The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 General Government budget, which funds the Attorney General, Civil Rights Department, Civil Service Department, Executive, Legislature, Department of Management and Budget, Department of State, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Treasury. This appropriates $2.648 billion in unadjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $2.597 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $336.2 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $335 million. Another $1.674 billion is from “restricted funds,” or earmarked tax and fee revenue, compared to $1.633 billion enrolled last year, which is a $41 million increase. $1.121 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments. 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.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. For much more detail see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

To add additional funding to pay for the 60 additional tax auditors proposed in the Senate substitute version of this budget.

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 General Government budget, which funds the Executive, Legislature, Secretary of State, Department of Treasury, and several other agencies. This appropriates $2.654 billion in gross spending, compared to $2.597 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $334.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $335 million. Another $1.668 billion is from “restricted funds,” or earmarked tax and fee revenue. $1.114 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments.

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

To replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with one that “strips” all actual appropriations. See House-passed version for explanation.

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it in its original form as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

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) 2005-2006 General Government budget, which funds the Executive, Legislature, Secretary of State, Department of Treasury, and several other agencies. This appropriates $2.914 billion in gross spending, compared to $2.597 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $596.7 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $335 million. Another $1.687 billion is from “restricted funds,” or earmarked tax and fee revenue. $1.114 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments. Note: $256.0 million of the general fund increase is because debt service on state buildings was tranferred to this budget from the Capital Outlay budget.