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2012 House Bill 5705: Use Detroit utility tax money for streetlights instead of police (House Roll Call 409)
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Passed 92 to 14 in the House on June 7, 2012, to allow $12.5 million in annual revenue from a Detroit utility tax originally intended pay for police officers to instead be used to pay for the streetlights provided by the municipal lighting authority proposed by House Bill 5688. This bill also requires passage of another one (Senate Bill 970) which would allow Detroit to raise its city income tax to 3.0 percent for residents and 1.5 percent for non-residents who work in the city.
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The vote was 92 in favor, 14 against, and 4 not voting.
(House Roll Call 409)

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Vote
In Favor In Favor
Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
871387%
128812%
1000%
64 total votes
Democrat
782278%
138713%
8928%
46 total votes

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Use Detroit utility tax money for streetlights instead of police

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Ananich (D)Barnett (D)Bauer (D)Bledsoe (D)Brunner (D)
Byrum (D)Cavanagh (D)Clemente (D)Constan (D)Darany (D)
Dillon (D)Durhal (D)Greimel (D)Hammel (D)Haugh (D)
Hobbs (D)Hovey-Wright (D)Howze (D)Irwin (D)Kandrevas (D)
Lane (D)LeBlanc (D)Lipton (D)Liss (D)McCann (D)
Meadows (D)Nathan (D)Oakes (D)Rutledge (D)Segal (D)
Stallworth (D)Stanley (D)Stapleton (D)Switalski (D)Talabi (D)
Townsend (D)    

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Agema (R)Bolger (R)Bumstead (R)Callton (R)Cotter (R)
Daley (R)Damrow (R)Denby (R)Farrington (R)Forlini (R)
Foster (R)Franz (R)Genetski (R)Gilbert (R)Glardon (R)
Graves (R)Haines (R)Haveman (R)Heise (R)Hooker (R)
Horn (R)Hughes (R)Jacobsen (R)Jenkins (R)Johnson (R)
Knollenberg (R)Kowall (R)Kurtz (R)Lori (R)Lund (R)
Lyons (R)MacGregor (R)MacMaster (R)McBroom (R)McMillin (R)
Moss (R)Muxlow (R)O'Brien (R)Olson (R)Opsommer (R)
Ouimet (R)Outman (R)Pettalia (R)Poleski (R)Potvin (R)
Price (R)Rendon (R)Rogers (R)Schmidt, R. (R)Schmidt, W. (R)
Shaughnessy (R)Somerville (R)Stamas (R)Walsh (R)Yonker (R)
Zorn (R)    

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Brown (D)Santana (D)Slavens (D)Smiley (D)Tlaib (D)
Womack (D)    

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Crawford (R)Goike (R)Huuki (R)LaFontaine (R)Nesbitt (R)
Pscholka (R)Shirkey (R)Tyler (R)  

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Geiss (D)Jackson (D)Lindberg (D)Olumba (D)

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Agema (R)Y    Ananich (D)Y    Barnett (D)Y    Bauer (D)Y    Bledsoe (D)
Y    Bolger (R)  n  Brown (D)Y    Brunner (D)Y    Bumstead (R)Y    Byrum (D)
Y    Callton (R)Y    Cavanagh (D)Y    Clemente (D)Y    Constan (D)Y    Cotter (R)
  n  Crawford (R)Y    Daley (R)Y    Damrow (R)Y    Darany (D)Y    Denby (R)
Y    Dillon (D)Y    Durhal (D)Y    Farrington (R)Y    Forlini (R)Y    Foster (R)
Y    Franz (R)  -  Geiss (D)Y    Genetski (R)Y    Gilbert (R)Y    Glardon (R)
  n  Goike (R)Y    Graves (R)Y    Greimel (D)Y    Haines (R)Y    Hammel (D)
Y    Haugh (D)Y    Haveman (R)Y    Heise (R)Y    Hobbs (D)Y    Hooker (R)
Y    Horn (R)Y    Hovey-Wright (D)Y    Howze (D)Y    Hughes (R)  n  Huuki (R)
Y    Irwin (D)  -  Jackson (D)Y    Jacobsen (R)Y    Jenkins (R)Y    Johnson (R)
Y    Kandrevas (D)Y    Knollenberg (R)Y    Kowall (R)Y    Kurtz (R)  n  LaFontaine (R)
Y    Lane (D)Y    LeBlanc (D)  -  Lindberg (D)Y    Lipton (D)Y    Liss (D)
Y    Lori (R)Y    Lund (R)Y    Lyons (R)Y    MacGregor (R)Y    MacMaster (R)
Y    McBroom (R)Y    McCann (D)Y    McMillin (R)Y    Meadows (D)Y    Moss (R)
Y    Muxlow (R)Y    Nathan (D)  n  Nesbitt (R)Y    O'Brien (R)Y    Oakes (D)
Y    Olson (R)  -  Olumba (D)Y    Opsommer (R)Y    Ouimet (R)Y    Outman (R)
Y    Pettalia (R)Y    Poleski (R)Y    Potvin (R)Y    Price (R)  n  Pscholka (R)
Y    Rendon (R)Y    Rogers (R)Y    Rutledge (D)  n  Santana (D)Y    Schmidt, R. (R)
Y    Schmidt, W. (R)Y    Segal (D)Y    Shaughnessy (R)  n  Shirkey (R)  n  Slavens (D)
  n  Smiley (D)Y    Somerville (R)Y    Stallworth (D)Y    Stamas (R)Y    Stanley (D)
Y    Stapleton (D)Y    Switalski (D)Y    Talabi (D)  n  Tlaib (D)Y    Townsend (D)
  n  Tyler (R)Y    Walsh (R)  n  Womack (D)Y    Yonker (R)Y    Zorn (R)

House Roll Call 409 on 2012 House Bill 5705

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Comments

1) Re: 2012 House Bill 5705 (Use Detroit utility tax money for streetlights instead of police )  by bill35 on August 28, 2012 
These streetlights are so important to the city here. We have to push the money to the lights in the city. It will definitely pay off in the future. furniture Canada

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2) 2012 House Bill 5705 (Use Detroit utility tax money for streetlights instead of police )  by admin on August 28, 2012 
Introduced in the House on May 30, 2012, to allow $12.5 million in annual revenue from a Detroit utility tax originally intended pay for police officers to instead be used to pay for the streetlights provided by the municipal lighting authority proposed by House Bill 5688. This bill also requires passage of another one (Senate Bill 970) which would allow Detroit to raise its city income tax to 3.0 percent for residents and 1.5 percent for non-residents who work in the city

The vote was 92 in favor, 14 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 409 at House Journal 0)

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