Act No. 339

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

October 16, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 16, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Yonker, Irwin, Ouimet, LaFontaine, Kurtz, Walsh, Heise, Hooker, Daley, Opsommer, Cotter, Outman, Tyler, Goike, Muxlow, Damrow, Callton, Somerville, Knollenberg, Franz, Haines, Bumstead, Glardon, Nesbitt, Agema, Zorn, Denby, Rendon, Rutledge, Horn, MacMaster, O’Brien, Crawford, Huuki, Price, Jacobsen, MacGregor, Rogers, Lund, Wayne Schmidt, Pscholka, Haveman, Lyons, Hobbs, Gilbert, Lori, Pettalia, Forlini, Olson and McBroom

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5292

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 43537 (MCL 324.43537), as amended by 2007 PA 60.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 43537. (1) A resident who is declared legally blind is eligible to purchase a senior restricted or senior all-species fishing license.

(2) A disabled veteran is eligible to obtain any resident license under this part for which a lottery is not required free of charge.

(3) The department may demand proof of eligibility under subsection (1), (2), or (4). The licensee, when taking aquatic species or hunting, shall possess proof of his or her eligibility under subsection (1), (2), or (4), as applicable, and shall furnish the proof upon the request of a peace officer.

(4) The department shall process licenses issued under this section in the same manner as licenses issued to senior citizens for purposes of receiving appropriations from the legislature under section 43546.

(5) As used in this section, “disabled veteran” means either of the following:

(a) A resident who has been determined by the United States department of veterans affairs to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of military service and entitled to veterans’ benefits at the 100% rate, for a disability other than blindness.

(b) A resident rated by the United States department of veterans affairs as individually unemployable.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect March 1, 2013.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor