1.1    .................... moves to amend S.F. No. 2096, the second unofficial engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 37, after line 1, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic
1.6farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
1.7    (b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by
1.8the commissioner.
1.9    (c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the
1.10commissioner.
1.11    (d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required
1.12license fee under section 17.4988.
1.13    (e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property
1.14rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant
1.15detrimental impact on the public resource.
1.16    (f) The commissioner shall not issue or renew a license to raise minnows in a natural
1.17water body if the natural water body is the subject of a protective easement or other
1.18interest in land that was acquired with funding from federal waterfowl stamp proceeds
1.19or migratory waterfowl stamp proceeds under section 97A.075, subdivision 2, or if the
1.20natural water body was the subject of any other development, restoration, maintenance, or
1.21preservation project funded under section 97A.075, subdivision 2.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008."
1.23Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
1.24Amend the title as follows:
1.25Page 1, line 9, after the semicolon, insert "modifying aquatic farm license
1.26provisions;"
2.1Correct the title numbers accordingly