March 13, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Cole, LaFave, Bellino, Johnson, Rendon, Hoitenga, Sheppard and VanderWall and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 43517 (MCL 324.43517), as added by 2011 PA 109.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 43517. (1) A parent or legal guardian of a minor child
shall not permit or allow the minor child to hunt game under the
authority of a license issued under this part except under 1 of the
following conditions:
(a) The minor child hunts only on land upon which a parent or
guardian is regularly domiciled or a parent or guardian, or another
individual at least 18 years old authorized by a parent or
guardian, accompanies the minor child. This subdivision does not
apply
under any 1 either of the following circumstances:
(i) The license is an apprentice license.
(ii) The minor child is less than 14 years old and the
license
is
a license to hunt deer, bear, or elk with a firearm.
(ii) (iii) The
minor child is less than 10 years old.
(b) If the license is an apprentice license, a parent or
guardian, or another individual at least 21 years old authorized by
a parent or guardian, who is licensed to hunt that game under a
license other than an apprentice license accompanies the minor
child.
In addition, if the minor child is less than 14 years old
and
the apprentice license is a license to hunt deer, bear, or elk
with
a firearm, the minor child shall hunt only on private
property.
(c)
If the minor child is less than 14 years old and the
license
is a license to hunt deer, bear, or elk with a firearm, the
minor
child hunts only on private property and a parent or
guardian,
or another individual authorized by a parent or guardian
who
is at least 18 years old, accompanies the minor child. This
subdivision
does not apply if the license is an apprentice license
or
if the minor child is less than 10 years old.
(c) (d)
If the minor child is less than 10
years old, the
minor hunts only with a mentor in compliance with the mentored
youth hunting program established by the commission under
subsection (2).
(2)
Within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory
act
that added this subsection, By
September 1, 2012, the
commission shall issue an order under section 40113a establishing a
mentored
youth hunting program. The order shall must provide for at
least all of the following:
(a) A mentor shall be at least 21 years of age before
participating in the mentored youth hunting program.
(b) A mentor shall possess a valid license to hunt, other than
an apprentice license, before engaging in any mentored youth
hunting program.
(c) An individual shall not be a mentor unless he or she
presents proof of previous hunting experience in the form of a
previous hunting license, other than an apprentice license, or
certification of completion of training in hunter safety issued to
the individual by this state, another state, a province of Canada,
or another country.