2004 House Bill 5527 / Public Act 360

2005 budget funding source shifts

Introduced in the House

Feb. 11, 2004

Introduced by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

To provide a "template" or "place holder" for supplemental Fiscal Year 2004-2005 appropriations. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 19, 2004

Substitute offered by Rep. Mickey Mortimer (R-65)

A version of the bill that reduces projected spending in Fiscal Year 2005 by $266.6 million. See House-passed version for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 55 to 51 (details)

To reduce projected spending in Fiscal Year 2005 by $266.6 million. The bill cuts $52 million from Medicaid by no longer providing coverage for certain categories of individual not required by the federal government; saves $20 million by requiring recipients of the MEAP merit award scholarship to maintain a "C" average in college; saves approximately $17 million by providing an early retirement incentive for certain state employees; cuts $14.8 million by reducing day care subsidies to welfare recipients; cuts $14.8 million from prisoner education programs; cuts arts grants by $10 million; cuts $12.5 million from Intermediate School Districts (ISDs); and cuts one percent from state colleges, universities, and all state department administrative funding (except transportation), which saves $90 million. However, some of the cuts are to budgets that have not yet been passed, so the effect of this vote is uncertain.

Received in the Senate

May 20, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Sept. 14, 2004

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Sept. 21, 2004

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not include the various cuts to government programs adopted by the House. It instead makes various fund shifts and adjustments necessary to accommodate the proposed 2004-2005 budget agreement.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Sept. 22, 2004

Passed in the Senate 36 to 2 (details)

To make various fund shifts and adjustments necessary to accommodate the proposed 2004-2005 budget agreement, including a revision in the funding source for payments in lieu of property taxes (PILT) to local governments on land owned by the state. The bill also authorizes capital outlays for prison maintenance, welfare department information services upgrades, and other projects. It does not include the various cuts to government programs adopted in an earlier version by the House.

Received

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom (R-17)

So some additional amendments can be adopted.

The motion passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Valde Garcia (R-22)

To allow the Attorney General office to retain up to $250,000 in money won when the state is a party to anti-trust, securities fraud or consumer protection suits.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R-13)

To revise the terms of a hiring freeze on the Department of Agriculture, by making exceptions for hires that enable the state to garner more federal money.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R-29)

To add $6.4 million in mostly federal money for welfare department information services upgrades.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 36 to 2 (details)

To pass the same bill after adding the Garcia, Johnson, and Hardiman amendments.

Received in the House

Sept. 22, 2004

Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Shackleton (R-107)

To repeal an authorization to purchase the "Constitution Hall" state office building in Lansing, which is subject to an existing lease/purchase contract. The amendment was later reconsidered and withdrawn. The administration contends that by borrowing money now to purchase the building it can save future interest and management costs. Others want to instead borrow money for university construction projects.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Sept. 29, 2004

Amendment offered by Rep. Sandy Caul (R-99)

To transfer certain provisions relating to the administration's proposal for the Adrian training school from 2004 House Bill 5516 to this bill. See Kooiman amendment.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

To clarify that certain appropriations apply only to the fiscal year 2003-2004 budget.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-75)

To establish as the intent of the legislature that the administration's proposal for the Adrian training school include plans to relocate the boys to alternative public or private facilities or community settings.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Shelley Goodman Taub (R-40)

To appropriate the $1.075 million authorized by House Bill 6165 for Super Bowl XL organizing activities.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-22)

To repeal an authorization to purchase the "Constitution Hall" state office building in Lansing, which is subject to an existing lease/purchase contract. See Shackleton amendment above.

Consideration postponed

Passed in the House 100 to 1 (details)

To make various fund shifts and adjustments necessary to accommodate the proposed 2004-2005 budget agreement, including a revision in the funding source for payments in lieu of property taxes (PILT) to local governments on land owned by the state. The bill also authorizes capital outlays for prison maintenance, welfare department information services upgrades, and other projects. It does not include the various cuts to government programs adopted in an earlier version by the House.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 30, 2004

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Passed in the Senate 27 to 10 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Sept. 30, 2004