2008 House Bill 5809 ↩

House Roll Call 225: The amendment was adopted

To require that newly created civil service positions within the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) must be filled by qualified personnel and not be duplicative of efforts currently overseen by the commissioner of OFIR. This refers to a controversy in which Gov. Granholm has appointed a former Democratic party official and candidate to a newly created "Insurance Advocate" position, reportedly at a salary of some $120,000. Note: Although passed, the amendment was not included in a subsequent substitute version of the bill that was adopted.