Bill Text: MI HB4519 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recreation; state parks; state park and forest campsite reservations; give residents first opportunity for. Amends secs. 74114 & 83106 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.74114 & 324.83106).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/25/2019 [HB4519 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4519-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4519
April 25, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Steven Johnson, Howell, Wakeman, Kuppa, O'Malley, Yaroch, Paquette and Leutheuser 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 sections 74114 and 83106 (MCL 324.74114 and 324.83106),
section 74114 as amended by 2004 PA 587 and section 83106 as
amended by 2010 PA 34.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
74114. (1) The department may establish fees and collect
fees for activities in state parks except those activities for
which fees are established under this part. All fees collected
under this section shall be deposited into the state park
improvement account.
(2) The department shall not make a reservation at a
campground, cabin, yurt, or lodge in a state park available to a
nonresident unless that reservation has first been made available
to residents of this state for at least 2 weeks.
Sec. 83106. (1) The department may require a person to obtain
a permit for camping in designated state forest campgrounds and may
establish
and collect a fee for the camping permit. However, at At
least 6 months before increasing a camping permit fee, the
department
shall must provide written notice of its intent to do so
to the standing committees of the senate and the house of
representatives that have primary jurisdiction over legislation
pertaining to natural resources and the environment.
(2) The department may require a person to obtain a permit,
except as otherwise provided by law, for the use of lands and
facilities
within the a state forest as designated by the
department
for recreation use. The However,
the department shall
not require a permit or payment of a fee for use of a state forest
nonmotorized trail or pathway or state forest campground facility
except as provided in subsection (1) or otherwise provided in this
act.
(3) The department shall not make a reservation at a
campground, cabin, yurt, or lodge in a state forest available to a
nonresident unless that reservation has first been made available
to residents of this state for at least 2 weeks.
(4) (3)
Money collected under this section
shall be deposited
into the forest recreation account.
