SENATE BILL No. 1092
September 21,
2016, Introduced by Senator KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A
bill to require contracts for certain public works to have
certain
provisions; to require the use or supply of American steel
products
on certain public works projects; to impose certain
conditions
and provide for certain exemptions; and to impose
certain
powers and duties on certain public entities and certain
state
and local officials.
THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "steel
products
procurement act".
Sec.
2. As used in this act:
(a)
"American steel products" means products rolled, formed,
shaped,
drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise
similarly
processed, or processed by a combination of 2 or more of
these
operations, from steel made in the United States by the open
hearth,
basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel-
making
process. American steel products also include iron products
cast
from iron melted in an electric arch, cupola, or induction
furnace.
If a product contains both foreign and American steel
products,
that product shall be determined to be an American steel
product
only if at least 75% of the cost of the articles,
materials,
and supplies have been mined, produced, or manufactured,
as
the case may be, in the United States.
(b)
"Public entity" means this state or an agency or authority
of
this state, school district, community college district,
intermediate
school district, city, village, township, county,
public
authority, or public airport authority.
(c)
"Public funds" includes legislative appropriations and
local
or state tax revenue.
(d)
"Public works" means a public structure, building,
highway,
waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport,
pipeline,
or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a
permanent
or temporary nature and whether for governmental or
proprietary
use.
Sec.
3. (1) A public entity shall not enter into a contract
for
the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,
improvement,
or maintenance of public works financed in whole or in
part
by public funds unless that contract contains a provision that
all
steel products used or supplied in the performance of the
contract
and any related subcontract are American steel products.
