1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; establishing hunting 
  1.3             heritage week; designating mute swans as unprotected 
  1.4             birds; providing procedures for seizure and 
  1.5             confiscation of property; clarifying terms of 
  1.6             short-term angling licenses; removing certain 
  1.7             requirements relating to fish taken in Canada; 
  1.8             specifying the areas in which deer may be taken under 
  1.9             a license to take antlered deer in more than one zone; 
  1.10            modifying reporting requirements; modifying hours for 
  1.11            taking certain animals; modifying provisions relating 
  1.12            to trapping; providing for posting of waters to 
  1.13            prohibit fishing or motorboat operation; adjusting 
  1.14            opening and closing dates of various seasons for 
  1.15            taking fish; expanding the requirement to possess a 
  1.16            trout and salmon stamp; modifying northern pike length 
  1.17            limits; changing the date by which fish houses and 
  1.18            dark houses must be removed from the ice in certain 
  1.19            areas; authorizing the use of floating turtle traps; 
  1.20            removing time limits on sale of fish by commercial 
  1.21            licensees; requiring a plan for a firearms safety 
  1.22            program; authorizing certain stocking activities; 
  1.23            amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 97A.015, 
  1.24            subdivisions 28 and 52; 97A.221; 97A.451, subdivision 
  1.25            3; 97A.475, subdivisions 6 and 7; 97A.531, subdivision 
  1.26            1; 97B.061; 97B.075; 97B.301, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.27            97B.931; 97C.025; 97C.305, subdivision 1; 97C.345, 
  1.28            subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 97C.355, subdivision 7; 
  1.29            97C.371, subdivision 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 
  1.30            97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.605, subdivision 3; and 
  1.31            97C.821; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.32            Statutes, chapter 10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.33            1994, sections 97A.531, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 
  1.34            6; and 97B.301, subdivision 5. 
  1.35  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.36     Section 1.  [10.51] [HUNTING HERITAGE WEEK.] 
  1.37     The week beginning the third Monday in September is an 
  1.38  official week of observance to commemorate the state's valued 
  1.39  heritage of hunting game animals.  During this week, all 
  1.40  residents of the state are urged to: 
  2.1      (1) reflect on hunting as an expression of our culture and 
  2.2   heritage; 
  2.3      (2) acknowledge that it is our community of sportsmen, 
  2.4   sportswomen, and hunters who have made the greatest 
  2.5   contributions to the establishment of current game animal 
  2.6   populations; and 
  2.7      (3) celebrate this culture and heritage in all lawful ways. 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.015, 
  2.9   subdivision 28, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 28.  [MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.] "Migratory waterfowl" 
  2.11  means brant, ducks, geese, tundra swans, trumpeter swans, and 
  2.12  whooper swans. 
  2.13     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.015, 
  2.14  subdivision 52, is amended to read: 
  2.15     Subd. 52.  [UNPROTECTED BIRDS.] "Unprotected birds" means 
  2.16  English sparrow, blackbird, starling, magpie, cormorant, common 
  2.17  pigeon, chukar partridge, quail other than bob-white quail, mute 
  2.18  swan, and great horned owl. 
  2.19     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.221, is 
  2.20  amended to read: 
  2.21     97A.221 [SEIZURE AND CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY.] 
  2.22     Subdivision 1.  [PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CONFISCATION SEIZURE.] 
  2.23  (a) An enforcement officer may confiscate seize: 
  2.24     (1) wild animals, wild rice, and other aquatic vegetation 
  2.25  taken, bought, sold, transported, or possessed in violation of 
  2.26  the game and fish laws or chapter 84; and 
  2.27     (2) firearms, bows and arrows, nets, boats, lines, poles, 
  2.28  fishing rods and tackle, lights, lanterns, snares, traps, 
  2.29  spears, dark houses, fish houses, and wild rice harvesting 
  2.30  equipment that are used with the owner's knowledge to unlawfully 
  2.31  take or transport wild animals, wild rice, or other aquatic 
  2.32  vegetation.  
  2.33     (b) An enforcement officer must confiscate seize nets and 
  2.34  equipment unlawfully possessed within ten miles of Lake of the 
  2.35  Woods or Rainy Lake.  
  2.36     (c) Confiscated property may be disposed of, retained for 
  3.1   use by the division, or sold at the highest price obtainable as 
  3.2   prescribed by the commissioner.  
