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• Introduced by Sen. Cameron Brown (R) on December 2, 2003, to establish a procedure under the "adopt-a-river program" for volunteers to report to the state the nature and amount of litter collected, and to then use the information in developing and administering a state antilitter marketing program. The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 721, meaning it cannot become law unless that bill also becomes law. Senate Bill 721 would impose a $3 per ton solid waste disposal surcharge on garbage placed in Michigan landfills. The Senate Fiscal Agency estimates that this would impose some $15 million in new fees on households and businesses.
  • Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on December 2, 2003.
    • Reported in the Senate on December 11, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on August 4, 2004, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not include the tie-bar to Senate Bill 721, which would impose a $3 per ton solid waste disposal surcharge on garbage placed in Michigan landfills. Without the tie-bar, that bill need not become law for this one to become law. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on August 4, 2004.
• Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on August 4, 2004, to establish a procedure under the "adopt-a-river program" for volunteers to report to the state the nature and amount of litter collected, and to then use the information to prepare annual reports for the legislature and the "recycling advisory council" proposed by Senate Bill 790.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on August 4, 2004.
  • Referred to the House Land Use and Environment Committee on August 4, 2004.