Bill Text: MI HB4199 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Watercraft; other; fine for launching a boat with an aquatic plant attached; provide for. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101-324.90106) by adding sec. 41325.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)
Status: (Passed) 2009-09-15 - Assigned Pa 91'09 With Immediate Effect [HB4199 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4199-Engrossed.html
HB-4199, As Passed Senate, August 27, 2009
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4199
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 41325.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 41325. (1) A person shall not place a boat, boating
equipment, or boat trailer in the waters of this state if the boat,
boating equipment, or boat trailer has an aquatic plant attached.
(2) A law enforcement officer may order the owner or operator
of a boat, boating equipment, or boat trailer to remove aquatic
plants from the boat, boating equipment, or boat trailer. The owner
or operator shall obey such an order.
(3) The department shall prepare a notice that contains a
summary of subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) and shall make
copies of the notice available to owners of public boating access
sites. The department shall include the notice in relevant
department publications and post the notice on its website.
(4) The owner of a public boating access site shall post and
maintain the notice described in subsection (3).
(5) A person who violates subsection (1), (2), or (4) is
responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay
a civil fine of not more than $100.00.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Aquatic plant" means a submergent, emergent, or floating-
leaf plant or a fragment or seed thereof. Aquatic plant does not
include wild rice (Zizania aquatica).
(b) "Boat" means a vessel as defined in section 80104, and
"boating" has a corresponding meaning.