2007 House Bill 4919

Allow convention facility tax “fund raids”

Introduced in the House

June 13, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Shanelle Jackson (D-9)

To amend the State convention facility development act to specifically allow the “fund raid” used by the legislature as part of the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-436">deal</a> to borrow and shift funds to avoid spending cuts in the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 budget. This deal used $35 million of the liquor and hotel tax revenues that are supposed to pay for debt service on Cobo Hall and other municipal convention facilities. This bill would eliminate any ambiguity related to the legality of that action, and future ones.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations