SB 839

This bill provides that the cost limits for dam safety projects created in the

2021-23 biennial budget act (

2021 Act 58

) do not apply to a project to remove a dam.

Under current law, the state may contract public debt to provide financial

assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and

rehabilitation districts for maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment, or

removal of a dam. Prior to

2021 Act 58

, financial assistance for a dam safety project

was limited to no more than 50 percent of the first $400,000 of costs of the project and

no more than 25 percent of the costs of the project that exceed $400,000. The total

amount of financial assistance for a dam safety project was limited to no more than

$400,000. However, these limits did not apply to a project to remove a dam.

2021 Act 58

provides that, beginning in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial

assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50 percent of the first

$1,000,000 of costs of the project and no more than 25 percent of the costs of the

project that exceed $1,000,000. The total amount of financial assistance for a dam

safety project is limited to no more than $1,000,000.

2021 Act 58

did not include a

provision exempting dam removal from these financial limits.