Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes additional powers for recreational authorities in Michigan.

Highlights:

• Establishes additional powers for public forest and natural resources and recreational authorities in Michigan (Sec. 3).

• Defines “Public forest and natural resources area” means an area of land or water, or both, and buildings and other improvements on the area, that is designated by an authority to be used primarily for one or more of the following (Sec. 3):

• Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to;

• Landscaped tracts;

• Picnic grounds;

• Playgrounds; 

• Athletic fields;

• Camps;

• Campgrounds;

• Zoological and botanical gardens; 

• Living  historical farms;

• Boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas;

• Swimming areas;

• Foraging and fruit picking; and 

• Foot, snowmobile, ORV, bicycle, and bridle paths or trails.

• Open or scenic space;

• Environmental, conservation, nature, or wildlife areas;

• Forestry or natural resources management;

• Protection or preservation of cultural or historical resources; and

• Any activity that may be a dedicated use of a park.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor and subsequent enactment of H.B. 4694 (Sec. 3).

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