Bill Text: MI HB6045 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; hunting and fishing licensing fees for military career retirees; provide waiver. Amends sec. 43536a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43536a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/17/2018 [HB6045 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6045-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6045

 

 

May 17, 2018, Introduced by Reps. McCready, Lucido, Rendon, Dianda, Yaroch, Afendoulis, Maturen, Iden, Victory, Pagel, Lauwers, Webber, Graves, VanderWall, Inman, Kosowski and Sabo and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43536a (MCL 324.43536a), as amended by 2014 PA

 

281.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43536a. (1) Beginning March 1, 2014, an An active member

 

of the military may obtain any license under this part for which a

 

lottery is not required at no cost upon presentation to a licensing

 

agent of leave papers, duty papers, military orders, or other

 

evidence acceptable to the department verifying that he or she is

 

stationed outside of this state. The license is valid during the

 

season in which that license would otherwise be valid.

 

     (2) An individual who was a member of a branch of the armed

 

forces and who retired from that branch of the armed forces may

 

obtain any license under this part for which a lottery is not

 

required at no cost upon presentation to a licensing agent of

 

evidence acceptable to the department verifying that he or she

 

retired from a branch of the armed forces. The license is valid

 

during the season in which that license would otherwise be valid.

 

     (3) (2) As used in this section: , "active

 

     (a) "Active member of the military" means either of the

 

following:

 

     (i) (a) An individual described by section 43506(3)(d).

 

     (ii) (b) An individual who meets all of the following

 

requirements:

 

     (A) (i) The individual is a reserve component soldier, sailor,

 

airman, or marine or member of the Michigan national guard National

 

Guard and is called to federal active duty.

 

     (B) (ii) At the time the individual was called to federal

 

active duty, he or she was a resident of this state.

 

     (C) (iii) The individual has maintained his or her residence

 

in this state for the purpose of obtaining a driver license or

 

voter registration, or both.

 

     (b) "Armed forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Marine

 

Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.