Democrats in the Michigan Legislature followed up on a February promise and introduced four bills that together would create a statewide septic code. Michigan is the only state that lacks such a code.
Sponsors of the bills say their goal is to reduce bacterial contamination in the state’s waterways. “We have a patchwork of local ordinances that aren’t even covering the majority of septics,” Rep. Phil Skaggs, a Democrat from East Grand Rapids and a lead sponsor of the bills, told the news site MLive.“Everyone knows that we have to do something,” said Sen. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, according to the
