Introduced by Rep. Matt Huuki R-Atlantic Mine on November 8, 2012
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. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Tax Policy Committee on November 8, 2012
Reported in the House on November 27, 2012
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on November 28, 2012
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 28, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Steven Lindberg D-Marquette on November 28, 2012
To give Upper Peninsula residents three guaranteed seats on the authority's five-member board, instead of two.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on November 28, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Steven Lindberg D-Marquette on November 28, 2012
To limit spending by the proposed authority to communities located within regions with nonferrous mineral mining operations.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on November 28, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Rudy Hobbs D-Lathrup Village on November 28, 2012
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 in the House on November 28, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett D-Farmington Hills on November 28, 2012
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 in the House on November 28, 2012
Amendment offered by Rep. Frank Foster R-Pellston on November 28, 2012
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 in the House on November 28, 2012