SB-0759, As Passed House, May 22, 2014
February 11, 2014, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON 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 42501 (MCL 324.42501), as amended by 2004 PA
325.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 42501. (1) A person shall not engage in the business of
buying, selling, dealing, or the tanning and dressing of raw furs,
hides, or pelts of beaver, otter, fisher, marten, muskrat, mink,
skunk, raccoon, opossum, wolf, lynx, bobcat, fox, weasel, coyote,
badger, deer, or bear and the plumage, skins, or hides of protected
game birds or game animals except as authorized by a license issued
by
the department pursuant to under
part 13. A license application
shall be accompanied by a fee as follows:
(a) For any person who engages in the business of buying and
selling raw furs, hides, and pelts of fur-bearing animals or the
plumage, skins, or hides of protected game birds or game animals,
the fee is $10.00.
(b) Each person in the business of manufacturing furs who buys
raw pelts is a dealer, and the fee for each individual or agent who
buys furs is, for a resident, $10.00 and, for a nonresident,
$50.00.
(c) For any person who engages in the business of custom
tanning or dressing of raw furs, the fee is $5.00. However, such a
license does not authorize that person to buy or sell raw furs.
(2) Any person holding a fur dealer's license under this part
is entitled to buy furs, hides, pelts, and the plumage, skins, or
hides, and parts thereof, of protected game birds and game animals
that are legally taken.
(3)
A person holding a fur dealer's license under this part is
not
eligible to secure or hold a license to trap beaver.
(3) (4)
The department may designate the
plumage and skin of
those game birds and game animals that may not be bought or sold if
it determines that such a prohibition will best serve the public
interest. The plumage and skins, or parts of plumage and skins, of
migratory game and nongame birds may be bought and sold only in
accordance with federal law or rule.
(4) (5)
For the purposes of this part,
"plumage" means any
part of the feathers, head, wings, or tail of any bird.