2008 Senate Bill 1106 ↩

Senate Roll Call 478: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Department of Natural Resources budget. This would appropriate $289.9 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, $10.6 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 $219.1 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 . For budget details see House Fiscal Agency <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billanalysis/House/pdf/2007-HLA-1106-8.pdf">analysis</a>.