Bill Text: MI HB4908 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; authority of natural resources commission to issue order regarding deer and elk feeding; repeal sunset. Amends sec. 40111a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40111a).

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - Re-referred To Committee On Natural Resources [HB4908 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4908-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4908

 

September 29, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Kivela and LaFontaine and referred to the Committee on 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 2009 PA

 

199.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40111a. (1) The commission, after consultation with the

 

commission of agriculture and rural development, shall issue in the

 

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

 

feeding in this state.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "deer and elk feeding" means the

 

depositing, distributing, or tending of feed in an area frequented

 

by wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk to prevent them

 

from starving or for recreational viewing. Deer and elk feeding

does not include any of the following:

 

     (a) Baiting to take game as provided by an order of the

 

commission under section 40113a.

 

     (b) The scattering of feed solely as the result of normal

 

logging practices or normal agricultural practices.

 

     (c) The storage or use of feed for agricultural purposes if 1

 

or more of the following apply:

 

     (i) The area is occupied by livestock actively consuming the

 

feed on a daily basis.

 

     (ii) The feed is covered to deter wild, free-ranging white-

 

tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed or is being

 

used on a daily basis.

 

     (iii) The feed is in a storage facility or is stored in a

 

manner that is consistent with normal agricultural practices.

 

     (d) Feeding wild birds or other wildlife if done in such a

 

manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk

 

from gaining access to the feed.

 

     (3) This section is repealed effective January 1, 2016.