Bill Text: MI HB5378 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; free all-species fishing license for individuals with a developmental disability; provide for. Amends sec. 43537 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43537).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - Referred To Committee On Natural Resources [HB5378 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5378-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5378

 

 

January 10, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Sabo, Liberati and Bellino and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43537 (MCL 324.43537), as amended by 2013 PA

 

108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43537. (1) Until March 1, 2014, a resident who is

 

declared legally blind is eligible to purchase a senior restricted

 

or senior all-species fishing license. Beginning March 1, 2014, a A

 

resident who is declared legally blind is eligible to purchase a

 

senior all-species fishing license.

 

     (2) A disabled veteran is eligible to obtain any resident

 

license under this part for which a lottery is not required free of

 

charge.

 

     (3) An individual with a developmental disability may obtain

an all-species fishing license free of charge.

 

     (4) (3) The department may demand proof of eligibility under

 

subsection (1), (2), or (4). (3). The licensee, when taking aquatic

 

species or hunting, shall possess proof of his or her eligibility

 

under subsection (1), (2), or (4), (3), as applicable, and shall

 

furnish the proof upon the request of a peace officer.

 

     (5) (4) The department shall process licenses issued under

 

this section in the same manner as licenses issued to senior

 

citizens for purposes of receiving appropriations from the

 

legislature under section 43546.

 

     (6) (5) As used in this section: , "disabled

 

     (a) "Developmental disability" means that term as defined in

 

section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a.

 

     (b) "Disabled veteran" means either of the following:

 

     (i) (a) A resident who has been determined by the United

 

States department Department of veterans affairs Veterans Affairs

 

to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of military

 

service and entitled to veterans' benefits at the 100% rate, for a

 

disability other than blindness.

 

     (ii) (b) A resident rated by the United States department

 

Department of veterans affairs Veterans Affairs as individually

 

unemployable.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.