February 8, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Caswell and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 43516 (MCL 324.43516), as amended by 2004 PA
129.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 43516. (1) A person who has been issued a hunting,
fishing, or fur harvester's license, when hunting, fishing, or
trapping or, subject to section 43510(2), in the possession of
firearms or other hunting, fishing, or trapping apparatus in an
area frequented by wild animals or fish, shall carry the license
and shall exhibit the license upon the demand of a conservation
officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of the
land.
(2) Subject to section 43510(2), a person shall not carry or
possess afield a shotgun with buckshot, slug loads, or ball loads;
a bow and arrow; a muzzle-loading rifle or black powder handgun; or
a centerfire handgun or centerfire rifle during firearm deer season
unless that person has a valid firearm deer license, with an unused
kill tag, if issued, issued in his or her name. The person shall
exhibit an unused kill tag, if issued, upon the request of a
conservation officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or
occupant of the land.
(3) A person who is hunting shall wear on his or her outermost
garment a back tag displaying the number of the person's hunting
license. The department shall issue back tags required by this
subsection.