Bill Text: MI HB5432 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; discounts on nonresident base licenses; provide for under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 43504 & 43523a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43504 & 324.43523a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/08/2016 [HB5432 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5432-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5432

March 8, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Dianda and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 43504 and 43523a (MCL 324.43504 and

 

324.43523a), section 43504 as amended by 2004 PA 587 and section

 

43523a as added by 2013 PA 108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43504. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Game" has the meaning given means that term as defined in

 

part 401.

 

     (b) "Game and fish protection account" means the game and fish

 

protection account of the Michigan conservation and recreation

 

legacy fund provided for in section 2010.

 

     (c) "Qualified nonresident" means a nonresident who owns land

 

in this state.

 

     (d) (c) "Wildlife and fisheries" includes any member of the

wild animal kingdom, including any mammal, bird, fish, reptile,

 

amphibian, or invertebrate found in this state at any point in its

 

natural life cycle.

 

     Sec. 43523a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, an

 

individual shall not hunt small game, unless the individual

 

possesses a current base license. A base license authorizes the

 

individual named in the license to hunt for small game, except for

 

animals or birds that require a special license.

 

     (2) If authorized in an order issued under part 401, an

 

individual that possesses a current base license may take specified

 

fur-bearing animals by means other than trapping during the open

 

season for hunting these fur-bearing animals. However, an

 

individual who goes on a bobcat hunt with a licensed hunter is not

 

required to possess a base license if the individual does not carry

 

a firearm, bow, or crossbow and does not own dogs used to chase or

 

locate a bobcat during the hunt.

 

     (3) Beginning March 1, 2014, the The fee for a base license is

 

as follows:

 

     (a) Subject to subdivision (b), for a resident, $10.00.

 

     (b) For a resident minor child or nonresident minor child,

 

$5.00.

 

     (c) For a qualified nonresident, $75.00.

 

     (d) (c) Subject to subdivision subdivisions (b) and (c), for a

 

nonresident, $150.00.

 

     (4) A base license is void between the hours of 1/2 hour after

 

sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise with the exception of coyote

 

hunting.

 

     (5) Beginning March 1, 2014, a A nonresident may purchase a

 

limited nonresident small game license entitling that individual to

 

hunt for a 7-day period all species of small game that are

 

available to hunt under a nonresident base license. The fee for a

 

limited nonresident small game license is $80.00. The purchase of a

 

7-day limited nonresident small game license does not entitle the

 

holder to purchase any additional licenses.