2003 House Bill 4612 ↩

Senate Roll Call 570: Passed

To increase the state tax on Detroit casinos, from 18 percent to 24 percent, with the state getting four percent of the increase and the city getting two percent. This is projected to increase state revenue by $49 million a year. If the Detroit casinos build permanent facilities and hotels, the four percent state portion of the tax increase would drop to one percent. (Detroit will still get a two percent increase based on a previous and separate deal to increase its take from the casinos beginning in 2006). Because it would amend a law adopted by a vote of the people (authorizing he Detroit casinos), the bill requires a three-quarters vote of the House and Senate.