A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled “Emergency management act,” by amending the title and sections 18 and 19 (MCL 30.418 and 30.419), the title as amended by 2006 PA 267, section 18 as amended by 2018 PA 263, and section 19 as amended by 2018 PA 264, and by adding sections 18a and 18b.
The legislation amends the Emergency Management Act to enhance disaster management capabilities, establishing funds for contingency and hazard mitigation, increasing financial thresholds for state assistance, and setting criteria for fund allocation and eligibility.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported with substitute S-1
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
1. Amend page 3, line 20, by striking out all of subsection (7) and inserting:
“(7) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each year, $500,000.00 of the funds
remaining in the disaster and emergency contingency fund at the end of the fiscal year may be transferred and deposited into the state hazard mitigation fund created in section 18a. The transfer and deposit described in this subsection may be made only if at the end of the fiscal year the balance in the disaster and emergency contingency fund, after this transfer and deposit, will be $75,000,000.00
or more.”.
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 4, line 16, by striking out all of subsection (7) and inserting:
“(7) The legislature shall establish procedures governing grant applications, award determinations, eligible expenditures, and program administration that are related to the hazard
mitigation fund.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 24 to 12 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