  3.3      Subd. 2.  [CONFISCATION SEIZURE OF COMMINGLED SHIPMENTS.] A 
  3.4   whole shipment or parcel is contraband if two or more wild 
  3.5   animals are shipped or possessed in the same container, vehicle, 
  3.6   or room, or in any way commingled, and any of the animals are 
  3.7   contraband.  Confiscation Seizure of any part of a shipment 
  3.8   includes the entire shipment.  
  3.9      Subd. 3.  [PROCEDURE FOR CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY 
  3.10  SEIZED.] The enforcement officer must hold the seized property, 
  3.11  subject to the order of the court having jurisdiction where the 
  3.12  offense was committed.  The property held is confiscated when 
  3.13  the commissioner complies with this section and the person from 
  3.14  whom it was seized is convicted of the offense. 
  3.15     Subd. 4.  [COMPLAINT AGAINST PROPERTY.] The commissioner 
  3.16  shall file with the court a separate complaint against the 
  3.17  property held.  The complaint must identify the property, 
  3.18  describe its use in the violation, and specify the time and 
  3.19  place of the violation.  A copy of the complaint must be served 
  3.20  upon the defendant or the owner of the property. 
  3.21     Subd. 5.  [RELEASE OF PROPERTY AFTER POSTING BOND.] At any 
  3.22  time after seizure of the property specified in this section, 
  3.23  the property must be returned to the owner or person having the 
  3.24  legal right to possession upon execution of a valid bond to the 
  3.25  state with a corporate surety.  The bond must be approved by a 
  3.26  judge of the court of jurisdiction, conditioned to abide by an 
  3.27  order and judgment of the court and to pay the full value of the 
  3.28  property at the time of seizure.  The bond must be for $100 or 
  3.29  for a greater amount not more than twice the value of the 
  3.30  property seized. 
  3.31     Subd. 6.  [COURT ORDER.] (a) If the person arrested is 
  3.32  acquitted, the court shall dismiss the complaint against the 
  3.33  property and order the property returned to the person legally 
  3.34  entitled to it. 
  3.35     (b) Upon conviction of the person, the court shall issue an 
  3.36  order directed to any person who may have any right, title, or 
  4.1   interest in, or lien upon, the seized property.  The order must 
  4.2   describe the property and state that it was seized and that a 
  4.3   complaint against it has been filed.  The order shall require a 
  4.4   person claiming right, title, or interest in, or lien upon, the 
  4.5   property to file with the court administrator an answer to the 
  4.6   complaint, stating the claim, within ten days after the service 
  4.7   of the order.  The order must contain a notice that if the 
  4.8   person fails to file an answer within the time limit, the 
  4.9   property may be ordered sold by the commissioner. 
  4.10     (c) The court order must be served upon any person known or 
  4.11  believed to have any right, title, interest, or lien in the same 
  4.12  manner as provided for service of a summons in a civil action, 
  4.13  and upon unknown persons by publication, in the same manner as 
  4.14  provided for publication of a summons in a civil action. 
  4.15     Subd. 7.  [COURT-ORDERED SALE AFTER NO ANSWER.] If an 
  4.16  answer is not filed within the time provided in subdivision 6, 
  4.17  the court administrator shall notify the court and the court 
  4.18  shall order the commissioner to sell the property.  The net 
  4.19  proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the state treasury 
  4.20  and credited to the game and fish fund. 
  4.21     Subd. 8.  [HEARING AFTER ANSWER.] If an answer is filed 
  4.22  within the time provided in subdivision 6, the court shall 
  4.23  schedule a hearing within ten to 30 days after the time expired 
  4.24  for filing the answer.  The court, without a jury, shall 
  4.25  determine whether any of the property was used in a violation 
  4.26  specified in the complaint and whether the owner had knowledge 
  4.27  or reason to believe that the property was being used, or 
  4.28  intended to be used, in the violation.  The court shall order 
  4.29  the commissioner to sell the property that was unlawfully used 
  4.30  with knowledge of the owner and to return to the owner property 
  4.31  that was not unlawfully used with the knowledge of the owner.  
  4.32  If the property is to be sold, the court shall determine the 
  4.33  priority of liens against the property and whether the 
  4.34  lienholders had knowledge that the property was being used or 
  4.35  was intended to be used.  Lienholders that had knowledge of the 
  4.36  property's use in the violation are not to be paid.  The court 
  5.1   order must state the priority of the liens to be paid. 
