May 3, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Acciavatti, Schuitmaker, Pavlov, Jones, Wenke, Ball, Huizenga, Farhat, Elsenheimer, Kooiman, Walker, Vander Veen, Ward, Gillard and Emmons and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.
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:
Sec. 41301. As used in this part:
(a) "Council" means the nonnative species advisory council
created in section 41321.
(b) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(c) (a)
"Genetically engineered"
refers to a fish an
organism whose genome, chromosomal or extrachromosomal, is modified
permanently and heritably, using recombinant nucleic acid
techniques, or the progeny thereof.
(d) "Introduce", with reference to an organism, means to
stock, place, plant, release or allow the release of the organism
in this state at any specific location where the organism is not
already naturalized.
(e) "Prohibited aquatic plant species" means any of the
following or fragments or seeds thereof:
(i) African oxygen weed (Lagarosiphon major) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(ii) Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa) or a hybrid or genetically
engineered variant thereof.
(iii) Curly leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(iv) Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) or a hybrid
or genetically engineered variant thereof.
(v) European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(vi) Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(vii) Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta, auriculata, biloba, or
herzogii) or a hybrid or genetically engineered variant thereof.
(viii) Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(ix) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(x) Parrot's feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(xi) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof, except for cultivars
developed and recognized to be sterile and approved by the director
of agriculture under section 16a of the insect pest and plant
disease act, 1931 PA 189, MCL 286.216a.
(xii) Water chestnut (Trapa natans) or a hybrid or genetically
engineered variant thereof.
(xiii) Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(xiv) Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(f) (b)
"Prohibited fish
species" means any of the
following or the eggs thereof:
(i) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(ii) Bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) or a hybrid or genetically
engineered variant thereof.
(iii) Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(iv) Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(v) Ide (Leuciscus idus) or a hybrid or genetically engineered
variant thereof.
(vi) Japanese weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) or a
hybrid or genetically engineered variant thereof.
(vii) Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalamus) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(viii) Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(ix) A fish of the snakehead family (family Channidae) or a
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(x) Tench (Tinca tinca) or a hybrid or genetically engineered
variant thereof.
(g) "Prohibited insect species" means any of the following or
the eggs thereof:
(i) Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) or a
hybrid or genetically engineered variant thereof.
(ii) Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) or a hybrid or
genetically engineered variant thereof.
(h) "Prohibited species" means any of the following:
(i) A prohibited aquatic plant species.
(ii) A prohibited fish species.
(iii) A prohibited insect species.
(i) (c)
"Recombinant nucleic acid
techniques" means
laboratory techniques through which genetic material is isolated
and manipulated in vitro and then inserted into an organism.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4711(request no.
01130'05 *).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4712(request no.
01131'05 *).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4713(request no.
01132'05 *).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4714(request no.
01133'05 *).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4715(request no.
01134'05 *).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4716(request no.
01135'05 *).