2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.091 — Aquatic vegetation in public waters.

     84.091 Aquatic vegetation in public waters. 


    Subdivision 1.    Ownership.  The state is the owner of 
 wild rice and other aquatic vegetation growing in public 
 waters.  A person may not acquire a property interest in wild 
 rice or other aquatic vegetation or destroy wild rice or aquatic 
 vegetation, except as authorized under this chapter or section 
 103G.615.  


    Subd. 2.    License required; exception.  (a) Except as 
 provided in paragraph (b), a person may not harvest, buy, sell, 
 transport, or possess aquatic plants without a license required 
 under this chapter.  A license shall be issued in the same 
 manner as provided under the game and fish laws. 


    (b) A resident under the age of 18 years may harvest wild 
 rice without a license, if accompanied by a person with a wild 
 rice license. 


    Subd. 3.    License fees.  (a) The fees for the 
 following licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 


    (1) for harvesting wild rice: 


    (i) for a season, $25; and 


    (ii) for one day, $15; 


    (2) for buying and selling wild ginseng, $5; 


    (3) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell 50,000 
 pounds or less, $70; and 


    (4) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell more 
 than 50,000 pounds, $250.  


    (b) The fee for a nonresident one-day license to harvest 
 wild rice is $30. 


    (c) The weight of the wild rice shall be determined in its 
 raw state.  


    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 4 s 10; 1987 c 404 s 96; 1991 c 200 s 1; 
 2003 c 128 art 1 s 15,16; 2004 c 255 s 5