HB-5029, As Passed Senate, March 31, 2004                                   

SENATE 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.                                                      

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             

1   commission may issue orders pertaining to mourning doves for each           

2   of the purposes listed in section 40113a, including, but not                

3   limited to, orders establishing the first open season for                   

4   mourning doves.                                                             

5       (2) A person shall not hunt mourning doves unless, in                       

6   addition to the small game license required by section 43523, the           

7   person has a current mourning dove stamp.  The format of the                

8   mourning dove stamp shall be prescribed by the department.  The             

9   fee for a mourning dove stamp is $2.00.                                     

10      (3) The department shall transmit money received from the                   

11  sale of mourning dove stamps to the state treasurer.  The state             

12  treasurer shall deposit the money as follows:                               

13      (a) Fifty percent in the game and fish protection fund                      

14  created in section 43553.                                                   

15      (b) Fifty percent in the nongame fish and wildlife trust                    

16  fund created in section 43902.                                              

17      (4) In the annual hunting guide available from persons                      

18  authorized to sell licenses under part 435, the department shall            

19  include information on all of the following:                                

20      (a) How hunters can distinguish mourning doves from other                   

21  birds.                                                                      

22  (b) Management practices for the propagation of mourning                    

23  doves.                                                                      

24      (c) How mourning dove hunting is conducted ethically,                       

25  lawfully, and safely.                                                       

26      (d) Special opportunities mourning dove hunting offers to                   

27  youth, the elderly, and the disabled.