February 14, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to create the domestic reimbursement utilization grant
fund; to provide for distribution of money from the fund; and to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and
officials.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"domestic reimbursement utilization grant fund act".
(2) The domestic reimbursement utilization grant (DRUG) fund
is created within the state treasury.
(3) 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. The state treasurer shall credit
to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department of environmental quality shall be the
administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department of environmental quality shall expend money
from the fund, upon appropriation, only to provide grants to
private property owners for use in cleaning up environmental
contamination of that property caused by the illegal manufacture of
methamphetamine. A grant under this subsection is subject to the
following:
(a) Not more than 1 grant shall be awarded to any property
owner or group of property owners in a single year for purposes of
cleaning up environmental contamination on a single property.
(b) The total grant amount shall not exceed $5,000.00.
(c) A grant shall not be awarded if the property owner or
group of property owners participated in the violation or, having
knowledge that the violation was occurring or was about to occur on
that property, failed to promptly report the violation or possible
violation to a police agency.
(d) A grant under this subsection shall be awarded secondary
to any other reimbursement received or to be received by the
property owner or group of property owners, including reimbursement
by another governmental entity or an insurance provider.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect October 1, 2012.
Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless all
of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5395(request no.
03794'11 a).
(b) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5396(request no.
03794'11 b).