HOUSE BILL No. 6139

 

 

June 7, 2018, Introduced by Reps. LaGrand, Hammoud, Wittenberg, Moss, Sowerby, Clemente, Yancey, Santana, Zemke and Chang and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to require all state departments and agencies to

 

establish certain air quality policies, rules, and grant criteria;

 

and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state

 

governmental officers and entities.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"breathable air act".

 

     Sec. 2. (1) Each individual has the right to breathable air.

 

     (2) All state departments and agencies shall employ all

 

reasonable means to implement this section. All state departments

 

and agencies shall revise, adopt, or establish policies, rules, and

 

grant criteria to further this section by establishing air quality

 

criteria as appropriate, to the extent that those actions do not


affect eligibility for federal funds.