Invasive Species Order
By
authority conferred on the Department of Natural Resources by section 41302 of
the Natural Resources Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended,
MCL 324.41302, and Executive Orders 2009-45, 2009-54, 2011-1, and 2011-2, and
in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the Invasive Species Order
shall read as follows :
40.1 Short title.
Sec. 40.1 (1) This
order shall be known and may be cited as "the invasive species
order."
History: Iss.
40.2 Meanings of words and phrases.
Sec. 40.2 (1) For the purposes of this order, words and phrases
defined in part 413, transgenic and nonnative organisms, of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, as amended,
History: Iss.
40.3 Prohibited species list.
Sec. 40.3 (1) Prohibited species are listed in part 413,
transgenic and nonnative organisms, of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, as amended,
History: Iss.
40.4 Additional prohibited species.
Sec. 40.4 (1) Possession of
the following live species, including a hybrid or genetic variant of the
species, an egg or offspring of the species or of a hybrid or genetically
engineered variant, is prohibited:
(a)
(b)
Wild boar, wild hog, wild swine, feral pig, feral hog, feral swine, Old world
swine, razorback, eurasian
wild boar, Russian wild boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus). This subsection does not and is not
intended to affect sus domestica involved
in domestic hog production.
(c) The department shall consult with
staff from the
History: Iss. Dec 3, 2009; Am. 1, 2010,
Eff. Jul 8, 2011; Am. 1, 2011, Eff. Oct 8, 2011.
Compiler’s Note: The
Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources executed an Order on
August 8, 2011, extending the effective date for only Sec. 40.4 (1b) to October
8, 2011.