2002 House Bill 5705 ↩

House Roll Call 1106: Passed

To make $36 million in supplemental appropriations ($7.3 million from the general fund) for a number of state departments for the current and just finished fiscal years. Included are: $4.75 million for the cooperative extension program, agricultural experiment station and the new animal health diagnostic lab at Michigan State; $10.7 million of tobacco lawsuit money to cover higher than expected merit scholarship awards; $1.3 million to cover higher than expected school breakfast program expenses; $9 million in federal money to cover homestead property tax credits for welfare recipients; $1.8 million for payments to local governments in lieu of property taxes on state-owned land; $1.7 million to develop a statewide highway asset management strategy; $6.9 million for Wayne County indigent health services; and $1.5 million to pay for additional operating expenses (payroll) in the House of Representatives. Also, an amendment was added re-appropriating $2.4 million originally appropriated in 2000, but not spent, for demolition of derelict buildings in Detroit.