Bill Text: MI SB0914 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transportation; funds; conditions to receive funding from Michigan transportation fund; modify. Amends 1966 PA 293 (MCL 45.501 - 45.621) by adding sec. 14a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0914 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0914-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 914

 

 

January 26, 2012, Introduced by Senator KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1966 PA 293, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the establishment of charter counties; to

provide for the election of charter commissioners; to prescribe

their powers and duties; to prohibit certain acts of a county board

of commissioners after the approval of the election of a charter

commission; to prescribe the mandatory and permissive provisions of

a charter; to provide for the exercise by a charter county of

certain powers whether or not authorized by its charter; and to

prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"

 

(MCL 45.501 to 45.521) by adding section 14a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14a. (1) Beginning September 30, 2014, each county road

 

agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies

 

all of the following conditions:

 

     (a) The county road agency is in compliance with the publicly

 

funded health insurance contribution act, 2011 PA 152, MCL 15.561

 

to 15.569.

 

     (b) The county road agency enrolls new employees in a defined

 

contribution plan.

 

     (c) The county road agency has adopted and is acting under a

 

road safety plan designed to ensure uniform high safety standards

 

on all roads in this state that, at a minimum, requires the county

 

road agency to do all of the following:

 

     (i) Tabulate the location and causation of traffic accidents,

 

use the resulting information to prioritize investment, and provide

 

the resulting information to all law enforcement agencies within

 

the jurisdiction of the county road agency for use as a guide to

 

enforcement operations.

 

     (ii) Review the warrants and traffic control orders for all

 

traffic control devices erected on its roads at least every 7 years

 

and remove all unwarranted devices and all devices that are not in

 

compliance with the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1

 

to 257.923, or the uniform traffic code for cities, townships, and

 

villages promulgated by the Michigan state police.

 

     (iii) Review and adjust the timing of signal devices on its

 

roads to reflect traffic volumes and actual operating speeds at

 

least every 5 years and, where practicable, synchronize the

 

operation of signal devices for minimum delay to traffic.

 

     (iv) Conduct a multidisciplinary road safety audit of each

 

project over $1,000,000.00 and of each high-accident location.

 

     (v) Employ or contract for the services of a licensed traffic

 

engineer.

 

     (d) The county road agency is in compliance with the asset

 

management requirements of section 9a of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.659a.

 

     (2) If a county road agency does not make the certification

 

required under subsection (1), the department shall withhold all

 

distributions from the Michigan transportation fund and the

 

commercial corridor fund under this act. A withholding under this

 

subsection shall continue for the period of noncompliance with

 

subsection (1) by the county road agency.

 

     (3) Each county road agency shall develop and implement a

 

dashboard to provide information to the citizens of this state. A

 

dashboard developed and implemented under this subsection shall

 

include, but is not limited to, information regarding the county

 

road agency's compliance with the conditions set forth in

 

subsection (1), any information compiled by the county road agency

 

as required by subsection (1), and whether distributions from the

 

Michigan transportation fund or the commercial corridor fund have

 

been withheld by the department under subsection (2).

 

     (4) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "County road agency" means a county road commission or a

 

body that has the powers of a county road commission in a county

 

that adopts a charter under this act.

 

     (b) "Defined contribution plan" means that term as defined in

 

section 12b of the public employee retirement system investment

 

act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132b.

 

     (c) "Department" means the state transportation department.