HOUSE BILL No. 5988

 

 

May 15, 2018, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Marino and Bellino 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 80221 (MCL 324.80221), as added by 2000 PA 229.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 80221. Peace officers shall enforce this part. If a

 

person has received a citation for a violation of a certification

 

requirement prescribed in section 80210, 80213, or 80215, the

 

court shall waive any fine and costs upon receipt, not more than 10

 

days after the citation is issued, of proof of certification by a

 

law enforcement agency that the person, before the appearance date

 

on the citation, produced a valid boating safety certificate, or

 

other certification described in section 80216, as applicable, an

 

electronic copy thereof, that was valid on the date the violation

 

occurred.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 5836.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5989 (request no.

 

04086'17).