Introduced
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To create a regional convention authority that would own and manage Cobo Hall in Detroit, and transfer the facility to the authority in exchange for $20 million to the city. This would be run by a five member board with one appointee each from the Governor, Detroit Mayor, the Wayne and Oakland County executives, and the Macomb County board or executive. Any action by the board would require a unanimous vote. The Detroit city council would have a veto on this for 45 days, and if it exercised that veto (as it did on this same proposal enacted in late 2008), money for the authority under Senate Bills 586 to 588 would go to Oakland County to expand the Rock Financial facility in Novi so that it could host the Detroit Auto Show.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
Motion
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To discharge the Committee on Commerce from further consideration of the bill and move it directly to the House floor for immediate consideration and debate.
The motion passed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
