HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
REP. ANGELA WITWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, November 1,
2023
9:00
AM
Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol
Building
The House Committee on Appropriations was called to order by Chair Witwer.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus,
McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson,
Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele.
Absent: Reps. Puri, Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Puri, Wilson.
Representative O'Neal moved to adopt the meeting minutes from October 11, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Lightner moved to excuse Representatives Puri and Wilson from the meeting.
There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4842 before the committee:
HB 4842
(Rep. Price)
A bill to amend 1964 PA 183, entitled "An act
creating the state building authority with power to
acquire, construct, furnish, equip, own, improve,
enlarge, operate, mortgage, and maintain facilities
for the use of the state or any of its agencies; to act
as a developer or co-owner of facilities as a
condominium project for the use of the state or
any of its agencies; to authorize the execution of
leases pertaining to those facilities by the building
authority with the state or any of its agencies; to
authorize the payment of true rentals by the state;
to provide for the issuance of revenue obligations
by the building authority to be paid from the true
rentals to be paid by the state and other resources
and security provided for and pledged by the
building authority; to authorize the creation of
funds; to authorize the conveyance of lands by the
state or any of its agencies for the purposes
authorized in this act; to authorize the appointment
of a trustee for bondholders; to permit remedies
for the benefit of parties in interest; to provide for
other powers and duties of the authority; and to
provide for other matters in relation to the
authority and its obligations," by amending section
8 (MCL 830.418), as amended by 2012 PA 519.
Rob Mass and Andrew Boettcher, representing the Michigan Department of Treasury, testified in
support of HB 4842. Questions and discussion followed.
The Chair laid Legislative Transfer Request 2023-8 and 2024-1 before the Committee.
Representative Morse moved to approve Legislative Transfer Request 2023-8 and 2024-1. The
motion prevailed 15-12-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus,
McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder.
Nays: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn,
Schuette, Steele.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Witwer adjourned the meeting at
9:16 AM.
Representative Angela Witwer, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov