2009 Senate Bill 254 / Public Act 116

Appropriations: 2009-2010 Department Of Transportation

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 18, 2009

Introduced by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R-29)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department Of Transportation budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 1, 2009

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 11, 2009

Substitute offered

To adopt a version that contains actual appropriations. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2009-SFA-0254-U.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To increase spending on "specialized planning services and local studies;" increased salaries and fringe benefits in the "freight and safety services" and "public transportation services" line items; local bus service operating expense subsidies; the Detroit/Wayne County port authority; Amtrack subsidies (from $6.6 to $8.6 million); loan subsidies to city bus systems; and vab pooling programs.

The amendment failed 14 to 19 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. John Gleason (D-27)

To increase Amtrack subsidies from $6.6 to $8.6 million; require the state negotiate with Amtrack for 7-day service to Chicago from Grand Rapids and Port Huron; and increase the subsidy for that service.

The amendment failed 14 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To add $4.3 million for local bus service operating expense subsidies.

The amendment failed 15 to 19 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13)

To require the Department of Transportation to conduct a statewide study of vehicle miles traveled that includes a comparison of vehicle miles traveled to lane miles for the sampled geographical areas, as well as comparisons to other states, and an evaluation of best practices.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. John Gleason (D-27)

To add spending for van pooling service subsidies.

The amendment failed 14 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Hansen Clarke (D-1)

To add spending for the Detroit/Wayne County port authority.

The amendment failed 12 to 22 (details)

Passed in the Senate 22 to 12 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 Department of Transportation budget. This would appropriate $3.244 billion in gross spending, compared to $3.612 billion, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $1.226 billion is federal money (mostly from gas taxes), compared to $1.460 billion the previous year. Note: Additional transportation spending in Michigan is likely to be occur with federal “stimulus” money.

Received in the House

June 11, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 24, 2009

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Democratic-majority in the House on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/House/pdf/2009-HLA-0254-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To require the Department of Transportation to sell one of two Beechcraft King Air Twin Engine Turbo Prop airplanes it owns.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To require the department to work with all public and private toll facilities (bridges) to maximize use of toll money to capture federal matching funds. To prohibit it, however, from using this money to plan or build a new bridge over the Detroit River to Windsor.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To add $100 million in federal "stimulus" money for state and local road projects.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Paul Opsommer (R-93)

To establish as the "intent of the legislature" that the department complete engineering design work and right-of-way acquisitions for the proposed expressway project along US-127 from St. Johns in Clinton County to Ithaca in Gratiot County.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Agema (R-74)

To require the Department of Transportation to save $1.8 million by renegotiating employee compensation packages.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Lee Gonzales (D-49)

To add a $100 "placeholder" for Department of Environmental Quality permitting, which allows negotiations to proceed between the House and Senate on the final amount of funding.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Lee Gonzales (D-49)

To add $500,000 for debt service payents on a new borrowing undertaken in June 2009.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12)

To prohibit proceeding with a new government-funded Detroit River bridge unless the department enters a community benefits agreement with local residents that addresses economic development, housing, air quality, environmental mitigation, and community representation issues.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 96 to 13 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 Department of Transportation budget. This would appropriate $3.256 billion in gross spending, compared to $3.612 billion, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $1.227 billion is federal money (mostly from gas taxes), compared to $1.460 billion the previous year. Note: Additional transportation spending in Michigan is likely to be occur with federal “stimulus” money.

Received in the Senate

June 24, 2009

Failed in the Senate 2 to 33 (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.

Sept. 30, 2009

Received

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 Department of Transportation budget. This would appropriate $3.257 billion in gross spending, compared to $3.612 billion, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. Of this, $1.227 billion is federal money (mostly from gas taxes), compared to $1.460 billion in FY 2009 (which does not include $900 million in "stimulus" money).

Passed in the Senate 28 to 9 (details)

Received in the House

Sept. 30, 2009

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Oct. 13, 2009

Received in the Senate

Feb. 9, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations