2007-SJ-11-01-115.htm

No. 115

STATE OF MICHIGAN

Journal of the Senate

94th Legislature

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

Senate Chamber, Lansing, Thursday, November 1, 2007.

12:00 noon

The Senate was called to order by the President, Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry, Jr.

The roll was called by the Secretary of the Senate, who announced that a quorum was present.

Allen--present Garcia--present Pappageorge--present

Anderson--present George--present Patterson--present

Barcia--present Gilbert--present Prusi--present

Basham--present Gleason--present Richardville--present

Birkholz--present Hardiman--present Sanborn--excused

Bishop--present Hunter--present Schauer--present

Brater--present Jacobs--present Scott--present

Brown--present Jansen--present Stamas--present

Cassis--present Jelinek--present Switalski--present

Cherry--present Kahn--present Thomas--excused

Clark-Coleman--present Kuipers--present Van Woerkom--present

Clarke--present McManus--present Whitmer--present

Cropsey--present Olshove--present

Senator Jason E. Allen of the 37th District offered the following invocation:

O God, thank You for this day. We ask Your blessings on this state. Bring us the wisdom to help the downtrodden. Give us Your insight to preserve a pristine environment. Help our industry, agriculture, and economy to move this state forward. Bless this body, the lower chamber, and the Governor. Help us to be civil.

All this we ask in Your name. Amen.

The President, Lieutenant Governor Cherry, led the members of the Senate in recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motions and Communications

Senator Cropsey moved that Senators Bishop, Cassis, Garcia, Gilbert, Jansen, McManus and Pappageorge be temporarily excused from today's session.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Cropsey moved that Senator Sanborn be excused from today's session.

The motion prevailed.

Senators Jansen, Gilbert and Pappageorge entered the Senate Chamber.

Senator Anderson moved that Senators Hunter and Gleason be temporarily excused from today's session.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Anderson moved that Senator Thomas be excused from today's session.

The motion prevailed.

Senators Bishop, Clarke, Garcia and Cassis entered the Senate Chamber.

The following communication was received:

Office of the Chief Compliance Officer

October 30, 2007

Attached is the 2006-2007 Annual Report of the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer, which relates to the 21stCentury Jobs Fund Programs. This report is submitted pursuant to MCL 125.2088i(6)(i), which requires the Chief Compliance Officer to prepare a written annual report that evaluates compliance with internal polices and procedures and with applicable state and federal law, explains any compliance matters that arose during the previous year, and suggests revisions to agency policies and procedures. While a great deal of activity took place during the year, I am pleased to report that diligent work by all involved ensured that all applicable laws, policies, and procedures were followed, as more completely described in the Annual Report.

John D. Walter

Chief Compliance Officer

The communication was referred to the Secretary for record.

The Secretary announced the enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor on Wednesday, October 31, for her approval the following bills:

Enrolled Senate Bill No.403 at 3:32p.m.

Enrolled Senate Bill No.571 at 3:34p.m.

Enrolled Senate Bill No.240 at 3:36p.m.

Enrolled Senate Bill No.232 at 4:14p.m.

Enrolled Senate Bill No.229 at 4:16p.m.

The Secretary announced that the following official bills were printed on Wednesday, October 31, and are available at the legislative website:

Senate Bill Nos. 862 863

House Bill Nos. 5385 5386 5387 5388 5389 5390 5391 5392 5393 5394 5395 5396

By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of

General Orders

Senator Cropsey moved that the Senate resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of the General Orders calendar.

The motion prevailed, and the President, Lieutenant Governor Cherry, designated Senator Barcia as Chairperson.

After some time spent therein, the Committee arose; and, the President, Lieutenant Governor Cherry, having resumed the Chair, the Committee reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.826, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending section 33 (MCL 445.1683).

Substitute (S-1).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.827, entitled

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," by amending section 14h of chapter XVII (MCL 777.14h), as amended by 2006 PA 594.

Substitute (S-1).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.828, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending the title and section 1a (MCL 445.1651a), section 1a as amended by 2002 PA 391.

Substitute (S-1).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.829, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," (MCL 445.1651 to 445.1684) by adding section 2b.

Substitute (S-2).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.830, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending section 8 (MCL 445.1658), as amended by 1996 PA 210.

Substitute (S-1).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.831, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending section 10 (MCL 445.1660), as amended by 1996 PA 210.

