2006 Senate Bill 1087

Appropriations: 2006-2007 General Government budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 28, 2006

Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D-10)

The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 General Government budget, which funds the Attorney General, Civil Rights Department, Civil Service Department, Executive, Legislature, Department of Management and Budget, Department of State, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Treasury. This appropriates $3.007 billion in unadjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $2.914 billion, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $645.7 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $596.7 million. Another $1.664 billion is from "restricted funds," or earmarked tax and fee revenue. $1.114 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 24, 2006

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

To replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. For much more detail see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2005-SFA-1087-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

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

To add $1.7 million for economic development job training grants, which are generally a form of subsidy to particular firms.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-19)

To increase the number of government employees at the Michigan Econonomic Development Corporation (MEDC) from 130 to 135, at a cost of $500,000.

The amendment failed 17 to 21 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To add $46,900 to a $845,500 appropriation that increases revenue sharing payments to local governments that have dempnstrated population growth with mid-decade censuses.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007 General Government budget, which funds the Attorney General, Civil Rights Department, Civil Service Department, Executive, Legislature, Department of Management and Budget, Department of State, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Treasury. This appropriates $3.013 billion in unadjusted gross spending, compared to $2.914 billion, which was the FY 2005-2006 amount enrolled in 2005. Of this, $644.6 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2005-2006 amount of $596.7 million. Another $1.670 billion is from "restricted funds," or earmarked tax and fee revenue. $1.114 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments.

Received in the House

May 24, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 31, 2006

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

To strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 76 to 28 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the Senate

June 1, 2006

June 6, 2006

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

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

Received in the House

June 8, 2006

Received in the Senate

June 13, 2006