SB-0356, As Passed Senate, May 10, 2005

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 356

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 5309a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 5309a. (1) The activities of a private, investor-owned

wastewater utility shall comply with all applicable provisions of

this act, local zoning and other ordinances, and the construction

and operation requirements of the federal water pollution control

act and the natural environmental policy act of 1969, 42 USC 4321,

4331 to 4335, and 4341 to 4347.

     (2) As used in this section, "private, investor-owned

wastewater utility" means a utility that delivers wastewater

treatment services and in which the utility's physical assets are

wholly owned by an individual or group of individual shareholders.