MCL 299.901 Creation of the Underground Storage Tank Division Within the Department of Natural Resources; Transfer of Powers and Duties of the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program to the Underground Storage Tank Division of Department of Natural Resources By Type II Transfer; Transfer of Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Policy Board and Powers and Duties of the Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Program to the Department of Natural Resources By Type II Transfer

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 321 of the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: MCL 299.901

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers necessary for efficient administration; and

WHEREAS, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program was created within the Department of Natural Resources by Act No. 478 of the Public Acts of 1988, as amended, being Section 299.831 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws; and

WHEREAS, the Underground Storage Tank Regulatory Program was created within the Department of State Police by Act No. 423 of the Public Acts of 1984, as amended, being Section 299.701 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws; and

WHEREAS, the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Policy Board and the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Program were created within the Department of Management and Budget by Act No. 518 of the Public Acts of 1988, as amended, being Section 299.801 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws; and

WHEREAS, activities related to the underground storage tank programs can be performed more efficiently by one agency; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary in the interest of efficient administration and effectiveness of government to effect changes in the organization of the Executive Branch of Government.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the State of Michigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 and the laws of the State of Michigan, do hereby order the following:

1. The creation of the Underground Storage Tank Division within the Environmental Protection Branch of the Department of Natural Resources.

2. All the statutory authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities, including the functions of budgeting, procurement and management-related functions of the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program are hereby transferred from the Environmental Response Division within the Department of Natural Resources to the Underground Storage Tank Division within the Department of Natural Resources.

3. All the statutory authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities, including the functions of budgeting, procurement and management-related functions of the Underground Storage Tank Regulatory Program are transferred from the Department of State Police to the Underground Storage Tank Division within the Department of Natural Resources by a Type II transfer, as defined by Section 3 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, being Section 16.103 of the Michigan Compiled Laws effective October 1, 1994.