SB0866, As Passed House, Sep, 8, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 866

 

 

March 24, 2016, Introduced by Senators SCHUITMAKER and JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 11701, 12102, 16901, 44501, and 82101 (MCL

 

324.11701, 324.12102, 324.16901, 324.44501, and 324.82101), section

 

11701 as amended by 2005 PA 199, section 12102 as amended by 2015

 

PA 224, section 16901 as amended by 2014 PA 543, section 44501 as

 

amended by 2012 PA 294, and section 82101 as amended by 2014 PA

 

404.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11701. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Agricultural land" means land on which a food crop, a

 

feed crop, or a fiber crop is grown, including land used or

 

suitable for use as a range or pasture; a sod farm; or a Christmas

 

tree farm.

 

     (b) "Certified health department" means a city, county, or


district department of health certified under section 11716.

 

     (c) "Cesspool" means a cavity in the ground that receives

 

waste to be partially absorbed directly or indirectly by the

 

surrounding soil.

 

     (d) "Department" means the department of environmental quality

 

or its authorized agent.

 

     (e) "Director" means the director of the department of

 

environmental quality or his or her designee.

 

     (f) "Domestic septage" means liquid or solid material removed

 

from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, type III marine

 

sanitation device, or similar storage or treatment works that

 

receives only domestic sewage. Domestic septage does not include

 

liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, or

 

similar facility that receives either commercial wastewater or

 

industrial wastewater and does not include grease removed from a

 

grease interceptor, grease trap, or other appurtenance used to

 

retain grease or other fatty substances contained in restaurant

 

waste.

 

     (g) "Domestic sewage" means waste and wastewater from humans

 

or household operations.

 

     (h) "Domestic treatment plant septage" means biosolids

 

generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment

 

works and transported to a receiving facility or managed in

 

accordance with a residuals management program approved by the

 

department.

 

     (i) "Food establishment septage" means material pumped from a

 

grease interceptor, grease trap, or other appurtenance used to

 


retain grease or other fatty substances contained in restaurant

 

wastes and which that is blended into a uniform mixture, consisting

 

of not more than 1 part of that restaurant-derived material per 3

 

parts of domestic septage, prior to land application or disposed of

 

at a receiving facility.

 

     (j) "Fund" means the septage waste program fund created in

 

section 11717.

 

     (k) "Governmental unit" means a county, township,

 

municipality, or regional authority.

 

     (l) "Incorporation" means the mechanical mixing of surface-

 

applied septage waste with the soil.

 

     (m) "Injection" means the pressurized placement of septage

 

waste below the surface of soil.

 

     (n) "Operating plan" means a plan developed by a receiving

 

facility for receiving septage waste that specifies at least all of

 

the following:

 

     (i) Categories of septage waste that the receiving facility

 

will receive.

 

     (ii) The receiving facility's service area.

 

     (iii) The hours of operation for receiving septage waste.

 

     (iv) Any other conditions for receiving septage waste

 

established by the receiving facility.

 

     (o) "Pathogen" means a disease-causing agent. Pathogen

 

includes, but is not limited to, certain bacteria, protozoa,

 

viruses, and viable helminth ova.

 

     (p) "Peace officer" means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy, a

 

village or township marshal, an officer of the police department of

 


any city, village, or township, any officer of the Michigan state

 

police, any peace officer who is trained and licensed or certified

 

pursuant to under the Michigan commission on law enforcement

 

standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.616, 28.615, or any

 

conservation officer appointed by the department or the department

 

of natural resources pursuant to under section 1606.

 

     (q) "Portable toilet" means a receptacle for human waste

 

temporarily in a location for human use.

 

     (r) "Receiving facility" means a structure that is designed to

 

receive septage waste for treatment at a wastewater treatment plant

 

or at a research, development, and demonstration project authorized

 

under section 11511b to which the structure is directly connected,

 

and that is available for that purpose as provided for in an

 

ordinance of the local unit of government where the structure is

 

located or in an operating plan. Receiving facility does not

 

include either of the following:

 

     (i) A septic tank.

 

     (ii) A structure or a wastewater treatment plant at which

 

where the disposal of septage waste is prohibited by order of the

 

department under section 11708 or 11715b.

 

     (s) "Receiving facility service area" or "service area" means

 

the territory for which a receiving facility has the capacity and

 

is available to receive and treat septage waste, subject to the

 

following:

 

     (i) Beginning October 12, 2005 and before the 2011 state

 

fiscal year, the geographic service area of a receiving facility

 

shall not extend more than 15 radial miles from the receiving

 


facility.

 

     (ii) After the 2010 state fiscal year, except that the

 

geographic service area of a receiving facility shall not extend

 

more than 25 radial miles from the receiving facility.

 

     (t) "Sanitary sewer cleanout septage" means sanitary sewage or

 

cleanout residue removed from a separate sanitary sewer collection

 

system that is not land applied and that is transported by a

 

vehicle licensed under this part elsewhere within the same system

 

or to a receiving facility that is approved by the department.

 

     (u) "Septage waste" means the fluid mixture of untreated and

 

partially treated sewage solids, liquids, and sludge of human or

 

domestic origin that is removed from a wastewater system. Septage

 

waste consists only of food establishment septage, domestic

 

septage, domestic treatment plant septage, or sanitary sewer

 

cleanout septage, or any combination of these.

 

     (v) "Septage waste servicing license" means a septage waste

 

servicing license as provided for under sections 11703 and 11706.

 

     (w) "Septage waste vehicle" means a vehicle that is self-

 

propelled or towed and that includes a tank used to transport

 

septage waste. Septage waste vehicle does not include an implement

 

of husbandry as defined in section 21 of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.21.

 

     (x) "Septage waste vehicle license" means a septage waste

 

vehicle license as provided for under sections 11704 and 11706.

 

     (y) "Septic tank" means a septic toilet, chemical closet, or

 

other enclosure used for the decomposition of domestic sewage.

 

     (z) "Service" or "servicing" means cleaning, removing,

 


transporting, or disposing, by application to land or otherwise, of

 

septage waste.

 

     (aa) "Site" means a location or locations on a parcel or

 

tract, as those terms are defined in section 102 of the land

 

division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.102, proposed or used for the

 

disposal of septage waste on land.

 

     (bb) "Site permit" means a permit issued under section 11709

 

authorizing the application of septage waste to a site.

 

     (cc) "Storage facility" means a structure that receives

 

septage waste for storage but not for treatment.

 

     (dd) "Tank" means an enclosed container placed on a septage

 

waste vehicle to carry or transport septage waste.

 

     (ee) "Type I public water supply", "type IIa public water

 

supply", "type IIb public water supply", and "type III public water

 

supply" mean those terms, respectively, as described in R 325.10502

 

of the Michigan administrative code.

 

     (ff) "Type III marine sanitation device" means that term as

 

defined in 33 CFR 159.3.

 

     Sec. 12102. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "On-site" means on the same geographically contiguous

 

property, which may be divided by a public or private right-of-way

 

if access is by crossing rather than going along the right-of-way.

 

On-site includes noncontiguous pieces of property owned by the same

 

person but connected by a right-of-way that the owner controls and

 

to which the public does not have access.

 

     (b) "Peace officer" means any law enforcement officer who is

 

trained and licensed or certified pursuant to under the Michigan

 


commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL

 

28.601 to 28.616, 28.615, or an officer appointed by the director

 

of the department of state police pursuant to under section 6d of

 

1935 PA 59, MCL 28.6d.

 

     (c) "Publicly owned treatment works" means any entity that

 

treats municipal sewage or industrial waste or liquid industrial

 

by-product that is owned by the state or a municipality, as that

 

term is defined in 33 USC 1362. Publicly owned treatment works

 

include sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey

 

wastewater to a publicly owned treatment works providing treatment.