Substitute (S-1).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.832, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending section22a (MCL 445.1672a), as added by 1996 PA 210, and by adding section 22b.

Substitute (S-2).

The Senate agreed to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The Committee of the Whole reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.833, entitled

A bill to amend 1987 PA 173, entitled "Mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act," by amending section 29 (MCL 445.1679), as amended by 1996 PA 210.

Substitute (S-1).

The following are the amendments to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole:

1. Amend page 4, line 18, after "(2)" by striking out "If" and inserting "SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIONS (4) AND (5), IF".

2. Amend page 6, following line 6, by inserting:

"(5) IF A LOAN OFFICER REGISTRANT VIOLATES SECTION 22B(E)(ii), THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVOKE HIS OR HER LOAN OFFICER REGISTRATION. REVOCATION OF A LOAN OFFICER REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY TO PURSUE ANY OTHER REMEDY AVAILABLE UNDER SUBSECTION (2) FOR THAT VIOLATION.".

The Senate agreed to the substitute, as amended, recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

During the Committee of the Whole, Senators Hunter, McManus and Gleason entered the Senate Chamber.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

Messages from the House

Senator Cropsey moved that consideration of the following bills be postponed for today:

Senate Bill No.53

House Bill No.4120

The motion prevailed.

Senate Bill No.232, entitled

A bill to make appropriations for the department of human services and certain state purposes related to public welfare services for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; to create funds; to provide for the imposition of fees; to provide for reports; to provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the state agency; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain individuals, local governments, and state departments, agencies, and officers.

(For Conference Report, see Senate Journal No.114, p. 2066.)

The House of Representatives has adopted the report of the Committee of Conference.

Pursuant to a previous order, the bill was ordered enrolled on October 31, 2007.

House Bill No.4725, entitled

A bill to amend 1982 PA 325, entitled "An act to authorize county sheriffs to declare a county jail overcrowding state of emergency; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain judges, county sheriffs, and other county officials; and to provide remedies for a county jail overcrowding state of emergency," by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 (MCL 801.51, 801.52, 801.53, 801.54, 801.55, 801.58, 801.59, and 801.60), sections 8 and 9 as amended by 1988 PA 399, and by adding section 1a.

(For text of amendments, see Senate Journal No.113, p. 1878.)

The question being on concurring in the House amendments made to the Senate substitute,

The amendments were concurred in, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.461 Yeas--36

Allen Cherry Hunter Patterson

Anderson Clark-Coleman Jacobs Prusi

Barcia Clarke Jansen Richardville

Basham Cropsey Jelinek Schauer

Birkholz Garcia Kahn Scott

Bishop George Kuipers Stamas

Brater Gilbert McManus Switalski

Brown Gleason Olshove Van Woerkom

Cassis Hardiman Pappageorge Whitmer

Nays--0

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: President

Third Reading of Bills

Senator Cropsey moved that the following bills be placed at the head of the Third Reading of Bills calendar:

House Bill No.4591

Senate Bill No.92

Senate Bill No.640

Senate Bill No.752

The motion prevailed.

The following bill was read a third time:

House Bill No.4591, entitled

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by amending sections 1538 and 1539 (MCL 380.1538 and 380.1539), section 1538 as added by 1988 PA 339 and section 1539 as amended by 2004 PA 76, and by adding sections 1531h and 1538a.

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.462 Yeas--29

Allen Clark-Coleman Hardiman Prusi

Barcia Clarke Hunter Schauer

Basham Cropsey Jacobs Scott

Birkholz Garcia Jelinek Stamas

Bishop George McManus Switalski

Brater Gilbert Olshove Van Woerkom

Cassis Gleason Patterson Whitmer

Cherry

Nays--7

Anderson Jansen Kuipers Richardville

Brown Kahn Pappageorge

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: President

The question being on concurring in the committee recommendation to give the bill immediate effect,

The recommendation was not concurred in, 2/3 of the members serving not voting therefor.

Senator Cropsey moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, 2/3 of the members serving voting therefor.

Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, the full title of the act shall be inserted to read as follows:

"An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,".

The Senate agreed to the full title.

