Public Act 163 of 2003

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• Introduced by Sen. Bob Emerson (D) on June 10, 2003, to postpone sunsets on higher land and water management fees imposed by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) until Oct. 1, 2008. Under current law the following fees are scheduled to drop on Oct. 1, 2003: floodplain alteration permit fees; inland lakes and stream project permit fees; riparian ordinary high-water mark survey fees; shorelands protection and management fees; permit fees for construction projects in high-risk areas, flood risk areas, and environmental areas; and Great Lakes dredging fees. The bill would leave higher fees in effect until Oct. 1, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 10, 2003.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 18, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) 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 which would leave in place a requirement that ordinary high-water mark survey fees, shorelands protection and management fees, and Great Lakes submerged lands fees drop on Oct. 1, 2003. See House Bill 4257. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 18, 2003.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on June 18, 2003.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on June 18, 2003.
  • Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on June 18, 2003.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. James Koetje (R) on July 17, 2003, to replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on July 17, 2003.
• Passed 75 to 29 in the House on July 17, 2003, to postpone sunsets on higher land and water management fees imposed by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) until Oct. 1, 2008. Under current law the following fees are scheduled to drop on Oct. 1, 2003: floodplain alteration permit fees; inland lakes and stream project permit fees; riparian ordinary high-water mark survey fees; shorelands protection and management fees; permit fees for construction projects in high-risk areas, flood risk areas, and environmental areas; and Great Lakes dredging fees. The bill would leave higher fees in effect until Oct. 1, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on July 17, 2003.
• Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on July 17, 2003, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 11, 2003.