Bill Text: MI HB5457 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holidays; other; "Public Lands Day"; designate as the last Saturday in September. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5458'18

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/30/2018 [HB5457 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5457-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5457

 

 

January 30, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Cochran and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to designate the last Saturday in September as Public

 

Lands Day in this state.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) This state is home to 103 state parks and

 

recreation areas covering 306,000 acres with 314,100 campsites in

 

142 campgrounds and with over 900 miles of trails. These state

 

parks and recreation areas offer a range of activities from

 

traditional outdoor activities such as camping, hunting, and

 

fishing, to new and emerging activities such as mountain biking,

 

cross-country skiing, adventure racing, whitewater paddling, and

 

playing water sports. This state is also home to 4 state forests,

 

encompassing over 3.8 million acres of land, that are managed for

 

resource protection, natural resource based economic activity, and

recreation. The acreage of state forest in this state is greater

 

than the acreage in any other state east of the Mississippi. In

 

recognition of the importance of federal, state, and local public

 

lands to the wildlife, recreation, and economy of this state, the

 

legislature declares that the last Saturday in September of each

 

year shall be known as "Public Lands Day".

 

     (2) The legislature encourages individuals to engage in

 

activities on Public Lands Day that contribute to the conservation

 

of public lands in this state.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless

 

Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5458 (request no. 03838'17) of

 

the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.