2019 Senate Bill 145 / 2020 Public Act 145

Appropriate Natural Resources Trust Fund money (originally a department budget bill)

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 28, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Jon Bumstead (R-34)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Department of Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 7, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 15, 2019

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Natural Resources budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2019. This would appropriate $450.3 million in gross spending. Of this, $86.0 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

May 15, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

July 22, 2020

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To use this bill as a "vehicle" to appropriate $28.7 million from the state's Natural Resources Trust Fund for state and local land acquisitions and recreation development projects. When local matching funds are included this will result in $$11.5 million million in new recreation development and $17.2 million in land acquisitions, not counting additional money from local matching funds.

Received in the Senate

July 23, 2020

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 31, 2020