 

     (d) "Reclamation" means either processing to recover a usable

 

product or regeneration.

 

     (e) "Reclamation facility" means a facility or part of a

 

facility where liquid industrial by-product reclamation is

 

conducted.

 

     (f) "Shipping document" means a log, an invoice, a bill of

 

lading, or other record, in either written or electronic form, that

 

includes all of the following information:

 

     (i) The name and address of the generator.

 

     (ii) The name of the transporter.

 

     (iii) The type and volume of liquid industrial by-product in

 

the shipment.

 

     (iv) The date the by-product was shipped off-site from the

 

generator.

 

     (v) The name, address, and site identification number of the

 

designated facility.

 

     (g) "Site identification number" means a number that is

 


assigned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or

 

the department to a transporter or facility.

 

     (h) "Storage" means the containment of liquid industrial by-

 

product, on a temporary basis, in a manner that does not constitute

 

disposal of the by-product.

 

     (i) "Storage facility" means a facility or part of a facility

 

where liquid industrial by-product is stored.

 

     (j) "Surface impoundment" means a treatment facility, storage

 

facility, or disposal facility or part of a treatment, storage, or

 

disposal facility that is either a natural topographic depression,

 

a human-made excavation, or a diked area formed primarily of

 

earthen materials. A surface impoundment may be lined with human-

 

made materials designed to hold an accumulation of liquid

 

industrial by-product. Surface impoundments include, but are not

 

limited to, holding, storage, settling, and aeration pits, ponds,

 

and lagoons. Surface impoundment does not include an injection

 

well.

 

     (k) "Tank" means a stationary device designed to contain an

 

accumulation of liquid industrial by-product that is constructed

 

primarily of nonearthen materials such as wood, concrete, steel, or

 

plastic to provide structural support.

 

     (l) "Transportation" means the movement of liquid industrial

 

by-product by air, rail, public or private roadway, or water.

 

     (m) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site

 

transportation of liquid industrial by-product by air, rail, public

 

roadway, or water.

 

     (n) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process,

 


including neutralization, designed to change the physical,

 

chemical, or biological character or composition of any liquid

 

industrial by-product, to neutralize the by-product, or to render

 

the by-product safer to transport, store, or dispose of, amenable

 

to recovery, amenable to storage, or reduced in volume.

 

     (o) "Treatment facility" means a facility or part of a

 

facility at which liquid industrial by-product undergoes treatment.

 

     (p) "Used oil" means any oil that has been refined from crude

 

oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and that, as a result

 

of the use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.

 

     (q) "Vehicle" means a transport vehicle as defined by 49 CFR

 

171.8.

 

     Sec. 16901. (1) As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Abandoned scrap tires" means an accumulation of scrap

 

tires on property where the property owner is not responsible in

 

whole or in part for the accumulation of the scrap tires. For the

 

purposes of this subdivision, an owner who purchased or willingly

 

took possession of an existing scrap tire collection site shall be

 

considered by the department to be responsible in whole or in part

 

for the accumulation of the scrap tires.

 

     (b) "Automotive recycler" means that term as defined in

 

section 2a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.2a.

 

     (c) "Bond" means a performance bond from a surety company

 

authorized to transact business in this state, a certificate of

 

deposit, a cash bond, or an irrevocable letter of credit, in favor

 

of the department.

 

     (d) "Collection site" means, subject to subdivision (e), a

 


site consisting of a parcel or adjacent parcels of real property

 

where any of the following are accumulated:

 

     (i) 500 or more scrap tires. This subparagraph does not apply

 

if that property is owned or leased by and associated with the

 

operations of a retailer or automotive recycler or a commercial

 

contractor as described in subparagraph (iv).

 

     (ii) 1,500 or more scrap tires if that property is owned or

 

leased by and associated with the operations of a retailer that is

 

not also an automotive recycler.

 

     (iii) 2,500 or more scrap tires if that property is owned or

 

leased by and associated with the operations of an automotive

 

recycler.

