HOUSE BILL No. 5627


     March 4, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Quarles, Rison, Schauer, Kelly, Murphy, Scott, Harder, Basham, Stallworth, Parks, Price, Hanley, Bogardus, Gubow, Agee, Brater, Middleton, Brewer, Wojno, Callahan, Dobb, Leland, Profit, Raczkowski and Scranton and referred to the Committee on Forestry and Mineral Rights.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 61506a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 61506A.  BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SEC-

 2    TION, THE SUPERVISOR SHALL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR OR AUTHORIZE

 3    THE DRILLING OF AN OIL OR GAS WELL IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING

 4    APPLY:

 5         (A) THE WELL IS OR WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF A

 6    RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA.

 7         (B) THE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA IS LOCATED IN A CITY OR

 8    TOWNSHIP WITH A POPULATION OF NOT LESS THAN 60,000.








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