1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. .... as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 7. Dates and times houses may remain on ice. (a) Except as provided
1.6in paragraph (d), a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice
1.7between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates:
1.8    (1) the last day of February first Monday in March, for state waters south of a line
1.9starting at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route
1.10No. 10, then east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along
1.11Trunk Highway No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No.
1.12200 to U.S. Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin
1.13border; and
1.14    (2) the third Monday in March 15, for other state waters.
1.15    A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this
1.16subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner
1.17may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of
1.18the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the
1.19commissioner.
1.20    (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house, dark house, or shelter in
1.21violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter.
1.22The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the
1.23seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the
1.24division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
1.25    (c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15,
1.26under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a shelter, including a fish house or
2.1dark house, may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until
2.212:00 a.m. the following Monday.
2.3    (d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice
2.4between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in
2.5paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those
2.6hours."