Agriculture and Rural Development Archives

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Copies of the reports listed below may be obtained by contacting the office at 517.373.8080 or contacting Kathryn Bateson.

Questions on the following documents should be directed to William E. Hamilton, Fiscal Analyst for the Agriculture and Rural Development budget.

Budget Briefings

• FY 2017-18 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2016-17 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2015-16 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2014-15 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2013-14 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2012-13 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2010-11 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing
• FY 2009-10 Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Briefing

Line Items Summaries

• Line Item Summary FY 2017-18 [292K], prepard by William E. Hamilton
• Line Item Summary FY 2016-17 [273K], prepard by William E. Hamilton
• Line Item Summary FY 2015-16 [271K], prepard by William E. Hamilton
• Line Item Summary FY 2014-15 [428K ], prepard by Paul Holland
• Line Item Summary FY 2013-14 [130K], prepared by Susan Frey.
• Line Item Summary FY 2012-13 [118K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2011-12 [118K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2010-11 [119K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2009-10 [657K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2008-09 [589K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2007-08 [585K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2006-07 [116K], prepared by William E. Hamilton
• Line Item Summary FY 2005-06 [132K], prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• Line Item Summary FY 2004-05 [155K], prepared by Kirk Lindquist.
• Line Item Summary FY 2003-04 [256K], prepared by Kirk Lundquist.
• Line Item Summary FY 2002-03 [209K], prepared by Tim Aben.

Prior Appropriation Bill Summaries

FY 2018-19

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: House Subcommittee Chair's Recommendation
• Decision Document - Part 1 Appropriations
• Decision Document - Part 2 Boilerplate
• Summary: As Reported by the House Appropriations Committee,
  Article I, House Bill 5578(H-1)
• Summary: As Passed by the House, Article I, HB 5578(H-1), as Amended
• Summary: As Passed by the Senate, Senate Bill 850(S-1)
• Conference Report Summary: House Bill 5568
• Decision Document - Part 1 Appropriations
• Decision Document - Part 2 Boilerplate
• SB 848(S-1) CR-1 General Omnibus Conference Report Summary

FY 2017-18

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Decision Document - Part 1 Appropriations
• Decision Document - Part 2 Boilerplate
• Summary: Reported by House Subcommittee
• Summary: As Passed by the House
• Summary: As Passed by the Senate, SB 139(S-1)
• HB 4323 (H-1) Agriculture and Rural Development, Article I General Omnibus Conference Report Summary

FY 2016-17

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported by the House Subcommittee
• Appropriations Summary Table
• Line Item Decision Document-House Subcommittee
• Boilerplate Decision Document - House Subcommittee
• Summary: As Reported by House Appropriations Committee
• Summary: As Passed by the House
• Summary: As Passed by the Senate
• Conference Report Summary

FY 2015-16

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from House Subcommittee
• Summary: As Reported by House Appropriations Committee
• Summary: As Passed by the House
• Boilerplate Decision Document
• Conference Report Summary

FY 2014-15

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from House Subcommittee
• Summary: As Reported by House Appropriations Committee
• Summary: As Passed by the House
• Senate Bill 760: Conference Report Summary
• HB 5313(H-1) CR-1 General Omnibus Conference Report Summary

FY 2013-14

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: For House Subcommittee Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from House Subcommittee
• HB 4211 Substitute, Draft 2, As reported from Subcommittee
• Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations - Decision Document
• Summary: As Passed the Senate
• SB 201 Conference Report Summary
• Enacted Summary, HB 4328, Article I
• General Omnibus Budget Conference Report Summary, HB 4328(H-1) CR-1
• Enacted Decision Document - Part 1 and Part 2

FY 2012-13

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from Subcommittee
• Conference Report Summary: HB 5365, Article 1

FY 2011-12

• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from House Subcommittee
• Summary: HB 4524(H-1) As Reported from House Appropriations Committee
• HB 4526 (H-3) Summary - As Passed by the House
• Conference Report Summary: SB 169
• Conference Report Summary: HB 4526

FY 2010-11

• HB 5875
• Summary: Executive Recommendation
• Summary: As Reported from House Committee
• Summary: As Passed the House
• HB 5875 Conference Summary
• Summary: As Enacted

Special Reports

2014

• Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund Memo [59K], Prepared by Paul Holland, Fiscal Analyst, March 10, 2014. This memo discusses the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund.

