Public Act 81 of 2012
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- Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on June 7, 2011, to revise the allocation of wild turkey hunting license fee revenue to allow using it to create and manage wild turkey habitat on state land, do annual wild turkey population surveys, and random disease testing, with the money allocated on a per-acre basis as much as possible (rather than mostly spent in just a few areas).
- Referred to the Senate Outdoor Recreation & Tourism Committee on June 7, 2011.
- Reported in the Senate on October 11, 2011, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on October 25, 2011, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on October 25, 2011.
- Referred to the Senate Outdoor Recreation & Tourism Committee on June 7, 2011.
- Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 26, 2011, to revise the allocation of wild turkey hunting license fee revenue. The bill would allow using it to create and manage wild turkey habitat, do annual wild turkey population surveys, and random disease testing. The money would have to be spent on state forest and game areas, national forestland and private land, rather than all just on state land.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on October 26, 2011.
- Referred to the House Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Committee on October 26, 2011.
- Reported in the House on March 6, 2012, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on March 27, 2012. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 27, 2012.
- Referred to the House Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Committee on October 26, 2011.
- Passed 109 to 0 in the House on March 28, 2012, to revise the allocation of wild turkey hunting license fee revenue. The bill would allow using it to create and manage wild turkey habitat, do annual wild turkey population surveys, and random disease testing. The money would have to be spent on state forest and game areas, national forestland and private land, rather than all just on state land.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on March 29, 2012.
- Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 29, 2012, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on April 10, 2012.
Comments
1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 412 (Revise wild turkey license revenue allocation ) by ruauper2 on March 29, 2012Why should our wildlife dollars be spent on projects serving the interests of private land owners? Never before has the state expended its limited wildlife dollars in this manner. Sounds to me like private interests are pushing this bill, could the Wild Turkey Federation be one of the "pushers"?
Turkey licenses need to be sold over the counter. No more lotteries. And anyone should be able to buy a license for the guaranteed hunt, even if they already hunted during an earlier time period.
What we have now is a mess. My two suggestions above would double the revenue to the state while barely impacting what is becoming a nuisance turky population.
Introduced in the Senate on June 7, 2011
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