    {"id":1027,"date":"2013-04-19T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/League-Victory!-Senate-Committee-Passes-4825-Increase-in-EVIP!.aspx"},"modified":"2013-04-19T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T14:34:00","slug":"michigan-senate-committee-passes-4-8-evip-increase-in-proposed-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2013\/04\/19\/michigan-senate-committee-passes-4-8-evip-increase-in-proposed-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate Committee Passes 4.8% EVIP Increase in Proposed Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late yesterday afternoon the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the general government budget including the 4.8% increase as recommended by the subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate budget does NOT include the language we oppose in the House budget with penalties for settling contracts before right to work went into effect and additional posting requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In addition the Senate boilerplate gives credit for ANY prior consolidation or cooperation. As Senator Pappageorge has repeatedly said in committee, &#8220;Consolidation is forever&#8221;. Under the language in the bill any prior consolidation\/cooperation would mean a community qualifies without having to submit a new project.<\/p>\n<p>The League is very grateful to Senator Pappageorge for his advocacy on behalf of communities. We are asking that you please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.michigan.gov\/ima_form.asp?name=comment13&amp;form_path=e:\/webforms\/rep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use this link<\/a> to contact Senator Pappageorge&#8217;s office and say thank you! In addition contact your Senator and ask him\/her to protect this increase for EVIP.<\/p>\n<p>We expect the full Senate to report the budgets next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League. She can be reached at <span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\">517-908-0306<a title=\"Call: 517-908-0306\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mml.org\/advocacy\/inside208\/#\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;width: 16px;float: none;height: 16px;vertical-align: middle;overflow: hidden;cursor: hand\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"image\/png;base64,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\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span> and sharkins at mml.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late yesterday afternoon the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the general government budget including the 4.8% increase as recommended by the subcommittee. 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