FY 2011-12 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET S.B. 169: GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION


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Senate Bill 169 (as introduced) Vehicle for Governor's Recommendation line items is Senate Bill 199
Committee: Appropriations

Changes from FY 2010-11 Year-to-Date:
  1. Dairy Farm Inspection Shift to Industry. The Governor transferred on-site dairy farm inspection to industry groups while the State retained inspection duties of processing facilities and general audit functions, saving 6.0 FTEs and $600,000 GF/GP. (600,000)
2. Nursery Stock Inspection Shift to Industry. The Governor transferred local and intrastate nursery stock inspection to a third party group paid for by industry while the State retained inspections required for export, saving 6.0 FTEs and $500,000 GF/GP. (500,000)
3. Intercounty Drain District Assessment. The Governor recommended a new $500 assessment on intercounty drain districts (which number 1,100) to pay for department's role in providing assistance. New revenue would add $117,700 to the program in addition to supplanting $432,300 in GF/GP (a total of $550,000 restricted). 117,700
4. Grain Inspection Program Fee Increase. The Governor increased fees charged for grain inspections to offset a total of $300,000 GF/GP. 0
5. Elimination of Animal Feed Nutritional Analysis. The Governor recommended that the department no longer monitor feed nutrition, but would continue all other feed safety activities. This would save $250,000 GF/GP annually. (250,000)
6. Animal Shelter Inspection Program Shift to Outreach. The Governor reduced funding for the inspection program, and required a focus on education and outreach, saving $100,000 GF/GP. (100,000)
7. Adjustments for Actual Revenue Received. The Governor reduced fund sources to reflect the expected receipt of revenues from private ($86,400), Federal ($898,500), and restricted ($1,403,100) funds. (2,388,000)
8. Administrative Reductions and Other Adjustments. The Governor reduced funding for the lab ($427,000 GF/GP), other units ($104,700 GF/GP), and Capital Outlay ($1.0 million restricted) and shifted $53,400 from restricted to GF/GP. (1,531,700)
9. Elimination of Mackinac Bridge Bovine TB Inspections. The Governor reduced bovine TB inspections, saving $332,000 GF/GP. (332,000)
10. Early Retirement GF/GP Savings from FY11.   (1,006,200)
Total Changes ($4,979,000)
  FY 2011-12 Governor's Recommendation $71,469,300

The changes show the differences between the schedule of programs proposed by the Governor and the prior-year line items.



FY 2011-12 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2010-11 Year to Date:
Deleted Boilerplate Sections
  Management and Budget Act (Sec. 202), Civil Service Charges (Sec. 204), Hiring Freeze (Sec. 205), Internet Reports (Sec. 208), Buy American (Sec.209), Deprived Communities (Sec. 210), Animal Indemnity (Sec. 212), Grant Notice (Sec. 214), Expenditure Website (Sec. 215), DIT User Fees (Sec. 219), Tech Projects (Sec. 220), Out of State Travel (Sec. 223), Employee Discipline (Sec. 224), Policy Changes (Sec. 229), Attorney General's Authority (Sec. 230), Pest Management FTEs (Sec. 231), GF/GP Lapse Report (Sec. 237), Private Fund Match (Sec. 306), Monitoring Restaurants (Sec. 401), Food-Borne Outbreak Report (Sec. 402), Food Safety Training (Sec. 404), Dairy Inspection FTEs (Sec. 406), Wildlife TB Testing (Sec. 450), TB Herd Testing (Sec. 451), TB Funding (Sec. 452), TB Testing Goals (Sec. 454), Electronic Animal IDs (Sec. 456), TB Report (Sec. 457), Aquaculture Inspections (Sec. 458), TB Program FTEs (Sec. 459), Third Party Fruit and Vegetable Inspections (Sec. 551), Invasive Species in Pallets (Sec. 552), Inspections for Export (Sec. 553), Migrant Labor Inspection Funding (Sec. 603), Federal Matching Funds (Sec. 606), Intercounty Drains (Sec. 607), Agriculture Development Report (Sec. 706), Wine and Grape Report (Sec. 709), Michigan Strategic Fund (Sec. 711), Equine Expenditures (Sec. 801), Equine Expenditure Reductions (Sec. 802), Purse Funds in Escrow (Sec. 803), Horse Racing Regulatory Costs (Sec. 804), and Agriculture Preservation Fund Grants (Sec. 1001).

Date Completed: 3-1-11 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations. hiagr_gr.doc