2005 Senate Bill 264 (Appropriations: 2005-2006 Agriculture budget )

Public Act 148 of 2005

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Introduced by Sen. Jim Barcia (D) on March 2, 2005, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $102.7 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $126.1 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.5 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $30.0 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
- Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 2, 2005.
  - Reported in the Senate on June 14, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on June 14, 2005, to replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. For much more detail see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency”>analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 14, 2005.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 14, 2005, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $110.0 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $126.1 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.6 million will come from the state's general fund, compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $30.0 million. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on June 16, 2005.
- Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 16, 2005.
  - Reported in the House on June 28, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on June 28, 2005, to replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with one that “strips” all actual appropriations. See House-passed version for explanation. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on June 28, 2005.
Passed in the House (102 to 0) on June 28, 2005, to send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it in its original form as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on June 29, 2005.
Failed in the Senate (0 to 36) on June 30, 2005, 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 Senate on September 13, 2005.
Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on September 20, 2005, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $108.8 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $126.1 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.3 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $30.0 million. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on September 13, 2005.
Passed in the House (105 to 1) on September 21, 2005, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $108.8 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $126.1 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.3 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $30.0 million. [Vote Details and Comments]
Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 28, 2005.

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1) Rep. Tobocman's "no vote explanation" [by Admin003 on September 22, 2005]
Rep. Tobocman, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:

"Mr. Speaker and members of the House:

I voted no on the Senate Bill 264 (CR-1), the Department of Agriculture budget because the appropriations for migrant labor housing was reduced from $255,000 to a scant $100. The appropriation was already insufficient to provide adequate and much needed housing assistance to migrant laborers who often are forced to live in woefully substandard housing. This budget provides funding for better facilities for race horses and even funding for the care of retired race horses, yet we neglect to provide for the needs of a minority population of hard working agricultural workers upon whose labor our vital agricultural industry depends. This cut fails on both humanitarian and economic grounds."

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2) 2005 Senate Bill 264 (Appropriations: 2005-2006 Agriculture budget ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2005, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Agriculture budget. This appropriates $110.0 million in adjusted gross spending, compared to $126.1 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $28.6 million will come from the state's general fund, compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $30.0 million

The vote was 37 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 236 at Senate Journal 56)

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