June 29, 2010, Introduced by Senators KAHN and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 31 to article V, to
prohibit the drilling of a well for the exploration or production
of oil or natural gas within the waters of the state, including the
Great Lakes, or beneath the bottomlands of the Great Lakes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to prohibit the drilling of a well for the
exploration or production of oil or natural gas within the waters
of the state, including the Great Lakes, or beneath the bottomlands
of the Great Lakes, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the
people of the state:
ARTICLE V
Sec. 31. Beginning on the effective date of this section, a
person shall not drill a well, and the state shall not authorize
the drilling of a well, within the waters of the state, including
the Great Lakes, or beneath the bottomlands of the Great Lakes for
the exploration or production of oil or natural gas. As used in
this section, "Great Lakes" includes the connecting waterways of
the Great Lakes and the connected bays and harbors of the Great
Lakes.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.