2004 House Bill 6122

Authorize $5 million sugar beet growers grant

Introduced in the House

Aug. 4, 2004

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Rivet (D-96)

To authorize a $5 million state government grant to a Saginaw-area sugar beet growers' cooperative to purchase the assets of the Monitor Sugar processing company.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management

Sept. 8, 2004

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Sept. 9, 2004

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that instead of making an outright, grant extends for 30 years a zero-interest loan.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Carl Williams (D-95)

To revise the terms of certain job retention requirements in the loan conditions.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 97 to 4 (details)

To extend to 30 years the repayment period for a $5 million, zero-interest state loan grant to a Saginaw-area sugar beet growers' cooperative to purchase the assets of the Monitor Sugar processing company. The Senate Fiscal Agency estimates the measure would cost the state $250,000.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 14, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations