SENATE BILL No. 772

 

 

September 12, 2007, Introduced by Senator JELINEK and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to make interim general appropriations for various

 

state departments and agencies, capital outlay, the legislative

 

branch, the judicial branch, and certain other purposes for the

 

period of October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007; to provide for the

 

expenditure of the appropriations; to provide for the disposition

 

of fees and other income received by various state departments and

 

agencies; to provide for the appointment of special committees; and

 

to declare the effect of this act.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) To eliminate any possible disturbance of normal

 

state fiscal operations which will occur if the 2007-2008

 

appropriations bills are not passed by October 1, 2007 and to

 

provide for the uninterrupted continued operations of state

 

government, there is appropriated for the various state departments


 

and agencies, capital outlay, the legislative branch, the judicial

 

branch, and certain other purposes listed, for the period from

 

October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, an amount equal to 25.00% of

 

the amount appropriated as described in subsection (2), by line-

 

item appropriation and by fund source, to the various state

 

departments and agencies, capital outlay, the legislative branch,

 

the judicial branch, and for certain other purposes for the fiscal

 

year ending September 30, 2007.

 

     (2) The interim appropriations under this section shall be

 

predicated on activities, programs, or projects for which

 

appropriations or funds were made available and in conformance with

 

the directives and provisions contained in the following

 

appropriation acts and executive orders for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2007:

 

     Department of Agriculture

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Attorney General

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Capital Outlay

 

     2007 PA 3

 

     2007 PA 7


 

     2007 PA 41

 

 

 

     Department of Civil Rights

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Civil Service

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Community Colleges

 

     2006 PA 341

 

 

 

     Department of Community Health

 

     2006 PA 330

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Corrections

 

     2006 PA 331

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3


 

 

 

     Department of Education

 

     2006 PA 332

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Environmental Quality

 

     2006 PA 343

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Executive Office

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Higher Education

 

     2006 PA 340

 

 

 

     Department of History, Arts, and Libraries

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 


 

     Department of Human Services

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Information Technology

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Judiciary

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

 

 

     Department of Labor and Economic Growth

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Legislature

 

     2006 PA 345


 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

 

 

     Department of Management and Budget

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Natural Resources

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of State

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 


 

     Department of State Police

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 7

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Transportation

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Treasury

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

 

 

     Department of Treasury-Strategic Fund Agency

 

     2006 PA 345

 

     2007 PA 17

 

     2007 PA 41

 

     Executive Order 2007-3

 

     (3) In addition to the other appropriations authorized in this

 

section, there is appropriated to universities an amount equal to

 

$138,736,000.00 and to community colleges an amount equal to

 

$25,759,800.00. The state budget director shall distribute these

 

appropriations on October 15, 2007, based on the universities and


 

community colleges share of the delay in August 2007 payments

 

implemented in Executive Order 2007-3 and 2007 PA 17.

 

     Sec. 2. (1) There is created a special committee of the house

 

of representatives to consist of 5 members and a special committee

 

of the senate to consist of 5 members to be appointed in the same

 

manner as standing committees of the house and senate are

 

appointed. The 2 committees shall function during the 2007 regular

 

session of the legislature and until December 31, 2007. After

 

consulting with and receiving advice from the special committees of

 

the house and senate, the state budget director shall recommend for

 

approval to the state administrative board allotments as the state

 

budget director considers necessary to fulfill the intent of this

 

act and balance spending estimates with estimates of current

 

available revenues. The state budget director shall transmit a

 

written report to each member of the senate and house

 

appropriations committees listing allotments made pursuant to this

 

act to various state departments and agencies, capital outlay, the

 

legislative branch, the judicial branch, and for certain other

 

purposes for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall report to and provide data

 

relating to the current status of authorized allotments to the

 

appropriations committees and the fiscal agencies when requested.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) Upon enactment of the respective full fiscal year

 

appropriations act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008,

 

authority for interim appropriations authorized by this act for a

 

department or other purpose shall terminate.

 

     (2) All obligations incurred and expenditures made under this


 

act shall become the obligations and expenditures authorized under

 

the appropriate line items in the respective full fiscal year

 

appropriations act.

 

     Sec. 4. Capital outlay projects which are under construction

 

and which are financed, in total or in part, by the state building

 

authority may be allotted funds to continue construction, if the

 

allotments do not exceed the total cost as established in an

 

appropriations act.

 

     Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the

 

state budget director and the departments of this state may accept

 

and expend federal funds, the expenditure of which are not

 

contingent on the expenditure of state funds in addition to those

 

state funds otherwise appropriated by this act.