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Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Granting Police Powers to Great Lakes Water Authority
Summary
The House Rules Committee heard testimony on bills that would grant police powers to the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), which provides drinking water to about 3.9 million people and wastewater services to about 2.8 million across a multi-county footprint.
The House Rules Committee heard testimony on bills that would grant police powers to the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), a public authority that officials said provides drinking water to about 3,900,000 people (roughly 40% of Michigan's population) and wastewater conveyance and treatment to about 2,800,000 people (about 30%). Representative Carter introduced GLWA witnesses to explain the scope and security rationale behind the bills.
The substitute bills (introduced as HB 4352 and HB 4354 alongside companion measures HB 4353 and HB 4355) would give GLWA law-enforcement authority similar to powers already afforded some other public authorities. William Wolfson, deputy chief executive officer of the Great Lakes Water Authority, told the…
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