LAKE IMPROVEMENT BOARDS S.B. 1266: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 1266 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Michael D. Bishop
Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
CONTENT
The bill would amend Part 309 (Inlake Lake Improvement) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to do the following:
-- Provide for each local unit of government affected by a lake improvement project, other than a county, to appoint two representatives (rather than one) to the lake improvement board.
-- Remove the requirement that a representative of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) serve on each lake board.
-- Allow a county drain commissioner to appoint a designee to a lake board.
-- Establish a process for the dissolution of a lake board if a local unit of government in which all or part of the public inland lake was situated determined that the lake board was no longer necessary.
-- Provide that the treasurer of the local unit of government affected most by a lake improvement project would have to keep the financial records and sign all vouchers for expenditures approved by the lake board, and that the clerk of a local unit of government would have to maintain all other records for the lake board.
-- Include administrative expenses in the cost of a lake improvement project.
MCL 324.30903 et al. Legislative Analyst: J.P. Finet
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government.
The bill would allow the local unit of government responsible for maintaining records for a lake board to recover its costs by charging them to the lake board, which could include them as a cost of a lake improvement project.
Date Completed: 10-11-04 Fiscal Analyst: Jessica Runnels
floor\sb1266 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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.
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. sb1266/0304