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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.
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This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor