Public Act 322 of 2008

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• Introduced in the Senate on September 10, 2008, to allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund to the Michigan “Alternative Fuels Fund” proposed by House Bill 5750, which would provide subsidies to alternative fuel producers and retailers, and to promote the sale of alternative fuel vehicles. Eligible fuels would include biodiesel, E-85 ethanol, hydrogen and others.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on November 13, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on November 13, 2008.
• Passed in the House (108 to 0) on December 3, 2008, to allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund to the Michigan “Alternative Fuels Fund” proposed by House Bill 5750 and Senate Bill 1130, which would provide subsidies to alternative fuel producers and retailers, and to promote the sale of alternative fuel vehicles. Eligible fuels would include biodiesel, E-85 ethanol, hydrogen and others. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on December 11, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on December 11, 2008, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 17, 2008.

Public Act 335 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Joel Sheltrown (D) on March 11, 2008, to authorize a refundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 30 percent of the costs incurred by a gas station to convert existing pumps and tanks, or acquire new ones that deliver E85 ethanol or biodiesel fuel. “Refundable” means the state would write checks to station owners whose credit against the amount spent on this equipment is more than what they owe in taxes.
• Passed in the House (108 to 1) on December 3, 2008, to authorize a nonrefundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 30 percent of the costs incurred by a gas station to convert existing pumps and tanks, or acquire new ones that deliver E85 ethanol or biodiesel fuel, up to $20,000 per taxpayer per year. A total of no more than $1 million in credits would be allowed per calendar year. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on December 4, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (35 to 3) on December 10, 2008, to authorize a nonrefundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 30 percent of the costs incurred by a gas station to convert existing pumps and tanks, or acquire new ones that deliver E85 ethanol or biodiesel fuel, up to $20,000 per taxpayer per year. A total of no more than $1 million in credits would be allowed per calendar year. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 23, 2008.

Public Act 333 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Jeff Mayes (D) on February 19, 2008, to extend for two years the 2010 sunset on the government “Fuels of the Future Commission” whose mission is to promote research on and the use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels, and also require the commission to report on the source of alternative fuels that are sold in Michigan, where alternative fuel producers here sell their products, and the impact of alternative fuels on the economy of this state (if any).
• Passed in the House (107 to 0) on June 27, 2008, to extend for two years the 2010 sunset on the government “Fuels of the Future Commission” whose mission is to promote research on and the use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels, and also require the commission to report on on the supply and production of alternative fuels in Michigan. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on July 17, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on December 4, 2008, to extend for two years the 2010 sunset on the government “Fuels of the Future Commission” whose mission is to promote research on and the use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels, and also require the commission to report on on the supply and production of alternative fuels in Michigan. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on December 4, 2008.
• Passed in the House (106 to 1) on December 9, 2008, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 23, 2008.

Public Act 321 of 2008

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• Introduced by Sen. Cameron Brown (R) on February 19, 2008, to create a segregated state fund that would be used to provide subsidies to alternative fuel producers and retailers, and to promote the sale of alternative fuel vehicles. Eligible fuels would include biodiesel, E-85 ethanol, hydrogen and others.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on April 17, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 17, 2008.
• Passed in the House (107 to 0) on December 3, 2008, to create a segregated state fund that would be used to provide subsidies to alternative fuel producers and retailers, and to promote the sale of alternative fuel vehicles. Eligible fuels would include biodiesel, E-85 ethanol, hydrogen and others. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 17, 2008.

Public Act 330 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Goeff Hansen (R) on February 14, 2008, to require the Department of Agriculture to survey and review procedures and processes used by the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to process applications and approvals necessary to establish a production facility for alternative fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, and other categories of alternative fuels. The Agriculture Department would then be required to publish a guidebook.
• Passed in the House (106 to 1) on June 27, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on July 17, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on December 4, 2008, to require the Department of Agriculture to survey and review procedures and processes used by the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to process applications and approvals necessary to establish a production facility for alternative fuels, including biodiesel, ethanol, and other categories of alternative fuels. The Agriculture Department would then be required to publish a guidebook. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 17, 2008.

Public Act 117 of 2008

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• Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on November 7, 2007, to require a recommendation from the Michigan Agriculture Commission as a condition of creating a renaissance zone offering tax breaks to renewable energy projects that use agricultural commodities or plant products. See also House Bill 5100.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on December 1, 2007, to require a recommendation from the Michigan Agriculture Commission as a condition of creating a renaissance zone offering tax breaks to renewable energy projects that use agricultural commodities or plant products. Also, to authorize certain expansions of tool and die renaissance recovery zones. See also House Bill 5100. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on December 1, 2007.
• Passed in the House (108 to 0) on March 20, 2008, to expand the definition of a "renewable energy facility" renaisssance zone to include a facility that "creates energy from agricultural crops or processed products from agricultural crops," rather that just residues from agricultural products. This would authorize these extensive tax breaks for ethanol producers. The bill would also require a recommendation from the Michigan Agriculture Commission as a condition of creating a renaissance zone offering tax breaks to renewable energy projects that use agricultural commodities or plant products. Also, to authorize certain expansions of tool and die renaissance recovery zones. See also House Bill 5100. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 25, 2008, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on March 25, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on April 16, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on April 16, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 16, 2008, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill, except with language amended to correct a potential internal inconsistency. Passed in the House (107 to 0) on April 16, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on April 29, 2008.

Public Act 273 of 2006

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• Introduced by Rep. Neal Nitz (R) on February 23, 2006, to require the Michigan Strategic Fund to give gas stations $2,000 subsidies to convert pumps dispensing 85 percent ethanol gasoline and 5 percent biodiesel fuel, and up to $20,000 for the cost of installing new equipment.
• Passed in the House (97 to 6) on March 16, 2006, to require the Michigan Strategic Fund to give gas stations $2,000 subsidies to convert pumps dispensing 85 percent ethanol gasoline and 5 percent biodiesel fuel, and up to $15,000 for the cost of installing new equipment. Similar subsidies would be available for certain a motor fuel storage and distribution facilities, and the aggregate statewide grants would be capped at $500,000 per year. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion by Rep. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 16, 2006, to give the bill immediate effect. The motion passed in the House (95 to 3) on March 16, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 21, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on June 8, 2006, to require the Michigan Strategic Fund to give gas stations $2,000 subsidies to convert pumps dispensing 85 percent ethanol gasoline and 5 percent biodiesel fuel, and up to $15,000 for the cost of installing new equipment. Similar subsidies would be available for certain a motor fuel storage and distribution facilities, and the aggregate statewide grants would be capped at $500,000 per year. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 8, 2006.
• Passed in the House (99 to 5) on June 21, 2006, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 7, 2006.

Public Act 270 of 2006

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• Introduced by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R) on February 23, 2006, to authorize the establishment of up to 10 tax-free "renaissance zones" for "renewable energy facilities," that would use "a system that creates energy from a process using residues from corn, soybeans, wood, paper products industries, and food production and processing; trees and grasses grown specifically to be used as energy crops; and gaseous fuels produced from solid biomass, animal wastes, municipal wastes, or landfills".
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on April 20, 2006, to authorize the establishment of up to 10 tax-free "renaissance zones" that provide substantial tax breaks for "renewable energy facilities," defined as a system that creates energy from a process using residue from agricultural products, forest products, paper products industries, and food production and processing; trees and grasses grown specifically to be used as energy crops; and gaseous fuels produced from solid biomass, animal waste, a wind conversion device, photovoltaic cells, or landfills. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 25, 2006.
• Passed in the House (104 to 0) on June 21, 2006, to authorize the establishment of up to 10 tax-free "renaissance zones" that provide substantial tax breaks for "renewable energy facilities," defined as a system that creates energy from a process using residue from agricultural products, forest products, paper products industries, and food production and processing; trees and grasses grown specifically to be used as energy crops; and gaseous fuels produced from solid biomass, animal waste, a wind conversion device, photovoltaic cells, or landfills. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 22, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 27, 2006, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 7, 2006.

Public Act 268 of 2006

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• Introduced by Sen. Jud Gilbert (R) on February 23, 2006, to lower the gas tax on gasoline that contains 85 percent ethanol from 19-cents to 12-cents per gallon, and on diesel fuel that contains 5 percent biodiesel from 15-cents to 12-cents per gallon. Note: Only "flex-fuel" vehicles can use 85 percent ethanol.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on April 20, 2006, to lower the gas tax on gasoline that contains from 70 percent to 85 percent ethanol from 19-cents to 12-cents per gallon, and on diesel fuel that contains 5 percent biodiesel from 15-cents to 12-cents per gallon. Note: Only "flex-fuel" vehicles can use this "E85" ethanol fuel. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 25, 2006.
• Passed in the House (104 to 0) on June 21, 2006, to lower the gas tax on gasoline that contains from 70 percent to 85 percent ethanol from 19-cents to 12-cents per gallon, and on diesel fuel that contains 5 percent biodiesel from 15-cents to 12-cents per gallon. Note: Only "flex-fuel" vehicles can use this "E85" ethanol fuel. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 22, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 27, 2006, to lower the gas tax on gasoline that contains from 70 percent to 85 percent ethanol from 19-cents to 12-cents per gallon, and on diesel fuel that contains 5 percent biodiesel from 15-cents to 12-cents per gallon. Note: Only "flex-fuel" vehicles can use this "E85" ethanol fuel. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 27, 2006.
• Passed in the House (105 to 0) on June 28, 2006, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 7, 2006.

