Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed 44 bills. Some of the new laws:

Make candidates put down a deposit of $25 per precinct instead of $10 and require a $125-a-precinct deposit if the number of votes separating the winner from the loser is more than 50 or 0.5 percent, whichever is greater.

Allow the state Department of Natural Resources to issue shooting permits with guidelines in areas where bears are damaging crops.

Let municipal utilities create programs so residential customers can pay installments on their monthly bills to finance improvements that make their homes more energy efficient.

Let the state permanently revoke licenses for health workers as a disciplinary action.

Remove a requirement that people gathering signatures for political petitions be a registered Michigan voter.

Remove licensing requirements for people in the mortgage industry whose primary responsibility is helping delinquent home loan borrowers renegotiate loans, aligning state law with federal rules.

Require the state to pay a 3 percent bonus interest on Michigan Business Tax refunds not paid within a specified amount of time.

Allow wild game meat from more than one hunter to be used in sausage making.

Name various highways and roads in honor of troopers, police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Another law names a portion of Interstate 75 in honor of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

Designate roads previously known as “Michigan Heritage Routes” as “Pure Michigan Byways.”