2009 House Bill 5272

Mandate factory “environmental contamination” insurance

Introduced in the House

Aug. 19, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12)

To impose a new mandate on factories and other industrial operations that they purchase insurance against the cost of any potential environmental contamination, with the amount of required insurance to be determined under regulations the Department of Environmental Quality would create.

Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment