HB-5029, As Passed House, November 4, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5029

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

by amending section 40103 (MCL 324.40103), as amended by 2000 PA            

191, and by adding section 40110a.                                          

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 40103.  (1) "Game" means any of the following animals                  

2   but does not include privately owned cervidae species located on            

3   a registered cervidae livestock facility as that term is defined            

4   in the privately owned cervidae producers marketing act:                    

5       (a) Badger.                                                                 

6       (b) Bear.                                                                   

7       (c) Beaver.                                                                 

8       (d) Bobcat.                                                                 

9       (e) Brant.                                                                  

10      (f) Coot.                                                                   

1       (g) Coyote.                                                                 

2       (h) Crow.                                                                   

3       (i) Deer.                                                                   

4       (j) Duck.                                                                   

5       (k) Elk.                                                                    

6                                                                                (l) Fisher.                                                                         

7       (m) Florida gallinule.                                                      

8       (n) Fox.                                                                    

9       (o) Geese.                                                                  

10      (p) Hare.                                                                   

11      (q) Hungarian partridge.                                                    

12      (r) Marten.                                                                 

13      (s) Mink.                                                                   

14      (t) Moose.                                                                  

15  (u) Mourning dove.

16  (v)  (u)  Muskrat.                                                          

17  (w)  (v)  Opossum.                                                          

18  (x)  (w)  Otter.                                                            

19  (y)  (x)  Pheasant.                                                         

20  (z)  (y)  Quail.                                                            

21  (aa)  (z)  Rabbit.                                                          

22  (bb)  (aa)  Raccoon.                                                        

23  (cc)  (bb)  Ruffed grouse.                                                  

24  (dd)  (cc)  Sharptailed grouse.                                             

25  (ee)  (dd)  Skunk.                                                          

26  (ff)  (ee)  Snipe.                                                          

27  (gg)  (ff)  Sora rail.                                                      

House Bill No. 5029 (H-1) as amended November 4, 2003

1   (hh)  (gg)  Squirrel.                                                       

2   (ii)  (hh)  Weasel.                                                         

3   (jj)  (ii)  Wild turkey.                                                    

4   (kk)  (jj)  Woodchuck.                                                      

5   (ll)  (kk)  Woodcock.                                                        

6   (mm)  (ll)  Virginia rail.                                                   

7       (2) "Interim order of the department" means an order of the                 

8   department issued under section 40108.                                      

9       (3) "Kind" means an animal's sex, age, or physical                          

10  characteristics.                                                            

11      (4) "Normal agricultural practices" means generally accepted                

12  agricultural and management practices as defined by the                     

13  commission of agriculture.                                                  

14      (5) "Open season" means the dates during which game may be                  

15  legally taken.                                                              

16      (6) "Parts" means any or all portions of an animal, including               

17  the skin, plumage, hide, fur, entire body, or egg of an animal.             

18      (7) "Protected" or "protected animal" means an animal or kind               

19  of animal that is designated by the department as an animal that            

20  shall not be taken.                                                         

21      (8) "Residence" means a permanent building serving as a                     

22  temporary or permanent home.  Residence may include a cottage,              

23  cabin, or mobile home, but does not include a structure designed            

24  primarily for taking game, a tree blind, a tent, a recreational             

25  or other vehicle, or a camper.                                              

26  Sec. 40110a.  [(1)] The legislature hereby authorizes the                   

27  establishment of the first open season for mourning doves.  The             

House Bill No. 5029 (H-1) as amended November 4, 2003

1   commission may issue orders pertaining to mourning doves for each           

2    of the purposes listed in section 40113a.

[(2) The department shall prepare a mourning dove brochure, post the brochure on its website, and distribute the brochure to the public through persons authorized to sell licenses under part 435.  The brochure shall do at least the following:

     (a) Provide information to help hunters distinguish mourning doves from other birds.

     (b) Provide information regarding mourning dove management techniques for the propagation of the species.

     (c) Describe how dove hunting is ethically, lawfully, and safely conducted.

     (d) Provide information about the special opportunities mourning dove hunting offers to youth hunters, the elderly, and the disabled.

    (3) $350,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the game and fish protection fund created in section 4355e for the preparation and distribution of the brochure.]