HOUSE BILL No. 4715

 

May 3, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hansen, Schuitmaker, Pavlov, Jones, Wenke, Ball, Huizenga, Farhat, Elsenheimer, Kooiman, Walker, Vander Veen, Ward, Gillard and Emmons and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 41323.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 41323. The council shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Annually submit to the legislature a report making

 

recommendations for additions to the lists of species that are

 

prohibited species.

 

     (b) Establish criteria for identifying waterbodies infested by

 

prohibited species.

 

     (c) Prepare and annually update a list of infested

 

waterbodies, by species. The council shall submit the list and

 

updates to the department and the legislature.

 


     (d) Make recommendations to the department on prioritizing its

 

efforts to prevent violations of this part and to control or

 

eradicate prohibited species in terrestrial or aquatic habitats.

 

     (e) Monitor and promote efforts to rescind the exemption under

 

40 CFR 122.3(a) for ballast water discharges.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4710(request no.

 

01129'05 *).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4711(request no.

 

01130'05 *).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4712(request no.

 

01131'05 *).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4713(request no.

 

01132'05 *).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4714(request no.

 

01133'05 *).

 

     (f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4716(request no.

 

01135'05 *).