Bill Text: MI SB0036 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources: hunting; transfer of private-land antlerless deer license to immediate family member; allow. Amends sec. 43527a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43527a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-16 - Referred To Committee On Natural Resources [SB0036 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0036-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 36

 

 

January 16, 2019, Introduced by Senator VANDERWALL 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 43527a (MCL 324.43527a), as added by 2013 PA

 

108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43527a. (1) Beginning March 1, 2014, only Only an

 

individual holding a valid base license is eligible to purchase a

 

deer license or an antlerless deer license, pursuant to current

 

regulations. The fee for a deer license or an antlerless deer

 

license is $20.00.

 

     (2) Beginning March 1, 2014, the The department shall charge a

 

nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $5.00 for each

 

individual who applies for an antlerless deer license.

     (3) The department may issue a kill tag with or as part of

 

each deer license. The kill tag shall must bear the license number.

 

The kill tag may also include space for other pertinent information

 

required by the department. The kill tag, if issued, is part of the

 

license.

 

     (4) Where authorized by the department, a resident may

 

purchase a second deer license for the fee assessed under this

 

subsection for the deer license for which that individual is

 

eligible. However, a senior license discount is not available for

 

the purchase of a second deer license. Where authorized by the

 

department, a nonresident may purchase an additional deer license

 

or antlerless deer license under this section for $170.00. The

 

department may issue orders under part 401 designating the kind of

 

deer that may be taken and the geographic area in which any license

 

issued under this section is valid, when advisable in managing

 

deer.

 

     (5) An individual who obtains a private-land antlerless deer

 

license may transfer that antlerless deer license to an immediate

 

family member of that individual.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "immediate family member" means a

 

spouse, child, step-child, sibling, or parent.