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MI HR0153
Resolution
Status
5/31/2016
Primary Sponsor
Scott Dianda
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AI Summary
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Encourages the U.S. Forest Service to convert existing hunting camp leases in the Ottawa National Forest to special use authorizations under the Recreation Residence Program, allowing private ownership rather than short-term leasing.
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Addresses the expiration of 25-year non-renewable leases signed in 1992 that are set to end in 2016, which would require camp owners to vacate and remove structures within 90 days.
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Cites economic impact of lease expiration including over $35,000 in annual lost lease fee revenue to townships and nearly $10,000 in tax revenue to counties, plus losses to local businesses.
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Notes the Recreation Residence Program already authorizes 15,570 private cabins on national forest lands across the country and that authority exists under federal regulations despite a 1968 moratorium on new tracts.
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A resolution to encourage the United States Forest Service to issue the owners of privately held hunting camps on leased acres within the Ottawa National Forest special use authorization under the Recreation Residence Program.
Recreation Residence Program
Last Action
Adopted
5/31/2016