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2011 House Bill 4624: Let Detroit keep imposing higher utility tax (Senate Roll Call 273)
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Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate on June 7, 2011, to allow Detroit to continue to uniquely impose an income tax of 5 percent utility tax on telephone service, natural gas and electricity. This is one of many laws that provides unique privileges or powers for "a city with a population greater than 750,000." The bill would lower that to 600,000 to accommodate Detroit's ongoing population decline.
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The vote was 20 in favor, 18 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 273)

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Let Detroit keep imposing higher utility tax

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)Bieda (D)Gleason (D)Gregory (D)Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)Hunter (D)Johnson (D)Smith (D)Warren (D)
Whitmer (D)Young (D)   

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)Caswell (R)Hildenbrand (R)Kahn (R)Kowall (R)
Meekhof (R)Pappageorge (R)Richardville (R)  

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)Casperson (R)Colbeck (R)Emmons (R)Green (R)
Hansen (R)Hune (R)Jansen (R)Jones (R)Marleau (R)
Moolenaar (R)Nofs (R)Pavlov (R)Proos (R)Robertson (R)
Rocca (R)Schuitmaker (R)Walker (R)  

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Anderson (D)Y    Bieda (D)Y    Booher (R)  n  Brandenburg (R)  n  Casperson (R)
Y    Caswell (R)  n  Colbeck (R)  n  Emmons (R)Y    Gleason (D)  n  Green (R)
Y    Gregory (D)  n  Hansen (R)Y    Hildenbrand (R)Y    Hood (D)Y    Hopgood (D)
  n  Hune (R)Y    Hunter (D)  n  Jansen (R)Y    Johnson (D)  n  Jones (R)
Y    Kahn (R)Y    Kowall (R)  n  Marleau (R)Y    Meekhof (R)  n  Moolenaar (R)
  n  Nofs (R)Y    Pappageorge (R)  n  Pavlov (R)  n  Proos (R)Y    Richardville (R)
  n  Robertson (R)  n  Rocca (R)  n  Schuitmaker (R)Y    Smith (D)  n  Walker (R)
Y    Warren (D)Y    Whitmer (D)Y    Young (D)  

Senate Roll Call 273 on 2011 House Bill 4624

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 House Bill 4624 (Let Detroit keep imposing higher utility tax )  by ibewise on June 13, 2011 

 Again, taxes drive people away.  So do high prices. Imposing higher utility fees on the people who can least afford it is both economically wrong and morally wrong.  As the scripture says, "Claiming to be wise they have become fools." Romans 1:22


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2) Re: 2011 House Bill 4624 (Let Detroit keep imposing higher utility tax )  by CJLKAS on June 9, 2011 

 It's bad enough that residents have to suffer through rate increases imposed by the MPSC without adding additional taxes.  All tax increases should be approved by the voters.


 


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3) 2011 House Bill 4624 (Let Detroit keep imposing higher utility tax )  by admin on January 1, 2001 
Introduced in the House on May 10, 2011, to allow Detroit to continue to uniquely impose an income tax of 5 percent utility tax on telephone service, natural gas and electricity. This is one of many laws that provides unique privileges or powers for "a city with a population greater than 750,000." The bill would lower that to 600,000 to accommodate Detroit's ongoing population decline

The vote was 57 in favor, 52 opposed and 1 not voting

(House Roll Call 158 at House Journal 0)

Click here to view bill details.

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