1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying the time that 
  1.3             ice houses may be on the ice in certain areas; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97C.355, 
  1.5             subdivision 7. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97C.355, 
  1.8   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 7.  [DATES AND TIMES HOUSES MAY REMAIN ON ICE.] 
  1.10  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d), a fish house or dark 
  1.11  house may not be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour 
  1.12  before sunrise after the following dates: 
  1.13     (1) the last day of February, for state waters south of a 
  1.14  line starting at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by 
  1.15  rights-of-way of U.S. Route No. 10, then east along U.S. Route 
  1.16  No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along Trunk Highway 
  1.17  No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway 
  1.18  No. 200 to U.S. Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to 
  1.19  the Minnesota-Wisconsin border; and 
  1.20     (2) March 15, for other state waters. 
  1.21     A fish house or dark house on the ice in violation of this 
  1.22  subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of 
  1.23  paragraph (b).  The commissioner may, by rule, change the dates 
  1.24  in this paragraph for any part of state waters.  Copies of the 
  1.25  rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as 
  2.1   prescribed by the commissioner.  
  2.2      (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house or 
  2.3   dark house in violation of paragraph (a).  The officer may 
  2.4   remove, burn, or destroy the house.  The officer shall seize the 
  2.5   contents of the house and hold them for 60 days.  If the seized 
  2.6   articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be 
  2.7   retained for the use of the division or sold at the highest 
  2.8   price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. 
  2.9      (c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), 
  2.10  clause (1), or March 15, under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls 
  2.11  on a Saturday, a fish house or dark house may be on the ice 
  2.12  between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until 12:00 a.m. 
  2.13  the following Monday. 
  2.14     (d) A person may have a fish house or dark house on the ice 
  2.15  between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within 
  2.16  the area prescribed in paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house 
  2.17  may not be unattended during those hours.