Bill Text: MI HB4198 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; provision establishing deer and elk feeding order; extend sunset. Amends sec. 40111a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40111a).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-10 - Printed Bill Filed 02/06/2009 [HB4198 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4198-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4198

 

February 5, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Lahti, McDowell, Sheltrown, Hansen, Spade, Booher and Lindberg and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 40111a (MCL 324.40111a), as amended by 2004 PA

 

537.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40111a. (1) By September 1, 1999, the commission, after

 

consultation with the commission of agriculture, shall issue in the

 

manner provided in section 40113a an order concerning deer and elk

 

feeding. The order shall take effect October 1, 1999 and shall do

 

all of the following in the lower peninsula:

 

     (a) Prohibit a person from engaging in deer or elk feeding

 

unless the deer or elk feeding is for recreational viewing

 

purposes.

 

     (b) Require that the feed be deposited or distributed not more

 

than 100 yards from the residence of the person engaged in deer or

 

elk feeding for recreational viewing purposes on land owned or

 

possessed by that person.

 

     (c) Establish any other reasonable conditions for deer and elk

 

feeding for recreational viewing purposes that are consistent with

 

the requirements of this section.

 

     (2) The order issued under subsection (1) shall also establish

 

criteria for deer feeding in the Upper Peninsula.

 

     (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the commission,

 

after consultation with the commission of agriculture, may issue in

 

the manner provided in section 40113a an order that prohibits all

 

deer and elk feeding in all or part of this state if the commission

 

considers the prohibition to be necessary to properly manage

 

wildlife populations or to control or eradicate disease.

 

     (4) An order under this part concerning baiting to take deer

 

or elk or concerning deer or elk feeding shall not make a

 

distinction between the depositing or distributing of feed by hand

 

and the depositing or distributing of feed by a mechanical device,

 

whether the mechanical device is operated by human power or

 

otherwise.

 

     (5) This section is repealed effective January 1, 2010 2016.