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• Introduced by Rep. Jeff Mayes (D) on August 8, 2007, to revise the 2006 law that authorized up to 10 tax-free "renaissance zones" to provide substantial tax breaks for "renewable energy facilities,” to explicitly include crop-based fuel production facilities such as ethanol or biodiesel plants.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on August 8, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on September 6, 2007, with the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Amendment offered in the House on September 11, 2007, to make facilities using processed products from agricultural crops as the energy-producing process. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on September 11, 2007.
• Passed 108 to 0 in the House on October 3, 2007.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on October 9, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee on October 9, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on November 13, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.