Government does not have duty to mark all hazards. The marking of certain
hazards to navigation on, in, or adjacent to the waters of this state by a governmental agency does
not incur a duty to mark all navigational hazards by the agency or another agency.
History: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 5

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