Public Act 157 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 Agriculture budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future appropriations.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 6, 2003.
  • Reported in the Senate on May 1, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on May 6, 2003, to replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 316, with a budget which expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. Among other changes, the Senate version strips out an administration proposal to allow the department to keep half of any appropriations not been spent at the end of the year as an incentive to cut costs, rather than having the funds lapse into the general fund, and also removes an unallocated "contingency fund" line item contained in the executive proposal for this and other departmental budgets. See Senate-passed version for details. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 6, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on May 6, 2003, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Agriculture budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 316 .) This appropriates $78.4 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $85.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $33.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $38.4 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 May 7, 2003.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on May 7, 2003.
  • Reported in the House on June 11, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 12, 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 in the House by voice vote on June 12, 2003.
• Passed in the House (107 to 0) on June 12, 2003, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Agriculture budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 316 .) This appropriates $89.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $85.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $33.6 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $38.4 million. The House version appropriates $2.6 million in potential gambling revenue from the seven new racetrack casinos (“racinos”) authorized by House Bill 4610, which would go to market development, bovine TB, migrant housing, local conservation district, and Future Farmers of America programs. It also contains $7.25 million additional federal money for emerald ash borer insect control. 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 June 17, 2003.
• Failed in the Senate (0 to 37) on June 17, 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. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 18, 2003.
• Passed in the House (106 to 0) on July 16, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $86.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $85.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $31.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $38.4 million. General Fund appropriations in the conference report are not increased above the amount originally recommended by the governor. Much of the increase in gross spending is federal money for controlling the Emerald Ash Borer pest. 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 June 24, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on July 15, 2003, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $86.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $85.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $31.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $38.4 million. General Fund appropriations in the conference report are not increased above the amount originally recommended by the governor. Much of the increase in gross spending is federal money for controlling the Emerald Ash Borer pest. 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 with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 7, 2003.