2004 House Bill 5517 ↩

Senate Roll Call 633: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 General Government budget, which funds the Attorney General, Civil Rights Department, Civil Service Department, Executive, Legislature, Department of Management and Budget, Department of State, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Treasury. This appropriates $2.597 billion in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $2.758 billion, which was the final FY 2003-2004 amount. Of this, $335.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the final FY 2003-2004 amount of $338.4 million. Another $1.633 billion is from “restricted funds,” or earmarked tax and fee revenue. $1.144 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments. The budget recognizes revenue from a plan proposed in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2004-SB-1112">Senate Bill 1112</a> to move up the county property tax due date from December to July, and authorizes money to hire private auditors to seek out additional unpaid personal property taxes (capital equipment tax) from private companies. It also increases appropritions for the legislature, the governor's office, and the Attorney General's office.