Bill Text: MI HB4533 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; nonresident 3-day small game license; establish. Amends sec. 43523a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43523a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-01-30 - Assigned Pa 3'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4533 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4533-Engrossed.html

HB-4533, As Passed House, November 8, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43523a (MCL 324.43523a), as amended by 2016 PA

 

461.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43523a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, an

 

individual shall not hunt small game, unless the individual

 

possesses a current base license. A base license authorizes the

 

individual named in the license to hunt for small game, except for

 

animals or birds that require a special license.

 

     (2) If authorized in an order issued under part 401, an

 

individual who possesses a current base license may take specified

 

fur-bearing animals by means other than trapping during the open

 

season for hunting these fur-bearing animals. However, an

 


individual who goes on a bobcat hunt with a licensed hunter is not

 

required to possess a base license if the individual does not carry

 

a firearm, bow, or crossbow and does not own dogs used to chase or

 

locate a bobcat during the hunt.

 

     (3) The fee for a base license is as follows:

 

     (a) Subject to subdivision (b), for a resident, $10.00.

 

     (b) For a resident minor child or nonresident minor child,

 

$5.00.

 

     (c) Subject to subdivision (b), for a nonresident, $150.00.

 

     (4) A base license is void between the hours of 1/2 hour after

 

sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise with the exception of coyote

 

hunting.

 

     (5) A nonresident may purchase a limited nonresident small

 

game license entitling that individual to hunt for a 7-day period

 

all species of small game that are available to hunt under a

 

nonresident base license. The fee for a 7-day limited nonresident

 

small game license is $80.00. The Except for the purchase of a

 

waterfowl hunting license under section 43525b, the purchase of a

 

7-day limited nonresident small game license does not entitle the

 

holder to purchase any additional licenses.

 

     (6) Beginning March 1, 2018, a nonresident may purchase a 3-

 

day limited nonresident small game license entitling that

 

individual to hunt for a 3-day period all species of small game

 

that are available to hunt under a nonresident base license. The

 

fee for a 3-day limited nonresident small game license is $50.00.

 

Except for the purchase of a waterfowl hunting license issued under

 

section 43525b, the purchase of a 3-day limited nonresident small


game license does not entitle the holder to purchase any additional

 

licenses.

 

     (7) (6) Not later than March 1, 2018, the department shall

 

develop an electronic license that allows an individual to display

 

an electronic copy of his or her base license using an electronic

 

device.

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