2003 Senate Bill 267 ↩

Senate Roll Call 581: Passed

To authorize $778.9 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 supplemental appropriations to a number of departments for various programs. $554 million of this is federal money, much of which is for increased Medicaid and welfare spending, and $369 million is state restricted fund money. State general fund spending is reduced by $76 million, most of which is made up by federal money, but there is also a $23 million reduction in spending on state buildings. One provision of the budget prohibits state Amtrak subsidies unless private sector competitors for the same service (bus companies like Indian Trails) get the same amount of government money.