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LANSI G - Lifetime· hunt­
ing and fishing license for
Michigan uld be .up fo " sal�
during a one-year trial penod if
House bill becomes-law, said
Rep. Tho E. Scott, D-Flint.
Michigan residen would be
able to buy the license from
March 1, 1989, to Feb. 28, 1990,·
and uld be ble to them
their hole lives, even if they
moved out of Michigan, he said.
The licenses ould have the
same privileges and duti as an­
nual game licenses.
"We're going to tart with a
one-year windo , but I uspect
that there's a bi enough cry
mong the port men nd
sportswomen in this tate that I
think you're going to see a new
windo reopened, " id Scott,
ponsor of the bill. "It's all going
to depend on how ell adver­
tised it is."
The lice ould cost S220
e ch for small game, fishing and
trout and salmon licenses, and
S285 each (or firearm and bow
and arrow deer hunting licenses.
Sportsperson license, hich in­
clude all the other license of-
fered, ould c $1,000.
The bill p ed the House
I t ummer nd was reported
out of a enate committee
March 1, 1988. It is on the agen-
a for arch 15 (or final con­
ider tion on the" Senate floor.
Scott aid he has seen not op­
po ition.
J cie Hadden, legislative
liaison for the Department of I
tur I Re ources, id the
D R upports the bill and sees
no opposition from Gov. James
J. BI nchard.
Dennis R. Adams, chief of
the office of budget for the
D R, . d the current form of
the bill would cost the DNR
nothing beca of a "Game and
Fi h Lifetime LJicense Trust
Fund hich oul be set up
under the bill.
Money from life ime license
sales would be credited to the
trust fund, which would in turn
be inve ted to gain interest. This
interest would be paid into the
Michigan Game and Fish
Protection Fund at an equal rate
if it were an annual license, he
said. The game and Fi h protec­
tion fund is to pay .for enforce­
ment and maintenance of fish
and game la .
Adams id bout 1.25 mil­
lion people get unting and fish-
. ing licenses in Michigan each
year. He aid, ho e er, that he
had no idea how many people
would buy the lifetime licenses.
Other st tes sell lifetime
license and Adams said 0 -
lahom which been doing it
t e longe t, _h � I� old about
50,000 in the t 20 years.
Other tes selling lifetime
licenses include orth Carolina,
�� and Idaho, he said.