Bill Text: MI SB1117 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Watercraft; safety; authority to remove or relocate navigational hazards; extend to peace officers and allow recovery of costs associated with the removal or relocation. Amends sec. 80163 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.80163).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-23 - Assigned Pa 0101'10 With Immediate Effect [SB1117 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB1117-Engrossed.html
SB-1117, As Passed Senate, March 18, 2010
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1117
(As amended, March 17, 2010)
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 80163 (MCL 324.80163), as added by 1995 PA 58.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
80163. <<(1)>>
Whenever, in the opinion of the
department,
If an
anchored raft or other item or material, whether floating free or
attached to the bottomland or a shoreline, presents a hazard to
navigation, the department or a peace officer with jurisdiction
over the body of water where the anchored raft or other item or
material is located may relocate or remove it or may order its
relocation or removal.
<<(2) The person who owns or who caused a navigational hazard that is relocated or removed under subsection (1) is liable to pay the actual and reasonable costs of relocation or removal. The department or the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the body of water where the navigational hazard was located may send written notice of the relocation or removal under subsection (1) and the associated costs to the person determined to own or to have caused the navigational hazard. If the owner or person who caused the navigational hazard fails to pay the costs within 30 days of the date the written notice is mailed, the costs may become a lien against the person's property.>>
