To give Ingham, Ottawa, and Kalamazoo counties the power to impose a 4 percent room tax on lodging facilities, and use the money to subsidize building and operating a new event center. The tax would go into effect when owners controlling at least 40 percent of the hotel and motel rooms in the jurisdiction request a referendum of all owners, with lodging owners getting one vote per room.   Official Text and Analysis.

Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To expand the facilities on which a government can spend the proposed tax revenue to include "recreational facilities" and "sporting venues".

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To give Kalamazoo county (primarily) and also Ingham, Ottawa, Muskegon and Washtenaw counties the power to impose a 4 percent room tax on lodging facilities, and use the money to subsidize "urban recreational services," including an event center that the Kalamazoo 'economic development' agency has lobbied 10 years for, according to the House Fiscal Agency. The tax would go into effect when the owners controlling at least 40 percent of the “transient facility” (hotel and motel) rooms in the jurisdiction, with lodging owners getting one vote per room.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To clarify some procedures and definitions in the bill \.

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the proposed new tax.