Duties of department.

Sec. 702.

The department shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide advice and recommendations to the legislature, the governor, and executive departments to promote the development of the forestry and forest products industry and the mineral extraction and utilization industry in this state.

(b) Develop programs and coordinate existing and proposed programs to encourage innovative and competitively viable economic development of forest and mineral related industries.

(c) Review existing laws and regulations pertaining to forestry and the mineral industry and develop proposals for new laws or changes in existing law to improve this state's forest and mineral resource development as considered appropriate by the department.

(d) Promote and provide for educational programs for the general public and members of local government to increase awareness of the importance of the forestry and forest products industry and the mineral industry to this state.

(e) Consult with representatives of science, industry, labor, government, and other groups and utilize the services of public and private organizations, including colleges and universities, as the department considers necessary or helpful in the discharge of its duties under subdivisions (a) to (d).

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 570, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019