| FY 2006-07 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation | $288,313,200 |
| Changes from FY 2006-07 Year-to-Date: | |
| 1. Hunting and Fishing License Fees. The Governor recommended an increase in hunting and fishing license fees to increase revenue to the Game and Fish Protection Fund. This Fund is used for wildlife and fisheries activities and game law enforcement. The additional fee revenue would cover a projected revenue shortfall. | 0 |
| 2. Forest Development Fund Reductions. The Governor recommended reductions in forestry, fire, and administrative appropriations from the Forest Development Fund as a result of declining revenue to the Fund. | (7,679,800) |
| 3. Purchased Land Payments In Lieu Of Taxes (PILT). The Governor recommended a reduction to the appropriation for these payments. The DNR would still be able to make the full payments without pro-ration. | (700,000) |
| 4. Captive Cervidae Funding. Fees for captive cervidae facility registration were increased in 2006. The Governor recommended that the additional fee revenue offset a General Fund reduction of $69,300. | 0 |
| 5. Human Resources. The Governor recommended the removal of 1.0 FTE and funding for the implementation of the human resources optimization and capitalization project. | (115,800) |
| 6. Administrative Reduction. The Governor reduced funding for administrative costs. | (250,000) |
| 7. Information Technology Reduction. The Governor reduced funding for IT costs. | (23,500) |
| 8. Removal of One-time Projects. The Governor removed one-time appropriations in FY 2006-07, including Project F.I.S.H., cormorant control, Bay City State Park docks, and special PILT payments. | (445,000) |
| 9. Economic Adjustments. The Governor included economic adjustments of $7,052,800 Gross and $389,700 General Fund. | 7,052,800 |
| 10. Other Changes. The Governor recommended other changes, including adjustments in Federal grants, State restricted revenues, and debt service obligations. | 1,072,100 |
| Total Changes | ($1,089,200) |
| FY 2007-08 Governor's Recommendation | $287,224,000 |
| Changes from FY 2006-07 Year to Date: |
| 1. Section Removed. The Governor removed sections regarding Game and Fish appropriations in other budgets, Waterways Commission activities, a prohibition on disciplinary action, limitations on aircraft use, Project F.I.S.H., fish advisory publication, land transactions, indemnification payments, cormorants, bobcats, prohibition to impede water control structures, defibrillators in State parks, misuse of free day passes, Porcupine Mountains State Park, Island Lake shooting range, boating access improvements, Bay City State Park docks, cooperative forestry with MDA, Gaylord-Cheboygan snowmobile trail, timber marking targets, staff for timber marking, Bellaire-Jordan River snowmobile trail, snowmobile law enforcement, special PILT payments to counties, Federal land and water grants, and ORV trail development. |
| 2. Reports Removed. The Governor removed reporting sections on restricted fund balances, grants and loans, administrative cost plan, construction in State parks, and the 21st Century Fund grant to the Forest Finance Authority. |
| 3. Contingency Funds. The Governor included authorization for contingency fund appropriations at the levels of $3.0 million Federal, $5.0 million State restricted, $100,000 local, and $1.0 million private. (Sec. 212) |
| 4. License Fee Contingency Reductions. The Governor included language providing the amounts appropriated from the Game and Fish Protection Fund in specific budget units that would be reduced if the proposal to increase hunting and fishing license fees is not adopted by Oct. 1, 2007. The total reduction would be $7,952,500. (Sec. 214) |