SENATE BILL No. 1420

 

 

September 23, 2004, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, PATTERSON, HARDIMAN, GILBERT, HAMMERSTROM, ALLEN, McMANUS, VAN WOERKOM and SANBORN and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 41301 (MCL 324.41301), as added by 2003 PA              

                                                                                

    270.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 41301.  As used in this part:                                          

                                                                                

2       (a) "Council" means the nonnative species advisory council                  

                                                                                

3   created in section 41321.                                                   

                                                                                

4       (b) "Department" means the department of natural resources.                 

                                                                                

5       (c)  (a)  "Genetically engineered" refers to a fish whose                   

                                                                                

6   genome, chromosomal or extrachromosomal, is modified permanently            

                                                                                

7   and heritably, using recombinant nucleic acid techniques, or the            

                                                                                

8   progeny thereof.                                                            

                                                                                

9       (d) "Prohibited aquatic plant species" means any of the                     

                                                                                

10  following or fragments or seeds thereof:                                    

                                                                                


                                                                                

1                                                                                (i) African oxygen weed (Lagarosiphon major).                                       

                                                                                

2       (ii) Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa).                                        

                                                                                

3       (iii) Curly leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus).                             

                                                                                

4       (iv) Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum).                          

                                                                                

5       (v) European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae).                            

                                                                                

6       (vi) Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus).                                    

                                                                                

7       (vii) Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta, auriculata, biloba,                  

                                                                                

8   or herzogii).                                                               

                                                                                

9       (viii) Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata).                                      

                                                                                

10      (ix) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).                                 

                                                                                

11      (x) Parrot's feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum).                              

                                                                                

12      (xi) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), except for                     

                                                                                

13  cultivars developed and recognized to be sterile and approved by            

                                                                                

14  the director of agriculture under section 16a of the insect pest            

                                                                                

15  and plant disease act, 1931 PA 189, MCL 286.216a.                           

                                                                                

16      (xii) Water chestnut (Trapa natans).                                         

                                                                                

17      (xiii) Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus).                                   

                                                                                

18      (xiv) Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata).                            

                                                                                

19      (e)  (b)  "Prohibited fish species" means any of the                        

                                                                                

20  following or the eggs thereof:                                              

                                                                                

21                                                                               (i) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) or a hybrid or                        

                                                                                

22  genetically engineered variant thereof.                                     

                                                                                

23      (ii) Bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) or a hybrid or genetically                

                                                                                

24  engineered variant thereof.                                                 

                                                                                

25      (iii) Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) or a hybrid or                     

                                                                                

26  genetically engineered variant thereof.                                     

                                                                                

27      (iv) Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) or a hybrid or                    


                                                                                

1   genetically engineered variant thereof.                                     

                                                                                

2       (v) Ide (Leuciscus idus) or a hybrid or genetically                         

                                                                                

3   engineered variant thereof.                                                 

                                                                                

4       (vi) Japanese weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) or a                  

                                                                                

5   hybrid or genetically engineered variant thereof.                           

                                                                                

6       (vii) Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalamus) or a hybrid or                     

                                                                                

7   genetically engineered variant thereof.                                     

                                                                                

8       (viii) Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) or a hybrid                  

                                                                                

9   or genetically engineered variant thereof.                                  

                                                                                

10      (ix) A fish of the snakehead family (family Channidae) or                    

                                                                                

11  genetically engineered variant.                                             

                                                                                

12      (x) Tench (Tinca tinca) or a hybrid or genetically engineered               

                                                                                

13  variant thereof.                                                            

                                                                                

14      (f) "Prohibited species" means a prohibited fish species or                 

                                                                                

15  prohibited aquatic plant species.                                           

                                                                                

16      (g)  (c)  "Recombinant nucleic acid techniques" means                       

                                                                                

17  laboratory techniques through which genetic material is isolated            

                                                                                

18  and manipulated in vitro and then inserted into an organism.                

                                                                                

19      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

20  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

21  are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

22      (a) Senate Bill No. 1421.                                                   

                                                                                

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24      (b) Senate Bill No. 1422.                                                   

                                                                                

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26      (c) Senate Bill No. 1426.                                                   

                                                                                

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1       (d) Senate Bill No. 1423.                                                   

                                                                                

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3       (e) Senate Bill No. 1424.                                                   

                                                                                

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5       (f) Senate Bill No. 1425.                                                   

                                                                                

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