January 19, 2011, Introduced by Senator PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 365.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 365. (1) Each year after the revenue estimating
conference in May, but not later than May 30, the governor, the
senate majority leader, the senate minority leader, the chairperson
of the senate appropriations committee, the minority vice-
chairperson of the senate appropriations committee, the speaker of
the house of representatives, the minority leader of the house of
representatives, the chairperson of the house of representatives
appropriations committee, and the minority vice-chairperson of the
house of representatives appropriations committee shall meet and
determine the budget target for each individual department budget
based on available revenues determined at the immediately preceding
revenue estimating conference.
(2) If the budget targets for each individual department
budget are not determined by the time provided in subsection (1),
the governor, the senate majority leader, the senate minority
leader, the chairperson of the senate appropriations committee, the
minority vice-chairperson of the senate appropriations committee,
the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of
the house of representatives, the chairperson of the house of
representatives appropriations committee, and the minority vice-
chairperson of the house of representatives appropriations
committee shall meet in continuous session until those
determinations are made.
(3) Once the budget targets are determined, a document
delineating each individual department budget target shall be
signed by the governor, the senate majority leader, the chairperson
of the senate appropriations committee, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the chairperson of the house of
representatives appropriations committee. Copies of that document
shall then be made available to all members of the legislature and
published on the website of the state budget office.
(4) The senate majority leader, the senate minority leader,
the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority
leader of the house of representatives shall meet not less than 1
time each calendar quarter to discuss budget and other legislative
issues.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "Budget target" means the amount of general fund revenue
allocated in a department budget bill. For department budgets that
include state school aid fund revenues, the budget target shall
include the amount of state school aid fund revenue allocated in
that budget bill.
(b) "Department budget" means a budget that proposes to fund a
state department, state agency, institution of higher education, or
public school.