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A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS
The proposed law would:
* Permit physician approved use of marijuana by registered patients with debilitating medical conditions including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C, MS and other conditions as may be approved by the Department of Community Health.
* Permit registered individuals to grow limited amounts of marijuana for qualifying patients in an enclosed, locked facility.
* Require Department of Community Health to establish an identification card system for patients qualified to use marijuana and individuals qualified to grow marijuana.
* Permit registered and unregistered patients and primary caregivers to assert medical reasons for using marijuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marijuana.
Should this proposal be adopted?
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS HUMAN EMBRYO AND HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH IN MICHIGAN
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Expand use of human embryos for any research permitted under federal law subject to the following limits: the embryos --
-- are created for fertility treatment purposes;
-- are not suitable for implantation or are in excess of clinical needs;
-- would be discarded unless used for research;
-- were donated by the person seeking fertility treatment.
* Provide that stem cells cannot be taken from human embryos more than 14 days after cell division begins.
* Prohibit any person from selling or purchasing human embryos for stem cell research.
* Prohibit state and local laws that prevent, restrict or discourage stem cell research, future therapies and cures.
Should this proposal be adopted?
SMCAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT RENEWAL Shall the Cities of Niles and Buchanan, and the Townships of Bertrand, Buchanan, and Niles in Berrien County, and the Township of Howard in Cass County, in combination, renew and maintain a special assessment district for a period of eight consecutive years following this election, being the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, the boundaries of which shall be the combined boundaries of all such municipalities, for the purpose of an annual special assessment which shall not exceed annually $20.00 per parcel assessed, to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service (SMCAS) levied on the lands and premises in the special assessment district as provided by Act 33 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended or hereafter amended?
MARCELLUS TOWNSHIP POLICE -- MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION Shall the Township of Marcellus, Cass County, Michigan, renew the one and one half (1.50) mill tax levy ($1.50 on each $1000.00) on the assessed taxable value, as equalized, of all property in Marcellus Township (approved at the election of August 3, 2004, set to expire with the 2008 tax levy) for a period of three (3) years, 2009 through 2011 inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for continuing police and law enforcement services coverage, operating expenses related to said services, as well as the care, maintenance and operations of vehicles, apparatus, equipment, property and buildings incident to said services as permitted by statute? It is anticipated that the revenue collected by the Township as the result of this proposal will be approximately $91,017.24 in the first calendar year of the levy.
