2003 House Bill 4612 ↩

House Roll Call 709: Passed

A second conference report, which raises the tax on Detroit casinos from 18 percent to 24 percent, increasing state revenue by $49 million a year. If the casinos do not build permanent facilities and hotels, the tax would be increased another three percent. If the "racinos” proposed by House Bill 4610 are allowed, the tax would drop to the current level. Some $6 million of the new revenue would go to agricultural interests such as horse race prizes, fairs, and 4-H clubs. Because it amends an initiated law passed by the people (authorizing he Detroit casinos), a three-quarters vote of the House and Senate is required.