{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.4502","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4502","heading":"Legislative determinations.","body":"Sec. 4502.\n\nThe legislature hereby determines all of the following:\n\nThat it is essential for the public health, safety, and welfare of the state and the residents of the state to undertake a complete program of construction of facilities to abate and prevent pollution of the water in and adjoining the state, the program to be undertaken by the state in cooperation with any municipalities and with such aid from the United States government or its agencies as is available.\n\nThat abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state is essential to the encouragement of business, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities within the state.\n\nThat the encouragement of business, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities in the state by abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state will benefit the economy of the state by encouraging businesses and industries to locate or expand within the state in order to provide more employment within the state.\n\nThat abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state is in furtherance of the purpose and the public policy of the state as expressed in sections 51 and 52 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 and to carry out the remaining unfunded portions of the program for which electors of the state authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-4502","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"fc8897f6e982d7ed3c67f3e7053bd0dc3a8110c28889ad3ad896ccddefb90171","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.4501","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.4503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}