Summary: Senate Passed

STATE POLICE

FY 2004-05 House Bill 5526 (H-1)

Analyst: Hannah Lee

	FY 2003-04 YTD (as of 2/12/04)		House			*Difference: Senate* *from FY 2003-04 YTD*
	FY 2003-04 YTD (as of 2/12/04)	Executive	House	Senate	Enacted	*Amount*	%
IDG/IDT	$17,885,100	$19,916,800	$19,916,800	$19,916,800		$2,031,700	11.4
Federal	103,892,300	106,255,100	106,255,100	106,255,100		2,362,800	2.3
Local	4,506,600	4,681,100	4,681,100	4,681,100		174,500	3.9
Private	10,000	10,700	10,700	10,700		700	7.0
Restricted	93,063,400	100,602,000	100,602,000	100,602,000		7,538,600	8.1
GF/GP	234,765,229	244,679,600	245,458,500	245,608,700		10,843,471	4.6
Gross	$454,122,629	$476,145,300	$476,924,200	$477,074,400		*$22,951,771*	*5.1*
FTEs	2,990.0	2,951.0	2,951.0	2,959		(31.0)	(1.0)

Overview

The Department of State Police provides a wide range of law enforcement services—including highway patrol, criminal investigations, forensic sciences, motor carrier enforcement, emergency management, highway safety planning, fire investigation, criminal justice data processing, and various specialized law enforcement services. The Department’s responsibilities also include oversight of law enforcement standards in the state through the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and administration of several law enforcement-related grant programs.

Major Budget Changes from FY 2003-04 YTD Appropriations:	FY 2003-04 YTD (as of 2/12/04)	Senate Passed
*1. Overstated FTEs* House:Reduced $150,000 GF/GP proportional to overstated FTEs in various line items. Senate:Restored funding to current-year level.	Gross GF/GP	$0 $0	$0 $0
*2. Public Safety Officers Benefit Program* House: Appropriated $150,000 GF/GP to support Public Safety Officers Benefit Act, which would provide $25,000 survivor benefit to the spouse, dependents, estate, or care-giver of a public safety officer who dies or is permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty. Senate:Concurred with House.	Gross GF/GP	$0 $0	$150,000 $150,000
*3. At-Post Troopers* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included $1.5 million new restricted revenue due to the elimination of the Drivers Education Program in 2004. These funds offset $1.5 million GF/GP reduction to the At-Post Troopers line item.	Gross Restricted GF/GP	$107,685,300 39,384,700 $68,300,600	$0 1,500,000 ($1,500,000)
*4. DNA Funding* Exec. Rec., House and Senate:Included $1.0 million GF/GP to assist processing backlogs of DNA samples.	Gross Federal Restricted GF/GP	$7,393,800 3,383,200 1,746,400 $2,264,200	$1,000,000 0 0 $1,000,000
*5. Emergency Management Performance Grant* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Increased federal authorizationfor the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) to be used for State Police homeland security efforts.	Gross Federal GF/GP	$2,832,300 1,519,700 $1,312,600	$929,400 929,400 $0
*6. Emergency Management Performance Grant to Locals* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Increased federal authorization for the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPB) to be distributed to local units of government.	Gross Federal	$2,182,100 2,182,100	$300,000 300,000
*7. Uniform Services - 9-1-1 Reimbursement Revenue* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included reimbursement revenue from the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telephone Fund to support facility upgrades to the regional dispatch centers.	Gross IDG	$0 0	$800,000 800,000
*8. Consolidation of Regional Dispatch Centers* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included savings of $430,000 GF/GP through the consolidation of four regional dispatch centers into two dispatch centers.	Gross Federal GF/GP	$44,636,800 1,500,000 $43,136,800	($430,000) 0 ($430,000)
*9. Information Technology – Base Reduction and Budgetary Savings* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included reduction in operating costs and employee-related savings.	Gross IDG Federal Local Restricted GF/GP	$18,591,800 105,300 29,600 2,661,500 14,200 $15,781,200	($536,100) (2,500) (24,600) (63,600) (300) ($445,100)
*10. Economic Adjustments* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included economic adjustments for salary and wage costs (positive $11,465,900), retirement costs (positive $15,825,600), insurance costs (positive $3,812,400), worker’s compensation (negative $179,000), building occupancy charges (negative $827,600), and DIT Economics (positive $1,138,900).	Gross IDG Federal Local Private Restricted GF/GP	N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A	$31,236,200 1,435,600 1,858,900 248,100 1,000 6,756,400 $20,936,800
*11. Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included state restricted revenues of $129,700 to support the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) portion of the Secondary Road Patrol and Training Fund as a result of the enhancement to the fund created by the Judiciary fee consolidation package. These resources reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the costs of mandatory basic police training.	Gross Restricted	$690,000 690,000	$129,700 129,700
*12. Fire Fighters Training Council and Fire Investigation* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included transfer of a portion of the Fire Marshal programs and the Fire Fighters Training Council from State Police to the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.	Gross Federal Restricted GF/GP	$5,214,100 235,000 0 $4,979,100	($1,943,300) (235,000) 0 ($1,708,300)
*13. BOC Cost Allocation* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Includedcost allocation for building occupancy and various salary and wage line items reducing GF/GP and shifting to available restricted revenue.	Gross Restricted GF/GP	N/A N/A	$0 1,000,000 ($1,000,000)
*14. Employee-related Savings* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included 5% employee-related savings to help fund FY 2004-05 economic costs.	Gross IDG Federal Local Private Restricted GF/GP	$454,122,600 17,885,100 103,892,300 4,506,600 10,000 93,063,400 $234,765,200	($8,625,700) (440,400) (529,900) (10,000) (300) (1,541,900) ($6,103,200)
*15. Human Resource Optimization* Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included savings through increased efficiency in performing human resource.	Gross Restricted GF/GP	$2,163,900 63,600 $2,100,300	($58,600) (1,700) ($56,900)
*16. FTE Adjustments* Exec. Rec. and House: Reduced 39.0 appropriated full-time equated positions (FTEs) throughout budget. Senate:Reduced 31.0 FTEs.	FTEs	2,990.0	(31.0)
*17. Executive Budget Revision* Exec. Rec.: Reduced GF/GP to reflect the change in methodology for allocating year-end salary and fringe benefit costs between fiscal years and to reflect the savings from the recent actuarial experience study for the State Employees Retirement System.	Gross GF/GP	N/A N/A	($778,900) ($778,900)
*18. Items of Difference* Senate: Included $100 items of difference from House-passed bill for all line items containing GF/GP, with the exception of Fire Fighters Training Council, which is transferred to DLEG.	Gross GF/GP	N/A N/A	$200 $200

