Bill Text: MI HB6153 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; funding; forest and mineral resource development grant and loan program; repeal. Amends sec. 702 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.702) & repeals secs. 701, 703, 704 & 705 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.701 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-31 - Assigned Pa 570'18 With Immediate Effect [HB6153 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 6153

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Rendon and Allor and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 702 (MCL 324.702), as added by 1995 PA 60; and

 

to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 702. The department shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Administer a grant and loan program pursuant to sections

 

704 and 705.

 

     (a) (b) Provide advice and recommendations to the legislature,

 

the governor, and executive departments in order to promote the

 

development of the forestry and forest products industry and the

 

mineral extraction and utilization industry in this state.

 

     (b) (c) Develop programs and coordinate existing and proposed


programs to encourage innovative and competitively viable economic

 

development of forest and mineral related industry.industries.

 

     (d) Stimulate and encourage the forestry and forest products

 

industry and the mineral extraction and utilization industry

 

through grants and loans made under this part.

 

     (c) (e) Review existing laws and regulations pertaining to

 

forestry and the mineral industry and develop proposals for new

 

laws or changes in existing law to improve this state's forest and

 

mineral resource development as considered appropriate by the

 

department.

 

     (d) (f) Promote and provide for educational programs for the

 

general public and members of local government to increase

 

awareness of the importance of the forestry and forest products

 

industry and the mineral industry to this state.

 

     (e) (g) Consult with representatives of science, industry,

 

labor, government, and other groups and utilize the services of

 

public and private organizations, including colleges and

 

universities, as the department considers necessary or helpful in

 

the discharge of its duties under subdivisions (a) to (d).

 

     Enacting section 1. Sections 701, 703, 704, and 705 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.701, 324.703, 324.704, and 324.705, are repealed.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

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