HB-4831, As Passed House, June 9, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4831

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     [A bill to make, supplement, adjust, and consolidate

 

appropriations for various state departments and agencies, the

 

judicial branch, and the legislative branch for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2006; to provide for certain conditions on

 

appropriations; and to provide for the expenditure of the

 

appropriations.]

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 


of agriculture for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 694.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    120,384,200

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDCH, local public health operations..........         8,878,700

 

IDG from MDLEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fees......           185,900

 

IDG from MDEQ, aquifer protection and dispute

 

   resolution...........................................            50,000

 

IDG from MDEQ, biosolids...............................            87,300

 

IDG from MDEQ, MAEAP...................................           150,000

 

IDG from MDEQ, type II well survey.....................            16,300

 

IDG from MDNR, district forestry and wildlife program..         1,000,000

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        10,368,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    110,016,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

HHS-FDA................................................           349,600

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................        29,795,800

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................         2,436,300

 

Total federal revenues.................................        32,581,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 


Private - slow-the-spread foundation...................           138,700

 

Total private revenues.................................           138,700

 

Agricultural pollution prevention fund.................               100

 

Agricultural preservation fund.........................           900,000

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........        17,390,500

 

Civil penalties........................................            45,700

 

Commodity inspection fees..............................           888,300

 

Gasoline inspection and testing fund...................         2,468,700

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection fund.............         4,936,800

 

Horticulture fund......................................            74,700

 

Industry support funds.................................           534,500

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................         6,689,400

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,191,100

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................           625,200

 

Pseudorabies and swine brucellosis fund................            15,600

 

State services fee fund................................         8,535,600

 

Testing fees...........................................           405,000

 

Upper Peninsula state fair revenue.....................         1,338,400

 

Weights and measures regulation fees...................           624,300

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        48,663,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     28,631,700

 

   Sec. 102.  EXECUTIVE (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 52.0

 

Commissions and boards................................. $         47,300

 

Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions..............           354,000

 

Executive direction--10.0 FTE positions................         1,050,500

 


Human resource optimization user charges...............            29,500

 

Management services--35.5 FTE positions................         2,997,300

 

Statistical reporting service--4.0 FTE positions.......           348,000

 

Emergency management--2.5 FTE positions................           226,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,052,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Gasoline inspection and testing fund...................            55,000

 

Industry support funds.................................            30,000

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................             8,800

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           221,500

 

State services fee fund................................           561,300

 

Upper Peninsula state fair revenue.....................             9,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,167,200

 

   Sec. 103.  DEPARTMENTWIDE (HEALTH)

 

Rent and building occupancy charges.................... $       1,463,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,463,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................           100,500

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................            61,200

 

HHS-FDA................................................            13,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agricultural preservation fund.........................            23,900

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection fund.............             9,500

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................            59,700

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................             7,900

 


Refined petroleum fund.................................           114,000

 

State services fee fund................................           304,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        769,000

 

   Sec. 104.  FOOD AND DAIRY (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 107.0

 

Food safety and quality assurance--107.0 FTE positions. $     10,873,700

 

Local public health operations.........................         8,878,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     19,752,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDCH, local public health operations..........         8,878,700

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................            24,800

 

HHS-FDA................................................           203,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Civil penalties........................................            45,700

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................         3,187,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,411,600

 

   Sec. 105.  ANIMAL INDUSTRY (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 52.0

 

Animal health and welfare--25.5 FTE positions.......... $      2,407,900

 

Bovine tuberculosis program--26.5 FTE positions........         5,747,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      8,155,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................         1,251,000

 

HHS-FDA................................................            68,800

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........         2,804,300

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................           102,000

 

Pseudorabies and swine brucellosis fund................            15,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,914,100

 

   Sec. 106.  PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT

 

(HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 231.8

 

Pesticide and plant pest management--119.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     12,704,600

 

Emerald ash borer control program--112.0 FTE positions.        23,660,600

 

Michigan State University..............................           210,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     36,575,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................        25,809,100

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................         1,610,600

 

HHS-FDA................................................            64,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - slow-the-spread foundation...................           138,700

 

Commodity inspection fees..............................           888,300

 

Horticulture fund......................................            74,700

 

Industry support funds.................................           319,900

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................         3,220,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,449,400

 

   Sec. 107.  ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0

 

Environmental stewardship--32.7 FTE positions.......... $      2,704,500

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection program--8.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,026,600

 

Farmland and open space preservation--6.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           902,500

 

Agriculture pollution prevention program...............           400,100

 

Cooperative resources management initiative program....         1,000,000

 

Local conservation districts...........................         1,516,800

 

Rural partners of Michigan.............................            25,000

 

Migrant labor housing..................................              100

 

Aquifer protection program.............................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,625,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDEQ, aquifer protection and dispute

 

   resolution...........................................            50,000

 

IDG from MDEQ, biosolids...............................            87,300

 

IDG from MDEQ, type II well survey.....................            16,300

 

IDG from MDNR, district forestry and wildlife program..         1,000,000

 

IDG from MDEQ, right to farm...........................           150,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................           400,000

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................           424,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agricultural pollution prevention fund.................               100

 

Agricultural preservation fund.........................           875,900

 


Agriculture equine industry development fund...........            25,000

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection fund.............         4,927,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,669,300

 

   Sec. 108.  LABORATORY PROGRAM (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 148.0

 

Laboratory services--60.5 FTE positions................ $      5,438,000

 

USDA monitoring--18.0 FTE positions....................         1,990,000

 

Consumer protection program--69.5 FTE positions........         4,883,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,311,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDLEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fees......           183,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple programs.................................         2,011,400

 

EPA, multiple programs.................................           340,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Gasoline inspection and testing fund...................         2,386,700

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         2,855,600

 

State services fee fund................................           503,200

 

Testing fees...........................................           405,000

 

Weights and measures regulation fees...................           624,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,002,500

 

   Sec. 109.  AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 8.0

 

Agriculture development--5.0 FTE positions............. $        873,300

 

Grape and wine program--3.0 FTE positions..............           662,600

 


Export market development program......................            50,000

 

Michigan agricultural surplus system...................           630,500

 

FFA/Michigan 4-H foundation............................           100,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,316,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, multiple grants...................................           199,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........           100,000

 

Industry support funds.................................           154,600

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................           608,000

 

State services fee fund................................           350,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        904,100

 

   Sec. 110.  FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.5

 

Upper Peninsula state fair--7.0 FTE positions.......... $      1,328,500

 

Fairs, racing and producer security--9.5 FTE positions.         1,057,400

 

Building and track improvement - county and state

 

   fairs................................................           963,200

 

Distribution of outstanding winning tickets............           500,000

 

Licensed tracks - light horse racing...................           118,600

 

Premiums - county and state fairs......................         1,614,000

 

Purses and supplements - fairs/licensed tracks.........         4,020,800

 

Quarterhorse programs..................................            61,400

 

Standardbred breeders' awards..........................         1,908,900

 

Standardbred purses and supplements - licensed tracks..           427,600

 

Standardbred sire stakes...............................         1,599,300

 


Standardbred training and stabling.....................            67,600

 

Thoroughbred owners' awards............................           240,700

 

Thoroughbred program...................................         2,798,900

 

Thoroughbred sire stakes...............................         1,599,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,306,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........        14,306,300

 

Industry support funds.................................            30,000

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................           119,300

 

State services fee fund................................         2,522,100

 

Upper Peninsula state fair revenue.....................         1,328,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 111.  OFFICE OF RACING COMMISSIONER (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 31.7

 

Office of racing commissioner--31.7 FTE positions...... $       3,296,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,296,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State services fee fund................................         3,296,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 112.  INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY (HEALTH)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       1,528,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,528,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 


IDG from MDLEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fees......             2,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection fund.............               100

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........           154,900

 

Agricultural preservation fund.........................               200

 

State services fee fund................................           997,300

 

Upper Peninsula state fair revenue.....................               900

 

Gasoline inspection testing fund.......................            27,000

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................               500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        344,500

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $77,295,600.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $3,316,800.00. The itemized

 

statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to

 

local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection program.......... $      1,800,000

 

Local conservation districts...........................         1,516,800

 

TOTAL.................................................. $     3,316,800

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 


subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

 

     (c) "Director" means the director of the department.

 

     (d) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

     (e) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (f) "HHS-FDA" means the United States department of health and

 

human services - food and drug administration.

 

     (g) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (h) "MAEAP" means the Michigan agriculture environmental

 

assurance program.

 

     (i) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (j) "MDLEG (LCC)" means the Michigan department of labor and

 

economic growth - liquor control commission.

 

     (k) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (l) "MDNR" means the Michigan department of natural resources.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 


prohibited from hiring any new classified civil service employees

 

and prohibited from filling any vacant state classified civil

 

service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply to internal

 

transfers of classified employees from 1 position to another within

 

a department.

 

     (2) The hiring freeze described in subsection (1) does not

 

apply to any classified state civil service position that meets any

 

of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Filling the vacant position will directly prevent the loss

 

of federal funding.

 

     (b) The vacant position deals directly with the direct

 

provision of public safety services including prison officers, law

 

enforcement officers, and child services enforcement workers.

 

     (c) The vacant position provides direct health care services

 

including physicians, nurses, and other direct health care

 

providers.

 

     (3) The state budget director shall report quarterly to the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations the number of new state classified

 

civil service employees hired during the previous quarter and the

 

reasons to justify the hiring.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This shall include transmission of reports via electronic mail to

 

the recipients identified for each reporting requirement and shall

 

include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 209. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

for the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available.

 

     (2) In addition to the requirements in subsection (1), the

 

purchase of goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and

 

of comparable quality shall be Michigan goods or services, or both,

 

if available. The department shall also encourage the use of

 

Michigan produced agricultural products by all state agencies and

 

departments if competitively priced and of comparable quality and

 

if available.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director of each department receiving

 

opriations in part 1 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure

 

nesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and

 

orm contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. Each

 

tor shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

racts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

ived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. (1) The unexpended and unobligated balance of any

 

state restricted fund or account remaining at the end of the fiscal

 

year shall revert back to the state restricted fund or account from

 

which appropriated and be available for appropriation for the next

 

fiscal year. Appropriations that revert to a state restricted fund

 

or account pursuant to this section shall not revert to the general

 

fund of this state.

 

     (2) A state restricted revenue fund or account that receives

 

revenues in excess of expenditures made from that state restricted

 

revenue fund or account shall not have the excess revenue revert to

 


the general fund of this state.

 

     Sec. 212. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may provide for indemnity as provided for pursuant to

 

the animal industry act of 1987, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 to

 

287.745, not to exceed $100,000.00 per order from any line item for

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006. Before the department

 

provides for an indemnification under this section, the department

 

shall report the reason for the indemnification, the amount of the

 

indemnification, and to whom the indemnification is to be paid. The

 

report shall be given to each member of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and to the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies and the state budget director.

 

     (2) The department of agriculture shall make an

 

indemnification payment for the fair market value of livestock

 

killed by a wolf or coyote, if the kill is verified by the

 

department of natural resources. The fair market value of the

 

livestock shall be determined pursuant to the indemnification

 

procedures prescribed in the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL

 

287.701 to 287.745. In addition to the funds appropriated in part

 

1, the department of agriculture is authorized to expend the funds

 

received from the department of natural resources to reimburse the

 

department of agriculture for all indemnification payments made

 

pursuant to this subsection.

 

     Sec. 214. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 that are other

 

than line-item grants, the department shall not provide grants to

 

local government agencies, institutions of higher education, or

 

nonprofit organizations unless the department provides notice of

 


the grant to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture at least 10 days before the grant is issued. The grants

 

shall be used to support research or other related activities for

 

the purpose of enhancing the agricultural industries in this state.

 

     Sec. 216. The unexpended and unencumbered balance of revenue

 

deposited pursuant to section 20 of the horse racing law of 1995,

 

1995 PA 279, MCL 431.320, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006, shall be appropriated to the Michigan agriculture equine

 

industry development fund for distribution as set forth in section

 

20 of the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.320.

 

     Sec. 219. The department of information technology shall

 

annually publish a schedule of rates, user fees, and charges or

 

assessments for standard services and information system support

 

requirements to be made to departments for technology-related

 

services and projects. This schedule, as well as copies of related

 

interagency agreements, shall be provided to the state budget

 

office and the house and senate committees on appropriations before

 

October 15, 2005. The department of agriculture shall not process

 

any payments or fund transfers to the department of information

 

technology until 30 days after the 2005-2006 fiscal year schedule

 

of rates, user fees, and assessments is provided to the

 

legislature, pursuant to this section.

 

     Sec. 220. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 


projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 221. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user

 

fees to the department of information technology for technology-

 

related services and projects not to exceed the appropriation in

 

section 112 of part 1. The user fees shall be subject to provisions

 

of an interagency agreement between the departments and agencies

 

and the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 223. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 


     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 


 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

     Sec. 301. Per diem rates for commodity committees established

 

in the agriculture commodities marketing act, 1965 PA 232, MCL

 

290.651 to 290.674, 1970 PA 29, MCL 290.421 to 290.430, 1965 PA

 

114, MCL 290.551 to 290.568, and the beef industry commission act,

 

1972 PA 291, MCL 287.601 to 287.610, will be set based upon levels

 

established in section 301 of 2002 PA 516.

 

     Sec. 302. (1) The department may receive and expend revenue

 

and use that revenue to cover necessary expenses related to

 

publications, audit and licensing functions, livestock sales,

 

certification of nursery stock, bean inspection services, and

 

laboratory analyses as specified in the following:

 

     (a) Management services publications.

 

     (b) Management services audit and licensing functions.

 

     (c) Pesticide and plant pest management propagation and

 

certification of virus free foundation stock.

 

     (d) Pesticide and plant pest management bean inspection and

 

grading services.

 

     (e) Laboratory support testing for testing horses in draft

 

horse pulling contests at county fairs when local jurisdictions

 

request state assistance.

 

     (f) Laboratory support analyses to determine foreign

 

substances in horses engaged in racing or pulling contests at

 

tracks.

 

     (g) Laboratory support analysis of food, livestock, and

 

agricultural products for disease, foreign products for disease,

 


toxic materials, foreign substances, and quality standards.

 

     (h) Laboratory support test samples for other agencies and

 

organizations.

 

     (i) Fruit and vegetable inspection at shipping and termination

 

points and processing plants.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies 60 days prior to the effective

 

date of any proposed changes to the fees authorized under this

 

section.

 

     (3) Annually, before February 1, the department shall provide

 

a report to the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies detailing all the fees charged by the department under the

 

authorization provided in this section, including, but not limited

 

to, rates, number of individuals paying each fee, and the revenue

 

generated by each fee in the previous fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 303. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for statistical

 

reporting service, $90,000.00 shall be used for surveys including,

 

but not limited to, fruit, vegetables, and nursery stock including

 

Christmas trees and ornamental plants. The director may include

 

other agricultural surveys such as turfgrass in the 3- to 5-year

 

rotation. The survey shall include information such as existing

 

plantings/acreage, new plantings/acreage, production, and number of

 

growers.

 

     Sec. 304. From the funds appropriated in part 1, section 108,

 

not less than $3,800,000.00 shall be used for the motor fuel

 


quality inspection program to ensure motor fuel quality and the

 

accuracy of fuel pumps at Michigan service stations.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 205, the department shall

 

hire additional field and laboratory staff for the motor fuel

 

quality inspection program.

 

 

 

FOOD AND DAIRY

 

     Sec. 401. (1) The department shall monitor restaurant

 

inspection and licensing functions carried out by local health

 

departments to ensure uniform application and enforcement of

 

minimum program requirements. On or before April 1, 2006, the

 

department shall report to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture, the senate and house fiscal agencies,

 

and the state budget director on local health department

 

conformance with minimum program requirements.

 

     (2) If a local unit of government incurs additional costs

 

resulting from its efforts to control a significant food-borne

 

outbreak, the director shall seek additional resources to reimburse

 

the local unit of government for these additional costs. The

 

director shall involve the local health officer of the jurisdiction

 

affected in all aspects of the control of any food-borne outbreak.

 

     Sec. 402. Not later than April 1, 2006, the department shall

 

provide a report to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies describing significant food-borne outbreaks and

 

emergencies including any enforcement actions taken related to food

 

safety during the 2004-2005 fiscal year.

 


     Sec. 403. The department, in conjunction with the department

 

of community health, shall assure that a process is in place that

 

requires a local unit of government to obtain prior approval from

 

the department before any reallocation or redistribution of program

 

funds appropriated in section 104.

 

 

 

ANIMAL INDUSTRY

 

     Sec. 450. From the funds appropriated in section 105 for the

 

bovine tuberculosis program, the department shall reimburse the

 

department of natural resources for those costs associated with

 

monitoring and testing wildlife for bovine tuberculosis that are

 

necessary to support the department goals and are jointly agreed to

 

by the department and the department of natural resources to be in

 

excess of efforts necessary to effectively plan and execute the

 

eradication of bovine tuberculosis from Michigan's wild free-

 

ranging deer herd.

 

     Sec. 451. From the funds appropriated in section 105 for

 

bovine tuberculosis, the department shall pay for all whole herd

 

testing costs and individual animal testing costs in the modified

 

accredited zone to maintain split-state status requirements. These

 

costs include indemnity and compensation for injury causing death

 

or downer to animals.

 

     Sec. 452. In the event of a significant animal or plant health

 

outbreak, the director shall seek additional state and federal

 

resources to cover the additional costs associated with addressing

 

the outbreak.

 

 

 


PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 501. Of the funds appropriated in section 106 to the

 

pesticide and plant pest management division, up to $100,000.00 may

 

be made available to the Michigan cooperative extension service to

 

train applicators. Reimbursement shall be based on actual

 

expenditures and revenue availability.

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall apply for all federal funds for

 

which it is eligible that can be used to support the migrant labor

 

housing program.

 

     Sec. 604. The appropriation in section 107 for local

 

conservation districts shall be allocated in the following manner:

 

     (a) Of the total appropriation, each local conservation

 

district meeting the minimum grant requirements shall receive a

 

grant of $19,200.00 to support basic operations, unless the

 

district resides in a county consisting of multiple districts, in

 

which case a $19,200.00 grant shall be divided equally among the

 

districts in that county. The amount of money allocated under this

 

subdivision shall not be used by local conservation districts to

 

replace any money received from local sources.

 

     (b) Any amount remaining from the appropriation after

 

distributions under subdivision (a) shall be allocated for local

 

conservation district training.

 

     Sec. 605. The appropriation in part 1, section 107, for Rural

 

Partners of Michigan shall be used to support projects and programs

 

of the Rural Partners of Michigan, a nonprofit Michigan

 


corporation.

 

 

 

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

 

     Sec. 701. Within the appropriations in part 1 for agriculture

 

development, $662,600.00 is for the grape and wine industry

 

council, from which the department may provide grants for the

 

purposes as described in section 303 of the Michigan liquor control

 

code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1303.

 

     Sec. 702. In any given year when insufficient amounts of

 

Michigan surplus products are offered to the food bank council and

 

accepted for distribution, unused funds may be applied by the food

 

bank council for the direct purchase of foods from Michigan

 

growers, manufacturers, or wholesalers.

 

     Sec. 704. Indirect costs may not be charged against the FFA

 

grant in section 109 by any administering agency.

 

     Sec. 705. The appropriation in section 109 for the export

 

market development program shall be used to coordinate state

 

participation in the federal market access program and to leverage

 

federal funds for the purpose of developing new and enhancing

 

existing export markets for Michigan agricultural products.

 

     Sec. 706. From the appropriation in part 1 for agriculture

 

development, $30,000.00 shall be provided to the northwest Michigan

 

horticultural research station.

 

     Sec. 707. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, section 109 for

 

FFA/Michigan 4-H, $80,000.00 shall be distributed to the FFA

 

foundation for awards and leadership activities which encourage

 

farming and agriculture as a career and $20,000.00 shall be

 


distributed to the Michigan 4-H foundation to support Michigan 4-H

 

foundation projects and programs.

 

 

 

FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

 

     Sec. 801. The department shall submit a report each quarter to

 

the state budget director, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies that states the simulcasting revenues generated in the

 

preceding month by each licensed track and the amount received from

 

license fees.

 

     Sec. 802. (1) The appropriation in section 110 for

 

standardbred purses and supplements - licensed tracks is intended

 

to provide state purse supplements for 4 races at state licensed

 

pari-mutuel horse racing tracks. The purse supplements are to be

 

used for races comprised only of Michigan-bred horses segregated

 

into a 4-year-old colt trot division, a 4-year-old filly trot

 

division, a 4-year-old colt pace division, and a 4-year-old filly

 

pace division.

 

     (2) The appropriation in section 110 for licensed tracks -

 

light horse racing shall be allocated as follows:

 

Arabian and Appaloosa horse racing..................... $         29,700

 

Quarter horse racing...................................            88,900

 

     Sec. 803. Included in the appropriation made in section 110

 

for the thoroughbred program is $30,500.00 for the Michigan united

 

thoroughbred breeders and owners association to conduct a

 

thoroughbred yearling show. The Michigan united thoroughbred

 

breeders and owners association shall submit to the department an

 


itemized list of expenses showing that the expenses of the yearling

 

show were paid.

 

     Sec. 804. From the funds appropriated in section 110 for

 

thoroughbred owners' awards, awards shall be distributed pursuant

 

to section 20 of the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL

 

431.320.

 

     Sec. 805. The department shall notify the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees and the fiscal agencies of any planned

 

reductions in appropriations, allocations, or expenditures from the

 

agriculture equine industry development fund no less than 10 days

 

before such reductions are implemented.

 

     Sec. 806. A county fair, district fair, 4-H fair, or state

 

fair receiving funds in section 110 to be used for prizes or

 

awards, in whole or in part, as a condition precedent to the

 

receiving of the funds for those purposes, shall publish the rules

 

relative to the prizes, awards, and deadlines for entries eligible

 

for the funds in their official premium books or lists relative to

 

the prizes or awards. An aggrieved exhibitor may make a written

 

complaint to the fair within 10 days after the fair ends. If the

 

fair has not satisfactorily settled the grievance within 45 days

 

after it is submitted to the fair, the aggrieved person may file

 

the complaint with the department and the department shall

 

investigate the complaint and make a finding of fact regarding the

 

complaint and take appropriate action regarding the complaint.

 

     Sec. 807. Of the amount appropriated in section 110 for purses

 

and supplements - fairs/licensed tracks, a sufficient amount is

 

appropriated to provide for overnight purse supplements pursuant to

 


the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.301 to 431.336.

 

     Sec. 808. Of the amount appropriated in section 110 for

 

premiums - county and state fairs, $91,400.00 shall be expended to

 

reimburse up to 75% of premiums paid to large livestock and equine

 

exhibitors in shows or exhibitions held by statewide associations

 

as defined by the department. Livestock expositions shall be

 

limited to participation in this program and prohibited from

 

participation in any state-funded premium programs. The Michigan

 

horse show association fall youth show shall be included.

