Senate Bill 1192 Summary

• Appropriates $720,653,900 in gross funding for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment for fiscal year 2010-2011, with $42,104,300 from state general fund/general purpose revenues.

• Authorizes spending across multiple divisions including Wildlife, Fisheries, Water Resources, Law Enforcement, Recreation, Forest Management, Air Quality, Groundwater, and Remediation with specific allocations for personnel (3,668.5 classified FTE positions, 6.0 unclassified FTE positions).

• Establishes capital outlay appropriations totaling $18,978,600 for recreational lands, state parks infrastructure, waterways boating program improvements, and specific harbor/dock projects in Selfridge, Union Lake, East Jordan, and South Haven.

• Provides contingency appropriations of $33,000,000 for federal, $10,000,000 for state restricted, $200,000 for local, and $1,500,000 for private funds to be transferred only upon state budget director approval.

• Includes reporting requirements on environmental cleanup allocations, brownfield redevelopment, out-of-state travel, and bovine tuberculosis eradication efforts; authorizes various fee collections and transfers for engineering services, land acquisition, and museum operations.