2005 Senate Bill 415 / Public Act 175

Authorize multistate outdoor recreation violator compact

Introduced in the Senate

April 21, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Michelle McManus (R-35)

To authorize the governor to enter the state into, and establish the terms of, a multistate outdoor recreation violator compact, in which a person who violates the game laws or outdoor recreation resource laws of one member state would be subject to sanctions (such as hunting license restrictions) in the others.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Tourism

May 24, 2005

Reported without amendment

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

May 25, 2005

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that narrows its scope to just snowmobile violations.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To require the Department of Natural Resources to seek to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states for the sharing of records of convictions involving certain snowmobiling offenses.

Received in the House

May 25, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation

Sept. 15, 2005

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Sept. 22, 2005

Amendment offered by Rep. John Stakoe (R-44)

To also enter into conviction information-sharing agreements with Canadian units of government regarding certain snowmobiling offenses, and revise statutory language regarding permissable uses of snowmobile registration fees in anticipation of passage by voters in the 2006 general election of House Joint Resolution Z of 2004, which would place in the Constitution restrictions on the persmissable uses of natural resources-related user fees.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Sept. 27, 2005

Passed in the House 107 to 0 (details)

To require the Department of Natural Resources to seek to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states and Canada for the sharing of records of convictions involving certain snowmobiling offenses.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 28, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Oct. 11, 2005