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State Park bills pass House; Senate vote next

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:26:21 +0000

The last three bills — SB 389, SB 1057, and HB 4677 – in a four-bill package for state park funding have passed the House today. They are headed to the Senate where they may be voted on as soon as tomorrow.

Please contact your State Senator and ask that they support these bills.

HB 5752 passed the Senate last week, was ordered enrolled and was presented to the Governor.

Please call your state representatives!

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:29:55 +0000

Senate Bills 389 and 1057 and House Bill 4677 will come up for a final vote in the State House of Representatives tomorrow, Wednesday, March 24th! The first bill in the package, House Bill 5752 passsed last week.

If you care about Michigan’s state parks, forest recreation areas and trails and their contribution to Michigan’s tourism economy, today and tomorrow morning is the time to call your state representative and ask them to support this legislation.

The passport will drop state park annual fees by 60% and allow a convenient, individual option that people will be able to partake of when they register their vehicle every year. By having more people participate, it is expected that enough revenue will come in to maintain and improve our state park infrastructure and award small grants to local community recreation projects.

Thanks to the champions of this legislation: Senator Patricia Birkholz, Senator Raymond Basham, Representative Rebekah Warren, and Rep. Arlan Meekhof.

Let’s give this package one last push! Call your State Representative today! You can go to www.michiganlegislature.org for contact information for your particular legislator.

April 1st Joint Hearing on House and Senate Bills

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:28:39 +0000

House Bill 4677 and House Bill 4678 were recently introduced. These bills mirror bills 388 and 389 which were introduced earlier in the Senate and would implement generate sustainable funding for Michigan state parks.

There will be a joint House-Senate committee hearing on all four bills on April 1st at 8 AM. The committees are the House Great Lakes and Environment committee and the Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee.

The hearing will be held in the Senate Hearing Room on the 1st Floor of the Boji Tower at 124 W. Allegan in Lansing.

Those unable to attend may still contact their state representative or state senator about these critical funding bills.