2018 House Bill 5655

Exempt 20 liter or smaller water containers from “consumptive use” definition

Introduced in the House

Feb. 28, 2018

Introduced by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To eliminate drinking water packaged in containers of less than 20 liters from the definition of a “consumptive” use that makes the product subject to regulation under a <a href=" http:// http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-HB-5073">2008 law</a> that imposed a comprehensive regulatory regime and restrictions on industrial, commercial and agricultural groundwater use. See also House Bill 5656, which proposes a bottled water excise tax. See also House Bill 5656, which proposes a tax on bottled water.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources