Bill Text: MI HB5662 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Natural resources; fishing; licensing provisions; modify. Amends secs. 43509, 43532 & 43533 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43509 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5481'09
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-13 - Assigned Pa 29'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5662 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5662-Chaptered.html
Act No. 29
Public Acts of 2010
Approved by the Governor
March 26, 2010
Filed with the Secretary of State
March 26, 2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2010
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
Introduced by Reps. Sheltrown and Cushingberry
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5662
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 43509, 43532, and 43533 (MCL 324.43509, 324.43532, and 324.43533), sections 43509 and 43533 as amended by 1996 PA 585 and section 43532 as amended by 2002 PA 108.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 43509. (1) A person 17 years of age or older shall not take aquatic species, except aquatic insects, in or upon any waters over which this state has jurisdiction or in or upon any lands within the state, or possess aquatic species, except aquatic insects, without having in his or her possession a valid license as provided in this part.
(2) A person shall not take or possess a wild animal without having in his or her possession a valid license as provided in this part.
Sec. 43532. (1) A person 17 years of age or older shall not take or possess an aquatic species, except aquatic insects, in the waters over which this state has jurisdiction without a license. The fee for a resident restricted fishing license is $15.00. The fee for a nonresident restricted fishing license is $34.00.
(2) A restricted fishing license entitles the licensee to take and possess aquatic species as prescribed by law, other than trout, salmon, lake sturgeon, lake herring, amphibians, reptiles, or crustaceans.
(3) A person under 17 years of age may take aquatic species in the waters over which this state has jurisdiction without a license. However, a person under 17 years of age may obtain an all-species fishing license. The fee for a resident or nonresident who is under 17 years of age for an all-species fishing license is $2.00. The department shall not sell or vendor the list of licensees under this subsection.
(4) The fee for a resident all-species fishing license is $28.00. The fee for a nonresident all-species fishing license is $42.00.
(5) An all-species fishing license entitles the licensee to take and possess all aquatic species as prescribed by law.
(6) A person to whom a valid restricted fishing license has been issued may return the restricted license to the department or its authorized agent and receive an all-species fishing license by paying a fee equal to the difference in cost between the all-species fishing license and the restricted fishing license for which that person is eligible.
Sec. 43533. (1) A resident or nonresident may purchase a 24-hour or 72-hour fishing license entitling that person to take, for a designated 24-hour or 72-hour period, respectively, and possess all aquatic species as prescribed by law. Except as provided in this section, the fee for a 24-hour fishing license is $7.00 per designated consecutive 24-hour period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the fee for a 24-hour fishing license for a senior citizen is $3.00.
(2) The fee for a 72-hour fishing license, to be issued beginning in 2010, is as follows:
(a) Except for a senior citizen, $21.00.
(b) For a senior citizen, $9.00.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5481 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
