Anti-Environment

Effective: 2017-2018

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Senate Bill 1197 would amend Public Act 214 of 1952, the act that authorized the Mackinac Bridge Authority to build the Mackinac Bridge, to do all of the following:

  • Allow the Mackinac Bridge Authority to acquire and manage a utility tunnel through the Straits of Mackinac and to acquire property and property rights in connection with the construction of such a tunnel.
  • Create the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority within the Michigan Department of Transportation and create the Corridor Authority Board as its board of directors.
  • Provide for the transfer, from the Mackinac Bridge Authority to the Corridor Authority Board, of all duties, powers, and responsibilities related to a Straits of Mackinac utility tunnel.
  • Require the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority to enter into an agreement for the construction, maintenance, operation, and decommissioning of a utility tunnel by December 31, 2018.
  • Require that the tunnel agreement provide that a private party pay to construct,maintain, operate, and decommission the tunnel.
  • Provide that real or personal property owned or used by an entity leasing or otherwise using the utility tunnel is not exempt from taxation.
  • Require the attorney general to provide for the costs of representation a lawyer chosen by the Mackinac Bridge Authority or the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority if the attorney general declined to represent either body in a matter related to the utility tunnel.
Learn more at legislature.mi.gov

Votes

37 Pro-Environment
82 Anti-Environment
1 N/A
See How Your Lawmaker Voted
Name Party Affiliation Chamber District Lifetime Score Pro/Anti Environment
Phil Green REPUBLICAN House 67 50%
Sarah Anthony DEMOCRATIC Senate 21 97%
Adam Zemke DEMOCRATIC House 55 100%
Jeff Yaroch REPUBLICAN House 33 64%
Henry Yanez DEMOCRATIC House 25 100%
Jim Tedder REPUBLICAN House 43 22%
Lana Theis REPUBLICAN Senate 22 24%
Curt VanderWall REPUBLICAN House 102 32%
Adam Hollier DEMOCRATIC Senate 2 96%
Scott VanSingel REPUBLICAN House 100 50%
Robert VerHeulen REPUBLICAN House 74 44%
Bronna Kahle REPUBLICAN House 57 48%
Roger Victory REPUBLICAN Senate 31 31%
Tim Kelly REPUBLICAN House 94 22%
Jason Wentworth REPUBLICAN House 97 48%
Klint Kesto REPUBLICAN House 39 22%
Mary Whiteford REPUBLICAN House 80 48%
Sylvia Santana DEMOCRATIC Senate 2 100%
Robert Kosowski DEMOCRATIC House 16 89%
Terry Sabo DEMOCRATIC House 92 76%
Beau LaFave REPUBLICAN House 108 38%
David LaGrand DEMOCRATIC House 75 92%
Jim Runestad REPUBLICAN Senate 23 24%
David Maturen REPUBLICAN House 63 44%
Kim LaSata REPUBLICAN Senate 21 38%
Mike McCready REPUBLICAN House 40 33%
Donna Lasinski DEMOCRATIC House 52 96%
Jeremy Moss DEMOCRATIC Senate 7 100%
Dan Lauwers REPUBLICAN Senate 25 26%
Jeff Noble REPUBLICAN House 20 22%
Tom Leonard REPUBLICAN House 93 22%
Dave Pagel REPUBLICAN House 78 44%
Jim Lilly REPUBLICAN House 89 48%
Jewell Jones DEMOCRATIC House 11 80%
Ronnie Peterson DEMOCRATIC House 54 92%
Steven Johnson REPUBLICAN House 72 29%
