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2008 House Bill 6515: Expand stadium tax law (Senate Roll Call 824)
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Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on December 18, 2008, to expand the scope of the law that authorizes local hotel, restaurant and rental car excise taxes to pay for municipal stadiums. The bill would lower a certain population standard, allowing Kalamazoo County and Kalamazoo to levy these taxes.
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The vote was 37 in favor, 1 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 824 at Senate Journal 93)

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Undecided
Republican
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4964%
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21 total votes
Democrat
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17 total votes

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Expand stadium tax law

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)Barcia (D)Basham (D)Brater (D)Cherry (D)
Clark-Coleman (D)Clarke (D)Gleason (D)Hunter (D)Jacobs (D)
Olshove (D)Prusi (D)Schauer (D)Scott (D)Switalski (D)
Thomas (D)Whitmer (D)   

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Allen (R)Birkholz (R)Bishop (R)Brown (R)Cassis (R)
Cropsey (R)Garcia (R)George (R)Gilbert (R)Hardiman (R)
Jansen (R)Jelinek (R)Kahn (R)Kuipers (R)McManus (R)
Pappageorge (R)Patterson (R)Sanborn (R)Stamas (R)Van Woerkom (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Richardville (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Allen (R)Y    Anderson (D)Y    Barcia (D)Y    Basham (D)Y    Birkholz (R)
Y    Bishop (R)Y    Brater (D)Y    Brown (R)Y    Cassis (R)Y    Cherry (D)
Y    Clark-Coleman (D)Y    Clarke (D)Y    Cropsey (R)Y    Garcia (R)Y    George (R)
Y    Gilbert (R)Y    Gleason (D)Y    Hardiman (R)Y    Hunter (D)Y    Jacobs (D)
Y    Jansen (R)Y    Jelinek (R)Y    Kahn (R)Y    Kuipers (R)Y    McManus (R)
Y    Olshove (D)Y    Pappageorge (R)Y    Patterson (R)Y    Prusi (D)  n  Richardville (R)
Y    Sanborn (R)Y    Schauer (D)Y    Scott (D)Y    Stamas (R)Y    Switalski (D)
Y    Thomas (D)Y    Van Woerkom (R)Y    Whitmer (D)  

Senate Roll Call 824 on 2008 House Bill 6515

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1) Awesome  by Anonymous Citizen on November 17, 2008 
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2) 2008 House Bill 6515 (Expand stadium tax law )  by admin on January 1, 2001 
Introduced in the House on September 24, 2008, to expand the scope of the law that authorizes local hotel, restaurant and rental car excise taxes to pay for municipal stadiums. The bill would lower a certain population standard, allowing Kalamazoo County and Kalamazoo to levy these taxes

The vote was 67 in favor, 36 opposed and 7 not voting

(House Roll Call 865 at House Journal 85)

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