Bill Title: Natural resources; sand dunes; local ordinances more protective of dunes; preempt and require impact that is significant and unreasonable on a local-unit-wide basis to justify denial of permit or variance, limit right to request formal hearing to applicant and adjacent landowner, place burden of proof on department, and require issuance of permits for driveways and accessibility measures under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 35301, 35302, 35304, 35305, 35306, 35310, 35311, 35312, 35313, 35316, 35317, 35319, 35320, 35321, 35322 & 35323 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.35301 et seq.); adds secs. 35311a & 35311b & repeals sec. 35326 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.35326).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-15 - Assigned Pa 0297'12 With Immediate Effect [SB1130 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Arlan Meekhof [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Kowall [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Green [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Casperson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Phillip Pavlov [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Proos [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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