Phil Phelps DEMOCRATIC House 49 78%
Yousef Rabhi DEMOCRATIC House 53 92%
Holly Hughes REPUBLICAN House 91 33%
John Reilly REPUBLICAN House 46 25%
Gary Glenn REPUBLICAN House 98 22%
Joseph Graves REPUBLICAN House 51 22%
Daire Rendon REPUBLICAN House 103 48%
Brett Roberts REPUBLICAN House 65 33%
Tim Greimel DEMOCRATIC House 29 100%
Rose Mary Robinson DEMOCRATIC House 4 86%
Tenisha Yancey DEMOCRATIC House 1 79%
Beth Griffin REPUBLICAN House 66 48%
Abdullah Hammoud DEMOCRATIC House 15 100%
Erika Geiss DEMOCRATIC Senate 1 100%
Roger Hauck REPUBLICAN Senate 34 33%
Winnie Brinks DEMOCRATIC Senate 29 100%
Tommy Brann REPUBLICAN House 77 44%
Kevin Hertel DEMOCRATIC Senate 12 89%
John Bizon REPUBLICAN House 19 48%
Michele Hoitenga REPUBLICAN Senate 36 29%
Pamela Hornberger REPUBLICAN House 32 42%
Joe Bellino REPUBLICAN Senate 16 36%
Tom Barrett REPUBLICAN Senate 24 32%
Gary Howell REPUBLICAN House 82 48%
Sue Allor REPUBLICAN House 106 63%
Martin Howrylak REPUBLICAN House 41 56%
Pete Lucido REPUBLICAN Senate 8 38%
Julie Alexander REPUBLICAN House 64 42%
Steve Marino REPUBLICAN House 24 45%
Thomas Albert REPUBLICAN Senate 18 31%
Andy Schor DEMOCRATIC House 68 100% excused
Dale Zorn REPUBLICAN House 34 41%
Sam Singh DEMOCRATIC Senate 28 100%
Jim Stamas REPUBLICAN Senate 36 43%
Mike Shirkey REPUBLICAN Senate 16 45%
Tim Sneller DEMOCRATIC House 50 88%
William Sowerby DEMOCRATIC House 31 100%
Tonya Schuitmaker REPUBLICAN Senate 26 45%
Wayne A Schmidt REPUBLICAN Senate 37 48%
Julie Calley REPUBLICAN House 87 44%
Sara Cambensy DEMOCRATIC House 109 75%
Daniela Garcia REPUBLICAN House 90 22%
Ben Frederick REPUBLICAN House 85 48%
Diana Farrington REPUBLICAN House 30 52%
Pam Faris DEMOCRATIC House 48 100%
Jim Ellison DEMOCRATIC House 26 96%
Fred Durhal DEMOCRATIC House 5 89%
Scott Dianda DEMOCRATIC House 110 89%
Laura Cox REPUBLICAN House 19 22%
Tom Cochran DEMOCRATIC House 67 100%
Cara Clemente DEMOCRATIC House 14 92%
Stephanie Chang DEMOCRATIC Senate 3 100%
Darrin Camilleri DEMOCRATIC Senate 4 95%
Tory Rocca REPUBLICAN Senate 10 90%
David Robertson REPUBLICAN Senate 14 27%
Morris Hood III DEMOCRATIC Senate 3 91%
Dave Hildenbrand REPUBLICAN Senate 29 27%
Curtis Hertel Jr. DEMOCRATIC Senate 23 100%
Goeff Hansen REPUBLICAN Senate 34 27%
Vincent Gregory DEMOCRATIC Senate 11 91%
Mike Green REPUBLICAN Senate 31 27%
Judy Emmons REPUBLICAN Senate 33 18%
Ian Conyers DEMOCRATIC Senate 4 100%
Patrick Colbeck REPUBLICAN Senate 7 27%
Tom Casperson REPUBLICAN Senate 38 27%
Jack Brandenburg REPUBLICAN Senate 8 27%
Darwin Booher REPUBLICAN Senate 35 27%
Steve Bieda DEMOCRATIC Senate 9 100%
Hoon-Yung Hopgood DEMOCRATIC Senate 6 100%
Ken Horn REPUBLICAN Senate 32 36%
John Proos REPUBLICAN Senate 21 20%
Phil Pavlov REPUBLICAN Senate 25 27%
Margaret O'Brien REPUBLICAN Senate 20 27%
Mike Nofs REPUBLICAN Senate 19 18%
Arlan Meekhof REPUBLICAN Senate 30 27%
Jim Marleau REPUBLICAN Senate 12 20%
Peter MacGregor REPUBLICAN Senate 28 44%
Mike Kowall REPUBLICAN Senate 15 36%
Marty Knollenberg REPUBLICAN Senate 13 27%
David Knezek DEMOCRATIC Senate 5 100%
Rick Jones REPUBLICAN Senate 24 45%
Joe Hune REPUBLICAN Senate 22 27%
Jim Ananich DEMOCRATIC Senate 27 100%