HUNTING BY BLIND PERSON - S.B. 628 (S-2): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 628 (Substitute S-2 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Christopher D. Dingell
Committee: Hunting, Fishing and Forestry
CONTENT
The bill would amend Part 401 (Wildlife Conservation) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to allow a blind person to use a crossbow to take game if the crossbow were equipped with a laser sighting device, and the blind person complied with an order issued under the Act that regulates the use of laser sighting devices for hunting.
The bill would incorporate the definition of "blind person" in Public Act 260 of 1978, which provides for the Commission for the Blind. That Act defines "blind person" as "an individual who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction, or has a limitation of his or her field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance not greater than 20 degrees, as determined by the commission".
MCL 324.40102 et al. - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 5-22-00 - Fiscal Analyst: P. GrahamFloor\sb628 - Bill Analysis @ http://www.state.mi.us/sfa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.