2003 House Bill 4392 ↩

Senate Roll Call 227: The amendment was not adopted

To transfer $60 million from the tobacco lawsuit settlement fund to this budget, replacing General Fund dollars now used in the budget. The tobacco money is currently used to fund the $2,500 Merit Award college scholarship program. Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed reducing the scholarships to $500 and using the savings to fund this budget, but the House and Senate versions of this budget do not include the tobacco money transfer.