Public Act 142 of 2007

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• Introduced by Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on March 20, 2007, to provide a "template" or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include some. This is related to closing a gap between spending that has already been appropriated and expected revenue for the year.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 20, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on September 14, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on October 9, 2007, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that appropriates $7.5 million to cover unanticipated expenses related to the Sleeper Lake wildfire in the Upper Peninsula. Of this, $5.13 million is federal money, and the balance ($2.37 million) is from Michigan state tax revenue (general fund). Also, to appropriate $46,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the former Michigan School for the Blind to support the National Federation of the Blind for Michigan audio newspaper service. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on October 9, 2007.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. John Espinoza (D) on October 9, 2007, to also appropriate $500,000 for Department of Agriculture's Bovine Tuberculosis Program to cover costs associated with the depopulation of a privately-owned deer herd. The herd had been diagnosed with bovine TB in October 2006, and the herd was depopulated by the department in December 2006. The department incurred approximately $67,500 in direct costs, $17,000 in related staff costs, and $415,300 in potential indemnification payments to the owner of the deer herd. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on October 9, 2007.
• Passed 110 to 0 in the House on October 10, 2007, to appropriate $7.5 million to cover the cost of the 2007 Sleeper Lake wildfire in the Upper Peninsula, $5.13 million is federal money. Also to appropriate $46,000 from the ale of the former Michigan School for the Blind to support the National Federation of the Blind for Michigan audio newspaper service; and $500,000 for certain bovine TB eradication expenses.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on October 11, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on October 11, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on November 6, 2007, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Amendment offered in the Senate on November 7, 2007. The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on November 7, 2007.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Gilda Jacobs (D) on November 7, 2007, to require the Department of Human Services to retrain and reassign to other jobs all the juvenile justice and foster care workers that held positions scheduled for elimination as part of closing part of the Maxey reformatory and outsourcing some functions to private social service agencies. The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on November 7, 2007.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on November 7, 2007, to appropriate $7.5 million to cover the cost of the 2007 Sleeper Lake wildfire in the Upper Peninsula, $5.13 million is federal money. Also to appropriate $46,000 from the ale of the former Michigan School for the Blind to support the National Federation of the Blind for Michigan audio newspaper service; and $500,000 for certain bovine TB eradication expenses.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on November 7, 2007.
• Passed 105 to 0 in the House on November 8, 2007, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on November 19, 2007.