September 20, 2011, Introduced by Senators PROOS, PAVLOV, ROCCA, JONES, MOOLENAAR, JANSEN, HANSEN, BRANDENBURG, MARLEAU and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 40114 (MCL 324.40114), as amended by 2010 PA
87.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
40114. (1) The department may issue a permit to a person
an
individual who is unable to walk
because the person individual
is a paraplegic or an amputee or because of a disease or injury
that
has rendered the person individual
permanently disabled. A
permit
issued under this subsection authorizes the person
individual to take game during the open season for that game,
including deer of either sex, from or upon a standing vehicle if
that
person individual holds a license to take that game issued
pursuant
to under part 435 and complies with all other laws and
rules for the taking of game.
(2)
The department may issue a permit to a person an
individual who is permanently disabled, who has full use of only 1
arm, and who upon investigation is unable to hold, aim, and shoot a
bow.
A permit issued under this subsection authorizes the person
individual to take game during the open season for that game with a
bow that has been modified so that the bow may be held, aimed, and
shot
with 1 arm, if that person individual
holds a license to take
that
game issued pursuant to under
part 435 and complies with all
other laws and rules for the taking of game.
(3) The commission may issue an order under section 40113a
regulating the taking of game with a modified bow that may be shot
with 1 arm. Subsection (2) does not apply on or after the effective
date of such an order.
(4) In addition, the department may issue permits authorizing
1 or more of the following:
(a) The taking or possession of animals for the purpose of
rehabilitating animals.
(b) The taking of animals to prevent or control damage and
nuisance caused by the animals. A permittee under a deer damage
shooting permit may designate not more than 15 authorized shooters
to implement the provisions of the permit.
(c) The collection, transportation, possession, or disposition
of animals and parts of animals for scientific purposes.
(d) The public exhibition of animals.
(e) Taxidermy.
(f) The disposition of accidentally or unlawfully taken or
injured animals or animals that are unlawfully possessed.
(g)
The taking of game with a crossbow by a person an
individual who is permanently or temporarily disabled.
(h) The taking or possession of raptors for the purposes of
falconry.
(5) A permit issued under this section may be suspended,
revoked, annulled, withdrawn, recalled, canceled, or amended
pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306,
MCL 24.201 to 24.328. If the holder of a permit is convicted of
violating the permit or this section, his or her permit or license
may be revoked and any animal and the parts of any animal in his or
her possession shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the
department.
(6) Fees received for permits and licenses issued under this
section shall be forwarded by the department to the state treasurer
to be credited to the game and fish protection account of the
Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in
section 2010.