Key Votes
Sub for SB 447 - Insurance for Water Pollution - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Stages
- June 20, 2007 House Bill Sent To Committee
- June 20, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- June 19, 2007 Introduced
Family
- Sub for SB 447 - Insurance for Water Pollution
- HB 2387 - Relating to Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (House) - June 20, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (22-16) - June 20, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Insurance for Water Pollution
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits most water pollution and requires environmental liability insurance.
Highlights:
- Requires a permit from the Department of Agriculture to discharge waste into the waters of Michigan (sec. 1).
- Prohibits owners or operators of large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in violation of this act from increasing the number of animals until one year after complying with court requirements, complying with this act or making progress towards compliance (sec. 7).
- Requires owners or operators of large CAFOs and animal feeding operations (AFO) expanding to large CAFOs to obtain $100,000 in insurance to cover any prospective environmental damages (sec. 9).
- Allows the Department of Agriculture to require an amount greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000 in insurance if the owner or operator of a large CAFO has a history of convictions or violations (sec. 10).
- Requires the passage of SB 448 and SB 504 to become law (enacting sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - June 19, 2007
Title: Insurance for Water Pollution
Sponsors
- Cameron S. Brown (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- James 'Jim' Barcia (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patricia L. 'Patty' Birkholz (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Valdemar 'Valde' Garcia (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark C. Jansen (MI - R)
- Roger N. Kahn (MI - R)
