Introduced
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To create a new state “rural development fund” run by a board of political appointees who would choose how to spend revenue earmarked from the new mine tax authorized by House Bill 6008.
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To give Upper Peninsula residents three guaranteed seats on the authority's five-member board, instead of two.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To limit spending by the proposed authority to communities located within regions with nonferrous mineral mining operations.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To further narrow a "preference" that the new tax revenue from House Bill 6008 be allocated to the "region" where it is generated, specifying that it go proportionately to the counties where it is generated.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To change the investment guidelines and restrictions for the proposed authority from the same ones that apply to government pension funds to the same ones that apply to "surplus" government funds.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To expand the things the proposed authority could spend on to include "telecommunication facilities" owned or operated by local governments and educational institutions.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 61 to 47 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
To allow the proposed fund to spend money on projects in "micropolitan statistical areas" as defined in a federal statistical resource.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 26 to 12 (details)
To create a new state “rural development fund” run by a board of political appointees who would choose how to spend revenue earmarked from the new mine tax authorized by House Bill 6008.
Passed in the House 65 to 40 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
