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2008 House Bill 5977 (Give MEGA authority for electric car subsidies ) (Senate Roll Call 942)

Passed in the Senate (31 to 2) on December 19, 2008, to give the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) the authority and duty to determine eligibility for the electric car subsidies authorized by House Bill 6611. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 31 in favor, 2 opposed, and 5 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 942 at Senate Journal 94)

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Legislators (Republican)
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21 total votes
Legislators (Democrat)
821882%
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178317%
17 total votes

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The following legislators supported 2008 House Bill 5977 (Give MEGA authority for electric car subsidies ):

Allen (R) Anderson (D) Barcia (D) Birkholz (R) Bishop (R) Brown (R)
Cherry (D) Clark-Coleman (D) Clarke (D) Cropsey (R) Garcia (R) George (R)
Gilbert (R) Gleason (D) Hardiman (R) Jacobs (D) Jelinek (R) Kahn (R)
Kuipers (R) McManus (R) Olshove (D) Pappageorge (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 5977 (Give MEGA authority for electric car subsidies ):

Cassis (R) Jansen (R)

The following legislators did not vote on 2008 House Bill 5977 (Give MEGA authority for electric car subsidies ):

Basham (D) Brater (D) Hunter (D) Patterson (R) Sanborn (R)

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1) 2008 House Bill 5977 (Authorize tax break for electronic silicon company ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the House on April 10, 2008, to authorize Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credits for 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 105 in favor, 1 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 302 at House Journal 35)

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