 

     (iv) More than 150 cubic yards of tire chips if that property

 

is owned or leased by and associated with the operations of a

 

commercial contractor that is authorized to use the tire chips as

 

an aggregate replacement in a manner approved by a designation of

 

inertness for scrap tires or is otherwise authorized for such use

 

by the department under part 115.

 

     (e) "Collection site" does not include a disposal area

 

licensed under part 115, a community cleanup site, a racecourse, or

 

a feed storage location.

 

     (f) "Commodity" means crumb rubber, tire chips, a ring or slab

 

cut from a tire for use as a weight, or a product die-cut or

 

punched from a tire, or any other product that, as determined by

 

the department based on the product's production cost and value, is

 

not likely to result in an accumulation, at the site of production

 

or use, that poses a threat to public health or the environment. A

 


product is not a commodity unless it meets published national

 

standards or specifications that the department determines are

 

relevant to accomplishing the purposes of this part.

 

     (g) "Commodity storage area" means 1 or more locations within

 

a collection site where a commodity is stored.

 

     (h) "Community cleanup site" means a site owned by a local

 

unit of government or nonprofit organization that has received a

 

scrap tire cleanup grant under section 16908(2)(c) and uses this

 

site for the purpose of collecting scrap tires from residents as

 

part of a community cleanup day or resident drop off.

 

     (i) "Crumb rubber" means rubber material derived from tires

 

that is less than 1/8 inch by 1/8 inch in size and is free of steel

 

and fiber.

 

     (j) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (k) "End-user" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A person who possesses a permit to burn tires under part

 

55.

 

     (ii) The owner or operator of a landfill that is authorized

 

under the landfill's operating license to use scrap tires.

 

     (iii) A person who uses a commodity to make a product that is

 

sold in the market.

 

     (iv) A person who is authorized by this part to accumulate

 

scrap tires, who acquires scrap tires, and who converts scrap tires

 

into a product that is sold in the market or reused in a manner

 

authorized by this part.

 

     (l) "Farm" means that term as defined in section 2 of the

 


Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.

 

     (m) "Farm operation" means that term as defined in section 2

 

of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.

 

     (n) "Feed storage location" means a location on a parcel or

 

adjacent parcels of real property containing a farm operation where

 

not more than 3,000 scrap tires are used to secure stored feed.

 

     (o) "Fund" means the scrap tire regulatory fund created in

 

section 16908.

 

     (p) "Landfill" means a landfill as defined in section 11504

 

that is licensed under part 115.

 

     (q) "Law enforcement officer" means any law enforcement

 

officer who is trained and licensed or certified pursuant to under

 

the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA

 

203, MCL 28.601 to 28.616, 28.615, or an officer appointed by the

 

director of the department of state police pursuant to under

 

section 6d of 1935 PA 59, MCL 28.6d.

 

     (r) "Outdoor" or "outdoors" means in a place other than a

 

building or covered vehicle.

 

     (s) "Portable shredding operation" means a person who operates

 

scrap tire shredding equipment that produces a commodity or tire

 

shreds and that can be moved from site to site.

 

     (t) "Racecourse" means a commercially operated track for go-

 

carts, off-road recreational vehicles, motorcycles, or other

 

vehicles that uses scrap tires as bumpers along the track for

 

safety purposes and that meets 1 or more of the following

 

requirements:

 

     (i) Uses not more than 3,000 scrap tires for bumpers.

 


     (ii) Is operated on a temporary basis and, between races,

 

stores the scrap tires at a collection site bonded under section

 

16903 and registered under section 16904.

 

     (u) "Retailer" means a person who sells or offers for sale

 

new, retreaded, or remanufactured tires to consumers in this state.

 

     (v) "Retreader" means a person who retreads, recases, or

 

recaps tire casings for reuse.

 

     (w) "Scrap tire" means a tire that is no longer being used for

 

its original intended purpose including, but not limited to, a used

 

tire, a reusable tire casing, or portions of a tire. Scrap tire

 

does not include a vehicle support stand.

