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HOUSE BILL NO. 6141
A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled
"An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and
certain private utilities and other services affected with a public
interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy
suppliers and certain providers of electric vehicle charging
services; to provide for licensing; to include municipally owned
utilities and other providers of energy under certain provisions of
this act; to create a public service commission and to prescribe
and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan public
utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties vested by
law on the public service commission; to provide for the powers and
duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to
provide for the continuance, transfer, and completion of certain
matters and proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses;
to prohibit certain rate increases without notice and hearing; to
June 25, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Farhat, Andrews, Grant, Breen, Steckloff, O'Neal, Wooden,
Arbit, Foreman, Hoskins, Snyder, Liberati, Rogers, McFall, Morgan, Martus, Rheingans,
Skaggs, Witwer, MacDonell, McKinney, Scott, Wilson, Conlin, Brixie, Herzberg, Wegela and
Fitzgerald and referred to Committee on Government Operations.
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qualify residential energy conservation programs permitted under
state law for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; to
encourage the utilization of resource recovery facilities; to
prohibit certain acts and practices of providers of energy; to
allow for the securitization of stranded costs; to reduce rates; to
provide for appeals; to provide appropriations; to declare the
effect and purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies and
penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 10kk.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10kk. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the 1
amendatory act that added this section, the commission shall not 2
approve any contract, tariff, discount, or rate between an electric 3
utility and a qualified data center unless, to the extent permitted 4
by law, the entities performing the construction or construction 5
maintenance work will enter into a project labor agreement or 6
operate under a collective bargaining agreement for the work to be 7
performed. 8
(2) As used in this section: 9
(a) "Data center" means a facility in this state that is 10
composed of 1 or more buildings and that is designed and intended 11
for housing, and does house, data center equipment to centralize 12
the storage and processing of data. 13
(b) "Project labor agreement" means a prehire collective 14
bargaining agreement with 1 or more labor organizations that 15
establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific 16
construction project and does all of the following: 17
(i) Binds all contractors and subcontractors on the 18
construction project through the inclusion of appropriate 19
specifications in all relevant solicitation provisions and contract 20
documents. 21
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(ii) Allows all contractors and subcontractors on the 1
construction project to compete for contracts and subcontracts 2
without regard to whether they are otherwise parties to collective 3
bargaining agreements. 4
(iii) Contains guarantees against strikes, lockouts, and similar 5
job disruptions. 6
(iv) Sets forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding 7
procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the term of 8
the project labor agreement. 9
(v) Provides other mechanisms for labor-management cooperation 10
on matters of mutual interest and concern, including productivity, 11
quality of work, safety, and health. 12
(vi) Complies with all state and federal laws, rules, and 13
regulations. 14
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 15
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are 16
enacted into law: 17
(a) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06933'26) or House Bill 18
No. 6135 (request no. H06933'26). 19
(b) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06934'26) or House Bill 20
No. 6139 (request no. H06934'26). 21
(c) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06939'26) or House Bill 22
No. 6137 (request no. H06939'26). 23
(d) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06942'26) or House Bill 24
No. 6140 (request no. H06942'26). 25
(e) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06943'26) or House Bill 26
No. 6142 (request no. H06943'26). 27
(f) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06965'26) or House Bill 28
No. 6138 (request no. H06965'26). 29