Introduced
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To require the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate the impact of a proposed waterworks system for new municipal community water supply systems that withdraw more than 1 million gallons of groundwater per day. Under current law, the DEQ may but is not required to evaluate systems that would withdraw more than 2 million gallons per day. The bill is part of a legislative package consisting of House Bills 5065 to 5073 that would restrict and subject to extensive regulation the use of groundwater by industrial and commercial businesses.
Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details based on extensive testimony and "fine tuning." The main substance of the bill as previously described is not changed. This version was subsequently superseded by another substitute with more changes.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that basically inserts the Senate-passed version of a similar bill (Senate Bill 858).
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details based on extensive testimony and "fine tuning." The main substance of the bill as previously described is not changed.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To not "tie-bar" the bill to the other bills in the House groundwater regulation package, meaning those bill need not become law for this one to become law.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 776, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 776 is a "partial birth abortion" ban.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 1049, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 1049 would authorize sentencing guidelines for the “partial birth abortion” ban proposed by Senate Bill 776.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 1059, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 1059 would prohibit a girl under age 18 whose petition for a waiver from the parental consent provision of Michigan’s abortion law has been denied by a court to petition a second time.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4660, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4660 would establish in law the right of a health care provider to refuse to participate in certain health care services (including abortions) due to ethical, moral or religious objection.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5627, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5627 would repeal the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-HB-5408">21.99 percent Michigan Business Tax surcharge</a> imposed on businesses.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To eliminate a provision that lowers the threshold for determining whether a permit is required for a withdrawal that might affect certain coldwater streams.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 57 to 51 (details)
To require the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate the impact of a proposed waterworks system for new municipal community water supply systems that withdraw more than 2 million gallons of groundwater per day, and subject these uses to extensive new regulatory impositions and standards. Under current law, the DEQ may but is not required to evaluate such systems. The bill is part of a legislative package consisting of House Bills 5065 to 5073 that would restrict and subject to extensive regulation the use of groundwater by industrial and commercial businesses.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
