PROJECTS WITH HUNTING/FISHING
RESTRICTIONS
House Bill 4633
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Kowall
Committee: Conservation and Outdoor
Recreation
Complete to 6-10-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4633 AS INTRODUCED 5-4-99
Public Act 286 of 1998 -- which was part of a package of bills that placed the "Clean Michigan Initiative" on the ballot for the November, 1998 general election -- added Part 716 to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) to provide grants for local recreation infrastructure improvements. Under the act, a local unit of government, which is defined to mean a county, city, township, village, the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, or any authority composed of counties, cities, townships, villages, or any combination of those entities, may apply for a grant for capital improvement projects.
House Bill 4633 would amend Part 716 to exclude certain authorities from the list of those who are eligible to receive grants. Under the bill, an authority would be excluded if it was composed of at least five counties, was owned or controlled at least 15,000 acres of land, and imposed hunting or fishing prohibitions or limitations on any of the acreage under its ownership or control.
MCL 324.71601
Analyst: R. Young