HOUSE BILL No. 5107

 

August 21, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Calley and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 16302 (MCL 324.16302).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16302. (1) A person shall not sell or offer for sale in

 

this state containers connected to each other by a separate holding

 

device that is constructed of plastic rings unless the device is

 

degradable and bears a distinguishing symbol indicating that it is

 

degradable.

 

     (2) A person shall not sell or offer for sale in this state a

 

disposable container for live fishing bait unless the bait

 

container is degradable and bears a distinguishing symbol

 

indicating that it is degradable.


 

     (3) (2) A Before a manufacturer of container holding devices

 

that are constructed of plastic rings who or a manufacturer of

 

disposable containers for live fishing bait sells or offers for

 

sale or provides for the sale or offer for sale in this state of

 

these devices shall design a distinguishing symbol indicating that

 

the devices are degradable and shall register or bait containers,

 

the manufacturer shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Register the distinguishing symbol with the department.

 

and provide

 

     (b) Provide the department with a sample of the device or bait

 

container. The department may require

 

     (c) If requested by the department, provide the department

 

with test data that show that the device is degradable. as required

 

in this part.

 

     (4) (3) As used in this part, a separate holding device does

 

not include a vacuum-packed wrapping that completely encases the

 

containers that it connects.