STATE OF MICHIGAN 99TH LEGISLATUREREGULAR SESSION OF 2018Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Marino and Bellino
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5988
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” 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 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 an electronic copy thereof, in a format approved by the department, 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:
House Bill No. 5836.
House Bill No. 5989.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved Governor