Bill Text: MI SB0643 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public utilities; water utilities; human right to water act; create. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-08 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0643 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0643-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 643

 

 

December 8, 2015, Introduced by Senators YOUNG, ANANICH and GREGORY and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to require all state departments and agencies to

 

establish certain water affordability criteria; and to prescribe

 

the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental

 

officers and entities.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "human

 

right to water act".

 

     Sec. 2. (1) Each individual has the right to safe, clean,

 

affordable, and accessible water for human consumption, cooking,

 

and sanitary purposes.

 

     (2) All state departments and agencies shall employ all

 

reasonable means to implement this section. All state departments

 

and agencies shall revise, adopt, or establish policies,

 

regulations, and grant criteria to further this section by

 

establishing water affordability criteria as appropriate, to the

 

extent that those actions do not affect eligibility for federal

 

funds.

 

     (3) This section does not expand any obligation of this state

 

to provide water or to require the expenditure of additional

 

resources to develop water infrastructure beyond the obligations

 

that may exist under subsection (2).

 

     (4) This section applies to water supplies for individuals and

 

not for new development in this state.

 

     (5) The implementation of this section does not infringe on

 

the rights or responsibilities of any public water system in this

 

state.