2003 House Bill 4392 ↩

House Roll Call 57: Passed

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $9.078 billion in gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $9.730 billion, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount passed by the legislature in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $2.648 billion will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the amount enrolled in 2002 of $2.477 billion. The House struck out a $60 million transfer from the tobacco lawsuit settlement fund, replacing this with General Fund dollars. The tobacco money is currently used to fund the $2,500 Merit Award college scholarship program. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has proposed reducing the scholarships to $500 and using the savings to fund this budget. (Note: Gov. Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4413">House Bill 4413 </a>.)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.