SENATE BILL No. 649

September 20, 2001, Introduced by Senators YOUNG, CHERRY, EMERSON,

DE BEAUSSAERT, MILLER, LELAND, KOIVISTO, BYRUM, SCOTT, DINGELL, HART, MURPHY and SMITH and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

"The management and budget act,"

by amending section 353e (MCL 18.1353e), as amended by 1999 PA

8.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 353e. (1) Notwithstanding section 353, for the fiscal

2 year ending September 30, 1998, there is appropriated and trans-

3 ferred from the fund to the state school aid fund the sum of

4 $212,000,000.00 for the purpose of paying money damages to school

5 districts and intermediate school districts who were plaintiffs

6 in the consolidated cases known as Durant v State of Michigan,

7 456 Mich 175, (1997).

8 (2) Notwithstanding section 353, for the fiscal year ending

9 September 30, 1999, there is appropriated and transferred from

10 the fund to the state school aid fund the sum of $73,700,000.00

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1 for the purpose of making appropriations to school districts and

2 intermediate school districts other than those described in

3 subsection (1).

4 (3) Notwithstanding section 353, for the fiscal year ending

5 September 30, 2000, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

6 2001, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, for the

7 fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, for the fiscal year ending

8 September 30, 2004, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

9 2005, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, for the

10 fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for the fiscal year

11 ending September 30, 2008, there is appropriated and transferred

12 from the fund to the state school aid fund the sum of

13 $32,000,000.00 for the purpose of making appropriations to school

14 districts and intermediate school districts other than those

15 described in subsection (1).

16 (4) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 353, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING

17 SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 ONLY, THERE IS APPROPRIATED AND TRANSFERRED

18 FROM THE FUND TO THE STATE SCHOOL AID FUND AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF

19 $175,000,000.00 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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