Senate Bill No. 596, entitled
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled “An act to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of management and budget; to define the authority and functions of its director and its organizational entities; to authorize the department to issue directives; to provide for the capital outlay program; to provide for the leasing, planning, constructing, maintaining, altering, renovating, demolishing, conveying of lands and facilities; to provide for centralized administrative services such as purchasing, payroll, record retention, data processing, and publishing and for access to certain services; to provide for a system of internal accounting and administrative control for certain principal departments; to provide for an internal auditor in certain principal departments; to provide for certain powers and duties of certain state officers and agencies; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the powers, duties, and laws relative to budgeting, accounting, and the regulating of appropriations; to provide for the implementation of certain constitutional provisions; to create funds and accounts; to make appropriations; to prescribe remedies and penalties; to rescind certain executive reorganization orders; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 364.
The Senate has amended the House amendments as follows:
1. Amend House Amendment No. 3, page 1, line 6, after “364a.” by striking out “A request for a legislatively directed spending item does not carry over to a subsequent budget cycle and must be submitted each budget cycle to be considered.” and inserting “A request for a legislatively directed spending item that is submitted for the first fiscal year of a 2-year legislative session applies to both fiscal years of a 2-year legislative session and does not need to be resubmitted or renewed. A request for a legislatively directed spending item that is submitted for the second fiscal year of a 2-year legislative session applies only to that fiscal year and does not carry over to the following 2-year legislative session.”.
2. Amend House Amendment No. 4, page 2, line 26, after “least” by striking out “60 calendar” and inserting “45 calendar”.
3. Amend House Amendment No. 11, page 5, line 27, after “for” by striking out “a corresponding and valid” and inserting “an incurred or intended”.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendments as amended and ordered that the bill be given immediate effect.
The Speaker announced that pursuant to Rule 41, the bill was laid over one day.
Rep. Posthumus moved that Rule 41 be suspended.
The motion prevailed, 3/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The question being on the concurring in the amendments to the House amendments made to the bill by the Senate,
The amendments were concurred in, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: