2003 House Bill 4388 / Public Act 146

Introduced in the House

March 18, 2003

Introduced by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future appropriations.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 1, 2003

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which expresses (minor) differences between the Republican-majority in the House and Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding certain details of this budget. See House-passed version for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Nofs (R-62)

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. (Note: The governor's executive budget recommendation was contained in House Bill 4412.) Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

Received in the Senate

May 6, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 12, 2003

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 17, 2003

Substitute offered

To replace the House version of this budget with a Senate version which expresses policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

To increase appropriations to community colleges by $17.6 million, which is proportional to the increase made by the Senate to the amount added by the Senate to the governor’s proposed Higher Education budget for four-year colleges and universities.

The amendment failed 16 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To allow the department to keep half of any appropriations which have not been spent at the end of the year, rather than having the funds lapse into the general fund. The provision was contained in the executive proposal for this budget as an incentive for the department to cut costs, but was stripped out by the Appropriations Committee.

Received in the House

June 17, 2003

June 19, 2003

Failed in the House 0 to 101 (details)

To concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

Received in the Senate

June 24, 2003

Received in the House

June 24, 2003

In the Senate

July 16, 2003

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Community Colleges budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4412">House Bill 4412</a>.) This appropriates $289.0 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $321.7 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $289.0 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $319.7 million. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/4964">Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge</a> at www.mackinac.org/4964.

In the House

July 16, 2003

Passed in the House 104 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Aug. 5, 2003