FY 2000-01 AGRICULTURE BUDGET - H.B. 5273 (S-1): COMMITTEE SUMMARY
House Bill 5273 (S-1 as reported)
Committee: Appropriations
| FY 1999-2000 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | $92,549,800 |
| Changes from FY 1999-2000 Year-to-Date: | |
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3,400,000 |
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0 |
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(6,100,000) |
| 4. Local Conservation Districts. The House includes funding to provide $20,000 per district, $130,000 for training, and approximately $500,000 (requiring 100% match) for competitive grants (total $1.5 million). The Senate concurs with the House, but creates a $100 item of difference. | 1,499,900 |
| 5. Unified Food Code. The Governor's revised budget includes funding for implementation of the Michigan Food Law of 2000. The Senate includes this funding. | 1,250,000 |
| 6. Information Technology. Funding included for information technology and electronic licensing. | 500,000 |
| 7. Food Bank. The House includes $500,000. The Senate creates a $100 item of difference. | 499,900 |
| 8. Migrant Labor Housing. The House includes an additional $300,000 for migrant labor housing construction (total $850,000). The Senate adds an additional $150,000 (total $1.0 million). | 450,000 |
| 9. Grants to Fairs. The House and Senate include additional funding for matching assistance to fairs for capital improvements ($213,200); and for State cost-sharing of fair premiums ($96,700). | 309,900 |
| 10. Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund (AEIDF). Increases are included to reflect projected revenue of $13.2 million. Additional funding included for regulatory activities, horse drug testing at fairs, and various horse racing programs. The House provides $50,000 GF/GP for drug testing at fairs and redirects the $50,000 in AEIDF to the sire stakes line. The Senate separates the outstanding winning ticket revenue into a separate line and requires this funding to be transferred via a legislative transfer to the appropriate line; and separates the sire stakes line. | 1,557,800 |
| 11. Economic Adjustments. | 1,948,400 |
| 12. Other Changes. Other adjustments include increases for local public health grants ($1,089,200); new grants ($456,800); pollution prevention programs ($720,000); elimination of one-time grants ($445,000); laboratory costs ($124,400); and Federal and State restricted funds adjustments. | 2,582,400 |
| 13. Comparison to Governor. The Senate recommendation is $1,473,500 GF/GP under the Governor, including the Project GREEEN transfer, and $4,626,500 GF/GP over the Governor, excluding the transfer. | (1,473,500) |
| Total Changes | 7,898,300 |
| FY 2000-01 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation | $100,448,100 |
| FY 2000-01 AGRICULTURE BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS |
| Changes from FY 1999-2000 Year to Date: |
| 1. Standard Boilerplate Sections. The bill includes the following standard sections; State spending (Sec. 201), compliance with the DMB Act (Sec. 202), definitions (Sec. 203), Civil Service 1% charges (Sec. 204), hiring freeze (Sec. 205) contingency funds (Sec. 206), privatization evaluation (Sec. 207), Internet reports (Sec. 208), buy American (Sec. 209), and depressed and deprived communities (Sec. 210). |
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| 3. Indemnification Payments. The Senate includes livestock killed by a coyote as eligible for state indemnification. (Sec. 212) |
| 4. Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund. The Senate makes technical changes to the legal citation regarding the deposit of unexpended and unencumbered revenue in the Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund to the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund. (Sec. 219) |
| 5. Restaurant Inspections. Current-year Section 401 requires the Department to monitor local health departments to ensure uniform application and enforcement of licensing standards. The language is modified to include "minimum program requirements", to require the director to seek additional resources for costs incurred by locals from food-borne outbreaks, and to require the director to include locals in food-borne outbreaks. |
| 6. Food-Borne Outbreaks. The bill includes new language to require the Department to report on all significant food-borne outbreaks and enforcement actions taken. (Sec. 402) |
| 7. Migrant Labor Housing. Current-year Section 602 limits grants to $2,000 per unit and $10,000 per year. The language is modified to increase the individual grant limit to $4,000 per unit and total to $16,000 per year. |
| 8. Local Conservation Districts. The House includes new language to distribute the local conservation district appropriation in the following manner; $690,000 for district wildlife and forestry programs, $130,000 for district training, $20,000 to each district (not to replace local funds), and the remainder for competitive grants (not to exceed $20,000 per grant and requiring 100% local match). The Senate designates a sum not less than $25,000 or greater than $50,000 for a grant to a non-profit organization to promote the value of forage crops for soil and water conservation and the abatement of air and water pollution. (Sec. 605) |
| 9. Outstanding Winning Tickets. The Senate includes new language requiring a legislative transfer to distribute outstanding winning ticket revenue deposited in the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund. (Sec. 812) |
| 10. State Fair Leases. The Senate includes new language prohibiting an entity that leases land, property, or a building at the Michigan State Fairgrounds from receiving a State grant, loan, appropriation, or other State subsidy related to the land, property or the building. (Sec. 813) |