| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date: | |
| Items Included by the House and Senate | |
| 1. Michigan Community Service Commission. The Governor, House, and Senate transferred this Commission to the Department of Human Services (DHS). | (9,391,900) |
| 2. Liquor License Fees. The Governor increased these fees by $23.0 million to replace Liquor Purchase Revolving Fund (LPRF) revenue. LPRF revenue lapses to the General Fund. The Senate and House did not concur with this fee increase. | 0 |
| 3. Fund Shift. The Governor, House, and Senate included a fund shift for all but $650,000 of the $5.0 million of expired Federal Reed Act funding with General Fund, $4,350,000 in the Job Training Programs Subgrantees line and $1.3 million in the Welfare-to-Work line. | (650,000) |
| 4. Fire Protection Grants. The Governor, House, and Senate increased the total grant amount to $10.9 million. | 3,700,000 |
| 5. Broadband Development Authority. The Governor, House, and Senate reduced the staff and appropriation to reflect the size of the program. | (1,093,400) |
| 6. Regulatory Program Enhancements. The Governor, House, and Senate included restricted fund and FTE increases in regulatory programs to implement regulation of pay day lending and private wastewater treatment facilities, electronic filing of documents, as well as for the Tax Tribunal backlog reduction and the Land Bank Fast Track Authority. | 1,719,500 |
| 7. Other Changes. The Governor, House, and Senate included various Federal and State restricted fund source adjustments as well as $18,602,900 in economic adjustments. | (22,770,800) |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference | |
| 8. Pre-College Program in the Engineering and the Sciences. The Governor and Senate transferred these grants to the School Aid Budget ($680,100). The House retained these grants under DLEG. The Conference Committee transferred the programs to School Aid. | (680,100) |
| 9. Bureau of Fire Services. The Governor, House, and Senate created a new Bureau. The Senate included $1,365,600 GF, replacing $906,000 of restricted funds for overhead costs and increased the program line by $459,600. The House concurred with Governor's funding levels but created separate line items for each program. The Conference Committee included additional fire service fee funding for administrative costs with no program increase. | |
| 10. Job, Education, and Training (JET) Pilot Program. The Governor and Senate added a $1,064,100 IDG from DHS for a welfare-to-work pilot program. The House did not include. The Conference Committee included the Governor's revised recommendation with a $12,278,800 interdepartmental grant from DHS. | 12,278,800 |
| 11. Wage and Hour Division. The Governor's revision included 4.0 FTEs and $312,600 due to the minimum wage increase. The House included only $100 placeholder. The Senate left out. The Conference Committee concurred with the Governor's revised recommendation. | 312,600 |
| Total Changes | ($16,525,300) |
| FY 2006-07 Conference Report Gross Appropriation | $1,231,476,200 |
| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year to Date: |
| Items Included by the House and Senate |
| 1. Contingency Funds. The Governor included and the House and Senate eliminated language to provide for the appropriation of these funds. |
| 2. Commission for the Blind. The Governor, House, and Senate added new language allowing the Commission to carryforward unexpended local or private revenue. (Sec. 326) |
| 3. Sections Retained. The Governor deleted and the House and Senate retained language on MSHDA housing production goals, elevator regulation, Broadband Development Authority repayments to MSHDA, Low Income Energy Efficiency grants, OFIS spending by unit, various general sections, real estate continuing education websites and course approvals, intent to fund Fire Services with General Fund, and intent language on the location of administrative law hearings. |
| 4. Credit Scoring. The Governor deleted and the House and Senate retained language prohibiting the use of funds to implement prohibitions on credit scoring without legislative authorization. (Sec. 337) |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
| 5. Budget Reduction Report. The Senate included language requiring a report on GF/GP cuts sufficient to reduce spending by 7.93% if the K-16 Ballot Initiative is adopted. (Sec. 220) The Conference Committee did not include. |
| 6. Consumer Finance Fees Transfer of Balance. The Conference Committee added language to transfer $7.0 million of surplus consumer finance fee revenue to the General Fund. This would implement the target agreement. (Sec. 341) |
| 7. Ergonomics. The Governor deleted and the Senate retained language prohibiting the use of funds to implement any rules or standards more stringent than Federal guidelines. The House concurred with the Senate and added a report on staff time spent on the development of these guidelines. The Conference Committee concurred with the House. (Sec. 355) |
| 8. Red Book. The Conference Committee added language to specify that the "Red Book" of real estate law and rules will be available on the Internet and printed by the Department with copies provided at no charge to actively licensed real estate professionals and available for purchase by others. (Sec. 357) |
| 9. Administrative Law Judge Report. The House included language requiring a report containing the summary of all decisions of the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (SOAHR) and specific information regarding the rulings. The Senate changed the language to require a report on the cases, hearings, and whether decisions were final or proposed. The Conference Committee included a report on the final decisions or recommendations rendered by SOAHRs and related information for cases under the jurisdiction of the Office of Financial and Insurance Services. (Sec. 372) |
| 10. Wage and Hour Division. The House included the FTE portion of the Governor's revised recommendation on staffing changes necessary to implement the upcoming increase in the minimum wage. The Conference Committee included the Governor's revised recommendation and included a report on the number of employee and employer inquiries in FY 2005-06 and FY 2006-07 related to the changes in the minimum wage. (Sec. 373) |
| 11. Work First/JET. The Governor recommended changing the language to: 1) add education, community service, and volunteerism options; 2) add confidential screenings to identify barriers; 3) require DLEG and DHS create a shared assessment tool to identify barriers; 4) change report on placement from 90 days to six months; 5) add to report number of clients obtaining education at all levels and placed in community service; 6) eliminate joint orientation and replaces with distribution of jointly developed guidelines; 7) eliminate 10-10-10 education/work requirement and replace it with training/education/community service for up to 36 months, with assistance provided for up to 24 months; 8) allowing basic skills education for clients performing below 9th grade in reading or math. The Senate maintained current year. The House changed Governor's language to: 1) specifically identify eligible activities; 2) requires all funding be passed through a Michigan Works! Agency; 3) outline specific referrals for recipients based on levels identified in screening. The Conference Committee adopted the Governor's recommendation. (Sec. 405) |
| 12. Workforce Investment Act Funding. The Senate added new language to allocate $3.0 million of these funds to support incumbent worker training as a coordinated effort between the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Works! Agencies in conjunction with the Economic Development Job Training Grants. The Conference Committee did not include. |