SENATE BILL No. 563

 

 

June 2, 2005, Introduced by Senator BERNERO and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1929 PA 16, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting,

buying, selling or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its

products, through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public

highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the

purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to provide for the

control and regulation of all corporations, associations and

persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public utilities

commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission in

relation thereto; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the

provisions hereof,"

 

(MCL 483.1 to 483.11) by amending the title and by adding section

 

3a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting,

 

buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its

 

products, through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public


 

highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the

 

purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to provide for the

 

control and regulation of all corporations, associations, and

 

persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public  utilities  

 

service commission; to define the powers and duties of the

 

commission in relation thereto; to impose a fee; and to prescribe

 

penalties.  for violations of the provisions hereof.

 

     Sec. 3a. (1) The owner or operator of a pipeline located in

 

whole or in part in this state is subject to an annual pipeline

 

impact fee of $250.00 for each mile or portion of a mile of

 

pipeline. The commission shall annually assess the owner or

 

operator his or her pipeline impact fee. The owner or operator of a

 

pipeline shall pay his or her pipeline impact fee in the manner

 

prescribed by the commission.

 

     (2) Upon receipt of pipeline impact fees under this section,

 

the commission shall distribute the impact fees as follows:

 

     (a) Fifty percent of the impact fee that is collected on a

 

pipeline shall be distributed to the county within which the

 

pipeline is located. If the pipeline is located in more than 1

 

county, 50% of the impact fee shall be distributed to those

 

counties, prorated based on the number of miles of the pipeline

 

located in each county. Revenue distributed to a county under this

 

subdivision is distributed for implementation of its

 

responsibilities under both of the following:

 

     (i) The emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to

 

30.421.

 

     (ii) The fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.34.


 

     (b) Fifty percent of the impact fees collected shall be

 

forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general

 

fund where they shall be available for use in implementing the

 

state's responsibilities under both of the following:

 

     (i) The emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to

 

30.421.

 

     (ii) The fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.34.