HB-4867, As Passed House, December 16, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4867

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

by amending sections 504, 43510, and 43516 (MCL 324.504,                    

324.43510, and 324.43516), section 504 as amended by 1996 PA 171,           

section 43510 as amended by 1996 PA 585, and section 43516 as               

added by 1995 PA 57.                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 504.  (1) The department shall promulgate rules for the                

2   protection of the lands and property under its control against              

3   wrongful use or occupancy as will ensure the carrying out of the            

4   intent of this part to protect the lands and property from                  

5   depredations and to preserve the lands and property from                    

6   molestation, spoilation, destruction, or any other improper use             

7   or occupancy.                                                               

8   (2) This section does not allow the department to promulgate                

1   a rule that applies to commercial fishing except as otherwise               

2   provided by law.                                                            

3   (3) The department shall not promulgate or enforce a rule                   

4   that prohibits an individual who is licensed or exempt from                 

5   licensure under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435, from carrying            

6   a pistol in compliance with that act, whether concealed or                  

7   otherwise, on property under the control of the department.                 

8       (4) The department shall issue orders necessary to implement                

9   rules promulgated under this section.  These orders shall be                

10  effective upon posting.                                                     

11  (5) A person who violates a rule promulgated under this                     

12  section or an order issued under this section is responsible for            

13  a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine             

14  of not more than $500.00.                                                   

15      Sec. 43510.  (1)  A Subject to subsection (2), a person                    

16  shall not carry or transport a firearm, slingshot, bow and arrow,           

17  crossbow, or a trap while in any area frequented by wild animals            

18  unless that person has in his or her possession a license as                

19  required under this part.                                                   

20  (2) This act or a rule promulgated or order issued by the                   

21  department or the commission under this act shall not be                    

22  construed to prohibit a person from transporting a pistol or                

23  carrying a loaded pistol, whether concealed or not, if either of            

24  the following applies:                                                      

25  (a) The person has in his or her possession a license to                    

26  carry a concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to                   

27  28.435.                                                                     

1       (b) The person is authorized under the circumstances to carry               

2   a concealed pistol without obtaining a license to carry a                   

3   concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435, as                

4   provided for under any of the following:                                    

5                                                                                (i) Section 12a of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.432a.                                        

6       (ii) Section 227, 227a, 231, or 231a of the Michigan penal                   

7   code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.227, 750.227a, 750.231, and 750.231a.

8   (3) Subsection (2) does not authorize an individual to take                 

9   or attempt to take a wild animal except as provided by law.

10      Sec. 43516.  (1) A person who has been issued a hunting,                    

11  fishing, or fur harvester's license, when hunting, fishing, or              

12  trapping or, subject to section 43510(2), in the possession of              

13  firearms or other hunting, fishing, or trapping apparatus in an             

14  area frequented by wild animals or fish, shall carry the license            

15  and shall exhibit the license upon the demand of a conservation             

16  officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of             

17  the land upon which the person is hunting, fishing, or trapping.            

18      (2)  A Subject to section 43510(2), a person shall not carry               

19  or possess afield a shotgun with buckshot, slug loads, or ball              

20  loads; a bow and arrow; a muzzle-loading rifle or black powder              

21  handgun; or a centerfire handgun or centerfire rifle during                 

22  firearm deer season unless that person has a valid firearm deer             

23  license, with an unused kill tag, if issued, issued in his or her           

24  name.   (3)  The person shall exhibit an unused kill tag, if                

25  issued,  shall be exhibited  upon the request of a conservation             

26  officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of             

27  the land upon which the person is hunting.