HOUSE BILL No. 6548


     December 3, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kowall, Bishop, Gosselin, Koetje, Pappageorge and Cassis and referred to the
Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 30111a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             SEC.  30111A.  (1) A PERSON SHALL NOT USE A DEDICATED PUBLIC

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        ACCESS SITE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.  UNLESS THE DEDI-

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        CATION RECORDED WITH THE REGISTER OF DEEDS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES

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        FOR OTHER USES, A DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC ACCESS INCLUDES ONLY THE

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        RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND DOES NOT INCLUDE USE OF THE

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        PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

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             (A) BOAT HOISTS.

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             (B) CONSTRUCTION OF DOCKS UNLESS THE PURPOSE OF THE DOCK IS

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        TO AID IN THE PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCK IS

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        AUTHORIZED BY THE OWNER OF THE RIPARIAN LAND ON WHICH THE PUBLIC

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        ACCESS SITE IS LOCATED.


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             (C) PICNICKING, SUNBATHING, OR LOUNGING.

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             (2) IF A DOCK IS LOCATED AT A DEDICATED PUBLIC ACCESS SITE,

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        THE OWNER OF THE RIPARIAN LAND ON WHICH THE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE IS

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        LOCATED SHALL PLACE A SIGN AT THE DEDICATED PUBLIC ACCESS SITE

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        THAT DESCRIBES THE ALLOWABLE USES OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE AND

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        DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED AT THE PUBLIC ACCESS

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        SITE.

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             (3) A PERSON SHALL NOT MOOR A VESSEL OVERNIGHT ON BOTTOMLAND

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        DIRECTLY OFFSHORE FROM A DEDICATED PUBLIC ACCESS SITE.

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             (4) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDE-

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        MEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $500.00 FOR EACH DAY

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        OF VIOLATION.  A PEACE OFFICER MAY ISSUE AN APPEARANCE TICKET AS

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        DESCRIBED AND AUTHORIZED BY SECTIONS 9C TO 9G OF CHAPTER IV OF

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        THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1927 PA 175, MCL 764.9C TO

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        764.9G, TO A PERSON WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

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             (5) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "DEDICATED PUBLIC ACCESS" MEANS

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        PUBLIC ACCESS TO AN INLAND LAKE OR STREAM DEDICATED FOR USE BY

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        THE PUBLIC BY A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT RECORDED WITH THE REGISTER OF

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        DEEDS.



















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