S.B. 493: COMMITTEE SUMMARY - LIVE TRAP ON BEAGLE CLUB

Senate Bill 493 (as introduced 5-7-97)

Committee: Hunting, Fishing and Forestry

Date Completed: 3-10-98

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 401 (Wildlife Conservation) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to allow a member of a registered beagle club to live trap and release up to five rabbits per year on beagle club property.

(Under the Act, a person must not take, release, transport, sell, buy, or have in his or her possession game or a protected animal, whether living or dead, or parts of any game or protected animal, from the State or from outside the State, except as provided for in the Act. The term "game" includes rabbits, as well as badger, bear, beaver, bobcat, brant, coot, coyote, crow, deer, duck, elk, fisher, Florida gallinule, fox, geese, hare, Hungarian partridge, marten, mink, moose, muskrat, opossum, otter, pheasant, quail, raccoon, ruffed grouse, sharptailed grouse, skunk, snipe, sora rail, squirrels, weasel, wild turkey, woodchuck, woodcock, and Virginia rail.)

Proposed MCL 324.40106a - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

- Fiscal Analyst: G. Cutler

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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.