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97C.501.2

Statute ID: 16107

Statute Function ID: 34204

Fish and Game -- Minnow Dealer License -- Violation.

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Statute Number:

97C.501.2

Enactment Date:

Jun 13, 2015

Effective Date:

Mar 1, 2016

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fish and Game -- Minnow Dealer License -- Violation.

Statute ID:

16107

Created:

Jul 5, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 5, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 1Sp2015 c 4 art 5 s 29; New (e); Effective 03/01/2016

Summary Text:

Fish and Game -- Minnow Dealer License -- Violation.

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/501.html

Legislative Session:

2015 - Special 1

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 5, 2016

(a) A person may not be a minnow dealer without a minnow dealer license except as provided in subdivision 3.
 
(b) A minnow dealer must obtain a minnow dealer's vehicle license for each motor vehicle used to transport minnows. The serial number, motor vehicle license number, make, and model must be on the license. The license must be conspicuously displayed in the vehicle.

(c) A minnow dealer may not transport minnows out of the state without an exporting minnow dealer license. A minnow dealer must obtain an exporting minnow dealer's vehicle license for each motor vehicle used to transport minnows out of the state. The serial number, motor vehicle license number, make, and model must be on the license. The license must be conspicuously displayed in the vehicle.

(d) A person with a minnow dealer's license may sell minnows at one retail outlet. A minnow dealer must obtain a minnow retailer license for each additional retail outlet operated. A minnow dealer operating a retail outlet under a minnow dealer's license must list the following information for the retail outlet: name of the business; city; state; zip code; and legal description or fire number. The retail outlet name and location may be changed by making application to the commissioner.

(e) A minnow dealer may designate employees as helpers who are authorized to take, buy, sell, and transport minnows on behalf of the minnow dealer. The employees designated as helpers must be listed on the minnow dealer's license, and a copy of the license designating the employee as a helper must be in the helper's possession when acting on behalf of the minnow dealer. The minnow dealer may add and delete helpers listed on the dealer's license within a license year by notifying the commissioner in writing of the change to the license. Employees who are acting under the direction and control of the minnow dealer but who are not designated as helpers may not buy or sell minnows on behalf of the minnow dealer. This paragraph does not apply to employees selling minnows at the retail outlet location under paragraph (d).