ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS                                                   S.B. 728 (S-2): FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 728 (Substitute S-2 as reported) Sponsor: Senator Loren Bennett

Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to provide for environmental audits, specify that they generally would be privileged and protected from disclosure, specify the conditions under which they could be disclosed, provide for hearings on objections to disclosure, specify penalties for violations of the bill, provide for immunity for a violation of the Act if a person made a voluntary disclosure to the appropriate State or local agency, create a rebuttable presumption that a disclosure was voluntary, and require a report to the Legislature on the bill’s effectiveness.

Proposed MCL 324.14801-324.14810                                          Legislative Analyst: L. Burghardt

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no direct fiscal impact on the Department of Environmental Quality.

Date Completed: 11-1-95                                                                          Fiscal Analyst: G. Cutler

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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.