2004 Senate Bill 1181 / Public Act 546

Revise salvaged underwater log permits

Introduced in the Senate

May 4, 2004

Introduced by Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R-24)

To establish that a permit to salvage submerged logs from the bottom of the Great Lakes has a duration of five years from the date all necessary approvals were granted by the state and federal governments, and remove a December 31, 2006 sunset on the permits.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Oct. 7, 2004

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 3, 2004

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that expires all submerged log removal permits on January 1, 2013, and which requires permittees to notify the Department of Environmental Quality of the date on which the Federal government issued its approval for the permit.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Nov. 4, 2004

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To expire all permits to salvage submerged logs from the bottom of the Great Lakes on January 1, 2013, and require permittees to notify the Department of Environmental Quality of the date on which the Federal government issued its approval for the permit.

Received in the House

Nov. 4, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation

Dec. 1, 2004

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Dec. 9, 2004

Passed in the House 99 to 0 (details)

To expire all permits to salvage submerged logs from the bottom of the Great Lakes on January 1, 2013, and require permittees to notify the Department of Environmental Quality of the date on which the Federal government issued its approval for the permit.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Dec. 30, 2004