HB 5898

HOUSE BILL NO. 5898
A bill to create the citizen's advisory working group; to
prescribe the powers and duties of the citizen's advisory working group; and to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental
officers and entities.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. This act may be
cited as the "citizen's advisory working group act".
Sec. 3. As used in this
act:
(a) "Group" means the citizen's advisory working
group created in section 5.
(b) "Impacted community" means a city, township, or
village in this state that has at least 1 official MPART PFAS site within its
boundaries.
(c) "MPART" means the Michigan PFAS action response
team created under section 5 of the Michigan PFAS action response team act.
(d) "Official MPART PFAS
site" means a property where the department of environment, Great Lakes,
and energy has a valid groundwater monitoring well sample result that exceeds 1
or more of this state's 7 PFAS groundwater cleanup criteria, and based on data,
the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy has determined the
property is the location of the source of PFAS contamination.
(e) "PFAS" means a
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance and includes any member of the
class of fluorinated organic chemicals that contains at least 1 fully
fluorinated carbon atom.
Sec. 5. (1) The citizen's
advisory working group is created in the department of environment, Great
Lakes, and energy. Each member of the group must be a
current or former resident of an impacted community or have been otherwise
exposed to PFAS contamination.
(2) The group shall conduct
its business in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261
to 15.275. A writing that is prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by
the group in performing an official function is subject to the freedom of
information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(3) A member of the group is
not entitled to compensation for service in the
group, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
serving.
Sec. 7. The group shall do
all of the following:
(a) Advise and assist MPART on performing community outreach.
(b) Provide input to MPART regarding PFAS contamination.
(c) Review existing MPART strategies
and recommend new strategies.
(d) Make recommendations to MPART on how to improve awareness
of public health risks and responses to PFAS.
Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S02653'25) or House Bill No. 5897
(request no. H02653'25) of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.