Introduced
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To give Ingham, Ottawa, and Kalamazoo counties the power to impose a 4 percent room tax on lodging facilities, and use the money to subsidize building and operating a new event center. The tax would go into effect when owners controlling at least 40 percent of the hotel and motel rooms in the jurisdiction request a referendum of all owners, with lodging owners getting one vote per room.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism
Reported without amendment
Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To expand the facilities on which a government can spend the proposed tax revenue to include "recreational facilities" and "sporting venues".
The amendment failed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 80 to 26 (details)
To give Kalamazoo county (primarily) and also Ingham, Ottawa, Muskegon and Washtenaw counties the power to impose a 4 percent room tax on lodging facilities, and use the money to subsidize "urban recreational services," including an event center that the Kalamazoo 'economic development' agency has lobbied 10 years for, according to the House Fiscal Agency. The tax would go into effect when the owners controlling at least 40 percent of the “transient facility” (hotel and motel) rooms in the jurisdiction, with lodging owners getting one vote per room.
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Small Business Development
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To clarify some procedures and definitions in the bill \.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 32 to 5 (details)
To give Kalamazoo county (primarily) and also Ingham, Ottawa, Muskegon and Washtenaw counties the power to impose a 4 percent room tax on lodging facilities, and use the money to subsidize "urban recreational services," including an event center that the Kalamazoo 'economic development' agency has lobbied 10 years for, according to the House Fiscal Agency. The tax would go into effect when the owners controlling at least 40 percent of the “transient facility” (hotel and motel) rooms in the jurisdiction, with lodging owners getting one vote per room.
Passed in the House 73 to 29 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the proposed new tax.
