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- Meeting date
- 2020-03-11
- Scheduled start
- 2020-03-11 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2020-03-11 12:04:00.000000
- Location
- Room 521, House Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2020-03-11 12:04:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-121
- Committee name
- Local Government and Municipal Finance
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE REP. JAMES LOWER CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00 PM Room 521, House Office Building The House Standing Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to order by Chair Lower. The Chair requested attendance be called: Present: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Absent/Excused: None. The Chair laid SB 712 before the committee: SB 712 (Sen. Bumstead) A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled "The general law village act," by amending sections 10 and 13 of chapter II and section 5 of chapter V (MCL 62.10, 62.13, and 65.5), section 13 of chapter II as amended by 2003 PA 305 and section 5 of chapter V as amended by 1998 PA 255. Representative Markkanen moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to SB 712. The motion prevailed 13- 0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Paquette moved to refer SB 712 to the Committee on Ways and Means, with recommendation as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid SB 350 before the committee: SB 350 (Sen. LaSata) A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled "The general law village act," by amending section 18 (MCL 69.18), as amended by 1984 PA 179. Representative Howell moved to refer SB 350 to the Committee on Ways and Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4159 before the committee: HB 4159 (Rep. Iden) A bill to amend 1996 PA 381, entitled "Brownfield redevelopment financing act," by amending sections 2, 8, 13, 13b, and 16 (MCL 125.2652, 125.2658, 125.2663, 125.2663b, and 125.2666), section 2 as amended by 2018 PA 203, section 8 as amended by 2016 PA 471, and sections 13, 13b, and 16 as amended by 2017 PA 46. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4159, but did not wish to speak: Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association. Travis Boeskool, representing the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Representative Ellison moved to refer HB 4159 to the Committee on Ways and Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Crawford moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 4, 2020. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. There being no further business before the committee, Rep. James Lower adjourned the meeting at 12:04 PM. Representative James Lower, Chair Molly Wingrove Committee Clerk mwingrove@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 521, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2020-03-11
- Meeting id
- meeting-2404
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2020-03-11 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2019-2020
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Local Government and Municipal Finance,” /meetings/meeting-2404.
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