 

     Sec. 809. From the appropriations for premiums - county and

 

state fairs in section 110, $40,000.00 shall be awarded through a

 

competitive grant program to local, regional, or state fairs or

 

youth education programs to promote youth involvement and adult

 

exhibitions in the animal agriculture industry.

 

     Sec. 811. The funds appropriated in section 110 for

 

distribution of outstanding winning tickets are not available for

 

expenditure until they are deposited in the Michigan agriculture

 

equine industry development fund pursuant to section 2 of 1951 PA

 

90, MCL 431.252. These funds shall be expended in accordance with

 

section 2 of 1951 PA 90, MCL 431.252. The department shall provide

 

notice to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture and the state budget director at least 10 days before

 

the funds are expended. This notice shall include the amount that

 

each program receives from the outstanding winning ticket revenue

 

deposited in the Michigan agriculture equine industry development

 

fund.

 

     Sec. 813. (1) On or before March 29, 2006, the department,

 


together with the senate and house fiscal agencies and the

 

department of management and budget, shall estimate the unreserved

 

and unencumbered closing balance of the Michigan agriculture equine

 

industry development fund for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2005. The estimate shall consider lapsed appropriations from the

 

fund and any carryforward amounts designated for appropriation in

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

 

     (2) On or before April 5, 2006, the department shall request a

 

legislative transfer in accordance with section 393 of the

 

management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, to appropriate

 

any estimated unreserved and unencumbered Michigan agriculture

 

equine industry development fund balance in excess of $250,000.00.

 

The appropriations included in the transfer request shall be in

 

accordance with the requirements of section 20 of the horse racing

 

law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.320. At the same time the

 

department forwards its transfer request to the department of

 

management and budget, the department shall submit copies of the

 

transfer request to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 

     Sec. 816. From the appropriation in section 110 for fairs,

 

racing and producer security, $20,000.00 shall be granted to the

 

communications alliance to network thoroughbred ex-racehorses

 

(CANTER) to support racehorse rehabilitation programs.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF RACING COMMISSIONER

 

     Sec. 901. The racing commissioner may pay rewards of not more

 


than $5,800.00 to a person who provides information that results in

 

the arrest and conviction on a felony or misdemeanor charge for a

 

crime that involves the horse racing industry. A reward paid

 

pursuant to this section shall be paid out of the office of racing

 

commissioner line item.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for community

 

colleges and certain other state purposes relating to education for

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from the funds indicated

 

in this part. The following is a summary of the appropriations in

 

this part:

 

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    281,327,400

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    281,327,400

 

Total federal revenues.................................                 0

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 


Total other state restricted revenues..................                 0

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    281,327,400

 

   Sec. 102.  OPERATIONS (PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

Alpena Community College............................... $      4,777,100

 

Bay de Noc Community College...........................         4,618,500

 

Delta College..........................................        12,917,100

 

Glen Oaks Community College............................         2,167,100

 

Gogebic Community College..............................         3,951,500

 

Grand Rapids Community College.........................        16,247,500

 

Henry Ford Community College...........................        19,800,700

 

Jackson Community College..............................        10,960,800

 

Kalamazoo Valley Community College.....................        11,183,600

 

Kellogg Community College..............................         8,786,700

 

Kirtland Community College.............................         2,666,800

 

Lake Michigan College..................................         4,728,900

 

Lansing Community College..............................        28,097,100

 

Macomb Community College...............................        29,978,600

 

Mid Michigan Community College.........................         3,999,100

 

Monroe County Community College........................         3,890,800

 

Montcalm Community College.............................         2,814,300

 

C.S. Mott Community College............................        14,205,400

 

Muskegon Community College.............................         8,083,900

 

North Central Michigan College.........................         2,738,100

 

Northwestern Michigan College..........................         8,248,900

 

Oakland Community College..............................        18,910,900

 

St. Clair County Community College.....................         6,334,300

 

Schoolcraft College....................................        11,098,900

 


Southwestern Michigan College..........................         5,958,000

 

Washtenaw Community College............................        11,280,600

 

Wayne County Community College.........................        14,582,200

 

West Shore Community College...........................         2,077,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    275,104,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    275,104,700

 

   Sec. 103.  GRANTS (PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

At-risk student success program........................ $      3,322,700

 

Renaissance zone tax reimbursement funding.............         2,900,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,222,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,222,700

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $281,327,400.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $281,327,400.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

Operations............................................. $    275,104,700

 

At-risk student success program........................         3,322,700

 


Renaissance zone tax reimbursement program.............         2,900,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $    281,327,400

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. Unless otherwise specified, a community college

 

receiving appropriations in part 1 and the department of labor and

 

economic growth shall use the Internet to fulfill the reporting

 

requirements of this article. This requirement may include

 

transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients

 

identified for each reporting requirement or it may include

 

placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 208. The department of labor and economic growth shall

 

work collaboratively with community colleges to develop an

 

accelerated entrepreneurship curriculum, including an associate

 

degree, to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed

 

for creating their own businesses. The department shall annually

 

submit a report on the results of its work with the community

 

colleges under this section to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

quality.

 

     [Sec. 210. The principal executive officer of each community

 

ege receiving appropriations in part 1 shall take all

 

onable steps to ensure businesses in deprived and depressed

 

unities compete for and perform contracts to provide services

 

, or both. Each principal executive officer shall

 

ngly encourage firms with which the community college contracts

 

with certified businesses in depressed and deprived

 

nities for services or supplies, or both. ]

 

     Sec. 211. (1) The money appropriated in this article is

 

appropriated for community colleges with fiscal years ending June

 

30, 2006, and shall be paid out of the state treasury and

 

distributed by the state treasurer to the respective community

 

colleges in 11 monthly installments on the sixteenth of each month,

 

or the next succeeding business day, beginning with October 16,

 

2005. Each community college shall accrue its July and August 2006

 

payments to its institutional fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.

 

However, if a community college fails to submit all verified

 

Michigan community colleges activities classification structure

 

data for school year 2004-2005 to the department of labor and

 

economic growth by November 1, 2005, the monthly installments shall

 

be withheld from that community college until those data are

 

submitted. The amount from the money appropriated in part 1 that is

 

allocated to address the special needs of at-risk students shall be

 

paid in full by the state treasurer by November 1, 2005. The amount

 

distributed to a community college or department shall not exceed

 

the net state allocation authorized by this article.

 


     (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, each of the amounts

 

appropriated shall be used solely for the respective purposes

 

stated in this article. The money appropriated by this article may

 

be used to match the cost of any available programs under the Carl

 

D. Perkins vocational and applied technology education act, 20 USC

 

2301 to 2415, including local administration.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) A community college shall pay the employer's

 

contributions to the Michigan public school employees' retirement

 

system created by the public school employees retirement act of

 

1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1408, as a condition of

 

receiving money appropriated under this article.

 

     (2) A community college shall not pay an employer's

 

contribution to more than 1 retirement fund providing benefits for

 

an employee.

 

     Sec. 217. Money appropriated in part 1 shall not be used to

 

pay for the construction or maintenance of a self-liquidating

 

project. Any construction, renovation, or other capital outlay

 

project that exceeds $1,000,000.00 requires the approval of a use

 

and finance statement by the joint capital outlay subcommittee

 

(JCOS) pursuant to JCOS policy.

 

     Sec. 220. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

legislature restore the infrastructure, technology, equipment, and

 

maintenance (ITEM) funding provided in previous fiscal years. In

 

addition, it is the intent of the legislature that the legislature,

 

in cooperation with the Michigan community college association,

 

develop proposals and financing alternatives for special

 

maintenance projects at community colleges that otherwise would not

 


qualify for financing under the state building authority.

 

     Sec. 224. Recognizing the critical importance of education in

 

strengthening Michigan's workforce, the legislature encourages the

 

state's public community colleges to explore ways of increasing

 

collaboration and cooperation with 4-year universities,

 

particularly in the areas related to training, instruction, and

 

program articulation.

 

     Sec. 230. (1) A community college shall not expend money

 

appropriated under this article to provide health care coverage for

 

community college employees or their dependents for abortion

 

services, other than for spontaneous abortion or to prevent the

 

death of the woman upon whom the abortion is performed. A community

 

college shall not approve a collective bargaining agreement or

 

enter into any other employment contract that includes health care

 

coverage for abortion services other than spontaneous abortion or

 

to prevent the death of the woman upon whom the abortion is

 

performed.

 

     (2) If a community college expends money appropriated under

 

this article in violation of subsection (1), the community college

 

shall repay to this state an amount equal to the amount of money

 

spent in violation of subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 231. In light of sections 1, 3, and 4 of 1846 RS 83, MCL

 

551.1, 551.3, and 551.4, and section 1 of 1939 PA 168, MCL 551.271,

 

the legislature intends that a community college receiving funding

 

under this article shall not use part 1 money to extend employee

 

benefits to the unmarried partners of the community college's

 

employees except for pre- and post-natal costs.

 


     Sec. 234. Community colleges shall do the following:

 

     (a) Undertake active measures to promote equal opportunities,

 

eliminate discrimination, and foster a diverse student body and

 

administration among all people including, but not limited to,

 

women, minorities, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.

 

     (b) Review, analyze, and eradicate activities that may tend to

 

discriminate.

 

     Sec. 235. It is the intent of the legislature that a workgroup

 

be formed to evaluate, discuss, and make recommendations for future

 

action regarding state university admission and enrollment policies

 

that specifically address the acceptance and application of college

 

credits earned by students through the postsecondary enrollment

 

options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to 388.524. The Michigan

 

community college association may create and administer the

 

workgroup and is encouraged to include members representing

 

university and K-12 school organizations. The workgroup shall

 

submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community

 

colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director by March 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 236. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that any

 

existing or new reciprocal tuition agreements entered into under

 

1972 PA 251, MCL 390.501 to 390.506, be submitted for review and

 

approval by the house and senate appropriations committees at least

 

once every 3 years.

 

     (2) It is the intent of the legislature that, under any

 

reciprocal tuition agreement approved by the house and senate

 


appropriations committees, out-of-state students pay the in-state,

 

out-of-district tuition and fee rate at any Michigan community

 

college participating in the agreement.

 

     Sec. 237. It is the intent of the legislature that a workgroup

 

that includes members of the legislature and the Michigan community

 

colleges association be formed to evaluate, discuss, and make

 

recommendations regarding the possibility of state payments in lieu

 

of taxes to community colleges whose districts contain land owned

 

by state, federal, or local governments or land that is otherwise

 

nontaxable. The workgroup shall submit a report containing its

 

findings and recommendations to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director by March 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 238. It is the intent of the legislature that a workgroup

 

that includes members of the legislature and the Michigan community

 

colleges association be formed to evaluate, discuss, and make

 

recommendations regarding the impact of expanding eligibility for

 

the optional retirement plan established in section 3 of the

 

optional retirement act of 1967, 1967 PA 156, MCL 38.383, to

 

include faculty employed by community colleges on a part-time

 

basis. The workgroup shall submit a report containing its findings

 

and recommendations to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director by March 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 239. The legislature intends that any executive or

 

legislative proposal or action, subsequent to the adoption of a

 

recommendation for appropriations for community colleges for the

 


fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, to increase appropriations

 

to state-supported 4-year universities in excess of the governor's

 

original recommendation for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006, will be accompanied by a similar action or proposal for

 

state-supported community colleges.

 

     Sec. 240. The legislature intends that not less than 70% of

 

the economic development job training grant money be awarded to

 

community colleges or a consortium of community colleges and other

 

eligible applicants as provided in the budget that appropriated the

 

economic development job training grant money. Further, the

 

legislature intends that at least a portion of the total

 

appropriation for economic development job training grants be

 

awarded to community colleges that offer certified programs that

 

are bureau of apprenticeship training certified. The Michigan

 

economic development corporation shall report by November 1 of each

 

year to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges and the senate and house fiscal agencies the

 

names of the community colleges awarded grant money under this

 

section, the amount of the grants awarded, and the percentage

 

awarded to bureau of apprenticeship training certified programs.

 

     Sec. 241. (1) A task force shall be formed by October 15, 2005

 

to review, evaluate, discuss, and make recommendations regarding

 

performance indicators to be utilized in future budget years to

 

guide decisions regarding state funding to community colleges. The

 

task force shall consist of the following members:

 

     (a) Two members of the Michigan house of representatives. One

 

member shall be designated by the speaker of the house, and 1

 


member shall be designated by the house minority leader.

 

     (b) Two members of the Michigan senate. One member shall be

 

designated by the senate majority leader, and 1 member shall be

 

designated by the senate minority leader.

 

     (c) The state budget director or his or her designee.

 

     (d) The director of the department of labor and economic

 

growth or his or her designee.

 

     (e) Four representatives of Michigan public community

 

colleges. The Michigan community colleges association shall

 

designate 1 representative from each of the 4 groups described in

 

the activities classification structure data book published by the

 

department of labor and economic growth under section 501.

 

     (f) One individual designated by the governor to represent the

 

business community.

 

     (g) One individual designated by the governor to represent

 

community college students.

 

     (h) One individual designated by the governor to represent

 

community college faculty members.

 

     (2) The task force described in subsection (1) shall consider

 

at least all of the following performance indicators for community

 

colleges in performing its duties under subsection (1):

 

     (a) Total number of degrees and certificates awarded and

 

subtotals of degrees and certificates awarded in high-cost areas.

 

     (b) Total number of student contact hours provided and

 

subtotals of student contact hours provided in high-cost areas.

 

     (c) Expenditures for administration as a percentage of total

 

operating fund expenditures.

 


     (d) Licensure, certification, and registry exam pass rates and

 

the number of individuals obtaining licensure or certification or

 

passing a registry exam.

 

     (e) Degree and certificate completion rates.

 

     (f) Student transfer rates.

 

     (g) Performance at transfer institutions.

 

     (h) Student goal attainment.

 

     (i) Placement and wage rates.

 

     (j) Number of dual enrollment participants.

 

     (k) Number of individuals participating in employer-sponsored

 

training.

 

     (3) The task force described in subsection (1) shall submit a

 

report containing its findings and recommendations on the following

 

topics to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget director by February 1, 2006:

 

     (a) The most appropriate and reliable performance indicators

 

to be utilized to guide decisions on state funding to community

 

colleges.

 

     (b) The most efficient methodology for connecting state

 

funding to those indicators.

 

     (4) The department of labor and economic growth shall work

 

with the task force to establish mechanisms to collect and verify

 

data for any indicators that the task force recommends but for

 

which reliable data are not currently available.

 

     (5) It is the intent of the legislature that state funding to

 

community colleges will be based partially or wholly on performance

 


indicators in future budget years.

 

 

 

STATE AID - OPERATIONS

 

     Sec. 301. Unless otherwise stated, all data items used in

 

determining state aid in this article are as defined in the 2001

 

Manual for Uniform Financial Reporting, Michigan Public Community

 

Colleges, which shall be the basis for reporting data, and the 2003

 

Activities Classification Structure Manual for Michigan Community

 

Colleges, which shall be used to document financial needs of the

 

community colleges.

 

     Sec. 302. A community college shall not include in the

 

enrollment data reported for determining state aid under this

 

article any student credit hours or student contact hours for a

 

student incarcerated in a Michigan penal institution. Exclusion of

 

these students is intended to avoid the payment of state aid under

 

this article for the same individuals for whom reimbursement is

 

provided by the state correctional system.

 

     Sec. 303. A community college selected for audit under section

 

502 whose audited activities classification structure data is

 

significantly different than the data used to determine state aid

 

under this article shall return any overappropriated money as

 

provided in this subsection. The department of labor and economic

 

growth shall compare formula computations for the audited colleges

 

using pre- and post-audit data. If the state allocation is 2% or

 

more than the post-audit allocation amount, the college shall

 

return the excess money. The returned money shall be redistributed

 

to all 28 community colleges, prorated on the base appropriations

 


contained in part 1.

 

     Sec. 304. It is the intent of the legislature to achieve full

 

funding of the Gast-Mathieu fairness in funding formula.

 

 

 

GRANTS

 

     Sec. 401. (1) The community college at-risk student success

 

program is continued. The funding shall be prorated among community

 

colleges based on the number of student contact hours for

 

developmental and preparatory instruction reported by each

 

community college to the department of labor and economic growth

 

pursuant to the 2003 Activities Classification Structure Manual for

 

Michigan Community Colleges. Of the amount appropriated in part 1

 

for the at-risk student success program, $1,120,000.00 is allocated

 

for base grants of $40,000.00 each, to address the special needs of

 

at-risk students at community colleges or the acquisition or

 

upgrade of technology-related equipment and software.

 

     (2) Of the amount appropriated in part 1 for the at-risk

 

student success program, the balance of the appropriated money

 

shall be distributed on a proration utilizing the sum of the most

 

recent 3 years developmental/preparatory contact hours divided by

 

the sum of the 3-year total contact hours at each college. Each

 

community college's percentage shall be divided by the sum of all

 

the percentages systemwide to obtain each community college's

 

prorated grant amount.

 

     (3) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, the at-risk

 

student success program money is allocated as follows:

 

Alpena Community College............................... $         76,300

 


Bay de Noc Community College...........................            91,300

 

Delta College..........................................            97,100

 

Glen Oaks Community College............................           123,600

 

Gogebic Community College..............................            66,200

 

Grand Rapids Community College.........................           117,200

 

Henry Ford Community College...........................           146,300

 

Jackson Community College..............................           102,000

 

Kalamazoo Valley Community College.....................            89,700

 

Kellogg Community College..............................           155,100

 

Kirtland Community College.............................           125,800

 

Lake Michigan College..................................           154,900

 

Lansing Community College..............................           139,800

 

Macomb Community College...............................            83,600

 

Mid Michigan Community College.........................           134,400

 

Monroe County Community College........................            94,000

 

Montcalm Community College.............................            66,700

 

C.S. Mott Community College............................           102,600

 

Muskegon Community College.............................           149,700

 

North Central Michigan College.........................           115,900

 

Northwestern Michigan College..........................           123,100

 

Oakland Community College..............................           144,600

 

St. Clair Community College............................            93,400

 

Schoolcraft College....................................           129,000

 

Southwestern Michigan College..........................           134,800

 

Washtenaw Community College............................           161,700

 

Wayne County Community College.........................           174,900

 

West Shore Community College...........................           129,000

 


     (4) As used in this article, "at-risk students" means students

 

who meet 1 or more of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Are initially placed in 1 or more developmental courses as

 

a result of standardized testing or as a result of failure to make

 

satisfactory academic progress.

 

     (b) Are diagnosed as learning disabled.

 

     (c) Require English as a second language (ESL) assistance.

 

     (5) Grant funding under this section shall be utilized to

 

address the special needs of at-risk students or for equipment or

 

upgrade of information technology hardware or software. Activities

 

related to services provided to at-risk students include, but are

 

not limited to, pretesting for academic ability, counseling

 

contacts, and special programs. Equipment or information technology

 

hardware or software purchased under this section need not be

 

associated with the operation of a program designed to address the

 

needs of at-risk students.

 

     (6) Grant funding under this section shall not be used for

 

indirect costs including, but not limited to, rent, utilities, or,

 

except as provided in this section, college administration.

 

     (7) Each community college shall report to the department of

 

labor and economic growth a summary of all accomplishments under,

 

expenditures for, and compliance with the intent of this program,

 

including the number of at-risk students served. The report is

 

subject to audit as provided for in section 502(1). The report

 

shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the end of the

 

state's fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 404. The appropriation in part 1 for renaissance zone

 


reimbursements shall be made to each eligible recipient no later

 

than 60 days after the department of treasury certifies to the

 

state budget director that it has received all necessary

 

information to properly determine the amounts due each eligible

 

recipient under section 12 of the Michigan renaissance zone act,

 

1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692.

 

 

 

REPORTS AND AUDITS

 

     Sec. 501. The department of labor and economic growth shall

 

publish the activities classification structure data book for

 

Michigan community colleges on or before March 1, 2006, for use by

 

the legislature during budget development for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 502. (1) The auditor general or an independent public

 

accounting firm appointed by the auditor general shall audit data

 

for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2005, as submitted to the

 

department of labor and economic growth by 7 to 10 randomly

 

selected community colleges, selected by the auditor general. A

 

community college shall maintain and provide those records

 

necessary for the auditor general or certified public accountant

 

appointed by the auditor general to determine the accuracy of the

 

reported data. The audits shall be based upon the definitions and

 

requirements contained in the 2001 Manual for Uniform Financial

 

Reporting, Michigan Public Community Colleges and the 2003

 

Activities Classification Structure Manual for Michigan Community

 

Colleges. Before the submission of a final audit report, a

 

community college may appeal the findings of the preliminary report

 


under an appeal process to be established by the auditor general.

 

The auditor general shall submit a report of the findings to the

 

house and senate appropriations committees, the department of labor

 

and economic growth, and the state budget director before June 1,

 

2006.

 

     (2) The auditor general or a certified public accountant

 

appointed by the auditor general may conduct performance audits of

 

community colleges as the auditor general considers necessary.

 

     (3) Not more than 60 days after an audit report is released by

 

the office of the auditor general, the principal executive officer

 

of the community college that was audited shall submit to the house

 

and senate appropriations committees, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, the department of labor and economic growth, the auditor

 

general, and the state budget director a plan to comply with audit

 

recommendations. The plan shall contain projected dates and

 

resources required, if any, to achieve compliance with the audit

 

recommendations, or a documented explanation of the college's

 

noncompliance with the audit recommendations concerning the matters

 

on which the audited community college and office of the auditor

 

general disagree.

 

     Sec. 503. The department of labor and economic growth shall

 

review the taxonomy of the 7 to 10 community colleges selected for

 

the audit under section 502 that is based on the 2003 Activities

 

Classification Structure Manual for Michigan Community Colleges.

 

     Sec. 504. (1) A community college shall retain certified class

 

summaries, class lists, registration documents, and student

 

transcripts that are consistent with the taxonomy of courses. For

 


each enrollment period during the fiscal year, these certified

 

documents shall identify clearly by course the number of in-

 

district and out-of-district student credit and contact hours. The

 

class summaries and class lists shall be consistent with each other

 

and shall include the course prefix and numbers, course title,

 

course credit and contact hours, credit and contact hours generated

 

by each student, and activity classifications consistent with the

 

taxonomy. An auditable process shall be used by the community

 

college to determine the unduplicated head count for in-district

 

students, out-of-district students, and prisoners for each

 

enrollment period during the fiscal year.

 

     (2) Contracts between the community college and agencies that

 

reimburse the community college for the costs of instruction shall

 

be retained for audit purposes.

 

     Sec. 505. Each community college shall have an annual audit of

 

all income and expenditures performed by an independent auditor and

 

shall furnish the independent auditor's management letter and an

 

annual audited accounting of all general and current funds income

 

and expenditures including audits of college foundations to the

 

members of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the

 

auditor general, the department of labor and economic growth, and

 

the state budget director before November 15, 2005. If a community

 

college fails to furnish the audit materials, the monthly state aid

 

installments shall be withheld from that college until the

 

information is submitted. All reporting shall conform to the

 

requirements set forth in the 2001 Manual for Uniform Financial

 


Reporting, Michigan Public Community Colleges.

