2006 Senate Bill 1081 (Appropriations: 2006-2007 Capital Outlay budget )

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Introduced by Sen. Michael Prusi (D) on February 28, 2006, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 capital outlay budget. This appropriates $213.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers). Of this, $53.3 million will come from state tax revenues, rather than federal.
- Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 28, 2006.
  - Reported in the Senate on December 5, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on December 7, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would authorize some 20 additional construction projects requested by particular Senators, generally for facilities at universities and colleges located in their districts. The bill does cut in half a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" projects. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on December 7, 2006.
Passed in the Senate (33 to 1) on December 7, 2006, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 capital outlay budget. The bill appropriates $201.4 million in adjusted gross spending, but authorizes dozens of projects, including 13 university and 22 community college projects, that would likely cost more than $700 million when completed, and would cause the state to exceed the $2.7 billion cap on total state borrowing (see also Senate Bill 1189, which would raise this to $4.0 billion). Gov. Jennifer Granholm's most recent proposals for the bill would authorize and additional $501 million in new contruction projects. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on December 7, 2006.
- Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on December 7, 2006.
  - Reported in the House on December 12, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on December 14, 2006, to replace the Senate version of the bill with one that trims the 35 higher education construction projects it authorized to just 17 projects, bringing the cost down from over $700 million to approximately $365 million. The substitute authorizes $65 million of a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" projects, but earmarks part of this money for specific projects, including ones at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Grand Rapids arts museum, Hart plaza in Detroit, a "high throughput screening" project at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, the Midland baseball stadium project, Traverse City's Opera House/Connie Binsfield Theater, a hanger project at Wurtsmith airport in Oscoda, an Arab American Museum, the Grand Rapids zoo, the Grand Rapids amphitheater, and more. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Gino Polidori (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $12.1 million science building renovation at Henry Ford Community College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Gino Polidori (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $6 million teacher preparation/child development center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn campus. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Jacob Hoogendyk, Jr. (R), Rep. Alexander Lipsey (D), Rep. Neal Nitz (R), Rep. Rick Shaffer (R), Rep. Fulton Sheen (R) and Rep. Lorence Wenke (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $52 million Sangren Hall construction project at Western Michigan University. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $6 million "MTEC" building expansion at Montcalm County Community College. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Jack Brandenburg (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $5.4 million "alternative fuel development center" construction project at Macomb County Community College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Michael Murphy (D) on December 14, 2006, to eliminate a prohibition in the bill on the development or lease of the so-called Triangle Property in Lansing for a new State Police headquarters project. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Morris Hood, III (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $17.5 million "integrated transportation campus" construction project in Detroit . The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Bruce Caswell (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $28 million campus renovation project at Jackson Community College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Lee Gonzales (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $20 million renovation of Murchie and French halls at the University of Michigan, Flint campus. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Darwin Booher (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $23.8 million optometry building and center for collaborative health education Ferris State University. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for general campus renovations Southwestern Michigan College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Chris Kolb (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a skilled trades instructional building Washtenaw Community College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a "Michigan's economy project" at Michigan State University. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) on December 14, 2006, to earmark part of the $100 million in borrowing for "local infrastructure" projects requested by Gov. Jennifer Granholm the City of Taylor. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on December 14, 2006, to earmark part of a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" for East Lansing museum development. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. John Pastor (R) on December 14, 2006, to prohibit requiring contractors on any of the proposed projects to be unionized. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. John Pastor (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $19 million public safety training complex at Schoolcraft College . The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Michael Murphy (D) on December 14, 2006, to earmark part of a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" for a Lansing Community College culture and educational facility. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Nofs (R) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for $4 million in renovations on the "Classroom C" building at Kellogg Community College . The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Marsha Cheeks (D) and Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on December 14, 2006, to earmark part of a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" for a "Build a Michigan bio-fuels corridor" . The amendment failed in the House (55 to 51) on December 14, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Amendment offered by Rep. George Cushingberry (D), Rep. Chris Kolb (D) and Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a "Michigan's economy project" at Michigan State University, a $165 million biology building at the University of Michigan, and a State Hall renovation project at Wayne State University. The amendment failed in the House (54 to 47) on December 14, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Amendment offered by Rep. Marsha Cheeks (D), Rep. George Cushingberry (D) and Rep. Morris Hood, III (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a chemistry building project at Wayne State University. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Substitute offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R) on December 14, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not change the actual amount that would be appropriated compared to the version reported by the House Appropriations Committee, but does revise some of the details of various earmarks or authorized projects. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Kathy Angerer (D) on December 14, 2006, to authorize borrowing for a $2.2 million "Middle college technology center" at Monroe County Community College. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Rich Brown (D) on December 14, 2006, to fully fund a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" projects. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
Passed in the House (78 to 28) on December 14, 2006, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 capital outlay budget. The bill appropriates $201.4 million in adjusted gross spending, but authorizes dozens of projects, including seven university and 13 community college projects, that would likely cost more than $193 million when completed. The House fully funds a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" projects, and earmarks a number of these to get the loan proceeds. The bill does not appropriate extra money for three state departments which had just revealed that they spent $45 million more in Fiscal Year 2005-2006 than the legislature had authorized. See the House Fiscal Agency analysis for more details on the extra spending. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on December 14, 2006, 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. Failed in the Senate (2 to 36) on December 14, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on December 15, 2006, to adopt a compromise version of the supplemental spending bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This “splits the difference” between the House and the Senate on more borrowing for college and university construction projects, authorizing 24 of them at an eventual cost of some $577 million. It provides $75 million toward a request by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to increase state borrowing by $100 million for spending on "local infrastructure" projects, and earmarks a number of these to get the loan proceeds, but does not appropriate extra money for three state departments which had just revealed that they spent $45 million more in Fiscal Year 2005-2006 than the legislature had authorized. Passed in the Senate (28 to 5) on December 15, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the House on December 15, 2006. Passed in the House (71 to 32) on December 15, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
Vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 21, 2006.

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1) Rep. Cushingberry's "no vote explanation" [by Admin003 on December 16, 2006]
Rep. Cushingberry, 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:

This bill fails to geographically balance development in our State. It is too little too late. The failure to strengthen the infrastructure by continued reliance on tax cuts is unwise and has led to the exacerbation of the down time of our cyclical economy. Tax cuts do not work and the Center for Budget and Policy in a recent study has shown that those States who have cut taxes the most are in the worst shape. My no vote explanation in the House Appropriations Committee on this bill included a report by the Citizens Research Council which chronicles the demise of a once proud infrastructure ravaged by unwise tax cuts.

Michigan cannot succeed unless our full State supports the important biofuels industry as outlined and promoted eloquently by our Governor and our Urban University is given tools to grow and prosper.

For this reason I cannot support this bill at this time."

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2) Rep. Tobocman's "no vote explanation" [by Admin003 on December 16, 2006]
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:

This bill contains unconstitutional language seeking to restrict funding for the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) study. It is completely unconscionable that the Majority party continues to object to spending federally-allocated dollars to study whether we should enhance our state's ability to accommodate international trade at the Southeast Michigan and Southwestern Ontario border, the continent's most valuable border crossing.

With nearly $150 billion of annual trade, insuring that Michigan has the appropriate infrastructure to support and grow this economic activity is critical. It is unfathomable that the Majority party would seek to kill this study given the increasing importance of international trade to local economies.

All that I can conclude is that the Majority party is against trade, our economic future and jobs. Or they are unwilling to even investigate the viability of additional border capacity solutions to the virtual monopoly of one of the party's financial contributors. Either way, it simply is terrible and unconstitutional public policy."

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3) 2006 Senate Bill 1081 (Appropriations: 2006-2007 Capital Outlay budget ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on February 28, 2006, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 capital outlay budget. The bill appropriates $201.4 million in adjusted gross spending, but authorizes dozens of projects, including 13 university and 22 community college projects, that would likely cost more than $700 million when completed, and would cause the state to exceed the $2.7 billion cap on total state borrowing (see also Senate Bill 1189, which would raise this to $4.0 billion). Gov. Jennifer Granholm's most recent proposals for the bill would authorize and additional $501 million in new contruction projects

The vote was 33 in favor, 1 opposed and 4 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 802 at Senate Journal 93)

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