HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
REP. JACK O'MALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Transportation was called to order by Chair O'Malley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Carra, Roth, Sneller, Clemente,
Shannon, Liberati, Puri.
Absent: Rep. Berman.
Excused: Rep. Berman.
Representative Liberati joined the committee remotely.
Representative Carra moved to adopt the meeting minutes from November 30, 2021. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4252 before the committee:
HB 4252
(Rep. Sneller)
A bill to amend 1993 PA 354, entitled "Railroad
code of 1993," by amending section 315 (MCL
462.315), as amended by 2012 PA 421.
Representative Roth moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4252. The motion prevailed 11-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Carra, Roth, Sneller, Clemente,
Shannon, Puri.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Roth moved to report out HB 4252 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1).
The motion prevailed 10-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon,
Puri.
Nays: Rep. Carra.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4252 (H-1), but did not wish to
speak:
Jon Cool, representing the Michigan Railroad Association.
The following people submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4252, but did not wish
to speak:
Ed Noyola, representing the Michigan County Road Association.
John LaMacchia, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
Troy Hagon, representing the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The Chair laid HB 5369 before the committee:
HB 5369
(Rep. Carra)
A bill to amend 1951 PA 51, entitled "An act to
provide for the classification of all public roads,
streets, and highways in this state, and for the
revision of that classification and for additions to
and deletions from each classification; to set up
and establish the Michigan transportation fund; to
provide for the deposits in the Michigan
transportation fund of specific taxes on motor
vehicles and motor vehicle fuels; to provide for
the allocation of funds from the Michigan
transportation fund and the use and administration
of the fund for transportation purposes; to promote
safe and efficient travel for motor vehicle drivers,
bicyclists, pedestrians, and other legal users of
roads, streets, and highways; to set up and
establish the truck safety fund; to provide for the
allocation of funds from the truck safety fund and
administration of the fund for truck safety
purposes; to set up and establish the Michigan
truck safety commission; to establish certain
standards for road contracts for certain businesses;
to provide for the continuing review of
transportation needs within the state; to authorize
the state transportation commission, counties,
cities, and villages to borrow money, issue bonds,
and make pledges of funds for transportation
purposes; to authorize counties to advance funds
for the payment of deficiencies necessary for the
payment of bonds issued under this act; to provide
for the limitations, payment, retirement, and
security of the bonds and pledges; to provide for
appropriations and tax levies by counties and
townships for county roads; to authorize
contributions by townships for county roads; to
provide for the establishment and administration
of the state trunk line fund, local bridge fund,
comprehensive transportation fund, and certain
other funds; to provide for the deposits in the state
trunk line fund, critical bridge fund,
comprehensive transportation fund, and certain
other funds of money raised by specific taxes and
fees; to provide for definitions of public
transportation functions and criteria; to define the
purposes for which Michigan transportation funds
may be allocated; to provide for Michigan
transportation fund grants; to provide for review
and approval of transportation programs; to
provide for submission of annual legislative
requests and reports; to provide for the
establishment and functions of certain advisory
entities; to provide for conditions for grants; to
provide for the issuance of bonds and notes for
transportation purposes; to provide for the powers
and duties of certain state and local agencies and
officials; to provide for the making of loans for
transportation purposes by the state transportation
department and for the receipt and repayment by
local units and agencies of those loans from
certain specified sources; to investigate and study
the tolling of roads, streets, highways, or bridges;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending
sections 11, 12, and 13 (MCL 247.661, 247.662,
and 247.663), section 11 as amended by 2015 PA
175, section 12 as amended by 2020 PA 152, and
section 13 as amended by 2020 PA 153, and by
adding section 13c.
Representative Carra testified in support of HB 5369. Questions and discussion followed.
Troy Hagon, Brad Wieferich, and Ryan Mitchell, all representing the Michigan Department
of Transportation, testified in opposition to HB 5369. Questions and discussion followed.
Dan DeGraaf, representing the Michigan Concrete Association, testified in opposition to HB
5369.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 5369, but did not wish to speak:
Ed Noyola, representing the Michigan County Road Association.
The Chair laid HB 4165 and HB 4872 before the committee:
HB 4165
(Rep. Steven Johnson)
A bill to amend 1952 PA 214, entitled "An act
authorizing the Mackinac bridge authority to
acquire a bridge and a utility tunnel connecting the
Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan,
including causeways, tunnels, roads and all useful
related equipment and facilities, including park,
parking, recreation, lighting, and terminal
facilities; extending the corporate existence of the
authority; authorizing the authority to enjoy and
carry out all powers incident to its corporate
objects; authorizing the appropriation and use of
state funds for the preliminary purposes of the
authority; providing for the payment of the cost of
the bridge and authorizing the authority to issue
revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of
the bridge; granting the right of condemnation to
the authority; granting the use of state land and
property to the authority; making provisions for
the payment and security of bonds and granting
certain rights and remedies to the holders of
bonds; authorizing banks and trust companies to
perform certain acts in connection with the
payment and security of bonds; authorizing the
imposition of tolls and charges; authorizing the
authority to secure the consent of the United
States government to the construction of the
bridge and to secure approval of plans,
specifications, and location of the bridge;
authorizing employment of engineers regardless of
whether those engineers have been previously
employed to make preliminary inspections or
reports with respect to the bridge; authorizing the
state transportation department to operate and
maintain the bridge or to contribute to the bridge
and enter into leases and agreements in connection
with the bridge; exempting bonds and the property
of the authority from taxation; prohibiting
competing traffic facilities; authorizing the
operation of ferries by the authority; authorizing
the creation of the Mackinac Straits corridor
authority; authorizing the operation of a utility
tunnel by the authority or the Mackinac Straits
corridor authority; providing for the construction
and use of certain buildings; and making an
appropriation," by amending section 12 (MCL
254.322), as amended by 2004 PA 336.
HB 4872
(Rep. LaFave)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending sections 627 and 679a
(MCL 257.627 and 257.679a), section 627 as
amended by 2019 PA 31.
Representative Steve Johnson and Representative LaFave, joined by Senator Ed McBroom,
representing Michigan's 38th Senate District and Michigan Upper Peninsula Farmers, and
Bob Reurink, representing Custom Manure Irrigation, testified in support of HB 4165 and
HB 4872. Questions and discussion followed.
Troy Hagon, Brad Wiferich, and Larry Doyle, all representing the Michigan Department of
Transportation, joined by Kim Nowack, representing the Mackinac Bridge Authority, testified
in opposition to HB 4165 and HB 4872. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4872, but did not wish to speak:
Patrick Gleason, representing the Mackinac Bridge Authority.
Representative Shannon moved to excuse Representative Berman from the meeting. There
being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley adjourned the
meeting at 11:48 AM.
Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov