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97C.502

Statute ID: 15538

Fishing - Minnows and Leeches - Invasive Species Training

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Statute Number:

97C.502

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Mar 1, 2015

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fishing - Minnows and Leeches - Invasive Species Training

Statute ID:

15538

Created:

Jan 23, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 23, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2014 c 290 s 54 effective 3/1/15

Summary Text:

Fishing - Minnows and Leeches - Invasive Species Training

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/502.html

Legislative Session:

2014 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 23, 2015

Subdivision 1.  
A minnow dealer, and each person working under the minnow dealer's license, must annually satisfactorily complete aquatic invasive species-related training provided by the commissioner before taking, selling, or transporting for sale minnows within the state.

Subd. 2.   
Minnow dealers, and each person working under the minnow dealer's license, must have a valid invasive species training certification in possession while taking, selling, or transporting for sale minnows within the state. A person who only sells minnows for the licensed minnow dealer at a retail location is not required to have a training certification.

Subd. 3.   
A resident under age 18 must annually satisfactorily complete aquatic invasive species-related training provided by the commissioner before taking, selling, or transporting for sale leeches within the state. A resident under age 18 must have a valid invasive species training certification in possession while taking, selling, or transporting for sale leeches within the state.