Ken's 94th District Cheese Soup Officially renamed (today and today only): "Cheese Head Soup in a Stainless Steeler Pot"

The pride of the Michigan, this super soup combines the tradition of Frankenmuth brewing heritage, the region's best sharp Cheddar, and Michigan's finest dairy products. When you add chicken broth, finely diced vegetables, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, and Cayenne; you have the finest cheese soup in the Nation. Have some fun by floating Papa Tiny's (Bavarian Inn Farms) popped popcorn on top! (It's okay to substitute where you need to... have fun!)

Ingredients:

3 cups diced carrots 3 cups diced onion 3 cups diced celery 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 6 cups chicken broth 4 cups Frankenmuth beer (Don't have time to drive to Frankenmuth? Just promise you won't use a light beer!)

2/3 cup butter 2/3 cup flour 8 cups Michigan Produced half and half (The Michigan Milk Producers Association thanks you) 12 cups shredded Pinconning Sharp  Cheddar Cheese (Formerly from the  Frankenmuth Cheese Company) 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons dry mustard popped popcorn, for garnish

Directions:

1.	In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together carrots, onion, celery, and garlic. Stir in crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. Pour in chicken broth and beer; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
2.	Meanwhile, heat butter in a large Stainless STEELER soup pot over medium-high heat. Stir in flour with a wire whisk; cook, stirring until the flour is light brown, about 3 or 4 minutes. Gradually stir in half and half, whisking until thickened (Don't let it burn). Remove from heat, and gradually stir in cheese. Keep warm.
3.	Stir beer mixture into cheese mixture. Stir in Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and dry mustard. Bring to a simmer, and cook 10 minutes. Garnish with popped popcorn (or... chopped green onion or parsley if you're a Packer's fan)

How Will Washington Energy Policy Effect Michigan?

  The President's Misguided Energy Policy

Posted by Vladimir (Profile)

Wednesday, January 26th at 4:00PM EST

"We need to get behind this [green] innovation. And to help pay for it, I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but they’re doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidizing yesterday’s energy, let’s invest in tomorrow’s.

Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they’re selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.

Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all …

Already, we are seeing the promise of renewable energy. Robert and Gary Allen are brothers who run a small Michigan roofing company. After September 11th, they volunteered their best roofers to help repair the Pentagon. But half of their factory went unused, and the recession hit them hard.

Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all across the country. In Robert’s words, “We reinvented ourselves.” ~ President Obama - 2011 State of the Union

Let’s take a closer look, shall we?

…I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies.

Those billions of dollars we “give the oil companies”? Prior Congresses, going back nearly 100 years, purposely tweaked the tax code to encourage drilling. Their “investment” resulted in the stable, secure and affordable energy supply that enabled our nation’s industrial might. By taking those benefits away, drilling becomes less attractive to the investor.  Fewer wells will be drilled, and more jobs will be lost. Energy prices will rise, making the U.S. less competitive in international markets and more dependent on foreign energy producers.

Several of the proposed tax breaks available to energy are available to other industry: energy is being singled out.

A point often missed by Democratic policy wonks: You can’t punish oil without punishing natural gas. The two are inextricably linked; what we refer to casually as “oil companies” are also America’s biggest natural gas suppliers. The tax code for drilling is the same for oil and natural gas. Since 80% of America’s domestic drilling targets natural gas, you can’t take away those tax breaks from oil without crippling gas. More on that later…

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but they’re doing just fine on their own.

I don’t know if Mr. Obama noticed (he certainly didn’t bring it up in the SOTU), but there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last summer. He imposed a moratorium, with a subsequent “permitorium” that has much of the industry in limbo. We’re already hemorrhaging jobs, thanks to Obama’s misguided overreaction.

…by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas.

According to the Department of Energy’s base case projection, renewables will account for 12.7% of electrical generating capacity by 2035, vs 10.4% in 2009. (”Renewables” includes Hydro, geothermal and biomass, in addition to solar and wind.) That’s not much growth. “Some folks” may want solar and wind to be major contributors, but their share of generating capacity will always be tiny.

Mr. Obama has belatedly acknowledged that “other” clean fuel, natural gas. As I pointed out above, oil and natural gas are inextricably mixed. Most of “the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies” has had the effect of making natural gas cheaper and more available. Mr. Obama is unclear on how we’re going to stimulate gas production while punishing gas producers.

No, the big winner here is clean coal, another technology dependent on massive infusions of government dough. This time the beneficiaries will be the big coal-dependent electrical generating utilities: the government will heavily subsidize their new-generation plants, while increased costs will be passed along to ratepayers. The electric utilities, unlike oil and gas companies, enjoy the risk-free world of regulated returns.

Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they’re selling.

He’s talking about a government-mandated mix of energy sources. Require consumers to buy a product, and sure enough someone will fill the demand.

This government-centric model is inefficient and backward. The government should not be picking winners and losers, the marketplace should.

GPS and the Internet, Obama’s models of government-led game-changing technologies, do not owe their commercial success to a government mandate for their use. They succeeded because some entrepreneur saw a way to make a buck by using the technology in a different way.

Government “investment” in energy research is not a new idea. President Carter created the Department of Energy over 30 years ago in response to the oil embargoes of the 1970s, with “energy independence” as its goal. About the same time I graduated college with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. After 33 years in the business, I can’t think of a single significant technology that the DOE can call its own. All of the significant breakthroughs happened in the private sector.

As long as the government throws money at renewable energy and green jobs, we are guaranteed one resource in limitless supply: “green” company owners like the Mssrs. Allen who can be trotted out like props at State of the Union addresses.

Cross-posted at VladEnBlog.

Tentative House Agenda - Thursday, December 2, 2010

Motions and Resolutions:

008 - HR 365 (Tlaib) A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide an extension of unemployment benefits.

Messages from the Senate:

028 - HB 5921 (Lipton) Income tax; credit; small business investment credit; create.

030 - HB 4583 (Roy Schmidt) Health; testing; requirement to obtain informed consent before testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); eliminate, and provide option to decline test in writing.

031 - HB 5887 (Terry Brown) Appropriations; school aid; school aid appropriations; provide for fiscal year 2010-2011.

Third Reading:

032 - SB 374 (Jelinek) Land use; other; remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan state line; provide for.

038 - SB 589 (Kahn) Highways; signs; existing sign structures; allow interim permits.

Second Reading:

045 - SB 419 (Kuipers) Health; blood; blood donation; allow at age 16 with parental consent.

049 - SB 149 (Patterson) Communications; internet; obtaining personal information by false pretenses; prohibit.

050 - SB 150 (Patterson) Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of obtaining personal information by false pretenses; modify.

100 - SB 980 (Gilbert) Vehicles; equipment; warning lights and alarms on commercial snow removal vehicles; require under certain circumstances.

112 - SB 750 (Pappageorge) Controlled substances; forfeiture of property; procedure for demolition of certain seized properties; establish, and allow property to be donated to certain nonprofit and governmental organizations.

117 - SB 1115 (Hardiman) Businesses; nonprofit corporations; conversion of municipal health facilities corporations into nonprofit corporations; allow.

118 - SB 1135 (Allen) Economic development; renaissance zones; eligibility for tool and die zones; modify.

126 - SB 470 (Sanborn) Liquor; retail sales; tagging of certain beer kegs; require.

141 - SB 1091 (Sanborn) Occupations; professional investigators; persons exempt from professional investigator licensure act; expand to include certified public accountants and public accounting firms.

146 - SB 796 (Cassis) Michigan business tax; credit; qualified film production credit confidentiality provision reporting provisions; eliminate and revise.

147 - SB 889 (Cassis) Taxation; administration; disclosure of certain film office credits; allow.

148 - SB 1100 (Olshove) Children; child care; applicants for child care licensing; require to comply with same standards as their employees.

149 - SB 1101 (Nofs) Human services; adult foster care; applicants for adult foster care licensing; require to comply with same standards as their employees.

150 - SB 1102 (Olshove) Human services; other; applicants for home for the aged licensing; require to comply with same standards as their employees.

169 - SB 1402 (Gleason) Education; curricula; model program for gun safety instruction for elementary school pupils; provide for, and encourage schools to adopt and implement.

177 - SB 1126 (McManus) Elections; school; scheduling of school district election coordinating committee meetings; revise.

178 - SB 276 (Jelinek) Traffic control; violations; objects suspended from rearview mirror; remove from prohibition.

182 - SB 395 (Kahn) Property tax; assessments; assessment notice; revise time to 30 days.

183 - SB 715 (Van Woerkom) Drains; financing; notice of review of apportionment of benefits; require additional information.

191 - SB 34 (Richardville) Natural resources; funding; waterways account; provide for allowable expenditures.

211 - SB 1196 (Cropsey) Higher education; governing boards; authority to set amount of civil fines for certain civil infractions; revise.

214 - SB 1320 (Van Woerkom) Property; conveyances; conveyance of certain state-owned property to Free Soil township; provide for.

216 - SB 212 (Kahn) Law enforcement; other; police agency to retain certain confiscated weapons for use by that police agency; amend firearms act to allow under certain circumstances.

217 - SB 223 (Basham) Identity theft; penalties; forfeiture provisions; establish, and increase penalties for identity theft.

219 - SB 225 (Basham) Identity theft; penalties; prosecutorial jurisdiction for certain counterfeit debit, credit card, and driver license offenses; expand.

220 - SB 226 (Basham) Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for increased penalties for certain identity theft protection act violations; enact.

222 - SB 1056 (Cropsey) Courts; district court; places where district court is required to sit; revise for districts of the second class and clarify authority of presiding judges in districts of the second class.

223 - SB 1376 (Cropsey) Probate; trusts; technical amendments to the Michigan trust code; provide for.

224 - SB 1377 (Clarke) Probate; trusts; cross-reference to the estates and protected individuals code in the cemetery regulation act; correct to reflect adoption of Michigan trust code.

225 - SB 1378 (Stamas) Probate; trusts; cross-reference to the estates and protected individuals code in the prepaid funeral and cemetery sales act; correct to reflect adoption of Michigan trust code.

226 - SB 1233 (Allen) Economic development; brownfield redevelopment authority; incentives to invest in transit-oriented facilities and transit-oriented development; provide for.

227 - SB 1464 (Nofs) Townships; other; definition of noxious weeds; amend to allow townships to determine which are a common nuisance.

228 - SB 1413 (Allen) Occupations; auctioneers; regulation of certain presale auction services; provide for.

229 - SB 1493 (Allen) Liquor; licenses; minimum seating capacity for license issued in a development district; revise.

230 - SB 138 (Garcia) State financing and management; funds; Michigan strategic fund; provide technical amendment for the defense contract coordination center.

232 - SB 1528 (Jansen) Businesses; charitable organizations; charitable solicitation; require registration and make general revisions to charitable organizations and solicitations act.

233 - SB 1529 (Jansen) State financing and management; purchasing; sheltered workshops and work activity centers; replace with community rehabilitation organizations.

234 - SB 1577 (Jansen) Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for violations to the charitable organizations and solicitations act; enact.

235 - SB 194 (Richardville) Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of returning nonreturnable containers; enact.

236 - SB 1564 (Birkholz) Environmental protection; hazardous waste; treatment, storage, or disposal facility siting process; revise.

HB 6557 (Johnson) Income tax; city; maximum income tax rate for certain cities; increase, and eliminate reduction provisions.

HCR 63 (Cushingberry) A concurrent resolution approving the conveyance of property to the State Building Authority and approving a lease between the State of Michigan and the State Building Authority relative to the Michigan State Police Headquarters.

HR 367 (Oakes) A resolution to urge the United States Postal Service to keep open the Saginaw, Michigan, mail processing and distribution center.

SB 48 (Kahn) State; buildings; flags flown at state buildings; require to be made in the United States.

SB 77 (Gilbert) Property tax; principal residence exemption; elimination of May 1 filing deadline and proration of exemption; provide for.

SB 192 (Cassis) Michigan business tax; other; certain payments for construction management, architectural, and engineering services as purchases from other firms; include.

SB 283 (Jelinek) Property tax; assessments; certain nonprofit and habitat for humanity homes; assess at sale price.

