June 22, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Ward, Stahl and Schuitmaker and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 399, entitled
"Safe drinking water act,"
(MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023) by adding section 11e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11e. (1) The arsenic in drinking water grant fund is
created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive
money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund.
The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.
(2) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(3) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and
earnings from fund investments.
(4) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon
appropriation, to provide grants to persons whose source of
drinking water exceeds the state drinking water standard for
arsenic to do either of the following:
(a) Treat the drinking water to reduce the levels of arsenic.
(b) Obtain an alternative source of drinking water.
(5) The department shall establish a grant program to receive
and evaluate applications for receipt of grants from the fund. The
department shall require a grant recipient to provide at least 20%
of the total cost of the grant project.
(6) As used in this section, "fund" means the arsenic in
drinking water grant fund created in subsection (1).