Introduced
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To automatically enter all local governments into a statewide “intrastate Michigan emergency management assistance agreement,” unless a community’s governing body passes a resolution against participating. The agreement would formalize mutual aid procedures and obligations (and limitations on obligations) for locally declared emergencies, serious threats to public health and safety, etc.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove the word "blight" from the bill's definition of "disaster." The word probably referred to plant diseases (like the Irish "potato blight"), but is also used in other statutes to denote run-down property.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To let a governmental unit responding to a neighboring community's disaster waive reimbursement for the costs, if it chooses.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 109 to 1 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections
