HOUSE BILL No. 4573

 

March 24, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Nitz, Stahl, Robertson, Taub, Palsrok, Pastor, Garfield, Brandenburg, Meyer, Jones, Green, Ward, Baxter, Marleau, Caswell, Gosselin, Vander Veen, Hopgood, Accavitti, Tobocman, Acciavatti, Schuitmaker, Shaffer, Amos, Moolenaar, LaJoy and Drolet and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 19708 (MCL 324.19708), as added by 2002 PA 397.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 19708. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the state

 

treasurer shall transfer money in the fund as follows:

 

     (a)  Ninety  Eighty percent of the money in the fund shall be

 

deposited into the state water pollution control revolving fund

 

created in section 16a of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA

 

227, MCL 141.1066a.

 

     (b) Ten percent of the money in the fund shall be deposited

 

into the wastewater application grant fund created in section 16c

 

of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1066c.

 

     (c)  (b)  Ten percent of the money in the fund shall be


 

deposited into the strategic water quality initiatives fund created

 

in section 5204.

 

     (2) Money in the fund may be used by the department of

 

treasury to pay for the cost of issuing bonds and the costs

 

incurred under section 19703(3).

 

     (3) Money from the fund shall not be used as the state match

 

for receipt of federal funds for purposes of the state water

 

pollution control revolving fund created in section 16a of the

 

shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1066a, at 2002 state

 

match levels. However, if federal revenues become available at

 

higher levels than were provided in 2002, money from the fund may

 

be used to match federal revenues in excess of 2002 levels.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4572(request no.

 

02060'05 a) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.