Michigan Senate Democrats

Date: 2009-05-07

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

HB 4309 (Cushingberry)

Negative supplemental appropriations for Judiciary & Legislature.

The House concurred with the Senate substitute [RC 220: 105 yes, 3 no]
IE was ordered

FINAL PASSAGE

HB 4169 (Dean)

The bill would amend Section 13a of the Probate Code to provide that in an order placing a child in foster care, the court would be required to issue an order that the child's parent, guardian, or custodian disclose to the Department of Human Services the names, addresses, and any other identifying information of the child's relatives. Providing this information does not guarantee that the child would be placed with a relative so identified. However, information obtained would be used to assist in the process of determining placement for the child as required under the Foster Care and Adoption Services Act.

Substitute H-1 adopted
HB 4169 advanced to 3rd Reading
HB 4169 was passed [RC 218: 107 yes, 0 no]
IE was ordered

SB 466 (Kuipers)

The bill would amend a section of the Michigan Business Tax Act (MCL 208.1434) that provides tax credits related to the development and application of advanced battery technology. It would affect two separate kinds of tax credit in order to:

·Allow for one additional credit to be awarded for the construction of integrated battery cell manufacturing facilities. This brings the number of credits available from three to four credits and increases the maximum amount of credits available over four years from $300 million to $400 million.

·Increase from $90 million to $135 million the maximum dollar amount of credits for firms engaged in vehicle engineering to support battery integration, prototyping, and launch expenses.

The current limits on credits were recently added by Public Act 6 of 2009 (Senate Bill 319). Prior to that, only one credit was available for a facility with a maximum of $100 million. And the limit on vehicle engineering credits was $70 million.