SB 810 (Jelinek) State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under general property tax act; transfer to the department of natural resources.

SB 825 (Allen) Insurance; insurers; cap on risk or hazard loss; increase.

SB 883 (Cassis) Sales tax; collections; streamlined sales and use tax revenue equalization act; provide credit for sales tax paid on core charge of heavy earthmoving equipment.

SB 944 (Allen) Michigan business tax; credit; historic rehabilitation credit; revise.

SB 955 (Brown) Gaming; horse racing; racing commissioner; abolish, and transfer duties to director of the department of agriculture.

SB 1118 (Gilbert) Children; parental rights; provision relating to termination of parental rights; modify.

SB 1119 (Jacobs) Children; parental rights; procedure for proof of termination; modify.

SB 1120 (Hunter) Children; parental rights; provision relating to parent who voluntarily surrendered a child to an emergency service provider; eliminate.

SB 1150 (McManus) Appropriations; zero budget; capital outlay; provide for fiscal year 2010-2011.

SB 1237 (Birkholz) Health facilities; certificate of need; criteria for certificate of need for relocation of certain health facility's beds; expand to include adequate access to public transportation.

SB 1253 (Birkholz) Health facilities; employees; criminal history background check; clarify process to eliminate subsequent checks when possible and consolidate mental health and adult foster care facilities under public health code.

SB 1254 (Stamas) Human services; adult foster care; criminal history background check; conduct in the same manner as required under the public health code.

SB 1255 (Thomas) Mental health; other; criminal history background check for mental health care; conduct in same manner as required under the public health code.

SB 1269 (Gleason) Highways; name; renaming a portion of I-475; designate as "Mark Ingram Memorial Highway".

SB 1284 (Cassis) Education; school districts; certain school districts to implement intervention program; provide for.

SB 1396 (Van Woerkom) Occupations; agriculture; grain dealer's fees; modify.

SB 1397 (Van Woerkom) Trade; other; claims from farm produce insurance fund; revise eligibility requirements and authorize payments to state for certain enforcement costs.

SB 1421 (Cassis) Education; special; requirement for school psychologist participation in educational development plan for pupils receiving special education services; restore.

SB 1484 (Cropsey) Corrections; other; authority for correctional industries to engage in certain private manufacturing or service enterprises; provide for.

SB 1485 (Cropsey) Corrections; other; provisions relating to purchase of correctional industries products; revise.

SB 1499 (Allen) Veterans; benefits; eligibility for certain veterans to use state run veteran's homes; clarify.

SB 1509 (Kuipers) Education; teachers; teacher performance evaluation system; modify certain requirements and create a model evaluation system.

SB 1525 (Richardville) Financial institutions; loan officers; provision relating to surety bond obligation for mortgage loan originators; modify.

SB 1527 (McManus) Property tax; limitation; definition of property tax limitation for current year; update.

SB 1558 (George) Property; conveyances; transfer of certain state-owned property in Genesee county; provide for.

Testimony on Regulatory Concerns Regarding Dioxin

 State Representative Kenneth B. Horn

Testimony before the EPA Science Advisory Board Dioxin Review Panel Public Meeting  October 27, 2010 

Park Hyatt Washington Hotel, 1201 24th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

In listening to the previous testimony; I kind of feel as if I’m the half-time show of a Scientific Super Bowl of Debate over the effects of Dioxin. 

I sincerely hope to put a very human face on the regulatory implications of the outcome of the SAB’s technical and scientific deliberation.

A significant portion of the Tittabassee River flows through Saginaw County, Michigan and the 94th House District, which I currently serve.

Before taking this office, in my role as a Saginaw County Commissioner, I witnessed the closing of our county parks; and Health Department warnings to halt recreational activities near the river.

Dioxin, unfortunately, became a household word in this region.

I truly appreciate the role of the EPA and our own Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE). We will continue to work together to make public health and a clean environment a top priority for the State of Michigan.

While we are a grateful and patient community, we are also a practical population of people; and we’ve been dealing with the promises of clean up for a very long time.

Make no mistake that health and safety are the top priority; and that the citizens of the region have been calling for sound science to help guide us through this process.

Just to give you a flavor of what we’ve experienced; layers of government and conflicting standards have caused us no end of grief.

At 90 parts per trillion, Michigan, through its MDNRE maintains one of the strictest standards for dioxin clean up in the nation. They’ll find a hot spot in one area, and not be able to find it two days later.

The EPA currently offers a site specific standard, which seems to make more sense to us.

From a personal perspective; Saginaw County residents were anxious to hear the results of the University of Michigan report on Human Exposure, led by Dr. David Garabrant.

We also waited for a Michigan State University study on Animal Wildlife Exposure.

We are confident that the science behind these studies is sound and that human and animal health is at little risk while the cleanup work progresses.

We are willing to wait for good science, but are frustrated at each turn; as some new regulatory policy or inter-departmental challenge arises to put off cleanup, once again.

We residents of the area are simply looking for a little common sense.

We celebrated as the EPA re-established authority over the Tittabawasee River cleanup; but, frankly, were shocked as hundreds of trees including many ancient oaks were destroyed in one of the areas of concern.

Certainly, the process of clean up cannot include that type of brute force the entire length of the river, and into Saginaw Bay.

We find it difficult to justify the destruction of nature in the name of protecting nature.

To get more to my point, my greatest concern is that the uncertainty caused by new remediation standards may cause cleanups that are currently underway; to halt, change dramatically and be delayed unnecessarily, once again.

To that end, while the EPA describes new standards as “preliminary” and “interim,” their practical effect has real consequences.

Given the potential adverse impact on the people of my district, it is important to proceed with great caution on this critical matter.

On behalf of the 210,000 people of Saginaw County, I ask that you ensure that the Dioxin Preliminary Remediation Goals selected by EPA are fully reviewed by the scientific community; and hold off new standards until EPA has completed the reassessment.

We live here; we want our lives and our property back. And while we’re restless for a reasonable resolution; we continue to advocate for a solution based in sound science.

We believe strongly that delaying the cleanup unnecessarily will hinder the economic advancement that we are working so hard to cultivate in Saginaw County.

Our request is clear; please do not arbitrarily or capriciously change the rules, one more time, without some strong evidence to indicate that a change is absolutely required.

Do not let perfection be the enemy of the great progress that has been made in this particular cleanup effort.

I certainly appreciate the attention you’ve given to preserve the health of the people in my district and for the protection of our precious natural resources.

On behalf of the people of Saginaw County, thank you for this opportunity to share my community’s concern with you

Evidence that teaching takes a special person

The profession of teaching is truly a calling. I found the following submissions in my email last night and wanted to share them with you. I had fun captioning the work of these students, but... you're welcome to give them a shot yourself.

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Obviously... a Parochial School Student!

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All it takes is one visit to Tip-Up Town!

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Yeah... I'm not a big fan of Shakespeare, either

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Hey... where'd that elephant come from???

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I know Tracey... I'm not touching this one!

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OO7 out of 100, that is!

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It's a "Where's Waldo" mentality?

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Close... but no cigar!

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Well... it's true!

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I tried to learn it, but it's all Greek to me!

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This student is either bad at science or bad at English.

Don't know for sure!

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See, 2+4 equals just the right amount of animals

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A very courteous young student, it seems!

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I see a real future in Tort Law, for this kid!

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Immediately followed up by a "Second Childhood", by the way!

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There they go, trying to teach that Latin again!

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Normally, I'd disagree. But, since she added the hearts, well...

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The politics of science?

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Obviously a college student!

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Sometimes... it's dangerous to text while walking!

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No chair??? Oh... the humanity!

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Brian Wilson was no Einstein, but he was a good song writer

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Heck... I thought it protected the Irish Whiskey from the Guinness Stout drinkers

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I hear that it's really humid there, with a lot of mosquitoes

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Sorry officer...I don't know how fast I was traveling.

I forgot to charge my T130XA Scientific Calculator

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Be sure to hug a teacher today :)

Still Working to Restore the Promise Scholarship

September 22, 2010

Chair, House Tax Policy Committee
990 House Office Building
Lansing, MI 48909

Dear Madam Chair:

House Bill 5376, which I introduced, has been before the House Tax Policy Committee since September of 2009. The bill maintains our commitment to Michigan Promise Scholarship recipients by providing a tax credit in the amount of the scholarship that we withheld in 2009 when the program was discontinued.