Public Act 272 of 2006

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• Introduced by Rep. Jeff Mayes (D) on September 15, 2005, to create a government “Fuels of the Future Commission” to promote the research and use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels.
• Passed in the House (96 to 8) on March 16, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion by Rep. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 16, 2006, to give the bill immediate effect. The motion passed in the House (99 to 0) on March 16, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 21, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on June 8, 2006, to create a government “Renewable Fuels Commission” to promote the research and use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 8, 2006.
• Passed in the House (100 to 4) on June 21, 2006, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 7, 2006.

Public Act 189 of 2003

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• Introduced by Rep. Neal Nitz (R) on May 28, 2003, to amend the state weights and measures law to make it consistent with changes made to the motor fuel tax act by House Bill 4657. That bill eliminates a requirement that gasoline pumps at gas stations display a label that the fuel contains ethanol blended gasoline.
• Passed in the House (90 to 14) on June 26, 2003. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on July 1, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (25 to 13) on October 16, 2003, to amend the state weights and measures law to make it consistent with changes made to the motor fuel tax act by House Bill 4657. That bill eliminates a requirement that gasoline pumps at gas stations display a label that the fuel contains ethanol blended gasoline. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on October 31, 2003.

Public Act 116 of 2003

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• Introduced by Rep. Neal Nitz (R) on May 7, 2003, to eliminate an existing requirement that gasoline pumps at gas stations display a label that the fuel contains ethanol blended gasoline.
• Passed in the House (80 to 27) on May 21, 2003. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on May 22, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (28 to 9) on June 25, 2003, to eliminate an existing requirement that gasoline pumps at gas stations display a label that the fuel contains ethanol blended gasoline. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 25, 2003.
• Passed in the House (88 to 19) on July 1, 2003, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on July 2, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (27 to 10) on July 3, 2003, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 29, 2003.

Public Act 120 of 2001

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• Introduced by Sen. Harry Gast (R) on March 7, 2001, a supplemental budget bill which contains spending revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. As introduced, the bill was simply a “shell” with no specific provisions. Later versions contained some spending increases, some modest cuts, and transfers to the general fund from a state college scholarship fund and from tobacco company settlement fund.
• Passed in the Senate (22 to 13) on June 26, 2001, to adopt the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. In addition to removing $10 million (out of $50 million) in planned “life science” grants, it transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $10 million from tobacco settlement funds. For the current year, the bill adds $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, $2 million for an Arab Chaldean Cultural Center in West Bloomfield Township, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. Senate Bill 291 also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $38.37 million in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), and $33.15 million from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 26, 2001, to adopt the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. In addition to removing $10 million (out of $50 million) in planned “life science” grants, it transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $10 million from tobacco settlement funds. For the current year, the bill adds $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, $2 million for an Arab Chaldean Cultural Center in West Bloomfield Township, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. Senate Bill 291 also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $38.37 million in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), and $33.15 million from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department.
• Passed in the House (103 to 2) on September 25, 2001, to adopt the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. It restores $7 million of a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants made by the Senate version, appropriates $3 million to a “Southwest Michigan Innovation Center” in Kalamazoo, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants. The bill does not contain two-year budgets for three state departments which had been included in an earlier substitute reported by the House Appropriations committee. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on September 25, 2001, to adopt the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. It restores $7 million of a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants made by the Senate version, appropriates $3 million to a “Southwest Michigan Innovation Center” in Kalamazoo, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants. The bill does not contain two-year budgets for three state departments which had been included in an earlier substitute reported by the House Appropriations committee.
• Passed in the Senate (33 to 2) on September 26, 2001, to amend and concur with the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. The amended version fully restores a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants cut from an earlier version, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on September 26, 2001, to amend and concur with the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. The amended version fully restores a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants cut from an earlier version, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants.
• Passed in the House (107 to 2) on September 26, 2001, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. John Engler on September 28, 2001.