An act to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to protect the people’s right to hunt and fish; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 36109b.
Senate Bills 685 through 690 collectively modernize Michigan’s farmland preservation framework by expanding tax credit eligibility, clarifying procedures for conservation and development rights agreements, updating easement and relinquishment rules, refining enforcement and local government roles, and aligning related tax and environmental laws to strengthen agricultural land conservation, contingent on the passage of related legislation.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-1
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 102 to 3 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
