Bill Text: MI SJRAA | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Natural resources; gas and oil; prohibition against drilling in or beneath the bottomlands of the Great Lakes; provide for. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 31 to art. V.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-30 - Referred To Committee On Natural Resources And Environmental Affairs [SJRAA Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SJRAA-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION AA
June 30, 2010, Introduced by Senators ANDERSON, BRATER, THOMAS, PRUSI, OLSHOVE, SCOTT, HUNTER, BASHAM, CLARK-COLEMAN, WHITMER, JACOBS, CHERRY, BARCIA, SWITALSKI, GLEASON and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 31 to article V, to
prohibit the drilling of a well for the exploration or production
of oil or natural gas within the Great Lakes or beneath the
bottomlands of the Great Lakes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to prohibit the drilling of a well for the
exploration or production of oil or natural gas within the Great
Lakes or beneath the bottomlands of the Great Lakes, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE V
Sec. 31. Beginning on the effective date of this section, a
person shall not drill a well, and the state shall not authorize
the drilling of a well, within the Great Lakes or beneath the
bottomlands of the Great Lakes for the exploration or production of
oil or natural gas. As used in this section, "Great Lakes" includes
the connected bays and harbors of the Great Lakes and the St. Marys
river, the Detroit river, the St. Clair river, and Lake St. Clair.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
