HOUSE BILL No. 5998

 

April 26, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Gosselin and Drolet and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 40114a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40114a. A person may take game or aquatic species outside

 

of an established season if all of the following requirements are

 

met:

 

     (a) The person is licensed to take that game or aquatic

 

species and otherwise complies with the requirements of this act

 

and orders issued under this act for the taking of that game or

 

aquatic species.

 

     (b) The person is in possession of a statement by a physician,

 

under oath, made within the past year, that the person is

 


terminally ill.  The person shall exhibit the statement under the

 

same circumstances that a license is required to be exhibited under

 

section 43516.

 

     (c) The person takes the game or aquatic species on private

 

property.