SB-0207, As Passed House, June 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43517 (MCL 324.43517), as amended by 2006 PA

 

282.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43517. (1) A parent or legal guardian of a minor child

 

shall not permit or allow the minor child to hunt game under the

 

authority of a license issued pursuant to under this part except

 

under 1 of the following conditions:

 

     (a) The minor child hunts only on land upon which a parent or

 

guardian is regularly domiciled or a parent or guardian, or another

 

person individual at least 18 years old authorized by a parent or

 

guardian, accompanies the minor child. This subdivision does not

 


apply under either any 1 of the following circumstances:

 

     (i) The license is an apprentice license.

 

     (ii) The minor child is less than 14 years old and the license

 

is a license to hunt deer, bear, or elk with a firearm.

 

     (iii) The minor child is less than 10 years old.

 

     (b) If the license is an apprentice license, a parent or

 

guardian, or another person individual at least 21 years old

 

authorized by a parent or guardian, who is licensed to hunt that

 

game under a license other than an apprentice license accompanies

 

the minor child. In addition, if the minor child is less than 14

 

years old and the apprentice license is a license to hunt deer,

 

bear, or elk with a firearm, the minor child shall hunt only on

 

private property.

 

     (c) If the minor child is less than 14 years old and the

 

license is a license to hunt deer, bear, or elk with a firearm, the

 

minor child hunts only on private property and a parent or

 

guardian, or another person individual authorized by a parent or

 

guardian who is at least 18 years old, accompanies the minor child.

 

This subdivision does not apply if the license is an apprentice

 

license or if the minor child is less than 10 years old.

 

     (d) If the minor child is less than 10 years old, the minor

 

hunts only with a mentor in compliance with the mentored youth

 

hunting program established by the commission under subsection (2).

 

     (2) Within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory

 

act that added this subsection, the commission shall issue an order

 

under section 40113a establishing a mentored youth hunting program.

 

The order shall provide for at least all of the following:

 


     (a) A mentor shall be at least 21 years of age before

 

participating in the mentored youth hunting program.

 

     (b) A mentor shall possess a valid license to hunt, other than

 

an apprentice license, before engaging in any mentored youth

 

hunting program.

 

     (c) An individual shall not be a mentor unless he or she

 

presents proof of previous hunting experience in the form of a

 

previous hunting license, other than an apprentice license, or

 

certification of completion of training in hunter safety issued to

 

the individual by this state, another state, a province of Canada,

 

or another country.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect September

 

1, 2011.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 4371 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.