| FY 2010-11 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | $1,277,823,200 |
| Changes from FY 2010-11 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. Fire Protection Grants. Governor and Senate reduced support for these grants to $9,273,900. Direct GF/GP savings would be achieved through shifting Liquor Purchase Revolving Funds (LPRF) from this program to Bureau of Fire Services. | (1,636,600) |
| 2. Workers' Compensation Appellate Commission. Governor and Senate eliminated this five-member commission due to the declining number of cases the Commission has been receiving. These cases would be heard in the Court of Appeals. All savings would be GF/GP, and would cause the layoff of 7.0 classified FTEs. | (1,173,100) |
| 3. Administrative Reductions. Governor and Senate included five GF/GP reductions to program administration areas within the Department: ($529,200) to Workforce Programs Administration, ($400,000) to Worker's Compensation Agency, ($110,000) to Wage and Hour Division, ($80,000) to Hispanic/Latino Commission, and ($10,700) to Disability Concerns Commission. Savings would be primarily through holding positions vacant and reassigning existing staff. | (1,129,900) |
| 4. Michigan Business One-Stop Portal. Governor and Senate provided funding for the continued development of the website portal. Funding for this would be from available State restricted funds. | 1,820,000 |
| 5. Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) - Securities Program. Governor and Senate included 5.0 FTEs and restricted funds to support new Federal requirements which require the State to regulate financial advisors who manage between $25.0 - $100.0 million. | 381,000 |
| 6. OFIR - Credit Union Examinations. Governor and Senate included 2.0 FTEs and restricted funding to support increased demand for these examinations to meet statutory examination cycle requirements. | 175,000 |
| 7. Tax Tribunal. Governor and Senate included additional restricted funds to be used to support increased numbers of tax appeal cases. | 150,000 |
| 8. Postsecondary Education Program. Governor and Senate included restricted funding to support an increasing number of private occupational schools seeking licensure. The funding would also be used for supporting investigations of consumer complaints related to these programs. | 145,700 |
| 9. Real Estate Education Program. Governor and Senate increased restricted funding to support the enforcement of continuing education requirements for real estate professionals. | 28,000 |
| 10. Technical Adjustments. Governor and Senate included several technical spending reductions to reduce excess spending authorization, remove one-time appropriations, reduce TANF spending to match available revenue, and adjust IDGs to match appropriations in other budgets. | (19,899,800) |
| 11. Retirement Savings. Savings from retirement incentive in FY 2009-10. $624,200 GF/GP savings. | (1,824,900) |
| 12. Economic Adjustments. | 17,283,900 |
| 13. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. Senate is at the Governor's recommendation for Gross funds and GF/GP. | |
| Total Changes | ($5,680,700) |
| FY 2011-12 Senate Appropriations Committee Gross Appropriation | $1,272,142,500 |
| Changes from FY 2010-11 Year to Date: |
| 1. Out-of-State Travel. Language limiting out-of-state travel was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 217) |
| 2. Private Grant Project Notification. Language requiring the Department to notify the Legislature when it funds privately-funded grants was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 225) |
| 3. Credit/Debit Card Payment. Permission for the Department to accept credit/debit cards was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 228) |
| 4. FTE Report/Transparency Website. A section requiring (1) a quarterly FTE report as well as (2) a website with Department expenditures was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 231) |
| 5. Fire Protection Grant Local Report. A section requiring an annual expenditure report from municipalities receiving fire protection grants was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 301a) |
| 6. Report on MARVIN usage. A section requiring quarterly reports on MARVIN usage was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 333) |
| 7. MIOSHA Report on Injuries/Fatalities. A section requiring an annual report on the number of individuals hurt or killed on the job was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate. (Sec. 340) |
| 8. Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program. Sections requiring May 1 and October 1 deadlines on this program and an accompanying report were eliminated by the Governor and Senate. (Sec 361[1]&[2]) |
| 9. Licensing and Regulatory Reports. A section requiring a report on licensing and regulation activities in the Bureau of Commercial Services and Bureau of Construction Codes was eliminated by the Governor and Senate. (Sec. 368) |
| 10. Liquor Law Enforcement Grant Reports. A section requiring annual reports from municipalities receiving these grants was eliminated by the Governor and Senate. (Sec 370) |
| 11. Bootlegging Coordination. Language requiring the Liquor Control Commission (LCC) to coordinate anti-bootlegging activities in the state, as well as an accompanying report, was eliminated by the by the Governor and Senate. (Sec. 371) |
| 12. Centers for Independent Living Funding. Language requiring funding in Part 1 for Independent Living be used for Centers for Independent Living was removed by the Governor and Senate. (Sec. 604) |
| 13. Youth Low-Vision Payer of Last Resort. A section requiring other sources of funding be exhausted prior to using this appropriation was eliminated by the Governor and restored by the Senate. (Sec 612) |
| 14. Work First and JET Longitudinal Study. Language requiring a three-year study on Work First and JET participants was eliminated by the Governor and Senate. (Sec. 802) |
| 15. Michigan Works! Veteran Services. Language containing various veteran-related requirements for Michigan Works! Agencies (MWAs) was eliminated by the Governor and restored by the Senate. (Sec. 811) |
| 16. Focus: HOPE Earmark. Funding earmarked for the Focus: HOPE program was eliminated by the Governor and retained by the Senate with a $100 placeholder. (Sec. 816) |
| 17. No worker Left Behind Reports. A section with reporting requirements for this program was eliminated by the Governor and Senate. (Sec. 830) 18. Construction Lien Fund Payments. The Senate added a section which would appropriate this fund to pay court-ordered payments. (Sec. 380) 19. Medical Marihuana. The Senate added a section which would require a report on the amount of fees collected for the program as well as an analysis of the adequacy of those fees. A section was also added which would require the Department to establish a bid process for a private or public contractor to take over management of these permits. 20. Precollege Engineering Programs. The Senate added a section which allocates a $100 placeholder for the Detroit Precollege Engineering Program and the Grand Rapids Area Precollege Engineering Program. |