To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Transportation budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future departmental appropriations.   Official Text and Analysis.

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

To replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 315, with a budget which expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details.

To prohibit appropriations to the Bureau of Planning from being used to subsidize planning activities associated with local public transit agencies.

To add $38.9 million that would come from an increase in the diesel tax proposed by Senate Bill 387.

To remove a provision which prohibits expending funds for start-up costs associated with the Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority (DARTA) proposed by House Bill 4072 and Senate Bill 100.

To add $10.9 million for Detroit and suburban public transportation operating subsidies, and eliminate a provision which prohibits their regional transit coordinating council from receiving more than the minimum funding required by law.

To require that $16 million from the comprehensive transportation fund, which pays for public transportation system subsidies, be transferred to the general fund at year's end to offset reductions in interdpartmental grants from the Department of Transportation to the Secretary of State.

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Transportation budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 315 .) This appropriates $3.155 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $3.125 billion, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Most of this revenue comes from either state fuel taxes, license fees, or federal transfers. Among other changes, the Senate budget contains funding that could lead to the reinstatement of 34 road expansion projects that Gov. Jennifer Granholm had postponed as part of her “Fix it First” program, which places a higher priority on repairing existing roads. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

To replace the Senate version of this budget with a House version which embodies a compromise agreement between the House, Senate, and governor on transportation spending priorities. See House-passed version for details.

To replace the Senate version of this budget with a House version which embodies a compromise agreement between the House, Senate, and governor on transportation spending priorities. See House-passed version for details.

To add $200,000 in start up money for the Detroit Area Regional Transit Authority (DARTA).

To eliminate an increase in the annual subsidy to Amtrak which will bring the total from $5.7 million to $7.1 million.

The House-version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 315 .) This appropriates $3.136 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $3.125 billion, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Most of this revenue comes from either state fuel taxes, license fees, or federal transfers. Among other items, the budget reflects a compromise on 17 of 34 road expansion projects that Gov. Jennifer Granholm had postponed as part of her “Fix it First” program, which places a higher priority on repairing existing roads. It also includes $200,000 in start up money for the Detroit Area Regional Transit Authority (DARTA). Spending levels for public transportation are those originally proposed by the governor, rather than the much lower levels passed by the Senate. A subsidy to Amtrak will increase from $5.7 million to $7.1 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

To add $1.5 million in funding that could lead to the reinstatement of 34 road expansion projects that Gov. Jennifer Granholm had postponed as part of her “Fix it First” program, which places a higher priority on repairing existing roads. The money is taken from interdpartmental grants to the Department of Treasury, and the Department of Management and Budget.

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