September 11, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Bieda and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.
A bill to amend 1976 IL 1, entitled
"A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of
returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated
natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and
for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content,
and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use
of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties
of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties
and provide remedies,"
by amending section 3e (MCL 445.573e), as added by 1996 PA 384.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3e. (1) The cleanup and redevelopment trust fund is
created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
any source for deposit into the trust fund. The state treasurer
shall direct the investment of the trust fund. The state treasurer
shall credit to the trust fund interest and earnings from trust
fund investments.
(3) Money in the trust fund at the close of the fiscal year
shall remain in the trust fund and shall not lapse to the general
fund.
(4)
The Upon appropriation,
the state treasurer shall annually
disburse the following amounts from the trust fund:
(a) For each of the state fiscal years 1996-1997, 1997-1998,
and
1998-1999, up to $15,000,000.00 each year of money in the trust
fund
to the cleanup and redevelopment
fund created in section 20108
of
part 201 (environmental remediation) of the natural resources
and
environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of
1994,
being section 324.20108 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.20108.
(b) In addition to the disbursements under subdivision (a),
each
state fiscal year, 80% of the revenues money received by the
trust fund from disbursements under section 3c to the cleanup and
redevelopment fund created in section 20108 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.20108, and 10% to the community pollution prevention fund
created in section 3f.
(c) For the state fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, a
cumulative total of $2,000,000.00 for grants for retrofitting
reverse vending machines that dealers use to process returnable
containers to enable the machines to reject beverage containers
that were not sold in this state.
(5) All money in the trust fund that is not disbursed pursuant
to subsection (4) shall remain in the trust fund until the trust
fund reaches an accumulated principal of $200,000,000.00. After the
trust fund reaches an accumulated principal of $200,000,000.00,
interest and earnings of the trust fund only shall be expended,
upon appropriation, for the purposes specified in section 20113(4)
of
part 201 (environmental remediation) of the natural resources
and
environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of
1994,
being section 324.20113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.20113.
(6) As used in this section, "trust fund" means the cleanup
and redevelopment trust fund created in subsection (1).