HOUSE BILL No. 6505

 

September 29, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Warren and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1929 PA 16, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting,

buying, selling or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its

products, through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public

highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the

purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to provide for the

control and regulation of all corporations, associations and

persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public utilities

commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission in

relation thereto; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the

provisions hereof,"

 

(MCL 483.1 to 483.11) by amending the title and by adding section

 

3c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting,

 

buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its

 

products, through pipe lines; pipelines; to authorize the use of


 

public highways and the condemnation of private property; to

 

regulate the purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to

 

provide for the control and regulation of all corporations,

 

associations, and persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan

 

public utilities  service commission; to define the powers and

 

duties of the commission in relation thereto; to impose a fee; and

 

to prescribe penalties. for violations of the provisions hereof.

 

     Sec. 3c. (1) The owner or operator of a pipeline located in

 

whole or in part in this state is subject to an annual pipeline

 

impact fee in an amount provided by rule for each mile or portion

 

of a mile of pipeline. The commission shall annually assess the

 

owner or operator his or her pipeline impact fee. The owner or

 

operator of a pipeline shall pay his or her pipeline impact fee in

 

the manner prescribed by the commission.

 

     (2) Upon receipt of pipeline impact fees under this section,

 

the commission shall distribute the pipeline impact fees as

 

follows:

 

     (a) Fifty percent of the pipeline impact fee that is collected

 

on a pipeline shall be distributed to the county within which the

 

pipeline is located. If the pipeline is located in more than 1

 

county, 50% of the pipeline impact fee shall be distributed to

 

those counties, prorated based on the number of miles of the

 

pipeline located in each county. Revenue distributed to a county

 

under this subdivision is distributed for implementation of its

 

responsibilities under both of the following:

 

     (i) The emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to

 

30.421.


 

     (ii) The fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.33.

 

     (b) Fifty percent of the pipeline impact fees collected shall

 

be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the

 

general fund where they shall be available for use in implementing

 

the state's responsibilities under both of the following:

 

     (i) The emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to

 

30.421.

 

     (ii) The fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.33.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6507(request no.

 

07455'10).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6506(request no.

 

07456'10).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6503(request no.

 

07457'10).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6504(request no.

 

07460'10).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6502(request no.

 

07461'10).

 

     (f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6498(request no.

 

07464'10).

 

     (g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6499(request no.

 

07465'10).

 

     (h) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6500(request no.

 

07468'10).


 

     (i) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6501(request no.

 

07480'10).