The following bill was read a third time:

Senate Bill No.92, entitled

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "Natural resources and environmental protection act," by amending sections12101, 12102, 12103, 12105, 12107, 12111, 12112, and 12113 (MCL 324.12101, 324.12102, 324.12103, 324.12105, 324.12107, 324.12111, 324.12112, and 324.12113), sections 12101 and 12102 as amended by 2001 PA 165, sections 12103 and 12112 as amended by 2007 PA 75, and sections 12105 and 12107 as amended by 1998 PA 140, and by adding section 12102a.

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.463 Yeas--36

Allen Cherry Hunter Patterson

Anderson Clark-Coleman Jacobs Prusi

Barcia Clarke Jansen Richardville

Basham Cropsey Jelinek Schauer

Birkholz Garcia Kahn Scott

Bishop George Kuipers Stamas

Brater Gilbert McManus Switalski

Brown Gleason Olshove Van Woerkom

Cassis Hardiman Pappageorge Whitmer

Nays--0

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: President

The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.

The following bill was read a third time:

Senate Bill No.640, entitled

A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending section 811e (MCL 257.811e), as amended by 2006 PA 562, and by adding section 811r.

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.464 Yeas--32

Allen Cherry Hardiman Pappageorge

Anderson Clark-Coleman Hunter Patterson

Barcia Clarke Jansen Prusi

Basham Cropsey Jelinek Richardville

Birkholz Garcia Kahn Schauer

Bishop George Kuipers Scott

Brown Gilbert McManus Stamas

Cassis Gleason Olshove Van Woerkom

Nays--4

Brater Jacobs Switalski Whitmer

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: President

The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.

Protests

Senators Switalski and Whitmer, under their constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of Senate Bill No.640.

Senator Switalski's statement, in which Senator Whitmer concurred, is as follows:

You know, normally, I do trust in God; it's a practice of mine. You know, I figured if it's on a dollar bill and on the coins, maybe it can go on a license plate too. But I have consistently taken a philosophical position that we should not be doing all these license plates, no matter how good the cause or the reasoning. You know, the license plates are there to identify a car. The State Police say that having the proliferation of plates makes it more difficult to do that. So I have consistently said that we should not be doing this.

The following bill was read a third time:

Senate Bill No.752, entitled

A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled "Michigan military act," by amending section 237 (MCL 32.637).

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.465 Yeas--36

Allen Cherry Hunter Patterson

Anderson Clark-Coleman Jacobs Prusi

Barcia Clarke Jansen Richardville

Basham Cropsey Jelinek Schauer

Birkholz Garcia Kahn Scott

Bishop George Kuipers Stamas

Brater Gilbert McManus Switalski

Brown Gleason Olshove Van Woerkom

Cassis Hardiman Pappageorge Whitmer

Nays--0

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: President

The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.

By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of

Resolutions

Senate Resolution No.101.

A resolution to urge the Department of Defense to provide copies of Defense Department Form 214 to the home county of each member of the Armed Forces at the conclusion of their service.

The question being on the adoption of the resolution,

The resolution was adopted.

Senator Clarke was named co-sponsor of the resolution.

Senator Cropsey moved that consideration of the following resolutions be postponed for today:

Senate Concurrent Resolution No.20

Senate Resolution No.119

The motion prevailed.

Recess

Senator Cropsey moved that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair.

The motion prevailed, the time being 12:37p.m.

2:31p.m.

The Senate was called to order by the President pro tempore, Senator Richardville.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

Motions and Communications

Senator Cropsey moved that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of the following bill:

Senate Bill No.845, entitled

A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled "Use tax act," by amending sections 3 and 3d (MCL 205.93 and 205.93d), section 3 as amended by 2007 PA 103 and section 3d as added by 2007 PA 93; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, and the bill was placed on the order of General Orders.

Senator Cropsey moved that the rules be suspended and that the following bill, now on the order of General Orders, be placed on the General Orders calendar for consideration today:

Senate Bill No.845

The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

General Orders

Senator Cropsey moved that the Senate resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of the General Orders calendar.

The motion prevailed, and the President pro tempore, Senator Richardville, designated Senator Barcia as Chairperson.

After some time spent therein, the Committee arose; and, the President pro tempore, Senator Richardville, having resumed the Chair, the Committee reported back to the Senate, favorably and with a substitute therefor, the following bill:

Senate Bill No.845, entitled

Substitute (S-1).

