Public Act 169 of 2003

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• Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on March 6, 2003, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Career Development budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future departmental appropriations.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 6, 2003.
    • Reported in the Senate on May 6, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on May 8, 2003, to replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 309, with a budget which expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D) on May 8, 2003, to remove a provision which would require the Focus:Hope organization to compete with other social service groups for funding in the future, rather than having its own line item in the budget. The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D) on May 8, 2003, to appropriate an additional $780,000 for "Michigan Volunteer Investment" grants, which subsidize non-profit social service organizations which use volunteers. The amendment failed 18 to 20 in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Schauer (D) on May 8, 2003, to appropriate an additional $530,000 for "Michigan Volunteer Investment" grants, which subsidize non-profit social service organizations which use volunteers. The amendment failed 18 to 20 in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Sikkema (R) on May 8, 2003, to appropriate an additional $2 million to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) “job creation services” line item, and $2 million to the “economic development grants” line item, by removing $4 million from the MEDC administration line item, leaving it with $54,700. The amendment passed 22 to 16 in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Sikkema (R) on May 8, 2003, to appropriate an additional $780,000 to the $3.15 million Focus: Hope organization grant by shifting funds from the Department of Career Development administration line item. The amendment passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Prusi (D) on May 8, 2003, to appropriate an additional $2 million to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) “job creation services” line item, and $2 million to the “economic development grants” line item. The amendment failed 16 to 22 in the Senate on May 8, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Passed 32 to 6 in the Senate on May 8, 2003, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Career Development and the Michigan Strategic Fund budgets. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 309 .) This appropriates $566.4 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $605.9 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $55.3 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $64.5 million. Among other changes, the budget reduces Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) funding by $4 million more than the $36 million cut the governor proposed. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on May 8, 2003.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on May 8, 2003.
  • Reported in the House on June 12, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 17, 2003, to replace the Senate version of this budget with a House version which expresses policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items. See House-passed version for details. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jennifer Elkins (D) on June 17, 2003, to add $4 million to the MEDC administration line item. The Senate transferred this money to particular programs funded by the department, leaving administration with $54,700. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Michael Sak (D) on June 17, 2003, to insert a $100 “point of difference” between the House and Senate versions of the bill on funding for precollege programs in engineering and sciences. This opens these items up to negotiations between the bodies in an expected conference committee on the differences between the House- and Senate-passed versions of this budget. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Matthew Gillard (D) on June 17, 2003, to require that $25,000 of the tourism promotion money in this budget be spent promoting the northeast region of the state. The amendment failed 48 to 59 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bieda (D) on June 17, 2003, to require the state Work First employment program to seek job placements which pay $8 per hour, rather than $6 per hour under current law. The amendment passed 61 to 47 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Triette Reeves (D) on June 17, 2003, to appropriate an additional $2 million to the $3.86 million Focus: Hope organization grant, with the money coming from the job training programs line item. The amendment failed 50 to 59 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Marsha Cheeks (D) on June 17, 2003, to strip out a provision prohibiting any Michigan Works! regional employment agency from receiving more than twice the funding per participant as any other regional agency. The provision was added following reports that Detroit's agency is granted three times more funding per participant as the lowest-funded agencies. The amendment failed 53 to 55 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Marc Shulman (R) on June 17, 2003, to insert $10 million for a grant to create a life sciences research and commercialization center in the Kalamazoo area, intended to keep in the area 75 to 100 scientists and support staff formerly employed by the Pfizer/Pharmacia Corporation. This is in response to news that following the purchase by Pfizer of the Pharmacia Corporation, the company will close some drug research operations in the area. The $10 million will come from money that would have been used for a targeted tax credit that Pfizer will not receive, because current law makes the credit contingent on creating a certain number of new jobs. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jack Minore (D) on June 17, 2003, to appropriate $100,000 for a Genesee County skill center to establish a precollege program in engineering and the sciences. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on June 17, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jennifer Elkins (D) on June 17, 2003, to add $4 million to the MEDC administration line item. The Senate transferred this money to particular programs funded by the department, leaving administration with $54,700. The amendment failed 46 to 61 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Marsha Cheeks (D) on June 17, 2003, to replace a provision prohibiting any Michigan Works! regional agency from receiving more than twice the funding per participant as any other regional agency with a requirement that the Department of Career Development should determine the formula for the allocation to regional agencies. The provision was added following reports that Detroit's agency is granted three times more funding per participant as the lowest-funded agencies. The amendment passed 58 to 50 in the House on June 17, 2003.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Passed 107 to 1 in the House on June 17, 2003, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Career Development and the Michigan Strategic Fund budgets. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 309 .) This appropriates $576.4 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $605.9 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $65.3 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $64.5 million. Among other changes, the budget reduces Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) funding by $4 million more than $36 million cut the governor proposed. The House added $10 million for a grant to create a life sciences research and commercialization center in the Kalamazoo area, intended to keep in the area 75 to 100 scientists and support staff formerly employed by the Pfizer/Pharmacia Corporation. This is in response to news that following the purchase by Pfizer of the Pharmacia Corporation, the company will close some drug research operations in the area. The $10 million will come from money that would have been used for a targeted tax credit that Pfizer will not receive, because current law makes the credit contingent on creating a certain number of new jobs. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 18, 2003.
• Failed 0 to 38 in the Senate on June 18, 2003, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on June 18, 2003.
• Passed 104 to 3 in the House on July 17, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Career Development and the Michigan Strategic Fund budgets. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 309 .) This appropriates $571.2 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $605.9 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $65.2 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $64.5 million. The Strategic Fund/ Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) share of this is $104.4 million gross, and $40.5 million from the General Fund, which is increased by $5 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor. The FY 2002-2003 amounts were $147.5 million gross and $38 million from the General Fund. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 24, 2003.
• Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on July 16, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Career Development and the Michigan Strategic Fund budgets. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 309 .) This appropriates $571.2 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $605.9 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $65.2 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $64.5 million. The Strategic Fund/ Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) share of this is $104.4 million gross, and $40.5 million from the General Fund, which is increased by $5 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor. The FY 2002-2003 amounts were $147.5 million gross and $38 million from the General Fund. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 13, 2003.