Act No. 81

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

March 25, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 25, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Rep. Mortimer

Reps. Birkholz, Cassis, Caul, DeRossett, Ehardt, Hager, Howell, Hummel, Jelinek, Julian, Kowall, Kuipers, Meyer, Pappageorge, Pumford, Raczkowski, Richardville, Tabor, Toy, Vander Roest, Vander Veen, Vear and Voorhees named co-sponsors

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4860

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, and assessments; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," by amending section 43524 (MCL 324.43524), as amended by 1996 PA 585.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 43524. (1) A person shall not hunt wild turkey without a wild turkey hunting license. The fee for a resident wild turkey hunting license is $15.00. The fee for a nonresident wild turkey hunting license is $69.00. Subject to the requirements of section 40113a, the commission may issue an order requiring that all applications for wild turkey hunting licenses, or applications for wild turkey hunting licenses for certain geographic areas, be entered into a lottery designed and run by the department. A person selected in a lottery, upon meeting the requirements of this part, is authorized to purchase a wild turkey hunting license. The license shall be issued for a specified hunting period and shall confer upon the holder of the license the right to hunt wild turkeys.

(2) The department may charge a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $4.00 for each application for a wild turkey hunting license that is entered into a lottery pursuant to subsection (1).

(3) From fees collected under subsection (1) or (2), the following amounts shall be used for scientific research, biological survey work on wild turkeys, and wild turkey management in this state:

(a) Resident wild turkey hunting license $ 9.50.

(b) Nonresident wild turkey hunting license $50.00.

(c) Senior wild turkey hunting license $ 1.00.

(d) Wild turkey hunting application amount of application fee, if any, but not more than $ 3.00.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.