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.