Bill Text: MI HB5597 | 2023-2024 | 102nd 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: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 19-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/19/2024 [HB5597 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5597-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5597
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, shelter, 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 responsibility for 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 and 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, shelter, 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.
