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Michigan Legislature· HB 4798PA 14 of 2026

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Act No. 14

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

May 14, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 14, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: May 14, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Rep. Markkanen

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4798

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
1901 (MCL 324.1901), as amended by 2018 PA 597.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec.
1901. As used in this part:

(a) “Board” means the Michigan natural resources trust fund
board established in section 1905.

(b) “Local unit of government or public authority” means a
county, city, township, village, school district, recreational authority, the
Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, or any authority composed of counties,
cities, townships, villages, or school districts, or any combination of these
entities, and legally constituted to provide public recreation. As used in this
subdivision, “recreational authority” means an authority established under the
recreational authorities act, 2000 PA 321, MCL 123.1131 to 123.1157.

(c) “Michigan state parks endowment fund” means the Michigan
state parks endowment fund established in section 35a of article IX of the
state constitution of 1963 and provided for in section 74119.

(d) “Trust fund” means the Michigan natural resources trust
fund established in section 35 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

Enacting section
1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4694 of the
103rd Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is
ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor
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