Major Budget Changes

from FY 2003-04 YTD Appropriations:

FY 2003-04 YTD

(as of 2/12/04)

Senate

Passed

1. Overstated FTEs

House:Reduced $150,000 GF/GP proportional to overstated FTEs in various line items.

Senate:Restored funding to current-year level.

Gross

GF/GP

2. Public Safety Officers Benefit Program

House: Appropriated $150,000 GF/GP to support Public Safety Officers Benefit Act, which would provide $25,000 survivor benefit to the spouse, dependents, estate, or care-giver of a public safety officer who dies or is permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.

Senate:Concurred with House.

Gross

GF/GP

$150,000

$150,000

3. At-Post Troopers

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included $1.5 million new restricted revenue due to the elimination of the Drivers Education Program in 2004. These funds offset $1.5 million GF/GP reduction to the At-Post Troopers line item.

Gross

Restricted

GF/GP

$107,685,300

39,384,700

$68,300,600

1,500,000

($1,500,000)

4. DNA Funding

Exec. Rec., House and Senate:Included $1.0 million GF/GP to assist processing backlogs of DNA samples.

Gross

Federal

Restricted

GF/GP

$7,393,800

3,383,200

1,746,400

$2,264,200

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

5. Emergency Management Performance Grant

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Increased federal authorizationfor the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) to be used for State Police homeland security efforts.

Gross

Federal

GF/GP

$2,832,300

1,519,700

$1,312,600

$929,400

929,400

6. Emergency Management Performance Grant to Locals

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Increased federal authorization for the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPB) to be distributed to local units of government.

