2005 Senate Bill 277 ↩

House Roll Call 437: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Military Affairs budget. This appropriates $117.7 million in gross spending, compared to $110.7 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $37.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $37.3 million. The conference report removes Senate-passed provisions requiring privatizing Grand Rapids and Jacobetti veterans' homes services, which would have saved $4 million. It generally follows the original executive recommendation for this bugget, including closing six armories around the state.