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<br /> <br /> 3e1.20. Race oR orHeR coMPeTiTioN License Decal Placement Instructions <br /> OR EXHIBITION Non-Motori2ed Canoes, Kayaks, Sailboats <br /> No person shall hold or sponsor any scheduled or public race, <br /> regatta, tournament or other competition or exhibition, or any trial <br /> therefor, on water or ice thereon, whether or not involving water- <br /> craft, without first having obtained a written permit therefor from <br /> the sheriff of the county in which such event is to originate. The <br /> sheriff, in such permit, may exempt watercraft from any of the <br /> provisions of Chapter 361 relating to the operation and equipment BOTH SIDES <br /> of watercraft while participating in the event authorized. If the <br /> sheriff refuses such permit, the person applying therefor may BOV{I <br /> appeal such refusal to the commissioner. <br /> 361.21. HAZARDS TO NAVIGATION; REMOVAL OF <br /> BUOYS OR STRUCTURES. <br /> Subd. 1. The commissioner may require that a written permit <br /> be obtained for the placement of any structure or device which, ~ <br /> in his opinion,constitutes a hazard to navigation. <br /> Subd. 2. Except as authorized by the,commissioner, no person <br /> shall obstruct, remove, damage or destroy any buoy or structure <br /> placed in the waters of this state in accordance with Sections 361.01 <br /> to 361.28 or by authority ofthe United States. <br /> Subd. 3. No person shall place buoys or other waterway markers <br /> unless the markers conform with the uniform marking system <br /> established by the commissioner. <br /> 361.215. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. <br /> Any sheriff or conservation officer may stop and detain for a <br /> reasonable time any motorboat observed to have committed a viola- ~ <br /> tion of Minnesota Statutes, and is empowered to issue a summons <br /> and complaint for violations of Chapter 361 in the same manner <br /> as for violations of game and fish laws. All watercraft used in the When design of sailboat <br /> enforcement of this Section shall be duly marked through the flying makes placement of liCense <br /> of a pennant of such size and marking as shall be prescribed by deCals on bow impossible, <br /> the commissioner. the license decals may be <br /> 361.22. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. placed on stern. <br /> Subd. 1. Any person who shall violate any provision of Sections ~ <br /> 361.01 to 361.28, or any regulation of the commissioner promul- BOTH <br /> gated pursuant to Sections 361.01 to 361.28, or who shall operate S I D E S <br /> any watercraft which does not conform to the provisions of Sections <br /> 361.01 to 36128, shall unless a different penalty is specifically ~ BOW <br /> prescribed, be guilty of a misdemeanor. <br /> Subd. 2. In addition to any other penalties authorized by Sections <br /> 361A1 to 361.28, any operator may, in the discretion of the court, <br /> upon conviction for a violation of any provision or regulation relat- NOTE! All canoes, kayaks and sailboats being powered <br /> ing to the manner of operation of a watercraft, be prohibited from by motors must display the license numbor which appears <br /> operating a watercraft for a period of not more than 90 days. Upon on the license decal provided by the Department of Na- <br /> a second conviction for any such violation within a period of one tural Resources. This license number (preceded by the <br /> year, the court shall prohibit the operator from operating a water- letters MN) must be plaeed on watercraft as illustrated <br /> craft for 90 days. on Page 21. <br /> 14 23 <br />