 

     Sec. 506. (1) Each community college shall report the

 

following to the department of labor and economic growth no later

 

than November 1, 2005:

 

     (a) The number of North American Indian students enrolled each

 

term for the previous fiscal year, using guidelines and procedures

 

developed by the department of labor and economic growth and the

 

Michigan commission on Indian affairs.

 

     (b) The number of Indian tuition waivers granted each term,

 

and the monetary value of the waivers for the previous fiscal year.

 

     (2) Colleges shall use the criteria cited in 1976 PA 174, MCL

 

390.1251 to 390.1253, to determine eligibility for tuition waivers,

 

and shall grant those waivers to individuals who meet the criteria

 

and request tuition waivers.

 

     (3) The department of labor and economic growth shall compile

 

the information received under subsection (1) and shall submit this

 

compilation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget director by January 7, 2006.

 

     Sec. 507. Upon request, a community college shall inform

 

interested Michigan high schools of the aggregate academic status

 

of its students for the prior academic year, in a manner prescribed

 

by the Michigan community college association and in cooperation

 

with the Michigan association of secondary school principals.

 

     Sec. 508. (1) Each community college shall report to the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies, the state budget director, and the

 

department of labor and economic growth by August 31, 2005, the

 


tuition and mandatory fees paid by a full-time in-district student

 

and a full-time out-of-district student as established by the

 

college governing board for the 2005-2006 academic year. This

 

report should also include the annual cost of attendance based on a

 

full-time course load of 30 credits. Each community college shall

 

also report any revisions to the reported 2005-2006 academic year

 

tuition and mandatory fees adopted by the college governing board

 

to the house and senate fiscal agencies, the state budget director,

 

and the department of labor and economic growth within 15 days of

 

being adopted.

 

     (2) The department of labor and economic growth shall prepare

 

and provide to community colleges a standard format for reporting

 

tuition and fees pursuant to subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 509. (1) Each community college shall report to the

 

department of labor and economic growth the numbers and type of

 

associate degrees and other certificates awarded during the

 

previous fiscal year. The report shall be made not later than

 

November 15, 2005.

 

     (2) The department of labor and economic growth shall compile

 

the information received under subsection (1) and shall submit this

 

compilation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community colleges, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget director by January 7, 2006.

 

     Sec. 510. A community college receiving funding under this

 

article and also subject to the student right-to-know and campus

 

security act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat. 2381, shall make a copy

 

of all material prepared in accordance with the public information

 


reporting requirements under the crime awareness and campus

 

security act of 1990, title II of the student right-to-know and

 

campus security act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat. 2384, available

 

in hard copy and electronic format accessible through the Internet

 

for school districts, parents, and students.

 

     Sec. 511. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

frequency and scope of on-site visits, evaluations, audits, and

 

similar activities be limited to that which is reasonably necessary

 

to monitor the performance of community colleges and confirm the

 

accuracy of reported data. On-site visits, evaluations, audits, and

 

similar activities conducted to comply with the state plan approved

 

by the United States department of education under the Perkins act

 

shall be limited to those necessary to meet the requirements of the

 

state plan.

 

     (2) In developing and implementing audit and reporting

 

requirements, including those included in current and proposed

 

state plans under the Perkins act, the department of labor and

 

economic growth shall consult with community colleges, the

 

legislative auditor general, and independent auditors in an effort

 

to coordinate activities and minimize duplication of audit and

 

reporting requirements imposed on community colleges.

 

     (3) At least 30 days before submission of a new state plan to

 

the United States department of education for approval under the

 

Perkins act, the department of labor and economic growth shall

 

provide copies of the proposed plan to the members of the senate

 

and house appropriations subcommittees on community colleges for

 

their review and comment. Copies of the proposed plan shall be

 


provided to the senate and house fiscal agencies and the state

 

budget director at the same time that they are provided to the

 

senate and house subcommittees.

 

     (4) The Perkins grant application process and content shall be

 

streamlined to the extent possible.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "Perkins act" means the Carl D.

 

Perkins vocational and applied technology education act, 20 USC

 

2301 to 2415.

 

     Sec. 513. The department of treasury shall annually collect

 

and compile data on the tax revenue losses to community colleges

 

resulting from tax increment financing authorities (TIFA) and tax

 

abatements. The department of treasury shall produce a report

 

detailing the data. The report shall be completed and presented to

 

the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community

 

colleges, the department of career development, and the department

 

of management and budget not later than March 1, 2006. The report

 

shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

 

     (a) Estimated revenue losses for each community college for

 

the calendar year 2005.

 

     (b) Confirmed revenue losses for each community college for

 

the calendar years 2003 and 2004.

 

     (c) Other requirements requested by the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community colleges.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

PART 1


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of community health for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006,

 

from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary

 

of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,680.6

 

   Average population............................ 1,135.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ [9,879,064,600]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        32,794,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ [9,846,269,800]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................     5,283,772,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................       231,352,700

 

Total private revenues.................................        59,467,500

 

Merit award trust fund.................................        50,300,000

 

Tobacco settlement trust fund..........................        72,000,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................   [1,306,778,000]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ [2,842,599,600]

 

   Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMINISTRATION (HEALTH)

 


   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 220.0

 

Director and other unclassified--6.0 FTE positions..... $        556,500

 

Community health advisory council......................             7,000

 

Departmental administration and management--210.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        21,726,800

 

Worker's compensation program..........................         8,558,700

 

Rent and building occupancy............................         8,700,400

 

Developmental disabilities council and projects--10.0

 

   FTE positions........................................         2,644,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     42,193,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        11,293,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................            35,900

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         3,376,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     27,488,200

 

   Sec. 103. MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL PROJECTS (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 112.0

 

Mental health/substance abuse program administration--

 

   111.0 FTE positions.................................. $     12,160,900

 

Gambling addiction--1.0 FTE position...................         3,500,000

 

Protection and advocacy services support...............           777,400

 

Mental health initiatives for older persons............         1,049,200

 

Community residential and support services.............         2,971,200

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Highway safety projects................................           750,000

 

Federal and other special projects.....................         3,895,400

 

Family support subsidy.................................        17,935,000

 

Housing and support services...........................         7,237,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,276,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        32,202,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................           190,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         4,127,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     13,756,200

 

   Sec. 104. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE

 

SERVICES PROGRAMS (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 9.5

 

Medicaid mental health services........................ $  1,569,659,400

 

Community mental health non-Medicaid services..........       292,598,300

 

Medicaid adult benefits waiver.........................        40,000,000

 

Multicultural services.................................       [3,563,800]

 

Medicaid substance abuse services......................        33,321,400

 

Respite services.......................................         1,000,000

 

CMHSP, purchase of state services contracts............       125,706,500

 

Civil service charges..................................         1,765,500

 

Federal mental health block grant--2.5 FTE positions...        15,335,900

 

State disability assistance program substance abuse

 

   services.............................................         2,259,800

 

Community substance abuse prevention, education, and

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   treatment programs...................................        84,719,100

 

Children's waiver home care program....................        19,549,800

 

Omnibus reconciliation act implementation--7.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................       13,446,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ [2,202,926,200]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................     1,037,378,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................        26,072,100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        90,533,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ [1,048,941,900]

 

   Sec. 105. STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, CENTERS FOR

 

PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND FORENSIC

 

AND PRISON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (HEALTH)

 

   Total average population...................... 1,135.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,976.2

 

Caro regional mental health center - psychiatric

 

   hospital - adult--475.7 FTE positions................ $     39,732,000

 

   Average population.............................. 205.0

 

Kalamazoo psychiatric hospital - adult--518.1 FTE

 

   positions............................................        40,697,600

 

   Average population.............................. 200.0

 

Walter P. Reuther psychiatric hospital - adult--444.6

 

   FTE positions........................................        40,403,500

 

   Average population.............................. 240.0

 

Hawthorn center - psychiatric hospital - children and

 


   adolescents--224.4 FTE positions.....................        20,202,600

 

   Average population............................... 66.0

 

Mount Pleasant center - developmental disabilities--

 

   496.0 FTE positions..................................        38,271,500

 

   Average population.............................. 199.0

 

Center for forensic psychiatry--493.0 FTE positions....        46,075,800

 

   Average population.............................. 225.0

 

Forensic mental health services provided to the

 

   department of corrections--313.4 FTE positions.......        31,570,800

 

Revenue recapture......................................           750,000

 

IDEA, federal special education........................           120,000

 

Special maintenance and equipment......................           335,300

 

Purchase of medical services for residents of

 

   hospitals and centers................................         2,045,600

 

Closed site, transition, and related costs--11.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           621,200

 

Severance pay..........................................           216,900

 

Gifts and bequests for patient living and treatment

 

   environment..........................................         1,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    262,042,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Interdepartmental grant from the department of

 

   corrections..........................................        31,570,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        33,418,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


CMHSP, purchase of state services contracts............       125,706,500

 

Other local revenues...................................        14,845,300

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,000,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         9,966,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     45,535,200

 

   Sec. 106.  PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 83.4

 

Public health administration--11.0 FTE positions....... $      1,448,400

 

Minority health grants and contracts...................           650,000

 

Vital records and health statistics--72.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................         7,317,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,416,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Interdepartmental grant from the department of human

 

   services.............................................           699,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         2,730,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         4,821,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,164,200

 

   Sec. 107.  HEALTH POLICY, REGULATION, AND PROFESSIONS

 

(HEALTH)

 

Full-time equated classified positions.......... 395.2

 

Health systems administration--193.6 FTE positions..... $     20,202,800

 

Emergency medical services program state staff--8.5

 

   FTE positions........................................         1,322,400

 


Radiological health administration--25.0 FTE positions.         2,295,600

 

Substance abuse program administration--4.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           423,800

 

Emergency medical services grants and services.........           702,900

 

Health professions--120.0 FTE positions................        13,273,400

 

Health policy, regulation, and professions

 

   administration--25.7 FTE positions...................         2,571,700

 

Nurse scholarship, education, and research program--

 

   2.0 FTE positions....................................           673,100

 

Certificate of need program administration--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,645,600

 

Rural health services--1.0 FTE position................         1,251,900

 

Michigan essential health provider.....................         1,392,600

 

Primary care services--1.4 FTE positions...............       2,291,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     48,047,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Interdepartmental grant from treasury..................           110,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        19,194,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................           150,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           546,300

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        21,396,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,648,900

 

   Sec. 108.  INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 49.0

 


AIDS prevention, testing, and care programs--12.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     31,438,300

 

Immunization local agreements..........................        13,115,300

 

Immunization program management and field support--

 

   15.0 FTE positions...................................         1,644,800

 

Sexually transmitted disease control local agreements..         3,494,900

 

Sexually transmitted disease control management and

 

   field support--22.0 FTE positions....................         3,485,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     53,178,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        38,556,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................         3,250,500

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         7,291,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,080,200

 

   Sec. 109.  LABORATORY SERVICES (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 121.0

 

Bovine tuberculosis--2.0 FTE positions................. $        500,000

 

Laboratory services--119.0 FTE positions...............        14,975,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,475,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Interdepartmental grant from environmental quality.....           413,400

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         3,008,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Total other state restricted revenues..................         5,154,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,898,600

 

   Sec. 110.  EPIDEMIOLOGY (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 127.5

 

AIDS surveillance and prevention program............... $      2,513,200

 

Asthma prevention and control--2.3 FTE positions.......         1,042,100

 

Bioterrorism preparedness--76.1 FTE positions..........        50,129,600

 

Epidemiology administration--41.1 FTE positions........         6,453,300

 

Newborn screening follow-up and treatment services--

 

   8.0 FTE positions....................................         3,565,900

 

Tuberculosis control and recalcitrant AIDS program.....           867,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     64,571,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        58,779,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................            25,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         3,750,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,015,800

 

   Sec. 111.  LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS

 

(HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 7.0

 

Implementation of 1993 PA 133, MCL 333.17015........... $        100,000

 

Lead abatement program--7.0 FTE positions..............         1,755,800

 

Local health services..................................           220,000

 

Local public health operations.........................        35,468,400

 

Medical services cost reimbursement to local health

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   departments..........................................         3,110,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     40,654,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         4,623,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................           486,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     35,544,900

 

   Sec. 112.  CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND

 

HEALTH PROMOTION (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 51.5

 

African-American male health initiative................ $        106,700

 

AIDS and risk reduction clearinghouse and media

 

   campaign.............................................         1,576,000

 

Alzheimer's information network........................           150,000

 

Cancer prevention and control program--14.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................        12,174,800

 

Chronic disease prevention--1.0 FTE position...........       [3,816,800]

 

Diabetes and kidney program--9.1 FTE positions.........         3,644,000

 

Health education, promotion, and research programs--

 

   9.3 FTE positions....................................           696,500

 

Injury control intervention project--1.0 FTE position..           524,000

 

Public health traffic safety coordination--1.7 FTE

 

   positions............................................           583,200

 

Smoking prevention program--13.1 FTE positions.........         3,619,000

 

Tobacco tax collection and enforcement.................           610,000

 

Violence prevention--2.0 FTE positions.................         1,886,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $   [29,387,000]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        19,572,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................            85,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       [8,645,100]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,084,800

 

   Sec. 113.  FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH

 

SERVICES (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 45.4

 

Childhood lead program--5.8 FTE positions.............. $      2,507,500

 

Dental programs........................................           335,400

 

Dental program for persons with developmental

 

   disabilities.........................................           151,000

 

Family, maternal, and children's health services

 

   administration--39.6 FTE positions...................         4,483,200

 

Family planning local agreements.......................        11,635,700

 

Local MCH services.....................................         7,018,100

 

Migrant health care....................................           272,200

 

Pediatric AIDS prevention and control..................         1,176,800

 

Pregnancy prevention program...........................           812,800

 

Prenatal care outreach and service delivery support....         3,049,300

 

School health and education programs...................           500,000

 

Special projects.......................................         4,994,900

 

Sudden infant death syndrome program...................           321,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     37,258,200

 


    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        31,128,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         1,500,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,630,100

 

   Sec. 114.  WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN FOOD AND

 

NUTRITION PROGRAM (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 41.0

 

Women, infants, and children program administration

 

   and special projects--41.0 FTE positions............. $      6,355,800

 

Women, infants, and children program local agreements

 

   and food costs.......................................       179,272,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    185,627,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       132,398,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................        53,229,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 115.  CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

 

(HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 43.0

 

Children's special health care services

 

   administration--43.0 FTE positions................... $      3,732,700

 

Amputee program........................................           184,600

 

Bequests for care and services.........................         1,889,100

 


Outreach and advocacy..................................         3,773,500

 

Conveyor contract......................................         1,235,300

 

Medical care and treatment.............................       208,668,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    219,483,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       104,331,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,000,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         2,450,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    111,702,200

 

   Sec. 116.  OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.0

 

Drug control policy--16.0 FTE positions................ $      1,903,300

 

Anti-drug abuse grants.................................        24,970,300

 

Interdepartmental grant to judiciary for drug

 

   treatment courts.....................................         1,800,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,673,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        28,389,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        284,400

 

   Sec. 117.  CRIME VICTIM SERVICES COMMISSION

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 10.0

 

Grants administration services--10.0 FTE positions..... $      1,091,100

 


Justice assistance grants..............................        13,000,000

 

Crime victim rights services grants....................         9,655,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     23,746,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        14,623,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         9,122,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 118.  OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

Full-time equated classified positions........... 36.5

 

Commission (per diem $50.00)........................... $          9,500

 

Office of services to aging administration--36.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................         4,831,100

 

Community services.....................................        35,204,200

 

Nutrition services.....................................        37,290,500

 

Senior volunteer services..............................         5,624,900

 

Employment assistance..................................         2,818,300

 

Respite care program...................................         7,600,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     93,378,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        52,100,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................           105,000

 

Tobacco settlement trust fund..........................         5,000,000

 


Total other state restricted revenues..................         2,767,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     33,405,900

 

   Sec. 119.  MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 336.4

 

Medical services administration--336.4 FTE positions... $     46,302,000

 

Facility inspection contract - labor and economic

 

   growth...............................................           132,800

 

MIChild administration.................................         4,327,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,762,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        37,295,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     13,466,900

 

   Sec. 120.  MEDICAL SERVICES (HEALTH)

 

Hospital services and therapy.......................... $  1,225,108,500

 

Hospital disproportionate share payments...............        50,000,000

 

Physician services.....................................       256,951,500

 

Medicare premium payments..............................       272,705,600

 

Pharmaceutical services................................       347,223,400

 

Home health services...................................        55,777,200

 

Transportation.........................................         8,738,300

 

Auxiliary medical services.............................      104,861,900

 

Ambulance services.....................................        12,727,900

 

Long-term care services................................     1,670,452,500

 

Elder prescription insurance coverage..................         3,900,000

 

Health plan services...................................     1,658,116,200

 


MIChild program........................................        39,994,400

 

Medicaid adult benefits waiver.........................        76,654,900

 

Maternal and child health..............................        20,279,500

 

Social services to the physically disabled.............         1,344,900

 

Federal Medicare pharmaceutical program................       174,855,500

 

County indigent care and third share plans.............        89,167,400

 

Subtotal basic medical services program................     6,068,859,600

 

School-based services..................................        68,621,100

 

Special adjustor and special DSH payments..............       253,689,500

 

Subtotal special medical services payments.............      322,310,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  6,391,170,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................     3,604,351,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................        64,578,800

 

Merit award trust fund.................................        50,300,000

 

Tobacco settlement trust fund..........................        67,000,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     1,128,400,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $  1,476,539,600

 

   Sec. 121.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HEALTH)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $     30,794,700

 

Michigan Medicaid information system...................               100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     30,794,800

 

   Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        18,396,100

 


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         2,987,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      9,411,600

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$4,271,677,600.00] and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to units of local

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$1,104,751,500.00]. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

 

AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

 

Mental health initiatives for older persons............ $      1,049,200

 

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PROGRAMS

 

State disability assistance program substance

 

    abuse services......................................         2,259,800

 

Community substance abuse prevention, education, and

 

    treatment programs..................................        18,290,500

 

Medicaid mental health services........................       655,317,100

 

Community mental health non-Medicaid services..........       312,098,300

 

Medicaid adult benefits waiver.........................        12,156,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Multicultural services.................................       [3,563,800]

 

Medicaid substance abuse services......................        14,464,800

 

Respite services.......................................         1,000,000

 

Omnibus budget reconciliation act implementation.......         3,866,900

 

HEALTH POLICY, REGULATION AND PROFESSIONS

 

Health professions.....................................           275,000

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

 

AIDS prevention, testing and care programs.............         1,400,000

 

Immunization local agreements..........................         1,325,000

 

Sexually transmitted disease control local agreements..           421,800

 

LABORATORY SERVICES

 

Laboratory services....................................            54,000

 

LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS

 

Implementation of 1993 PA 133..........................             7,700

 

Local public health operations.........................        35,468,400

 

CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

 

Cancer prevention and control program..................           120,700

 

Diabetes and kidney program............................           295,800

 

Smoking prevention program.............................          452,100

 

FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES

 

Childhood lead program.................................            50,000

 

Prenatal care outreach and service delivery support....           636,000

 

School health and education programs...................           500,000

 

CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

 

Outreach and advocacy..................................         1,283,200

 

MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Transportation.........................................         1,275,300

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING

 

Community services.....................................        14,854,300

 

Nutrition services.....................................        11,280,300

 

Senior volunteer services..............................         1,153,400

 

Respite care program...................................         4,400,000

 

CRIME VICTIM SERVICES COMMISSION

 

Crime victim rights services grants....................        5,432,100

 

TOTAL OF PAYMENTS TO LOCAL UNITS

 

OF GOVERNMENT......................................... $  [1,104,751,500]

 

     Sec. 202. (1) The appropriations authorized under this article

 

are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     (2) Funds for which the state is acting as the custodian or

 

agent are not subject to annual appropriation.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "AIDS" means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

 

     (b) "CMHSP" means a community mental health services program

 

as that term is defined in section 100a of the mental health code,

 

1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a.

 

     (c) "Department" means the Michigan department of community

 

health.

 

     (d) "DSH" means disproportionate share hospital.

 

     (e) "EPIC" means elder prescription insurance coverage

 

program.

 

     (f) "EPSDT" means early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and

 

treatment.

 

     (g) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 


     (h) "GME" means graduate medical education.

 

     (i) "Health plan" means, at a minimum, an organization that

 

meets the criteria for delivering the comprehensive package of

 

services under the department's comprehensive health plan.

 

     (j) "HIV/AIDS" means human immunodeficiency virus/acquired

 

immune deficiency syndrome.

 

     (k) "HMO" means health maintenance organization.

 

     (l) "IDEA" means individual disability education act.

 

     (m) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (n) "MCH" means maternal and child health.

 

     (o) "MIChild" means the program described in section 1670.

 

     (p) "MSS/ISS" means maternal and infant support services.

 

     (q) "Specialty prepaid health plan" means a program described

 

in section 232b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL

 

330.1232b.

 

     (r) "Title XVIII" means title XVIII of the social security

 

act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395hhh.

 

     (s) "Title XIX" means title XIX of the social security act, 42

 

USC 1396 to 1396v.

 

     (t) "Title XX" means title XX of the social security act, 49

 

USC 1397 to 1397f.

 

     (u) "WIC" means women, infants, and children supplemental

 

nutrition program.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

department at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new state classified civil service

 

employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state classified

 

civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply to

 

internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position to

 

another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining the vacancy. The state budget director

 

shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house

 

of representatives standing committees on appropriations the number

 

of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 

quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     [Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

e is appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000,000.00 for

 

ral contingency funds.  These funds are not available for

 

nditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

article under section 393(2) of the management and budget

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

priated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for state

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

retricted contingency funds.  These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in this article under section 393(2) of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds.  These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this

 

article under section 393(2) of the anagement and budget act, 1984

 

 

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds.  These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this

 

article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

                   ]PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on the Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used

 

for the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the

 


purchase of out-of-state goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality Michigan goods or

 

services, or both, are available.

 

     Sec. 211. If the revenue collected by the department from fees

 

and collections exceeds the amount appropriated in part 1, the

 

revenue may be carried forward with the approval of the state

 

budget director into the subsequent fiscal year. The revenue

 

carried forward under this section shall be used as the first

 

source of funds in the subsequent fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 212. (1) From the amounts appropriated in part 1, no

 

greater than the following amounts are supported with federal

 

maternal and child health block grant, preventive health and health

 

services block grant, substance abuse block grant, healthy Michigan

 

fund, and Michigan health initiative funds:

 

     (a) Maternal and child health block grant.......... $    21,162,400

 

     (b) Preventive health and health services

 

block grant.............................................        5,617,500

 

     (c) Substance abuse block grant....................       60,399,600

 

     (d) Healthy Michigan fund..........................       43,512,700

 

     (e) Michigan health initiative.....................       10,121,200

 

     (2) On or before February 1, 2006, the department shall report

 

to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on the detailed name and

 

amounts of federal, restricted, private, and local sources of

 

revenue that support the appropriations in each of the line items

 

in part 1 of this article.

