Act No. 230

Public Acts of 2004

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2004

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 21, 2004

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 2004

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Rep. Wenke

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5743

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, and assessments; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 20513.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 20513. (1) The auditor general shall conduct performance post audits covering all of the following:

(a) The quality of the analytical data generated by the department's environmental laboratory.

(b) The costs of operating the department's environmental laboratory relative to the costs of operating comparable private laboratories that meet the requirements for successful participation in the quality recognition program, to the extent sufficient data is available.

(c) The adequacy of the fees provided for in section 20507.

(2) The auditor general shall conduct and submit to the legislature a report on a performance post audit described in subsection (1) within 1 year after the effective date of this section and every 2 years thereafter.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 1135.

(b) House Bill No. 5742.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor