Bill Text: MI HB6153 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Enrolled
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]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB6153-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Reps. Rendon and Allor
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6153
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” 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) Provide advice and recommendations to the legislature, the governor, and executive departments to promote the development of the forestry and forest products industry and the mineral extraction and utilization industry in this state.
(b) Develop programs and coordinate existing and proposed programs to encourage innovative and competitively viable economic development of forest and mineral related industries.
(c) 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) 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) 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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
