Public Act 309 of 2004

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• Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on March 6, 2003, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a supplemental Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 multi-department 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 March 31, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 31, 2004, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that adds appropriations to the bill. See Senate-passed bill for details. The substitute was amended to require the Family Independence Agency to fund a non-profit program to teach "family skills" in Kent County . The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 31, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Schauer (D) on March 31, 2004, to strip out a provision which prohibits Amtrak from using a $7.1 million subsidy for the Port Huron to Chicago passenger train to artificially reduce passenger fares below the fare box cost of a private entity participating in the intercity bus loan subsidy program. Reportedly, the Indian Trails bus company may have to close some lines and lay off 130 employees because of competition from the heavily subsidized Amtrak service. The amendment failed in the Senate (17 to 20) on March 31, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on March 31, 2004, to appropriate $316 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 supplemental appropriations. None of this money is from the general fund, but a portion of it is from bond sale proceeds (i.e., borrowing by the state). $195 million is federal money. The money is appropriated to a number of department for various programs. The largest items are $146 million in increased federal welfare and food stamp money, $53 million in federal low income health care money, and approximately $75 million in "Clean Michigan Fund" debt for various environmental and brownfield projects. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 31, 2004.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 31, 2004.
  • Reported in the House on May 6, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on May 11, 2004, to replace the Senate version of this budget with a House version which expresses some policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items, but mostly reflects revised estimates of spending and revenue availability in various programs funded by federal dollars. Notably, the House version appropriates $111 million in federal road dollars. See House-passed version for details. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on May 11, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Marc Shulman (R) on May 11, 2004, to leave intact certain conditions on state vehicle acquisitions included in an earlier law, and leave intact a provision of an earlier law prohibiting the use of state money for runway extensions, taxiway extensions, or apron extensions at the Detroit-Willow Run airport. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 11, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R) on May 11, 2004, to correct an error in a reference in the bill. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 11, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bieda (D) and Rep. Jack Minore (D) on May 11, 2004, to strip out a provision which prohibits the department from spending money to develop “ergonomics” regulations that would be imposed on Michigan workplaces. The amendment failed in the House (38 to 59) on May 11, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Shackleton (R) on May 11, 2004, to prohibit the Department of Transportation from using money appropriated for other purposes to support its multimodal transportation services bureau. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 11, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R) on May 11, 2004, to require the Family Independence Agency to renegotiate leases or consolidate offices in Wayne County as a money saving measure. FIA has more than 20 offices in Wayne County, and current law requires it to cut some $2 million in expenses by closing or consolidating some of them. The amendment failed in the House (32 to 66) on May 11, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the House (98 to 0) on May 11, 2004, to appropriate $478 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 supplemental appropriations. Almost none of this money is from the general fund, but a portion of it is from bond sale proceeds (i.e., borrowing by the state, and $195 million is federal money. The money is appropriated to a number of department for various programs. The largest items are $156 million in increased federal welfare and food stamp money, $53 million in federal low income health care money, approximately $76 million in "Clean Michigan Fund" debt for various environmental and brownfield projects, and $111 million for road projects. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on May 12, 2004.
  • Substitute offered by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on August 4, 2004, to replace the House version of this budget with a new Senate version that reflects increased federal welfare and Medicaid money, and includes other revisions. See Senate-passed version for details. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on August 4, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on August 4, 2004, to include appropriations for Natural Resources Trust Fund projects that were mistakenly left out of the latest substitute. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on August 4, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Tony Stamas (R) on August 4, 2004, to make pro-rated "payments in lieu of property taxes" (PILT) to local governments on land owned by the state, based on some $1.2 million available in segregated "restricted funds." The Department of Natural Resources has not allocated another $800,000 in General Fund money needed to pay the full amounts required by current law. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on August 4, 2004.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on August 4, 2004, to authorize $778.9 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 supplemental appropriations to a number of departments for various programs. $554 million of this is federal money, much of which is for increased Medicaid and welfare spending, and $369 million is state restricted fund money. State general fund spending is reduced by $76 million, most of which is made up by federal money, but there is also a $23 million reduction in spending on state buildings. One provision of the budget prohibits state Amtrak subsidies unless private sector competitors for the same service (bus companies like Indian Trails) get the same amount of government money. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on August 4, 2004, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which increases the appropriation to $778.9 million. Passed in the House (108 to 0) on August 4, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on August 27, 2004.