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2011 House Bill 4291: Adjust current year appropriations
Public Act 49 of 2011
Introduced by Rep. Chuck Moss R-Birmingham on February 17, 2011
To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2010-2011.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 17, 2011
Reported in the House on March 16, 2011
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on April 12, 2011
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains actual appropriation changes.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on April 12, 2011
To revise current-year appropriations to reflect lower spending due to 4,755 state employees retiring early last year in return for increased pension payments for the rest of their lives. The bill recognizes some $64 million in short-term savings that result from not replacing all the retired employees, and also from paying lower salaries to the new hires.
Received in the Senate on April 14, 2011
Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 14, 2011
Reported in the Senate on May 10, 2011
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on May 26, 2011