Introduced
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The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 Department of Natural Resources budget. This appropriates $287.0 million in unadjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $272.9 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $25.1 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $25.5 million.
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-1094-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. The substitute was amended to add $400,000 for repair of a breakwall in Petoskey.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the DNR to enter into discussions with Ontario to explore bringing one or more male wolverines for wild release in Michigan.
Consideration postponed
Withdrawn
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Amendment offered
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To direct the DNR to increase certain timber harvest levels on state land.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 Department of Natural Resources budget. This appropriates $290.5 million in gross spending, compared to $272.9 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $24.7 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $25.5 million. Another $215.9 million is from license fees and other revenue raised in the state.
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 strip out all of the appropriations from the Senate-passed version of the bill, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 73 to 31 (details)
To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it 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 budgets.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (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.
Passed in the House 104 to 1 (details)
The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 Department of Natural Resources budget. This appropriates $291.5 million in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $272.9 million, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $25.2 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $25.5 million; $43.4 million is federal money; and almost all of the rest comes from various license and fees levied in Michigan.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