Gross

Federal

$2,182,100

2,182,100

$300,000

300,000

7. Uniform Services - 9-1-1 Reimbursement Revenue

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included reimbursement revenue from the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telephone Fund to support facility upgrades to the regional dispatch centers.

Gross

IDG

$800,000

800,000

8. Consolidation of Regional Dispatch Centers

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included savings of $430,000 GF/GP through the consolidation of four regional dispatch centers into two dispatch centers.

Gross

Federal

GF/GP

$44,636,800

1,500,000

$43,136,800

($430,000)

($430,000)

9. Information Technology – Base Reduction and Budgetary Savings

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included reduction in operating costs and employee-related savings.

Gross

IDG

Federal

Local

Restricted

GF/GP

$18,591,800

105,300

29,600

2,661,500

14,200

$15,781,200

($536,100)

(2,500)

(24,600)

(63,600)

(300)

($445,100)

10. Economic Adjustments

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included economic adjustments for salary and wage costs (positive $11,465,900), retirement costs (positive $15,825,600), insurance costs (positive $3,812,400), worker’s compensation (negative $179,000), building occupancy charges (negative $827,600), and DIT Economics (positive $1,138,900).

Gross

IDG

Federal

Local

Private

Restricted

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

$31,236,200

1,435,600

1,858,900

248,100

1,000

6,756,400

$20,936,800

11. Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included state restricted revenues of $129,700 to support the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) portion of the Secondary Road Patrol and Training Fund as a result of the enhancement to the fund created by the Judiciary fee consolidation package. These resources reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the costs of mandatory basic police training.

Gross

Restricted

$690,000

690,000

$129,700

129,700

12. Fire Fighters Training Council and Fire Investigation

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included transfer of a portion of the Fire Marshal programs and the Fire Fighters Training Council from State Police to the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

Gross

Federal

Restricted

GF/GP

$5,214,100

235,000

$4,979,100

($1,943,300)

(235,000)

($1,708,300)

13. BOC Cost Allocation

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Includedcost allocation for building occupancy and various salary and wage line items reducing GF/GP and shifting to available restricted revenue.

Gross

Restricted

GF/GP

N/A

1,000,000

($1,000,000)

14. Employee-related Savings

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included 5% employee-related savings to help fund FY 2004-05 economic costs.

Gross

IDG

Federal

Local

Private

Restricted

GF/GP

$454,122,600

17,885,100

103,892,300

4,506,600

10,000

93,063,400

$234,765,200

($8,625,700)

(440,400)

(529,900)

(10,000)

(300)

(1,541,900)

($6,103,200)

15. Human Resource Optimization

Exec. Rec., House and Senate: Included savings through increased efficiency in performing human resource.

Gross

Restricted

GF/GP

$2,163,900

63,600

$2,100,300

($58,600)

(1,700)

($56,900)

16. FTE Adjustments

Exec. Rec. and House: Reduced 39.0 appropriated full-time equated positions (FTEs) throughout budget.

Senate:Reduced 31.0 FTEs.

FTEs

2,990.0

(31.0)

17. Executive Budget Revision

Exec. Rec.: Reduced GF/GP to reflect the change in methodology for allocating year-end salary and fringe benefit costs between fiscal years and to reflect the savings from the recent actuarial experience study for the State Employees Retirement System.

Gross

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

($778,900)

($778,900)

18. Items of Difference

Senate: Included $100 items of difference from House-passed

bill for all line items containing GF/GP, with the exception of Fire

Fighters Training Council, which is transferred to DLEG.

