2008 Senate Bill 1106 ↩

Senate Roll Call 205: Passed

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008-2009 Department of Natural Resources budget. This would appropriate $274.5 million in gross spending, compared to $289.4 million, which was the FY 2007-2008 amount enrolled in 2007, and $286.9 million proposed by Gov. Granholm’s executive budget recommendation (<a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1150">Senate Bill 1150</a>). Of this, $13.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2007-2008 amount of $25.2 million. Another $204.2 million comes from other state sources including debt, fees, royalties, etc., compared to $210.5 million in the previous budget. The lower spending of this budget compared to Gov. Granholm’s recommendation is due to shifting $14 million in payments to local governments in lieu of property taxes on state land to the Department of Treasury budget.