2004 Senate Bill 1068 / Public Act 347

Appropriations: 2005 Department of Natural Resources budget

Introduced in the Senate

March 3, 2004

Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R-13)

To provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Senate Republican version of a Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Department of Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 25, 2004

Reported without amendment

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

March 30, 2004

Substitute offered

To replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2004-SB-1047">Senate Bill 1047 </a>, with a budget that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for major features, and Senate Fiscal Agency analysis for detailed analysis. (the “Text and Analysis” at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes.org page is a link to this).

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Natural Resources budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-1047">Senate Bill 1047</a>.) This appropriates $249.7 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $250.8 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $25.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $28.8 million. The Senate version authorizes approximately $600,000 less in gross spending than the governor recommended. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href=“http://www.mackinac.org/4964”>Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Received in the House

March 30, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 8, 2004

Reported without amendment

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

June 9, 2004

Substitute offered

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

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rich Brown (D-110)

To add a $50,000 grant for the Western Upper Peninsula forest improvement district.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. William O'Neil (D-14)

To require the department to place an "appropriate" number of defibrillators in state parks.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 103 to 0 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Natural Resources budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-1047">Senate Bill 1047</a>.) This appropriates $252.2 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $250.8 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $24.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $28.8 million. The House version authorizes approximately $2.5 million more in gross spending than the governor recommended. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href=“http://www.mackinac.org/4964”>Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Received in the Senate

June 10, 2004

June 15, 2004

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

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.

Received in the House

June 29, 2004

Received in the Senate

June 30, 2004

In the House

Sept. 9, 2004

Passed in the House 100 to 1 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Natural Resources budget. This appropriates $264.3 million in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $253.4 million, which was the final FY 2003-2004 amount. Of this, $28.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the final FY 2003-2004 amount of $28.0 million. The final version of this budget revises the funding source for payments in lieu of property taxes (PILT) to local governments on land owned by the state, and freezes the level of those payments for the next 10 years.

In the Senate

Sept. 9, 2004

Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Sept. 28, 2004