2005 Senate Bill 851

House Roll Call 67: Passed

To require the state groundwater conservation advisory council established by <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-289">2003 Public Act 148</a> to make recommendations on the development of a “water withdrawal assessment tool” to determine whether a large scale water withdrawal would cause an adverse resource impact as defined in Senate Bill 850, which requires permits for withdrawals larger than two million gallons a day. Also, to require it to "develop criteria and indicators to evaluate the sustainability of the State's groundwater use".

103 Yeas / 1 Nay
Republican (55 Yeas / 1 Nay)
Democrat (48 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (4)