Act No. 265

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

June 30, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 6, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Moore, Ball, LaJoy, Gosselin, Schuitmaker, Farhat, Baxter, Stahl, Nitz, David Law, Proos, Vander Veen, Caswell, Mortimer, Newell, Taub, Sheen, Marleau and Casperson

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5845

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 20112b.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 20112b. Not more than 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and biennially after that, the department shall report to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over issues pertaining to natural resources and the environment on environmental contamination caused by releases that are associated with clandestine drug laboratories, that have been reported to the department, and that are subject to response activity under this part. The report shall include all of the following:

(a) The number of releases described in this section.

(b) The status of the responses to those releases.

(c) The identity of the entity or department that undertook the response activity.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor