Bill Text: MI HB4094 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered


Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; punishment for lawfully hunting, taking game, or possessing game that was lawfully taken in another state; prohibit. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 40109a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-25 - Assigned Pa 111'13 With Immediate Effect [HB4094 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4094-Chaptered.html

Act No. 111

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

September 24, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

September 24, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Rep. Johnson

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4094

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 protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; 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,” (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 40109a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 40109a. An individual shall not be prosecuted, punished, or penalized by this state for any of the following:

(a) Lawfully taking game in another state.

(b) Lawfully engaging in a hunt in another state.

(c) Possessing game that was lawfully taken in another state or this state if that game is possessed in compliance with this act and with orders issued under this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor