2007 House Bill 4354 ↩

Senate Roll Call 449: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 Department of Natural Resources budget. This appropriates $289.4 million in gross spending, compared to $291.5 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $287.2 million recommended by Gov. Granholm. Of this, $49.7 million is federal money, $23.7 million is from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $25.2 million; and $210.5 million is from other state sources including bonded indebtedness, fees, royalties, etc. Note: the budget presumes that the legislature will adopt approximately $8 million in new hunting fees by Jan. 15, 2008.