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2017 Senate Bill 409: Allow private Great Lakes harbor leases
Public Act 18 of 2018
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson R-Escanaba on May 30, 2017
To authorize 50 year "bottomland" leases to owners of single-family homes on Great Lakes shorelines who want to create a private, non-commercial, recreational harbor formed by a breakwater. Owners would have to pay 1 percent of the state equalized property value in an up-front lump sum payment every 25 years. The money would go into a segregated account that pays for parts of the Department of Environmental Quality's operations. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Natural Resources Committee on May 30, 2017
Reported in the Senate on June 15, 2017
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered by Sen. Rebekah Warren D-Ann Arbor on September 6, 2017
To adopt a version of the bill that would instead authorize grants to remove breakwaters.
The substitute failed 13 to 25 in the Senate on September 6, 2017.
See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".
See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".
Received in the House on September 6, 2017
Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee on September 6, 2017
Reported in the House on December 6, 2017
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered by Rep. David Maturen R-Vicksburg on January 18, 2018
To refine the definition of state equalized property value as used in the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on January 18, 2018
Amendment offered by Rep. Gary Howell R-North Branch on January 18, 2018
To refine the definition of state equalized property value as used in the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on January 18, 2018
Received in the Senate on January 24, 2018
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on February 12, 2018