Key Votes
SB 238 - Department of State Police Funding - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Stages
- Oct. 31, 2007 Executive Vetoed
- Oct. 29, 2007 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- Oct. 29, 2007 House Conference Report Adopted
- Sept. 6, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Failed
- Sept. 6, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Aug. 22, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 21, 2007 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Vetoed (Line Item Veto) (Executive) - Oct. 31, 2007
Title: Department of State Police Funding
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (36-2) - Oct. 29, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: 2007-2008 Department of State Police Budget
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates funds for the Department of State Police for fiscal year 2007-2008.
Highlights:
-$566.5 million in federal and state funds to the Department of State Police (Sec. 101).
-$112 million in federal and state funds for emergency management programs (Sec. 109).
-$26 million in federal and state funds to employ 220 forensic scientists (Sec. 107).
-$20.6 million in state funds to local units of governments for law enforcement, including $13.9 million to the Secondary Road Patrol Program and $5.5 million in justice training grants (Sec. 201).
-Prohibits state departments and agencies from hiring any new full-time civil service employees or filling any vacant full-time civil service position. The state budget director is permitted to grant exceptions to the hiring freeze (Sec. 205).
-Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the purchase of foreign goods and services when competitively priced American goods and services of comparable quality are available. Gives preference to Michigan businesses, especially those owned or operated by veterans, if the produced goods are competitively priced and of comparable quality (Sec. 209).
-Restricts the use of state appropriated funds for the out-of-state travel of state employees (Sec. 223).
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (95-14) - Oct. 29, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: 2007-2008 Department of State Police Budget
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates funds for the Department of State Police for fiscal year 2007-2008.
Highlights:
-$566.5 million in federal and state funds to the Department of State Police (Sec. 101).
-$112 million in federal and state funds for emergency management programs (Sec. 109).
-$26 million in federal and state funds to employ 220 forensic scientists (Sec. 107).
-$20.6 million in state funds to local units of governments for law enforcement, including $13.9 million to the Secondary Road Patrol Program and $5.5 million in justice training grants (Sec. 201).
-Prohibits state departments and agencies from hiring any new full-time civil service employees or filling any vacant full-time civil service position. The state budget director is permitted to grant exceptions to the hiring freeze (Sec. 205).
-Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the purchase of foreign goods and services when competitively priced American goods and services of comparable quality are available. Gives preference to Michigan businesses, especially those owned or operated by veterans, if the produced goods are competitively priced and of comparable quality (Sec. 209).
-Restricts the use of state appropriated funds for the out-of-state travel of state employees (Sec. 223).
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Failed (Senate) (1-36) - Sept. 6, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (66-40) - Sept. 6, 2007
Note:
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (21-17) - Aug. 22, 2007
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 21, 2007
Title: 2007-2008 Department of State Police Budget
Sponsors
- Valdemar 'Valde' Garcia (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
