2007 Senate Bill 234 ↩

Senate Roll Call 275: Passed

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 Department of Labor and Economic Growth. This appropriates $1.294 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.231 billion, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $1.345 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm (see <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-258">Senate Bill 258</a>). Of this, $46.6 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $47.4 million. Another $374.0 million is from “restricted funds,” or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $347.0 million the previous year. Like other Senate budgets this one would require the department to reduce administrative costs by 1.2 percent. It also does not include $42 million Gov. Granholm proposed spending for a “No Worker Left Behind” program giving free community college course tuition to laid off workers, but does include $13.4 the governor recommended for a welfare-to-work program, and leaves the door open for a nurses training subsidy program the governor has proposed.