Bill Text: MI SB0875 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Recreation; trails; statewide trail network; include Pure Michigan Trails and provide definitions. Amends secs. 72101 & 72102 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.72101 & 324.72102). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5553'14, HB 5559'14, SB 0873'14, SB 0876'14, SB 0877'14
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-16 - Assigned Pa 0211'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0875 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0875-Engrossed.html
SB-0875, As Passed Senate, April 23, 2014
SENATE BILL No. 875
March 13, 2014, Introduced by Senators HILDENBRAND, MOOLENAAR, HANSEN, CASPERSON, MEEKHOF, KOWALL, GREEN and BOOHER and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 72101 and 72102 (MCL 324.72101 and 324.72102),
as amended by 2010 PA 46.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 72101. As used in this part:
(a)
"Advisory council" means the Michigan snowmobile and
trails advisory council created in section 72110.
(b)
"Council" means a Michigan trailway trail management
council established pursuant to section 72106.
(c) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
and
environment.
(d) "Director" means the director of the department or his or
her designee.
(e) (d)
"Equine access locations"
means open access roads,
management roads, forestry access roads, 2-track and single-track
trails that are not wildlife paths, staging areas for pack and
saddle animals to be dropped off or picked up, and associated
wilderness campsites.
(f) (e)
"Fund" means the Pure Michigan
trailways Trails fund
created in section 72109.
(g) (f)
"Governmental agency"
means the federal government, a
county, city, village, or township, or a combination of any of
these entities.
(g)
"Michigan trailway" means a trailway designated by the
commission
pursuant to section 72103.
(h)
"Pack and saddle trailways" trails" means trailways
trails
and equine access locations that may be used by pack and saddle
animals.
(i) "Pure Michigan Trail" means a trail designated as a "Pure
Michigan Trail" under section 72103.
(j) "Pure Michigan Water Trail" means a water trail designated
as a "Pure Michigan Water Trail" under section 72103.
(k) "Pure Michigan Trail Town" means a "Pure Michigan Trail
Town" designated under section 72104.
(l) (i)
"Rail-trail" means a
former railroad bed that is in
public
ownership and used as a trailway.trail.
(m) "Statewide trail network" means the statewide trail
network established in section 72114.
(n) (j)
"Trail" means a
right-of-way adapted to foot,
horseback, motorized, or other nonmotorized travel. Trail also
includes a water trail.
(k)
"Trailway" means a trail or other land corridor that
features
a broad trail capable of accommodating a variety of public
recreation
uses.
(o) "Water trail" means a designated route on a body of water.
Sec.
72102. The legislature finds and declares that a
statewide
system of trails , trailways, and pack and saddle
trailways
will provide for public enjoyment,
health, and fitness;
encourage constructive leisure-time activities; protect open space,
cultural and historical resources, and habitat for wildlife and
plants; enhance the local and state economies; link communities,
parks, and natural resources; create opportunities for rural-urban
exchange, agricultural education, and the marketing of farm
products; and preserve corridors for possible future use for other
public purposes. Therefore, the planning, acquisition, development,
operation,
and maintenance of trails , trailways, and pack and
saddle
trailways are in the best interest
of the this state and are
declared
to be a public purpose.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 873
.
(b) Senate Bill No. 876
.
(c) Senate Bill No. 874
04014'13).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
05224'14).
