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Where did you get that you had to pay for the course?? Nowhere did I see that. Theoretically yes if you pay taxes your paying for the course, just like the stickers were free.
The Fee increase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PAYS for it and more to come I suspect.
Actually the now defunct sticker likely cost 155,000 and was paid for out of the AIS surcharge that is added on at the time of our 3yr boat registration. As much as I understand the reasoning to repeal the Silver Sticker/language. (requiring a sticker that would be obsolete in 2015). I’d like to see something between now and then.
Expect increase enforcement and fewer warning tickets in the next 2-4 weeks. They are out to make a big splash.
Here is the latest news
DNR NEWS RELEASE FOR MAY 4, 2012
Aquatic invasive species decal law changes; higher penalties go into effect July 1
A slate of new laws designed to curb the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) was approved in a recent bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature and signed by Gov. Mark Dayton.
A program requiring watercraft owners to place an AIS rules sticker on their boats is being discontinued and replaced with an online education program. Watercraft owners will no longer be required to place on their boats the rectangular, silver and black decals, which include a summary of the state’s AIS laws.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began distributing the decals earlier this year and will continue to give them to interested boat owners for informational purposes only.
A new law, which goes into effect 2015, will require anyone who transports watercraft or water-related equipment with a trailer to complete an online education course. After completing the course, the person will receive a decal that must be placed on their trailer, certifying they have taken the course. People taking the course can receive extra stickers if they own or use multiple trailers for watercraft or water-related equipment.
“The black and silver decal is no longer mandatory for boaters, but it is still a good informational tool to help boaters know the AIS laws,” said Luke Skinner, aquatic invasive species program supervisor. Boaters who have decals can still place them on their boats or trailers as a reminder.
He said the DNR will begin developing the online AIS course soon to implement the new decal requirement for 2015. The penalty for not displaying the decal will be a warning, not a citation.
Other new AIS laws will be instituted July 1, 2012, as a result of the new legislation:
Civil penalties for violating the state’s AIS laws will double. Fines that currently range from $50 to $250 will increase to $100 to $500, depending on the type of violation. For example, failure to remove a drain plug while transporting a watercraft will mean a $100 fine, instead of a $50 penalty. The fine for unlawfully possessing and transporting prohibited aquatic invasive species will increase from $250 to $500.
Boat lifts, docks, swim rafts and other water-related equipment (except boats and other watercraft) that are removed from any water body may not be placed in another water body for at least 21 days. The drying out period is designed to kill any AIS that might be attached to the equipment that are high risk and difficult to clean. Two zebra mussel introductions occurred last year as a result of water equipment being sold and moved from one water body to another.
Boat clubs, yacht clubs, marinas and other similar organizations are now considered lake-service providers, requiring permits for the clubs and staff working there to take AIS certification training.
Portable bait containers used while fishing through the ice do not need to be drained before leaving a water body, unless the water body has been declared to have viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a virus that is deadly to fish.
The DNR was given additional authority to require mandatory inspections of water-related equipment before a person places or removes equipment into or out of a water body and to set up inspection stations at a centralized location to cover multiple lakes. The new legislation also allows the DNR to delegate this authority to local governments that have an approved inspection plan
More information about the DNR’s aquatic invasive species programs can be found at http://www.mndnr.gov/invasives.
REMEMBER the MN government SHUTDOWN last year. We need to get these people out of office. They are not ACCOUNTABLE for all the (DA) things they do or try to do. REMEMBER the netting thing? The Viking Stadium? Asian carp? AIS stickers? 
ETC.,ETC.,ETC., Time for a wake up call for ALL politicians. They cannot get it RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Where did you get that you had to pay for the course?? Nowhere did I see that. Theoretically yes if you pay taxes your paying for the course, just like the stickers were free.
Well I could be wrong as it hasn’t been specified, but in previous posting it sounded like they would make you pay for it. Free, or for a fee…still lame, useless, and not effective.
I’m collecting stickers from anyone that doesn’t want theirs. I’ll make a fortune selling them on Ebay. 
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I’m collecting stickers from anyone that doesn’t want theirs. I’ll make a fortune selling them on Ebay.
Along with the state marijuana stickers that pot dealers are suppose to affix to thier bags of weed? What next!
-J.
Hey man… I don’t know what sticker goes where anymore….man…. 
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REMEMBER the MN government SHUTDOWN last year. We need to get these people out of office. They are not ACCOUNTABLE for all the (DA) things they do or try to do. REMEMBER the netting thing? The Viking Stadium? Asian carp? AIS stickers?
ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep! these legislators got to go!
The DNR was given additional authority to require mandatory inspections of water-related equipment before a person places or removes equipment into or out of a water body and to set up inspection stations at a centralized location to cover multiple lakes. The new legislation also allows the DNR to delegate this authority to local governments that have an approved inspection plan
The on-line thing is bogus but that in bold scare the willies out of me! The potential of this could be abused down the line. We need to repeal this before 2015. shouldn’t be hard as the bill barely passed in the house and the senate.
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How will this affect us from out of state? I launch out of Winona on ocassion, and frequently put in on the WI side, but fish the MN side of the river? Thanks.
Shawn
Shawn, since there is no fine I would say it doesn’t affect you at all. I am thinking I will take my chances with a warning and not take the course. Consider it civil disobedience.
be careful dabbling with the civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is like a gateway drug
it leads to sedition, which brings on insurrections, that spawns chaos, resulting in total anarchy … now that’s some scary excrement dude
That’s pretty deep for this forum.
Ohhhh I dunno
It gets plenty deep around here fairly often
Wear your rubber boots and Bring Your Own SHOVEL
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Ohhhh I dunno
It gets plenty deep around here fairly oftenWear your rubber boots and Bring Your Own SHOVEL
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be careful dabbling with the civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is like a gateway drug
it leads to sedition, which brings on insurrections, that spawns chaos, resulting in total anarchy … now that’s some scary excrement dude
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble.
I’m thinkin’ of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin’ in the pool
Hall window after school, look, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
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