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MI SB1192

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/14/2016

Primary Sponsor

James Ananich

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Origin

Senate

98th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Creates a Water Supply Asset Management Council within the Department of Environmental Quality, consisting of 14 members representing various stakeholders including cities, counties, townships, academia, public health, community planners, and a non-voting central data storage agency representative, with members appointed by the director for 3-year terms.

  • Requires the council to develop procedures and requirements for asset management administration within 90 days of its first meeting, covering training, data storage, reporting, multiyear program development, budgeting, and quality control standards consistent with federal requirements and government accounting standards.

  • Mandates each community water supply to annually submit a multiyear program report to the council detailing projects anticipated over a 3-year period, with accurate record-keeping on work performed and funds expended according to council-developed procedures.

  • Establishes a central data storage agency, to be designated within 45 days of the law's effective date, where asset management data collected from community supplies will be stored and maintained.

  • Adds new definitions to the Safe Drinking Water Act including "asset management," "capacity assessment," "central data storage agency," "council," and "multiyear program" to support the new asset management framework.

Legislative Description

Water; other; water supply asset management council; create and require asset management reports from community supplies. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 399 (MCL 325.1002) & adds sec. 25.

Environmental protection: other

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Government Operations

12/14/2016

Committee Referrals

Government Operations12/14/2016

Full Bill Text

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