22459 Education: Teacher Certification and Continuing Education 308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday Presentations by: Michigan Department of Education, Lisa Hansknecht, Director, Office of State and Federal Relations, and Dr. Sally Vaughn, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, on new teacher certification rules. Dr. Patricia Reeves, Associate Professor, Education Leadership, Western Michigan University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules. Dr. Susan Wilson, Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and the Director of the College of Education's Center for the Scholarship of Teachers, Michigan State University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules. H061A 517-373-2002 Updated 05/10/2012 22472 Commerce 519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday HB 5577 (Nesbitt) State; escheats; uniform unclaimed property act; modify look-back period to 5 years. HB 5617 (Zorn) Housing; housing development authority; eligibility for certain residential loans; modify income requirement. HB 5618 (Shaughnessy) Housing; housing development authority; requirement that multifamily housing project be located in eligible distressed area; eliminate as condition for certain loans. HB 5619 (Wayne Schmidt) Property tax; exemptions; waiver of specific tax; allow for land sold or conveyed by land bank fast track authority. HB 5620 (Wayne Schmidt) Housing; housing development authority; mortgage credit certificate program; revise eligibility. HB 5246 (Wayne Schmidt) Economic development; local development financing; number of smart zones; increase. Presentations from: Carol Van Andel, Van Andel Education Institute and Board Member Michigan Colleges Foundation Dr. Jeff Docking, President Adrian College Casey Hoffman, Student at Albion College and Board Chair for the Van Andel Millennial Board Mary Kramer, Publisher at Crain's Detroit Business and Board Member Michigan Colleges Foundation H104A 517-373-7256 New 05/11/2012 10:48:46 AM 22465 Families, Children, and Seniors 327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday SB 454 (Nofs) Civil procedure; evidence; testimony of a vulnerable adult; allow to be presented by videotape or closed-circuit television. SB 457 (Colbeck) Counties; employees and officers; county medical examiner to establish an elder death review team; allow. SB 462 (Bieda) Health facilities; nursing homes; reporting requirements for abuse or neglect in nursing homes; modify. SB 464 (Schuitmaker) Criminal procedure; other; development of investigative protocols and abuse and neglect interview protocols for vulnerable adults; require by certain local agencies. SB 468 (Hansen) Criminal procedure; arrests; complainant's signature requirement to file a criminal complaint in cases alleging vulnerable adult abuse; prohibit magistrate from refusing to accept complaint because signed upon information and belief by individual other than the victim. HB 5223 (Farrington) Human services; services or financial assistance; applicant substance abuse testing; include in eligibility criteria for family independence assistance program benefits. H058A 517-373-5795 Updated 05/10/2012 22457 Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security 308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday Presentations by: Ms. Liza Estlund-Olson, Deputy Director, Direct Talent Strategies for Veterans Workforce Development Agency for the State of Michigan, on Veterans Retraining Assistance Programs (VRAP). Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt, Provost, and Dr. Evan Montague, Dean of Students, on Lansing Community College "Veteran Friendly Practices" H101A 517-373-2002 22479 Oversight, Reform, and Ethics 326 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday HB 4096 (Cotter) State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing of all state expenditures; create. SB 802 (Colbeck) State financing and management; budget; state departments' transparency; create financial reporting website. SB 21 (Schuitmaker) State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing all state expenditures; create. H045A 517-373-2013 New 05/11/2012 01:07:11 PM 22461 Regulatory Reform 521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/16/2012 Wednesday SB 713 (Nofs) Occupations; junk and secondhand dealers; definition of secondhand dealer or junk dealer; exclude certain businesses. HB 5611 (Ouimet) Liquor; licenses; sale of alcohol at certain sporting events held at a university's outdoor stadium; allow. Presentation by: Richard Kalm, Executive Director, Michigan Gaming Control Board Overview of Horse Racing, Commercial and Indian gaming. H038A 517-373-5795 New 05/11/2012 17:05:15 22476 Tax Policy 519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/16/2012 Wednesday HB 5220 (Knollenberg) Property tax; tax tribunal; informal settlement conference; require if requested by petitioner. HB 5088 (McMillin) Property tax; other; ballot language for local millages; clarify. HB 5543 (Pscholka) Taxation; administration; effect of filing a return; clarify. HB 5557 (O'Brien) Economic development; downtown development authorities; capture of certain taxes; modify. HB 5463 (Walsh) Economic development; downtown development authorities; bylaws of authorities and taxable status; modify. HB 5621 (Gilbert) Property tax; assessments; assessment of commercial rental property; revise. H081A 517-373-2013 New 05/11/2012 11:28:56 AM 22462 Government Operations 327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/16/2012 Wednesday SB 640 (Kahn) State; buildings; flags of the United States and the state of Michigan flown at state buildings or sold by state agencies; require to be made in the United States. To be referred to the House Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee: SB 543 (Brandenburg) Counties; boards and commissions; membership on county department of veterans' affairs; modify eligibility criteria. H098A 517-373-2002 22474 Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs 307 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/17/2012 Thursday HB 5566 (Denby) Local government; other; authorized loan amounts under the emergency municipal loan act; revise and make other general revisions. HB 5567 (Pscholka) Education; financing; permissible uses for school operating millages and repayment of hardship advances and emergency loans; amend revised school code regarding. HB 5568 (Hughes) School aid; other; provisions regarding hardship advances and repayment of emergency loans; amend state school aid act to provide for. HB 5569 (Ouimet) State financing and management; funds; disposition of surplus funds from emergency municipal loan act; clarify. HB 5570 (Rogers) State financing and management; bonds; municipal bond authority; allow to create an emergency loan board loan. Presentation by Chief Justice Milton Mack, Wayne County Probate Court regarding Electronic Archives H052A 517-373-1260 New 05/11/2012 10:53:48 AM 22481 Judiciary 521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/17/2012 Thursday HB 5225 (Opsommer) Weapons; firearms; certain procedures for purchase and possession of pistols; revise. HB 5282 (Rendon) Weapons; other; transportation of firearms for lawful purpose; expand. SB 760 (Green) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify. SB 761 (Kowall) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify. SB 762 (Robertson) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify. H019A 517-373-5795 New 05/11/2012 05:05:02 PM