  5.2      Subd. 9.  [PROCEEDS OF SALE.] After determining the expense 
  5.3   of seizing, keeping, and selling the property, the commissioner 
  5.4   must pay the liens from the proceeds according to the court 
  5.5   order.  The remaining proceeds must be deposited in the state 
  5.6   treasury and credited to the game and fish fund. 
  5.7      Subd. 10.  [CANCELLATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS.] A sale 
  5.8   under this section cancels all liens on and security interests 
  5.9   in the property sold. 
  5.10     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.451, 
  5.11  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  5.12     Subd. 3.  [PERSONS UNDER AGE 16; SMALL GAME.] (a) A person 
  5.13  under age 16 may not obtain a small game license but may take 
  5.14  small game by firearms or bow and arrow without a license if the 
  5.15  person is a resident: 
  5.16     (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety 
  5.17  certificate; 
  5.18     (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is 
  5.19  accompanied by a parent or guardian; or 
  5.20     (3) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or 
  5.21  guardian.  
  5.22     (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping 
  5.23  without a small game license, but a resident over age 13 years 
  5.24  of age or older must have a trapping license.  A resident under 
  5.25  age 14 13 may trap without a trapping license.  
  5.26     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.475, 
  5.27  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  5.28     Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  5.29  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  5.30     (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 65, $13; 
  5.31     (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
  5.32  $4.50; 
  5.33     (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
  5.34  married couple, $17.50; 
  5.35     (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $13; and 
  5.36     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period of 24 
  6.1   hours from the time of issuance selected by the licensee, $7.50. 
  6.2      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.475, 
  6.3   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  6.4      Subd. 7.  [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  6.5   licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
  6.6      (1) to take fish by angling, $27.50; 
  6.7      (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
  6.8   days selected by the licensee, $19; 
  6.9      (3) to take fish by angling for three consecutive days a 
  6.10  72-hour period selected by the licensee, $16; 
  6.11     (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  6.12  family, $37.50; 
  6.13     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period of 24 
  6.14  hours from the time of issuance selected by the licensee, $7.50; 
  6.15  and 
  6.16     (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  6.17  married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days selected by one 
  6.18  of the licensees, $27.50. 
  6.19     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.531, 
  6.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  6.21     Subdivision 1.  [SHIPPING COUPONS GENERAL.] A person may 
  6.22  ship, within or out of the state, wild animals lawfully taken 
  6.23  and possessed in Canada and that have lawfully entered the state.
  6.24  The shipment must have the shipping coupons required for a 
  6.25  shipment originating in the province where the animals were 
  6.26  taken.  Fish that are lawfully taken and possessed in Canada may 
  6.27  be brought into the state and may be transported within the 
  6.28  state or out of the state. 
  6.29     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.061, is 
  6.30  amended to read: 
  6.31     97B.061 [REPORTS AND RECORDS.] 
  6.32     If requested by the commissioner, a person who has taken 
  6.33  game must submit a report to the commissioner on a furnished 
  6.34  form before March 15, stating the number and or kind of each 
  6.35  game animal taken during the preceding license year.  
  6.36     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.075, is 
  7.1   amended to read: 
  7.2      97B.075 [HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING.] 
  7.3      A person may not take protected wild animals, except 
  7.4   raccoon and fox, with a firearm between the evening and morning 
  7.5   times established by commissioner's rule, or take big game by 
  7.6   archery from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour 
  7.7   before sunrise. 
  7.8      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, is 
  7.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.10     Subd. 7.  [TAKING ANTLERED DEER IN MORE THAN ONE ZONE.] (a) 
  7.11  A license to take antlered deer in more than one zone allows the 
  7.12  holder of the license to hunt for antlered deer in any area of 
  7.13  the state in which antlered deer may be taken during an open 
  7.14  season for taking deer with firearms prescribed under section 
  7.15  97B.311, paragraph (a), clause (1). 
  7.16     (b) This subdivision is effective for the 1996 hunting 
  7.17  season. 
  7.18     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.931, is 
  7.19  amended to read: 
  7.20     97B.931 [TENDING TRAPS RESTRICTED.] 
  7.21     Subdivision 1.  [RESTRICTIONS.] A person may not tend a 
  7.22  trap set for wild animals between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.  
  7.23  Between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. a person on foot may use a 
  7.24  portable artificial light to tend traps.  While using a light in 
  7.25  the field, the person may not possess or use a firearm other 
  7.26  than a handgun of .22 caliber. 
  7.27     Subd. 2.  [BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.] A body-gripping, 
  7.28  conibear-type trap need not be tended more frequently than once 
  7.29  every third calendar day. 
