Introduced
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To repeal the program that gives Michigan tax dollars to film producers, as of Oct. 1. In the current fiscal year $50 million in subsidies to film producers have been authorized. Since 2008 some $500 million in state tax revenue has been distributed to producers.
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require that if any money appropriated for film subsidies hasn't been spent when the program ends it should be used to repay losses incurred by state pension funds due to a deal the previous administration made to use the pension funds to back investments made by some politically well-connected individuals in an Oakland County film production start-up.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 24 to 13 (details)
To repeal the program that gives Michigan tax dollars to film producers as of October, 2016. Since 2008 some $500 million in state tax revenue has been distributed to producers.
Passed in the House 63 to 46 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which ends the subsidies on the date the bill goes into effect, rather than a different date specified in the House bill.
