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• Introduced by Rep. Barbara Farrah (D) on July 24, 2007, to concur in a tribal-state gaming compact between the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan (the Gun Lake Band) and the State of Michigan and signed on May 9, 2007. This would approve an agreement negotiated by Gov. Jennifer Granholm with the Indian tribe known as the "Gun Lake band," under which the state would get a portion of the revenue from a Gun Lake casino authorized under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (a matter over which the state has no authority).
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on July 24, 2007.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Fulton Sheen (R) on August 8, 2007, to place toll booths on state and local roads leading to Indian tribal lands containing casinos that do not have an agreement and share gambling revenue with the state, and charge $10 to pass. The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on August 8, 2007.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Tom Pearce (R) on August 8, 2007, to not abide by the terms of this compact unless the other Indian casinos in Michigan agree to the same regulations and terms that the Gun Lake Band has agreed to in this compact, which include sharing part of the gambling revenue with the state. The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on August 8, 2007.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Fulton Sheen (R) on August 8, 2007, to place toll booths on state and local roads leading to Indian tribal lands containing casinos that do not have an agreement and share gambling revenue with the state, and charge $10 to pass. The substitute failed 21 to 82 in the House on August 8, 2007.
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• Passed 63 to 41 in the House on August 8, 2007.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"