Bill > SF1816

This bill requires the Minnesota Commissioner of Natural Resources to take specific actions related to Little Rock Creek in Morrison County. The bill mandates that the commissioner must amend Minnesota Rules to remove the current designation of Little Rock Creek as a trout stream and discontinue trout stocking in this waterway. The bill provides a procedural pathway for the commissioner to implement these changes by allowing the use of a "good cause exemption" under state administrative rulemaking regulations, which would streamline the process of delisting the stream and stopping trout stocking. This means the commissioner can make these regulatory changes with less administrative burden than would typically be required for rule changes. The bill appears to be a targeted, specific intervention to change the management status of this particular stream, likely in response to local environmental or fishery management considerations specific to Little Rock Creek in Morrison County.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1816&ssn=0&y=2025