2009 House Bill 4311 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ) (Senate Roll Call 585)
Passed in the Senate (32 to 2) on November 5, 2009, to appropriate $6.9 million to replace horse race industry subsidies that Gov. Jennifer Granholm line-item vetoed from the Fiscal Year 2010 budget; and $3.85 million for state wetlands regulation that the Governor had proposed turning over to the federal government. Also, to appropriate $14.8 million in additional Corrections spending; use some federal "stimulus" money in the State Police budget; and to spend an extra $3.8 million on Michigan State Housing Development Authority computer systems and management of federal rental subsidies. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 32 in favor, 2 opposed, and 3 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 585 at Senate Journal 0)
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The following legislators supported 2009 House Bill 4311 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ):
The following legislators opposed 2009 House Bill 4311 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ):
| Patterson (R) | Sanborn (R) |
The following legislators did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4311 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ):
| Cropsey (R) | Scott (D) | Thomas (D) |
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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4311 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ) [by timbertom322 on November 7, 2009]How in the world can our politicians justify spending nearly $8,000,000 on subsudies for hores raceing? The rest of the bill makes sense. Could it be a special interest that got this attached to this otherwise good bill? It may be about horses but it smells like pork to me.
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Introduced in the House on February 17, 2009, to appropriate $14.8 million in additional Corrections spending to compensate for a $5 million over-estimate in the amount of revenue that might be extracted from parole, probation and "tether" program participant fees, to fund prison "storekeeper" positions that previously were to be eliminated but instead will be retained, and to cover a shortfall in funding for off-site prisoner hospital and specialty care
The vote was 62 in favor, 45 opposed and 3 not voting
(House Roll Call 403 at House Journal 0)
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