Section 399.102. Prohibited acts generally.

Rule 2. (1) On historic and museum sites which are administered by the department of state, a person shall not do any of the following:

(a)   Enter, use, or occupy the site for any purpose when posted against such entry, use, or occupancy, as ordered by the secretary of state.

(b)   Mar, damage, destroy, move, or remove any exhibit or display.

(c)   Mar, damage, destroy, move, or remove any built-up improvements or portions of built-up improvements, including   buildings,  fences,  or information devices, without proper written permission.

(d)   Possess or use metal detectors, or dig, probe, search, excavate, or otherwise disturb the ground, vegetation, or any aboriginal remain without proper written permission.

(e)    Camp on, or otherwise occupy as a temporary or permanent residence, any portion of the site without proper written permission.

(f)   Store or leave equipment or any privately owned property on the site without proper written permission.

(g)   Use the site as a place to dispose of refuse, rubbish, trash, garbage, or other material.

(h)   Move, remove, destroy, mutilate, or deface posters, notices, signs, or markers of the  secretary of  state or  any other  agency of the government.

(i)    Post, place, erect, or distribute advertising material without proper written permission.

(j)    Use the site for a business or commercial purpose without proper written permission.

(k)   Destroy, damage, or remove any property, rocks, gravel, earth, living tree or shrub, planted grasses,  or other vegetation without   proper  written permission.  This

subdivision does not apply  to   the   picking    and removal of mushrooms, berries, and other edible fruits and nuts.

(l)    Obstruct any road or trail in a manner that hinders public access to the site without proper written permission.

(m)   Park or operate any wheeled motorized vehicle, except in  designated areas or on designated roads.

(n)   Use or operate any snowmobile without proper written permission.

(o)   Ignite  or  set  any  fire,  either  within  or   without  a  burning container, without proper written permission.

(p)   Carry or have in possession a firearm; shoot an air  gun,  gas  gun, spring-loaded gun, or slingshot; or shoot with a bow and arrow.

(q)    Hunt, trap, kill, wound, capture, or intentionally disturb any bird, animal, or other wildlife.

(r)   Erect a fence or  barrier;  construct   or  occupy  improvements;  or enclose the site without proper written permission.

(2)    Employees of the department of state, emergency vehicles, and public utility vehicles in the line of duty are exempt from subrule (1)(l),  (m), and (n) of this rule.

(3)   Subrule (1) of this rule does not apply to historic and museum sites located on lands  administered  by the  Michigan  department  of  natural resources.

(4)   Violation of any rule may result in ejection from the site.

History: 1983 AACS.