2004 House Bill 5509 ↩

Senate Roll Call 650: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $126.1 million in unadjusted gross spending, compared to the final FY 2003-2004 amount of $115.4 million. Of this, $30.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $3.4 million. The budget includes $6.1 in new funding for the horse race industry raised from the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4087">increased Detroit casino tax </a>. Another $10 million increase is in federal money for Emerald Ash Borer control.