2007 House Bill 5221 ↩

House Roll Call 318: Passed

To authorize spending more than $1.583 billion for state government, university and community college construction projects, of which $806 million would come from direct state borrowing, and the balance from other revenue sources. In addition, the bill authorizes the use of $209.5 million in mostly federal money for military base and airport safety and improvement projects (see also <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-511">Senate Bill 511</a>), spending $34.5 million from the Natural Resources Trust fund for recreation and conservation projects and land acquisitions, and more. See also <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-HB-5888">House Bill 5888</a>, which increases the state’s debt limit by $1.1 billion (from $2.7 billion to $3.8 billion), which would be necessary to accommodate all this spending. The higher education and state office building construction project debt is part of a “stimulus” package proposed by Gov. Granholm.