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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Environment and Property Rights </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/12.aspx</link><description>Regulations, Land Use, Water Use, Natural Resources and Recreation</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 House Bill 4279 (Mercury regulation package )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274580.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:24:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274580</guid><dc:creator>Admin003</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274580.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=274580</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Rep. Agema, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Mr.&amp;nbsp;Speaker and members of the House:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;This bill was tie barred to another bill that was not necessary. While this bill is not bad, the other was.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4279 (Mercury regulation package )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274579.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274579</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274579.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=274579</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 17, 2009, to prohibit selling or giving away mercury-added button battery, or a mercury-added novelty, defined as a product intended for use as a figurine, adornment, toy, game, card, ornament, yard statue or figure, candle, item of jewelry, holiday decoration, item of apparel, or any product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 85 in favor, 24 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 167 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4279'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>