2009 Senate Bill 619 ↩

Senate Roll Call 72: Passed

To authorize spending $9.5 million on tourism industry subsidies in the form of state ads paid for with use tax dollars. The money would otherwise go into the state general fund and be available for other state spending. <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-HB-5865">Previous tourism subsidies </a> have been paid for with long term borrowing, pledging future tobacco lawsuit revenue to repay the debt.