STATE OF MICHIGAN
JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
100th
Legislature
REGULAR SESSION OF
2019
House Chamber, Lansing, Wednesday, July 31, 2019.
12:00 Noon.
The House was called to order by the Clerk.
The roll was called by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives, who announced that a quorum was not
present.
Rep. Bradley Slagh, from the 90th
District, offered the following invocation:
“O Lord our God,
we bring to You this day, thankful for all that You give to us. Thank You for
the great state that we represent. Thank You for our family, our friends and
the opportunity to serve this state of Michigan.
Lord, we ask that You would allow Your
leaders to be led by Your wisdom, may they search Your will and see it clearly.
May all of Your leaders be turned to
Your way, help us to reverse our ways and repent from our own selfishness. We’d
ask that You give us Your light and Your truth to guide us. Through Jesus
Christ, Amen.”
Announcement by the Clerk of Printing and Enrollment
The
Clerk announced that the following bills had been reproduced and made available
electronically on Thursday, July 25:
Notices
July
29, 2019
Mr.
Gary L. Randall, Clerk
Michigan
House of Representatives
PO Box
30014
Lansing,
MI 48909
Dear
Mr. Clerk,
Pursuant to Public Act 94 of 1979 and E.O. No. 2019-13, I am appointing the following members of
the Michigan House of Representatives to the MI-STEM Council:
Representative Brad Paquette (R)
Representative Padma Kuppa (D)
If you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact my office.
Sincerely,
Lee
Chatfield
Speaker
Michigan
House of Representatives
Communications from State Officers
The following communication from
the Department of State was received and read:
July
15, 2019
RE: Record Look-up Fee Quarterly Report
In accordance with Article VIII, Part
2, Section 703 of Public Act 207 of 2018, we have attached a Record Look-Up Fee quarterly report for the Michigan
Department of State (MDOS) for the third quarter of
FY 2019.
Revenue collected during the third
quarter of FY 2018 and FY 2019 were $15,212,441 and $14,855,945 respectively. Data
used in the preparation of this report was obtained from SIGMA Business
Intelligence and the MDOS Revenue Interface Branch
Report.
Sincerely,
Cindy
Paradine, Director
Office
of Financial Services
The communication was referred to
the Clerk.
The following communication from
the Department of Attorney General and Department of State Police was received
and read:
July 2019
The 2018 Annual Report for
OK2SAY.
Thank
you,
Dana
Nessel
Attorney
General
Col.
Joseph Gasper
Director,
Michigan State Police
The communication was referred to
the Clerk.
By unanimous consent the House returned to the order of
Messages from the Governor
The
following message from the Governor was received July 29, 2019 and read:
EXECUTIVE
ORDER
No.
2019-17
Declaration
of State of Emergency
On July 20, 2019 Lake County
experienced heavy rainfall which resulted in widespread flooding, washed-out
roadways and bridges, and damage to homes. Due to these conditions, additional
actions are necessary to protect public health, safety, and property.
The county and several
municipalities have taken several actions to cope with the situation, including
but not limited to declaring a local state of emergency, activating the
disaster response and recovery aspects of their emergency operations plan, issuing
emergency public information, evacuating and providing shelter to impacted
residents, and repairing damaged roads.
Despite these measures, local
resources have been insufficient to respond to the situation and the assistance
of the state is required to protect public health, safety, and property, and to
lessen or avert the threat of more severe and persisting impacts to the
community.
Under the Emergency Management
Act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.403(4), “[t]he Governor shall, by executive order or
proclamation, declare a state of emergency if he or she finds that an emergency
has occurred or that the threat of an emergency exists.” Therefore, acting
pursuant to the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and Michigan law, including the
Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to 30.421, I order the
following:
1. A state of emergency is declared for Lake
County.
2. The Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Division of the Department of State Police shall coordinate and maximize all
state efforts and may call upon all state departments to utilize available
resources to assist in the designated area pursuant to the Michigan Emergency
Management Plan.
3. The state of emergency is terminated at such
time as the threats to public health, safety, and property caused by the
emergency no longer exist, and appropriate programs have been implemented to
recover from the effects of this emergency, but in no case later than August
23, 2019, unless extended as provided by the Emergency Management Act.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
State of Michigan,
Dated:
July 29, 2019
[SEAL] GRETCHEN
WHITMER
GOVERNOR
By
the Governor:
JOCELYN
BENSON
SECRETARY
OF STATE
The
message was referred to the Clerk.
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The
Clerk declared the House adjourned until Tuesday, August 6, at 12:00 Noon.
GARY L.
RANDALL
Clerk
of the House of Representatives