 

     (x) "Scrap tire hauler" means a person who transports more

 

than 10 scrap tires at once in a vehicle on a public road or

 

street. Scrap tire hauler does not include any of the following:

 

     (i) A person, other than a commercial business, who transports

 

that person's own tires to a location authorized in section

 

16902(1).

 

     (ii) A member of a nonprofit service organization who is

 

participating in a community service project and is transporting

 

scrap tires to a location authorized in section 16902(1).

 

     (iii) The owner of a farm who is transporting only scrap tires

 

that originated from his or her farm operation, to a location

 

authorized in section 16902(1), or that are intended for use in a

 

feed storage location.

 

     (iv) A solid waste hauler that is transporting solid waste to

 

a disposal area licensed under part 115.

 

     (v) A person who is transporting only a commodity.

 


     (vi) A retreader who is transporting scrap tires for the

 

purpose of retreading, recasing, or recapping and who has the

 

documentation required in section 16906(5).

 

     (y) "Scrap tire processor" means either of the following:

 

     (i) A person who is authorized by this part to accumulate

 

scrap tires and is engaged in the business of buying or otherwise

 

acquiring scrap tires and reducing their volume by shredding or

 

otherwise facilitating recycling or resource recovery techniques

 

for scrap tires.

 

     (ii) A portable shredding operation.

 

     (z) "Solid waste hauler" means a solid waste hauler as defined

 

in part 115 section 11506 who transports less than 25% by weight or

 

volume of scrap tires along with other solid waste in any truckload

 

to a disposal area licensed under part 115.

 

     (aa) "Storage requirements" means the requirements of section

 

16903(1) and, if applicable, (2).

 

     (bb) "Tire" means a continuous solid or pneumatic rubber

 

covering encircling the wheel of a tractor or other farm machinery

 

or of a vehicle.

 

     (cc) "Tire chip" means a portion of a tire that is any of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Not more than 2 inches by 2 inches in size and meets

 

requirements for size, metal content, and cleanliness as specified

 

in an executed contract for delivery of the material by the scrap

 

tire processor.

 

     (ii) Not more than 3/8 inch by 3/8 inch in size and

 

sufficiently free from steel to be used in the construction and

 


modification of sports surfaces such as golf course turf, athletic

 

field turf, athletic tracks, hiking surfaces, livestock show arena

 

surfaces, and playgrounds.

 

     (iii) To be used in a drain field approved under a district or

 

county sanitary code.

 

     (iv) To be used as ground cover or mulch, if, in aggregate,

 

95% of the material is equal to or less than 3/4 inch in size in

 

any dimension and the material contains less than 1% by weight or

 

volume of steel and fiber.

 

     (v) Approved by the department for use at a landfill as daily

 

cover or a leachate collection system protective layer or for

 

access road construction within a lined cell.

 

     (dd) "Tire shred" means a portion of a tire that is not a

 

commodity.

 

     (ee) "Tire storage area" means a location within a collection

 

site where tires are accumulated.

 

     (ff) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon, or by which a person

 

or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.

 

Vehicle does not include a device that is exclusively moved by

 

human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or

 

a mobile home as defined in section 2 of the mobile home commission

 

act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2302.

 

     (gg) "Vehicle support stand" means equipment used to support a

 

stationary vehicle consisting of an inflated tire and wheel that is

 

attached to another wheel.

 

     (2) A reference in this part to a number of scrap tires means

 

either of the following, or an equivalent combination thereof:

 


     (a) That number of whole tires or reusable tire casings.

 

     (b) A quantity of a commodity or tire shreds equivalent in

 

weight to that number of whole tires.

 

     Sec. 44501. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Boat livery" means a place of business or any location

 

where a person rents or offers for rent any vessel other than a

 

nonmotorized raft to the general public for noncommercial use on

 

the waters of this state. Boat livery does not include a place

 

where a person offers cabins, cottages, motel rooms, hotel rooms,

 

or other similar rental units if vessels are furnished only for the

 

use of persons occupying the units.

