ENV’L PROTECTION ACT H.B. 4349: FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 4349 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole) Sponsor: Representative Tom Alley
House Committee: Conservation, Environment, and Great Lakes Senate Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
The bill would amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) to repeal and reenact, by inserting them into the NREPA, current statutes concerning recreation; trailways; recreational trespass; parks; aboriginal records and antiquities and abandoned property; the Mackinac Island State Park; waterways, harbors, docks and other navigational facilities; watercraft and marine safety; off-road recreation vehicles (ORVs); and snowmobiles. (The reenacted provisions concerning ORVs include amendments contained in Enrolled Senate Bill 206, Public Act 26 of 1995.)
Further, the bill would add that the Mackinac Island State Park Commission would be created within the Department of Natural Resources and would have the powers and duties of a Type I agency. (The Commission was transferred to the Department as a Type I agency by Executive Order 1991- 31.)
The bill also would repeal, but would not reenact, Public Act 257 of 1968, which provides for the issuance of public recreation bonds, and Public Act 108 of 1969, which created a public recreation fund in the State Treasury to be the repository of the proceeds of public recreation bond sales.
The bill is tie-barred to House Bills 4348, 4350, and 4351.
Proposed MCL 324.70101 et al. Legislative Analyst: L. Burghardt
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
The Committee of the Whole amendment would maintain provisions recently approved in Senate Bill 206 that direct the use of the ORV Trail Improvement Fund and generate approximately $608,000 in additional revenue to the State.
Date Completed: 4-27-95 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.