SB-1135, As Passed Senate, June 9, 2004                                     

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

    SUBSTITUTE FOR                                                              

                                                                                

    SENATE BILL NO. 1135                                                        

                                                                                

    (As amended, June 9, 2004)                                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

                                                                                

    (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding sections 20517 and 20519.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 20517.  (1) The laboratory data quality assurance                      

                                                                                

2   advisory council is created in an advisory capacity within the              

                                                                                

3   department.                                                                 

                                                                                

4       (2) The council shall consist of all of the following                       

                                                                                

5   individuals:                                                                

                                                                                

6       (a) A representative of a statewide business organization.                  

                                                                                

7       (b) A representative of commercial laboratories that do not                 

                                                                                

8   also function as in-house laboratories.                                     

                                                                                

9       (c) A representative of in-house laboratories.                              

                                                                                

10      (d) A representative of <<public laboratories.                                        

                                                                                

11                                          >>                                  

                                                                                


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1       (e) A representative of the Michigan municipal league or a                  

                                                                                

2    successor organization.

    <<(f) A representative of the general public.                               

3       (g)>> The director or his or her designee.                                  

                                                                                

4       (3) The members of the council described in subsection (2)(a)               

                                                                                

5   to <<(f)>> shall be appointed by the governor.  The members first           

                                                                                

6   appointed to the council shall be appointed within 90 days after            

                                                                                

7   the effective date of this section.                                         

                                                                                

8       (4) Members of the council shall serve until a successor is                 

                                                                                

9   appointed.                                                                  

                                                                                

10      (5) If a vacancy occurs on the council, the unexpired term                  

                                                                                

11  shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment              

                                                                                

12  was made.                                                                   

                                                                                

13      (6) The first meeting of the council shall be called by the                 

                                                                                

14  director or his or her designee on the council.  At the first               

                                                                                

15  meeting, the council shall elect from among its members a                   

                                                                                

16  chairperson and other officers as it considers necessary or                 

                                                                                

17  appropriate.  After the first meeting, the council shall meet at            

                                                                                

18  least quarterly, or more frequently at the call of the                      

                                                                                

19  chairperson or if requested by 2 or more members.                           

                                                                                

20      (7) A majority of the members of the council constitute a                   

                                                                                

21  quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the                  

                                                                                

22  council.  A majority of the members present and serving are                 

                                                                                

23  required for official action of the council.                                

                                                                                

24      (8) The director or his or her designee shall serve on the                  

                                                                                

25  council without any additional compensation.  Other members of              

                                                                                

26  the council shall serve without compensation.  However, members             

                                                                                

27  of the council may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary             


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1   expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as            

                                                                                

2   members of the council.                                                     

                                                                                

3       Sec. 20519.  (1) The council shall do all of the following:                 

                                                                                

4       (a) Monitor and evaluate the quality recognition program,                   

                                                                                

5   including, but not limited to, both of the following:                       

                                                                                

6                                                                                (i) Whether commercial laboratories participating in the                            

                                                                                

7   quality recognition program should or should not be required to             

                                                                                

8   participate in proficiency testing.                                         

                                                                                

9       (ii) The structure and the appropriate scope of review of                    

                                                                                

10  quality systems described in section <<20505(4)>>.                          

                                                                                

11      (b) Develop recommendations whether the program under this                  

                                                                                

12  part should be retained, terminated, or replaced with another               

                                                                                

13  laboratory data quality assurance method.                                   

                                                                                

14      (c) Evaluate the costs to private business of the program                   

                                                                                

15  under this part and the costs to private business of implementing           

                                                                                

16  the recommendations under subdivision (b).                                  

                                                                                

17      (d) Evaluate the first report of the auditor general under                  

                                                                                

18  section 20513.                                                              

                                                                                

19      (e) Develop recommendations whether a commercial laboratory                 

                                                                                

20  code of ethics is needed and, if so, what its content should be.            

                                                                                

21      (f) Review the department's laboratory data acceptance                      

                                                                                

22  requirements.                                                               

                                                                                

23      (g) Develop recommendations whether the department should                   

                                                                                

24  provide additional technical and training assistance to                     

                                                                                

25  commercial laboratories, in-house laboratories, and public                  

                                                                                

26  laboratories.                                                               

                                                                                

27      (h) Submit to the governor, the senate majority leader, the                 


                                                                                

1   speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing                   

                                                                                

2   committees of the senate and house of representatives with                  

                                                                                

3   primary responsibility for environmental protection issues                  

                                                                                

4   reports on its findings under subdivisions (a) to (g).  The                 

                                                                                

5   council shall submit an interim report within 18 months after the           

                                                                                

6   effective date of this section and a final report by June 30,               

                                                                                

7   2007.                                                                       

                                                                                

8       (2) Effective 180 days after the council submits its final                  

                                                                                

9   report as required by subsection (1)(h), the council is                     

                                                                                

10  disbanded.                                                                  

                                                                                

11      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

12  effect unless Senate Bill No. 1133 of the 92nd Legislature is               

                                                                                

13  enacted into law.