2003 House Bill 4032 ↩

Senate Roll Call 225: Passed

A House-Senate conference report for a Fiscal Year 2002-2003 supplemental budget. This final compromise version appropriates $357.3 million in gross funding, mostly federal money, but cuts current year general fund appropriations by $5.6 million. Its provisions generally follow those of the Senate version, with some additional spending. It adds $12 million in new debt to replace general fund dollars which previously had been committed the Northwest Midfield Terminal Project at Detroit Metro Airport. As in the Senate version, it requires the Department of Transportation to move forward with 34 road projects totaling $181 million previously included in the department’s “five year plan,” but eliminated by Gov. Granholm’s “Fix it First” program. The conference version also adds back $24 million in federal Critical Bridge Fund money proposed by the House to pay for local bridge projects. $2.5 million in additional federal money for election reforms was added, for a total of $16.7 million. See the Senate-passed version for other major provisions. 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.