The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of History, Arts and Libraries budget. This appropriates $56.1 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $57.0 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $43.1 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $45.8 million. 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 example, this budget proposes $8.8 million in arts grants, while the governor recommends $11.3 million. For much more detail see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency”>analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

To add $500,000 for arts and cultural grants.

To add $986,000 to give more state money to local libraries.

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of History, Arts and Libraries budget. This appropriates $52.8 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $57.0 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $41.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $45.8 million.

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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of History, Arts and Libraries budget. This appropriates $53.2 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $57.0 million, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $41.8 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $45.8 million. The budget does not reduce spending by $1.5 million on Mackinac Island state park, as the governor had recommended, but instead reduces spending on state libraries by this amount.