MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONERS

Legislative Update

Deena Bosworth Feb. 12-15, 2019 Michigan Association of Counties macdc.us LAME DUCK - 2018

• November 7, 2018 – December 31, 2018 • Out of the nearly 4,000 bills introduced during the 2017 – 2018 legislative session, 280 were introduced during these few weeks. • 13 session days – one 21 hour long marathon session on the last day. • 393 bills passed and sent to the Governor for his consideration.

macdc.us LAME DUCK - 2018

• Minimum Wage – delay $12.05 to 3030 • Sick Leave – Does not apply to governmental entities • Line 5 – Commission oversight of construction of tunnel • Redistricting – Failed • No more Restrictive than the Feds – Enacted • Campaign Finance oversight – Failed • Legislature Intervening in any lawsuit – Failed macdc.us LAME DUCK - 2018 MACDC Watch List • SB 756 – Sen. Knollenberg – Stormwater utility • SB 1090 – Sen. Stamas – Limit drain maintenance frequency to a minimum of 3 years • SB 1094 – Sen. Brandenburg – Public Sale of Bonds • HB 4806 – Rep. Lucido – Notification system requirements for a combined stormwater/sanitary sewer discharge. • HB 5026 – Rep. Maturen – Miss Dig membership – Not a facility owner • HB 6151 – Rep. Johnson – Estimates and notification requirements macdc.us THE LEGISLATURE IN 2019 House: • 58 Republicans, 52 Democrats • 19 Former county commissioners

Senate: • 22 Republicans, 16 Democrats • 8 Former county commissioners macdc.us HOUSE LEADERSHIP

• Speaker: Lee Chatfield (Emmet) – Speaker Chatfield is the youngest Speaker in Michigan history in more than 100 years. – Third-term legislator representing Chippewa, Emmet, and Mackinac counties, as well as part of Cheboygan county. – Former high school teacher, coach, and athletic director. • Majority Floor Leader: Triston Cole (Antrim) – Third term legislator representing Antrim, Otsego, Charlevoix, Montmorency and Oscoda counties – Served as president of the Antrim County Farm Bureau for 12 years and two years on the Michigan Farm Bureau’s State Policy Development Committee macdc.us HOUSE LEADERSHIP

• Minority Leader: Chris Greig (Oakland) – Third term legislator and former Minority Floor Leader – Background in business consulting and education advocacy

• Minority Floor Leader: (Washtenaw) – Second term legislator and former Washtenaw County Board Chair. – Serves on Government Operations , House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee and Legislative Council macdc.us SENATE LEADERSHIP

• Majority Leader: (Jackson) – Second term Senator representing Branch, Hillsdale, and Jackson counties. – Served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. – Small manufacturing business owner. • Majority Floor Leader: Peter MacGregor (Kent) – Second term Senator and served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. – He also previously served as Cannon Township Planning Commissioner, Township Trustee, and Township Supervisor. – Former small business owner. macdc.us SENATE LEADERSHIP

• Minority Leader: (Genesee) – Elected Senate Minority Leader again in 2019, making him the first to be elected leader of a caucus more than once in the era of term limits. – Previously served in the House of Representatives and on the Flint City Council – Ananich is a civics and government teacher • Minority Floor Leader: (Wayne) – Second term Senator and the first Asian American woman to be elected to the – Previously served two terms in the House of Representatives and as a community organizer in Detroit macdc.us Red = Ex-commissioner chair HOUSE COMMITTEES Blue = Ex-commissioner member

• Agriculture • Legislative Council • Appropriations • Local Government and Municipal • Commerce and Tourism Finance • Communications and Technology • Military, Veterans & Homeland Security • Education • Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation • Elections and Ethics • Oversight • Energy • Regulatory Reform • Families, Children and Seniors • Committee on Reducing Car Insurance • Financial Services Rates • • Government Operations Tax Policy • • Health Policy Transportation and Infrastructure • • House Fiscal Governing Committee Ways and Means • Insurance • Joint on Administrative Rules • Judiciary macdc.us NEW COMMITTEE PROCESS

Dual committee process • Policy committees to Ways & Means • Policy committee to Appropriations

Committees who can report directly to the floor • Appropriations • Government Operations • Ways & Means

macdc.us Red = Ex-commissioner chair SENATE COMMITTEES Blue = Ex-commissioner member

• Advice and Consent • Health Policy & Human • Agriculture Services • Appropriations • Insurance & Banking • Economic and Small Business • Joint Committee on Development Administrative Rules • Education & Career Readiness • Judiciary & Public Safety • Elections • Local Government • Energy and Technology • Natural Resources • Environmental Quality • Oversight • Families, Seniors and Veterans • Regulatory Reform • Finance • Transportation & Infrastructure • Government Operations

macdc.us MACDC COMMITTEE ACTION

House renamed the Local Government Committee – Local Government and Municipal Finance

Chairs of Senate and House Local Government committees remain the same • Rep. James Lower – R Montcalm and Gratiot • Sen. Dale Zorn – R Monroe

Ways & Means Committee • Rep. Brandt Iden – R Kalamazoo macdc.us DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY • Gov. Whitmer signed two executive orders and one executive directive that scrapped the Department of Environmental Quality, renaming the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)

• Creates the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate, the Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate, and the Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team

• Would eliminate 3 2018 legislatively created oversight panels – 11 member board to create rule-making process for the DEQ – 5 member appeals panel to overrule the DEQ on permit denials – 9 member panel to advise the DEQ on science related questions

macdc.us Department of Energy, Great Lakes, and the Environment Liesl Eichler Clark, Director • Co-founder and partner of 5 Lakes Energy • Formerly president of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council and deputy director for energy programs at the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth • Formerly a policy advisor in Governor Jennifer Granholm’s administration, and a legislative liaison for the Department of Agriculture Agriculture and Rural Development Gary McDowell, Director • Served 3 terms in the House of Representatives from 2005-2010 • Owns and operates a family business with his brothers • Chippewa County Commissioner for 22 years • Formerly a UPS delivery driver and volunteer firefighter & emergency medical technician • www.micounties.org

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