2007 Senate Bill 231 ↩

Senate Roll Call 437: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 Department of History, Arts and Libraries budget. This appropriates $49.5 million in gross spending, compared to $54.8 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $47.4 million originally proposed by Gov. Granholm (see <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-255">Senate Bill 255</a>). Of this, $39.2 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $43.1 million. The budget included $7.7 million in arts grants, compared to $10.1 million the previous year. General fund money going to libraries is $16.8 million, compared to $19.4 million the previous year.