Bill Text: MI SB0407 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recreation; state parks; installation of electric vehicle charging stations; allow at state parks and harbors. Amends secs. 74103 & 78105 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.74103 & 324.78105).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-20 - Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [SB0407 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0407-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 407

 

 

August 20, 2019, Introduced by Senators LASATA, POLEHANKI, BRINKS, ANANICH, GEISS, MCMORROW, RUNESTAD, ALEXANDER, WOJNO, BAYER, BULLOCK, IRWIN and HOLLIER and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 74103 and 78105 (MCL 324.74103 and 324.78105),

 

section 74103 as added by 1995 PA 58 and section 78105 as amended

 

by 2013 PA 81.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 74103. (1) In implementing the its responsibilities under

 

this part, the department may do 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Enter into contracts or agreements that may be necessary

 

to implement this part.

 

     (b) Lease state park property to a person.

 

     (c) Accept gifts, grants, or bequests from any public or

 

private source to be used for a purpose consistent with this part.

     (d) Acquire property for designation as a state park.

 

     (e) Provide the granting of concessions Grant to a person a

 

concession within the boundaries of a state park. In granting a

 

concession, the department shall provide that each the concession

 

is awarded at least not less frequently than every 7 years, based

 

on extension, renegotiation, or competitive bidding.

 

     (2) The department may acquire land and undertake an

 

improvement program for state parks, pursuant to the powers,

 

rights, and privileges conferred by subject to this part, but land

 

acquisition or an improvement program shall not be undertaken until

 

approved by the legislature in the annual capital outlay

 

appropriation act.

 

     (3) The department may install or allow the installation of

 

charging stations for electric vehicles at state parks and state-

 

operated harbors. The department may enter into a lease for the

 

installation or operation of the charging station infrastructure.

 

Revenue from such a lease shall be deposited, respectively, into

 

the state park improvement account, established under section 2030,

 

or the waterways account, established under section 2035, of the

 

conservation and recreation legacy fund.

 

     (4) The department shall cooperate with the office of climate

 

and energy in the department of licensing and regulatory affairs,

 

electric utilities, and other interested parties to identify those

 

state parks and state-operated harbors best suited for electric

 

vehicle charging stations. In determining suitability, the

 

department shall consider both of the following:

 

     (a) Where grid infrastructure exists sufficient to support

electric vehicle charging stations.

 

     (b) Where seasonal traffic patterns and seasonal park and

 

harbor visitation volumes necessitate access to electric vehicle

 

charging stations to accommodate long-distance or local travel and

 

use of state parks and harbors.

 

     (5) Within 1 year after the enactment date of the amendatory

 

act that added this subsection, the department shall do both of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Submit a report of its findings under subsection (4) to

 

the legislative committees of the senate and house of

 

representatives with responsibility for issues involving electric

 

vehicles and state parks.

 

     (b) Post the report on its website. The department shall

 

maintain the website posting for at least 1 year.

 

     Sec. 78105. (1) The department has the following powers and

 

duties:

 

     (a) To acquire, construct, and maintain harbors, channels, and

 

facilities for vessels in the navigable waters lying within the

 

boundaries of this state.

 

     (b) To acquire, by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation the

 

lands, rights of way, and easements necessary for harbors and

 

channels. For the purposes of this subdivision, the department

 

shall be considered a state agency under 1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to

 

213.25.

 

     (c) To acquire, by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation

 

suitable areas on shore for disposal of the material from dredging.

 

     (d) To enter into any contracts or agreements that may be

necessary in carrying out this part, including agreements to hold

 

and save the United States free from damages due to that may result

 

from the construction and maintenance by the United States of those

 

works that the United States undertakes.

 

     (e) To provide for the granting of concessions within the

 

boundaries of harbors, so as to furnish the public gas, oil, food,

 

and other facilities.

 

     (f) To provide for charging facilities for electric vehicles

 

at harbors, subject to section 74103.

 

     (g) (f) To represent this state and the governor in dealings

 

with the chief of engineers of the United States army Army and his

 

or her authorized agents for the purposes set forth in this part.

 

     (h) (g) To charge fees for both seasonal and daily moorage at

 

state-operated small craft mooring facilities. All revenues derived

 

from this source shall be deposited in the waterways account.

 

     (i) (h) To collect the proceeds from the sale of marine fuel

 

at harbors operated by the department. The proceeds from the sales

 

shall be credited to the waterways account and used for the

 

purchase of marine fuel supplies as may be needed. Any remaining

 

revenue from this source not needed for the purchase of marine fuel

 

supplies may be expended in the same manner as other funds within

 

the waterways account.

 

     (2) The director shall designate state-operated public boating

 

access sites that, subject to section 78119(4), shall not be

 

entered by a resident motor vehicle unless the recreation passport

 

fee has been paid or by a nonresident or commercial motor vehicle

 

unless a pass purchased under subsection (3) is affixed to the

motor vehicle as described in section 78119.

 

     (3) The department shall charge fees for passes authorizing

 

seasonal or daily entry by nonresident motor vehicles or commercial

 

motor vehicles at designated state-operated public boating access

 

sites. Fee revenue under this subsection shall be deposited in the

 

waterways account.