HB-6355, As Passed House, December 21, 2018

HB-6355, As Passed Senate, December 18, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6355

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

by amending section 48729 (MCL 324.48729), as amended by 2012 PA

337.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 48729. (1) A Except as otherwise provided in subsection

(2), a person shall not do any of the following:

     (a) Take or possess minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for

commercial purposes from any of the waters over which this state

has jurisdiction; import minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for

commercial purposes from outside of this state; or transport

minnows, wigglers, or crayfish without having first procured a

license as provided in section 48732. A license, except a license

to fish in the waters of this state as provided in part 435, is not

required of persons taking minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for their

individual use for bait. A person shall not set or use minnow traps

for the taking of minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for any purpose

unless the name and address of the user is on the trap.

     (b) Export out of this state any minnows, wigglers, or

crayfish, dead or alive, taken either in or outside of this state

unless that person holds a permit issued under this subdivision.

The department, upon receipt of a payment of $25.00, may issue a

permit, revocable by the department, under such any regulations as

the department prescribes, to any resident licensed as provided for

in section 48732, enabling that person to transport outside of this

state minnows, wigglers, or crayfish that were harvested from

waters outside of Michigan's this state's jurisdictional border and

imported wholesale across that border. Minnows, wigglers, and

crayfish taken from Michigan's jurisdictional waters over which

this state has jurisdiction may not be exported from this state.

Imported wholesale minnows, wigglers, and crayfish shall must be

held separately from any minnows, wigglers, or crayfish taken from

Michigan's jurisdictional waters over which this state has

jurisdiction. A person holding a permit as provided in this

subdivision and transporting wholesale minnows, wigglers, or

crayfish shall produce documentation that contains the origin of

the shipment, registration or permit copies, documentation

demonstrating the shipment's destination, and any other proof that

may be required by the department, upon demand of the director or a

law enforcement officer. A The department may revoke a permit

issued under this subdivision may be revoked by the department upon

good cause. and shall expire A permit issued under this subdivision

expires on December 31 following the date of issuance the license

is issued unless the license is revoked before that date.

     (c) Use or attempt to use live goldfish or carp for bait in

fishing.

     (d) Offer for sale or use lamprey for bait in fishing.

     (e) Take, possess, or transport minnows, wigglers, or crayfish

for commercial purposes from any of the waters over which this

state has jurisdiction unless the taker is a resident of this state

and holds a permit or license as required by law.

     (2) A person who operates as a charter fishing guide on either

the Great Lakes or the inland waters of this state may transport

and possess minnows, wigglers, and crayfish for exclusive use by

their clients as bait while on a fishing trip without an additional

permit or license if that person has purchased the minnows,

wigglers, or crayfish from a wholesale or retail outlet that holds

a permit or license as provided in section 48732 to take, possess,

or transport minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for commercial

purposes. A person who operates as a charter fishing guide that

purchases and provides live minnows, wigglers, or crayfish to their

clients, must retain a receipt showing the quantity purchased and

the wholesale or retail establishment the minnows, wigglers, or

crayfish were purchased from and must possess and present that

receipt upon request of a peace officer until the minnows,

wigglers, or crayfish are no longer in possession of that person. A

person who operates as a charter fishing guide may not sell or

furnish minnows, wigglers, or crayfish for any other purpose

outside the context described in this subsection without having

first procured a license as provided in section 48732.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.