Bill Text: MI HB4788 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recreation; state parks; installation of electric vehicle charging stations; allow at state parks and harbors. Amends secs. 74103 & 78105 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.74103 & 324.78105).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/02/2019 [HB4788 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4788-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4788
June 26, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Alexander, Sabo, Miller, Manoogian, Kuppa, Lasinski, Witwer, Shannon, Ellison, Elder, Pagan, Clemente, Hertel, Bellino, Kennedy, Hope, Haadsma, VanSingel, Yaroch, Hood, Tyrone Carter, Yancey, O'Malley, Whitsett, Neeley, Jones and Cherry and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 74103 and 78105 (MCL 324.74103 and 324.78105),
section 74103 as added by 1995 PA 58 and section 78105 as amended
by 2013 PA 81.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
74103. (1) In implementing the its responsibilities
under
this part, the department may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Enter into contracts or agreements that may be necessary
to implement this part.
(b) Lease state park property to a person.
(c) Accept gifts, grants, or bequests from any public or
private source to be used for a purpose consistent with this part.
(d) Acquire property for designation as a state park.
(e)
Provide the granting of concessions Grant to a person a
concession within the boundaries of a state park. In granting a
concession,
the department shall provide that each the concession
is
awarded at least not less
frequently than every 7 years,
based
on extension, renegotiation, or competitive bidding.
(2) The department may acquire land and undertake an
improvement
program for state parks, pursuant to the powers,
rights,
and privileges conferred by subject
to this part, but land
acquisition or an improvement program shall not be undertaken until
approved by the legislature in the annual capital outlay
appropriation act.
(3) The department may install or allow the installation of
charging stations for electric vehicles at state parks and state-
operated harbors. The department may enter into a lease for the
installation or operation of the charging station infrastructure.
Revenue from such a lease shall be deposited, respectively, into
the state park improvement account, established under section 2030,
or the waterways account, established under section 2035, of the
conservation and recreation legacy fund.
(4) The department shall cooperate with the office of climate
and energy in the department of licensing and regulatory affairs,
electric utilities, and other interested parties to identify those
state parks and state-operated harbors best suited for electric
vehicle charging stations. In determining suitability, the
department shall consider both of the following:
(a) Where grid infrastructure exists sufficient to support
electric vehicle charging stations.
(b) Where seasonal traffic patterns and seasonal park and
harbor visitation volumes necessitate access to electric vehicle
charging stations to accommodate long-distance or local travel and
use of state parks and harbors.
(5) Within 1 year after the enactment date of the amendatory
act that added this subsection, the department shall do both of the
following:
(a) Submit a report of its findings under subsection (4) to
the legislative committees of the senate and house of
representatives with responsibility for issues involving electric
vehicles and state parks.
(b) Post the report on its website. The department shall
maintain the website posting for at least 1 year.
Sec. 78105. (1) The department has the following powers and
duties:
(a) To acquire, construct, and maintain harbors, channels, and
facilities for vessels in the navigable waters lying within the
boundaries of this state.
(b) To acquire, by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation the
lands, rights of way, and easements necessary for harbors and
channels. For the purposes of this subdivision, the department
shall be considered a state agency under 1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to
213.25.
(c) To acquire, by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation
suitable areas on shore for disposal of the material from dredging.
(d)
To enter into any contracts or agreements that may be
necessary in carrying out this part, including agreements to hold
and
save the United States free from
damages due to that may
result
from
the construction and maintenance by the
United States of those
works that the United States undertakes.
(e) To provide for the granting of concessions within the
boundaries of harbors, so as to furnish the public gas, oil, food,
and other facilities.
(f) To provide for charging facilities for electric vehicles
at harbors, subject to section 74103.
(g) (f)
To represent this state and the
governor in dealings
with
the chief of engineers of the United States army Army and
his
or her authorized agents for the purposes set forth in this part.
(h) (g)
To charge fees for both seasonal
and daily moorage at
state-operated small craft mooring facilities. All revenues derived
from this source shall be deposited in the waterways account.
(i) (h)
To collect the proceeds from the
sale of marine fuel
at harbors operated by the department. The proceeds from the sales
shall be credited to the waterways account and used for the
purchase of marine fuel supplies as may be needed. Any remaining
revenue from this source not needed for the purchase of marine fuel
supplies may be expended in the same manner as other funds within
the waterways account.
(2) The director shall designate state-operated public boating
access sites that, subject to section 78119(4), shall not be
entered by a resident motor vehicle unless the recreation passport
fee has been paid or by a nonresident or commercial motor vehicle
unless a pass purchased under subsection (3) is affixed to the
motor vehicle as described in section 78119.
(3) The department shall charge fees for passes authorizing
seasonal or daily entry by nonresident motor vehicles or commercial
motor vehicles at designated state-operated public boating access
sites. Fee revenue under this subsection shall be deposited in the
waterways account.