 

     (b) "Carrying passengers for hire" or "carry passengers for

 

hire" means the transporting of any individual on a vessel other

 

than a nonmotorized raft for consideration directly or indirectly

 

paid to the owner of the vessel, the owner's agent, the operator of

 

the vessel, or any other person who holds any interest in the

 

vessel.

 

     (c) "Charter boat" means a vessel other than a nonmotorized

 

raft that is rented or offered for rent to carry passengers for

 

hire if the owner or the owner's agent retains possession, command,

 

and control of the vessel.

 

     (d) "Class A vessel" means a vessel, except a sailboat, that

 

carries for hire on navigable waters not more than 6 passengers.

 

     (e) "Class B vessel" means a vessel, except a sailboat, that

 

carries for hire on inland waters not more than 6 passengers.

 

     (f) "Class C vessel" means a vessel, except a sailboat, that

 

carries for hire on inland waters more than 6 passengers.

 


     (g) "Class D vessel" means a vessel that is propelled

 

primarily by a sail or sails and carries for hire on navigable

 

waters not more than 6 passengers or carries passengers for hire on

 

inland waters.

 

     (h) "Class E vessel" means a vessel that carries not more than

 

6 passengers for hire and meets either of the following

 

requirements:

 

     (i) Is utilized primarily as a river-drift boat that is

 

propelled primarily by hand.

 

     (ii) Is a vessel that is 18 feet or less in length operated

 

primarily on a river or tributary to the Great Lakes, Lake St.

 

Clair, or their connecting waterways.

 

     (i) "Equipment" means a system, part, or component of a vessel

 

as originally manufactured, or a system, part, or component

 

manufactured or sold for replacement, repair, or improvement of a

 

system, part, or component of a vessel; an accessory or equipment

 

for, or appurtenance to, a vessel; or a marine safety article,

 

accessory, or equipment intended for use by an individual on board

 

a vessel; but does not include radio equipment.

 

     (j) "Inland waters" means all waters of this state, except

 

navigable waters.

 

     (k) "Livery boat" means a vessel, other than a nonmotorized

 

raft, that is rented or offered for rent by a boat livery or a boat

 

owner or his or her agent if the boat livery or boat owner or his

 

or her agent relinquishes or offers to relinquish complete physical

 

control of the vessel to the renter while retaining legal title to

 

the vessel.

 


     (l) "Navigable waters" means those waters of the state over

 

which this state and the United States coast guard exercise

 

concurrent jurisdiction, including the Great Lakes and waters

 

connected to the Great Lakes, to the upstream limit of navigation

 

as determined by the United States army corps of engineers.

 

     (m) "Navigable waters livery boat" means a livery boat other

 

than a nonmotorized canoe or kayak that is more than 20 feet in

 

length and is rented or offered for rent for use on navigable

 

waters.

 

     (n) "Operate", when used with reference to a vessel, means to

 

start any propulsion engine or to physically control the motion,

 

direction, or speed of the vessel.

 

     (o) "Owner", when used in reference to a vessel, means a

 

person who claims lawful possession of the vessel by virtue of

 

legal title or an equitable interest in a vessel that entitles that

 

person to possession of the vessel.

 

     (p) "Passenger" means an individual carried on board a charter

 

boat except any of the following:

 

     (i) The owner of the vessel or the owner's agent.

 

     (ii) The pilot and members of the crew of the vessel who have

 

not contributed consideration for their transportation either

 

before, during, or after the voyage.

 

     (q) "Peace officer" means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy;

 

village or township marshal; officer of the police department of

 

any city, village, or township; officer of the Michigan state

 

police; or other police officer or law enforcement officer who is

 

trained and licensed or certified pursuant to under the Michigan

 


commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL

 

28.601 to 28.616, 28.615, and includes the director and

 

conservation officers employed by the department.

