SENATE BILL No. 83

 

 

January 25, 2007, Introduced by Senators McMANUS, JACOBS, CHERRY and RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 43540e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43540e. (1) The department of natural resources shall

 

provide a link to the department of state's voter registration

 

application website page for each applicant who applies on the

 

department's website for a resident hunting, fishing, or fur

 

harvester's license.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall provide voter registration

 

applications to the department and those persons designated by the

 

department to issue a resident hunting, fishing, or fur harvester's

 

license.


 

     (3) The department or a person designated by the department to

 

issue a resident hunting, fishing, or fur harvester's license shall

 

display and make available voter registration applications to the

 

public.

 

     (4) The department or a person designated by the department to

 

issue a resident hunting, fishing, or fur harvester's license is

 

not a designated voter registration agency as defined in section

 

509m of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.509m, and

 

shall not perform voter registration activities.