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84D.10

Statute ID: 13178

DNR - Invasive Species - Watercraft, Trailer or Harvesting Equipment Prohibited Activities

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Statute Number:

84D.10

Enactment Date:

Mar 27, 1996

Effective Date:

May 1, 1996

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

DNR - Invasive Species - Watercraft, Trailer or Harvesting Equipment Prohibited Activities

Statute ID:

13178

Created:

Sep 29, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 29, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

1996 c 385 art 1 s 10;

Summary Text:

DNR - Invasive Species - Watercraft, Trailer or Harvesting Equipment Prohibited Activities

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/84D/10.html

Legislative Session:

1996 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 29, 2009

Subd. 4.   
(a) When leaving a water of the state a person must drain water-related equipment holding water and live wells and bilges by removing the drain plug before transporting the water-related equipment. For purposes of this paragraph, "transporting" includes moving water-related equipment over land between connected or unconnected water bodies, but does not include moving water-related equipment within the immediate area required for loading and preparing the water-related equipment within the immediate area required for loading and preparing the water-related equipment for transport over land.

(b) Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges, and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting water-related equipment.

(c) Emergency response vehicles and equipment may be transported on a public road with the drain plug or other similar device replaced only after all water has been drained from the equipment upon leaving the water body.

(d) Portable bait containers used by licensed aquatic farms, portable bait containers 
when fishing through the ice except on waters listed infested for viral hemorrhagic 
septicemia, and marine sanitary systems are exempt from this subdivision.

(e) A person must not dispose of bait in waters of the state.

(f) A boat lift, dock, swim raft, or associated equipment that has been removed from any water body may not be placed in another water body until a minimum of 21 days have passed.

(g) A person who transports water that is appropriated from noninfested surface water bodies and that is transported by a commercial vehicle, excluding watercraft, or commercial trailer, which vehicle or trailer is specifically designed and used for water hauling, is exempt from paragraphs (a) and (b), provided that the person does not discharge the transported water to other surface waters or within 100 feet of a surface water body.

(h) A person transporting water from noninfested surface water bodies for firefighting or emergencies that threaten human safety or property is exempt from paragraphs (a) and (b).

Subdivision 1.  
A person may not place or attempt to place into waters of the state water related equipment, including aquatic plant harvesting or control equipment that has aquatic macrophytes, or prohibited invasive species attached except as provided in this section.