FY 2006-07 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET S.B. 1097: GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION






Senate Bill 1097 (as introduced)
Committee: Appropriations

FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation $3,387,807,500
Changes from FY 2005-06 Year-to-Date:
  1. Debt Service. The Governor reduced funding for scheduled debt service payments. (33,123,500)
2. Grants to Other Departments. The Governor increased funding for transportation services provided to the department by other State departments and agencies. 1,576,500
3. Safe Routes to School. The Governor included Federal funding for a new program to encourage non-motorized transportation to school. 4,050,000
4. Highway Maintenance. The Governor increased funding for highway maintenance programs. The Governor included $300,000 for the Summer Youth Corp Program. 10,682,800
5. Federal Aid to Road Agencies. The Governor increased funding for the State Road and Bridge Program by $13 million and funding for local road agencies by $697,000. 13,708,000
6. State Revenue to Local Agencies. The Governor included funding distributed to county road commissions and cities and villages pursuant to PA 51 of 1951. The Governor also included revenue adjustments to the Local Bridge Fund. 6,429,900
7. State Revenue to MDOT. The Governor reduced State revenue to MDOT for road and bridge projects based on revenue availability. (23,387,200)
8. Aeronautics Program. The Governor reduced funding to the Aeronautics Program to reflect anticipated restricted revenue. (1,009,800)
9. Economic Development Fund. The Governor included funding for various economic development programs based on revenue availability. 717,000
10. Passenger Transportation Services. The Governor increased the amount of funding and staffing to support operations of the Passenger Transportation Services Division. 895,000
11. Comprehensive Transportation Fund. The Governor increased funding for various public and freight transportation programs. Additional revenue is available from the restoration of sales tax revenue to the CTF and MTF revenue growth. Bus operating grants are increased by $3.3 million, intercity passenger and freight programs are increased by $3.5 million, the bus capital program is increased by $10.9 million, and the public transportation development program is increased by $2.4 million. 20,066,200
12. Local Transit Match. The Governor included additional local revenue for transit projects matching requirements. 16,400,000
13. Human Resources. The Governor included savings from the statewide consolidation of human resource functions. (140,500)
14. Economic Adjustments. The Governor included standard economic increases. 9,512,400
15. Other Changes. The Governor funded other adjustments, including: human resource user charges ($90,400), information technology user charges ($2,460,400), local revenue for State road and bridge projects - technical adjustment ($25,000,000), and local/Federal restricted revenue in the public and freight transportation programs ($650,000). 28,200,800
Total Changes $54,577,600
  FY 2006-07 Governor's Recommendation $3,442,385,100
FY 2006-07 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2005-06 Year to Date:
  1. Contingency Funds. The Governor included contingency fund language. (Sec. 206)
2. Legislative Reports. The Governor removed a number of legislative reports: privatization (207), report retention (211), internal auditor activity (314), Multi-Modal Transportation Services Bureau activities (361), deferred projects status (376), State aircraft usage (383), intelligent transportation service centers activity (384), emerald ash borer activity (385), Mackinac Bridge Authority (654), railroad abandonment (703), local transit agencies operational lifts status (732).
3. Restrictions on Departmental Operations. The Governor removed a number of restrictions on departmental operations: disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with the Legislature (261), contractor payment (353), local Federal-aid project review (357), employee newsletters (374), comprehensive transportation fund expenditures for planning activities for transit agencies (379), Multi-Modal Bureau appropriations (380), departmental television program (381), congestion as criteria in 5-year program (603), removal of dead deer from State highways (610), use of high quality pavement marking materials (611), contract incentives/disincentives (612), sale of state-owned intercity bus equipment (730), intermodal facility lease charges (731).
4. Rest Area Signs. The Governor removed the requirement to post signs at rest areas regarding maintenance responsibility. (Sec. 319)
5. Charter Prohibition. The Governor removed language requiring the department to develop a complaint process for transit agencies that violate the charter prohibition. (Sec. 370)
6. Unsafe Pedestrian Crossings. The Governor removed language requiring matching funding for unsafe pedestrian crossings. (Sec. 607)
7. Forest Roads. The Governor removed $40,000 for forest road turn-outs. (Sec. 608)
8. Driving on Right-Side of Road. The Governor removed language directing the department to develop a plan to place signs on highways informing motorists to drive on the right-side of the road. (Sec. 639)
9. Emergency Vehicles. The Governor removed language directing the department to develop a plan to place signs on highways informing motorists to yield to emergency vehicles. (Sec. 640)
10. Duplication of Existing Transit Routes. The Governor removed language prohibiting local transit agencies from establishing new routes that duplicate existing routes served by intercity carriers. (Sec. 710)
11. Amtrak Subsidy. The Governor increased the operating subsidy to $7.1 million and removed language that would provide an additional $1.0 million subsidy to Amtrak if it moves maintenance facilities to Michigan. (Sec. 711)

Date Completed: 2-16-06 Fiscal Analyst: Craig Thiel Bill Analysis @ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations. hitrn_gr.doc