SB-0221, As Passed House, May 12, 2004

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 221

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

by amending sections 43510 and 43516 (MCL 324.43510 and                     

324.43516), section 43510 as amended by 1996 PA 585 and section             

43516 as added by 1995 PA 57.                                               

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 43510.  (1)  A Subject to subsection (2), a person                    

2   shall not carry or transport a firearm, slingshot, bow and arrow,           

3   crossbow, or a trap while in any area frequented by wild animals            

4   unless that person has in his or her possession a license as                

5   required under this part.                                                   

6   (2) This act or a rule promulgated or order issued by the                   

7   department or the commission under this act shall not be                    

8   construed to prohibit a person from transporting a pistol or                

9   carrying a loaded pistol, whether concealed or not, if either of            

1   the following applies:                                                      

2       (a) The person has in his or her possession a license to                    

3   carry a concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to                   

4   28.435.                                                                     

5       (b) The person is authorized under the circumstances to carry               

6   a concealed pistol without obtaining a license to carry a                   

7   concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435, as                

8   provided for under any of the following:                                    

9                                                                                (i) Section 12a of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.432a.                                        

10      (ii) Section 227, 227a, 231, or 231a of the Michigan penal                   

11  code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.227, 750.227a, 750.231, and 750.231a.

12  (3) Subsection (2) does not authorize an individual to take                 

13  or attempt to take a wild animal except as provided by law.

14      Sec. 43516.  (1) A person who has been issued a hunting,                    

15  fishing, or fur harvester's license, when hunting, fishing, or              

16  trapping or, subject to section 43510(2), in the possession of              

17  firearms or other hunting, fishing, or trapping apparatus in an             

18  area frequented by wild animals or fish, shall carry the license            

19  and shall exhibit the license upon the demand of a conservation             

20  officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of             

21  the land.  upon which the person is hunting, fishing, or                    

22  trapping.

23      (2)  A Subject to section 43510(2), a person shall not carry               

24  or possess afield a shotgun with buckshot, slug loads, or ball              

25  loads; a bow and arrow; a muzzle-loading rifle or black powder              

26  handgun; or a centerfire handgun or centerfire rifle during                 

27  firearm deer season unless that person has a valid firearm deer             

1   license, with an unused kill tag, if issued, issued in his or her           

2   name.   (3)  The person shall exhibit an unused kill tag, if                

3   issued,  shall be exhibited  upon the request of a conservation             

4   officer, a law enforcement officer, or the owner or occupant of             

5   the land.  upon which the person is hunting.

6       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

7   effect unless House Bill No. 4867 of the 92nd Legislature is                

8   enacted into law.