2005 Senate Bill 272 / Public Act 146

Appropriations: 2005-2006 General Government budget

Introduced in the Senate

March 2, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

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 <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 14, 2005

Reported without amendment

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

June 16, 2005

Substitute offered

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 <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/senate/pdf/2005-SFA-0272-U.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-19)

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

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)

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.

Received in the House

June 21, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 28, 2005

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

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

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 102 to 0 (details)

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.

Received in the Senate

June 29, 2005

June 30, 2005

Failed in the Senate 0 to 35 (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.

Sept. 13, 2005

Received

Received in the House

Sept. 13, 2005

In the Senate

Sept. 20, 2005

Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)

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.

In the House

Sept. 21, 2005

Passed in the House 94 to 12 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Sept. 28, 2005