March 17, 2011, Introduced by Senators HILDENBRAND, PAVLOV, BOOHER, KOWALL, JANSEN, HANSEN, GREEN, MARLEAU, BRANDENBURG, ROCCA, CASPERSON, SCHUITMAKER, MOOLENAAR, PAPPAGEORGE, PROOS, EMMONS, COLBECK and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Economic Development.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding part 27.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 27 PROGRAM REVIEW
Sec. 2701. (1) The department, the department of environmental
quality, and any other state department that administers a program
under this act shall arrange for an independent external peer
review of each such program to evaluate its efficiency and
effectiveness as well as how it compares to similar programs in
other states.
(2) Each state department that administers a program under
this act shall complete 2 program peer reviews by February 1, 2012
and 1 each year thereafter until all programs under this act
administered by that state department have been reviewed. Programs
shall be prioritized for peer review based on their effect on
performance measures published on the MiDashboard website, with
those programs having the greatest effect being reviewed first.
(3) At a minimum, a peer review under this section shall
include all of the following, as applicable:
(a) A calculation of the cost to administer the program per
permit or license processed.
(b) A review of the timeliness of the process from receipt of
a permit or license application to approval or denial of a permit
or license application.
(c) A review of customer service practices.
(d) A review of measurable environmental impacts.
(e) A comparison of the program performance to that of similar
programs in other Great Lakes states.