The following are the amendments to the substitute recommended by the Committee of the Whole:

1. Amend page 4, line 17, after "BEGINNING" by striking out "JANUARY 1, 2008" and inserting "DECEMBER 20, 2007".

2. Amend page 8, following line 12, by inserting:

"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.838 of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.".

The Senate agreed to the substitute, as amended, recommended by the Committee of the Whole, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

Third Reading of Bills

Senator Cropsey moved that the rules be suspended and that the following bill, now on the order of Third Reading of Bills, be placed on its immediate passage at the head of the Third Reading of Bills calendar:

Senate Bill No.845

The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.

The following bill was read a third time:

Senate Bill No.845, entitled

A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled "Use tax act," by amending sections 3 and 3d (MCL 205.93 and 205.93d), section 3 as amended by 2007 PA 103.

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Roll Call No.466 Yeas--22

Allen Cassis Jansen Pappageorge

Anderson Cropsey Jelinek Patterson

Barcia Garcia Kahn Richardville

Birkholz George Kuipers Stamas

Bishop Gilbert McManus Van Woerkom

Brown Hardiman

Nays--14

Basham Clarke Olshove Scott

Brater Gleason Prusi Switalski

Cherry Hunter Schauer Whitmer

Clark-Coleman Jacobs

Excused--2

Sanborn Thomas

Not Voting--0

In The Chair: Richardville

The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.

Senators Schauer, Garcia and Prusi asked and were granted unanimous consent to make statements and moved that the statements be printed in the Journal.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Schauer's statement is as follows:

This bill is intended, as I understand it, as a way for us to start a process and a dialogue about tax policy in this state. Unfortunately, faced with a very difficult and important deadline just over a month ago, we didn't take the time that we now have the opportunity to take in crafting tax policy on a bipartisan basis that's good for Michigan.

This bill, in my opinion, is very much a work in progress. It is a vehicle bill, frankly, that contains more questions than answers. So I'm not in a position to vote "yes" on this bill. I do expect that the House and the Senate will work together and will enact good public policy that is revenue-neutral, including generating revenue to make up for any delay in implementation of the current use tax.

So this is a start of a process; one that I expect to be bipartisan in nature and, at the end of the day, produces tax policy on a bipartisan basis that hopefully many of us will be able to support.

Senator Garcia's statement is as follows:

As you know, I was one of the three votes for this use tax on this side of the aisle. I think this is a good compromise. I disagree, respectfully, with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who are not in a position to vote for this yet. I think that it does give us time to craft a better solution. It was something that I felt that we needed to do. We still need to replace the revenue because the state does need it. I know I have a lot--at least I thought I had a lot--of friends in the business community, and I hope I still do.

But my point is we want to make sure that we take a little bit more time and find a reasonable solution. I think the Minority Leader's comments about working together is a good point. I think it is important that we take this step forward to buy some time to craft a better solution. I just wish that my friends on the other side of the aisle would help us in this. I think it would go a long way to demonstrating trust and that we can all work together on this.

Senator Prusi's statement is as follows:

Earlier when the Majority Floor Leader made the motion to discharge the Finance Committee from further consideration of this bill, I was all set to leap up to amend the motion to do what we typically do and discharge any committee from any consideration of the bill because, again, we have not had any consideration of this bill; as we had no consideration of some of the earlier very important, very complex issues that have significant import on the economy of this state, on the business of this state, or on the citizens of this state. We compressed what should have been seven months' worth of work in one weekend. Now, lo and behold, we are here a month later trying to compress--even less time--another significant or a momentous issue that reflects, I think, one good reason why the people of the state of Michigan are very cynical about the Legislature; that we take these important, complex, and momentous issues and we compress our deliberation into a few people in a side room without any committee hearings and without any testimony from the affected people of this state. And I think that starts us down that road again. I think it is a road that we ought to be very careful we tread upon.

Our leader indicated that he expects us to work in a bipartisan, collegial fashion and come up with a policy that is going to matter and a policy that is going to actually work for this state. I am keeping my fingers crossed because if we are going to compress this kind of decision-making into this kind of a timeframe, we are going to be back here in January fixing that, and February fixing the next one, and in March fixing the other one.

So if we are going to work on this legislation, do it in a bipartisan fashion. Let's have enough people in the room and have enough input in the room, rather than expecting all 38 of us to cast significant votes on something that has been worked on by people outside of this chamber, people not elected to represent the people of this state. So I would just ask that we all be given a chance to put our input into this and to make suggestions and to make changes and to do the work that we were elected to do; not the interest groups who are pushing for this; not the people who start to squawk after our last go-round with tax policy around here.

