2005 Senate Bill 242 / 2006 Public Act 153

Appropriations: 2005 supplemental budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 23, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R-13)

To provide a "template" or "place holder" for supplemental Fiscal Year 2004-2005 appropriations. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Dec. 6, 2005

Reported without amendment

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

Dec. 7, 2005

Substitute offered

To adopt a substitute that contains actual appropriations (see Senate-passed version).

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To strip out $75,000 in grants for a particular domestic violence shelter in Barry County.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To add $500,000 for Hepatitis B testing in prisons.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

To authorize $8.7 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs, including $5 million for agricultural processing subsidies that had previously been vetoed by the governor. The bill authorizes various fund shifts related to the "21st Century Jobs Fund" created by House Bill 5047. The bill also prohibits the Department of Corrections from adding any new prison beds unless it first puts back into service the state's only privatized prison, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility in Baldwin, which Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered closed.

Received in the House

Dec. 7, 2005

March 15, 2006

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with a much larger spending bill responding to new spending requests from the executive branch. One significant change from the governor's request is that the bill reduces the money available for rent on buildings used by the state by $19 million, instead of $5 million, in anticipation of renegotiating various leases with building owners.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Chris Kolb (D-53)

To allocate the money in certain environmental protection funds to solid waste reduction and other environmental-related funds.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Richard Ball (R-85)

To increase funding for food and dairy inspectors.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. David Farhat (R-91) and Goeff Hansen (R-100)

To increase spending on pesticide regulation and plant management activities.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Judy Emmons (R-70) and Kevin Elsenheimer (R-105)

To spend more on technical education centers affiliated with Kirkland and Montcalm community colleges.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Jim Marleau (R-46)

To spend an additional $83,000 on the Pontiac Lake and Ortonville shooting ranges.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Moore (R-97)

To spend an additional $250,000 on youth hunting and fishing "education and outreach".

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Leslie Mortimer (R-65)

To spend an additional $1.11 million of mostly federal money on state DNA labs.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Bill Caul (R-99) and Dave Hildenbrand (R-86)

To earmark $1.5 million in federal money for military and veterans facility preservation.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Fran Amos (R-43) and David Law (R-39)

To increase state spending on arts grants by $631,800.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Casperson (R-108)

To spend an additional $500,000 to update the accuracy of the state sex offender registry.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Tom Casperson (R-108) and Howard Walker (R-104)

To spend an additional $350,000 on payments in lieu of (property) taxes (PILT) payments to local governments that have state-owned land in their jurisdictions.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Robertson (R-51)

To spend an additional $311,828 for censuses conducted in Saugatuck Township, Grand Blanc Township, and Rockford city.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Fulton Sheen (R-88)

To spend an additional $39,741 on special census projects.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Pearce (R-73)

To spend an additional $41,545 on special census projects.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Jack Brandenburg (R-24) and Mike Nofs (R-62)

To spend $2.5 million in federal money on runway security at Battle Creek and Selfridge Air National Guard bases.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To spend an additional $750,000 on agricultural loan payments.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Farhat (R-91)

To spend an additional $100,000 for the state's share of a federal watershed study at the Little Black Creek site in Muskegon.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Moore (R-97)

To require the Department of Environmental Quality to determine the steps to be taken to repair the Chappel Damon Wiggins Lake in Gladwin County.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Rich Brown (D-110) and David Farhat (R-91)

To spend an additional $5 million on waterway infrastructure improvement projects, and an additional $3.5 million on deer range habitat acquisition.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. John Gleason (D-48)

To spend an additional $18,000 on a local emergency warning siren.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. John Garfield (R-45)

To spend an additional $50,000 for a grant to an Italian American cultural center in Macomb County.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 100 to 6 (details)

To authorize $201.2 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs. Of this, $72.9 million is federal money, and the balance is from state tax and fee revenue. $70 million of the total is for more Medicaid spending; $47 million is for capital projects and rent on buildings used by the state; $17 million is for information technology; $32 million for a new internet-based unemployed worker payment system; $37 million for natural resources trust fund recreation projects and acquisitions; and lesser amounts for many other items. The budget includes funding for 51 new child protective services social workers, requested after an infamous child abuse and murder case became public; and $631,800 in additional spending for arts grants.

