2009 House Bill 5223 (Index storm water discharge permit fees to inflation )

Public Act 102 of 2009

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Introduced by Rep. Doug Bennett (D) on August 4, 2009, to give the Department of Environmental Quality authority to increase storm water discharge permit fees at the rate of inflation, with no further authorization required from the legislature.
- Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on August 4, 2009.
- Substitute offered by Rep. John Espinoza (D) on September 16, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not eliminate the sunset on these fees or give the DEQ the authority to increase them for inflation, but instead extends the sunset for another two years. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on September 16, 2009.
Passed in the House (67 to 40) on September 16, 2009, to extend for two more years the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to levy storm water discharge permit fees. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on September 17, 2009.
- Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on September 17, 2009.
  - Reported in the Senate on September 23, 2009, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 30, 2009, to extend for two more years the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to levy storm water discharge permit fees. [Vote Details and Comments]
Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 30, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 5223 (Index storm water discharge permit fees to inflation ) [by shearwater on September 29, 2009]

Pretty soon we will be having runaway inflation with Obama's stimulus package, confiscatory taxes and systematic cap and trade legislation to tax carbon emissions. This tax will inflate the cost of heating homes on average by about $1,700 a year from some studies. America's politicians have gone mad and ignorant! Inflation works in the economic system through printing of money to cover debt where there are no reserves to pay bills. Legislators should be mindful of the fact that rather than add a tax, they should limit spending.

We need to change the legislature. The government is ingrown and absorbed by its own power. Citizens are no longer in control which is the hall mark of a free democratic country.

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2) Re: 2009 House Bill 5223 (Index storm water discharge permit fees to inflation ) [by shearwater on September 25, 2009]

Storm water discharge permits are another one of those ways the termites in the Michigan Legislature can mine your pocket book through useless fees and regulations that do nothing but give them a larger pool of money to spend at the resident's expense. Flee Michigan before it becomes another Massachusetts. New college graduates do!

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3) Re: 2009 House Bill 5223 (Index storm water discharge permit fees to inflation ) [by Admin003 on September 16, 2009]

Rep. Agema, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:

“Mr. Speaker and members of the House:

Here we go again, we are asked to vote on a bill we haven’t vetted. It is an extension of fees that should sunset, so in effect, it raises taxes. This is more fines, fees and permits. This is once again balancing the budget on the backs of its citizens.”

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