 


     (3) Upon the release of the fiscal year 2006-2007 executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall report to the same

 

parties in subsection (2) on the amounts and detailed sources of

 

federal, restricted, private, and local revenue proposed to support

 

the total funds appropriated in each of the line items in part 1 of

 

the fiscal year 2006-2007 executive budget proposal.

 

     (4) The department shall provide to the same parties in

 

subsection (2) all revenue source detail for consolidated revenue

 

line item detail upon request to the department.

 

     Sec. 213. The state departments, agencies, and commissions

 

receiving tobacco tax funds from part 1 shall report by January 1,

 

2006, to the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

committees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director on the following:

 

     (a) Detailed spending plan by appropriation line item

 

including description of programs.

 

     (b) Description of allocations or bid processes including need

 

or demand indicators used to determine allocations.

 

     (c) Eligibility criteria for program participation and maximum

 

benefit levels where applicable.

 

     (d) Outcome measures to be used to evaluate programs.

 

     (e) Any other information considered necessary by the house of

 

representatives or senate appropriations committees or the state

 

budget director.

 

     Sec. 214. The use of state-restricted tobacco tax revenue

 

received for the purpose of tobacco prevention, education, and

 

reduction efforts and deposited in the healthy Michigan fund shall

 


not be used for lobbying as defined in 1978 PA 472, MCL 4.411 to

 

4.431, and shall not be used in attempting to influence the

 

decisions of the legislature, the governor, or any state agency.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) In addition to funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

all programs and services, there is appropriated for write-offs of

 

accounts receivable, deferrals, and for prior year obligations in

 

excess of applicable prior year appropriations, an amount equal to

 

total write-offs and prior year obligations, but not to exceed

 

amounts available in prior year revenues.

 

     (2) The department's ability to satisfy appropriation

 

deductions in part 1 shall not be limited to collections and

 

accruals pertaining to services provided in fiscal year 2005-2006,

 

but shall also include reimbursements, refunds, adjustments, and

 

settlements from prior years.

 

     (3) The department shall report by March 15, 2006 to the house

 

of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health on all reimbursements, refunds, adjustments, and

 

settlements from prior years.

 

     Sec. 218. Basic health services for the purpose of part 23 of

 

the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2301 to 333.2321, are:

 

immunizations, communicable disease control, sexually transmitted

 

disease control, tuberculosis control, prevention of gonorrhea eye

 

infection in newborns, screening newborns for the 8 conditions

 

listed in section 5431(1)(a) through (h) of the public health code,

 

1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5431, community health annex of the Michigan

 

emergency management plan, and prenatal care.

 

     Sec. 219. (1) The department may contract with the Michigan

 


public health institute for the design and implementation of

 

projects and for other public health related activities prescribed

 

in section 2611 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.2611. The department may develop a master agreement with the

 

institute to carry out these purposes for up to a 3-year period.

 

The department shall report to the house of representatives and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on or

 

before November 1, 2005 and May 1, 2006 all of the following:

 

     (a) A detailed description of each funded project.

 

     (b) The amount allocated for each project, the appropriation

 

line item from which the allocation is funded, and the source of

 

financing for each project.

 

     (c) The expected project duration.

 

     (d) A detailed spending plan for each project, including a

 

list of all subgrantees and the amount allocated to each

 

subgrantee.

 

     (2) If a report required under subsection (1) is not received

 

by the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on or before the date

 

specified for that report, the disbursement of funds to the

 

Michigan public health institute under this section shall stop. The

 

disbursement of those funds shall recommence when the overdue

 

report is received.

 

     (3) On or before September 30, 2006, the department shall

 

provide to the same parties listed in subsection (1) a copy of all

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

reports, studies, and publications produced by the Michigan public

 

health institute, its subcontractors, or the department with the

 

funds appropriated in part 1 and allocated to the Michigan public

 

health institute.

 

     [(4) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department may

 

allocate a portion of general fund/general purpose funds to the

 

Michigan public health institute for contractual services in a

 

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total amount of not more than $1,691,100.00.

     Sec. 220. All contracts with the Michigan public health

 

institute funded with appropriations in part 1 shall include a

 

requirement that the Michigan public health institute submit to

 

financial and performance audits by the state auditor general of

 

projects funded with state appropriations.

 

     Sec. 223. The department of community health may establish and

 

collect fees for publications, videos and related materials,

 

conferences, and workshops. Collected fees shall be used to offset

 

expenditures to pay for printing and mailing costs of the

 

publications, videos and related materials, and costs of the

 

workshops and conferences. The costs shall not exceed fees

 

collected.

 

     Sec. 259. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 260. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 


technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 261.  Funds appropriated in part 1 for the Medicaid

 

management information system upgrade are contingent upon approval

 

of an advanced planning document from the centers for Medicare and

 

Medicaid services.  If the necessary matching funds are identified

 

and legislatively transferred to this line item, the corresponding

 

federal Medicaid revenue shall be appropriated at a 90/10

 

federal/state match rate.  This appropriation may be designated as

 

a work project and carried forward to support completion of this

 

project.

 

     Sec. 264. Upon submission of a Medicaid waiver, a Medicaid

 

state plan amendment, or a similar proposal to the centers for

 

Medicare and Medicaid services, the department shall notify the

 

house of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health and the house and senate fiscal agencies of the

 

submission.

 

     Sec. 265. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all

 

reports funded from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state

 

guidelines for short-term and long-term retention of records shall

 

be followed.

 

     Sec. 266. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 


state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house of representatives and senate standing committees on

 

appropriations.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 


funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house of representatives 

 

and senate standing committees on appropriations, the fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director. The report shall include

 

the following information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMINISTRATION

 

     Sec. 301. From funds appropriated for worker's compensation,

 

the department may make payments in lieu of worker's compensation

 

payments for wage and salary and related fringe benefits for

 

employees who return to work under limited duty assignments.

 

     Sec. 303. The department is prohibited from requiring first-

 

party payment from individuals or families with a taxable income of

 

$10,000.00 or less for mental health services for determinations

 


made in accordance with section 818 of the mental health code, 1974

 

PA 258, MCL 330.1818.

 

     Sec. 313. By November 1, 2005, the department shall report to

 

the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on activities undertaken by

 

the department to address compulsive gambling.

 

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL

 

PROJECTS

 

     Sec. 350. The department may enter into a contract with the

 

protection and advocacy service, authorized under section 931 of

 

the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1931, or a similar

 

organization to provide legal services for purposes of gaining and

 

maintaining occupancy in a community living arrangement which is

 

under lease or contract with the department or a community mental

 

health services program to provide services to persons with mental

 

illness or developmental disability.

 

 

 

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PROGRAMS

 

     Sec. 401. Funds appropriated in part 1 are intended to support

 

a system of comprehensive community mental health services under

 

the full authority and responsibility of local CMHSPs or specialty

 

prepaid health plans. The department shall ensure that each CMHSP

 

or specialty prepaid health plan provides all of the following:

 

     (a) A system of single entry and single exit.

 

     (b) A complete array of mental health services which shall

 


include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following

 

services: residential and other individualized living arrangements,

 

outpatient services, acute inpatient services, and long-term, 24-

 

hour inpatient care in a structured, secure environment.

 

     (c) The coordination of inpatient and outpatient hospital

 

services through agreements with state-operated psychiatric

 

hospitals, units, and centers in facilities owned or leased by the

 

state, and privately-owned hospitals, units, and centers licensed

 

by the state pursuant to sections 134 through 149b of the mental

 

health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1134 to 330.1149b.

 

     (d) Individualized plans of service that are sufficient to

 

meet the needs of individuals, including those discharged from

 

psychiatric hospitals or centers, and that ensure the full range of

 

recipient needs is addressed through the CMHSP's or specialty

 

prepaid health plan's program or through assistance with locating

 

and obtaining services to meet these needs.

 

     (e) A system of case management to monitor and ensure the

 

provision of services consistent with the individualized plan of

 

services or supports.

 

     (f) A system of continuous quality improvement.

 

     (g) A system to monitor and evaluate the mental health

 

services provided.

 

     (h) A system that serves at-risk and delinquent youth as

 

required under the provisions of the mental health code, 1974 PA

 

258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106.

 

     Sec. 402. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, final

 

authorizations to CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans shall be

 


made upon the execution of contracts between the department and

 

CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans. The contracts shall

 

contain an approved plan and budget as well as policies and

 

procedures governing the obligations and responsibilities of both

 

parties to the contracts. Each contract with a CMHSP or specialty

 

prepaid health plan that the department is authorized to enter into

 

under this subsection shall include a provision that the contract

 

is not valid unless the total dollar obligation for all of the

 

contracts between the department and the CMHSPs or specialty

 

prepaid health plans entered into under this subsection for fiscal

 

year 2005-2006 does not exceed the amount of money appropriated in

 

part 1 for the contracts authorized under this subsection.

 

     (2) The department shall immediately report to the senate and

 

house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on community

 

health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget

 

director if either of the following occurs:

 

     (a) Any new contracts with CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health

 

plans that would affect rates or expenditures are enacted.

 

     (b) Any amendments to contracts with CMHSPs or specialty

 

prepaid health plans that would affect rates or expenditures are

 

enacted.

 

     (3) The report required by subsection (2) shall include

 

information about the changes and their effects on rates and

 

expenditures.

 

     Sec. 403. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

multicultural services, the department shall ensure that CMHSPs or

 

specialty prepaid health plans continue contracts with

 


multicultural services providers.

 

     Sec. 404. (1) Not later than May 31 of each fiscal year, the

 

department shall provide a report on the community mental health

 

services programs to the members of the house of representatives

 

and senate appropriations subcommittees on community health, the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director

 

that includes the information required by this section.

 

     (2) The report shall contain information for each CMHSP or

 

specialty prepaid health plan and a statewide summary, each of

 

which shall include at least the following information:

 

     (a) A demographic description of service recipients which,

 

minimally, shall include reimbursement eligibility, client

 

population, age, ethnicity, housing arrangements, and diagnosis.

 

     (b) Per capita expenditures by client population group.

 

     (c) Financial information which, minimally, shall include a

 

description of funding authorized; expenditures by client group and

 

fund source; and cost information by service category, including

 

administration. Service category shall include all department

 

approved services.

 

     (d) Data describing service outcomes which shall include, but

 

not be limited to, an evaluation of consumer satisfaction, consumer

 

choice, and quality of life concerns including, but not limited to,

 

housing and employment.

 

     (e) The number of second opinions requested under the code and

 

the determination of any appeals.

 

     (f) An analysis of information provided by community mental

 

health service programs in response to the needs assessment

 


requirements of the mental health code, including information about

 

the number of persons in the service delivery system who have

 

requested and are clinically appropriate for different services.

 

     (g) Lapses and carryforwards during fiscal year 2004-2005 for

 

CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans.

 

     (h) Contracts for mental health services entered into by

 

CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans with providers, including

 

amount and rates, organized by type of service provided.

 

     (i) Information on the community mental health Medicaid

 

managed care program, including, but not limited to, both of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Expenditures by each CMHSP or specialty prepaid health plan

 

organized by Medicaid eligibility group, including per eligible

 

individual expenditure averages.

 

     (ii) Performance indicator information required to be submitted

 

to the department in the contracts with CMHSPs or specialty prepaid

 

health plans.

 

     (3) The department shall include data reporting requirements

 

listed in subsection (2) in the annual contract with each

 

individual CMHSP or specialty prepaid health plan.

 

     (4) The department shall take all reasonable actions to ensure

 

that the data required are complete and consistent among all CMHSPs

 

or specialty prepaid health plans.

 

     Sec. 405. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

employee wage pass-through funded in previous years to the

 

community mental health services programs for direct care workers

 

in local residential settings and for paraprofessional and other

 


nonprofessional direct care workers in day programs, supported

 

employment, and other vocational programs shall continue to be paid

 

to direct care workers.

 

     Sec. 406. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the state

 

disability assistance substance abuse services program shall be

 

used to support per diem room and board payments in substance abuse

 

residential facilities. Eligibility of clients for the state

 

disability assistance substance abuse services program shall

 

include needy persons 18 years of age or older, or emancipated

 

minors, who reside in a substance abuse treatment center.

 

     (2) The department shall reimburse all licensed substance

 

abuse programs eligible to participate in the program at a rate

 

equivalent to that paid by the department of human services to

 

adult foster care providers. Programs accredited by department-

 

approved accrediting organizations shall be reimbursed at the

 

personal care rate, while all other eligible programs shall be

 

reimbursed at the domiciliary care rate.

 

     Sec. 407. (1) The amount appropriated in part 1 for substance

 

abuse prevention, education, and treatment grants shall be expended

 

for contracting with coordinating agencies. Coordinating agencies

 

shall work with the CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans to

 

coordinate the care and services provided to individuals with both

 

mental illness and substance abuse diagnoses.

 

     (2) The department shall establish a fee schedule for

 

coordinating agencies that provide substance abuse services and

 

charge participants in accordance with their ability to pay.

 

     Sec. 408. (1) By April 15, 2006, the department shall report

 


the following data from fiscal year 2004-2005 on substance abuse

 

prevention, education, and treatment programs to the senate and

 

house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on community

 

health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget

 

office:

 

     (a) Expenditures stratified by coordinating agency, by central

 

diagnosis and referral agency, by fund source, by subcontractor, by

 

population served, and by service type. Additionally, data on

 

administrative expenditures by coordinating agency and by

 

subcontractor shall be reported.

 

     (b) Expenditures per state client, with data on the

 

distribution of expenditures reported using a histogram approach.

 

     (c) Number of services provided by central diagnosis and

 

referral agency, by subcontractor, and by service type.

 

Additionally, data on length of stay, referral source, and

 

participation in other state programs.

 

     (d) Collections from other first- or third-party payers,

 

private donations, or other state or local programs, by

 

coordinating agency, by subcontractor, by population served, and by

 

service type.

 

     (2) The department shall take all reasonable actions to ensure

 

that the required data reported are complete and consistent among

 

all coordinating agencies.

 

     Sec. 409. The funding in part 1 for substance abuse services

 

shall be distributed in a manner that provides priority to service

 

providers that furnish child care services to clients with

 

children.

 


     Sec. 410. The department shall assure that substance abuse

 

treatment is provided to applicants and recipients of public

 

assistance through the department of human services who are

 

required to obtain substance abuse treatment as a condition of

 

eligibility for public assistance.

 

     Sec. 411. (1) The department shall ensure that each contract

 

with a CMHSP or specialty prepaid health plan requires the CMHSP or

 

specialty prepaid health plan to implement programs to encourage

 

diversion of persons with serious mental illness, serious emotional

 

disturbance, or developmental disability from possible jail

 

incarceration when appropriate.

 

     (2) Each CMHSP or specialty prepaid health plan shall have

 

jail diversion services and shall work toward establishing working

 

relationships with representative staff of local law enforcement

 

agencies, including county prosecutors' offices, county sheriffs'

 

offices, county jails, municipal police agencies, municipal

 

detention facilities, and the courts. Written interagency

 

agreements describing what services each participating agency is

 

prepared to commit to the local jail diversion effort and the

 

procedures to be used by local law enforcement agencies to access

 

mental health jail diversion services are strongly encouraged.

 

     Sec. 412. The department shall contract directly with the

 

Salvation Army harbor light program to provide non-Medicaid

 

substance abuse services at not less than the amount contracted for

 

in fiscal year 2004-2005.

 

     Sec. 414. Medicaid substance abuse treatment services shall be

 

managed by selected CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans

 


pursuant to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services'

 

approval of Michigan's 1915(b) waiver request to implement a

 

managed care plan for specialized substance abuse services. The

 

selected CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans shall receive a

 

capitated payment on a per eligible per month basis to assure

 

provision of medically necessary substance abuse services to all

 

beneficiaries who require those services. The selected CMHSPs or

 

specialty prepaid health plans shall be responsible for the

 

reimbursement of claims for specialized substance abuse services.

 

The CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans that are not

 

coordinating agencies may continue to contract with a coordinating

 

agency. Any alternative arrangement must be based on client service

 

needs and have prior approval from the department.

 

     Sec. 418. On or before the tenth of each month, the department

 

shall report to the senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the amount

 

of funding paid to the CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans to

 

support the Medicaid managed mental health care program in that

 

month. The information shall include the total paid to each CMHSP

 

or specialty prepaid health plan, per capita rate paid for each

 

eligibility group for each CMHSP or specialty prepaid health plan,

 

and number of cases in each eligibility group for each CMHSP or

 

specialty prepaid health plan, and year-to-date summary of

 

eligibles and expenditures for the Medicaid managed mental health

 

care program.

 

     Sec. 423. The department shall work cooperatively with the

 


departments of human services, corrections, education, state

 

police, and military and veterans affairs to coordinate and improve

 

the delivery of substance abuse prevention, education, and

 

treatment programs within existing appropriations.

 

     Sec. 424. Each community mental health services program or

 

specialty prepaid health plan that contracts with the department to

 

provide services to the Medicaid population shall adhere to the

 

following timely claims processing and payment procedure for claims

 

submitted by health professionals and facilities:

 

     (a) A "clean claim" as described in section 111i of the social

 

welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.111i, must be paid within 45 days

 

after receipt of the claim by the community mental health services

 

program or specialty prepaid health plan. A clean claim that is not

 

paid within this time frame shall bear simple interest at a rate of

 

12% per annum.

 

     (b) A community mental health services program or specialty

 

prepaid health plan must state in writing to the health

 

professional or facility any defect in the claim within 30 days

 

after receipt of the claim.

 

     (c) A health professional and a health facility have 30 days

 

after receipt of a notice that a claim or a portion of a claim is

 

defective within which to correct the defect. The community mental

 

health services program or specialty prepaid health plan shall pay

 

the claim within 30 days after the defect is corrected.

 

     Sec. 425. By April 1, 2006, the department, in conjunction

 

with the department of corrections, shall report the following data

 

from fiscal year 2004-2005 on mental health and substance abuse

 


services to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health and corrections, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget office:

 

     (a) The number of prisoners receiving substance abuse

 

services, which shall include a description and breakdown of the

 

type of substance abuse services provided to prisoners.

 

     (b) The number of prisoners with a primary diagnosis of mental

 

illness and the number of such prisoners receiving mental health

 

services, which shall include a description and breakdown,

 

minimally encompassing the categories of inpatient, residential,

 

and outpatient care, of the type of mental health services provided

 

to those prisoners.

 

     (c) The number of prisoners with a primary diagnosis of mental

 

illness and receiving substance abuse services, which shall include

 

a description and breakdown, minimally encompassing the categories

 

of inpatient, residential, and outpatient care, of the type of

 

treatment provided to those prisoners.

 

     (d) Data indicating if prisoners receiving mental health

 

services for a primary diagnosis of mental illness were previously

 

hospitalized in a state psychiatric hospital for persons with

 

mental illness.

 

     (e) Data indicating if prisoners with a primary diagnosis of

 

mental illness and receiving substance abuse services were

 

previously hospitalized in a state psychiatric hospital for persons

 

with mental illness.

 

     Sec. 428. (1) Each CMHSP and affiliation of CMHSPs shall

 

provide, from internal resources, local funds to be used as a bona

 


fide part of the state match required under the Medicaid program in

 

order to increase capitation rates for CMHSPs and affiliations of

 

CMHSPs. These funds shall not include either state funds received

 

by a CMHSP for services provided to non-Medicaid recipients or the

 

state matching portion of the Medicaid capitation payments made to

 

a CMHSP or an affiliation of CMHSPs.

 

     (2) The distribution of the aforementioned increases in the

 

capitation payment rates, if any, shall be based on a formula

 

developed by a committee established by the department, including

 

representatives from CMHSPs or affiliations of CMHSPs and

 

department staff.

 

     Sec. 435. A county required under the provisions of the mental

 

health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, to provide

 

matching funds to a CMHSP for mental health services rendered to

 

residents in its jurisdiction shall pay the matching funds in equal

 

installments on not less than a quarterly basis throughout the

 

fiscal year, with the first payment being made by October 1, 2005.

 

     Sec. 439. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department, in conjunction with CMHSPs, support pilot projects that

 

facilitate the movement of adults with mental illness from state

 

psychiatric hospitals to community residential settings.

 

     (2) The purpose of the pilot projects is to encourage the

 

placement of persons with mental illness in community residential

 

settings who may require any of the following:

 

     (a) A secured and supervised living environment.

 

     (b) Assistance in taking prescribed medications.

 

     (c) Intensive case management services.

 


     (d) Assertive community treatment team services.

 

     (e) Alcohol or substance abuse treatment and counseling.

 

     (f) Individual or group therapy.

 

     (g) Day or partial day programming activities.

 

     (h) Vocational, educational, or self-help training or

 

activities.

 

     (i) Other services prescribed to treat a person's mental

 

illness to prevent the need for hospitalization.

 

     (3) The pilot projects described in this section shall be

 

completely voluntary.

 

     (4) The department shall provide semiannual reports to the

 

house of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health, the state budget office, and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies as to any activities undertaken by the department

 

and CMHSPs for pilot projects implemented under this section.

 

     Sec. 442. (1) The department shall assure that persons

 

enrolled in the Medicaid adult benefits waiver program shall

 

receive mental health services under the priority population

 

sections of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to

 

330.2106.

 

     (2) Capitation payments to CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health

 

plans for persons who become enrolled in the Medicaid adult

 

benefits waiver program shall be made using the same rate

 

methodology as payments for the current Medicaid beneficiaries.

 

     (3) If enrollment in the Medicaid adult benefits waiver

 

program does not achieve expectations and the funding appropriated

 

for the Medicaid adult benefits waiver program for specialty

 


services is not expended, the general fund balance shall be

 

transferred back to the community mental health non-Medicaid

 

services line. The department shall report quarterly to the senate

 

and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health a summary of eligible expenditures for the

 

Medicaid adult benefits waiver program by CMHSPs or specialty

 

prepaid health plans.

 

     Sec. 450. The department shall continue a work group comprised

 

of CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans and departmental staff

 

to recommend strategies to streamline audit and reporting

 

requirements for CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans. The

 

department shall report on the recommendations of the work group by

 

March 31, 2006 to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house fiscal

 

agency, the senate fiscal agency, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 452. Unless otherwise authorized by law, the department

 

shall not implement retroactively any policy that would lead to a

 

negative financial impact on community mental health services

 

programs or prepaid inpatient health plans.

 

     Sec. 455. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for community

 

mental health non-Medicaid services, the department shall ensure

 

that for any payments or spending authorizations made to a CMHSP

 

established by a single charter county that has totally situated

 

within that county a city having a population of at least 500,000,

 

a total of no more than 3% of the aggregate payments or

 

authorization shall be expended by the CMHSP or by the county, or

 

both, for administrative costs or county central services costs

 


allocated by the county to the CMHSP. The department shall specify,

 

in its contracts with the CMHSP, the definition of allowable

 

administrative costs and the method for allocating those costs for

 

reporting purposes.

 

     Sec. 456. The prepaid inpatient health plans shall honor

 

consumer choice to the fullest extent possible when providing

 

Medicaid mental health services and support programs for

 

individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, or

 

substance abuse issues. Consumer choices shall include skill

 

building assistance and work preparatory services provided in

 

accredited community based rehabilitation organizations, as well as

 

supported and integrated employment services. The prepaid inpatient

 

health plans shall not arbitrarily eliminate any choices from the

 

array of services available to consumers without reasonable

 

justification that those services are not in the consumer's best

 

interest.

 

     Sec. 457. The department shall assure that implementation of

 

the quality assurance assessment program for community mental

 

health prepaid inpatient health plans shall not result in any net

 

reduction in revenue for community mental health services. If the

 

quality assurance assessment program is not implemented, if it is

 

implemented and does not generate the anticipated revenue, or if it

 

is reduced or eliminated at a later date, the department shall

 

present a plan on how the projected general fund/general purpose

 

savings will be achieved to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health.

 

     Sec. 458. By April 15, 2006, the department shall provide each

 


of the following to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director:

 

     (a) An updated plan for implementing recommendations of the

 

Michigan mental health commission made in the commission's report

 

dated October 15, 2004.

 

     (b) A report that evaluates the cost-benefit of establishing

 

secure residential facilities of fewer than 17 beds for adults with

 

serious mental illness, modeled after such programming in Oregon or

 

other states.

 

     (c) In conjunction with the state court administrator's

 

office, a report that evaluates the cost-benefit of establishing a

 

specialized mental health court program that diverts adults with

 

serious mental illness alleged to have committed an offense deemed

 

nonserious into treatment prior to the filing of any charges.

 

     Sec. 459. (1) If a community mental health services program,

 

currently established as a community mental health agency under MCL

 

330.1204, is required by statute to become a community mental

 

health authority by a specified date in order to be eligible to

 

continue to contract with the department of community health as a

 

specialty prepaid health plan, or to continue to receive state

 

financial support as a community mental health services program,

 

the department of community health shall monitor the progress of

 

the community mental health services program to ensure that it is

 

able to properly operate as a community mental health authority by

 

the required specified date. In carrying out its monitoring

 

activities, the department of community health may require such

 


plans, reports, and other evidence from the community mental health

 

services program that it deems necessary to properly monitor and

 

evaluate the progress of the community mental health services

 

program toward the establishment and operation of a community

 

mental health authority. Such plans, reports, and evidence shall

 

include, at the minimum, the following:

 

     (a) A copy of the enabling resolution adopted by the board of

 

commissioners creating the authority, addressing the required

 

provisions set forth in MCL 330.1205, and duly filed with the

 

secretary of state and the county clerk of the county establishing

 

the authority.

 

     (b) A detailed transition plan, describing how the community

 

mental health services program proposes to carry out

 

administrative, personnel, finance, accounting, management

 

information, data reporting, regulatory compliance, quality

 

assurance, recipient rights, clinical services, and any other

 

managerial tasks or activities necessary for the successful

 

operation of a community mental health authority.

 

     (2) If the department of community health determines that, in

 

its judgment, the community mental health services program is not

 

making sufficient progress to ensure a functioning community mental

 

health authority by the date specified in statute, the department

 

of community health may withhold such current year appropriated

 

funds as it deems appropriate from the community mental health

 

services program to assure that the department of community health

 

has sufficient capacity to directly operate necessary programs and

 

services within the county should the community mental health

 


authority fail to become fully operational on the required

 

specified date.

 

 

 

STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, CENTERS FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL

 

DISABILITIES, AND FORENSIC AND PRISON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

 

     Sec. 601. (1) In funding of staff in the financial support

 

division, reimbursement, and billing and collection sections,

 

priority shall be given to obtaining third-party payments for

 

services. Collection from individual recipients of services and

 

their families shall be handled in a sensitive and nonharassing

 

manner.

 

     (2) The department shall continue a revenue recapture project

 

to generate additional revenues from third parties related to cases

 

that have been closed or are inactive. Revenues collected through

 

project efforts are appropriated to the department for departmental

 

costs and contractual fees associated with these retroactive

 

collections and to improve ongoing departmental reimbursement

 

management functions.

 

     Sec. 602. Unexpended and unencumbered amounts and accompanying

 

expenditure authorizations up to $1,000,000.00 remaining on

 

September 30, 2006 from pay telephone revenues and the amounts

 

appropriated in part 1 for gifts and bequests for patient living

 

and treatment environments shall be carried forward for 1 fiscal

 

year. The purpose of gifts and bequests for patient living and

 

treatment environments is to use additional private funds to

 

provide specific enhancements for individuals residing at state-

 

operated facilities. Use of the gifts and bequests shall be

 


consistent with the stipulation of the donor. The expected

 

completion date for the use of gifts and bequests donations is

 

within 3 years unless otherwise stipulated by the donor.

 

     Sec. 603. The funds appropriated in part 1 for forensic mental

 

health services provided to the department of corrections are in

 

accordance with the interdepartmental plan developed in cooperation

 

with the department of corrections. The department is authorized to

 

receive and expend funds from the department of corrections in

 

addition to the appropriations in part 1 to fulfill the obligations

 

outlined in the interdepartmental agreements.

 

     Sec. 604. (1) The CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans

 

shall provide semiannual reports to the department on the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The number of days of care purchased from state hospitals

 

and centers.

 

     (b) The number of days of care purchased from private

 

hospitals in lieu of purchasing days of care from state hospitals

 

and centers.

 

     (c) The number and type of alternative placements to state

 

hospitals and centers other than private hospitals.

 

     (d) Waiting lists for placements in state hospitals and

 

centers.

 

     (2) The department shall semiannually report the information

 

in subsection (1) to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 605. (1) The department shall not implement any closures

 


or consolidations of state hospitals, centers, or agencies until

 

CMHSPs or specialty prepaid health plans have programs and services

 

in place for those persons currently in those facilities and a plan

 

for service provision for those persons who would have been

 

admitted to those facilities.

 

     (2) All closures or consolidations are dependent upon adequate

 

department-approved CMHSP plans that include a discharge and

 

aftercare plan for each person currently in the facility. A

 

discharge and aftercare plan shall address the person's housing

 

needs. A homeless shelter or similar temporary shelter arrangements

 

are inadequate to meet the person's housing needs.

 

     (3) Four months after the certification of closure required in

 

section 19(6) of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240,

 

MCL 38.19, the department shall provide a closure plan to the house

 

of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health and the state budget director.

 

     (4) Upon the closure of state-run operations and after

 

transitional costs have been paid, the remaining balances of funds

 

appropriated for that operation shall be transferred to CMHSPs or

 

specialty prepaid health plans responsible for providing services

 

for persons previously served by the operations.

 

     Sec. 606. The department may collect revenue for patient

 

reimbursement from first- and third-party payers, including

 

Medicaid and local county CMHSP payers, to cover the cost of

 

placement in state hospitals and centers. The department is

 

authorized to adjust financing sources for patient reimbursement

 

based on actual revenues earned. If the revenue collected exceeds

 


current year expenditures, the revenue may be carried forward with

 

approval of the state budget director. The revenue carried forward

 

shall be used as a first source of funds in the subsequent year.

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

 

     Sec. 650. The department shall communicate the annual public

 

health consumption advisory for sportfish. The department shall, at

 

a minimum, post the advisory on the Internet and make the

 

information in the advisory available to the clients of the women,

 

infants, and children special supplemental nutrition program.

 

     Sec. 651. The funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be

 

expended for a surgeon general position.

 

 

 

HEALTH POLICY, REGULATION AND PROFESSIONS

 

     Sec. 704. The department shall continue to work with grantees

 

supported through the appropriation in part 1 for emergency medical

 

services grants and contracts to ensure that a sufficient number of

 

qualified emergency medical services personnel exist to serve rural

 

areas of the state.

 

     Sec. 705. The department shall post on the Internet the

 

executive summary of the latest inspection for each licensed

 

nursing home.

 

     Sec. 706. When hiring any new nursing home inspectors funded

 

through appropriations in part 1, the department shall make every

 

effort to hire individuals with past experience in the long-term

 

care industry.

 

     Sec. 707. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the nurse

 


scholarship program, established in section 16315 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16315, shall be used to increase

 

the number of nurses practicing in Michigan. The board of nursing

 

is encouraged to structure scholarships funded under this article

 

in a manner that rewards recipients who intend to practice nursing

 

in Michigan. In addition, the department and the board of nursing

 

shall work cooperatively with the Michigan higher education

 

assistance authority to coordinate scholarship assistance with

 

scholarships provided pursuant to the Michigan nursing scholarship

 

act, 2002 PA 591, MCL 390.1181 to 390.1189.

 

     Sec. 708. Nursing facilities shall report in the quarterly

 

staff report to the department, the total patient care hours

 

provided each month, by state licensure and certification

 

classification, and the percentage of pool staff, by state

 

licensure and certification classification, used each month during

 

the preceding quarter. The department shall make available to the

 

public, the quarterly staff report compiled for all facilities

 

including the total patient care hours and the percentage of pool

 

staff used, by classification.

 

     Sec. 709. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the Michigan

 

essential health care provider program may also provide loan

 

repayment for dentists that fit the criteria established by part 27

 

of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2701 to 333.2727.

 

     Sec. 710. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for primary

 

care services, an amount not to exceed $2,296,000.00 is

 

appropriated to enhance the service capacity of the federally

 

qualified health centers and other health centers which are similar

 


to federally qualified health centers.

 

     Sec. 711. The department may make available to interested

 

entities customized listings of nonconfidential information in its

 

possession, such as names and addresses of licensees. The

 

department may establish and collect a reasonable charge to provide

 

this service. The revenue received from this service shall be used

 

to offset expenses to provide the service. Any balance of this

 

revenue collected and unexpended at the end of the fiscal year

 

shall revert to the appropriate restricted fund.

 

 

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

 

     Sec. 801. In the expenditure of funds appropriated in part 1

 

for AIDS programs, the department and its subcontractors shall

 

ensure that adolescents receive priority for prevention, education,

 

and outreach services.

 

     Sec. 802. In developing and implementing AIDS provider

 

education activities, the department may provide funding to the

 

Michigan state medical society to serve as lead agency to convene a

 

consortium of health care providers, to design needed educational

 

efforts, to fund other statewide provider groups, and to assure

 

implementation of these efforts, in accordance with a plan approved

 

by the department.

 

     Sec. 803. The department shall continue the AIDS drug

 

assistance program maintaining the prior year eligibility criteria

 

and drug formulary. This section is not intended to prohibit the

 

department from providing assistance for improved AIDS treatment

 

medications.

 


 

 

LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS

 

     Sec. 901. The amount appropriated in part 1 for implementation

 

of the 1993 amendments to sections 9161, 16221, 16226, 17014,

 

17015, and 17515 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.9161, 333.16221, 333.16226, 333.17014, 333.17015, and

 

333.17515, shall reimburse local health departments for costs

 

incurred related to implementation of section 17015(18) of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17015.

 

     Sec. 902. If a county that has participated in a district

 

health department or an associated arrangement with other local

 

health departments takes action to cease to participate in such an

 

arrangement after October 1, 2005, the department shall have the

 

authority to assess a penalty from the local health department's

 

operational accounts in an amount equal to no more than 5% of the

 

local health department's local public health operations funding.

 

This penalty shall only be assessed to the local county that

 

requests the dissolution of the health department.

 

     Sec. 903. The department shall provide a report annually to

 

the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on the expenditures and

 

activities undertaken by the lead abatement program. The report

 

shall include, but is not limited to, a funding allocation

 

schedule, expenditures by category of expenditure and by

 

subcontractor, revenues received, description of program elements,

 

and description of program accomplishments and progress.

 


     Sec. 904. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for local public

 

health operations shall be prospectively allocated to local health

 

departments to support immunizations, infectious disease control,

 

sexually transmitted disease control and prevention, food

 

protection, public water supply, private groundwater supply, and

 

on-site sewage management. Food protection shall be provided in

 

consultation with the Michigan department of agriculture. Public

 

water supply, private groundwater supply, and on-site sewage

 

management shall be provided in consultation with the Michigan

 

department of environmental quality.

 

     (2) Local public health departments will be held to

 

contractual standards for the services in subsection (1).

 

     (3) Distributions in subsection (1) shall be made only to

 

counties that maintain local spending in fiscal year 2005-2006 of

 

at least the amount expended in fiscal year 1992-1993 for the

 

services described in subsection (1).

 

     (4) By April 1, 2006, the department shall make available upon

 

request a report to the senate or house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittee on community health, the senate or

 

house fiscal agency, or the state budget director on the planned

 

allocation of the funds appropriated for local public health

 

operations.

 

 

 

CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

 

     Sec. 1003. Funds appropriated in part 1 for the Alzheimer's

 

information network shall be used to provide information and

 

referral services through regional networks for persons with

 


Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, their families, and

 

health care providers.

 

     Sec. 1006. In spending the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

the smoking prevention program, priority shall be given to

 

prevention and smoking cessation programs for pregnant women, women

 

with young children, and adolescents.

 

     Sec. 1007. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for violence

 

prevention shall be used for, but not be limited to, the following:

 

     (a) Programs aimed at the prevention of spouse, partner, or

 

child abuse and rape.

 

     (b) Programs aimed at the prevention of workplace violence.

 

     (2) In awarding grants from the amounts appropriated in part 1

 

for violence prevention, the department shall give equal

 

consideration to public and private nonprofit applicants.

 

     (3) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for violence

 

prevention, the department may include local school districts as

 

recipients of the funds for family violence prevention programs.

 

     Sec. 1009. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

diabetes and kidney program, a portion of the funds may be

 

allocated to the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan for kidney

 

disease prevention programming including early identification and

 

education programs and kidney disease prevention demonstration

 

projects.

 

     Sec. 1019. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for chronic

 

disease prevention, $50,000.00 shall be allocated for stroke

 

prevention, education, and outreach. The objectives of the program

 

shall include education to assist persons in identifying risk

 


factors, and education to assist persons in the early

 

identification of the occurrence of a stroke in order to minimize

 

stroke damage.

 

 

 

FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES

 

     Sec. 1101. The department shall review the basis for the

 

distribution of funds to local health departments and other public

 

and private agencies for the women, infants, and children food

 

supplement program; family planning; and prenatal care outreach and

 

service delivery support program and indicate the basis upon which

 

any projected underexpenditures by local public and private

 

agencies shall be reallocated to other local agencies that

 

demonstrate need.

 

     Sec. 1104. Before April 1, 2006, the department shall submit a

 

report to the house and senate fiscal agencies and the state budget

 

director on planned allocations from the amounts appropriated in

 

part 1 for local MCH services, prenatal care outreach and service

 

delivery support, family planning local agreements, and pregnancy

 

prevention programs. Using applicable federal definitions, the

 

report shall include information on all of the following:

 

     (a) Funding allocations.

 

     (b) Actual number of women, children, and/or adolescents

 

served and amounts expended for each group for the fiscal year

 

2004-2005.

 

     Sec. 1105. For all programs for which an appropriation is made

 

in part 1, the department shall contract with those local agencies

 

best able to serve clients. Factors to be used by the department in

 


evaluating agencies under this section shall include ability to

 

serve high-risk population groups; ability to serve low-income

 

clients, where applicable; availability of, and access to, service

 

sites; management efficiency; and ability to meet federal

 

standards, when applicable.

 

     Sec. 1106. Each family planning program receiving federal

 

title X family planning funds shall be in compliance with all

 

performance and quality assurance indicators that the United States

 

bureau of community health services specifies in the family

 

planning annual report. An agency not in compliance with the

 

indicators shall not receive supplemental or reallocated funds.

 

     Sec. 1106a. (1) Federal abstinence money expended in part 1

 

for the purpose of promoting abstinence education shall provide

 

abstinence education to teenagers most likely to engage in high-

 

risk behavior as their primary focus, and may include programs that

 

include 9- to 17-year-olds. Programs funded must meet all of the

 

following guidelines:

 

     (a) Teaches the gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual

 

activity.

 

     (b) Teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside of

 

marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children.

 

     (c) Teaches that abstinence is the only certain way to avoid

 

out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other

 

health problems.

 

     (d) Teaches that a monogamous relationship in the context of

 

marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity.

 

     (e) Teaches that sexual activity outside of marriage is likely

 


to have harmful effects.

 

     (f) Teaches that bearing children out of wedlock is likely to

 

have harmful consequences.

 

     (g) Teaches young people how to avoid sexual advances and how

 

alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances.

 

     (h) Teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency

 

before engaging in sexual activity.

 

     (2) Coalitions, organizations, and programs that do not

 

provide contraceptives to minors and demonstrate efforts to include

 

parental involvement as a means of reducing the risk of teens

 

becoming pregnant shall be given priority in the allocations of

 

funds.

 

     (3) Programs and organizations that meet the guidelines of

 

subsection (1) and criteria of subsection (2) shall have the option

 

of receiving all or part of their funds directly from the

 

department of community health.

 

     Sec. 1107. Of the amount appropriated in part 1 for prenatal

 

care outreach and service delivery support, not more than 9% shall

 

be expended for local administration, data processing, and

 

evaluation.

 

     Sec. 1108. The funds appropriated in part 1 for pregnancy

 

prevention programs shall not be used to provide abortion

 

counseling, referrals, or services.

 

     Sec. 1110. Agencies that currently receive pregnancy

 

prevention funds and either receive or are eligible for other

 

family planning funds shall have the option of receiving all of

 

their family planning funds directly from the department of

 


community health and be designated as delegate agencies.

 

     Sec. 1111. The department shall allocate no less than 88% of

 

the funds appropriated in part 1 for family planning local

 

agreements and the pregnancy prevention program for the direct

 

provision of family planning/pregnancy prevention services.

 

     Sec. 1112. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prenatal

 

care outreach and service delivery support, the department shall

 

allocate at least $1,000,000.00 to communities with high infant

 

mortality rates.

 

     Sec. 1113. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for special

 

projects, $210,000.00 shall be allocated to free health clinics

 

operating in the state. The department shall work with Free Clinics

 

of Michigan to determine an equitable distribution of funding. For

 

the purpose of this appropriation, free health clinics are

 

nonprofit organizations that use volunteer health professionals to

 

provide care to uninsured individuals.

 

     Sec. 1114. (1) The director shall immediately seek any federal

 

waivers necessary to comply with this section for the current

 

project period and shall include the requirements of this section

 

in future federal family planning and pregnancy prevention project

 

grant applications. If the necessary waivers are not obtained, this

 

section shall not be implemented. If the necessary waivers are

 

obtained, this section shall be implemented immediately for any

 

unrestricted family planning or pregnancy prevention funds.

 

     (2) The department shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Take appropriate measures to ensure that family planning

 

and pregnancy prevention funds are used only for the purpose of

 


protecting and promoting the public health.

 

     (b) Take precautions to ensure that family planning and

 

pregnancy prevention funds are not used in a way that may promote

 

or encourage sexual activity outside of marriage.

 

     (c) Require every service provider to discourage sexual

 

activity outside of marriage by emphasizing the increased health

 

risks and fiscal implications of nonmarital sexual activity to the

 

individual and to the state.

 

     (3) In order to comply with state and federal mandates on

 

abortion options counseling and referrals, the department shall do

 

all of the following with regard to family planning and pregnancy

 

prevention funding:

 

     (a) Ensure that state and federal funds that have conflicting

 

mandates regarding abortion counseling and referral services are

 

not commingled.

 

     (b) Give priority consideration to agencies, organizations,

 

facilities, or service providers that have a clearly stated policy

 

either to offer, or to refuse to offer, abortion options counseling

 

and referrals and that are seeking either state or federal family

 

planning and pregnancy prevention funding but not both state and

 

federal funding.

 

     (c) Require agencies, organizations, facilities, or service

 

providers that seek both federal and state family planning and

 

pregnancy prevention funding to submit separate funding requests

 

for state and federal funds, to ensure that state and federal funds

 

are not commingled, and to present a clear explanation to the

 

department on how abortion counseling and referral services will

 


comply with conflicting state and federal laws.

 

     (4) The department shall require any agency, organization,

 

facility, or service provider that receives family planning or

 

pregnancy prevention funding to increase male participation rates

 

annually. The department may provide exemptions to programs,

 

agencies, facilities, or service providers that target female users

 

only. The statewide participation rate by males shall be no less

 

than 5% by October 1, 2008, 10% by October 1, 2010, 15% by October

 

1, 2012, and 20% by October 1, 2015. The department shall deny

 

funding to any agency, organization, facility, or service provider

 

that fails to increase male participation rates for 2 consecutive

 

years. If the director is unable to receive a federal waiver to

 

comply with this requirement for the current project period, the

 

male participation targets shall commence 3 years from the

 

beginning date of the next project period.

 

     (5) Beginning January 1, 2007, the department shall determine,

 

and publish for the public, the costs incurred for each of the

 

following including a breakdown of the federal funds, state funds,

 

public funds, money paid by a third party payer, and any other

 

source of funding used to cover those costs:

 

     (a) The annual costs associated with providing family

 

planning, pregnancy prevention, and sexually transmitted disease

 

prevention services to unmarried individuals.

 

     (b) The annual costs associated with providing family

 

planning, pregnancy prevention, and sexually transmitted disease

 

prevention services to married individuals.

 

     (c) The annual costs incurred to treat unmarried individuals

 


who have contracted a sexually transmitted disease.

 

     (d) The annual costs incurred in providing prenatal and

 

pregnancy related health care services to unmarried individuals.

 

     (6) In order to promote family participation in family

 

planning and pregnancy prevention, as required by federal

 

guidelines, at least 50% of the funding expended for informational

 

and educational programs designed to achieve community awareness or

 

understanding of services available to minors under the age of 18

 

shall be directed to the parents of the targeted minors. Funds

 

shall not be expended to support the public display or distribution

 

of a family planning drug or device where minors are likely to be

 

present unless parents are given clear notice of the display and

 

distribution.

 

     Sec. 1129. The department shall provide a report annually to

 

the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director on the number of children

 

with elevated blood lead levels from information available to the

 

department. The report shall provide the information by county,

 

shall include the level of blood lead reported, and shall indicate

 

the sources of the information.

 

     Sec. 1133. The department shall release infant mortality rate

 

data to all local public health departments no later than 48 hours

 

prior to releasing infant mortality rate data to the public.

 

     Sec. 1135. (1) Provision of the school health education

 

curriculum, such as the Michigan model or another comprehensive

 

school health education curriculum, shall be in accordance with the

 


health education goals established by the Michigan model for the

 

comprehensive school health education state steering committee. The

 

state steering committee shall be comprised of a representative

 

from each of the following offices and departments:

 

     (a) The department of education.

 

     (b) The department of community health.

 

     (c) The health administration in the department of community

 

health.

 

     (d) The bureau of mental health and substance abuse services

 

in the department of community health.

 

     (e) The department of human services.

 

     (f) The department of state police.

 

     (2) Upon written or oral request, a pupil not less than 18

 

years of age or a parent or legal guardian of a pupil less than 18

 

years of age, within a reasonable period of time after the request

 

is made, shall be informed of the content of a course in the health

 

education curriculum and may examine textbooks and other classroom

 

materials that are provided to the pupil or materials that are

 

presented to the pupil in the classroom. This subsection does not

 

require a school board to permit pupil or parental examination of

 

test questions and answers, scoring keys, or other examination

 

instruments or data used to administer an academic examination.

 

 

 

WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAM

 

     Sec. 1151. The department may work with local participating

 

agencies to define local annual contributions for the farmer's

 

market nutrition program, project FRESH, to enable the department

 


to request federal matching funds based on local commitment of

 

funds.

 

 

 

CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

 

     Sec. 1201. Funds appropriated in part 1 for medical care and

 

treatment of children with special health care needs shall be paid

 

according to reimbursement policies determined by the Michigan

 

medical services program. Exceptions to these policies may be taken

 

with the prior approval of the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 1202. The department may do 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Provide special formula for eligible clients with

 

specified metabolic and allergic disorders.

 

     (b) Provide medical care and treatment to eligible patients

 

with cystic fibrosis who are 21 years of age or older.

 

     (c) Provide genetic diagnostic and counseling services for

 

eligible families.

 

     (d) Provide medical care and treatment to eligible patients

 

with hereditary coagulation defects, commonly known as hemophilia,

 

who are 21 years of age or older.

 

     Sec. 1203. All children who are determined medically eligible

 

for the children's special health care services program shall be

 

referred to the appropriate locally-based services program in their

 

community.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY

 

     Sec. 1250. In addition to the $1,800,000.00 in Byrne formula

 

grant program funding the department provides to local drug

 


treatment courts, the department shall provide $1,800,000.00 in

 

Byrne formula grant program funding to the judiciary by

 

interdepartmental grant.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING

 

     Sec. 1401. The appropriation in part 1 to the office of

 

services to the aging, for community and nutrition services and

 

home services, shall be restricted to eligible individuals at least

 

60 years of age who fail to qualify for home care services under

 

title XVIII, XIX, or XX.

 

     Sec. 1403. The office of services to the aging shall require

 

each region to report to the office of services to the aging home

 

delivered meals waiting lists based upon standard criteria.

 

Determining criteria shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) The recipient's degree of frailty.

 

     (b) The recipient's inability to prepare his or her own meals

 

safely.

 

     (c) Whether the recipient has another care provider available.

 

     (d) Any other qualifications normally necessary for the

 

recipient to receive home delivered meals.

 

     Sec. 1404. The area agencies and local providers may receive

 

and expend fees for the provision of day care, care management,

 

respite care, and certain eligible home and community-based

 

services. The fees shall be based on a sliding scale, taking client

 

income into consideration. The fees shall be used to expand

 

services.

 

     Sec. 1406. The appropriation of $5,000,000.00 of tobacco

 


settlement funds to the office of services to the aging for the

 

respite care program shall be allocated in accordance with a long-

 

term care plan developed by the long-term care working group

 

established in section 1657 of 1998 PA 336 upon implementation of

 

the plan. The use of the funds shall be for direct respite care or

 

adult respite care center services. Not more than 9% of the amount

 

allocated under this section shall be expended for administration

 

and administrative purposes.

 

     Sec. 1413. The legislature affirms the commitment to locally-

 

based services. The legislature supports the role of local county

 

board of commissioners in the approval of area agency on aging

 

plans. The legislature supports choice and the right of local

 

counties to change membership in the area agencies on aging if the

 

change is to an area agency on aging that is contiguous to that

 

county. The legislature supports the office of services to the

 

aging working with others to provide training to commissions to

 

better understand and advocate for aging issues. It is the intent

 

of the legislature to prohibit area agencies on aging from

 

providing direct services, including home and community-based

 

waiver services. The legislature's intent in this section is

 

conditioned on compliance with federal and state laws, rules, and

 

policies.

 

     Sec. 1416. The legislature affirms the commitment to provide

 

in-home services, resources, and assistance for the frail elderly

 

who are not being served by the Medicaid home and community-based

 

services waiver program.

 

 

 


MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

 

     Sec. 1501. Contingent upon recoveries of Medicaid managed care

 

and fee-for-service payments as noted in the auditor general's

 

performance audit of the medical services administration published

 

April 2005, $7,600,000.00, of which $3,800,000.00 is general

 

fund/general purpose funds, may be authorized within the medical

 

services administration line.

 

 

 

MEDICAL SERVICES

 

     Sec. 1601. The cost of remedial services incurred by residents

 

of licensed adult foster care homes and licensed homes for the aged

 

shall be used in determining financial eligibility for the

 

medically needy. Remedial services include basic self-care and

 

rehabilitation training for a resident.

 

     Sec. 1602. Medical services shall be provided to elderly and

 

disabled persons with incomes less than or equal to 100% of the

 

official poverty level, pursuant to the state's option to elect

 

such coverage set out at section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) and (m) of title

 

XIX, 42 USC 1396a.

 

     Sec. 1603. (1) The department may establish a program for

 

persons to purchase medical coverage at a rate determined by the

 

department.

 

     (2) The department may receive and expend premiums for the

 

buy-in of medical coverage in addition to the amounts appropriated

 

in part 1.

 

     (3) The premiums described in this section shall be classified

 

as private funds.

 


     Sec. 1605. (1) The protected income level for Medicaid

 

coverage determined pursuant to section 106(1)(b)(iii) of the social

 

welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.106, shall be 100% of the related

 

public assistance standard.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations subcommittees on community health

 

and the state budget director of any proposed revisions to the

 

protected income level for Medicaid coverage related to the public

 

assistance standard 90 days prior to implementation.

 

     Sec. 1606. For the purpose of guardian and conservator

 

charges, the department of community health may deduct up to $60.00

 

per month as an allowable expense against a recipient's income when

 

determining medical services eligibility and patient pay amounts.

 

     Sec. 1607. (1) An applicant for Medicaid, whose qualifying

 

condition is pregnancy, shall immediately be presumed to be

 

eligible for Medicaid coverage unless the preponderance of evidence

 

in her application indicates otherwise. The applicant who is

 

qualified as described in this subsection shall be allowed to

 

select or remain with the Medicaid participating obstetrician of

 

her choice.

 

     (2) An applicant qualified as described in subsection (1)

 

shall be given a letter of authorization to receive Medicaid

 

covered services related to her pregnancy. All qualifying

 

applicants shall be entitled to receive all medically necessary

 

obstetrical and prenatal care without preauthorization from a

 

health plan. All claims submitted for payment for obstetrical and

 

prenatal care shall be paid at the Medicaid fee-for-service rate in

 


the event a contract does not exist between the Medicaid

 

participating obstetrical or prenatal care provider and the managed

 

care plan. The applicant shall receive a listing of Medicaid

 

physicians and managed care plans in the immediate vicinity of the

 

applicant's residence.

 

     (3) In the event that an applicant, presumed to be eligible

 

pursuant to subsection (1), is subsequently found to be ineligible,

 

a Medicaid physician or managed care plan that has been providing

 

pregnancy services to an applicant under this section is entitled

 

to reimbursement for those services until such time as they are

 

notified by the department that the applicant was found to be

 

ineligible for Medicaid.

 

     (4) If the preponderance of evidence in an application

 

indicates that the applicant is not eligible for Medicaid, the

 

department shall refer that applicant to the nearest public health

 

clinic or similar entity as a potential source for receiving

 

pregnancy-related services.

 

     (5) The department shall develop an enrollment process for

 

pregnant women covered under this section that facilitates the

 

selection of a managed care plan at the time of application.

 

     Sec. 1610. The department of community health shall provide an

 

administrative procedure for the review of cost report grievances

 

by medical services providers with regard to reimbursement under

 

the medical services program. Settlements of properly submitted

 

cost reports shall be paid not later than 9 months from receipt of

 

the final report.

 

     Sec. 1611. (1) For care provided to medical services

 


recipients with other third-party sources of payment, medical

 

services reimbursement shall not exceed, in combination with such

 

other resources, including Medicare, those amounts established for

 

medical services-only patients. The medical services payment rate

 

shall be accepted as payment in full. Other than an approved

 

medical services copayment, no portion of a provider's charge shall

 

be billed to the recipient or any person acting on behalf of the

 

recipient. Nothing in this section shall be considered to affect

 

the level of payment from a third-party source other than the

 

medical services program. The department shall require a

 

nonenrolled provider to accept medical services payments as payment

 

in full.

 

     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), medical services

 

reimbursement for hospital services provided to dual

 

Medicare/medical services recipients with Medicare Part B coverage

 

only shall equal, when combined with payments for Medicare and

 

other third-party resources, if any, those amounts established for

 

medical services-only patients, including capital payments.

 

     Sec. 1615. Unless prohibited by federal or state law or

 

regulation, the department shall require enrolled Medicaid

 

providers to submit their billings for services electronically.

 

     Sec. 1620. (1) For fee-for-service recipients who do not

 

reside in nursing homes, the pharmaceutical dispensing fee shall be

 

$2.50 or the pharmacy's usual or customary cash charge, whichever

 

is less. For nursing home residents, the pharmaceutical dispensing

 

fee shall be $2.75 or the pharmacy's usual or customary cash

 

charge, whichever is less.

 


     (2) The department shall require a prescription copayment for

 

Medicaid recipients of $1.00 for a generic drug and $3.00 for a

 

brand-name drug, except as prohibited by federal or state law or

 

regulation.

 

     (3) For fee-for-service recipients, an optional mail order

 

pharmacy program shall be available.

 

     Sec. 1621. (1) The department may implement prospective drug

 

utilization review and disease management systems. The prospective

 

drug utilization review and disease management systems authorized

 

by this subsection shall have physician oversight, shall focus on

 

patient, physician, and pharmacist education, and shall be

 

developed in consultation with the national pharmaceutical council,

 

Michigan state medical society, Michigan association of osteopathic

 

physicians, Michigan pharmacists' association, Michigan health and

 

hospital association, and Michigan nurses' association.

 

     (2) This section does not authorize or allow therapeutic

 

substitution.

 

     Sec. 1621a. (1) The department, in conjunction with

 

pharmaceutical manufacturers or their agents, may establish pilot

 

projects to test the efficacy of disease management and health

 

management programs.

 

     (2) The department may negotiate a plan that uses the savings

 

resulting from the services rendered from these programs, in lieu

 

of requiring a supplemental rebate for the inclusion of those

 

participating parties' products on the department's preferred drug

 

list.

 

     Sec. 1623. (1) The department shall continue the Medicaid

 


policy that allows for the dispensing of a 100-day supply for

 

maintenance drugs.

 

     (2) The department shall notify all HMOs, physicians,

 

pharmacies, and other medical providers that are enrolled in the

 

Medicaid program that Medicaid policy allows for the dispensing of

 

a 100-day supply for maintenance drugs.

 

     (3) The notice in subsection (2) shall also clarify that a

 

pharmacy shall fill a prescription written for maintenance drugs in

 

the quantity specified by the physician, but not more than the

 

maximum allowed under Medicaid, unless subsequent consultation with

 

the prescribing physician indicates otherwise.

 

     Sec. 1625. The department shall continue its practice of

 

placing all atypical antipsychotic medications on the Medicaid

 

preferred drug list.

 

     Sec. 1627. (1) The department shall use procedures and rebates

 

amounts specified under section 1927 of title XIX, 42 USC 1396r-8,

 

to secure quarterly rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers for

 

outpatient drugs dispensed to participants in the MIChild program,

 

maternal outpatient medical services program, state medical

 

program, children's special health care services, and EPIC.

 

     (2) For products distributed by pharmaceutical manufacturers

 

not providing quarterly rebates as listed in subsection (1), the

 

department may require preauthorization.

 

     Sec. 1629. The department shall utilize maximum allowable cost

 

pricing for generic drugs that is based on wholesaler pricing to

 

providers that is available from at least 2 wholesalers who deliver

 

in the state of Michigan.

 


     Sec. 1630. (1) Medicaid coverage for podiatric services and

 

chiropractic services shall be restored at not less than the level

 

in effect on October 1, 2002, except that reasonable utilization

 

limitations may be adopted in order to prevent excess utilization.

 

The department shall not impose utilization restrictions on

 

chiropractic services unless a recipient has exceeded 18 office

 

visits within 1 year.

 

     (2) The department may implement the bulk purchase of hearing

 

aids, impose limitations on binaural hearing aid benefits, and

 

limit the replacement of hearing aids to once every 3 years.

 

     Sec. 1631. (1) The department shall require copayments on

 

dental, podiatric, chiropractic, vision, and hearing aid services

 

provided to Medicaid recipients, except as prohibited by federal or

 

state law or regulation.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise prohibited by federal or state law or

 

regulation, the department shall collect a $5.00 monthly premium

 

from Medicaid recipients.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise prohibited by federal or state law or

 

regulation, the department shall require a $3.00 copayment on

 

physician office visits by Medicaid recipients.

 

     Sec. 1633. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for auxiliary

 

medical services, the department shall expand the healthy kids

 

dental program statewide if funds become available specifically for

 

expansion of the program.

 

     Sec. 1634. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for ambulance

 

services, the department shall continue the 5% increase in payment

 

rates for ambulance services implemented in fiscal year 2000-2001

 


and increase the ground mileage reimbursement rate per statute mile

 

to $4.25.

 

     Sec. 1635. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for physician

 

services and health plan services, $6,910,800.00, of which

 

$3,000,000.00 is general fund/general purpose funds, shall be

 

allocated to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrical

 

services.

 

     Sec. 1641. An institutional provider that is required to

 

submit a cost report under the medical services program shall

 

submit cost reports completed in full within 5 months after the end

 

of its fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 1643. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for graduate

 

medical education in the hospital services and therapy line item

 

appropriation, not less than $10,359,000.00 shall be allocated for

 

the psychiatric residency training program that establishes and

 

maintains collaborative relations with the schools of medicine at

 

Michigan State University and Wayne State University if the

 

necessary allowable Medicaid matching funds are provided by the

 

universities.

 

     Sec. 1646. Effective October 1, 2005, the department shall

 

eliminate Medicaid eligibility for individuals who are parents,

 

caretaker relatives, or individuals between the ages of 18 and 21

 

and who are not required to be covered under federal Medicaid

 

requirements.

 

     Sec. 1647. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical

 

services, the department shall allocate for graduate medical

 

education not less than the level of rates and payments in effect

 


on April 1, 2005.

 

     Sec. 1648. The department shall maintain an automated toll-

 

free phone line to enable medical providers to verify the

 

eligibility status of Medicaid recipients. There shall be no charge

 

to providers for the use of the toll-free phone line.

 

     Sec. 1649. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical

 

services, the department shall continue breast and cervical cancer

 

treatment coverage for women up to 250% of the federal poverty

 

level, who are under age 65, and who are not otherwise covered by

 

insurance. This coverage shall be provided to women who have been

 

screened through the centers for disease control breast and

 

cervical cancer early detection program, and are found to have

 

breast or cervical cancer, pursuant to the breast and cervical

 

cancer prevention and treatment act of 2000, Public Law 106-354,

 

114 Stat. 1381.

 

     Sec. 1650. (1) The department may require medical services

 

recipients residing in counties offering managed care options to

 

choose the particular managed care plan in which they wish to be

 

enrolled. Persons not expressing a preference may be assigned to a

 

managed care provider.

 

     (2) Persons to be assigned a managed care provider shall be

 

informed in writing of the criteria for exceptions to capitated

 

managed care enrollment, their right to change HMOs for any reason

 

within the initial 90 days of enrollment, the toll-free telephone

 

number for problems and complaints, and information regarding

 

grievance and appeals rights.

 

     (3) The criteria for medical exceptions to HMO enrollment

 


shall be based on submitted documentation that indicates a

 

recipient has a serious medical condition, and is undergoing active

 

treatment for that condition with a physician who does not

 

participate in 1 of the HMOs. If the person meets the criteria

 

established by this subsection, the department shall grant an

 

exception to mandatory enrollment at least through the current

 

prescribed course of treatment, subject to periodic review of

 

continued eligibility.

 

     Sec. 1651. (1) Medical services patients who are enrolled in

 

HMOs have the choice to elect hospice services or other services

 

for the terminally ill that are offered by the HMOs. If the patient

 

elects hospice services, those services shall be provided in

 

accordance with part 214 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.21401 to 333.21420.

 

     (2) The department shall not amend the medical services

 

hospice manual in a manner that would allow hospice services to be

 

provided without making available all comprehensive hospice

 

services described in 42 CFR part 418.

 

     Sec. 1653. Implementation and contracting for managed care by

 

the department through HMOs shall be subject to the following

 

conditions:

 

     (a) Continuity of care is assured by allowing enrollees to

 

continue receiving required medically necessary services from their

 

current providers for a period not to exceed 1 year if enrollees

 

meet the managed care medical exception criteria.

 

     (b) The department shall require contracted HMOs to submit

 

data determined necessary for evaluation on a timely basis.

 


     (c) Mandatory enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries living in

 

counties defined as rural by the federal government, which is any

 

nonurban standard metropolitan statistical area, is allowed if

 

there is only 1 HMO serving the Medicaid population, as long as

 

each Medicaid beneficiary is assured of having a choice of at least

 

2 physicians by the HMO.

 

     (d) Enrollment of recipients of children's special health care

 

services in HMOs shall be voluntary during the fiscal year.

 

     (e) The department shall develop a case adjustment to its rate

 

methodology that considers the costs of persons with HIV/AIDS, end

 

stage renal disease, organ transplants, and other high-cost

 

diseases or conditions and shall implement the case adjustment when

 

it is proven to be actuarially and fiscally sound. Implementation

 

of the case adjustment must be budget neutral.

 

     Sec. 1654. Medicaid HMOs shall provide for reimbursement of

 

HMO covered services delivered other than through the HMO's

 

providers if medically necessary and approved by the HMO,

 

immediately required, and that could not be reasonably obtained

 

through the HMO's providers on a timely basis. Such services shall

 

be considered approved if the HMO does not respond to a request for

 

authorization within 24 hours of the request. Reimbursement shall

 

not exceed the Medicaid fee-for-service payment for those services.

 

     Sec. 1655. (1) The department may require a 12-month lock-in

 

to the HMO selected by the recipient during the initial and

 

subsequent open enrollment periods, but allow for good cause

 

exceptions during the lock-in period.

 

     (2) Medicaid recipients shall be allowed to change HMOs for

 


any reason within the initial 90 days of enrollment.

 

     Sec. 1656. (1) The department shall provide an expedited

 

complaint review procedure for Medicaid eligible persons enrolled

 

in HMOs for situations in which failure to receive any health care

 

service would result in significant harm to the enrollee.

 

     (2) The department shall provide for a toll-free telephone

 

number for Medicaid recipients enrolled in managed care to assist

 

with resolving problems and complaints. If warranted, the

 

department shall immediately disenroll persons from managed care

 

and approve fee-for-service coverage.

 

     (3) Annual reports summarizing the problems and complaints

 

reported and their resolution shall be provided to the house of

 

representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget office.

 

     Sec. 1657. (1) Reimbursement for medical services to screen

 

and stabilize a Medicaid recipient, including stabilization of a

 

psychiatric crisis, in a hospital emergency room shall not be made

 

contingent on obtaining prior authorization from the recipient's

 

HMO. If the recipient is discharged from the emergency room, the

 

hospital shall notify the recipient's HMO within 24 hours of the

 

diagnosis and treatment received.

 

     (2) If the treating hospital determines that the recipient

 

will require further medical service or hospitalization beyond the

 

point of stabilization, that hospital must receive authorization

 

from the recipient's HMO prior to admitting the recipient.

 

     (3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not be construed as a

 


requirement to alter an existing agreement between an HMO and their

 

contracting hospitals nor as a requirement that an HMO must

 

reimburse for services that are not considered to be medically

 

necessary.

 

     (4) Prior to contracting with an HMO for managed care services

 

that did not have a contract with the department before October 1,

 

2002, the department shall receive assurances from the office of

 

financial and insurance services that the HMO meets the net worth

 

and financial solvency requirements contained in chapter 35 of the

 

insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3501 to 500.3580.

 

     Sec. 1658. (1) HMOs shall have contracts with hospitals within

 

a reasonable distance from their enrollees. If a hospital does not

 

contract with the HMO, in its service area, that hospital shall

 

enter into a hospital access agreement as specified in the MSA

 

bulletin Hospital 01-19.

 

     (2) A hospital access agreement specified in subsection (1)

 

shall be considered an affiliated provider contract pursuant to the

 

requirements contained in chapter 35 of the insurance code of 1956,

 

1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3501 to 500.3580.

 

     Sec. 1659. The following sections of this article are the only

 

ones that shall apply to the following Medicaid managed care

 

programs, including the comprehensive plan, children's special

 

health care services plan, MIChoice long-term care plan, and the

 

mental health, substance abuse, and developmentally disabled

 

services program: 401, 402, 404, 414, 418, 424, 428, 1650, 1651,

 

1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1665, 1666,

 

1699, and 1700.

 


     Sec. 1660. (1) The department shall assure that all Medicaid

 

children have timely access to EPSDT services as required by

 

federal law. Medicaid HMOs shall provide EPSDT services to their

 

child members in accordance with Medicaid EPSDT policy.

 

     (2) The primary responsibility of assuring a child's hearing

 

and vision screening is with the child's primary care provider. The

 

primary care provider shall provide age appropriate screening or

 

arrange for these tests through referrals to local health

 

departments.

 

     (3) The department shall require Medicaid HMOs to provide

 

EPSDT utilization data through the encounter data system, and

 

health employer data and information set well child health measures

 

in accordance with the National Committee on Quality Assurance

 

prescribed methodology.

 

     (4) The department shall require HMOs to be responsible for

 

well child visits and maternal and infant support services as

 

described in Medicaid policy. These responsibilities shall be

 

specified in the information distributed by the HMOs to their

 

members.

 

     (5) The department shall provide, on an annual basis, budget

 

neutral incentives to Medicaid HMOs and local health departments to

 

improve performance on measures related to the care of children and

 

pregnant women.

 

     Sec. 1661. (1) The department shall assure that all Medicaid

 

eligible children and pregnant women have timely access to MSS/ISS

 

services. Medicaid HMOs shall assure that maternal support service

 

screening is available to their pregnant members and that those

 


women found to meet the maternal support service high-risk criteria

 

are offered maternal support services. Local health departments

 

shall assure that maternal support service screening is available

 

for Medicaid pregnant women not enrolled in an HMO and that those

 

women found to meet the maternal support service high-risk criteria

 

are offered maternal support services or are referred to a

 

certified maternal support service provider.

 

     (2) The department shall prohibit HMOs from requiring prior

 

authorization of their contracted providers for any EPSDT screening

 

and diagnosis service, for any MSS/ISS screening referral, or for

 

up to 3 MSS/ISS service visits.

 

     (3) The department shall assure the coordination of MSS/ISS

 

services with the WIC program, state-supported substance abuse,

 

smoking prevention, and violence prevention programs, the

 

department of human services, and any other state or local program

 

with a focus on preventing adverse birth outcomes and child abuse

 

and neglect.

 

     Sec. 1662. (1) The department shall assure that an external

 

quality review of each contracting HMO is performed that results in

 

an analysis and evaluation of aggregated information on quality,

 

timeliness, and access to health care services that the HMO or its

 

contractors furnish to Medicaid beneficiaries.

 

     (2) The department shall provide a copy of the analysis of the

 

Medicaid HMO annual audited health employer data and information

 

set reports and the annual external quality review report to the

 

senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on

 

community health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the

 


state budget director, within 30 days of the department's receipt

 

of the final reports from the contractors.

 

     (3) The department shall work with the Michigan association of

 

health plans and the Michigan association for local public health

 

to improve service delivery and coordination in the MSS/ISS and

 

EPSDT programs.

 

     (4) The department shall assure that training and technical

 

assistance are available for EPSDT and MSS/ISS for Medicaid health

 

plans, local health departments, and MSS/ISS contractors.

 

     Sec. 1665. From the healthy Michigan funds appropriated in

 

part 1 for health plan services, $10,388,100.00 shall provide

 

health related services to Medicaid eligible individuals. Services

 

shall include each of the following:

 

     (a) Alzheimer's disease and dementia information and support.

 

     (b) Cancer prevention and control.

 

     (c) Child and adult arthritis.

 

     (d) Family planning and pregnancy prevention.

 

     (e) Immunization.

 

     (f) Maternal and child health.

 

     (g) Smoking prevention.

 

     Sec. 1666. To increase timely repayment of the maternity case

 

rate to health plans and reduce the need to recover revenue from

 

hospitals, the department shall implement system changes to assure

 

that children who are born to mothers who are Medicaid eligible and

 

enrolled in health plans are immediately included in the Medicaid

 

eligibility file and enrolled in the same health plan as the mother

 

or any other health plan designated by the mother.

 


     Sec. 1670. (1) The appropriation in part 1 for the MIChild

 

program is to be used to provide comprehensive health care to all

 

children under age 19 who reside in families with income at or

 

below 200% of the federal poverty level, who are uninsured and have

 

not had coverage by other comprehensive health insurance within 6

 

months of making application for MIChild benefits, and who are

 

residents of this state. The department shall develop detailed

 

eligibility criteria through the medical services administration

 

public concurrence process, consistent with the provisions of this

 

article. Health care coverage for children in families below 150%

 

of the federal poverty level shall be provided through expanded

 

eligibility under the state's Medicaid program. Health coverage for

 

children in families between 150% and 200% of the federal poverty

 

level shall be provided through a state-based private health care

 

program.

 

     (2) The department may provide up to 1 year of continuous

 

eligibility to children eligible for the MIChild program unless the

 

family fails to pay the monthly premium, a child reaches age 19, or

 

the status of the children's family changes and its members no

 

longer meet the eligibility criteria as specified in the federally

 

approved MIChild state plan.

 

     (3) Children whose category of eligibility changes between the

 

Medicaid and MIChild programs shall be assured of keeping their

 

current health care providers through the current prescribed course

 

of treatment for up to 1 year, subject to periodic reviews by the

 

department if the beneficiary has a serious medical condition and

 

is undergoing active treatment for that condition.

 


     (4) To be eligible for the MIChild program, a child must be

 

residing in a family with an adjusted gross income of less than or

 

equal to 200% of the federal poverty level. The department's

 

verification policy shall be used to determine eligibility.

 

     (5) The department shall enter into a contract to obtain

 

MIChild services from any HMO, dental care corporation, or any

 

other entity that offers to provide the managed health care

 

benefits for MIChild services at the MIChild capitated rate. As

 

used in this subsection:

 

     (a) "Dental care corporation", "health care corporation",

 

"insurer", and "prudent purchaser agreement" mean those terms as

 

defined in section 2 of the prudent purchaser act, 1984 PA 233, MCL

 

550.52.

 

     (b) "Entity" means a health care corporation or insurer

 

operating in accordance with a prudent purchaser agreement.

 

     (6) The department may enter into contracts to obtain certain

 

MIChild services from community mental health service programs.

 

     (7) The department may make payments on behalf of children

 

enrolled in the MIChild program from the line-item appropriation

 

associated with the program as described in the MIChild state plan

 

approved by the United States department of health and human

 

services, or from other medical services line-item appropriations

 

providing for specific health care services.

 

     (8) The department shall require enrollment of MIChild

 

participants into HMOs that contract with the department in those

 

counties where an HMO contract exists.

 

     Sec. 1671. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 


department shall continue a comprehensive approach to the marketing

 

and outreach of the MIChild program. The marketing and outreach

 

required under this section shall be coordinated with current

 

outreach, information dissemination, and marketing efforts and

 

activities conducted by the department.

 

     Sec. 1673. (1) The department may establish premiums for

 

MIChild eligible persons in families with income above 150% of the

 

federal poverty level. The monthly premiums shall not be less than

 

$10.00 or exceed $15.00 for a family.

 

     (2) The department shall not require copayments under the

 

MIChild program.

 

     (3) The department shall monitor the level of enrollment in

 

the MIChild program after the implementation of the minimum monthly

 

premium of $10.00 to determine whether enrollment decreases as a

 

result of the minimum monthly premium established under subsection

 

(1) for a family.

 

     Sec. 1677. The MIChild program shall provide all benefits

 

available under the state employee insurance plan that are

 

delivered through contracted providers and consistent with federal

 

law, including, but not limited to, the following medically

 

necessary services:

 

     (a) Inpatient mental health services, other than substance

 

abuse treatment services, including services furnished in a state-

 

operated mental hospital and residential or other 24-hour

 

therapeutically planned structured services.

 

     (b) Outpatient mental health services, other than substance

 

abuse services, including services furnished in a state-operated

 


mental hospital and community-based services.

 

     (c) Durable medical equipment and prosthetic and orthotic

 

devices.

 

     (d) Dental services as outlined in the approved MIChild state

 

plan.

 

     (e) Substance abuse treatment services that may include

 

inpatient, outpatient, and residential substance abuse treatment

 

services.

 

     (f) Care management services for mental health diagnoses.

 

     (g) Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and services for

 

individuals with speech, hearing, and language disorders.

 

     (h) Emergency ambulance services.

 

     Sec. 1680. Payment increases for enhanced wages and new or

 

enhanced employee benefits provided in previous years through the

 

Medicaid nursing home wage pass-through program shall be continued

 

in fiscal year 2005-2006.

 

     Sec. 1681. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for home and

 

community-based services, the department and local waiver agents

 

shall encourage the use of family members, friends, and neighbors

 

of home and community-based services participants, where

 

appropriate, to provide homemaker services, meal preparation,

 

transportation, chore services, and other nonmedical covered

 

services to participants in the Medicaid home and community-based

 

services program. This section shall not be construed as allowing

 

for the payment of family members, friends, or neighbors for these

 

services unless explicitly provided for in federal or state law.

 

     Sec. 1682. (1) The department shall implement enforcement

 


actions as specified in the nursing facility enforcement provisions

 

of section 1919 of title XIX, 42 USC 1396r.

 

     (2) The department is authorized to receive and spend penalty

 

money received as the result of noncompliance with medical services

 

certification regulations. Penalty money, characterized as private

 

funds, received by the department shall increase authorizations and

 

allotments in the long-term care accounts.

 

     (3) Any unexpended penalty money, at the end of the year,

 

shall carry forward to the following year.

 

     Sec. 1683. The department shall promote activities that

 

preserve the dignity and rights of terminally ill and chronically

 

ill individuals. Priority shall be given to programs, such as

 

hospice, that focus on individual dignity and quality of care

 

provided persons with terminal illness and programs serving persons

 

with chronic illnesses that reduce the rate of suicide through the

 

advancement of the knowledge and use of improved, appropriate pain

 

management for these persons; and initiatives that train health

 

care practitioners and faculty in managing pain, providing

 

palliative care, and suicide prevention.

 

     Sec. 1684. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver program, no more

 

than $4.00 per person per day shall be allocated for administrative

 

expenses. Fifty percent of the savings realized from this

 

requirement shall be reallocated to increase enrollment in the

 

waiver program and to provide direct services to eligible program

 

participants.

 

     Sec. 1685. All nursing home rates, class I and class III, must

 


have their respective fiscal year rate set 30 days prior to the

 

beginning of their rate year. Rates may take into account the most

 

recent cost report prepared and certified by the preparer, provider

 

corporate owner or representative as being true and accurate, and

 

filed timely, within 5 months of the fiscal year end in accordance

 

with Medicaid policy. If the audited version of the last report is

 

available, it shall be used. Any rate factors based on the filed

 

cost report may be retroactively adjusted upon completion of the

 

audit of that cost report.

 

     Sec. 1688. The department shall not impose a limit on per unit

 

reimbursements to service providers that provide personal care or

 

other services under the Medicaid home and community-based waiver

 

program for the elderly and disabled. The department's per day per

 

client reimbursement cap calculated in the aggregate for all

 

services provided under the Medicaid home and community-based

 

waiver is not a violation of this section.

 

     Sec. 1689. (1) Priority in enrolling additional persons in the

 

Medicaid home and community-based services program shall be given

 

to those who are currently residing in nursing homes or who are

 

eligible to be admitted to a nursing home if they are not provided

 

home and community-based services. The department shall implement

 

screening and assessment procedures to assure that no additional

 

Medicaid eligible persons are admitted to nursing homes who would

 

be more appropriately served by the Medicaid home and community-

 

based services program. If there is a net decrease in the number of

 

Medicaid nursing home days of care during the most recent quarter

 

in comparison with the previous quarter and a net cost savings

 


attributable to moving individuals from a nursing home to the home

 

and community-based services waiver program, the department shall

 

transfer the net cost savings to the home and community-based

 

services waiver program. If a transfer is required, it shall be

 

done on a quarterly basis.

 

     (2) Within 30 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, the

 

department shall provide a report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies that details existing and future allocations

 

for the home and community-based waiver program by regions as well

 

as the associated expenditures. The report shall include

 

information regarding the net cost savings from moving individuals

 

from a nursing home to the home and community-based services waiver

 

program and the amount of funds transferred.

 

     Sec. 1692. (1) The department of community health is

 

authorized to pursue reimbursement for eligible services provided

 

in Michigan schools from the federal Medicaid program. The

 

department and the state budget director are authorized to

 

negotiate and enter into agreements, together with the department

 

of education, with local and intermediate school districts

 

regarding the sharing of federal Medicaid services funds received

 

for these services. The department is authorized to receive and

 

disburse funds to participating school districts pursuant to such

 

agreements and state and federal law.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical services

 

school services payments, the department is authorized to do all of

 

the following:

 


     (a) Finance activities within the medical services

 

administration related to this project.

 

     (b) Reimburse participating school districts pursuant to the

 

fund sharing ratios negotiated in the state-local agreements

 

authorized in subsection (1).

 

     (c) Offset general fund costs associated with the medical

 

services program.

 

     Sec. 1693. The special adjustor payments appropriation in part

 

1 may be increased if the department submits a medical services

 

state plan amendment pertaining to this line item at a level higher

 

than the appropriation. The department is authorized to

 

appropriately adjust financing sources in accordance with the

 

increased appropriation.

 

     Sec. 1694. The department of community health shall distribute

 

$695,000.00 to children's hospitals that have a high indigent care

 

volume. The amount to be distributed to any given hospital shall be

 

based on a formula determined by the department of community

 

health.

 

     Sec. 1697. (1) As may be allowed by federal law or regulation,

 

the department may use funds provided by a local or intermediate

 

school district, which have been obtained from a qualifying health

 

system, as the state match required for receiving federal Medicaid

 

or children health insurance program funds. Any such funds received

 

shall be used only to support new school-based or school-linked

 

health services.

 

     (2) A qualifying health system is defined as any health care

 

entity licensed to provide health care services in the state of

 


Michigan, that has entered into a contractual relationship with a

 

local or intermediate school district to provide or manage school-

 

based or school-linked health services.

 

     Sec. 1699. The department may make separate payments directly

 

to qualifying hospitals serving a disproportionate share of

 

indigent patients in the amount of $50,000,000.00, and to hospitals

 

providing graduate medical education training programs. If direct

 

payment for GME and DSH is made to qualifying hospitals for

 

services to Medicaid clients, hospitals will not include GME costs

 

or DSH payments in their contracts with HMOs.

 

     Sec. 1700. (1) The department, in consultation with the

 

Michigan association of health plans, shall develop a plan to

 

assure that Medicaid payment rates to HMOs in fiscal year 2005-2006

 

meet the federal requirement for actuarially sound rates. The plan

 

shall include the following strategies as well as other

 

alternatives:

 

     (a) Establish or designate centers for transplant excellence.

 

     (b) Establish statewide contracts for durable equipment.

 

     (c) Development of additional copayments.

 

     (d) Decreasing administrative costs.

 

     (e) Shifting end stage renal patients to Medicare.

 

     (f) Acquisition of reinsurance in fee-for-service.

 

     (g) Adopt observation rate for emergency rooms.

 

     (h) Consider changing the nature of diagnosis related group

 

rebasing.

 

     (i) Consider changing the nature of capital expense

 

reimbursement to hospitals.

 


     (j) Make state GME payments through HMOs.

 

     (k) Create disease management contracts for fee-for-service

 

beneficiaries.

 

     (2) A copy of the plan shall be submitted to the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on community health and the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies by October 1, 2005.

 

     Sec. 1710. Any proposed changes by the department to the

 

MIChoice home and community-based services waiver program screening

 

process shall be provided to the members of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on community health prior to

 

implementation of the proposed changes.

 

     Sec. 1711. (1) The department shall maintain the 2-tier

 

reimbursement methodology for Medicaid emergency physicians

 

professional services that was in effect on September 30, 2002,

 

subject to the following conditions:

 

     (a) Payments by case and in the aggregate shall not exceed 70%

 

of Medicare payment rates.

 

     (b) Total expenditures for these services shall not exceed the

 

level of total payments made during fiscal year 2001-2002, after

 

adjusting for Medicare copayments and deductibles and for changes

 

in utilization.

 

     (2) To ensure that total expenditures stay within the spending

 

constraints of subsection (1)(b), the department shall develop a

 

utilization adjustor for the basic 2-tier payment methodology. The

 

adjustor shall be based on a good faith estimate by the department

 

as to what the expected utilization of emergency room services will

 

be during fiscal year 2005-2006, given changes in the number and

 


category of Medicaid recipients. If expenditure and utilization

 

data indicate that the amount and/or type of emergency physician

 

professional services are exceeding the department's estimate, the

 

utilization adjustor shall be applied to the 2-tier reimbursement

 

methodology in such a manner as to reduce aggregate expenditures to

 

the fiscal year 2001-2002 adjusted expenditure target.

 

     (3) The department shall establish an emergency room

 

observation rate for Medicaid eligibles with a length of stay of

 

not more than 24 hours.

 

     Sec. 1715. Effective October 1, 2005, there shall be no new

 

enrollments in the Medicaid adult benefits waiver program.

 

     Sec. 1717. (1) The department shall create 2 pools for

 

distribution of disproportionate share hospital funding. The first

 

pool, totaling $45,000,000.00, shall be distributed using the

 

distribution methodology used in fiscal year 2003-2004. The second

 

pool, totaling $5,000,000.00, shall be distributed to unaffiliated

 

hospitals and hospital systems that received less than $900,000.00

 

in disproportionate share hospital payments in fiscal year 2003-

 

2004 based on a formula that is weighted proportional to the

 

product of each eligible system's Medicaid revenue and each

 

eligible system's Medicaid utilization.

 

     (2) By November 1, 2005, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on community health

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the new distribution of

 

funding to each eligible hospital from the 2 pools.

 

     Sec. 1718. The department shall provide each Medicaid adult

 

home help beneficiary or applicant with the right to a fair hearing

 


when the department or its agent reduces, suspends, terminates, or

 

denies adult home help services. If the department takes action to

 

reduce, suspend, terminate, or deny adult home help services, it

 

shall provide the beneficiary or applicant with a written notice

 

that states what action the department proposes to take, the

 

reasons for the intended action, the specific regulations that

 

support the action, and an explanation of the beneficiary's or

 

applicant's right to an evidentiary hearing and the circumstances

 

under which those services will be continued if a hearing is

 

requested.

 

     Sec. 1720. The department shall continue its Medicare recovery

 

program.

 

     Sec. 1721. The department shall conduct a review of Medicaid

 

eligibility pertaining to funds prepaid to a nursing home or other

 

health care facility that are subsequently returned to an

 

individual who becomes Medicaid eligible and shall report its

 

findings to the members of the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on community health and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies not later than May 15, 2006. Included in its report shall

 

be recommendations for policy and procedure changes regarding

 

whether any funds prepaid to a nursing home or other health care

 

facility that are subsequently returned to an individual, after the

 

date of Medicaid eligibility and patient pay amount determination,

 

shall be considered as a countable asset and recommendations for a

 

mechanism for departmental monitoring of those funds.

 

     Sec. 1722. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

special adjustor and special DSH payments, the department is

 


authorized to make a disproportionate share payment of

 

$33,167,700.00 for health services provided by Hutzel Hospital,

 

$17,903,200.00 for health services previously funded through the

 

higher education appropriations act, and $2,310,000.00 for the

 

Michigan State University institute for health care studies.

 

     (2) The funding authorized under subsection (1) shall only be

 

expended if the necessary Medicaid matching funds are provided by,

 

or on behalf of, the hospital as allowable state match.

 

     Sec. 1723. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for county

 

indigent care and third share plans shall be allocated to fund

 

county health plans serving persons who meet the eligibility

 

requirements of the former state medical program.

 

     (2) A portion of the funds may be allocated for low income

 

uninsured programs (Plan B) and third share plans (Plan C)

 

providing health coverage to working uninsured persons in small and

 

medium sized businesses where the employer, the employee, and the

 

county health plan agree to share in the cost of providing health

 

care services. A county health plan that provides Plan B coverage

 

for low income uninsured populations shall not receive funds for a

 

third share plan.

 

     Sec. 1724. The department shall allow licensed pharmacies to

 

purchase injectable drugs for the treatment of respiratory

 

syncytial virus for shipment to physicians' offices to be

 

administered to specific patients. If the affected patients are

 

Medicaid eligible, the department shall reimburse pharmacies for

 

the dispensing of the injectable drugs and reimburse physicians for

 

the administration of the injectable drugs.

 


     Sec. 1725. The department shall work with the department of

 

human services to implement a plan to reduce Medicaid eligibility

 

errors related to basic eligibility requirements and income

 

requirements. The department shall submit the plan to the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by March

 

15, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of corrections for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Average population............................. 50,285

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 16.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions....... 17,185.8

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  1,826,722,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 


   transfers............................................         1,043,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  1,825,678,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        10,316,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................           411,700

 

Total private revenues.................................                0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        66,442,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $  1,748,507,700

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 16.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 253.2

 

Unclassified positions--16.0 FTE positions............. $      1,368,800

 

Executive direction--32.0 FTE positions................         3,779,000

 

Policy and strategic planning--52.0 FTE positions......         5,552,400

 

Prisoner reintegration programs--4.0 FTE positions.....         8,878,700

 

Human resources--165.2 FTE positions...................        14,343,600

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............         1,299,200

 

Training...............................................               100

 

Worker's compensation..................................        18,899,000

 

Sheriffs' coordinating and training office.............         2,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     56,120,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDSP, Michigan justice training fund...............           523,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ, serious and violent offender reentry initiative...         1,035,000

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Local corrections officer training fund................         2,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     52,562,000

 

   Sec. 103. ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAMS (SAFETY)

 

   Average population................................ 480

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 291.9

 

Administrative services--70.9 FTE positions............ $      6,462,600

 

Substance abuse testing and treatment..................        17,646,000

 

Inmate legal services..................................           314,900

 

Prison industries operations--220.0 FTE positions......        18,658,700

 

Rent...................................................         2,095,200

 

Equipment and special maintenance......................         2,054,000

 

Compensatory buyout and union leave bank...............           275,000

 

Michigan youth correctional facility - management

 

   services.............................................        13,317,800

 

Michigan youth correctional facility –

 

   administration--1.0 FTE positions....................           156,200

 

   Average population................................ 480

 

Michigan youth correctional facility - lease payments..         5,366,700

 

Prosecutorial and detainer expenses....................         4,051,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     70,398,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ, office of justice programs, Byrne grants..........           729,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Correctional industries revolving fund.................        18,758,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     50,910,000

 


   Sec. 104. FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION (SAFETY)

 

   Average population................................ 310

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,978.4

 

Field operations--1,796.1 FTE positions................ $    140,401,300

 

Parole and probation special operations program........         1,000,000

 

Parole board operations--29.0 FTE positions............         2,452,100

 

Loans to parolees......................................           294,400

 

Parole/probation services..............................         2,867,300

 

Corrections centers--48.0 FTE positions................         5,491,000

 

   Average population................................ 310

 

Electronic monitoring center--36.0 FTE positions.......         4,689,800

 

Technical rule violator program--69.3 FTE positions....         7,748,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    164,944,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - community tether program reimbursement.........           411,700

 

Parole and probation oversight fees....................         9,905,100

 

Tether program, participant contributions..............         5,530,800

 

Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside..........         2,867,300

 

Corrections centers, resident contributions revenue....           374,300

 

Technical rule violator program, public works user

 

   fees.................................................           182,100

 

Telephone fees and commissions.........................           902,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    144,770,900

 

   Sec. 105. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 17.0

 

Community corrections administration--17.0 FTE

 


   positions............................................ $      1,674,300

 

Residential services...................................        16,328,400

 

Community corrections comprehensive plans and services.        14,533,000

 

Jail capacity expansion program........................         1,000,000

 

Public education and training..........................            50,000

 

Regional jail program..................................               100

 

Alternatives to prison jail program....................         1,619,600

 

Alternatives to prison treatment program...............           400,000

 

Felony drunk driver jail reduction and community

 

   treatment program....................................         2,097,400

 

County jail reimbursement program......................        13,249,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,951,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Telephone fees and commissions.........................        12,289,500

 

Civil infraction fees..................................         7,000,000

 

Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside..........           400,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     31,262,300

 

   Sec. 106. CONSENT DECREES (SAFETY)

 

   Average population................................ 200

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 471.3

 

Hadix consent decree--138.0 FTE positions.............. $     10,085,500

 

DOJ consent decree--106.8 FTE positions................         9,097,400

 

DOJ psychiatric plan - MDCH mental health services.....        67,048,800

 

   Average population................................ 200

 

DOJ psychiatric plan - MDOC staff and services--226.5

 

   FTE positions........................................        16,022,700

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    102,254,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    102,254,400

 

   Sec. 107.  HEALTH CARE (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 930.6

 

Health care administration--21.0 FTE positions......... $      2,303,100

 

Hospital and specialty care services...................        58,409,100

 

Vaccination program....................................           491,200

 

Northern region clinical complexes--242.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................        27,032,600

 

Southeastern region clinical complexes--362.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        49,599,100

 

