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MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES
Section 86B.201 State Law and Local Ordinance Authority
86B.201 STATE LAW AND LOCAL ORDINANCE AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.Application of state law.
The provisions of this chapter and of other applicable laws of this state shall govern the operation, equipment, numbering, and all other related matters for a watercraft operated on the waters of this state, or the time when an activity regulated by this chapter may take place.
Subd. 2.Local authority to adopt ordinance.
(a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a political subdivision of this state to adopt regulations that are not inconsistent with this chapter and the rules of the commissioner relating to the use of waters of this state that are wholly or partly within the territorial boundaries of a county or entirely within the boundaries of a city.
(b) A city of the first class of over 200,000 or the park board of the city may forbid the use of motorboats or boats with attached motors on its lakes.
Subd. 3.Nonmotorized carry-on access.
A person may access any public waters through public land with a hand-carried nonmotorized watercraft.
History:
1990 c 391 art 9 s 9; 1997 c 226 s 11