2007 Senate Bill 495

Authorize more local sewer project borrowing

Introduced in the Senate

May 10, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-25)

To double from $40 million to $80 million the amount authorized for grants to cover the engineering and consulting costs incurred by local communities associated with sewage treatment projects paid for with money borrowed from the state revolving fund created by the Great Lakes Water Quality initiative of 2002. Authorization to borrow money for the grants would come from that initiative. The $40 million authorization was created by <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-HB-4572">Public Act 254 of 2005</a>.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs