HOUSE BILL No. 6342

 

July 21, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, Bolger, Agema, Stamas, Opsommer, Paul Scott, Kowall, Walsh, Marleau, Haines, Moss, Crawford, McMillin, Wayne Schmidt, DeShazor, Rogers, Roy Schmidt, Gregory and Nerat and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1951 PA 51, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the classification of all public roads,

streets, and highways in this state, and for the revision of that

classification and for additions to and deletions from each

classification; to set up and establish the Michigan transportation

fund; to provide for the deposits in the Michigan transportation

fund of specific taxes on motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels;

to provide for the allocation of funds from the Michigan

transportation fund and the use and administration of the fund for

transportation purposes; to set up and establish the truck safety

fund; to provide for the allocation of funds from the truck safety

fund and administration of the fund for truck safety purposes; to

set up and establish the Michigan truck safety commission; to

establish certain standards for road contracts for certain

businesses; to provide for the continuing review of transportation

needs within the state; to authorize the state transportation

commission, counties, cities, and villages to borrow money, issue

bonds, and make pledges of funds for transportation purposes; to

authorize counties to advance funds for the payment of deficiencies

necessary for the payment of bonds issued under this act; to

provide for the limitations, payment, retirement, and security of

the bonds and pledges; to provide for appropriations and tax levies

by counties and townships for county roads; to authorize

contributions by townships for county roads; to provide for the

establishment and administration of the state trunk line fund,

local bridge fund, comprehensive transportation fund, and certain

other funds; to provide for the deposits in the state trunk line


fund, critical bridge fund, comprehensive transportation fund, and

certain other funds of money raised by specific taxes and fees; to

provide for definitions of public transportation functions and

criteria; to define the purposes for which Michigan transportation

funds may be allocated; to provide for Michigan transportation fund

grants; to provide for review and approval of transportation

programs; to provide for submission of annual legislative requests

and reports; to provide for the establishment and functions of

certain advisory entities; to provide for conditions for grants; to

provide for the issuance of bonds and notes for transportation

purposes; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and

local agencies and officials; to provide for the making of loans

for transportation purposes by the state transportation department

and for the receipt and repayment by local units and agencies of

those loans from certain specified sources; and to repeal acts and

parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 10o (MCL 247.660o), as amended by 2000 PA 188.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 10o. (1) Twenty-three to twenty-seven percent Except as

 

provided in subsection (5), 23% to 27% of the DOT-FHWA highway

 

research, planning, and construction federal funds appropriated to

 

this state from the federal government for road and bridge

 

construction shall be allocated to programs administered by local

 

jurisdictions after deduction of the following:

 

     (a) Funds that are specifically allocated at the federal level

 

to the state or local jurisdictions.

 

     (b) Funds allocated by the department to the state and to

 

local jurisdictions through a competitive process.

 

     (2) Federal aid excluded from the calculation of funding

 

allocated to programs administered by local jurisdictions in

 

subsection (1) includes, but is not limited to, congestion

 

mitigation and air quality funds, federal bridge funds,

 

transportation enhancement funds, funds distributed at the

 

discretion of the United States secretary of transportation, and

 

congressionally designated funds.


 

     (3) The funds shall be distributed to eligible local agencies

 

for transportation purposes in a manner consistent with state and

 

federal law.

 

     (4) It is the intent of the legislature that federal aid to

 

highways allocated to local jurisdictions in subsection (1) be

 

distributed in a manner that produces a 25% average allocation of

 

applicable funds to programs for local jurisdictions in each fiscal

 

year through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. Beginning

 

in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, the average

 

allocation of applicable federal aid to highway funds to programs

 

for local jurisdictions shall be the average of the amount

 

distributed to local jurisdictions under subsection (1) and

 

similarly calculated distributions in each succeeding fiscal year.

 

The average allocation percentage described in this subsection

 

shall be adjusted to reflect any voluntary agreements made by the

 

department with local jurisdictions regarding the state buyout of

 

local federal aid.

 

     (5) If a local jurisdiction is able to provide matching funds

 

for the federal funds described in subsection (1) appropriated to

 

this state and if the state transportation department is unable to

 

provide matching funds for the federal funds appropriated to this

 

state, then the percentage of funds allocated to programs

 

administered by local jurisdictions shall not be limited to the

 

percentages in subsection (1) but shall be adjusted to take account

 

of the local jurisdiction's ability to provide matching funds.