Bill Text: MI SB0817 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; fishing; licensing fees for honorably discharged veterans or active members of the military; provide waiver. Amends sec. 43537 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43537).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-24 - Referred To Committee On Veterans, Military Affairs And Homeland Security [SB0817 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0817-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 817

 

 

February 24, 2016, Introduced by Senators COLBECK, KOWALL, BIEDA, ZORN and PROOS and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43537 (MCL 324.43537), as amended by 2013 PA

 

108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43537. (1) Until March 1, 2014, a resident who is

 

declared legally blind is eligible to purchase a senior restricted

 

or senior all-species fishing license. Beginning March 1, 2014, a A

 

resident who is declared legally blind is eligible to purchase a

 

senior all-species fishing license.

 

     (2) A disabled veteran is eligible to obtain any resident

 

license under this part for which a lottery is not required free of

 

charge.

 

     (3) A veteran or an active member of the military may obtain

 

an all-species fishing license free of charge.

     (4) (3) The department may demand proof of eligibility under

 

subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4). (5). The licensee, when taking

 

aquatic species or hunting, shall possess proof of his or her

 

eligibility under subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4), (5), as

 

applicable, and shall furnish the proof upon the request of a peace

 

officer.

 

     (5) (4) The department shall process licenses issued under

 

this section in the same manner as licenses issued to senior

 

citizens for purposes of receiving appropriations from the

 

legislature under section 43546.

 

     (6) (5) As used in this section: , "disabled

 

     (a) "Active member of the military" means an individual

 

regularly enlisted or commissioned as an officer in the armed

 

forces of the United States.

 

     (b) "Disabled veteran" means either of the following:

 

     (i) (a) A resident who has been determined by the United

 

States department Department of veterans affairs Veterans Affairs

 

to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of military

 

service and entitled to veterans' benefits at the 100% rate, for a

 

disability other than blindness.

 

     (ii) (b) A resident rated by the United States department

 

Department of veterans affairs Veterans Affairs as individually

 

unemployable.

 

     (c) "Veteran" means an honorably discharged member of the

 

armed forces of the United States.