SENATE BILL No. 526

 

 

September 29, 2015, Introduced by Senators JONES, MARLEAU, BIEDA, KNEZEK, WARREN, HERTEL, HOPGOOD, JOHNSON and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1996 PA 199, entitled

 

"Michigan aquaculture development act,"

 

(MCL 286.871 to 286.884) by adding section 6a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or

 

the rules promulgated under this act, a person shall not operate an

 

aquaculture facility within the Great Lakes or the connecting

 

waters of the Great Lakes or in any water body or facility that is

 

hydrologically connected to the Great Lakes or the connecting

 

waters of the Great Lakes.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.