2017 House Bill 4329 / Public Act 33

Appropriations: Supplemental budget

Introduced in the House

March 7, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Jeff Yaroch (R-33)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 22, 2017

Reported without amendment

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

Passed in the House 101 to 7 (details)

To appropriate $100 million federal dollars granted to Michigan for water treatment plant improvements, service line and water meter replacement, distribution system upgrades, corrosion control, and other infrastructure needs. This will require the state to come up with $20 million in matching funds. The bill also appropriates state tax revenues for a $1 million state Capitol upgrade, and $3 million in repairs related to a Macomb County sinkhole.

Received in the Senate

March 23, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 29, 2017

Reported without amendment

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

Amendment offered by Sen. Steve Bieda (D-9)

To revert the Macomb sinkhole spending provisions to the House-passed version, in which the state would give $3 million to Macomb County. The Senate version makes this a $5 million loan.

The amendment failed 17 to 20 (details)

Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)

To appropriate $100 million federal dollars granted to Michigan for water treatment plant improvements, service line and water meter replacement, distribution system upgrades, corrosion control, and other infrastructure needs. This will require the state to come up with $20 million in matching funds. The bill also appropriates state tax revenues for a $1 million state Capitol upgrade, and authorizes a $5 million loan to local governments for repairs related to a Macomb County sinkhole (in the House version this was a $3 million grant).

Received in the House

March 30, 2017

Passed in the House 101 to 7 (details)

To appropriate $100 million federal dollars granted to Michigan for water treatment plant improvements, service line and water meter replacement, distribution system upgrades, corrosion control, and other infrastructure needs. This will require the state to come up with $20 million in matching funds. The bill also appropriates state tax revenues for a $1 million state Capitol upgrade, and authorizes $3 million for repairs related to a Macomb County sinkhole.

Received in the Senate

April 20, 2017

April 26, 2017

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To appropriate $100 million federal dollars granted to Michigan for water treatment plant improvements, service line and water meter replacement, distribution system upgrades, corrosion control, and other infrastructure needs. This will require the state to come up with $20 million in matching funds. The bill also appropriates state tax revenues for a $1 million state Capitol upgrade.

Received in the House

April 26, 2017

April 27, 2017

Passed in the House 108 to 1 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Received in the Senate

April 27, 2017

Motion to reconsider

The vote by which the House amendments to the Senate substitute, as amended, were concurred in.

The motion passed 36 to 0 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

To strip out the Macomb sinkhole money, in part because of disagreements over the specific funding source. Discussions are continuing.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

To adopt a version of the bill that does not include money for the Macomb sinkhole; discussions were continuing and the proposal may be back in another bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

May 8, 2017