2013 House Bill 4729

Formalize statewide “intrastate Michigan emergency management assistance agreement”

Introduced in the House

May 14, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Dale Zorn (R-56)

To automatically enter all local governments into a statewide “intrastate Michigan emergency management assistance agreement,” unless a community’s governing body passes a resolution against participating. The agreement would formalize mutual aid procedures and obligations (and limitations on obligations) for locally declared emergencies, serious threats to public health and safety, etc.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government

Nov. 14, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 4, 2013

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Amanda Price (R-89)

To remove the word "blight" from the bill's definition of "disaster." The word probably referred to plant diseases (like the Irish "potato blight"), but is also used in other statutes to denote run-down property.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Dale Zorn (R-56)

To let a governmental unit responding to a neighboring community's disaster waive reimbursement for the costs, if it chooses.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Dec. 5, 2013

Passed in the House 109 to 1 (details)

Received in the Senate

Dec. 10, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections