1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; prohibiting muskellunge stocking in South Long Lake;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.201.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.201, is amended to read:
1.6 	97C.201 STATE FISH STOCKING PROHIBITED WITHOUT PUBLIC 
1.7 	ACCESS.
1.8 	(a) The commissioner and state agencies may only stock fish in waters where there 
1.9 	is public access. The commissioner may stock fish in any stream within privately owned 
1.10 	lands where the public is granted free access to and use of the stream for fishing purposes.
1.11 	(b) The commissioner must not stock muskellunge in South Long Lake in Crow 
1.12 	Wing County.