by 1.75 percent, and by 2.0 percent beginning in 2016. House Resolution 251 recognizing April 20, 2010, as Equal Pay Day in the state of Michigan. Passed in the House by voice vote on April 20, 2010. House Bill 5812 (Expand “service dog” definition to include other animals) to expand the exception for "service dogs” in the law against bringing animals into a restaurant, and allowing them to be banned from other places of public accommodation. The bill would instead make the exception for “service animals,” defined as any animal trained to perform tasks for a person with disabilities. House Bill 5800 (Establish new "unfunded mandate" prevention procedures) to require any lawsuit alleging violation by the state of the 1978 Headlee amendment provision prohibiting the state from imposing unfunded mandates on local governments to be filed in the state Appeals Court, rather than in circuit court. Under current law either is allowed. The bill prohibits the court from requiring the allegations in a suit to be any more specific than is generally required in a civil action, and establishes court procedures for adjudicating the case “as rapidly as possible consistent with achieving justice”. House Bill 5699 (Extend statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors ) to extend the statute of limitations for certain criminal sexual conduct offenses committed against minors. House Bill 5639 (Revise physical force in schools rules) to prohibit the reasonable use of physical force on a public school student for purposes of maintaining order and control and providing an environment conducive to safety and learning. Instead, force would only be allowed in an emergency situation when a student's unpredictable, spontaneous behavior causes a threat of imminent, serious physical harm, and can't be immediately prevented by any less restrictive measure. Reasonable physical force would be allowed to break up a fight, take away a weapon, or to remove or hold for a brief time a student in order to prevent impulsive behavior that threatens his or her safety. The bill would explicitly allow the “brief holding by an adult in order to calm or comfort”. House Joint Resolution MM (Earmark new garbage tax revenue) to place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to place in the constitution the distribution formula for the money collected under the $7.50 per ton landfill tipping fee (tax) proposed by House Bill 5558, or by similar bills. Most