Bill Text: MI HB4199 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Watercraft; other; fine for launching a boat with an aquatic plant attached; provide for. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101-324.90106) by adding sec. 41325.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Passed) 2009-09-15 - Assigned Pa 91'09 With Immediate Effect [HB4199 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4199-Engrossed.html

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HB-4199, As Passed House, April 1, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 41325.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 41325. (1) A person shall not place a boat, boating

 

equipment, or boat trailer in the waters of this state if the boat,

 

boating equipment, or boat trailer has an aquatic plant attached.

 

     (2) A law enforcement officer may order the owner or operator

 

of a boat, boating equipment, or boat trailer to remove aquatic

 

plants from the boat, boating equipment, or boat trailer. The owner

 

or operator shall obey such an order.

 

     (3) The department shall prepare a notice that contains a

 

summary of subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) and shall make

 

copies of the notice available to owners of public boating access

 

sites.

 

     (4) The owner of a public boating access site shall post and

 

maintain the notice described in subsection (3).

 

     (5) A person who violates subsection (1), (2), or (4) is

 

responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay

 

a civil fine of not more than $100.00.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "aquatic plant" means a

 

submergent, emergent, or floating-leaf plant or a fragment or seed

 

thereof. Aquatic plant does not include wild rice (Zizania

 

aquatica).