2013 Senate Bill 233 / Public Act 9

Appropriate $23.5 million for state land acquisitions and recreation projects

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 27, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35)

To appropriate $23.5 million from the state Natural Resources Trust Fund for various land acquisitions and recreation projects. State oil and gas well royalty money is earmarked for this fund.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 7, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 31 to 5 (details)

To appropriate $23.3 million from the state Natural Resources Trust Fund for various land acquisitions and recreation projects, and another $21 million in non-NRTF money for dredging public boating access sites and harbors. State oil and gas well royalty money is earmarked to the NRTF.

Received in the House

March 7, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 13, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

March 20, 2013

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Terry Brown (D-84)

To spend $10 million more on public schools in the current fiscal year.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Sam Singh (D-69)

To not take money for dredging from a state “waterways account,” to which the state constitution earmarks certain fuel tax and water-recreation related fee revenue.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Andy Schor (D-68)

To give local governments $10 million more in state revenue sharing money in the current fiscal year.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Andrew Kandrevas (D-13)

To specify that money the bill appropriates to research criminal sentencing reform be used for a contract with the Council of State Governments to continue a review of the length of prison stays and parole board discretion in this state.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R-32)

To actually appropriate the $1 million for harbor dredging loan subsidies the House authorized in Senate Bill 252.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R-57)

To appropriate $3 million for a veterans benefits intiative.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 107 to 3 (details)

To appropriate $23.3 million from the state Natural Resources Trust Fund for various land acquisitions and recreation projects, $21 million in non-NRTF money for dredging public boating access sites and harbors, and another $3 million for a veterans benefits initiative. State oil and gas well royalty money is earmarked to the NRTF.

Received in the Senate

March 21, 2013

Passed in the Senate 30 to 5 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

March 27, 2013