HOUSE BILL No. 6386

 

August 19, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Tyler, Bolger, Lahti, Lindberg, Wayne Schmidt, Ball, Hansen, Horn, Booher, Meekhof, Denby, Kowall, Pearce, Crawford and Lund and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 2000 PA 190, entitled

 

"Privately owned cervidae producers marketing act,"

 

by amending section 5 (MCL 287.955), as amended by 2006 PA 561.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. (1) A person shall not possess cervidae or engage in a

 

cervidae livestock operation unless he or she obtains from the

 

department a cervidae livestock facility registration or unless

 

otherwise exempt by rule or law. If the activity in which the

 

cervidae livestock facility is engaged is required to be regulated

 

under any other act, registration under this act does not exempt

 

the person or cervidae livestock facility from requirements imposed

 

under any local, state, or federal regulation. Zoos accredited

 

under the American zoological association or other accreditations

 

or standards determined appropriate by and acceptable to the

 


department are exempt from this act. The director may allow a

 

person registered under this act to obtain a license under the

 

sporting swine marketing act.

 

     (2) A person registered under this act shall keep and maintain

 

records of production, purchases, or imports in order to establish

 

proof of ownership and shall keep any other records required under

 

standards incorporated by reference under section 6. A person

 

transporting cervidae species shall produce documentation that

 

contains the origin of shipment, registration or permit copies or

 

documentation, documentation demonstrating shipping destination,

 

and any other proof that may be required under the animal industry

 

act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 to 287.745, upon demand of the

 

director or a law enforcement officer.

 

     (3) Until July 1, 2008, a cervidae livestock facility

 

registered prior to the effective date of the amendatory act that

 

added this subsection must comply with the facility standards

 

contained in "Operational Standards for Registered Privately Owned

 

Cervid Facilities", published by the Michigan department of

 

agriculture, (May 2000). A cervidae livestock facility in existence

 

on or before the effective date of the amendatory act that added

 

this subsection December 29, 2006 shall be in compliance with the

 

facility standards by July 1, 2008, which are contained in

 

"Operational Standards for Registered Privately Owned Cervidae

 

Facilities" published by the Michigan department of natural

 

resources, (revised December 2005), adopted by the Michigan

 

commission of agriculture on January 9, 2006, and adopted by the

 

natural resources commission on January 12, 2006, and are

 


incorporated by reference.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2011.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6384(request no.

 

06053'10).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6385(request no.

 

06053'10 a).