To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of History, Arts and Libraries budget. This budget contains no appropriations, but these may be added later to make changes to current or future appropriations.   Official Text and Analysis.

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

To replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 318, with a budget which expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items. See Senate-passed version for details.

To appropriate $185,000 for the Grand Rapids Public Library, and $2.6 million to the Detroit Public Library.

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.

To strip out an unallocated "contingency fund" appropriation, which was contained in the executive proposal for this and other departmental budgets.

The Senate version of the FY 2003-2004 budget for the Department of Arts, History, and Libraries. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 318.) This appropriates $55.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $74.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $44.7 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $48.9 million. The Senate version cuts $1.9 million in grants to Detroit and Grand Rapids libraries contained in the Executive proposal for this budget, which was contained in Senate Bill 318. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

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

To impose a 15 percent cap on the maximum percentage of total state arts grants that can go to any one institution. This would affect the Detroit Institute of Arts, which recieves 19 percent.

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

To require that certain appropriations to libraries for computers and training of staff to assist claimants in accessing unemployment agency websites be targeted at libraries in high unemployment areas and provide them with high speed internet connections.

To increase funding to the Detroit Public Library to the level recommended by the governor. The House cuts this by 40 percent; the Senate eliminated it entirely.

The House version of the FY 2003-2004 budget for the Department of Arts, History, and Libraries. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 318.) This appropriates $56.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $74.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $44.7 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $48.9 million. The House version includes $1.8 million in grants to Detroit and Grand Rapids libraries cut by the Senate, and removes a cap placed by the Senate on the maximum percentage of total state arts grants that can go to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.

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.

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004 Department of Arts, History, and Libraries budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 318.) This appropriates $56.9 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $74.5 million, which was the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002, excluding any supplemental appropriations, line-item vetoes, or later cuts. Of this, $44.7 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2002-2003 amount enrolled in 2002 of $48.9 million. Compared to FY 2002-2003 funding the conference report grants 40 percent less for the Grand Rapids Public library ($125,000 total appropriation) and 60 percent less to the Detroit Public Library ($1 million total appropriation). Gross spending in the conference report is $2.6 million less than the amount originally recommended by the governor; there is no change in the General Fund appropriation. The conference report retains the 49-percent reduction in Arts and Cultural Grants originally proposed by the governor. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.