 

     (r) "Personal watercraft" means a vessel that meets all of the

 

following requirements:

 

     (i) Uses a motor-driven propeller or an internal combustion

 

engine powering a water jet pump as its primary source of

 

propulsion.

 

     (ii) Is designed without an open load carrying area that would

 

retain water.

 

     (iii) Is designed to be operated by 1 or more individuals

 

positioned on, rather than within, the confines of the hull.

 

     (s) "Pilot's license" means a vessel operator's license issued

 

by the United States coast guard or other federal agency, or a

 

license issued by the department to an operator of a charter boat

 

that is operated on inland waters.

 

     (t) "Training or instructional purposes" means the teaching of

 

any individual in the handling and navigation of a vessel or the

 

techniques of waterskiing.

 

     (u) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, other than

 

a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of

 

transportation on water irrespective of the method of operation or

 

propulsion.

 

     (v) "Waters of the state" means any waters within the

 

territorial limits of this state and includes those waters of the

 

Great Lakes which are under the jurisdiction of this state.

 

     (w) "Waterways account" means the waterways account of the

 


Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in

 

section 2035.

 

     Sec. 82101. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section

 

1d of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1d.

 

     (b) "Auction" means the sale or offer for sale by bidding of

 

real or personal property at a public or private location.

 

     (c) "Auctioneer" means a person that is engaged in the

 

business of conducting auctions or that offers to conduct an

 

auction for compensation.

 

     (d) "Conviction" means a final conviction, the payment of a

 

fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the court,

 

or a finding of guilt or probate court disposition on a violation

 

of this part, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated or

 

suspended.

 

     (e) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the sale, lease, or

 

rental of snowmobiles as a regular business, other than an

 

auctioneer.

 

     (f) "Former section 15a" means section 15a of former 1968 PA

 

74, as constituted before May 1, 1994.

 

     (g) "Highly restricted personal information" means an

 

individual's photograph or image, social security number, digitized

 

signature, and medical and disability information.

 

     (h) "Highway or street" means the entire width between the

 

boundary lines of every way publicly maintained if any part of it

 

is open to public use for vehicular travel.

 

     (i) "Historic snowmobile" means a snowmobile that is over 25

 


years old and that is owned solely as a collector's item and for

 

occasional use and for participation in club activities,

 

exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, including mechanical

 

testing.

 

     (j) "In-kind contributions" means services and goods as

 

approved by the department that are provided by a grant recipient

 

toward completion of a department-approved local snowmobile program

 

under section 82107.

 

     (k) "Law of another state" means a law or ordinance enacted by

 

any of the following:

 

     (i) Another state.

 

     (ii) A local unit of government in another state.

 

     (iii) Canada or a province or territory of Canada.

 

     (iv) A local unit of government in a province or territory of

 

Canada.

 

     (l) "Operate" means to ride in or on and be in actual physical

 

control of the operation of a snowmobile.

 

     (m) "Operator" means any individual who operates a snowmobile.

 

     (n) "Owner" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A person that holds the legal title to a snowmobile.

 

     (ii) A vendee or lessee of a snowmobile that is the subject of

 

an agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of

 

purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement

 

and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional

 

vendee or lessee.

 

     (iii) A person renting a snowmobile or having the exclusive

 

use of a snowmobile for more than 30 days.

 


     (o) "Peace officer" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A sheriff.

 

     (ii) A sheriff's deputy.

 

     (iii) A deputy who is authorized by a sheriff to enforce this

 

part and who has satisfactorily completed at least 40 hours of law

 

enforcement training, including training specific to this part.

 

     (iv) A village or township marshal.

 

     (v) An officer of the police department of any municipality.

 

     (vi) An officer of the Michigan state police.

 

     (vii) The director and conservation officers employed by the

 

department.

 

     (viii) A law enforcement officer who is licensed or certified

 

under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act,

 

1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.616, 28.615, provided that officer is

 

policing within his or her jurisdiction.

