DISTRICTS
House Bills 5098 and 5099
Sponsor: Rep. Ruth Jamnick
Committee: Local Government and Urban
Policy
Complete to 11-9-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILLS 5098 AND 5099 AS INTRODUCED 11-4-99
House Bill 5098 would amend the Township and Village Improvement and Public Service Act (MCL 41.411) to include the separation of stormwater drains and footing drains from sanitary sewers on privately-owned property within the definition of a "public improvement". (Under the act, townships and villages may levy and collect special assessments to pay the costs of projects included in that definition.)
House Bill 5099 would amend Public Act 188 of 1954 (MCL 41.722), which concerns the funding of certain township improvements, to allow for the separation of storm water drains and footing drains from sanitary sewers on privately owned property for a public purpose. Currently the law allows for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of storm or sanitary sewers, or the improvement and maintenance of, but not the construction of new or expanded, combined storm and sanitary sewer systems.
Analyst: J. Hunault