1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 3547, the second committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 3, after line 33, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 2. Exceptions. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into
1.6the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:
1.7    (1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;
1.8    (2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds attached in or on watercraft in
1.9amounts sufficient for that purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut
1.10above the waterline;
1.11    (3) that are wild rice harvested under section 84.091; or
1.12    (4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally
1.13transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl
1.14season.

1.15    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.16    Subd. 4. Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation
1.17officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the
1.18commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:
1.19    (1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;
1.20    (2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a
1.21watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes or prohibited
1.22invasive species attached;
1.23    (3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed
1.24by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;
2.1    (4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before
2.2leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested
2.3waters; or
2.4    (5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property."
2.5Amend the title as follows:
2.6Page 1, line 2, after "farm" insert "and invasive species"
2.7Renumber the sections in sequence
2.8Correct the title numbers accordingly