 

     (p) "Personal information" means information that identifies

 

an individual, including an individual's driver identification

 

number, name, address not including zip code, and telephone number,

 

but does not include information on snowmobile operation or

 

equipment-related violations or civil infractions, operator or

 

snowmobile registration status, accidents, or other behaviorally-

 

related information.

 

     (q) "Prior conviction" means a conviction for any of the

 

following, whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to a law of this state, a law of the

 

United States substantially corresponding to a law of this state,

 

or a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of

 


this state:

 

     (i) A violation or an attempted violation of section 82127(1),

 

(3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), except that only 1 violation or

 

attempted violation of section 82127(6), a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to section 82127(6), or a law of

 

another state substantially corresponding to section 82127(6), or a

 

law of the United States substantially corresponding to section

 

82127(6) may be used as a prior conviction other than for

 

enhancement purposes as provided in section 82129a(1)(b).

 

     (ii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting

 

from the operation of a snowmobile or an attempt to commit any of

 

those crimes.

 

     (iii) Former section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of 1968 PA 74.

 

     (iv) Former section 15a.

 

     (r) "Probate court or family division disposition" means the

 

entry of a probate court order of disposition or family division

 

order of disposition for a child found to be within the provisions

 

of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL

 

712A.1 to 712A.32.

 

     (s) "Prosecuting attorney", except as the context requires

 

otherwise, means the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of

 

a county, or the attorney representing a local unit of government.

 

     (t) "Recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount"

 

means the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount of

 

the snowmobile account created in section 82110.

 

     (u) "Right-of-way" means that portion of a highway or street

 

less the roadway and any shoulder.

 


     (v) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway or street

 

improved, designated, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a

 

highway or street includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term

 

roadway refers to any roadway separately, but not to all of the

 

roadways collectively.

 

     (w) "Shoulder" means that portion of a highway or street on

 

either side of the roadway that is normally snowplowed for the

 

safety and convenience of vehicular traffic.

 

     (x) "Snowmobile" means any motor-driven vehicle designed for

 

travel primarily on snow or ice of a type that utilizes sled-type

 

runners or skis, an endless belt tread, or any combination of these

 

or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is

 

operated, but is not a vehicle that must be registered under the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

 

     (y) "Snowmobile account" means the snowmobile account of the

 

Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in

 

section 2025.

 

     (z) "Snowmobile registration fee subaccount" means the

 

snowmobile registration fee subaccount of the snowmobile account

 

created in section 82111.

 

     (aa) "Zone 1" means all of the Upper Peninsula.

 

     (bb) "Zone 2" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula

 

north of a line beginning at and drawn from a point on the

 

Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line due west of the westerly terminus

 

of River road in Muskegon county; thence due east to the westerly

 

terminus of River road; thence north and east along the center line

 

of the River road to its intersection with highway M-120; thence

 


northeasterly and easterly along the center line of highway M-120

 

to the junction of highway M-20; thence easterly along the center

 

line of M-20 to its junction with US-10 at the Midland-Bay county

 

line; thence easterly along the center line of the "business route"

 

of highway US-10 to the intersection of Garfield road in Bay

 

county; thence north along the center line of Garfield road to the

 

intersection of the Pinconning road; thence east along the center

 

line of Pinconning road to the intersection of the Seven Mile road;

 

thence north along the center of the Seven Mile road to the Bay-

 

Arenac county line; thence north along the center line of the

 

Lincoln School road (county road 25) in Arenac county to the

 

intersection of highway M-61; thence east along the center line of

 

highway M-61 to the junction of highway US-23; thence northerly and

 

easterly along the center line of highway US-23 to the center line

 

of the Au Gres river; thence southerly along the center line of the

 

river to its junction with Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron; thence north

 

78° east to the international boundary line between the United

 

States and the Dominion of Canada.

 

     (cc) "Zone 3" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula

 

south of the line described in subdivision (bb).    

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 92 or House Bill No. ____ (request no.

 

00913'15 *) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.