Public Act 330 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Goeff Hansen (R) on February 14, 2008, to require the Department of Agriculture to survey and review procedures and processes used by the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to process applications and approvals necessary to establish a production facility for alternative fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, and other categories of alternative fuels. The Agriculture Department would then be required to publish a guidebook.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on February 14, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on June 25, 2008, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 106 to 1 in the House on June 27, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on July 17, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Bioeconomy Committee on July 17, 2008.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 16, 2008, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2008, to require the Department of Agriculture to survey and review procedures and processes used by the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to process applications and approvals necessary to establish a production facility for alternative fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, and other categories of alternative fuels. The Agriculture Department would then be required to publish a guidebook.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 17, 2008.