SENATE
Adopted:
SCR 10 - A concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide funding for the Saginaw Bay Coastal Initiative.
SR 66 - A resolution to urge Michigan's congressional delegation to secure supplemental funding to control the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in fish populations.
SCR 12 - A concurrent resolution to urge Michigan's congressional delegation to secure supplemental funding to control the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in fish populations.
In committee:
Economic Development and Regulatory Reform will meet Wednesday (6/13) at 1:00 PM to take up SB 533-539, bills to modify brownfields requirements and provide for general amendments to the brownfield redevelopment authority. The committee will also take up SB 407, a bill to revise the eligibility criteria for the corridor improvement authority.
Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs will meet Wednesday (6/13) at 1:00 PM to take up:
HB 4597 - A bill to provide for hunting on department of natural resources controlled land.
SB 201 - A bill to adopt a uniform act on environmental covenants.
SB 429 - A bill to create a Great Lakes state park.
SB 430 - A bill to create a Great Lakes state park preservation fund.
SB 431 - A bill to create a Great Lakes park state pass.
SB 495 - A bill to expand the strategic water quality initiatives grant program.
SB 530 - A bill to provide a standard for noise emission from outdoor recreational activities. Recreation; outdoor activities; noise emission from snowmobiles; provide standard.
SB 545 - A bill to provide for waiver of storm water permit fees for certain municipalities.
Energy Policy and Public Utilities will meet Thursday (6/14) at 1:00 PM for a presentation by Joseph L. Welch, President and CEO of the International Transmission Company.
HOUSE
Passed:
HB 4471: A bill to define terms for double-crested cormorant control program.
HB 4614: A bill to provide for a double-crested cormorant control fund.
SB 354: A bill to define terms for double-crested cormorant control program.
On the floor:
HB 4711-13 – Bills to amend the brownfield redevelopment act to allow more costs to be covered by captured tax revenues and change the MDEQ approval process for some of those costs.
HB 4641 – A bill to allow a county board of commissioners to change name of office of county drain commissioner to office of the water resources commissioner and authorize and increase amount of bond.
HB 4642 – A bill to provide for a definition of the term "visibly in existence".
HB 4643 – A bill to clarify liability for certain legal expenses of a drainage district.
HB 4644 – A bill to increase the enforcement power for removing obstructions or interferences with drains.
HB 4688 – A bill to double the amount a drain commissioner can spend on maintenance of a drain (from $2,500 to $5,000) – and assess those costs to taxpayers within a special assessment district. The taxpayers in such a district have no right to a vote on the maintenance project.
SB 350 - A bill to create an animal welfare fund.
HB 4463 - A bill to require the issuance of a permit to operate a marina at a public road. The MDEQ is concerned that the “shall issue” nature of the application could result in environmental degradation and possible overcrowding on inland lakes.
HB 4464 - A bill to clarify the intention of a plat donation of a road, street, or alley terminating at a lake or stream contiguous to a shoreline.
In committee:
Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources will meet Tuesday (6/12) at 10:30 AM to take up HB 4820, a bill to exempt from permit requirements under certain circumstances the application of oil field brine to county roads.
Transportation: Public Transit will meet Wednesday (6/13) at 9:00 AM for presentations by Peter Varga, Executive Director of The Rapid, and Sandy Draggoo, CEO and Executive Director of the Capital Area Transportation Authority.