Gross

GF/GP

N/A

N/A

$200

$200

Major Boilerplate Changes from FY 2003
*Sec. 205. State Classified Civil Service Hiring Freeze* Imposes hiring freeze on the state classified civil service. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: updated language on criteria for exceptions.
*Sec. 207. Privatization Plans* Requires the department to submit a complete project plan to the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies sixty days before beginning any effort to privatize; and to provide completed evaluation of privatization initiative within 30 months. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 210. Deprived and Depressed Communities* Requires the director of each department receiving appropriations to ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide services or supplies for the department and to encourage those firms to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: Concurred with House.
*Sec. 215. Casino Gaming Oversight Report* Requires reports regarding the department’s activities related to casino gaming oversight. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained and changed date. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 216. Vehicle Identification Numbers* Requires department to collect and computerize the vehicle identification number of all vehicles that are entered into the state accident data collection system and make this and other vehicle information available to the public at cost. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 217. School Violence Hotline* Requires department to maintain a toll-free hotline in collaboration with the department of education and to expend appropriated funds for the promotion of the hotline if needed. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 218. At-Post Trooper Strength* Restricts expenditure of funds appropriated for At-Post Troopers to specified trooper-related expenses, calling for one or more trooper schools to be conducted during fiscal year with goal of maintaining minimum at-post trooper strength of 1,075, directing that a DROP program may be utilized to help achieve that goal, and requiring report on Department’s plan to accomplish stated goal, including a statement of additional funds necessary if insufficient funding exists. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained but deleted subsection (4) on deferred retirement option plan (DROP). Senate: concurred with House and added language designed to give flexibility to the Department to maintain trooper strength and also to require a quarterly report of trooper strength and school status.
*Sec. 219. Closing or Consolidation State Police Posts* Requires the department to notify the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies before recommending to close or consolidate any state police posts. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 220. Highland Park Law Enforcement Assistance* Calls for Department to provide general law enforcement assistance to City of Highland Park until such services can be provided by other means. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: concurred with Exec. Rec. Senate: retained.
*Sec. 222. Contingency Funds* Appropriates federal, restricted, local, and private contingency funds that can be expended upon legislative transfer to a specific line item. Exec. Rec.: added new section. House: concurred with Executive. Senate: deleted.
*Sec. 306. Probation Information on LEIN System* Requires department, working with the criminal justice information system policy council, to implement procedures by which all probation information is placed on the LEIN system. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 307 Communication Towers* Requires the Department to act as a liaison between local units of government and DIT to foster local use of Michigan public safety communications system (MPSCS) towers. Exec. Rec.: did not include this section. House: did not include this section. Senate: added new language.
*Sec. 401. Secondary Road Patrol and Training to Locals* Requires department to report on a quarterly basis to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs on the status of assessments collected and authorized for the purposes of supporting the secondary road patrol grant program. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 501. DNA Protocol* Subsection (1) requires department to distribute department’s protocol for retaining and purging DNA analysis and samples and records to each police agency in this state and subsection (2) requires department to report when any changes to the department’s DNA protocol are made. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained but deleted subsection (1). Senate: retained and included subsection (1).
*Sec. 701. Fire Marshal* Requires department to submit a detailed report including information about the quality and adequacy of service from the state fire investigation, education, and training under the reorganization of the fire marshal division responsibilities, to the senate and house subcommittees on the state police not later than January 15, 2004. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: Concurred with Exec. Rec. Senate: concurred with Exec. Rec./House.
*Sec. 1002. Canine Unit Donations* Provides for private donations to canine unit to be used for purchases to enhance the operation of the unit; states legislative intent that private donations not supplant general fund appropriations. Exec. Rec.: deleted language on canine unit and the legislative intent. House: retained and added new language on general private donations. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 1101. Areas Near a State Prison* Subsection (1) states that there is sufficient money appropriated in section 113 to criminal investigations to ensure that the citizens in a service area of any state police post in the vicinity of a state prison do not experience a downgrading of state police services in their area, requiring criminal investigations to be available by temporary or permanent assignment of a detective when either a temporary or permanent prison facility is opened. Subsection (2) requires department to provide troopers to serve as investigators on an interim basis if the department is unable to comply with subsection (1). Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.
*Sec. 1201. School Bus Inspections* Requires department to report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and the house and senate fiscal agencies by March 1, 2004 regarding the inspection of school buses and other motor vehicles under section 715a of the Michigan vehicle code, and section 39 of the pupil transportation act. Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Major Boilerplate Changes from FY 2003

Sec. 205. State Classified Civil Service Hiring Freeze

Imposes hiring freeze on the state classified civil service.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: updated language on criteria for exceptions.

