2009 House Bill 5017 ↩

House Roll Call 87: The amendment was adopted

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4549 and 4553, meaning thia bill cannot become law unless that those ones do also. Those other bills would restrict giving targeted tax breaks and corporate welfare subsidies to firms whose managers and owners have committed crimes. The amendment comes one day after it was revealed that a convicted embezzler on parole (Richard Short) had been granted a $9 million Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) tax break/subsidy deal.