Bill Text: MI HB4439 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources: other; wildlife feeding; allow under certain conditions. Amends sec. 40111a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40111a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-29 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means, With Substitute (h-3) [HB4439 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4439-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4439

 

 

April 9, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Cole and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 40111a (MCL 324.40111a), as amended by 2015 PA

 

265.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40111a. (1) The commission, after consultation with the

 

commission of agriculture and rural development, shall issue in the

 

manner provided in section 40113a an order concerning deer and elk

 

feeding in this state.An individual may engage in wildlife and bird

 

feeding only if at least 2 of the following conditions are met:

 

     (a) The feed is located not more than 450 feet from a

 

residence.

 

     (b) The quantity of feed placed, scattered, or distributed

 

within 450 feet of that residence, together with any feed

 

previously placed, scattered, or distributed within 450 feet of

 

that residence and still present, is not more than 2 gallons.

 

     (c) The feed is contained, presented, or held in a manner to

 

exclude deer and elk.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "deer and elk "wildlife and bird

 

feeding" means the depositing, distributing, or tending of feed in

 

an area frequented by wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk

 

birds and other wildlife to prevent them from starving or for

 

recreational viewing. Deer and elk Wildlife and bird feeding does

 

not include any of the following:

 

     (a) Baiting to take game as provided by an order of the

 

commission under section 40113a.

 

     (b) The scattering of feed solely as the result of normal

 

logging practices or normal agricultural practices.

 

     (c) The storage or use of feed for agricultural purposes if 1

 

or more of the following apply:

 

     (i) The area is occupied by livestock actively consuming the

 

feed on a daily basis.

 

     (ii) The feed is covered to deter wild, free-ranging white-

 

tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed or is being

 

used on a daily basis.

 

     (iii) The feed is in a storage facility or is stored in a

 

manner that is consistent with normal agricultural practices.

 

     (d) Feeding wild birds or other wildlife if done in such a

 

manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk

 

from gaining access to the feed.