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Podcast 83 Legislative Update Feb. 11, 2025
The governor’s plans for the fiscal 2026 budget and for Michigan roads are the focus of the newest episode of Podcast 83.
“(The governor) proposed a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing (for FY26), but really it wasn't a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing,” explained Deena Bosworth, MAC’s governmental affairs director. “It was a 3.6 percent increase in the overall amount that we got last year in revenue sharing.
“As a reminder for our members, there was an additional $30 million put into county revenue sharing last year and that went out in a different formula than what we originally were receiving in county revenue sharing. So, there was the base of the $261 million and then an additional $30 million that went out to counties based on an inverse relationship that they have to their taxable value compared to the rest of the state.
“Well, the governor separated those lines, those dollars, out in her budget recommendation this year, and said, we're only going to give you a 4 percent increase on that $261 million base, and we're just going to give you that $30 million that you got last year, but we're not giving any increases on it. … We’re slightly disappointed in that, but also a little disappointed in the fact that she didn't include the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, which she didn't include last year, either.”
In the rest of the budget, Bosworth said, “It was really pretty much flat funding for anything that had anything to do with counties. I mean, there was no increase in any, any of our line items: not county jail reimbursement, not prosecutors, not in the Child Care Fund.”
Later in the episode, Bosworth and host Stephan Currie, MAC executive director, reviewed the governor’s new road proposal, which calls for $3 billion from a variety of sources.
“Some of the proposed new taxes that are being proposed would be Facebook ads, Twitter ads, things like that would be taxed. Amazon delivery fees,” said Currie. “You could see a delivery fee tax that goes towards the roads, covering Uber, Uber Eats, those kind of food deliveries, taxi services, limo services. … In addition, there's apparently a loophole, which I didn't know about this until reading about it a little bit today, in the marijuana tax, where there's not all the marijuana that's being sold is being properly taxed at the point of sale.”
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By DerekThe governor’s plans for the fiscal 2026 budget and for Michigan roads are the focus of the newest episode of Podcast 83.
“(The governor) proposed a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing (for FY26), but really it wasn't a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing,” explained Deena Bosworth, MAC’s governmental affairs director. “It was a 3.6 percent increase in the overall amount that we got last year in revenue sharing.
“As a reminder for our members, there was an additional $30 million put into county revenue sharing last year and that went out in a different formula than what we originally were receiving in county revenue sharing. So, there was the base of the $261 million and then an additional $30 million that went out to counties based on an inverse relationship that they have to their taxable value compared to the rest of the state.
“Well, the governor separated those lines, those dollars, out in her budget recommendation this year, and said, we're only going to give you a 4 percent increase on that $261 million base, and we're just going to give you that $30 million that you got last year, but we're not giving any increases on it. … We’re slightly disappointed in that, but also a little disappointed in the fact that she didn't include the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, which she didn't include last year, either.”
In the rest of the budget, Bosworth said, “It was really pretty much flat funding for anything that had anything to do with counties. I mean, there was no increase in any, any of our line items: not county jail reimbursement, not prosecutors, not in the Child Care Fund.”
Later in the episode, Bosworth and host Stephan Currie, MAC executive director, reviewed the governor’s new road proposal, which calls for $3 billion from a variety of sources.
“Some of the proposed new taxes that are being proposed would be Facebook ads, Twitter ads, things like that would be taxed. Amazon delivery fees,” said Currie. “You could see a delivery fee tax that goes towards the roads, covering Uber, Uber Eats, those kind of food deliveries, taxi services, limo services. … In addition, there's apparently a loophole, which I didn't know about this until reading about it a little bit today, in the marijuana tax, where there's not all the marijuana that's being sold is being properly taxed at the point of sale.”