2001 Senate Bill 291 ↩

Senate Roll Call 310: Passed

To amend and concur with the House 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, and make new appropriations. The bill transfers to the general fund $72.5 million from a state college scholarship fund and $3 million from tobacco settlement funds. It contains $5 million for a new ethanol plant in the Thumb region, and $3 million for perinatal research at Wayne State University. The amended version fully restores a $10 million reduction in tobacco settlement-funded life science research grants cut from an earlier version, and contains an additional $197.8 million in federal food stamp funds. SB 291 appropriates $61 million from Clean Michigan Initiative bond proceeds to various environmental and development projects, and $37 million from the Natural Resources Trust Fund for local recreation grants. It also contains the FY 2001-2002 budget for the newly created Department of Arts, History, and Libraries, with $42.3 million in gross spending, and $37.0 million from the general fund. This is to fund programs transferred from various other state departments to the new department, and $2.5 million for new arts and culture grants.