| FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | $272,943,100 |
| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. State Park Revenue increase. An increase in camping fees became effective January 1, 2006. The Governor recommends an additional appropriation for State parks to reflect the new revenue. | 3,500,000 |
| 2. Purchased Land Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT). For purchased land PILT, the Governor recommends a restoration of a GF/GP reduction of $350,000 enacted in FY 2005-06. This program proposal also includes $170,000 GF/GP for special payments to counties related to the advancement of county mill collections for revenue sharing purposes. This would be the third year of a 3-year schedule for the special payments. | 520,000 |
| 3. Coast Guard Funding. The budget includes Federal funding from the United States Coast Guard for enforcement of commercial fishing laws and marine safety grants. | 2,940,000 |
| 4. Forestry Fund Shift. In the Forest Fire Protection program, the Governor recommends a reduction of $1,500,000 GF/GP to be replaced with revenue from the Forest Development Fund. There would be no change to the total budget for the program or to the program operations. | 0 |
| 5. Sportsmen Against Hunger. Established in 2005, this program allows donations to the Sportsmen Against Hunger Fund when purchasing a hunting license. The budget includes an initial appropriation from the Fund to pay for the processing and distribution of donated game. | 250,000 |
| 6. Human Resource (HR) Changes. Costs related to the HR optimization process and the operation of the service center are included in the Governor's recommendation. | 70,100 |
| 7. Economic Adjustments. The budget includes economic adjustments for worker's compensation, building occupancy charges, salaries and fringe benefits, and information technology. | 6,472,800 |
| 8. Other Changes. The budget makes other adjustments to reflect actual revenue anticipated, changes in Federal grant awards, and debt services on revenue bonds. | 322,200 |
| Total Changes | $14,075,100 |
| FY 2006-07 Governor's Recommendation | $287,018,200 |
| Changes from FY 2005-06 Year to Date: |
| 1. Sections Removed. The Governor recommends the removal of language addressing game and fish appropriations, an administrative cost allocation, a prohibition on disciplinary action, fish advisory information, turkey hunting licenses, wolf and coyote indemnification payments, a prohibition to impede water control structure, defibrillators in State parks, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, State park corporate sponsorship, the adopt-a-forest program, timber marking in State forests, staff for timber marking, a Gaylord-Cheboygan snowmobile trail, snowmobile law enforcement grants, and Federal land and water conservation funds. |
| 2. Reports Removed. The Governor recommends the removal of reports regarding privatization project plans, grant and loan programs, Waterways Commission activities, land transactions, bobcat populations, a cormorant action plan, construction projects in State parks, misuse of free day passes, and ORV trail development. |
| 3. Deprived and Depressed. The recommendation adds language directing the Department to ensure businesses in deprived and depressed areas compete for contracts. (Sec. 208) |
| 4. Contingency Funds. The Governor includes a section authorizing contingency fund appropriation of $3.0 million Federal, $5.0 million State restricted, $100,000 local, and $500,000 private funds. (Sec. 212) |
| 5. PILT Special Payments. The Governor includes language from a supplemental appropriations bill designating $170,000 in funding in part 1 for special payments to counties with a fiscal year ending Sept. 30 to compensate for reduced purchased land payments in lieu of taxes related to the county revenue sharing provisions enacted in 2005. (Sec. 1001) |