  7.30     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.025, is 
  7.31  amended to read: 
  7.32     97C.025 [FISHING AND MOTORBOATS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN 
  7.33  AREAS.] 
  7.34     (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person may not 
  7.35  take fish from or drive motorboats over posted The commissioner 
  7.36  may prohibit fishing or the operation of motorboats by posting 
  8.1   waters that: 
  8.2      (1) are designated as spawning beds or fish preserves; or 
  8.3      (2) are being used by the commissioner for fisheries 
  8.4   research or management activities.  
  8.5   An area may be posted under this paragraph if necessary to 
  8.6   prevent excessive depletion of fish or interference with 
  8.7   fisheries research or management activities. 
  8.8      (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a person may not 
  8.9   take fish or operate a motorboat if prohibited by posting under 
  8.10  paragraph (a). 
  8.11     (c) An owner of riparian land adjacent to an area posted 
  8.12  under paragraph (a) may operate a motorboat through the area by 
  8.13  the shortest direct route at a speed of not more than five miles 
  8.14  per hour. 
  8.15     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.305, 
  8.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.17     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENT.] Except as provided in 
  8.18  subdivision 2, a person over age 16 and under age 65 required to 
  8.19  possess an angling license must have a trout and salmon stamp in 
  8.20  possession to: 
  8.21     (1) take fish by angling in: 
  8.22     (1) (i) a stream designated by the commissioner as a trout 
  8.23  stream; 
  8.24     (2) (ii) a lake designated by the commissioner as a trout 
  8.25  lake; or 
  8.26     (3) (iii) Lake Superior; or 
  8.27     (2) possess trout or salmon taken by angling. 
  8.28     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.345, 
  8.29  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.30     Subdivision 1.  [PERIOD WHEN USE PROHIBITED.] Except as 
  8.31  specifically authorized, a person may not take fish from the 
  8.32  third Monday in February 16 to April 30 with a spear, fish trap, 
  8.33  net, dip net, seine, or other device capable of taking fish.  
  8.34     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.345, 
  8.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.36     Subd. 2.  [POSSESSION.] (a) Except as specifically 
  9.1   authorized, a person may not possess a spear, fish trap, net, 
  9.2   dip net, seine, or other device capable of taking fish on or 
  9.3   near any waters.  Possession includes personal possession and in 
  9.4   a vehicle.  
  9.5      (b) A person may possess spears, dip nets, bows and arrows, 
  9.6   and spear guns allowed under section 97C.381 on or near waters 
  9.7   between sunrise and sunset between from May 1 and to the third 
  9.8   Sunday in February 15.  
  9.9      Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.345, 
  9.10  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  9.11     Subd. 3.  [DIP NETS.] A person may possess and use a dip 
  9.12  net between one hour before sunrise and one hour after 
  9.13  sunset between from May 1 and to the third Sunday in February 
  9.14  15.  
  9.15     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.355, 
  9.16  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  9.17     Subd. 7.  [DATES AND TIMES HOUSES MAY REMAIN ON ICE.] (a)  
  9.18  A fish house or dark house may not be on the ice between 12:00 
  9.19  a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates: 
  9.20     (1) February 28, for state waters south of a line starting 
  9.21  at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way 
  9.22  of U.S. Route No. 10, then east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk 
  9.23  Highway No. 34, then east along Trunk Highway No. 34 to Trunk 
  9.24  Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No. 200 to U.S. 
  9.25  Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the 
  9.26  Minnesota-Wisconsin border; and 
  9.27     (2) March 15, for other state waters. 
  9.28     A fish house or dark house on the ice in violation of this 
  9.29  subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of 
  9.30  paragraph (b).  The commissioner may, by rule, change the dates 
  9.31  in this paragraph for any part of state waters.  Copies of the 
  9.32  rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as 
  9.33  prescribed by the commissioner.  
  9.34     (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house or 
  9.35  dark house in violation of paragraph (a).  The officer may 
  9.36  remove, burn, or destroy the house.  The officer shall seize the 
 10.1   contents of the house and hold them for 60 days.  If the seized 
 10.2   articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be 
 10.3   retained for the use of the division or sold at the highest 
 10.4   price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. 
 10.5      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.371, 
 10.6   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 10.7      Subd. 4.  [OPEN SEASON.] The open season for spearing 
 10.8   through the ice is December 1 to the third Sunday in February 15.
