THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2007

REPORTED

Agriculture:

HB 4641  DRAIN COMMISSIONER  (Accavitti)  Authorizes the county board of commissioners to change the name of the office of county drain commissioner to office of the water resources commissioner and increases the amount of the bond.   Full Text

With Substitute H-1

HB 4642  DRAIN VISIBILITY  (Mayes)  Provides for definition of the term "visibility of existence" in the drain code.   Full Text

With Substitute H-1

HB 4643  DRAINAGE DISTRICT  (Donigan)  Clarifies liability for certain legal expenses of a drainage district.   Full Text

HB 4644  DRAIN OBSTRUCTIONS  (Accavitti)  Increases enforcement power for removing obstructions or interferences with drains.   Full Text

With Substitute H-1

HB 4688  DRAIN MAINTENANCE  (Nitz)  Increases the amount that a drain commissioner can spend on maintenance of a drain.   Full Text

With Substitute H-1

Insurance:

HB 4674  INCREASING PREMIUM  (Rocca)  Prohibits increasing premium during term of policy except under certain situations.   Full Text   Gongwer Coverage

With Amendments

Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security:

HB 4557  MILITARY FAMILY RELIEF  (LeBlanc)  Extends sunset for income tax checkoff for military family relief fund.   Full Text

With Substitute H-1

RECEIVED

SB 56  CATERERS' LIQUOR  (Pappageorge)  Provides for on-premises licensees to serve alcohol at locations other than licensed premises when catering services.   Full Text

To Regulatory Reform

SB 134  PROPERTY CONVEYANCES  (Switalski)  Provides for property conveyances in Ingham and Wayne Counties.   Full Text

To Appropriations

SB 276  PERSONAL PROPERTY  (Kahn)  Exempts new personal property in certain jurisdictions from personal property tax.   Full Text

To Tax Policy

INTRODUCED

HB 4741  PROTECTION ORDERS  (Bieda)  Includes prohibition against harming animals owned by petitioner in a personal protection order. Am. Sec. 2950, PA 236, 1961 (CL 600.2950) as amended by PA 200, 2001.   Full Text

To Judiciary

HB 4742  ANIMAL VIOLENCE  (Bieda)  Increase penalties for killing or torturing an animal in perpetration of domestic violence. Am. Sec. 50b, PA 328, 1931 (CL 750.50b) as amended by PA 80, 1996.   Full Text

To Judiciary

HB 4743  ANIMAL VIOLENCE  (Condino)  Enacts sentencing guidelines for crime of killing or torturing an animal in perpetrating an act of domestic violence. Am. Sec. 16b, Chapter XVII, PA 175, 1927 (CL 777.16b) as amended by PA 518, 2006.   Full Text

To Judiciary

HB 4744  JUDGE WEAPONS  (Horn)  Exempts certain state court judges and state court retired judges from concealed weapons no carry zones. Am. Secs. 1 and 5o, PA 372, 1927 (CL 28.421 and 28.425o) as amended by PA 719, 2002.   Full Text   Gongwer Coverage

To Judiciary

HB 4745  LEAVE TIME  (Brown)  Provides for leave time for immediate family member killed in active duty. Am. PA 133, 1955 (CL 32.271 to 32.274) by amending the title and by adding Sec. 3b.   Full Text

To Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security

HB 4746  ETHANOL PLANT TECH  (Brown)  Provides for a Single Business Tax credit for ethanol plants implementing innovative technologies. Am. PA 228, 1975 (CL 208.1 to 208.145) by adding Sec. 33.   Full Text

To Agriculture

HR 102  ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE  (Hopgood)  Declares May 2007 as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.   Full Text

Adopted

HR 103  OIL PROFITS TAX  (Ebli)  Memorializes Congress to enact legislation to establish a tax on excess oil company profits and rebate those tax revenues to the nation's taxpayers.   Full Text

To Energy and Technology

HR 104  INVASIVE SPECIES  (Gillard)  Commemorates May 22-28, 2007 as Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week.   Full Text

Adopted

THE HOUSE ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:30 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007

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