2012 Senate Bill 913

Road funding increase package

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 26, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Mike Kowall (R-15)

To make state funding of local road agencies contingent on their adopting “best practices,” including requiring employees to contribute a certain amount to their health insurance fringe benefit; providing new employees with 401k-type “defined contribution” retirement benefits rather than the “defined benefit” pensions still typical in most government agencies; adopting road safety plans based on signals and crash analyses; and adopting specified transparency and accountability measures. This is part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s road and transit tax proposal.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation