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MI SB0218
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "water resource improvement" to include dredging, removal of spoils, and other activities that enhance navigability of waterways in inland lakes and Great Lakes harbors.
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Allows the Water Resource Improvement Tax Increment Finance Authority board to plan and implement water resource improvements in Great Lakes harbors and their tributaries, including dredging and spoil removal.
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Requires the board to prepare a water resource management plan in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Natural Resources, or other water quality and invasive species management experts.
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Repeals the sunset provision (Section 24) that would have terminated the authority, allowing it to continue indefinitely.
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Effective date: August 9, 2013.
Legislative Description
Economic development; tax increment financing; sunset on water resource improvement tax increment finance authority; remove, and allow dredging. Amends secs. 3 & 10 of 2008 PA 94 (MCL 125.1773 & 125.1780) & repeals sec. 24 of 2008 PA 94 (MCL 125.1794).
Natural resources, nonnative species
Last Action
Assigned Pa 0025'13 With Immediate Effect
5/14/2013