Sec. 207. Privatization Plans

Requires the department to submit a complete project plan to the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies sixty days before beginning any effort to privatize; and to provide completed evaluation of privatization initiative within 30 months.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 210. Deprived and Depressed Communities

Requires the director of each department receiving appropriations to ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide services or supplies for the department and to encourage those firms to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: Concurred with House.

Sec. 215. Casino Gaming Oversight Report

Requires reports regarding the department’s activities related to casino gaming oversight.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained and changed date. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 216. Vehicle Identification Numbers

Requires department to collect and computerize the vehicle identification number of all vehicles that are entered into the state accident data collection system and make this and other vehicle information available to the public at cost.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 217. School Violence Hotline

Requires department to maintain a toll-free hotline in collaboration with the department of education and to expend appropriated funds for the promotion of the hotline if needed.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 218. At-Post Trooper Strength

Restricts expenditure of funds appropriated for At-Post Troopers to specified trooper-related expenses, calling for one or more trooper schools to be conducted during fiscal year with goal of maintaining minimum at-post trooper strength of 1,075, directing that a DROP program may be utilized to help achieve that goal, and requiring report on Department’s plan to accomplish stated goal, including a statement of additional funds necessary if insufficient funding exists.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained but deleted subsection (4) on deferred retirement option plan (DROP). Senate: concurred with House and added language designed to give flexibility to the Department to maintain trooper strength and also to require a quarterly report of trooper strength and school status.

Sec. 219. Closing or Consolidation State Police Posts

Requires the department to notify the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies before recommending to close or consolidate any state police posts.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 220. Highland Park Law Enforcement Assistance

Calls for Department to provide general law enforcement assistance to City of Highland Park until such services can be provided by other means.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: concurred with Exec. Rec. Senate: retained.

Sec. 222. Contingency Funds

Appropriates federal, restricted, local, and private contingency funds that can be expended upon legislative transfer to a specific line item.

Exec. Rec.: added new section. House: concurred with Executive. Senate: deleted.

Sec. 306. Probation Information on LEIN System

Requires department, working with the criminal justice information system policy council, to implement procedures by which all probation information is placed on the LEIN system.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 307 Communication Towers

Requires the Department to act as a liaison between local units of government and DIT to foster local use of Michigan public safety communications system (MPSCS) towers.

Exec. Rec.: did not include this section. House: did not include this section. Senate: added new language.

Sec. 401. Secondary Road Patrol and Training to Locals

Requires department to report on a quarterly basis to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs on the status of assessments collected and authorized for the purposes of supporting the secondary road patrol grant program.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 501. DNA Protocol

Subsection (1) requires department to distribute department’s protocol for retaining and purging DNA analysis and samples and records to each police agency in this state and subsection (2) requires department to report when any changes to the department’s DNA protocol are made.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained but deleted subsection (1). Senate: retained and included subsection (1).

Sec. 701. Fire Marshal

Requires department to submit a detailed report including information about the quality and adequacy of service from the state fire investigation, education, and training under the reorganization of the fire marshal division responsibilities, to the senate and house subcommittees on the state police not later than January 15, 2004.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: Concurred with Exec. Rec. Senate: concurred with Exec. Rec./House.

Sec. 1002. Canine Unit Donations

Provides for private donations to canine unit to be used for purchases to enhance the operation of the unit; states legislative intent that private donations not supplant general fund appropriations.

Exec. Rec.: deleted language on canine unit and the legislative intent. House: retained and added new language on general private donations. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 1101. Areas Near a State Prison

Subsection (1) states that there is sufficient money appropriated in section 113 to criminal investigations to ensure that the citizens in a service area of any state police post in the vicinity of a state prison do not experience a downgrading of state police services in their area, requiring criminal investigations to be available by temporary or permanent assignment of a detective when either a temporary or permanent prison facility is opened. Subsection (2) requires department to provide troopers to serve as investigators on an interim basis if the department is unable to comply with subsection (1).

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.

Sec. 1201. School Bus Inspections

Requires department to report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and the house and senate fiscal agencies by March 1, 2004 regarding the inspection of school buses and other motor vehicles under section 715a of the Michigan vehicle code, and section 39 of the pupil transportation act.

Exec. Rec.: deleted. House: retained. Senate: concurred with House.