Public Act 130 of 2007

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• Introduced by Sen. Valde Garcia (R) on February 21, 2007, to provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Senate Republican version of a Fiscal Year 2007-2008 State Police budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them. Note: The governor's proposed budget is contained in Senate Bill 261, and is premised on the legislature adopting a 2 percent tax on services which along with other tax increases and a proposed reduction in business taxes represents a net tax hike of approximately $1 billion.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 21, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on May 1, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on August 22, 2007, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses spending level and policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. See Senate-passed version for more, and for details see the Senate Fiscal Agency analysis (link available through the “Text and Analysis” tab at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes page). The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on August 22, 2007.
• Passed 21 to 17 in the Senate on August 22, 2007, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 state police budget. This appropriates $559.2 million in gross spending, compared to $569.2 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $563.8 million proposed by Gov. Granholm (see Senate Bill 261). Of this, $266.5 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $249.2 million, and $111.3 million will come from state restricted funds, or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $120.2 million the previous year.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Moved to reconsider by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on August 22, 2007, the vote by which the following bill was passed.
  • Withdrawn in the Senate on August 22, 2007, the motion to reconsider the final passage vote.
• Received in the House on August 22, 2007.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on August 22, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on September 6, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on September 6, 2007, the version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 State Police budget reported by the House Appropriations Committee. This budget expresses the will of the House Democratic majority, but it was subsequently replaced by a version that zeros out all line items as a way to accelerate House-Senate budget negotiations (see LeBlanc substitute). This version would appropriate $572.8 million in gross spending, compared to $569.2 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $563.8 million proposed by Gov. Granholm (see Senate Bill 261). Of this, $77.6 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $249.2 million, and $113.9 million will come from state restricted funds, or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $120.2 million the previous year. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 6, 2007.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Richard LeBlanc (D) on September 6, 2007, to adopt a version of the bill that essentially strips out all of the appropriations of the previous version, which is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 6, 2007.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Richard J. Ball (R) on September 6, 2007, to require the department to implement continuous improvement efficiency mechanisms that increase efficiency and reduce expenditures in its programs, and to report back to the legislature on these every six months. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on September 6, 2007.
• Passed 66 to 40 in the House on September 6, 2007, to send the state police budget back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, and $100 “placeholders” in their place. These and some changes in the remaining “boilerplate” language prescribing policies the department must follow establish “points of difference” with the Senate version, the presence of which makes them subjects for negotiation between the bodies. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 6, 2007, 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 1 to 36 in the Senate on September 6, 2007.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 11, 2007.
• Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on October 29, 2007, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 State Police budget. This appropriates $566.5 million in gross spending, compared to $569.2 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $563.8 million proposed by Gov. Granholm (see Senate Bill 261). Of this, $273.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $249.2 million, and $111.3 million will come from state restricted funds, or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $120.2 million the previous year.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on September 11, 2007.
• Passed 95 to 14 in the House on October 29, 2007, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008 State Police budget. This appropriates $566.5 million in gross spending, compared to $569.2 million, which was the FY 2006-2007 amount enrolled in 2006, and $563.8 million proposed by Gov. Granholm (see Senate Bill 261). Of this, $273.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2006-2007 amount of $249.2 million, and $111.3 million will come from state restricted funds, or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $120.2 million the previous year.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on October 31, 2007.