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2008 House Bill 5898 (Authorize photovoltaic business tax breaks and cash subsidies ) (House Roll Call 304)

Passed in the House (99 to 2) on April 17, 2008, to authorize a refundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount invested or expended on research, development, and manufacturing of photovoltaic energy by a firm for whom this is its primary activity. “Refundable” means that if the credit exceeds the firm’s tax liability the state would send it a check. This is one of a number of bills offering generous tax breaks for which the Hemlock Semiconductor company would be eligible . [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 99 in favor, 2 opposed, and 9 not voting
(House Roll Call 304 at House Journal 35)

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58 total votes
Legislators (Republican)
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The following legislators supported 2008 House Bill 5898 (Authorize photovoltaic business tax breaks and cash subsidies ):

Accavitti (D) Acciavatti (R) Agema (R) Angerer (D) Ball (R) Bauer (D)
Bieda (D) Booher (R) Brown (D) Byrnes (D) Byrum (D) Calley (R)
Casperson (R) Caswell (R) Caul (R) Cheeks (D) Clack (D) Clemente (D)
Condino (D) Constan (D) Corriveau (D) Coulouris (D) Cushingberry (D) Dean (D)
DeRoche (R) Dillon (D) Donigan (D) Ebli (D) Elsenheimer (R) Emmons (R)
Farrah (D) Gillard (D) Gonzales (D) Green (R) Griffin (D) Hammel (D)
Hammon (D) Hansen (R) Hildenbrand (R) Hood (D) Hoogendyk (R) Hopgood (D)
Horn (R) Huizenga (R) Hune (R) Jackson (D) Johnson (D) Jones, Rick (R)
Jones, Robert (D) Knollenberg (R) Lahti (D) LaJoy (R) Law, David (R) Law, Kathleen (D)
LeBlanc (D) Leland (D) Lemmons (D) Lindberg (D) Marleau (R) Mayes (D)
McDowell (D) Meadows (D) Meekhof (R) Meisner (D) Melton (D) Meltzer (R)
Moolenaar (R) Moore (R) Moss (R) Nitz (R) Nofs (R) Opsommer (R)
Palsrok (R) Pastor (R) Pavlov (R) Pearce (R) Polidori (D) Proos (R)
Robertson (R) Rocca (R) Schuitmaker (R) Shaffer (R) Sheltrown (D) Simpson (D)
Smith, Alma (D) Smith, Virgil (D) Spade (D) Stahl (R) Stakoe (R) Steil (R)
Tobocman (D) Vagnozzi (D) Valentine (D) Walker (R) Ward (R) Warren (D)
Wenke (R) Wojno (D) Young (D)    

The following legislators opposed 2008 House Bill 5898 (Authorize photovoltaic business tax breaks and cash subsidies ):

Miller (D) Sak (D)

The following legislators did not vote on 2008 House Bill 5898 (Authorize photovoltaic business tax breaks and cash subsidies ):

Amos (R) Bennett (D) Brandenburg (R) Espinoza (D) Gaffney (R) Garfield (R)
Palmer (R) Scott (D) Sheen (R)    

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1) Quit [by Anonymous Citizen on September 15, 2008]
using MY MONEY to promote your pet businesses.
The best thing all you mental midgets in lansingistan can do for us is get the heck out of the way. Please take the rest of the year off, we'll still pay you, go to the beach, just get out of town and quit trying to helps us, You're not smart enough, everything you do hurts this state and the peole that are still here.
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2) 2008 House Bill 5898 (Authorize photovoltaic business tax breaks and cash subsidies ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the House on March 13, 2008, to authorize a refundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount invested or expended on research, development, and manufacturing of photovoltaic energy by a firm for whom this is its primary activity. “Refundable” means that if the credit exceeds the firm’s tax liability the state would send it a check. This is one of a number of bills offering generous tax breaks for which the Hemlock Semiconductor company would be eligible


The vote was 99 in favor, 2 opposed and 9 not voting

(House Roll Call 304 at House Journal 35)

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