Act No. 47

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

June 5, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 6, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Senators Moolenaar and Booher

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 58

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 50301 and 50302 (MCL 324.50301 and 324.50302), as added by 1995 PA 57.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 50301. The departments of agriculture and rural development and natural resources shall jointly do all of the following:

(a) Advise the legislature and the governor on forest management and development and other matters relevant to the development of the forest products industry in this state.

(b) Develop a forestry development plan to improve the state’s business climate for forestry, assure a stable timber supply, and coordinate public and private forestry activities.

(c) Identify the needs of the forest products industry.

(d) Promote and encourage the expansion of the forest products industry in this state.

(e) Promote and encourage the retention and expansion of existing forest products companies in this state and attract new forest products companies to locate in this state.

(f) Perform other functions the departments consider necessary for the development of the forest products industry in this state.

(g) Promote and encourage the use of this state’s value-added forest products in Michigan, in other states, and internationally.

Sec. 50302. The departments of agriculture and rural development and natural resources, jointly, shall annually report to the governor and the legislature on their activities to promote the development of the forest products industry in this state.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect June 1, 2013.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor