NREPA Land Acquisition & Land/Water Preservation

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-05-07 — Natural resources: trust fund; Michigan water trust fund; provide for. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding pt. 12. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0951’26: 2026 — SB 950 (introduced; tie-barred to SB 951) would add a new Part 12 to NREPA to create a Michigan Water Trust Fund, expanding NREPA’s structure of dedicated resource-preservation funds alongside existing land acquisition provisions. (novelty: 3)
2026-05-14 — Local government: authorities; revisions to the recreational authorities act; provide for. Amends sec. 1901 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1901). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4694’25: 2026 — Michigan PA 14 of 2026 (enacted, immediate effect; tie-barred to HB 4694) amends NREPA sec. 1901 (MCL 324.1901) as part of a revision to the Recreational Authorities Act; the change is a definitional cross-reference rather than a new land/water preservation mechanism. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-21 — Natural resources: land acquisition; preservation of land and water; provide for. Amends secs. 503, 2106 & 2165 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.503 et seq.) & adds sec. 502c.: SB 1003 (introduced, committee-referred) would amend NREPA secs. 503, 2106, and 2165 and add sec. 502c to provide for land acquisition and preservation of land and water; abstract does not specify a new mechanism. (novelty: 2)