| Changes from FY 2008-09 Year-to-Date: |
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| 1. Elimination of Wetlands Program. The Governor and Senate recommended the elimination of the Wetlands Program, after which the Army Corps of Engineers would assume oversight responsibility of Michigan's wetlands. 30.0 FTEs are also removed. |
(4,000,000)
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| 2. Reduction in State Match for State Revolving Fund. The Governor and Senate removed all General Fund support for the State Match to Federal capitalization dollars for the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. |
(2,062,500)
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| 3. Environmental Cleanup Fund Shift. The Governor and Senate recommended a fund shift that replaced a $2.0 million General Fund reduction with restricted funds. The funding would be available due to fund shifts included in boilerplate language that move money to the Environmental Protection Fund, which is appropriated to support cleanup projects. |
0
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| 4. Waste and Hazardous Materials Fund Shift. The Governor and Senate replaced a $1,904,500 General Fund reduction in this unit with restricted funds. |
0
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| 5. General Fund Reductions. The Governor and Senate reduced General Fund support for a number of programs throughout the budget, including air quality programs such as asbestos, education and outreach, and information technology. Support for conference and workshops for compliance assistance were reduced, as was the wastewater operator certification and training program. General Fund for ambient water quality monitoring, on-site wastewater, radiological protection, and various other programs was reduced. |
(3,031,600)
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| 6. Adjustment for FY 09. Includes Executive Orders, supplemental, and transfers. |
(242,365,800)
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| 7. Electronic Recycling Program. The Governor and Senate added restricted fund appropriations for the new Electronic Recycling program that was enacted in 2008. |
245,000
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| 8. Eliminate Local Public Health Interdepartmental Grant. The Governor and Senate recommended removing the IDG received from the Department of Community Health. Instead, DCH would distribute the grants with no change to grant levels. |
(10,472,500)
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| 9. Internal Audit. In completion of the transfer of internal audit functions to the Department of Management and Budget, the budget transferred funding for the services to DMB. |
(228,500)
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| 10. Transfer of RETAP. The Governor and Senate transferred funding for the Retired Engineers Technical Assistance Program to DELEG, pursuant to the creation of that department. |
(1,474,300)
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| 11. Reductions in Revenue. The budget included reductions to reflect a decline in revenue from Federal and restricted sources. Reductions include Federal Superfund, aquifer protection, and scrap tires appropriations. The Senate included GF/GP reductions taken across all GF/GP lines for a total of $6.0 million. |
(8,875,800)
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| 12. Air Quality. The Governor and Senate added 3.0 FTEs and $250,000 Federal for asbestos program. The Senate added additional fee revenue of $938,300. |
1,188,300
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| 13. Annualization of EO 2008-21 Reductions. The budget included additional General Fund reductions to reflect the full-year cost of cuts made in Executive Order 2008-21. |
(221,200)
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| 14. Economic Adjustments. The budget made adjustments for rent, building occupancy charges, salaries and wages, retirement benefits, workers' compensation, and utilities. |
2,833,600
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| 15. Other Changes. The budget included other changes for one-time appropriations in FY 2008-09, information technology, incremental changes in Federal grants, and reduction in lab fees ($16,300) |
(463,200)
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| Total Changes |
($268,928,500)
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| FY 2009-10 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation |
$336,474,000 |