HOUSE BILL No. 4519


     April 20, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Spade, Wojno, Prusi, DeHart, Bogardus, Pappageorge, Jacobs, Lemmons, DeRossett, Bovin, Woodward, Schauer, Bishop, Mans, Richardville, Vear, Vander Roest, Green and LaForge and referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1931 LA 1, entitled

   "An act to prevent hunting on Sunday, in the county of Lenawee;
   to authorize the arrest of persons violating the provisions of
   this act, and to prescribe the penalty therefor,"

   by amending section 6 and by adding section 5a; and to provide

   for a referendum.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 5A.  (1) SECTION 1 DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSON ENGAGED

 2    IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK ON A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE COUNTY

 3    OF LENAWEE, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, IF THE PERSON OR DESIGNEE IS

 4    IN POSSESSION OF A SUNDAY HUNTING EXEMPTION PERMIT ISSUED UNDER

 5    SUBSECTION (2) AND IS HUNTING PREDATORS OF THAT TYPE OF LIVESTOCK

 6    ON THAT PARCEL OR ON A CONTIGUOUS PARCEL OWNED OR LEASED BY THAT

 7    PERSON OR BY AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF THAT PERSON.

 8         (2) A PERSON ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK IN THE

 9    COUNTY OF LENAWEE MAY SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL


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 1    RESOURCES A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A SUNDAY HUNTING EXEMPTION

 2    PERMIT.  UPON VERIFYING THAT THE PERSON IS ENGAGED IN THE PRODUC-

 3    TION OF LIVESTOCK IN THE COUNTY OF LENAWEE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL

 4    ISSUE A SUNDAY HUNTING EXEMPTION PERMIT.  A SUNDAY HUNTING EXEMP-

 5    TION PERMIT IS VALID FOR 1 YEAR BUT MAY BE REISSUED.

 6         Sec. 6.  The word  AS USED IN THIS ACT:

 7         (A) "IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL'S SPOUSE,

 8    FATHER, MOTHER, FATHER-IN-LAW, MOTHER-IN-LAW, CHILD, STEPCHILD,

 9    SIBLING, OR HALF SIBLING.

10         (B) "LIVESTOCK" MEANS THAT TERM AS DEFINED IN THE ANIMAL

11    INDUSTRY ACT OF 1987, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 TO 287.747.

12         (C) "Sunday"  as used in this act shall be construed to

13     mean  MEANS the first day of the week.

14         Enacting section 1.  (1) This amendatory act does not take

15    effect unless approved by a majority of the electors of the

16    county of Lenawee voting on the question.  The question of

17    approval of this act shall be submitted to the qualified electors

18    of the county of Lenawee at the next regular election to be held

19    not less than 60 days after the effective date of this act, or at

20    a special election called for that purpose by the county board of

21    commissioners of the county of Lenawee.  The question shall be

22    submitted in substantially the following form:

23         "Shall 1999 Local Act ______, which would amend 1931 LA 1 to

24    permit persons engaged in the  commercial  production of live-

25    stock to hunt predators on Sunday under certain circumstances in

26    Lenawee county, be adopted?





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 1         Yes ( )

 2         No ( )".

 3         (2) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the

 4    question vote in favor of the adoption of this amendatory act,

 5    this amendatory act takes effect 10 days following the certifica-

 6    tion of the election results.












































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