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MI HB6462
Bill
Status
10/11/2022
Primary Sponsor
Graham Filler
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AI Summary
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Renames the annual pheasant hunting license to the "pheasant and grassland restoration stamp" while maintaining the $25.00 fee for individuals 18 years or older hunting pheasants on public land in the Lower Peninsula.
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Exempts hunters on private land (except hunting access program land), game bird preserve hunters, Upper Peninsula hunters, and lifetime license holders from the stamp requirement.
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Directs stamp fee revenue to a pheasant subaccount with 50% allocated to purchasing and releasing live pheasants on state lands and 50% for grassland habitat restoration, purchase, and management.
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Allows the subaccount to retain unspent funds at fiscal year-end with all remaining money transferred to the general game and fish protection account on January 1, 2026.
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Sunsets the entire section effective January 1, 2026, eliminating the stamp requirement and subaccount at that date.
Legislative Description
Natural resources: hunting; Michigan pheasant and grassland restoration stamp program; provide for. Amends sec. 43525c of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.43525c).
Natural resources: hunting
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/12/2022
10/12/2022