HOUSE BILL No. 5431


     November 1, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Rivet, Richardville, DeVuyst, Tabor, Sheltrown, Plakas, McConico, Lipsey, Howell and Jansen and
referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   by amending section 43532 (MCL 324.43532), as amended by 1996

   PA 585.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 43532.  (1) A person 17 years of age or older shall not

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      take aquatic species, except aquatic insects, in the waters over

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      which this state has jurisdiction without a license.  The  fee

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      for a resident restricted fishing license is $13.00.  Beginning

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      in 1999, the fee for a resident restricted fishing license is

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      $14.00.  Beginning in 2001, the  fee for a resident restricted

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      fishing license is $15.00.  The  fee for a nonresident restricted

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      fishing license is $26.00.  Beginning in 1999, the fee for a

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      nonresident restricted fishing license is $30.00.  Beginning in




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      2001, the  fee for a nonresident restricted fishing license is

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      $34.00.

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           (2) The restricted fishing license entitles the licensee to

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      take aquatic species as prescribed by law other than trout or

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      salmon.

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           (3) A PERSON UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE MAY TAKE AQUATIC SPECIES

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      IN THE WATERS OVER WHICH THIS STATE HAS JURISDICTION, SUBJECT,

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      EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (4) AND (5), TO THE SAME

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      REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT OR OF AN ORDER ISSUED OR RULE PROMUL-

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      GATED UNDER THIS ACT AS APPLY TO A PERSON 17 YEARS OF AGE OR

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      OLDER.

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           (4)  (3)  A person  12 years of age or older but less
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      UNDER 17 years of age may take aquatic species in the waters over

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      which this state has jurisdiction without a license.  However, a

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      person 12 years of age or older but  less than  UNDER 17 years of

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      age may obtain an all-species fishing license.  The fee for a

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      resident or nonresident who is 12 years of age or older, but

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       less than  UNDER 17 years of age, for an all-species fishing

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      license is $2.00.  The department shall provide a Michigan fish-

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      ing patch to the licensee with the license.  The department shall

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      not sell or vendor the list of licensees under this subsection.

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           (5) IN THE WATERS OVER WHICH THIS STATE HAS JURISDICTION, A

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      PERSON UNDER 10 YEARS OF AGE MAY FISH WITH A ROD AND ANY BAIT.  A

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      PERSON UNDER 10 YEARS OF AGE IS SUBJECT TO A CREEL LIMIT OF 1 IN

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      AN AREA WHERE THE CREEL LIMIT IS OTHERWISE 0.

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           (6)  (4) A resident may purchase an all-species fishing

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      license upon payment of a fee of $26.00.  Beginning in 1999, the



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      fee for a resident all-species fishing license is $27.00.

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      Beginning in 2001, the  THE fee for a resident all-species fish-

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      ing license is $28.00.  The  fee for a nonresident all-species

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      fishing license is $39.00.  Beginning in 1999, the fee for a non-

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      resident all-species fishing license is $41.00.  Beginning in

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      2001, the  fee for a nonresident all-species fishing license is

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      $42.00.

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           (7)  (5)  The all-species fishing license entitles the

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      licensee to take all species of aquatic species as prescribed by

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      law.

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           (8)  (6) Any holder of  A PERSON TO WHOM a valid restricted

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      fishing license HAS BEEN ISSUED may return the restricted license

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      to the department or its authorized agent and receive an

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      all-species fishing license by paying a fee equal to the differ-

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      ence in cost between the all-species fishing license and the

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      restricted fishing license for which that person is eligible.

























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