A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending sections 61601, 61603, and 61604 (MCL 324.61601, 324.61603, and 324.61604), as added by 1995 PA 57, and by adding sections 61609, 61611, 61613, 61615, 61617, 61619, and 61621.
House Bills 4512 and 4513 establish a program for Bitcoin mining using abandoned oil or gas wells in Michigan, requiring participants to manage well plugging and site restoration in exchange for temporary resource use, with oversight and funding from the orphan well fund.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology
Discharged from committee
Referred to the Committee on Economic Competitiveness
