2005 Senate Bill 538

House Roll Call 623: Passed

To authorize loans to farmers of up to $200,000 from the state Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Revolving Loan Fund for agricultural biomass energy production system projects. Under current law, loans from this fund may not exceed $150,000 and are limited to “pollution prevention projects.” Money in the fund was borrowed by the state under the 1998 "Clean Michigan Initiative" bond proposal.

70 Yeas / 33 Nays
Republican (54 Yeas / 3 Nays)
Democrat (16 Yeas / 30 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (4)