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House Bill 5037 (2007)


Sponsors  David Agema - (primary)
Paul Opsommer, Rick Shaffer, Tom Pearce, Bruce Caswell, Neal Nitz, Chuck Moss, Jacob Hoogendyk, Brian Calley, Arlan Meekhof, Kim Meltzer, Glenn Steil, John Moolenaar, Bill Caul, Tory Rocca, James Marleau, Phillip Pavlov, Marty Knollenberg, John Stahl, Daniel Acciavatti, John Garfield, Philip LaJoy, Kevin Green, Brian Palmer, Dave Hildenbrand


Categories  Environmental protection, other; Civil procedure, civil actions; Civil procedure, costs and fees; State agencies (existing), environmental quality

Environmental protection; other; legal actions by department of environmental quality; require department to pay defendant's legal fees if unsuccessful. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 1106.

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History (House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE)
Date JournalAction
7/19/2007HJ 71 Pg. 1149introduced by Representative David Agema
7/19/2007HJ 71 Pg. 1149read a first time
7/19/2007HJ 71 Pg. 1149referred to Committee on Great Lakes and Environment
7/24/2007HJ 72 Pg. 1167printed bill filed 07/20/2007
9/11/2008HJ 74 Pg. 2158notice given to discharge committee
9/17/2008HJ 76 Pg. 2220notice given to discharge committee
9/18/2008HJ 77 Pg. 2243motion to discharge committee postponed for day


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