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Public Act 329 of 2010

1. Introduced by Rep. Michael Lahti (D) on February 24, 2010, to provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2010-2011 capital outlay budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
   • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 24, 2010.
     • Reported in the House on September 23, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
   • Substitute offered in the House on November 10, 2010, to adopt a version of the bill with actual appropriations. See House-passed bill for details. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 10, 2010.
   • Substitute offered by Rep. Michael Lahti (D) on November 10, 2010, to add additional spending projects to the ones recommended by committee. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 10, 2010.
2. Passed 66 to 35 in the House on November 10, 2010, to authorize borrowing and spending $1.15 billion for a number of state university and college building projects. The state would be responsible for repaying $609 million of the new debt, and the individual institions the rest. The bill also appropriates $9 million for a new hangar at the Oscoda-Wurtsmith airport. A list of the college and university projects is here.
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3. Received in the Senate on November 30, 2010.
   • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on November 30, 2010.
   • Substitute offered in the Senate on December 2, 2010. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 2, 2010.
   • Amendment offered by Sen. Cameron Brown (R) on December 3, 2010, to make the state (directly) responsible for a greater share of a $60 million construction project at Western Michigan University authorized in 2008. The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
   • Amendment offered in the Senate on December 3, 2010, to authorize another $1.4 million in new debt and spending, this for a contruction project at Glen Oaks Community College. The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
4. Passed 25 to 7 in the Senate on December 3, 2010, to authorize $968 million in state, university and college debt and spending on new buildings and upgrades. Of this, the state would be directly responsible for $383 million. Included is $15 million for a Detroit crime lab.
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5. Received in the House on December 3, 2010.
   • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on December 3, 2010, to also authorize $13 million in debt and spending for a project at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 3, 2010.
   • Amendment offered by Rep. Goeff Hansen (R) on December 3, 2010, to also authorize $7.5 million in debt and spending for a project at Muskegon Community College. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 3, 2010.
   • Amendment offered by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on December 3, 2010, to prohibit any of the construction contracts for the proposed projects from including a condition prohibing a contractor who doesn't union labor or pay union-scale wages. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 3, 2010.
   • Amendment offered by Rep. Rick Jones (R) on December 3, 2010, to rename proposed Detroit crime lab the "Jennifer Granholm crime lab." The final version of the bill authorizes $15 million in debt for this project. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 3, 2010.
6. Passed 56 to 38 in the House on December 3, 2010, to authorize $963 million in state, university and college debt and spending on new buildings and upgrades. Of this, the state would be directly responsible for $383 million. Included is $15 million for a Detroit crime lab. A list of the college and university projects is here.
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7. Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 21, 2010.