Introduced
by
A supplemental budget bill which contains spending revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. As introduced, the bill was simply a “shell” with no specific provisions. Later versions contained some spending increases, some modest cuts, and transfers to the general fund from a state college scholarship fund and from tobacco company settlement fund.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Substitute offered
Which reflects changes adopted following committee testimony and discussion, with amendments.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To remove language providing for FY 2002-2003 "continuation" budgets for the Family Independence Agency, Department of Corrections, and Department of Community Health.
The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To spend more to pay the energy bills of low income households, and encourage energy conservation generally.
The amendment failed 17 to 18 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To transfer to the state police $3.456 million out of $5 million in subsidies for a proposed ethanol plant.
The amendment failed 13 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate an additional $650,000 in anticipated non-general fund revenue.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To spend an additional $450,000 for a grant to the "Focus: HOPE" organization for programs in Detroit.
The amendment passed 25 to 9 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To transfer to an Arab community center $125,000 out of $5 million in subsidies for a proposed ethanol plant.
The amendment failed 14 to 21 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $2 million for an Arab Chaldean Cultural Center in West Bloomfield Township.
The amendment passed 20 to 14 (details)
Passed in the Senate 22 to 13 (details)
To adopt the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. In addition to removing $10 million (out of $50 million) in planned “life science” grants, it transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $10 million from tobacco settlement funds. For the current year, the bill adds $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, $2 million for an Arab Chaldean Cultural Center in West Bloomfield Township, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. Senate Bill 291 also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $38.37 million in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), and $33.15 million from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department.
Substitute offered
To accept changes offered by the House Appropriations committee, including two-year budgets for the Departments of Community Health, Corrections, and the Family Independence Agency.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
by
To reflect the outcome of negotiations amongst legislative and executive branch budget leaders, and individual House members. The substitute does not contain two-year budgets for the Departments of Community Health, Corrections, and the Family Independence Agency, which had been included in an earlier conference committee report.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate an additional $2 million for fire suppression grants to local units of government to compensate for fire protection provided to state buildings in their jurisdiction.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $200,000 for tourism promotion in the northeast part of the state.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $1.5 million for cancer care and prevention programs.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To transfer $2.5 million in arts and cultural grant appropriations to arts and cultural quality of life grants, which could be used for grants to libraries, museums, certain cultural centers, etc.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To make a technical change which consolidates references to the Freedom Trail Commission into a single section of the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To reconsider a vote taken earlier on an amendment to appropriate $200,000 for tourism promotion in the northeast part of the state.
The amendment passed 82 to 20 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To remove a section of the bill which would end a lease for a certain correctional facility which is no longer in use.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To remove an authorization for funding for a certain park which the Department of Natural Resources had determined was not needed.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To correct a drafting error in the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To retain within the Legislative Council certain functions which were to have been transferred to the Library of Michigan.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To transfer from the General Fund to sales tax revenue the funding source for $1.8 million appropriated for revenue sharing to counties.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To require the Department of Environmental Quality to submit to the legislature a report on statewide water quality monitoring activities paid for with proceeds from Clean Michigan Initiative Bond Fund.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To require the Department of Community Health to submit to the legislature a copy of the Medicaid home health care waiver negotiated with the federal government.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $1,750,000 for an early childhood health prevention network program, which had been line-item vetoed from the FY 2001-2002 Department of Community Health budget passed earlier this year.
The amendment failed 49 to 54 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To earmark $500,000 from funds appropriated for job training programs for literacy services to under-privileged children.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To require the Department of Community Health to continue to provide 15,000 slots for a Medicaid home health care waiver.
The amendment passed 101 to 6 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate an additional $450,000 to fund a state fetal mortality review network.
The amendment failed 48 to 53 (details)
Amendment offered
by
To reconsider an amendment adopted earlier to require the Department of Community Health to continue to provide 15,000 slots for a Medicaid home health care waiver.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $36,100 for an Upper Peninsula children’s museum.
The amendment failed 47 to 57 (details)
Passed in the House 103 to 2 (details)
To adopt the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. It restores $7 million of a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants made by the Senate version, appropriates $3 million to a “Southwest Michigan Innovation Center” in Kalamazoo, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants. The bill does not contain two-year budgets for three state departments which had been included in an earlier substitute reported by the House Appropriations committee.
Amendment offered
by
To require the House and Senate appropriations committees to approve any Medicaid home health care waiver negotiated by the Department of Community Health with the federal government.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To require the Department of Management and Budget to provide the legislature with an annual report on estimated balances, revenues and expenditures in state budget restricted funds over the preceeding two years.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To appropriate $1.5 million to assist laid-off workers from a closed aircraft renovation company that had been located at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To restore $3 million of a $10 million cut in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants included in earlier versions of this budget (the House version already restored $7 million), add some other new appropriations, and make other changes and corrections to the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To transfer back to job training programs $500,000 which a House-passed amendment had earmarked for literacy services to under-privileged children.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To correct totals and subtotals to reflect changes made in the various House and Senate amendments.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 33 to 2 (details)
To amend and concur with the House version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. The amended version fully restores a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants cut from an earlier version, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants.
Passed in the House 107 to 2 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
