October 27, 2015, Introduced by Senators CASPERSON, SCHMIDT and STAMAS 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 43516 (MCL 324.43516), as amended by 2013 PA
108.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 43516. (1) An individual who has been issued a hunting,
fur harvester's, or fishing license shall carry the license and
shall exhibit the license upon the demand of a conservation
officer, a law enforcement officer, a tribal conservation officer
who complies with subsection (3), or the owner or occupant of the
land if either or both of the following apply:
(a) The person is hunting, trapping, or fishing.
(b) Subject to section 43510(2) and except as provided in
section 43513, the individual is in possession of a firearm or
other hunting or trapping apparatus or fishing apparatus in an area
frequented by wild animals or fish, respectively.
(2) Subject to section 43510(2) and except as provided in
section 43513, an individual shall not carry or possess afield a
shotgun with buckshot, slug loads, or ball loads; a bow and arrow;
a muzzle-loading rifle or black powder handgun; or a centerfire
handgun or centerfire rifle during firearm deer season unless that
individual has a valid deer license, with an unused kill tag, if
issued, issued in his or her name. The individual shall exhibit an
unused kill tag, if issued, upon the request of a conservation
officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of the
land.
(3) A tribal conservation officer under subsection (1) must be
in uniform, display proper credentials, and be on official duty
within the ceded territory of the treaty of March 28, 1836, 7 Stat
491.
(4) As used in this section, "tribal conservation officer"
means a conservation officer employed by the Great Lakes Indian
fish and wildlife commission, the Bay Mills Indian Community, the
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, or the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.