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Sponsor: bill would require EGLE to obtain warrant before entering private property
Summary
Representative Rob Koontz presented House Bill 4421 to require the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to obtain a warrant before entering private property for investigations.
House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism — Representative Rob Koontz presented House Bill 4421 to require the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to obtain a warrant before physically entering private property for investigations.
Koontz said the measure is brief and intended to “enshrine the Fourth Amendment” by requiring EGLE to go “before the judicial branch before they come on private property.” He told the committee that the bill is “two sentences, it’s one paragraph” and that EGLE “can still investigate ... but they have to follow the rules and go before the judicial branch.”
The bill’s sponsor and several legislators framed the proposal as an attempt to rebalance private property rights and administrative inspection powers. Koontz said constituents—farmers and a contractor—had planned to testify but feared reprisal and…
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