CONFERENCE REPORTS

SB 249 (Cropsey)

Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 2009-2010.

• The conference report was adopted [RC 470: 24 yes, 13 no]

SB 250 (Garcia)

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs appropriations for fiscal year 2009-2010.

• The conference report was adopted [RC 471: 24 yes, 13 no]

SB 243 (Jansen)

The Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth appropriations for fiscal year 2009-2010.

• The conference report was adopted [RC 472: 21 yes, 16 no]

THIRD READING

SB 641 (Jansen)

The bill would change the State Housing Development Authority Act, to delete an enacting section that tie-bars Public Act 456 to House Bills 5437 and 5438 of the 2007-2008 legislative session. (House Bill 5437 was enacted as Public Act 454 of 2008, which amended the General Property Tax Act to exempt supportive housing property from the tax levied by a local school district for school operating purposes. House Bill 5438 was not enacted.)

• SB 641 was passed [RC 468: 37 yes, 0 no]

SB 671 (Cassis)

The bill amends MBT to allow GMAC to carry forward its favorable apportionment treatment with regards to how it calculates its sales factor.

• SB 671 was passed [RC 469: 37 yes, 0 no]

GENERAL ORDERS – (TO PASSAGE)

SB 785 (Birkholz)

The bill would amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) to prevent the transfer of wetland permitting to the federal government and make various changes to the program.

• Committee substitute S-1 not adopted
• Birkholz substitute S-3 adopted
• SB 785 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 785 was passed [RC 467: 21 yes, 16 no]