2007 House Bill 4688 (Authorize higher drain tax assessments ) (Senate Roll Call 926)
Substitute offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on December 19, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would authorize the establishment of watershed management districts. The substitute failed in the Senate (14 to 21) on December 19, 2008. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 14 in favor, 21 opposed, and 3 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 926 at Senate Journal 94)
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The following legislators supported the substitute:
| Anderson (D) | Brater (D) | Cherry (D) | Clark-Coleman (D) | Clarke (D) | Hunter (D) |
| Jelinek (R) | Olshove (D) | Prusi (D) | Schauer (D) | Scott (D) | Switalski (D) |
| Thomas (D) | Whitmer (D) |
The following legislators opposed the substitute:
The following legislators did not vote on the substitute:
| Basham (D) | Kuipers (R) | Patterson (R) |
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1) Re: 2007 House Bill 4688 (Authorize higher drain tax assessments ) [by mdcc on December 9, 2008]There is a move to discharge this bill from the Senate Ag Committee where it has languished for a year and a half. This could be lame duck mischief that is more than a doubling of drain taxes. It is a new definition of who pays and for what. Citizens pay without a vote, of course.
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Under this bill you pay twice the drain taxes you used to. Under this bill you pay taxes under new circumstances. And the taxes you pay don't even have to be for "constructed" drains (old language), they can be "established" or paper drains (new language). What exactly will we be paying for?
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Because the construction unions have promised their vote in exchange for more government largess.
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