Full Statute Name:  Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated. Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. Article III. Natural Resources Management. Chapter 2. Management of Renewable Resources. Subchapter 1. Wildlife. Wildlife Conservation. Part 405. Wildlife Restoration, Management, and Research. 324.40501. Cooperation with and money received from federal government

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Popular Title:  Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (Act 451) Primary Citation:  MCL 324.40501 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  December, 2023 Alternate Citation:  MI ST 324.40501 Date Adopted:  1994 Historical: 
Summary: This Section describes the Department of Natural Resource's authority to co-operate with the federal government and to use hunters' license fees for wildlife restoration.

Sec. 40501. The department shall perform such acts as may be necessary to conduct and establish wildlife restoration, management, and research projects and areas in cooperation with the federal government under the Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration act, 16 USC 669 to 669i, and regulations promulgated by the United States secretary of the interior under that act. In compliance with that act, funds accruing to this state from license fees paid by hunters shall not be used for any purpose other than game and fish activities under the administration of the department. The department shall manage land acquired with money received under the Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration act, 16 USC 669 to 669i, to manage game and fish habitat or to increase recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting opportunities. Expenditures to enhance game and fish habitat must be primarily for the management of game species, but may benefit nongame species.

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P.A.1994, No. 451, § 40501, added by P.A.1995, No. 57, § 1, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995. Amended by P.A.2008, No. 416, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; P.A.2018, No. 238, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018.

 

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