2013

• Bovine Tuberculosis Indemnification - State Budget Office Request No. 2012-12 [21K] June 5, 2012, prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memo provides background information on State Budget Office Supplemental Budget Request No. 2012-12 for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

2012

• Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund - State Support for Horse Race Programs [39K] April 26,2012, prepared by William E. Hamilton. This memo talks about the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund and State Support for Horse Race Program.

2011

• Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund - State Support for Horse Race Programs [38K] March 2, 2011, prepared by William E. Hamilton. This memo talks about the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund and State Support for Horse Race Programs.
• Milk Safety and Quality Assurance Program [41K], December 1, 2011. Prepared by William E. Hamilton.
• State Services Fee Fund [108K] October 11, 2011, prepared by Ben Gielczyk. This memo provides information on the State Services Fee Fund, its sources of revenue, the annual appropriations from the fund, and issues with the divergence in revenues and appropriations.

2010

• The Treatment of Game Animals as Livestock in Michigan: Fiscal and Regulatory Issues [60K] October 5, 2010. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memo provides detailed information on the Treatment of Game Animals as Livestock in Michigan, Fiscal and Regulatory Issues.

2009

• Agricultural Development Fund [23K]. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, March 5, 2009.

2008

• Pseudo rabies Outbreak and the Fiscal Impact [20K], Prepared by William E. Hamilton, June 25, 2008. A memo on the Michigan Department of Agriculture and animal health.

2006

• Food and Dairy - Food Safety and Quality Assurance [44K], prepared by William E. Hamilton, March 14, 2006. This memo is a revised version of a memo presented to the subcommittee on February 28, 2006.

2005

• Privately Owned Cervid Licensing and Inspection Program [38K] Prepared by William E. Hamilton, March, 2005. This memo provides an overview of PA 190 of 2000 (HB 4427), the Privately Owned Cervidae Producers Marketing Act (the Cervidae Act). This act established standards governing privately owned cervid livestock facilities.

1999

• Challenges to Michigan's Horse Racing Industry (Fiscal Focus) [134K], October 1999.

Subcommittee Testimony

2014

• March 6, 2014, Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [1.14K] International Marketing and Food Exports Program, submitted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on March 6, 2014.
• March 6, 2014, Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [2.96K] Michigan's Food & Agriculture Industry - Economic Development, submitted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on March 6, 2014.
• February 25, 2014, Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [6K] Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program History, submitted at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on February 25, 2014.
• February 18, 2014, Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [410K] Update on Michigan's Regional Food System and the Michigan Food Hub Network, submitted at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on February 18, 2014.
• February 18, 2014 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [117K]. Michigan Food Hub Learning and Innovation Network Information Sheet, submitted at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on February 18, 2014.
• February 18, 2014 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [267K]. Farmland and Open Space Preservation (PA 116) Program Funding, submitted at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on February 18, 2014.
• February 18, 2014 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [2.75K]. 2015 Executive Budget Overview Presentation, Director Jamie Clover Adams, submitted at the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee meeting on February 18, 2014.

2013

• March 5, 2013 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [6,147K]. Written testimony submitted at the March 5, 2013, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
• February 26, 2013 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [481K]. Written testimony submitted at the February 26, 2013, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
• February 19, 2013 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [481K]. Written testimony submitted at the February 19, 2013, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
• February 12, 2013 Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee Documents [2,614K]. Written testimony submitted at the February 12, 2013, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development.