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2011 House Bill 4919: Impose plastic shopping bag tax
•Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on September 8, 2011, to impose a tax of one-cent per bag on plastic grocery and shopping bags, with some exceptions. Retailers would be subject to related record keeping and reporting mandates. ◦Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on September 8, 2011.
Great... tax is waaaaaaay higher than the cost of the bag... typical liberal solution.
House Bill 4929: Ban using public school resources to deduct union dues
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on September 8, 2011, to prohibit school districts from using taxpayer resources (including their payroll processing systems) to deduct union dues or fees from employees’ pay, and then sending the money to a union. This practice is the current norm, so the bill would require unions to make alternative arrangements to collect dues or fees from school employees. Under a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling (MEA vs. Land), districts are already prohibited from deducting employee pay and sending it to a union political action committee.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=141068
Does make sense to have members pay dues themselves rather than burden state with the task... but should be consistent... other payroll deductions affected as well?
House Bill 4904: Ban welfare for big lottery winners
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R) on September 7, 2011, to include money won in lottery or other gambling as part of a “countable assets” cap for purposes of determining eligibility for food stamps; and to include money won in lottery or other gambling as part of “countable income” for purposes of determining eligibility for other state welfare benefits.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=140988
How was this "non-countable" in the first place?
House Bill 4893: Let retired optometrists do certain volunteer work
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on September 7, 2011, to expand the scope of a law that allows retired doctors to get a special license allowing them to do volunteer work in "medically underserved" areas, so it would also apply to retired optometrists.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=140977
How could this have been prohibited in the first place?
House Bill 4892: Exempt small government projects from building permits
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on September 7, 2011, to exempt government construction projects from building permit requirements if the value of material and labor in the job is less than $10,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=140976
Why only government jobs? why not exempt private construction projects as well?
and this is a republican?
House Bill 4895: Revise no-fault vehicle insurance detail
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O'Brien (R) on September 7, 2011, to prohibit the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association from reducing reimbursements to an insurance company for personal injury protection (PIP) claims by the amount the insurer gets back from a policy holder whose claims were also covered by a different insurance arrangement.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=140979
so the insurance company gets paid twice? or collects even if it doesn't pay out?
Senate Bill 590: Mandate employer grant leave for parent school events
Introduced by Sen. John Gleason (D) on September 7, 2011, to mandate that employers must grant an employee up to eight hours of unpaid leave per child, per academic year to attend academic activities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=141003
So I can force my employer to let me attend my kid's dance, or field trip?
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