Bill HF3896, SF3748

1.1          A bill for an act
1.2          relating to natural resources; prohibiting operation of watercraft in a manner that
1.3          threatens uncultivated wild rice beds;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4          86B.311, subdivision 4.
1.5          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6          Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 86B.311, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7                          Subd. 4.Swimming or bathing areas Unauthorized operation. (a) A person may not
1.8          operate a watercraft within a water area that has been marked off or set aside as a swimming
1.9          or bathing area as prescribed by the commissioner's rules.
1.10       (b) A person may not operate a watercraft:
1.11       (1) in or through an uncultivated wild rice bed unless the watercraft is propelled by hand,
1.12       such as a skiff or canoe; or
1.13       (2) at greater than slow-no-wake speed within 150 feet of an uncultivated wild rice bed.