Introduced
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To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Agriculture budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To adopt a version with actual appropriations; see House-passed version.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out provisions stating that employees hired with federal "stimulus" money are temporary, requiring certain reporting of changes in "stimulus" money, and other related items.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To authorize "escrowing" of casino tax money for thoroughbred racing subsidy programs if there are no races in 2009 or 2010.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 1 (details)
To appropriate $7.8 million, mostly for various subsidies and supports for the horse racing industry that Gov. Jennifer Granholm line-item vetoed when she signed the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Department of Agriculture budget, Senate Bill 237. The money comes from a tax on Detroit casinos, and the Governor had proposed using it to pay for other state spending. The bill also adds money for grain elevator inspections.
Motion
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The motion passed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
