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MI HB6386

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/21/2022

Primary Sponsor

John Damoose

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes the UP Commission with authority to designate wildlife species as game in the Upper Peninsula, alongside existing legislature and state commission authority.

  • 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.

  • 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").

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources And Outdoor Recreation9/21/2022

Full Bill Text

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