2003 Senate Bill 286 ↩

Senate Roll Call 93: Passed

The Senate 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 $603.1 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 Senate version adds $12.1 million in fire protection grants to local governments which have state-owned facilities, contingent on legislation increasing liquor taxes. 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.