2012 House Bill 5705

House Roll Call 409: Passed

To allow $12.5 million in annual revenue from a Detroit utility tax originally intended pay for police officers to instead be used to pay for the streetlights provided by the municipal lighting authority proposed by House Bill 5688. This bill also requires passage of another one (Senate Bill 970) which would allow Detroit to raise its city income tax to 3.0 percent for residents and 1.5 percent for non-residents who work in the city.

92 Yeas / 14 Nays
Republican (56 Yeas / 8 Nays)
Democrat (36 Yeas / 6 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (4)