Bill Text: MI SB0391 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recreation; state parks; recreation passport fee; modify distribution of revenue. Amends sec. 2045 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.2045). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4486'19, HB 4776'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-20 - Referred To Committee On Natural Resources [SB0391 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0391-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 391
August 20, 2019, Introduced by Senator ZORN 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 2045 (MCL 324.2045), as amended by 2013 PA 81.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2045. (1) The department shall distribute recreation
passport fee revenue as follows:
(a) First, for necessary expenses incurred by the secretary of
state each state fiscal year in administration and implementation
of section 805 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL
257.805. Funds appropriated for necessary expenses shall be based
upon an established cost allocation methodology that reflects
actual costs. Appropriations under this subdivision in a state
fiscal year shall not exceed $1,000,000.00.
(b) The next $10,700,000.00 received each fiscal year shall be
deposited in the state park improvement account.
(c) The next $1,030,000.00 received each fiscal year shall be
deposited in the waterways account.
(d) The remaining revenue shall be deposited as follows:
(i) 50% 75% in the state park
improvement account to be used
for
capital improvements, at state parks, including state
recreation
areas.
(ii) 30% in the state park improvement account to be
used for
operations, and maintenance at state parks, including state
recreation areas.
(ii) (iii) 2.75%
in the state park improvement account to be
used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of state
park cultural and historic resources.
(iii) (iv) 0.25%
in the state park improvement account to be
used to do all of the following:
(A) Promote, in concert with other state agencies, the use of
state parks, state-operated public boating access sites, state
forest campgrounds, and state forest nonmotorized trails and
pathways.
(B) Promote the use of the internet for state park camping
reservations and for payment of the recreation passport fee in
conjunction with motor vehicle registration.
(iv) (v) 10% 15%
in the local public recreation
facilities
fund created in section 1911, to be used for development of public
recreation facilities for local units of government.
(v) (vi) 7% in
the forest recreation account to be used for
operating, maintaining, and making capital improvements to state
forest campgrounds and the state forest system of pathways and
nonmotorized trails, including, but not limited to, equestrian
trails.
(2) For each state fiscal year, beginning with the 2011-2012
state fiscal year, the state treasurer shall adjust the amounts set
forth in subsection (1)(b) and (c) by an amount determined by the
state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in the
consumer
price index Consumer Price
Index for the most recent 1-
year period for which data are available. As used in this
subsection,
"consumer price index" "Consumer Price Index" means the
most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this
state
from the bureau of labor statistics Bureau of Labor
Statistics
of the United States department of
labor.Department of
Labor.
(3) By January 15 of each year, the department, in
consultation with the department of state, shall estimate the
amount of additional recreation passport fee revenue that would
have
been collected as recreation passport fees during the
immediately preceding state fiscal year if owners of resident motor
vehicles described in sections 74116(4)(c) and 78119(4)(b) were not
exempt under those provisions from paying the recreation passport
fee. The department shall estimate the amount as follows:
(a) Determine the total number of resident motor vehicles
described in sections 74116(4)(c) and 78119(4)(b).
(b) Multiply the number under subdivision (a) by the
percentage of resident motor vehicles with single-year
registrations for which a recreation passport fee was paid during
the preceding state fiscal year.
(c) Subtract from the result under subdivision (b) the number
of resident motor vehicles described in sections 74116(4)(c) and
78119(4)(b) for which a recreation passport fee was paid during the
preceding state fiscal year under rules promulgated under section
74120(3).
(d) Multiply the result under subdivision (c) by the current
amount of the recreation passport fee during the preceding state
fiscal year.
(4) The legislature shall annually appropriate from the
general fund a sum equal to the amount estimated under subsection
(3). The sum appropriated shall be distributed as provided in
subsection (1)(d).
(5) The department shall submit a report to the standing
committees and appropriations subcommittees of the legislature with
jurisdiction over issues pertaining to natural resources and the
environment by February 1 each year. The report shall provide
information on all of the following for the preceding state fiscal
year:
(a) The total amount of recreation passport fee revenue
received by the department and the amounts allocated under
subsection (1).
(b) The total amount of annual and daily state park motor
vehicle permit fee revenue received by the department under section
74117.
(c) The total amount of seasonal or daily state-operated
public boating access site revenue received by the department under
section 78105(3).
(d) Details on the specific uses of the revenue described in
subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) and the amounts expended for each
specific use.
(e) The amount of revenue received during the preceding state
fiscal year under subsection (4).
(f) The adequacy of the revenue described in subdivisions (a)
and (e) for each of the purposes for which it is allocated under
subsection (1).
(g) The impact of the state park revenue stream described in
subdivisions (a), (b), and (d) on the Michigan state parks
endowment fund created in section 35a of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963 and provided for in section 74119.
(h) Other relevant issues that affect funding needs for the
state park system.
(6) By February 1, 2012 and every 2 years thereafter, the
department shall submit a report to the standing committees and
appropriations subcommittees of the legislature with jurisdiction
over issues pertaining to natural resources and the environment.
The report shall provide information on how frequently motor
vehicles for which the registrant declined to pay the recreation
passport fee entered state parks and state-operated public boating
access sites designated under section 78105 during the registration
period. The information shall be based on random audits conducted
by the department. A report under this subsection may be combined
with a report required under subsection (5).
(7) The department may prepare a list of frequently asked
questions and answers concerning the recreation passport fee. The
department and the department of state may post the information on
their websites. The department of state may provide the information
with
any applications for registration of motor vehicles that are
mailed by the department of state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4486.
(b) House Bill No._4776.___
