Michigan Laws 324.2010 – Game and fish protection account
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.2010
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Game and fish protection account: means the game and fish protection account of the legacy fund provided for in section 2010. See Michigan Laws 324.2001
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) The game and fish protection account is established as an account within the legacy fund.
(2) The game and fish protection account shall consist of all of the following:
(a) Revenue derived from hunting and fishing licenses, passbooks, permits, fees, concessions, leases, contracts, and activities.
(b) Damages paid for the illegal taking of game and fish.
(c) Revenue derived from fees, licenses, and permits related to game, game areas, and game fish.
(d) Other revenues as authorized by law.
(3) Money in the game and fish protection account shall be expended, upon appropriation, only as provided in part 435 and for the administration of the game and fish protection account, which may include payments in lieu of taxes on state-owned land purchased through the game and fish protection account or through the former game and fish protection fund. The department shall manage land acquired with money from the game and fish protection account or the former game and fish protection fund through the use of scientific game species management for the primary purpose of managing habitat and thereby enhancing recreational hunting opportunities. Unless the department can demonstrate that the expenditure is for that primary purpose, and benefits to nongame species are a result of that primary purpose, both of the following apply:
(a) Money in the game and fish protection account shall not be expended for management of nongame species.
(b) Forest treatments on lands acquired with money from the game and fish protection account or the former game and fish protection fund shall not be undertaken to benefit nongame species.
(4) Money in the game and fish protection account may be expended pursuant to subsection (3) for grants to state colleges and universities to implement programs funded by the game and fish protection account if the department does not have the appropriate staff or other resources to implement the programs itself.