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recreational trespassers.
Use of photography for the immediate arrest of
a trespasser.
Revocation of hunting, fishing and trapping privileges and loss of vehicles used in the violation.
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57 result in death or serious injury, penalties for the illegal
58 use of handheld electronic mobile devices should be
59 similar to those for drunk driving.
60 We support changes to legislation that would require
61 convicted offenders to serve consecutive, rather than
62 concurrent, sentences for the following offenses
63 causing death or serious injury while operating a motor
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Driving is a privilege, not a right. For offenses which
Operating while intoxicated.
Operating while visibly impaired.
Operating with any presence of drugs.
Operating while license suspended, revoked, or denied.
Operating while illegally using handheld electronic mobile device.
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77 Law enforcement officers should be restricted to
78 encroaching on private property only for probable
79 cause and the landowner should have the right to
80 request the probable cause.
81 We encourage producers and/or county Farm
82 Bureaus to meet with local law enforcement and local
83 elected officials to discuss the importance of balancing
84 agriculture’s concerns with the use of fireworks.
85 We support legislation that would define and create
86 the establishment of fireworks-free agriculture and
87 livestock safety zones.
88 We support additional tools to aid in the
89 identification and prosecution of individuals involved in
90 the theft of copper wire and other recyclable materials
91 from farms. 
#67 LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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73 guidelines for habitual offenders that would lower the
74 bar for deeming a person a habitual offender. These
75 sentences should be served consecutive to any felony
76 convictions.
We also support legislation establishing stricter
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We support Michigan’s current township government system. Townships should not be required to combine government services they now provide, (e.g. elections, property tax collections, assessor services), with multiple jurisdictions, unless a township chooses to and determines that the township’s residents would be better served by the multiple jurisdiction system for
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