Bill Text: MI HB5021 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; public services; local infrastructure improvement act; create. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/27/2017 [HB5021 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5021-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5021

 

 

September 27, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to create an infrastructure program to fund the repair

 

and replacement of certain public water supplies, stormwater

 

systems, and sewer systems; and to prescribe the powers and duties

 

of certain state and local agencies and officials.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

infrastructure improvement act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (b) "Fund" means the local infrastructure improvement fund

 

created in section 4.

 

     (c) "Local unit of government" means a county, township, city,

 

or village.

 

     (d) "Program" means the local infrastructure improvement

 

program created in section 3.

 

     (e) "Public water supply" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the safe drinking water act, 1976 PA 399, MCL

 

325.1002.

 

     (f) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The department shall establish a local

 

infrastructure improvement program to fund the replacement and

 

rehabilitation of public water supplies, stormwater systems, and

 

sewer systems owned by local units of government. The program shall

 

not fund facilities that are owned or operated by this state or a

 

private entity.

 

     (2) A local unit of government may apply to the department to

 

be designated as a qualifying local unit of government and become

 

eligible for distributions under this act. The application shall

 

document each public water supply, stormwater system, and sewer

 

system that the local unit of government owns on its own or with

 

other local units of government. The local unit of government shall

 

also include information required by the department related to the

 

length and width of all pipelines eligible for funding under the

 

program. The department shall qualify a local unit of government if

 

the local unit of government owns a public water supply, a

 

stormwater system, or a sewer system that is in compliance with

law. A local unit of government is eligible to be qualified if it

 

owns 1 or more of these systems on its own or with 1 or more other

 

local units of government.

 

     (3) The department shall make distributions to qualifying

 

local units of government based upon the total length and width of

 

all pipelines and mains owned and operated by the local unit of

 

government or owned and operated in conjunction with 1 or more

 

other local units of government.

 

     (4) On or before the twenty-fifth day of April, June,

 

September, and November of each year, the department shall

 

distribute 25% of the money annually appropriated from the fund for

 

the program to each qualifying local unit of government as provided

 

in this section.

 

     (5) Money received by the local unit of government under this

 

section may be used for the replacement or rehabilitation of all or

 

a portion of a public water supply, a stormwater system, or a sewer

 

system. Money may be used as a match for other state or federal

 

funds that are available for the purpose of the distribution. Money

 

may be used for a consolidated project for the repair or

 

rehabilitation of a public water supply, a stormwater system, or a

 

sewer system.

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The local infrastructure improvement fund is

 

created within the state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit

 

to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

     (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The department shall be the administrator of the fund for

 

auditing purposes.

 

     (5) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon

 

appropriation, only for distributions to qualifying local units of

 

government under the program.

 

     Sec. 5. The department may promulgate rules necessary to

 

implement this act.