NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994 Part 742
CAMP REGISTRATION CARDS

324.74201 Camp registration card; posting; definition.

Sec. 74201.

(1) A person shall not camp on any state owned lands under the jurisdiction or control of the department without having first posted a camp registration card.

(2) As used in this part, "to camp" means the erection of a tent or tent-type camper or the parking and occupancy of a travel or house trailer or truck camper.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74202 Camp registration card; obtaining; contents; posting.

Sec. 74202.

A person may obtain without charge from a conservation officer or a person authorized to issue fishing or hunting licenses a camp registration card and shall enter on the camp registration card in the space provided, in plain and legible English, the name and address of every person occupying the camp. The card shall be prominently and conspicuously posted at the campsite before the camp is made and shall be left so posted upon the departure of the camping party.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74203 Disposal of rubbish.

Sec. 74203.

Upon breaking camp, every member of a camping party is responsible for the disposal, by burying or burning, of all rubbish, papers, cans, containers, or any other article or thing of any nature whatsoever brought into or built upon the premises by the camping party. A person camping upon the state owned lands shall not deposit and leave any tin cans, bottles, refuse, or other rubbish unburied or otherwise disposed of on the premises.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74204 Camp registration cards; printing and distribution.

Sec. 74204.

The department shall have printed and distributed a sufficient number of camp registration cards to implement this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74205 Enforcement of part; duty of peace officers.

Sec. 74205.

It is the duty of any peace officer, including conservation officers, to enforce this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74206 Violation of part; penalty.

Sec. 74206.

A person who violates this part is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00, and, in addition, is liable for any costs incurred by the department in cleaning up the campsite of the person, which liability shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 215, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

324.74207 Applicability of part.

Sec. 74207.

This part does not apply to any state park, campground, or recreation area administered by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

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