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MI HB6386
Bill
Status
9/21/2022
Primary Sponsor
John Damoose
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AI Summary
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Establishes the UP Commission with authority to designate wildlife species as game in the Upper Peninsula, alongside existing legislature and state commission authority.
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Grants the UP Commission exclusive authority to regulate taking of game that has impact only on the Upper Peninsula or no significant impact outside it.
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Authorizes the UP Commission to issue orders for moose hunting seasons and wolf hunting seasons specifically in the Upper Peninsula (removing language allowing wolf seasons "throughout the state").
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Requires the UP Commission or state commission to use sound scientific wildlife management principles and provide 30 days' notice to legislative committees before issuing game-taking orders.
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Bill takes effect only upon enactment of HB 6383, HB 6384, HB 6385, and HB 6387 of the 101st Legislature.
Legislative Description
Natural resources: other; authority to make certain decisions regarding game in the Upper Peninsula; grant to the Upper Peninsula natural resources commission. Amends secs. 40110, 40110a, 40110b & 40113a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40110 et seq.).
Natural resources: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/21/2022
9/22/2022