Bill Text: MI HB6570 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Environmental protection; air pollution; impact study on a Michigan low-carbon fuel standard; provide for. Creates & repeals new act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-30 - Printed Bill Filed 11/18/2010 [HB6570 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB6570-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6570
November 17, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Lisa Brown and Gonzales and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.
A bill to require the department of energy, labor, and
economic growth to conduct a study concerning low-carbon fuel
standards, renewable fuels, vehicle electrification, and related
subjects; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) The department of energy, labor, and economic
growth, in cooperation with relevant university partners, shall
conduct a study to evaluate all of the following:
(a) How a state low-carbon fuel standard would encourage the
development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new
renewable fuels, as well as other low-carbon transportation fuels,
within this state.
(b) The potential for vehicle electrification and other low-
carbon fuels to create jobs and reduce carbon emissions within this
state.
(c) Potential ways to meet varying low-carbon fuels targets.
(2) The study under subsection (1) shall consider the findings
of all of the following:
(a) The midwestern governors association low carbon fuel
standard advisory group.
(b) "The Macroeconomic Impact of the Michigan Climate Action
Council Climate Action Plan on the State's Economy," by Drs. Steven
Miller, Dan Wei, and Adam Rose (January 4, 2010).
(c) Other relevant studies.
(3) By February 1, 2011, the department of energy, labor, and
economic growth shall submit to the legislature a report on its
study under subsection (1).
(4) This act is repealed effective June 1, 2011.
