COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY; MOBILE HOMES S.B. 920:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 920 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Jeff Irwin
Committee: Housing and Human Services
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to do the following:
-- Require the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to promulgate
and enforce rules to ensure adequate and reliable drinking water to mobile homes located
within a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park.
-- Designate a public water supply that provided year-round service to mobile home parks
as a community supply and specify that the park's piping would be considered customer
site piping.
-- Prohibit a private water supply developer or owner from passing on required escrow costs
for a waterworks system to the living units as part of the cost of service of that system.
-- Specify that a private developer or owner would have to follow construction and permitting
rules if the water system served a mobile home or seasonal mobile home park or if EGLE
found a deficiency in the system.
MCL 325.1002 et al.
BRIEF RATIONALE
Generally, EGLE may evaluate waterworks systems to protect the public heath and must make
certain that water suppliers meet State drinking water standards. According to testimony
before the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services, it is not uncommon for the
water quality of some mobile home or seasonal mobile home parks to not meet the State's
standards because EGLE has a limited scope of authority after water is received by a
municipality. It has been suggested to grant EGLE authority to ensure safe drinking water at
mobile home and seasonal mobile home parks.
Legislative Analyst: Eleni Lionas
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have a significant negative fiscal impact for EGLE. This would generally include
staffing and administrative costs associated with developing and implementing requirements
for mobile homes and mobile home parks as designated by the bill. The Department estimates
that this would result in a 50% increase in community water supply inventory that it oversees.
The bill would not provide for additional funding, and it is unclear at this time if implementing
this bill would exceed current appropriations.
Date Completed: 11-4-24 Fiscal Analyst: Jonah Houtz
floor\sb920 Bill Analysis @ www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not
constitute an official statement of legislative intent.


Statutes affected:
Senate Introduced Bill: 325.1002