2003 Senate Bill 510

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• Introduced by Sen. Burton Leland on May 21, 2003, to levy new storm water discharge fees on private and public wastewater treatment and other systems which discharge wastewater. The annual fees increases range from $60 to $7,000 depending on the size and type of the system. The bill would impose approximately $1.2 million in additional costs on operators of these systems. It is one of many bill authorizing fee increases which Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed to close a gap between state spending and expected revenue in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 budget.
  • Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on May 21, 2003.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 4, 2003.
  • Reported in the Senate on June 17, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 18, 2003, to replace the previous version of the bill with one recommended by the committee which reported it. The substitute incorporates technical changes resulting from committee testimony and deliberation. These changes do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 18, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 1) on June 18, 2003, to levy new stormwater discharge fees on private and public wastewater treatment and other systems which discharge wastewater. The annual fees increases range from $60 to $7,000 depending on the size and type of the system. The bill would impose approximately $1.2 million in additional costs on operators of these systems. It is one of many bill authorizing fee increases which Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed to close a gap between state spending and expected revenue in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 budget. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 18, 2003.
  • Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on June 18, 2003.
    • Reported in the House on October 1, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

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Introduced by Sen. Burton Leland on May 21, 2003. Passed in the Senate (37 to 1) on June 18, 2003. New Comment