Bill Text: MI SB1076 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recreation; state parks; fee waiver for certain state parks; provide for. Amends sec. 74116 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.74116).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-19 - Referred To Committee On Outdoor Recreation And Tourism [SB1076 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1076-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1076

 

 

April 19, 2012, Introduced by Senator YOUNG and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 74116 (MCL 324.74116), as amended by 2010 PA

 

33.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 74116. (1) Subject to subsection (4), the operator of a

 

nonresident motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle shall not

 

enter any state park with that motor vehicle unless a valid motor

 

vehicle park permit issued under section 74117 is affixed to the

 

lower right-hand corner of the windshield. An annual motor vehicle

 

park permit for a nonresident motor vehicle shall be affixed

 

permanently for that year. The department shall post signs at parks

 

that state that a motor vehicle permit is required for entry by a

 

nonresident motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.

 

     (2) Subject to subsection (4), the operator of a resident

 

motor vehicle shall not enter a state park with the resident motor

 

vehicle unless the recreation passport fee has been paid for that

 

motor vehicle.

 

     (3) Subject to subsection (4), if the secretary of state

 

issues registration tabs or stickers as described in section 805 of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.805, the operator

 

of a resident motor vehicle shall not enter a state park with the

 

resident motor vehicle unless the resident motor vehicle has a

 

registration tab or sticker or temporary registration plate marked

 

as provided under that section to show that the recreation passport

 

fee has been paid.

 

     (4) The requirements of subsections (1) to (3) do not apply

 

under any of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) While the motor vehicle is being driven or parked within

 

an established federal, state, or county highway within a state

 

park.

 

     (b) If the motor vehicle is used in the operation or

 

maintenance of a state park, is an emergency motor vehicle, is a

 

state owned or law enforcement motor vehicle, or is a private motor

 

vehicle being operated on official state business.

 

     (c) If and to the extent the department waives the

 

requirements for department-sponsored events or other circumstances

 

as determined by the director or the director's designee.

 

     (d) The entry of a motor vehicle into a state park located

 

within a city with a population of at least 600,000 according to

 

the most recent decennial census.