The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Corrections budget. This appropriates $1.821 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $1.721 billion, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $1.742 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $1.632 billion. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.   Official Text and Analysis.