MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

HB 4308 (Cushingberry)

Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008-2009.

• Gonzales-2 adopted
• The House concurred with the Senate substitute S-1, as amended [RC 275: 93 yes, 15 no]

FINAL PASSAGE

SB 383 (Kuipers)

The legislation (SB 383-387) would enact the Michigan Trust Code and amend other statutes to make conforming changes needed to be consistent with the new trust code. 

• Committee amendment adopted
• SB 383 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 383 was passed [RC 268: 107 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 384 (Kuipers)

• Committee amendment adopted
• SB 384 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 384 was passed [RC 269: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 385 (Clarke)

• Committee amendment adopted
• SB 385 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 385 was passed [RC 270: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 386 (Kuipers)

• Committee amendment adopted
• SB 386 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 386 was passed [RC 271: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 387 (Cropsey)

• Committee amendment adopted
• SB 387 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 387 was passed [RC 272: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4723 (Espinoza)

House Bill 4723 would authorize the designation of up to 25 additional renaissance zones; these would be specifically for border crossing facilities.  Such facilities would have to be located in qualified border local governmental units.  The bill would amend the Renaissance Zone Act.  The bill would apply to the Port Huron area.

• Committee substitute H-2 adopted
• HB 4723 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4723 was passed [RC 273: 103 yes, 5 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4724 (Pavlov)

The bill would create a new act entitled, the Blue Water Bridge Plaza Expansion Oversight Reporting Act.  It would require the Department of Transportation to report at reasonable intervals to the members of the standing committees in the House of Representatives and State Senate that deal primarily with transportation and local government issues; to each member of the Appropriations subcommittee in the House and Senate; and to each elected state official in House districts 32, 81, and 83 and in Senate district 25. The report would be a written accounting of all expenditures related to the Blue Water Bridge Plaza expansion project and written updates as to whether the project is staying within budget, along with full explanations for any expenditures beyond those budgeted.

• Substitute H-1 not adopted
• Pavlov substitute H-2 adopted
• HB 4724 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4724 was passed [RC 274: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered