Introduced
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The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Environmental Quality budget. This appropriates $373.3 million in unadjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $336.0 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $30.5 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $31.6 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. For much more detail see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/senate/pdf/2005-SFA-0266-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency”>analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.
Consideration postponed
Amendment offered
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To strip out a requirement that the department derive its environmental cleanup criteria from peer-reviewed risk assessment studies.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add $5 million for state recycling subsidies.
The amendment failed 15 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
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To require the department to report annually to the city of Romulus on the various impacts of the proposed deep well injection facility.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out a prohibition on the department developing or enforcing new regulations on groundwater withdrawals. <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-SB-7">Controversial legislation</a> has been introduced to authorize such regulation, but has not been passed by the House or Senate.
The amendment failed 15 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
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To add a prohibition on the department requiring a person to obtain a pollutant discharge elimination system permit if the does not discharge pollutants. This relates to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) farms, which may be required by the department to apply for such permits, even if they have no discharges.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)
The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Environmental Quality budget. This appropriates $373.9 million in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $336.0 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $30.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $31.6 million.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with one that “strips” all actual appropriations. See House-passed version for explanation.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 101 to 0 (details)
To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it in its original form as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budget.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 35 (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.
Received
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
