2009 Senate Bill 388 (Replace state park and recreation fees with vehicle registration surcharge )

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Public Act 197 of 2009

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Introduced by Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R) on March 17, 2009, to establish a formula for distributing the revenue from a $10 voluntary annual vehicle registration surcharge proposed by Senate Bill 389 to state parks, forests, boating access facilities and other natural resources and recreation uses.
- Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on March 17, 2009.
  - Reported in the Senate on May 12, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Amendment offered in the Senate on November 12, 2009, to specify that a report the bill requires recommending savings in state park and recreation programs be submitted within six months. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on November 12, 2009.
Passed in the Senate (25 to 12) on November 12, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on November 12, 2009.
- Referred to the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee on November 12, 2009.
  - Reported in the House on December 3, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on December 17, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute failed in the House by voice vote on December 17, 2009.
- Substitute offered by Rep. Lee Gonzales (D) on December 17, 2009, to adopt a version of the bill that does not include the $10 parks pass drivers license proposal, but simply extends the sunset on the current authorization of state parks to charge user fees. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on December 17, 2009.
Passed in the House (98 to 4) on December 17, 2009, to extend the sunset on the current authority of state parks to charge user fees from Dec. 31, 2009 to April 1, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on December 18, 2009, to extend the sunset on the current authority of state parks to charge user fees from Dec. 31, 2009 to April 1, 2010. Passed in the Senate (20 to 11) on December 18, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 28, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 388 (Replace state park and recreation fees with vehicle registration surcharge ) [by Admin003 on December 20, 2009]

Senator Birkholz’s statement is as follows:

We very proudly passed key reform legislation over to the House. We worked with many interest groups and citizens from all over the state to work on this package. We held multiple hearings, worked hard to forge agreements on a laundry list of issues, and in short, we did our homework to get something positive done for our parks system, for our local economies, and more importantly, for the people of this state. However, instead the House Democrat leadership chose to abandon our solution and keep alive a funding system that we know is broken.

So what we have to vote on here tonight is a three-month extension of a fee structure that we know does not work. The only reason that I am supporting this is because Speaker of the House of Representatives Andy Dillon gave me his commitment that the three-month extension would be just that—a three-month extension of an old, outdated fee system.

I am preparing another bill that is exactly the same as it left the Senate here. We will begin to work on that in January, and I hope that you will join me at that time in passing a good bipartisan, bicameral package that will rescue our state parks system from another year of woeful funding. I ask that you vote for this House-passed version now.

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2) 2009 Senate Bill 388 (Replace state park and recreation fees with vehicle registration surcharge ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2009, to establish a formula for distributing the revenue from a $10 voluntary annual vehicle registration surcharge proposed by Senate Bill 389 to state parks, forests, boating access facilities and other natural resources and recreation uses

The vote was 25 in favor, 12 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 602 at Senate Journal 0)

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