SB 348 Summary

• Directs money seized in connection with illegal methamphetamine manufacturing laboratories to be deposited into a newly created contaminated property remediation fund instead of general revenue funds.

• Creates the contaminated property remediation fund in the state treasury to be used solely for eliminating contamination of real property caused by illegal methamphetamine labs, with grants distributed by the director of health to municipalities, counties, and townships.

• Requires law enforcement agencies discovering illegal methamphetamine labs to provide written notice to the property owner, local board of health, and public children services agency (if children are present on the property).

• Mandates local boards of health to declare contaminated properties as public health hazards that cannot be occupied or transferred until remediation is complete, and to file notices with county recorders documenting the hazard status and clearance.

• Establishes the director of health to adopt rules creating a list of certified inspectors and remediators for contaminated properties and establishing procedures for grant applications from local jurisdictions.