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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.71101

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 71101. As used in this part:

(a) “Associated facilities” means restrooms, shelters, campgrounds, and parking lots directly related to trails or waterways projects.

(b) “Off-road vehicle” means ORV as it is defined in part 811,  1 which is required to be registered under part 811.

(c) “Off-road vehicle account” means the off-road vehicle account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2015. 2

(d) “Recreation improvement account” means the recreation improvement account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2020. 3

(e) “Recreational projects” means, in addition to the activities provided for in this part, the construction, maintenance, and operation of trails and associated facilities that may be used by off-road vehicles, cross-country skiers, horseback riders, and hikers, and inland lake cleanup grants as provided by part 309.  4

(f) “Snowmobile account” means the snowmobile account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2025.  5

(g) “Vessel” means all watercraft except the following:

(i) Watercraft used for commercial fishing.

(ii) Watercraft used by the sea scout department of the boy scouts of America chiefly for training scouts in seamanship.

(iii) Watercraft owned by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or the federal government.

(iv) Watercraft when used in interstate or foreign commerce and watercraft used or owned by any railroad company or railroad car ferry company.

(v) Watercraft when used in trade, including watercraft when used in connection with an activity that constitutes a person's chief business or means of livelihood.

(h) “Watercraft” means any contrivance that is used or designed for navigation on water, including, but not limited to, any vessel, ship, boat, motor vessel, steam vessel, vessel operated by machinery, motorboat, sailboat, barge, scow, tugboat, and rowboat, but does not include watercraft used or owned by the United States.

(i) “Waterways account” means the waterways account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2035. 6

1 M.C.L.A. § 324.81101 et seq.
2 M.C.L.A. § 324.2015.
3 M.C.L.A. § 324.2020.
4 M.C.L.A. § 324.30901 et seq.
5 M.C.L.A. § 324.2025.
6 M.C.L.A. § 324.2035.
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