HOUSE BILL No. 6421


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Rep. DeVuyst and referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.


        A bill to amend 2000 PA 190, entitled

   "Privately owned cervidae producers marketing act,"

   by amending section 17 (MCL 287.967).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 17.  (1) A person shall not release or allow the

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        release of any cervidae species from a cervidae livestock

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        facility.  This section does not prohibit the sale, breeding,

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        marketing, exhibition, or other approved uses of cervidae species

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        in the manner provided for by law.  An animal that escapes from a

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        facility is considered to be public property if the operator of a

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        cervidae livestock facility does not notify the department in

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        compliance with the standards established under this act.

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             (2) An owner shall not abandon a registered cervidae

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        livestock facility without first notifying the department in

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        compliance with the standards established under this act.


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             (3) A person shall not intentionally or knowingly cause the

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        ingress of free-ranging cervidae species into a registered cervi-

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        dae livestock facility.

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             (4) A PERSON SHALL NOT INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY FEED

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        ANIMAL PARTS TO ANY CERVIDAE THAT ARE PART OF A CERVIDAE LIVE-

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        STOCK OPERATION.

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             (5)  (4)  A person violating subsection (1),  or  (2), OR

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        (3) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more

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        than $300.00 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both,

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        for a first offense and is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

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        a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more

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        than 1 year, or both, for a second or subsequent offense.

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             (6)  (5)  Notwithstanding subsection  (4)  (5), a person

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        intentionally or knowingly violating subsection (1) or (2) or

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        violating subsection (3) OR (4) is guilty of a felony.



























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