Earlier today, the House Education Committee held a hearing on House Bill 6453, which also provides a tax credit to Promise Scholarship recipients. I would point out that House Bill 6453 was introduced just one day prior to notice of the hearing while my proposal has been sitting without a hearing for one full year. In addition, I would suggest that HB 6453 is highly problematic in terms of revenue when compared to my original proposal.

Under House Bill 6453, any portion of the Promise Scholarship tax credit that exceeds the student's tax liability shall be immediately refunded. If sufficient revenues existed to provide recipients with $4,000 over the course of one year, I highly doubt we would have discontinued the program in the first place.

In my original proposal, the credit is non-refundable but eligibility continues over multiple years until the full amount is claimed by the student. This reduces the impact in any given budget year and offsets the credit with additional sales and property taxes paid by the recipient.

Use of a non-refundable tax credit spread over multiple years also offers greater opportunity to keep our young professionals working here in Michigan. Conversely, House Bill 6453 requires only one year of residency after students finish their degree.

Finally, House Bill 6453 is extremely vague as it deals with Michigan Promise Zones. Any diversion of funds from students to a largely unfunded and untested authority should be troubling to parents as it alters the nature of the promise that Michigan made.

With this letter, I would like to restate my request for a hearing, and urge you to contemplate the more effective policy offered in House Bill 5376. I look forward to your consideration.

Sincerely,


Kenneth B. Horn
State Representative

Michigan’s 94th District

Bills being considered in the Michigan House: Sept. 23, 2010

Tentative House Agenda - Thursday, September 23, 2010

Second Reading:

HB 5368 (Terry Brown) Agriculture; fertilizer; phosphorus fertilizer; restrict use of on turf.

SB 185 (Garcia) Housing; landlord and tenants; early lease termination; allow for certain victims of domestic assault.

HB 5977 (Byrnes) Local government; intergovernmental affairs; intermunicipality committees studying transit-oriented facilities; provide for.

HB 5979 (Clemente) Economic development; tax increment financing; incentives to invest in transit-oriented facilities and transit-oriented development; provide for.

HB 5988 (Wayne Schmidt) Economic development; other; incentives to invest in transit-oriented facilities and transit-oriented development; provide for.

HB 5989 (Haines) Economic development; local development financing; incentives to invest in transit-oriented facilities and transit-oriented development; provide for.

HB 5998 (Nathan) Economic development; economic development corporations; incentives to invest in transit-oriented facilities and transit-oriented development; provide for.

HB 6177 (Neumann) Gaming; lottery; sale of advertising on club keno lottery games; allow, and earmark revenues.

HB 6345 (Hammel) Economic development; local development financing; smart zones; establish 2 additional zones.

SB 1014 (Prusi) Education; curricula; native American tribal language and culture class; allow to be taught by noncertificated teacher in certain circumstances and to be applied to curricular requirements.

If reported by Appropriations:

SB 1035 (Garcia) Law enforcement; other; name-based criminal history check fee; increase.

SB 1267 (Olshove) Environmental protection; underground storage tanks; environmental protection regulatory fee on refined petroleum products; extend sunset.

SB 1450 (Birkholz) Natural resources; inland lakes; preapplication meetings to review permit application; extend sunset.

SB 1451 (Birkholz) Natural resources; wetlands; preapplication meetings to review permit application; extend sunset.

HB 5779 (Caul) Property; conveyances; transfer of certain property in Mt. Pleasant; provide for.

HB 6120 (Tlaib) Courts; funding; transfer of certain revenue from the juror compensation fund into the general fund; provide for.

HB 6461 (Johnson) Taxation; hotel-motel tax; distribution of certain revenue into the general fund; provide for.

SCR 46 (McManus) A concurrent resolution approving the conveyance of property to the State Building Authority and approving a lease among the State of Michigan, the State Building Authority, and West Shore Community College relative to the West Shore Community College Arts and Sciences Center/Remodeling and Additions.