2002 House Resolution 606

Offered in the House

Dec. 5, 2002

Offered by Rep. Larry DeVuyst (R-93)

To urge the governor to negotiate a casino compact with the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (the Gun Lake tribe), and approve that compact once negotiated. The casino will be near Dorr, in Wayland Township, in Allegan County.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Dec. 10, 2002

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact a prohibition on the Detroit casinos being located on the Detroit Rive.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that the casino come under the same campaign finance rules and regulations as casinos regulated under the rules of the Michigan Gaming Control Board.

The amendment failed 48 to 48 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact, that the use of public funds for the purposes of advertising the state lottery be prohibited.

The amendment failed 27 to 68 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that two-percent of the annual gross revenue of the casino go to the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Zoo, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

The amendment failed 29 to 70 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

Consideration postponed

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that the Department of Environmental Quality perform an environmental assessment of the effect the casino will have on the local ecological system.

The amendment failed 30 to 69 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that two-percent of the annual gross revenue of the casino go to the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Van Andel Museum, and the John Ball Park Zoological Society.

The amendment failed 24 to 74 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that 25 percent of the yearly profits of the casino be earmarked to improve the state's natural resources and environment, assist low income senior citizens purchase prescription drugs, and improve highway infrastructure.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. James Koetje (R-74)

To require as a condition of the compact that the Gun Lake Tribe create a revenue sharing formula with Detroit to compensate the city for losses its casinos may incur from the comptetition.

The amendment failed 25 to 62 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-75)

To require as a condition of the compact that it require an annual report on the use of casino funds, and their benefits to the Native American community in West Michigan.

The amendment failed 40 to 48 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-75)

To require as a condition of the compact that the Governor submit the negotiated compact in its final form to the Legislature for approval.

The amendment failed 44 to 48 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Ron Jelinek (R-78)

To require as a condition of the compact that the law permitting lottery vending machines be repealed.

The amendment failed 32 to 61 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Patricia Birkholz (R-88)

To require as a condition of the compact that it prohibits any employee of the casino from gambling there.

The amendment failed 41 to 49 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Patricia Birkholz (R-88)

To require as a condition of the compact that employees of the tribal casino must be subject to the same provisions that apply to employees under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act.

The amendment failed 46 to 50 (details)

Amendment offered

To require as a condition of the compact that it requires an annual report by the casino of the number of customers, the number of violent incidences at the facility, and the number of reports of domestic violence as a result of gambling.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Wayne Kuipers (R-90)

To require as a condition of the compact that it be ratified by a vote of the people in Wayland Township where the casino will be located.

The amendment failed 38 to 55 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Barb Vander Veen (R-89)

To require as a condition of the compact that the Gun Lake tribe waive sovereign immunity and consent to lawsuits arising out of the ownership, operation or conduct of the casino; to regulation, inspection and licensing of persons involved in caino, subject to the standards of the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act; and that the land, buildings and operation of the caino be subject to all Michigan laws and local ordinances.

The amendment failed 31 to 63 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Patricia Birkholz (R-88)

To require as a condition of the compact that investors of the tribal casino be subject to the same provisions that apply to investors under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act.

The amendment failed 43 to 52 (details)

Adopted in the House 58 to 47 (details)