So I am not real comfortable taking $50 million regardless of what we do down the road. This has a significant impact on the continuation budget that we just passed here a couple of nights ago. That is not a frivolous thing to be doing here--to take $50 million and to just toss it away because we have not figured out what we are doing here. We did the wrong thing a month ago and we are going to try to do the right thing here and now.

So, Mr.President and colleagues, I am very reluctant and I don't believe that I can put up an affirmative vote for this bill at this time.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

Resolutions

Senators Bishop, Cropsey, Van Woerkom and Pappageorge offered the following concurrent resolution:

Senate Concurrent Resolution No.22.

A concurrent resolution to request the State Officers Compensation Commission to recommend a 5 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Justices of the Supreme Court the next time the commission meets.

Whereas, Our state's continuing economic struggles emphasize the need to make sacrifices for our future economic and fiscal health. All avenues to encourage that fiscal policies and decisions reflect this need for prudence must be pursued; and

Whereas, Article IV, Section 12 of the State Constitution of 1963 provides for the State Officers Compensation Commission. This commission determines the salaries and expense allowances of members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Justices of the Supreme Court. Pursuant to state statutes amended to conform to 2002 changes in the constitutional provisions regarding the commission, the State Officers Compensation Commission will next meet in 2009; and

Whereas, It is important for all possible mechanisms to be put in place to avoid unnecessary spending. Reducing the salaries of the state's highest elected officers and restraining spending increases can help safeguard the public's interests at an important time in our state's history; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That we request the State Officers Compensation Commission to recommend a 5 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Justices of the Supreme Court the next time the commission meets; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the State Officers Compensation Commission.

Pursuant to rule 3.204, the concurrent resolution was referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform.

Introduction and Referral of Bills

Senator Birkholz introduced

Senate Bill No.864, entitled

A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "Natural resources and environmental protection act," by amending sections11504, 11507a, and 11514 (MCL 324.11504, 324.11507a, and 324.11514), section 11504 as amended by 1996 PA 359, section 11507a as amended by 2004 PA 39, and section 11514 as amended by 2005 PA 243.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities.

Senator Sanborn introduced

Senate Bill No.865, entitled

A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled "Revised judicature act of 1961," by amending sections 5805 and 5839 (MCL 600.5805 and 600.5839), section 5805 as amended by 2002 PA 715 and section 5839 as amended by 1985 PA 188.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Senators Scott, Gleason, Hunter, Clark-Coleman, Clarke, Anderson and Brater introduced

Senate Bill No.866, entitled

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled "The insurance code of 1956," (MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section2026a.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

Senators Brown, Stamas, Jansen, Van Woerkom, Allen, Birkholz and Barcia introduced

Senate Bill No.867, entitled

A bill to amend 1974 PA 198, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of plant rehabilitation districts and industrial development districts in local governmental units; to provide for the exemption from certain taxes; to levy and collect a specific tax upon the owners of certain facilities; to impose and provide for the disposition of an administrative fee; to provide for the disposition of the tax; to provide for the obtaining and transferring of an exemption certificate and to prescribe the contents of those certificates; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state tax commission and certain officers of local governmental units; and to provide penalties," by amending sections 2 and 9 (MCL 207.552 and 207.559), section 2 as amended by 2007 PA 12 and section 9 as amended by 2006 PA 436.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

Senators Kuipers and Bishop introduced

Senate Bill No.868, entitled

A bill to amend 1957 PA 261, entitled "Michigan legislative retirement system act," by amending sections 50b, 75, and 79 (MCL 38.1050b, 38.1075, and 38.1079), sections 50b and 75 as amended by 1998 PA 501 and section 79 as amended by 2006 PA 614, and by adding section 79a.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform.

Senator Kuipers introduced

Senate Bill No.869, entitled

A bill to amend 1992 PA 234, entitled "The judges retirement act of 1992," by amending sections 715 and 719 (MCL 38.2665 and 38.2669), section 715 as amended by 1999 PA 215 and section 719 as added by 1996 PA 523.

The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform.

Senator Whitmer introduced

Senate Bill No.870, entitled

A bill to amend 2007 PA 36, entitled "Michigan business tax act," by amending section 417 (MCL 208.1417).