NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
324.40114 Permits and licenses; paraplegics, amputees, and permanently disabled; issuance of permit for certain purposes; taking of game with modified bow; suspension, revocation, annulment, withdrawal, recall, cancellation, or amendment of permit; disposition of fees.Sec. 40114.
(1) The department may issue a permit to a person who is unable to walk because the person is a paraplegic or an amputee or because of a disease or injury that has rendered the person permanently disabled. A permit issued under this subsection authorizes the person to take game during the open season for that game, including deer of either sex, from or upon a standing vehicle if that person holds a license to take that game issued pursuant to part 435 and complies with all other laws and rules for the taking of game.
(2) The department may issue a permit to a person who is permanently disabled, who has full use of only 1 arm, and who upon investigation is unable to hold, aim, and shoot a bow. A permit issued under this subsection authorizes the person to take game during the open season for that game with a bow that has been modified so that the bow may be held, aimed, and shot with 1 arm, if that person holds a license to take that game issued pursuant to part 435 and complies with all other laws and rules for the taking of game.
(3) The commission may issue an order under section 40113a regulating the taking of game with a modified bow that may be shot with 1 arm. Subsection (2) does not apply on or after the effective date of such an order.
(4) In addition, the department may issue permits authorizing 1 or more of the following:
(a) The taking or possession of animals for the purpose of rehabilitating animals.
(b) The taking of animals to prevent or control damage and nuisance caused by the animals.
(c) The collection, transportation, possession, or disposition of animals and parts of animals for scientific purposes.
(d) The public exhibition of animals.
(e) Taxidermy.
(f) The disposition of accidentally or unlawfully taken or injured animals or animals that are unlawfully possessed.
(g) The taking of game with a crossbow by a person who is permanently or temporarily disabled.
(5) A permit issued under this section may be suspended, revoked, annulled, withdrawn, recalled, canceled, or amended pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. If the holder of a permit is convicted of violating the permit or this section, his or her permit or license may be revoked and any animal and the parts of any animal in his or her possession shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the department.
(6) Fees received for permits and licenses issued under this section shall be forwarded by the department to the state treasurer to be credited to the game and fish protection account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2010.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
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Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
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Am. 2008, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2008
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Am. 2009, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2009
Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 2 of Act 587 of 2004 provides:"Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Joint Resolution Z of the 92nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963."
Popular Name: Act 451
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