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2008 House Bill 5973 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ) (Senate Roll Call 449)

Passed in the Senate (35 to 2) on June 26, 2008, to grant a business tax break based on the price it pays for electricity to the Hemlock Semiconductor company and perhaps other producers of polycrystalline silicon used in solar cells and semiconductor chips. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 35 in favor, 2 opposed, and 1 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 449 at Senate Journal 65)

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21 total votes
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The following legislators supported 2008 House Bill 5973 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ):

Allen (R) Anderson (D) Barcia (D) Basham (D) Birkholz (R) Bishop (R)
Brater (D) Brown (R) Cherry (D) Clark-Coleman (D) Clarke (D) Cropsey (R)
Garcia (R) George (R) Gleason (D) Hardiman (R) Hunter (D) Jacobs (D)
Jansen (R) Jelinek (R) Kahn (R) Kuipers (R) McManus (R) Olshove (D)
Pappageorge (R) Patterson (R) Prusi (D) Richardville (R) Schauer (D) Scott (D)
Stamas (R) Switalski (D) Thomas (D) Van Woerkom (R) Whitmer (D)  

The following legislators opposed 2008 House Bill 5973 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ):

Cassis (R) Gilbert (R)

The following legislators did not vote on 2008 House Bill 5973 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ):

Sanborn (R)

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1) 2008 House Bill 5973 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the House on April 10, 2008, to grant a business tax break based on the price it pays for electricity to the Hemlock Semiconductor company and perhaps other producers of polycrystalline silicon used in solar cells and semiconductor chips. The bill is tie-barred to House Bill 5524, which would end electric power provider competition in Michigan

The vote was 107 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 not voting

(House Roll Call 294 at House Journal 35)

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