2003 Senate Bill 252 ↩

House Roll Call 238: Passed

To adopt the second compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee, following negotiations between legislative leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who was expected to veto the first conference report. This compromise levies approximately $3 million in flat-fees on wastewater and stormwater discharge permit holders. This amount is not capped. This conference report eliminates the provision that denies the Department of Environmental Quality authority to make new water pollution rules, but includes the provision repealing a current law allowing the state to prosecute alleged violators in Ingham County, rather than in their local courts.