To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 State Police budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future 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 319, 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 add $2.5 million to pay for a new trooper school, which would increase the number of state police troopers.

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 State Police budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 319 .) This appropriates $391.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $396.3 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $231.2 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $287.0 million. The Senate version does not recognize $12.5 million in revenue from new fire service fees on property insurance premiums proposed by the governor. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

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

To replace the Senate version for this budget with a version which expresses policy differences between the House and Senate on certain spending items. See House-passed version for details.

To use money from the new driving record “points” fees proposed by Senate Bill 509 to provide $1.5 million to the Detroit, Battle Creek and Oakland County crime labs.

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 State Police budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 319 .) This appropriates $443.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted funds and federal grants, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $396.3 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $231.2 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $287.0 million. The House version uses revenue from the new driving record “points” fees proposed by Senate Bill 509, and from the increased license fees proposed by Senate Bill 554. The large increase in the House version of the budget is due to increased federal homeland security money. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

To concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 State Police budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 319 .) This appropriates $443.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted funds and federal grants, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $396.3 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $247.6 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $287.0 million. The bill incorporates revenue from the new driving record “points” fees proposed by Senate Bill 509, and from the increased license fees proposed by Senate Bill 554. General Fund appropriations in the conference report are $16 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor. Gross spending is $50 million above the amount originally recommended by the governor, most of which is federal homeland security money for local governments. The budget includes funding to train a new class of state troopers so as to maintain a minimum trooper complement of 1,075. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.