 10.9      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.395, 
 10.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.11     Subdivision 1.  [DATES FOR CERTAIN SPECIES.] (a) The open 
 10.12  seasons to take fish by angling are as follows: 
 10.13     (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, 
 10.14  largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks 
 10.15  prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the 
 10.16  third Monday Sunday in February; 
 10.17     (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31; 
 10.18     (3) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and 
 10.19  splake, between January 1 to October 31 as prescribed by the 
 10.20  commissioner by rule except as provided in section 97C.415, 
 10.21  subdivision 2; and 
 10.22     (4) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule. 
 10.23     (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the 
 10.24  state where fish are spawning and closing the season will 
 10.25  protect the resource. 
 10.26     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.401, 
 10.27  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 10.28     Subd. 2.  [WALLEYE; NORTHERN PIKE.] (a) Except as provided 
 10.29  in paragraphs (b) and (c), a person may take no more than one 
 10.30  walleye larger than 24 inches and one northern pike larger 
 10.31  than 30 36 inches daily.  
 10.32     (b) The restrictions restriction in paragraph (a) do 
 10.33  relating to walleye does not apply to boundary waters. 
 10.34     (c) On Lake of the Woods, a person may take no more than 
 10.35  one walleye larger than 19.5 inches and one northern pike larger 
 10.36  than 36 inches daily. 
 11.1      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes, 1994, section 97C.605, 
 11.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 11.3      Subd. 3.  [TAKING; METHODS PROHIBITED.] (a) Except as 
 11.4   allowed in paragraph (b), a person may take turtles in any 
 11.5   manner, except by use of: 
 11.6      (1) explosives, drugs, poisons, lime, and other harmful 
 11.7   substances; 
 11.8      (2) turtle hooks or traps; or 
 11.9      (3) nets other than anglers' fish landing nets.  
 11.10     (b) A person with a turtle seller's license may take 
 11.11  turtles for sale as prescribed by the commissioner with a 
 11.12  floating turtle trap that: 
 11.13     (1) has one or more openings above the water surface that 
 11.14  measure at least ten inches by four inches; and 
 11.15     (2) has a mesh size of not less than one-half inch, bar 
 11.16  measure. 
 11.17  The commissioner may prescribe additional regulations for taking 
 11.18  turtles for sale. 
 11.19     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.821, is 
 11.20  amended to read: 
 11.21     97C.821 [POSSESSION, SALE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF COMMERCIAL 
 11.22  FISH.] 
 11.23     Subject to the applicable provisions of the game and fish 
 11.24  laws, fish taken under commercial fishing licenses may be 
 11.25  possessed in any quantity, bought, sold, and transported during 
 11.26  the open seasons provided for the fish, and for seven days after 
 11.27  the season closes.  Fish frozen or cured during the open season 
 11.28  may be transported, bought, and sold at any time.  A commercial 
 11.29  fishing licensee may transport the licensee's catch live to 
 11.30  holding facilities, if the licensee has exclusive control of the 
 11.31  facilities.  Commercial fishing licensees may harvest fish from 
 11.32  their holding facilities at any time with their licensed gear.  
 11.33     Sec. 24.  [FIREARMS SAFETY PROGRAM; PLAN.] 
 11.34     The commissioner of natural resources shall develop a plan 
 11.35  for the establishment of a firearms safety program directed at 
 11.36  children that is value-neutral concerning firearms ownership, 
 12.1   but that promotes awareness and understanding of the safe use 
 12.2   and storage of firearms.  The commissioner shall submit the plan 
 12.3   and any necessary enabling legislation to the legislature by 
 12.4   February 1, 1996.  
 12.5      Sec. 25.  [STOCKING OF LONG LAKE IN MORRISON COUNTY.] 
 12.6      The Long Lake Homeowners Association may annually stock up 
 12.7   to 5,000 walleye fingerlings in Long Lake in Richardson township 
 12.8   in Morrison county. 
 12.9      Sec. 26.  [REPEALER.] 
 12.10     (a) Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.531, subdivisions 
 12.11  2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are repealed. 
 12.12     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, subdivision 
 12.13  5, is repealed. 
 12.14     Sec. 27.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 12.15     Sections 8 and 26 are effective the day following final 
 12.16  enactment.  Notwithstanding the date and time of day of final 
 12.17  enactment, sections 8 and 26, paragraph (a), supersede any 
 12.18  irreconcilable provisions of other laws passed during the 1995 
 12.19  legislative session.