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﻿ Sec. 97C.081 MN Statutes
Section 97C.081
97C.077 97C.085
2017 Subd. 3 Amended 2017 c 93 art 2 s 99
2011 Subd. 2 Repealed 2011 c 2 art 5 s 70
2011 Subd. 3 Amended 2011 c 2 art 5 s 56
2011 Subd. 3a New 2011 c 2 art 5 s 57
2011 Subd. 4 Amended 2011 c 107 s 51
2009 Subd. 2 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 51
2009 Subd. 3 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 52
2009 Subd. 4 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 53
2009 Subd. 6 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 54
2009 Subd. 9 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 55
2007 Subd. 3 Amended 2007 c 57 art 1 s 101
2006 Subd. 4 Amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 43
2006 Subd. 6 Amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 44
2006 Subd. 8 Amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 45
2006 Subd. 9 Amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 46
2002 Subd. 8a New 2002 c 351 s 22
2000 Subd. 2 Amended 2000 c 473 s 13
2000 Subd. 3 Amended 2000 c 473 s 14
2000 Subd. 6 New 2000 c 473 s 15
2000 Subd. 7 New 2000 c 473 s 16
2000 Subd. 8 New 2000 c 473 s 17
2000 Subd. 9 New 2000 c 473 s 18
2000 Subd. 10 New 2000 c 473 s 19
1995 Subd. 3 Amended 1995 c 1 s 33
97C.081 FISHING CONTESTS.
A person may not conduct a fishing contest on waters except as provided in this section.
Subd. 3.Contests requiring a permit.
(a) Unless subdivision 3a applies, a person must have a permit from the commissioner to conduct a fishing contest if:
(1) there are more than 25 boats for open water contests, more than 150 participants for ice fishing contests, or more than 100 participants for shore fishing contests;
(2) entry fees are more than $25 per person; or
(3) the contest is limited to trout species.
(b) The commissioner shall charge a fee for the permit that recovers the costs of issuing the permit and of monitoring the activities allowed by the permit. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish contest permit fees. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
(c) The commissioner may require the applicant to furnish evidence of financial responsibility in the form of a surety bond or bank letter of credit in the amount of $25,000 if entry fees are over $25 per person, or total prizes are valued at more than $25,000, and if the applicant has either:
(1) not previously conducted a fishing contest requiring a permit under this subdivision; or
(2) ever failed to make required prize awards in a fishing contest conducted by the applicant.
(d) The permit fee for any individual contest may not exceed the following amounts:
(1) $60 for an open water contest not exceeding 50 boats and without off-site weigh-in;
(2) $200 for an open water contest with more than 50 boats and without off-site weigh-in;
(3) $250 for an open water contest not exceeding 50 boats with off-site weigh-in;
(4) $500 for an open water contest with more than 50 boats with off-site weigh-in; or
(5) $120 for an ice fishing contest with more than 150 participants.
Subd. 3a.Contests without a permit.
A person may conduct a fishing contest without a permit from the commissioner if:
(1) the contest is not limited to specifically named waters;
(2) all the contest participants are age 18 years or under;
(3) the contest is limited to rough fish; or
(4) the total prize value is $500 or less.
Subd. 4.Restrictions.
Subd. 5.Ice fishing contest in conjunction with raffle.
An organization that is permitted under this section and licensed by the lawful Gambling Control Board to conduct raffles may conduct a raffle in conjunction with an ice fishing contest. The organization may sell a combined ticket for a single price for the ice fishing contest and raffle, provided that the combined ticket states in at least eight-point type the amount of the price that applies to the ice fishing contest and the amount that applies to the raffle. All other provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.23 apply to the raffle.
Subd. 6.Permit application process.
(a) Beginning August 1 each year, the commissioner shall accept permit applications for fishing contests to be held in the following year.
(b) If the number of permit applications received by the commissioner from August 1 through the last Friday in September exceeds the limits specified in subdivisions 7 and 8, the commissioner shall notify the affected applicants that their requested locations and time period are subject to a drawing. After notification, the commissioner shall allow the affected applicants a minimum of seven days to change the location or time period requested on their applications, provided that the change is not to a location or time period for which applications are already at or above the limits specified in subdivisions 7 and 8.
(d) The commissioner has until November 7 to approve or deny permit applications that are submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday in September. The commissioner may approve a permit application that is received after 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday in September if approving the application would not result in exceeding the limits in subdivisions 7 and 8.
(e) The commissioner shall develop an online Web-based fishing contest permit application process.
Subd. 7.Weekend limitations.
(a) On all waters 55,000 acres or less, the commissioner may ensure that each of the state's waters has at least two weekends per month with no permitted fishing contests.
(b) Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner, permitted fishing contests that are conducted for more than one day may not include more than one weekend day from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
(c) The commissioner may not approve permits for fishing contests on a weekend with a fishing season opener if the contest targets a species for which the season is opening.
Subd. 8.Limits on number of fishing contests.
The number of permitted fishing contests allowed each month on a water body shall not exceed the following limits:
For boundary water lakes, the limits on the number of permitted fishing contests shall be determined based on the Minnesota acreage.
Subd. 8a.Additional fishing contest permits.
Notwithstanding the limits in subdivision 8, the commissioner may allow up to five additional permits each year for fishing contests on bodies of water that are 5,000 acres or more in size. No more than one additional contest may be permitted on one body of water in a single year. For additional fishing contests permitted under this subdivision, the fishing contest permit applicant must demonstrate to the commissioner that the contest will:
(1) provide economic benefits to the local area;
(2) promote public awareness of fishing and the state's resources; and
(3) conform to best management practices for the lake.
Subd. 9.Permit restrictions.
(d) To prevent undue mortality of released fish, the commissioner may require restrictions for off-site weigh-ins and live releases on a fishing contest permit or may deny permits requesting an off-site weigh-in or live release. The commissioner may allow for live release weigh-ins at public accesses.
(a) "Permitted fishing contest" means an open water fishing contest or ice fishing contest that requires a permit from the commissioner under subdivision 3.
(b) "Large permitted fishing contest" means an open water fishing contest with more than 50 boats or more than 100 participants that requires a permit from the commissioner under subdivision 3.
(c) "Participant" means a person who is taking part in a fishing contest.
(d) "Permitted fishing contest day" means a day on a water body where a permitted fishing contest is held. Two permitted fishing contests that are held on the same water body on the same day count as two permitted fishing contest days.
(e) "Off-site weigh-in" means a weigh-in of fish from a fishing contest at a location that is not adjacent to the waters listed on the fishing contest permit.
(f) "Prefishing" means fishing by participants of a permitted fishing contest prior to the scheduled dates of the contest on waters listed on the fishing contest permit.
1986 c 386 art 3 s 17; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 231 s 49-51; 1993 c 269 s 25; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 33; 2000 c 473 s 13-19; 2002 c 351 s 22; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 43-46; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 101; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 51-55; 2011 c 107 s 51; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 56,57