HOUSE BILL No. 4046


     January 8, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Callahan and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Environment and Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 3115b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 3115B.  THE DEPARTMENT MAY PAY AN AWARD OF UP TO

 2    $10,000.00 TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PROVIDES INFORMATION RESULTING IN

 3    THE ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL FINE BY A COURT IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY

 4    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED SEWAGE OR ANY

 5    OTHER UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE INTO THE WATERS OF THIS STATE.  AN OFFI-

 6    CER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THIS STATE WHO FURNISHES

 7    INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN

 8    OFFICIAL DUTY IS INELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENT UNDER THIS SECTION.  IN

 9    ADDITION, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT, A DESIGNEE OF THE

10    DEPARTMENT, OR A PERSON EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY

11    GENERAL IS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD UNDER THIS SECTION


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 1    REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE REPORTED INFORMATION CAME TO HIS OR HER

 2    ATTENTION WHILE FUNCTIONING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR AS A PRI-

 3    VATE CITIZEN.  AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD

 4    UNDER THIS SECTION FOR A VIOLATION COMMITTED BY THAT PERSON ALONE

 5    OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS.  AN AWARD SHALL NOT BE MADE UNDER

 6    THIS SECTION UNTIL RULES ARE PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRE-

 7    SCRIBING THE CRITERIA FOR MAKING AWARDS.










































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