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A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF ANY FORM OF GAMBLING AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND CERTAIN NEW STATE LOTTERY GAMES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Require voter approva l of any form of gambling authorized by law after January 1, 2004.
* Require voter approval of any new state lottery games utilizing 'table games' or 'player operated mechanical or electronic devices' introduced after January 1, 2004.
* Provide that when voter approval is required, both statewide voter approval and voter approval in the city or township where gambling will take place must be obtained.
* Specify that the voter approval requirement does not apply to Indian tribal gaming or gambling in up to three casinos located in the City of Detroit.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO SPECIFY WHAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS A 'MARRIAGE OR SIMILAR UNION' FOR ANY PURPOSE
The proposal would amend the state constitution to provide that 'the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.'
Should this proposal be adopted?
Shall the Marshall District Library, County of Calhoun, Michigan, levy an amount not to exceed .693 mill ($.693 on each $1,000 dollars of taxable value) against all taxable real and tangible personal property within the Marshall District Library District for a period of eight (8) years, 2004 to 2011, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for all District Library purposes authorized by law; and shall the District Library levy such new additional millage for said purpose; the estimate of the revenue the District Library will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the Library in the 2004 calendar year is approximately $311,800? A portion of the revenue collected may be subject to capture by the City of Marshall Downtown Development Authority and the Local Development Finance Authority.
Shall Burlington Township levy a total of 2 mills ($2 per $1,000 of taxable value) on property located in the Township for ten (10) years beginning with the 2005 tax levy year and running through the 2014 tax levy year (inclusive), which will raise in the first year of such levy an estimated revenue of $78,220.80 to be used for the construction of additions to and remodeling and improvements of the existing Burlington Village Hall/Fire Station in order that both Burlington Township and Burlington Village governments and the Burlington Township Fire Department may be housed in and operate out of the renovated Hall and further in order that the public township library may be moved to and housed in the newly renovated Hall? If approved, this would authorize a new additional millage.
Shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Clarence Township imposed under Article IX, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution, be increased for the Township by one (1) mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) for the three-year period of 2004-2006, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for Clarence Township's one-half share of the cost of purchase of a rescue vehicle and fire tanker truck; and shall the Township levy such increase in millage for such purposes, raising in the first year an estimated $53,000?
