2024 House Bill 5681

State finance: budgets; procedures related to transfers of appropriations and work projects; modify.

A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled “The management and budget act,” by amending sections 393 and 451a (MCL 18.1393 and 18.1451a), section 393 as amended by 2012 PA 430 and section 451a as added by 1999 PA 8.

Official record

Mackinac Center Analysis

Requires a vote of the legislature before money can be shifted administratively by the state budget director from one project to another in the SOAR fund.

Introduced in the House

April 25, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Phil Green (R-67) and 25 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Thomas Kuhn (R-57), Bill Schuette (R-95), Matt Hall (R-42), Pat Outman (R-91), Brian BeGole (R-71), Ken Borton (R-105), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Tom Kunse (R-100), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Mike Harris (R-52), Mark Tisdel (R-55), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Nancy DeBoer (R-86), Dale Zorn (R-34), Jerry Neyer (R-92), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Robert Bezotte (R-50), William Bruck (R-30), David Martin (R-68), Curtis VanderWall (R-102), Joseph Fox (R-101) and Luke Meerman (R-89)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations