2004 House Bill 5528 ↩

Senate Roll Call 682: Passed

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Transportation budget. This appropriates $3.283 billion in adjusted gross spending, all of which is state road tax and federal money, compared to $3.136 billion, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. The Senate version authorizes $8.9 million less spending than the governor recommended, shifts $10 million in public transportation money to road projects, and includes the additional government employees requested by the governor for engineering work now contracted out to the private sector. It gives the legislature veto power over the department’s five-year plan for Michigan roads, and includes more accountability and controls over employee travel and other non-core spending.