2017 House Bill 4787 / 2018 Public Act 25

Require personal data details on ice shanties

Introduced in the House

June 20, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Curtis VanderWall (R-101)

To revise the requirement that ice fishing shanties must have the owner’s name and address affixed to each side, by allowing either the owner's drivers license number or fishing license number instead. Also, to allow the Department of Natural Resources to determine the date each year when shanties must be removed from the ice based on actual weather and ice conditions. Current law sets fixed removal dates, instead of prescribing these dates in statute.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Nov. 1, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 8, 2017

Amendment offered by Rep. Beau LaFave (R-108)

To repeal a law that makes leaving a shanty on the ice after the deadline a misdemeanor, and that requires the owner to pay three times the cost of removing it. Instead this would only be a civil offense with a $100 fine, and the owner would only have to pay the cost of removal, not three times that amount.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Nov. 9, 2017

Passed in the House 96 to 11 (details)

Received in the Senate

Nov. 28, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Jan. 25, 2018

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Feb. 1, 2018

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To revise the requirement that ice fishing shanties must have the owner’s name and address affixed to each side, by allowing either the owner's drivers license number or fishing license number instead. Also, to allow the Department of Natural Resources to determine the date each year when shanties must be removed from the ice based on actual weather and ice conditions. Current law sets fixed removal dates, instead of prescribing these dates in statute.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Feb. 14, 2018