2001 Senate Bill 291 ↩

Senate Roll Call 226: Passed

To adopt the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill with funding source revisions needed to balance the budget, given FY 2001-2002 spending levels agreed to by legislative negotiators. In addition to removing $10 million (out of $50 million) in planned “life science” grants, it transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $10 million from tobacco settlement funds. For the current year, the bill adds $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, $2 million for an Arab Chaldean Cultural Center in West Bloomfield Township, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. Senate Bill 291 also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $38.37 million in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), and $33.15 million from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department.