2003 Senate Bill 286 ↩

House Roll Call 230: Passed

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Consumer and Industry Services budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-317">Senate Bill 317 </a>.) This appropriates $603.4 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $555.8 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $20.1 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $35.9 million. The House version incorporates $10.6 million in fee increases which were previously proposed in separate bills (see Senate Bills 398, 431, 570, 571, and 576). The House also retains funding for the Workers Compensation Appellate Commission, which hears appeals of workers' compensation cases, and which Governor Jennifer Granholm proposed eliminating, but reduces the number of members on the commission. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.