HOUSE BILL No. 4757

 

April 2, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Hansen and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 40107b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40107b. (1) The department shall issue an order in the

 

manner provided in section 40107(2) establishing a season or

 

seasons for falconers to take live raptors for use in falconry. The

 

order shall designate the numbers of raptors that may be taken and

 

possessed and any other conditions pertaining to the taking and

 

possession of raptors that the department considers advisable.

 

     (2) This section does not, and an order issued under this

 

section shall not, designate any species of raptor as game. This

 

section does not prohibit the department from determining that any

 

species of raptor is a protected animal.