Senate Roll Call 349 - Michigan Votes

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2011 Senate Bill 449: Increase landfill “tipping fee” tax (Senate Roll Call 349)

Passed 31 to 6 in the Senate on June 23, 2011, to increase from 7 cents to 12 cents the per-cubic yard state “tipping fee” tax imposed on dumping in landfills.
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The vote was 31 in favor, 6 against, and 1 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 349)

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Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	100%
	0%
	0%

12 total votes

Republican

	73%
	23%
	3%

26 total votes

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Increase landfill “tipping fee” tax

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gleason (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)	Hunter (D)	Johnson (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)
Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Casperson (R)	Caswell (R)	Colbeck (R)	Emmons (R)
Green (R)	Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Kahn (R)	Kowall (R)
Marleau (R)	Meekhof (R)	Moolenaar (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)	Richardville (R)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)	Hansen (R)	Hune (R)	Nofs (R)	Robertson (R)
Rocca (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Hildenbrand (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y Anderson (D)	Y Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	n Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	Y Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	Y Gleason (D)	Y Green (R)
Y Gregory (D)	n Hansen (R)	- Hildenbrand (R)	Y Hood (D)	Y Hopgood (D)
n Hune (R)	Y Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	Y Johnson (D)	Y Jones (R)
Y Kahn (R)	Y Kowall (R)	Y Marleau (R)	Y Meekhof (R)	Y Moolenaar (R)
n Nofs (R)	Y Pappageorge (R)	Y Pavlov (R)	Y Proos (R)	Y Richardville (R)
n Robertson (R)	n Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	Y Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)
Y Warren (D)	Y Whitmer (D)	Y Young (D)

Senate Roll Call 349 on 2011 Senate Bill 449

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 449 (Increase landfill “tipping fee” tax ) by bill35 on September 1, 2012
I think this tax increase is definitely a good idea. This is definitely money that they need for the future. I do not see a problem with it at all. tuxedos Toronto

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2) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 449 (Increase landfill “tipping fee” tax ) by maddied on November 17, 2011

One good thing about this though is the fact that people will start to reconsider their options before disposing trash, they'll start reduce the amount of trash they dispose, reuse or recycle the old items, I think that's the whole purpose of this tax. And no, our local junk removal La Verne service didn't increase any tax, nothing changed here.

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3) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 449 (Increase landfill “tipping fee” tax ) by changeagent on August 26, 2011

Oops. They slipped in a 60% tax increase on garbage dumping. Most of the cost will be borne by businesses who generate higher volumes of trash. Almost no one noticed.

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