An act to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 81116 (MCL 324.81116), as amended by 2022 PA 57.
This bill would remove the sunset that prohibits the DNR from collecting fees after April 1, 2024. Removing this sunset would have a positive fiscal impact on the DNR as it could continue collecting fees that accounted for $11.4 million for the ORV Trail Improvement Fund and the ORV Safety Education Fund in Fiscal Year 2021-22.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 79 to 30 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 24 to 14 (details)
