Representative Thomas J. Anderson collection.

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Representative Thomas J. Anderson collection.

This collection consists of various materials of Rep. Thomas J. Anderson. The collection includes congratulatory correspondence from Anderson to his constituents, dating 1965-1969; general constituent correspondence, dating 1966-1971; legislative correspondence with constituents, dating 1965-1971; legislative files, including original drafts of bills, amendments, etc.; and manuscripts of speeches and articles for 1967 and 1970.

15 mss. boxes 6.2 cu. ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7435804

State Archive of Michigan

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Anderson, Thomas J. (Thomas Joel), 1898-

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H.B. 3055 was Michigan's Environmental Protection Act, that was drafted in 1969 by Joseph L. Sax and signed into law on July 27, 1970. Anderson agreed to introduce the bill into the Michigan House in Apr. 1969, and to oversee the campaign for its passage. This bill, the first of its kind in the nation, generated wide public interest and served as a model for the Hart-McGovern Environmental Protection Bill. H.B. 3055 allowed private citizens as well as public agencies to sue the state, its agenci...

Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives

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