Bill Text: MI SB0334 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Education; facilities; certain activities to determine and eliminate environmental hazards; require before building or acquiring a site for a school. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1264.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0334 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0334-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 334

 

 

April 30, 2013, Introduced by Senator SMITH and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1264.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1264. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or the board of directors of a public school

 

academy shall not acquire a site for the construction of a school

 

building or, if a site was acquired before the effective date of

 

this section, commence construction of a school building on the

 

site unless the board or board of directors has conducted an

 

environmental assessment of the site to determine whether the site

 

is a facility.

 

     (2) If the environmental assessment under subsection (1)

 


indicates that the site is a facility, all of the following apply:

 

     (a) Not less than 28 days before acquiring the site for the

 

construction of a school building or, if the site was acquired

 

before the effective date of this section, commencing construction

 

of a school building on the site, the board or board of directors

 

shall provide public notice of the results of the environmental

 

assessment by both of the following means:

 

     (i) Posting on the school district's, intermediate school

 

district's, or public school academy's website, if any.

 

     (ii) Publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the

 

territory of the school district or intermediate school district

 

or, in the case of a public school academy, in the territory of the

 

school district where the site is located.

 

     (b) The board or the board of directors shall not commence

 

construction of a school building at the site unless a licensed

 

professional engineer has attested under seal that planned response

 

activities will at least satisfy the cleanup criteria for limited

 

residential use under section 20120a(1)(c) and (17) of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.20120a, or planned corrective action will at least satisfy the

 

cleanup criteria for restricted residential use under part 213 of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.21301a to 324.21334.

 

     (c) If the board or board of directors constructs a school

 

building on the site, the board or board of directors shall

 

complete all of the following at the facility:

 

     (i) Response activities under section 20107a of the natural

 


resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.20107a.

 

     (ii) Response activities that at least satisfy the cleanup

 

criteria for limited residential use under section 20120a(1)(c) and

 

(17) of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20120a, or corrective action that at least

 

satisfies the cleanup criteria for restricted residential use under

 

part 213 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21301a to 324.21334.

 

     (3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

 

     (a) The maintenance, repair, or improvement of an existing

 

building or recreational or athletic structure or field.

 

     (b) The replacement of an existing recreational or athletic

 

structure.

 

     (4) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Environmental assessment" means a phase I environmental

 

assessment conducted in accordance with ASTM international standard

 

E1527, "Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase

 

I Environmental Site Assessment Process" along with sufficient

 

environmental sampling of recognized environmental concerns, if

 

such sampling is necessary to determine whether the property is a

 

facility.

 

     (b) "Facility" means that term as defined in section 20101 of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.20101.

 

     (c) "Response activity" means that term as defined in section

 

20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 


1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

 

     (d) "School building" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A building intended to be used to provide instruction for

 

pupils, including an addition to an existing building.

 

     (ii) A recreational or athletic structure or field intended to

 

be used by pupils.

 

     (e) "School building" does not include playground or exercise

 

equipment.

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