2003 Senate Bill 288 ↩

House Roll Call 451: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $86.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $85.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $31.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $38.4 million. General Fund appropriations in the conference report are not increased above the amount originally recommended by the governor. Much of the increase in gross spending is federal money for controlling the Emerald Ash Borer pest. 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.