Received

To give the bill immediate effect.

Passed in the House 100 to 6 (details)

Received in the Senate

March 16, 2006

April 25, 2006

Substitute offered by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R-13)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains $187.9 million of gross appropriations. These appropriations are financed with $83.0 million of federal funds, $16.2 million of interdepartmental grants, $2.8 million of local and private funds, $64.3 million of State Restricted funds, and $21.6 million from the state general fund. The bill allows a $4 million grant to the Detroit zoo to go forward, because it eliminates a deadline on the city accepting the terms of the grant.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Bob Emerson (D-27)

To include authorizaton for Michigan School for Deaf construction, but no money at this time.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To authorize $187.8 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs. Of this, $83.0 million is federal money, and the balance is from state tax and fee revenue. $70 million of the total is for more Medicaid spending; $47 million is for capital projects and rent on buildings used by the state; $17 million is for information technology; $32 million for a new internet-based unemployed worker payment system; $10 million for natural resources trust fund recreation projects and acquisitions; and lesser amounts for many other items. The budget allows a $4 million grant to the Detroit zoo to go forward, by eliminating a deadline on the city accepting the terms of the grant. For more details see this <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2005-SFA-0242-U.pdf">Senate Fiscal Agency memo</a>.

Received in the House

April 25, 2006

May 3, 2006

Amendment offered by Rep. Leon Drolet (R-33)

To make a $4 million grant to the Detroit Zoo conditional on the City of Detroit relinquishing all governance, management, and operational authority in the zoo and transfers it to another unit of government or to a nonprofit entity; and prohibiting Detroit or the new operator to discriminate or use preferences based on race, gender, national origin, or ethnicity in hiring or contracts.

The amendment failed 46 to 59 (details)

Substitute offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R-93)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains various minor points of difference from the version passed by the Senate on April 25. Among many other details, it does not include a provision allowing a $4 million grant to the Detroit zoo to go forward.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Andy Meisner (D-27)

To add $3 million for a public transportation study.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Moore (R-97)

To add $500,000 for Mid Michigan Community College.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Casperson (R-108)

To add $500,000 for Bay de Noc Community College.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Morris Hood (D-11) and Darwin Booher (R-102)

To add $225,000 for Wayne County Community College.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Palsrok (R-101) and two co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Howard Walker (R-104) and Kevin Elsenheimer (R-105)

To earmark $975,000.00 to the Cherry Marketing Institute to be used for marketing assessments.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Chris Kolb (D-53) and Bill Huizenga (R-90)

To require money appropriated for "wet laboratory space" to be provided to a regional economic development agency associated with Wayne State University.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R-93)

To eliminate an additional $150,000 for national association dues. In recent years the legislature has limited the amount it is willing to appropriate for dues to the National Association of State Legislatures (NCSL) and other organizations (recent appropriations have been $175,000 per year, vs. $1 million in previous years).

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Craig DeRoche (R-38)

To allow a $4 million grant to the Detroit zoo to go forward, by eliminating a deadline on the city accepting the terms of the grant.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Reps. Philip LaJoy (R-21) and Shelley Goodman Taub (R-40)

To eliminate a limitation on the $80 million in new state authorized by Senate Bill 1132 for local government road construction projects.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 101 to 5 (details)

To authorize $189 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs. The budget contains various minor points of difference from the version passed by the Senate on April 25. It allows a $4 million grant to the Detroit zoo to go forward, because it eliminates a deadline on the city accepting the terms of the grant, and "restores" $1 million for Amtrak subsidies removed by an earlier budget. For more details see this <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2005-SFA-0242-U.pdf">Senate Fiscal Agency memo</a>.

Received in the Senate

May 4, 2006

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

To concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

May 9, 2006

Received

Received in the House

May 9, 2006

In the Senate

May 18, 2006

Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)

To adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This appropriates $231.4 million, of which $82.9 million is federal money. Among high profile items in funded by the bill are $4 million for the Detroit zoo, and an extra $1 million for an Amtrak subsidy.

In the House

May 23, 2006

Passed in the House 96 to 8 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

May 25, 2006