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Appropriations
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- Meeting date
- 2024-02-14
- Scheduled start
- 2024-02-14 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2024-02-14 09:48:00.000000
- Location
- Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2024-02-14 09:48:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-39
- Committee name
- Appropriations
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REP. ANGELA WITWER CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, February 14, 2024 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, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Absent: Rep. McKinney. Excused: Rep. McKinney. Representative O'Neal moved to excuse Representative McKinney from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative Brabec moved to adopt the meeting minutes from November 1, 2023. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative Martus moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 7, 2024. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Chair Witwer offered the following proposed Committee rules: 1. For any item of legislation considered by the committee, at least 1 meeting will be called at which the public may address the committee regarding that item of legislation. Oral testimony may be limited at the discretion of the committee chair. The Committee may accept written testimony in lieu of oral testimony. 2. All testimony shall be on the subject matter pertaining to the committee agenda. The Committee discussed the proposed rules. Representative O'Neal moved to adopt the proposed Committee rules. The motion prevailed 17- 5-6: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, DeBoer. Nays: Reps. Green, Cavitt, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink. The Chair laid the presentation from the House Fiscal Agency before the Committee. Director Mary Ann Cleary and Deputy Director Kevin Koorstra, representing the House Fiscal Agency, provided a presentation on Governor Whitmer's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Recommendations. Perry Zielack, representing the House Fiscal Agency, approached to answer questions from committee members. Ben Gielczyk, representing the House Fiscal Agency, approached to answer questions from committee members. Jacqueline Mullen, representing the House Fiscal Agency, approached to answer questions from committee members. 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. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4842, but did not wish to speak: Rob Mass, representing the Michigan Department of Treasury. Representative Price moved to report out HB 4842 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 18-8-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Slagh, DeBoer. Nays: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Beson, Fink, Cavitt, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Green, Borton. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Witwer adjourned the meeting at 9:48 AM. Representative Angela Witwer, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2024-02-14
- Meeting id
- meeting-886
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2024-02-14 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Appropriations,” /meetings/meeting-886.
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