Public Act 146 of 2003

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• Introduced by Rep. Marc Shulman (R) on March 18, 2003, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future appropriations.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2003.
  • Reported in the House on May 1, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on May 1, 2003, to replace the previous version of the bill with one which expresses (minor) differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding certain details of this budget. See House-passed version for details. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on May 1, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Nofs (R) on May 1, 2003. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 1, 2003.
• Passed in the House (105 to 0) on May 1, 2003, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. (Note: The governor's executive budget recommendation was contained in House Bill 4412.) Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on May 6, 2003.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 6, 2003.
  • Reported in the Senate on June 12, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 17, 2003, to replace the House version of this budget with a Senate version which expresses policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Switalski (D) on June 17, 2003, to increase appropriations to community colleges by $17.6 million, which is proportional to the increase made by the Senate to the amount added by the Senate to the governor’s proposed Higher Education budget for four-year colleges and universities. The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 21) on June 17, 2003. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 17, 2003, to allow the department to keep half of any appropriations which have not been spent at the end of the year, rather than having the funds lapse into the general fund. The provision was contained in the executive proposal for this budget as an incentive for the department to cut costs, but was stripped out by the Appropriations Committee. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 17, 2003.
• Failed in the House (0 to 101) on June 19, 2003, to concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 24, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on July 16, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is House Bill 4412.) This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 24, 2003.
• Passed in the House (104 to 2) on July 16, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is House Bill 4412.) This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 5, 2003.