2010 House Bill 5751

Establish new priority for state stormwater project aid

Introduced in the House

Jan. 14, 2010

Introduced by Rep. Marie Donigan (D-26)

To give priority in receiving state aid for local stormwater control projects to ones that restore or create “native habitat,” or which use “low-impact development," defined as land “development designed to mimic a site's presettlement hydrology without exacerbating downstream flooding by using spatially distributed, decentralized, small scale controls that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain stormwater close to its source”.

Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment

Nov. 10, 2010

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 66 to 34 (details)

To give priority in receiving state aid for local stormwater control projects to ones that restore or create “native habitat,” or which use “low-impact development," defined as land “development designed to mimic a site's presettlement hydrology without exacerbating downstream flooding by using spatially distributed, decentralized, small scale controls that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain stormwater close to its source”.

Received in the Senate

Nov. 30, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs