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Aquatic Invasive Species LawsMinnesota Statute 84DIt is illegal to transport AIS on roadways or to introduce them into a body of water. Subd. 4. Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who: (1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;(2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has prohibited invasive species attached; (3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed by rule, Eurasian water milfoil; (4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested waters; or (5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property. Subd. 5. Civil penalties. A civil citation issued under this section must impose the following penalty amounts: (1) for transporting aquatic macrophytes on a forest road as defined by section 89.001, subdivision 14, road or highway as defined by section 160.02, subdivision 26, or any other public road, $50; (2) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state a watercraft, a trailer, or aquatic plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes attached, $100; (3) for unlawfully possessing or transporting a prohibited invasive species other than an aquatic macrophyte, $250; (4) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state a watercraft, a trailer, or aquatic plant harvesting equipment that has prohibited invasive species attached when the waters are not designated by the commissioner as being infested with that invasive species, $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense; (5) for intentionally damaging, moving, removing, or sinking a buoy marking, as prescribed by rule, Eurasian water milfoil, $100; (6) for failing to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested waters, $50; Wisconsin Section 30.715, Stat. 2001WI Act 16 (illegal to launch law) Prohibits launching a boat or trailer if aquatic plants or zebra mussels are attached. However 16% of the boaters in Wisconsin in 2005 were not aware of this law.
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