 ccrp legislation alert  a hearing to give testimony on hb 4925 was held earlier today in lansing by the transportation and infrastructure committee the bill would permit a publicprivate partnership agreement that would provide for the charging and collection of user fees and ancillary charges for the use of a public transportation facility the bill uses the terms user fees and ancillary charges in place of the terms tolls or tolling the bill would give mdot a much larger degree of control in the decision making process for making decision without the oversight and approval of the legislature for the approval to assess fees tolls etc it also allows for highoccupancy vehicle hov lanes on highways the bill also states that nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the conversion of any lanes existing on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section into tolled or userfee lanes except that the department may determine which lane of an existing highway is designated for imposition of user fees if capacity of that highway is expanded in a state and country where government is continually getting more draconian and expanding its power and authority we all need to let our legislators know where we stand on the issues the question we all need to ask is that do we want the michigan department of transportation to have more decision making authority to make these publicprivate partnership agreements without legislative oversight i thought we elected our senators and representatives to make these decision not government bureaucrats that have no accountability to the voters if you agree let you elected officials in lansing know where you stand on this issue for the text of the bill click on this link  http wwwlegislaturemigov documents 20132014 billintroduced house p for the bill analysis click on the following link  http wwwlegislaturemigov documents 20132014 billanalysis house pdf one last thing to consider the obama administration is pushing the grow america act that would allow states to create toll roads that are part of the interstate road system for an article on obama s proposed legislation click on the following link  http wwwclintoncountygopcom content obama e2809cinterstatetoll    all emails addresses  