Bill Text: MI HB4391 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities; water utilities; accessible and affordable water act; create. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/21/2017 [HB4391 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4391-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4391
March 21, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hammoud, Chang, Love, Yanez, Neeley, Wittenberg, Moss, Sneller, Phelps, Geiss, Hoadley, Gay-Dagnogo, Rabhi, Ellison and LaGrand and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
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 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
"accessible and affordable 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.
