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The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

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The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2023-05-10
Chamber
senate
Result
failed
Yeas
18
Nays
20
Excused
0
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-5840
Related sitting
sitting-590

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Chamber
senate
Context text
(2) Of the amount appropriated in section 236(14), $2,300,000.00 shall be awarded to Wayne State University to support the operation of the perinatology research branch laboratory. ” and adjusting the totals in section 236 and enacting section 1 accordingly. The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor. Senator Hauck offered the following amendment: 1. Amend page 15, following line 27, by inserting: “ Sec. 236n. (1) For fiscal year 2023-2024 only, in addition to the allocations under section 236(4) and (9), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $250,000,000.00 for payments to participating public universities, appropriated from the state school aid fund. A university that receives money under this subsection shall use that money solely for the purpose of payments toward the pension and other postemployment benefit unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities associated with members and pension recipients of those participating public universities. As used in this section, “participating public universities” means public universities that are reporting units of the Michigan public school employees’ retirement system under the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1437, and that pay contributions to the Michigan public school employees’ retirement system for the state fiscal year. (2) The amount allocated in subsection (1) must be allocated to each participating public university based on each participating public university’s percentage of the total combined payrolls of the universities’ employees who are members of the retirement system and who were hired before January 1, 1996 and the universities’ employees who would have been members of the retirement system on or after January 1, 1996, but for the enactment of 1995 PA 272 for all public universities that are participating public universities for the immediately preceding state fiscal year. (3) Participating public universities receiving funds under this section shall forward an amount equal to the amount allocated under subsection (1) to the retirement system in a form, manner, and time frame determined by the retirement system. (4) Amounts allocated in subsection (1) must be paid to participating public universities in 1 lump-sum installment no later than October 30, 2023. ” and adjusting the totals in section 236 and enacting section 1 accordingly. The question being on the adoption of the amendment, Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor. The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
0
Measure id
measure-5840
Motion text
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
20
Not voting
0
Result
failed
Sitting id
sitting-590
Vote date
2023-05-10
Vote id
vote-6999
Vote number
221
Yeas
18

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