Introduced
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To require a vote to be put to the citizens of Detroit on the August, 2002 ballot, and every four years thereafter, on whether to abolish the current nine-member at-large city council, and replace it with a council elected from nine single-member election districts, with the apportionment determined by a redistricting commission composed of two members appointed by the mayor and one appointed by the city council.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which eliminates the provision that the issue of at-large or single member city council districts be put to the voters every four years. The question would only be on the August 6, 2002 ballot.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To give the city council two appointments and the mayor one appointment to the districting commission, rather than vice-versa.
The amendment passed 35 to 62 (details)
Amendment offered
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To tie bar the bill to House Bill 5974, which would eliminate the five-year waiting period for a ballot proposal on retaining the Detroit reform school board put in place by the state, and place the measure on the August, 2002 primary election ballot.
The amendment failed 47 to 54 (details)
Passed in the House 67 to 37 (details)
To require a vote to be put to the citizens of Detroit on the August, 2002 ballot on whether to abolish the current nine-member at-large city council, and replace it with a council elected from nine single-member election districts, with the apportionment determined by a redistricting commission composed of two members appointed by the mayor and one appointed by the city council.
Passed in the Senate 28 to 9 (details)
