SENATE BILL NO. 437


   March 16, 1999, Introduced by Senator JAYE and referred to the
        Committee on Hunting, Fishing and Forestry.



        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   by amending sections 43517 and 43520 (MCL 324.43517 and

   324.43520), as added by 1995 PA 57.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

 2    shall  not permit or allow the minor child to hunt 
             ENSURE THAT,

 3    IF THE MINOR CHILD HUNTS under the authority of a license issued

 4    pursuant to this part,  on land upon which the parent or
             guardian

 5     is not regularly domiciled without being  THE MINOR
                       CHILD IS

 6    accompanied by  the  A parent or guardian or
             another person

 7    authorized by the parent or guardian who is 17 years of age or

 8    older.

 9         (2) SUBSECTION (1) APPLIES ONLY IF EITHER OR BOTH OF THE

10    FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:


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 1         (A) THE MINOR CHILD IS HUNTING ON LAND UPON WHICH NEITHER A

 2    PARENT NOR A GUARDIAN OF THE MINOR CHILD IS REGULARLY DOMICILED.

 3         (B) THE LICENSE IS A LICENSE TO HUNT DEER WITH A FIREARM.

 4         Sec. 43520.  (1) Subject to other requirements of this part,

 5    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTION 43517, the department may

 6    issue a hunting license to a minor child  subject to both of
             the

 7     following conditions:  (a) On  UPON application of
                       a parent or

 8    legal guardian of the minor child  , if the minor child,
             when

 9     hunting on lands upon which the minor child's parents are
                       not

10     regularly domiciled, is accompanied by the parent or
                       guardian or

11     another person authorized by the parent or guardian who is
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12     years of age or older.  (b) Payment  AND PAYMENT of
                       the license

13    fee.

14         (2) A license to hunt  deer,  bear  ,
              or elk with a firearm

15    shall not be issued to a person who is less than 14 years of

16    age.

17         (3) A license to hunt shall not be issued to a person who is

18    less than 12 years of age.

19         (4) A person authorized to sell hunting licenses shall not

20    issue a hunting license to a person born after January 1, 1960,

21    unless the person presents proof of previous hunting experience

22    in the form of a hunting license issued by this state, another

23    state, a province of Canada, or another country or a certifica-

24    tion of completion of training in hunter safety issued to the

25    person by this state, another state, a province of Canada, or

26    another country.  If an applicant for a hunting license does not

27    have proof of a previous license or a certification of completion



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 1    of training in hunter safety, a person authorized to sell hunting

 2    licenses may issue a hunting license if the applicant submits a

 3    signed affidavit stating that  they have  THE
             APPLICANT HAS com-

 4    pleted a course in hunter safety or that  they have
              THE

 5    APPLICANT possessed a hunting license previously.  The person

 6    selling a hunting license shall record as specified by the

 7    department the form of proof of the previous hunting experience

 8    or certification of completion of hunter safety training

 9    presented by the applicant.






































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