- December 21, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
(The Center Square) – The third time was a charm for a small-business relief provision of Senate Bill 85, which was signed Monday by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
A House version of the bill, House Bill 4047, was proposed by Rep. Timothy Beson, R-Bangor Twp., last March, and signed by the governor. However, Whitmer exercised a line-item veto of the afflicted business relief. Another version of a small-business relief subsequently was passed by the legislature with bipartisan support. Whitmer again exercised her veto authority to squelch it.
SB 85 was introduced by Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth.
The bill aims to provide relief to businesses harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and received bipartisan support in the legislature. The bill will appropriate $409 million in small-business relief.
“Though the pandemic turned…
