1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying invasive species provisions; providing 
1.3 	civil penalties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84D.10, subdivisions 
1.4 	1, 2; 84D.13, subdivisions 4, 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Launching prohibited. A person may not place or attempt to place 
1.8 	into waters of the state a watercraft, a trailer, or plant harvesting equipment that has 
1.9 	aquatic macrophytes, zebra mussels, or prohibited invasive species attached except as 
1.10 	provided in this section.

1.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into 
1.13 	the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:
1.14 	(1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;
1.15 	(2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds in amounts sufficient for that 
1.16 	purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut above the waterline;
1.17 	(3) that are wild rice harvested under section 84.091; or 
1.18 	(4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally 
1.19 	transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl 
1.20 	season.

1.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subd. 4.Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation 
2.2 	officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the 
2.3 	commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:
2.4 	(1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;
2.5 	(2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a 
2.6 	watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has macrophytes, zebra mussels, or 
2.7 	prohibited invasive species attached;
2.8 	(3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed 
2.9 	by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;
2.10 	(4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before 
2.11 	leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested 
2.12 	waters; or
2.13 	(5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property.

2.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.15 		Subd. 5.Civil penalties. A civil citation issued under this section must impose 
2.16 	the following penalty amounts:
2.17 	(1) for transporting aquatic macrophytes on a forest road as defined by section 
2.18 	89.001, subdivision 14, road or highway as defined by section 160.02, subdivision 26, or 
2.19 	any other public road, $50; 
2.20 	(2) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state a watercraft, a trailer, or 
2.21 	aquatic plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes attached, $100;
2.22 	(3) for unlawfully possessing or transporting a prohibited invasive species other 
2.23 	than an aquatic macrophyte, $250;
2.24 	(4) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state a watercraft, a trailer, or 
2.25 	aquatic plant harvesting equipment that has prohibited invasive species attached when 
2.26 	the waters are not designated by the commissioner as being infested with that invasive 
2.27 	species, $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense;
2.28 	(5) for intentionally damaging, moving, removing, or sinking a buoy marking, as 
2.29 	prescribed by rule, Eurasian water milfoil, $100;
2.30 	(6) for failing to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment 
2.31 	before leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton 
2.32 	infested waters, $50; and
2.33 	(7) for transporting infested water off riparian property without a permit as required 
2.34 	by rule, $200.