Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on September 5, 2007, to establish a government "Water Resources Conservation Advisory Council" that would replace a similar council and make recommendations on what (additonal) regulations and enforcement provisions to adopt to comply the requirements of the "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact" (see Senate Bill 212), including how to refine an computer program "assessment tool" for estimating the effect of particular water withdrawals on streams, lakes and water tables

The vote was 38 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 310 at Senate Journal 47)

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We hate you (but leave your money if you would please).

I think there's a real danger here that when a fat cat from political party "A" wants to build a big new manufacturing facility, a spineless bureaucrat from political party "B" will try to influence the Water Resources Conservation Advisory Council to nix the deal on grounds of too much water consumption or the like. What was the "crisis" that mandated this legislation anyway?

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