Bill Text: MI HB5737 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recreation: local parks; county or regional park or facility rules; eliminate publication requirement. Amends sec. 14 of 1965 PA 261 (MCL 46.364).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/16/2022 [HB5737 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5737-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5737
A bill to amend 1965 PA 261, entitled
"An act to authorize the creation and to prescribe the powers and duties of county and regional parks and recreation commissions; and to prescribe the powers and duties of county boards of commissioners with respect to county and regional parks and recreation commissions,"
by amending section 14 (MCL 46.364), as amended by 1994 PA 84.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 14. (1) A county or regional commission may adopt, amend, or repeal rules for the protection, regulation, and control of its facilities and areas with the approval of the county board or boards of commissioners.
(2) Rules shall A rule adopted or amended under subsection (1) must not be contrary to or inconsistent with the laws of this state. Rules shall A rule does not take effect until all of the following occur:
(a) The elapse of 9 days after Nine days have elapsed from the date the rules are rule is adopted by the county or regional commission.
(b) The publication of the rules once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the area or facility to which the rules apply is located.
(b) (c) The posting of a A copy of the rules rule has been posted near each gate or principal entrance to the each area or facility to which the rule applies.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person who violates a rule adopted by a county or regional commission is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than $100.00 and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
(4) The Except as provided in subsection (5), operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by a rule adopted by a county or regional commission is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the rule. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall must not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the rule or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission
(5) A violation described in this subsection (4) is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission violation constitutes a violation or crime or other violation that is excluded from the definition of municipal civil infraction in section 113 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1961 PA 236, MCL 600.113.
(6) (5) A county or regional commission may appoint park rangers. who may be deputized by a A sheriff may deputize a park ranger to enforce the laws of this state. Whether deputized or not, a park rangers ranger may enforce the rules adopted by a county or regional commission and have has the powers, privileges, and immunities conferred upon peace officers by the laws of this state. A county or regional commission shall not appoint a park ranger shall not be appointed unless he or she meets the minimum standards established by the law enforcement officers training council. Park rangers Michigan commission on law enforcement standards created under section 3 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.603. A park ranger shall exercise their his or her authority and powers only on lands, waters, and property administered by or under the jurisdiction of a the appointing county or regional commission.
(7) (6) A county or regional commission may contract with townships, cities, villages, or sheriffs a township, city, village, or sheriff for police services required under this section and may appropriate and expend funds for those services.
