(1) Except as authorized in this title or a Wildlife Board rule or order or unless exempt under Subsection (7), a person may not: (a) possess, import, export, ship, or transport an invasive mussel; (b) release, place, plant, or cause to be released, placed, or planted an invasive mussel in a water body, facility, or water supply system; (c) transport a conveyance or equipment that has been in an infested water within the previous 30 days without decontaminating the conveyance or equipment; or (d) unless exempt under Subsection 23A-10-304(3), if an owner of a vessel, launch or operate the vessel on the waters of the state without first: (i) paying an aquatic invasive species fee required by Subsection 23A-10-304(1) or (2); and (ii) displaying an aquatic invasive species decal in accordance with Subsection (6). (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person who violates Subsection (1): (a) is strictly liable; (b) is guilty of an infraction; and (c) shall reimburse the state for the costs associated with detaining, quarantining, and decontaminating the conveyance or equipment. (3) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates Subsection (1) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (4) A person may not proceed past or travel through an inspection station or administrative checkpoint, as described in Section 23A-10-301, while transporting a conveyance during an inspection station's or administrative checkpoint's hours of operations without presenting the conveyance for inspection. (5) A person who violates Subsection (4) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (6) (a) (i) The division shall provide a resident person who pays the aquatic invasive species fee required by Subsection 23A-10-304(1)(a) an aquatic invasive species decal to be displayed on the vessel for which the aquatic invasive species fee is paid. (ii) The division shall provide a nonresident person who pays the aquatic invasive species fee required by Subsection 23A-10-304(2)(a) an aquatic invasive species decal to be displayed on the vessel for which the aquatic invasive species fee is paid. (b) A person shall display the aquatic invasive species decal obtained under this Subsection (6) on the bow of the vessel's port side six inches aft of the vessel's registration decal. (7) A person renting or leasing a conveyance from a boat livery is subject to the requirements of this section except that the person is exempt from: (a) paying an aquatic invasive species fee required under Subsection 23A-10-304(1) or (2); (b) displaying an aquatic invasive species decal in accordance with Subsection (6); or (c) decontaminating a conveyance if the owner of the boat livery is required to decontaminate the conveyance under this section or Section 23A-10-306.
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