Southwestern region clinical complexes--304.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................        33,776,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    171,611,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Prisoner health care copayments........................           331,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    171,280,300

 

   Sec. 108. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES-ADMINISTRATION

 

(SAFETY)

 

   Average population.............................. 1,386

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 886.2

 

Correctional facilities administration--44.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      5,907,300

 

Housing inmates in federal institutions................           552,600

 

Education services and federal education grants--10.0

 


   FTE positions........................................         5,671,800

 

Federal school lunch program...........................           712,800

 

Leased beds and alternatives to leased beds............               100

 

Inmate housing fund--421.7 FTE positions...............        40,779,700

 

   Average population.............................. 1,386

 

Academic/vocational programs--410.5 FTE positions......        17,081,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     70,705,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDCH, forensic center food service.................           520,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG-FNS, national school lunch.........................           712,800

 

DED-OESE, title I......................................           517,700

 

DED-OVAE, adult education..............................         1,877,800

 

DED, adult literacy grants.............................           305,900

 

DED-OSERS..............................................           100,400

 

DED, vocational education equipment....................           275,200

 

DED, youthful offender/Specter grant...................         1,279,400

 

DOJ-BOP, federal prisoner reimbursement................           372,600

 

DOJ-OJP, serious and violent offender reintegration

 

   initiative...........................................         1,010,000

 

DOJ, prison rape elimination act grant.................         1,000,000

 

SSA-SSI, incentive payment.............................           115,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Facility public works user fees........................            73,200

 

Resident stores........................................           127,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     62,417,600

 


   Sec. 109.  NORTHERN REGION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

 

(SAFETY)

 

   Average population............................. 13,822

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 3,823.8

 

Alger maximum correctional facility - Munising--343.0

 

   FTE positions........................................ $     30,687,200

 

   Average population................................ 849

 

Baraga maximum correctional facility - Baraga--405.5

 

   FTE positions........................................        35,449,000

 

   Average population.............................. 1,084

 

Chippewa correctional facility - Kincheloe--509.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................        45,484,000

 

   Average population.............................. 2,122

 

Kinross correctional facility - Kincheloe--581.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................        54,317,600

 

   Average population.............................. 2,719

 

Marquette branch prison - Marquette--374.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        35,132,000

 

   Average population.............................. 1,070

 

Oaks correctional facility - Eastlake--349.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................        32,480,600

 

   Average population.............................. 1,156

 

Ojibway correctional facility - Marenisco--281.2 FTE

 

   positions............................................        24,699,400

 

   Average population.............................. 1,282

 

Pugsley correctional facility - Kingsley--220.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................        18,620,200

 


   Average population................................ 954

 

Saginaw correctional facility - Freeland--356.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        32,405,500

 

   Average population.............................. 1,480

 

Standish maximum correctional facility - Standish--

 

   402.8 FTE positions..................................        36,858,300

 

   Average population.............................. 1,106

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    346,133,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Facility public works user fees........................           452,700

 

Resident stores........................................         1,064,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    344,616,600

 

   Sec. 110.  SOUTHEASTERN REGION CORRECTIONAL

 

FACILITIES (SAFETY)

 

   Average population............................. 15,733

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,189.9

 

Cooper street correctional facility - Jackson--267.8

 

   FTE positions........................................ $     24,984,000

 

   Average population.............................. 1,360

 

G. Robert Cotton correctional facility - Jackson--

 

   429.3 FTE positions..................................        38,381,400

 

   Average population.............................. 1,854

 

Charles E. Egeler correctional facility - Jackson--

 

   525.4 FTE positions..................................        49,107,100

 

   Average population.............................. 1,591

 

Gus Harrison correctional facility - Adrian--515.8 FTE

 


   positions............................................        46,378,600

 

   Average population.............................. 2,262

 

Macomb correctional facility - New Haven--321.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................        28,084,900

 

   Average population.............................. 1,228

 

Mound correctional facility - Detroit--284.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        25,468,600

 

   Average population.............................. 1,051

 

Parnall correctional facility - Jackson--264.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................        24,136,100

 

Average population.............................. 1,348

 

Ryan correctional facility - Detroit--309.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        27,876,600

 

   Average population.............................. 1,059

 

Robert Scott correctional facility - Plymouth--332.5

 

   FTE positions........................................        28,729,600

 

   Average population................................ 880

 

Southern Michigan correctional facility - Jackson--

 

   418.8 FTE positions..................................        36,018,200

 

   Average population.............................. 1,481

 

Thumb correctional facility - Lapeer--313.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        27,731,100

 

   Average population.............................. 1,219

 

Special alternative incarceration program (Camp

 

   Cassidy Lake)--126.0 FTE positions...................        10,937,900

 

   Average population................................ 400

 

Jackson area support and services--80.0 FTE positions..        13,649,300

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    381,483,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ, state criminal alien assistance program...........           985,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Facility public works user fees........................           365,400

 

Resident stores........................................         1,403,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    378,728,600

 

   Sec. 111.  SOUTHWESTERN REGION CORRECTIONAL

 

FACILITIES (SAFETY)

 

   Average population............................. 18,354

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,343.5

 

Bellamy Creek correctional facility - Ionia--472.1 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     44,996,400

 

   Average population.............................. 1,830

 

Earnest C. Brooks correctional facility - Muskegon--

 

   478.9 FTE positions..................................        43,758,400

 

   Average population.............................. 2,200

 

Carson City correctional facility - Carson City--502.6

 

   FTE positions........................................        45,924,500

 

   Average population.............................. 2,200

 

Richard A. Handlon correctional facility - Ionia--

 

   256.2 FTE positions..................................        23,703,300

 

   Average population.............................. 1,320

 

Ionia maximum correctional facility - Ionia--323.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        28,266,700

 

   Average population................................ 667

 


Lakeland correctional facility - Coldwater--689.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................        62,704,900

 

   Average population.............................. 2,992

 

Muskegon correctional facility - Muskegon--254.4 FTE

 

   positions............................................        24,605,900

 

   Average population.............................. 1,310

 

Pine River correctional facility - St. Louis--231.6

 

   FTE positions........................................        20,607,800

 

   Average population.............................. 1,120

 

Riverside correctional facility - Ionia--519.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        48,116,000

 

   Average population.............................. 2,331

 

St. Louis correctional facility - St. Louis--614.8 FTE

 

   positions............................................        53,595,400

 

   Average population.............................. 2,384

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    396,279,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Facility public works user fees........................           240,300

 

Resident stores........................................         1,638,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    394,400,800

 

   Sec. 112.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SAFETY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      15,838,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,838,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Correctional industries revolving fund.................            11,200

 


Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside..........           523,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     15,304,200

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $1,814,950,100.00 and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $90,233,300.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

 

Field operations - assumption of county probation

 

staff................................................... $     43,561,000

 

Public service work projects...........................        10,643,800

 

Community corrections comprehensive plans and services.        14,533,000

 

Jail capacity expansion program........................         1,000,000

 

Community corrections residential services.............        16,328,400

 

Community corrections public education and training....            50,000

 

Felony drunk driver jail reduction and community

 

treatment program.......................................         2,097,400

 

Alternatives to prison jail program....................         1,619,600

 

Alternatives to prison treatment program...............           400,000

 

Regional jail program..................................               100

 


TOTAL.................................................. $     90,233,300

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.

 

     (b) "DAG-FNS" means the DAG food and nutrition service.

 

     (c) "DED" means the United States department of education.

 

     (d) "DED-OESE" means the DED office of elementary and

 

secondary education.

 

     (e) "DED-OSERS" means the DED office of special education and

 

rehabilitative services.

 

     (f) "DED-OVAE" means the DED office of vocational and adult

 

education.

 

     (g) "Department" or "MDOC" means the Michigan department of

 

corrections.

 

     (h) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.

 

     (i) "DOJ-BOP" means the DOJ bureau of prisons.

 

     (j) "DOJ-OJP" means the DOJ office of justice programs.

 

     (k) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (l) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (m) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.

 

     (n) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (o) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.

 

     (p) "OCC" means office of community corrections.

 

     (q) "SSA" means the United States social security

 

administration.

 


     (r) "SSA-SSI" means SSA supplemental security income.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

   Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state classified

 

civil service.  State departments and agencies are prohibited from

 

hiring any new full-time state classified civil service employees

 

and prohibited from filling any vacant state classified civil

 

service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply to internal

 

transfers of classified employees from 1 position to another within

 

a department.

 

   (2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to the hiring

 

freeze imposed under subsection (1) when the state budget director

 

believes that the hiring freeze will result in rendering a state

 

department or agency unable to deliver basic services, cause loss

 

of revenue to the state, result in the inability of the state to

 

receive federal funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that

 

exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget

 

director shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate

 

and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations

 

the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the

 

previous quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 120 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan

 

shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative

 

will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted

 

to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies within 30 months.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director of each department shall take all

 

nities compete for and perform contracts to provide services

 

upplies, or both. The director shall strongly encourage firms

 

which the department contracts to subcontract with certified

 

nesses in depressed and deprived communities for services,

 

        lies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. (1) Pursuant to the provisions of civil service

 


rules and regulations and applicable collective bargaining

 

agreements, individuals seeking employment with the department

 

shall submit to a controlled substance test. The test shall be

 

administered by the department.

 

     (2) Individuals seeking employment with the department who

 

refuse to take a controlled substance test or who test positive for

 

the illicit use of a controlled substance on such a test shall be

 

denied employment.

 

     Sec. 212. The department may charge fees and collect revenues

 

in excess of appropriations in part 1 not to exceed the cost of

 

offender services and programming, employee meals, parolee loans,

 

academic/vocational services, custody escorts, compassionate

 

visits, union steward activities, public work programs, and

 

emergency services provided to units of government. The revenues

 

and fees collected shall be appropriated for all expenses

 

associated with these services and activities.

 

     Sec. 216. By February 15, 2006, the department shall provide

 

the members of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director with a report detailing nongeneral fund/general

 

purpose sources of revenue, including, but not limited to, federal

 

revenues, state restricted revenues, local and private revenues,

 

offender reimbursements and other payments, revolving funds, and 1-

 

time sources of revenue, whether or not such revenues were

 

appropriated. The report shall include statements detailing for

 

each account the total amount of revenue received during fiscal

 

year 2004-2005, the amount by which the revenue exceeded any

 


applicable appropriated fund source, the amount spent during fiscal

 

year 2004-2005, the account balance at the close of fiscal year

 

2004-2005, and the projected revenues and expenditures for fiscal

 

year 2005-2006.

 

     Sec. 217. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. The user fees are subject to provisions of

 

an interagency agreement between the departments and agencies and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 218. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support department of corrections technology projects under the

 

direction of the department of information technology. Funds

 

designated in this manner are not available for expenditure until

 

approved as work projects under section 451a of the management and

 

budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 221. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 is limited to situations in which 1 or more of the following

 

conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health, safety, or

 

health and safety of Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist

 

other states in similar circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 


increase state revenues, or both, including protecting existing

 

federal funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions listed in subsection (1), the state budget

 

director may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions

 

granted by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly

 

basis to the senate and house standing committees on

 

appropriations.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the senate and house

 

standing committees on appropriations, the fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 


     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

     Sec. 401. The department shall submit 3-year and 5-year prison

 

population projection updates by February 1, 2006 to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The report

 

shall include explanations of the methodology and assumptions used

 

in developing the projection updates.

 

     Sec. 402. The department shall prepare by April 1, 2006

 

individual reports for the technical rule violator program, the

 

community residential program, the electronic tether program, and

 

the special alternative to incarceration program. The reports shall

 

be submitted to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees

 

on corrections, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. Each program's report shall include information on

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) Monthly new participants.

 

     (b) Monthly participant unsuccessful terminations, including

 


cause.

 

     (c) Number of successful terminations.

 

     (d) End month population by facility/program.

 

     (e) Average length of placement.

 

     (f) Return to prison statistics.

 

     (g) Description of each program location or locations,

 

capacity, and staffing.

 

     (h) Sentencing guideline scores and actual sentence statistics

 

for participants, if applicable.

 

     (i) Comparison with prior year statistics.

 

     (j) Analysis of the impact on prison admissions and jail

 

utilization and the cost effectiveness of the program.

 

     Sec. 404. The department shall report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by April 1, 2006 on

 

the ratio of correctional officers to prisoners for each

 

correctional institution, the ratio of shift command staff to line

 

custody staff, and the ratio of noncustody institutional staff to

 

prisoners for each correctional institution.

 

     Sec. 406. Funds included in part 1 for the sheriffs'

 

coordinating and training office are appropriated for and may be

 

expended to defray costs of continuing education, certification,

 

recertification, decertification, and training of local corrections

 

officers, the personnel and administrative costs of the sheriffs'

 

coordinating and training office, the local corrections officers

 

advisory board, and the sheriffs' coordinating and training council

 

under the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL

 


791.531 to 791.546.

 

     Sec. 407. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 of this

 

article for prisoner reintegration programs, the department shall

 

continue to develop and maintain reentry pilot sites at Cooper

 

Street correctional facility, the Huron Valley complex, and Macomb

 

correctional facility.

 

     (2) By April 1, 2006, the department shall provide a report on

 

prisoner reintegration programs to the members of the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. At a minimum,

 

the report shall include all of the following information:

 

     (a) Allocations and projected expenditures for each project

 

funded and for each project to be funded, itemized by service to be

 

provided and service provider.

 

     (b) An explanation of the objectives and results measures for

 

each program.

 

     (c) An explanation of how the programs will be evaluated.

 

     (d) A discussion of the evidence and research upon which each

 

program is based.

 

     (e) A discussion and estimate of the impact of prisoner

 

reintegration programs on reoffending and returns to prison.

 

     (f) A progress report on applicable results of each program,

 

including but not limited to the estimated bed space impact of

 

prisoner reintegration programs.

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAMS

 

     Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 


prosecutorial and detainer expenses, the department shall reimburse

 

counties for housing and custody of parole violators and offenders

 

being returned by the department from community placement who are

 

available for return to institutional status and for prisoners who

 

volunteer for placement in a county jail.

 

     Sec. 502. (1) The department shall screen and assess each

 

prisoner for alcohol and other drug involvement to determine the

 

need for further treatment. The assessment process shall be

 

designed to identify the severity of alcohol and other drug

 

addiction and determine the treatment plan, if appropriate.

 

     (2) Subject to the availability of funding resources, the

 

department shall provide substance abuse treatment to prisoners

 

with priority given to those prisoners who are most in need of

 

treatment and who can best benefit from program intervention based

 

on the screening and assessment provided under subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 503. (1) In expending residential substance abuse

 

treatment services funds appropriated under this article, the

 

department shall ensure to the maximum extent possible that

 

residential substance abuse treatment services are available

 

statewide.

 

     (2) By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on

 

the allocation, distribution, and expenditure of all funds

 

appropriated by the substance abuse testing and treatment line item

 

during fiscal year 2004-2005 and projected for fiscal year 2005-

 

2006. The report shall include, but not be limited to, an

 


explanation of an anticipated year-end balance, the number of

 

participants in substance abuse programs, and the number of

 

offenders on waiting lists for residential substance abuse

 

programs. Information required under this subsection shall, where

 

possible, be separated by MDOC administrative region and by

 

offender type, including, but not limited to, a distinction between

 

prisoners, parolees, and probationers.

 

     (3) By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on

 

substance abuse testing and treatment program objectives, outcome

 

measures, and results, including program impact on offender

 

behavior and recidivism.

 

     Sec. 504. The department shall cooperate with the department

 

of community health in providing information for and developing the

 

report required under section 425 of article 3. The report shall,

 

by April 1, 2006, provide the following data concerning mental

 

health and substance abuse services during fiscal year 2004-2005:

 

     (a) The number of prisoners receiving substance abuse

 

services, including a description and breakdown of the type of

 

substance abuse services provided to prisoners.

 

     (b) The number of prisoners with a primary diagnosis of mental

 

illness and the number of those prisoners receiving mental health

 

services, including a description and breakdown, encompassing, at a

 

minimum, the categories of inpatient, residential, and outpatient

 

care, of the type of mental health services provided to those

 

prisoners.

 


     (c) The number of prisoners with a primary diagnosis of mental

 

illness and receiving substance abuse services, including a

 

description and breakdown, encompassing, at a minimum, the

 

categories of inpatient, residential, and outpatient care, of the

 

type of treatment provided to those prisoners.

 

     (d) Data indicating if prisoners receiving mental health

 

services for a primary diagnosis of mental illness were previously

 

hospitalized in a state psychiatric hospital for persons with

 

mental illness.

 

     (e) Data indicating whether prisoners with a primary diagnosis

 

of mental illness and receiving substance abuse services were

 

previously hospitalized in a state psychiatric hospital for persons

 

with mental illness.

 

     Sec. 505. The department shall provide quarterly reports on

 

the Michigan youth correctional facility to the members of the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

The reports shall provide information relevant to an assessment of

 

the safety and security of the institution, including, but not

 

limited to, information on the number of critical incidents by type

 

occurring at the facility, the number of custody staff at the

 

facility, staff turnover rates, staff vacancy rates, overtime

 

reports, prisoner grievances, and number and severity of assaults

 

occurring at the facility. The reports also shall provide

 

information on programming available at the facility and on program

 

enrollments, including, but not limited to, academic/vocational

 

programs, counseling programs, mental health treatment programs,

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005  (1 of 2)

substance abuse treatment programs, and cognitive restructuring

 

programs.

 

     Sec. 506. By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on

 

programs provided during the previous fiscal year at the Michigan

 

youth correctional facility. For each program, the report shall

 

include information on program objectives, outcome measures, and

 

results, including the program's impact on offender behavior and

 

recidivism.

 

     Sec. 507. The department shall require the contract monitor

 

for the Michigan youth correctional facility to provide a manual to

 

each prisoner at intake that details programs and services

 

available at the facility, the processes by which prisoner

 

complaints and grievances can be pursued, and the identity of staff

 

available at the facility to answer questions regarding the

 

information in the manual. The contract monitor shall obtain

 

written verification of receipt from each prisoner receiving the

 

manual. The contract monitor also shall answer prisoner questions

 

regarding facility programs, services, and grievance procedures.

   [Sec. 508. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the department renegotiate both the management contract and the lease for the Michigan youth correctional facility with the GEO corporation, with the aim of identifying and achieving savings to be reflected in contract and lease revisions, including savings pertaining to changes in security level. 

     (2) By November 1, 2005, the department shall provide a detailed report to the members of the senate and house appropriations committees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the feasibility of changing the operational security level of the Michigan youth correctional facility. At a minimum, the report shall identify the contractual and statutory changes necessary to operate the facility at security levels other than level V, and on the savings that could be achieved through operating all or part of the facility at 1 or more security levels other than level V.]

FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION

 

     Sec. 601. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005  (2 of 2)

 

department shall conduct a statewide caseload audit of field

 

agents. The audit shall address public protection issues and assess

 

the ability of the field agents to complete their professional

 

duties. The results of the audit shall be submitted to the senate

 


and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by

 

September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 602. (1) Of the amount appropriated in part 1 for field

 

operations, a sufficient amount shall be allocated for the

 

community service work program and shall be used for salaries and

 

wages and fringe benefit costs of community service coordinators

 

employed by the department to supervise offenders participating in

 

work crew assignments. Funds shall also be used to cover motor

 

transport division rates on state vehicles used to transport

 

offenders to community service work project sites.

 

     (2) The community service work program shall provide offenders

 

with community service work of tangible benefit to a community

 

while fulfilling court-ordered community service work sanctions and

 

other postconviction obligations.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "community service work" means

 

work performed by an offender in an unpaid position with a

 

nonprofit or tax-supported or government agency for a specified

 

number of hours of work or service within a given time period.

 

     Sec. 603. (1) All prisoners, probationers, and parolees

 

involved with the electronic tether program shall reimburse the

 

department for the equipment costs and telephone charges associated

 

with their participation in the program. The department may require

 

community service work reimbursement as a means of payment for

 

those able-bodied individuals unable to pay for the cost of the

 

equipment.

 

     (2) Program participant contributions and local community

 


tether program reimbursement for the electronic tether program

 

appropriated in part 1 are related to program expenditures and may

 

be used to offset expenditures for this purpose.

 

     (3) Included in the appropriation in part 1 is adequate

 

funding to implement the community tether program to be

 

administered by the department. The community tether program is

 

intended to provide sentencing judges and county sheriffs in

 

coordination with local community corrections advisory boards

 

access to the state's electronic tether program to reduce prison

 

admissions and improve local jail utilization. The department shall

 

determine the appropriate distribution of the tether units

 

throughout the state based upon locally developed comprehensive

 

corrections plans under the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511,

 

MCL 791.401 to 791.414.

 

     (4) For a fee determined by the department, the department

 

shall provide counties with the tether equipment, replacement

 

parts, administrative oversight of the equipment's operation,

 

notification of violators, and periodic reports regarding county

 

program participants. Counties are responsible for tether equipment

 

installation and service. For an additional fee as determined by

 

the department, the department shall provide staff to install and

 

service the equipment. Counties are responsible for the

 

coordination and apprehension of program violators.

 

     (5) Any county with tether charges outstanding over 60 days

 

shall be considered in violation of the community tether program

 

agreement and lose access to the program.

 

     Sec. 604. Community-placement prisoners and parolees shall

 


reimburse the department for the total costs of the program. As an

 

alternative method of payment, the department may develop a

 

community service work schedule for those individuals unable to

 

meet reimbursement requirements established by the department.

 

     Sec. 606. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department shall conduct or contract for a study of parole and

 

probation agent workloads. The study shall analyze agent workloads,

 

caseloads, and responsibilities and provide recommendations for

 

changes to workload computations and offender-agent workload or

 

caseload ratios.

 

     (2) By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on

 

the results of the study, including information on study timelines,

 

objectives, and methodology.

 

     Sec. 607. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department shall implement means by which parolees and probationers

 

may timely contact their parole or probation agents, and develop

 

procedures that preclude any necessity for an offender to have

 

access to an agent's home telephone number or other personal

 

information pertaining to the agent.

 

     Sec. 608. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for the parole and

 

probation special operations program are appropriated for the

 

purpose of funding law enforcement officer escorts for field agents

 

making unscheduled visits to verify offenders' whereabouts and

 

activities in selected precincts in cities with a population of

 

more than 750,000 according to the most recent United States

 


decennial census. As used in this section, "unscheduled visits"

 

means visits to locations other than governmental offices between

 

the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. and made without appointment with

 

the supervised offender.

 

     (2) It is the intent of the legislature that in the course of

 

expending funds appropriated under part 1 for field operations, the

 

department shall cooperate with the department of attorney general

 

and law enforcement agencies in cities with a population of more

 

than 750,000 according to the most recent United States decennial

 

census in assigning field agents to conduct unscheduled visits in

 

selected police precincts in cities with a population of more than

 

750,000 according to the most recent United States decennial

 

census.

 

 

 

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS

 

     Sec. 701. The office of community corrections shall provide

 

and coordinate the delivery and implementation of services in

 

communities to facilitate successful offender reintegration into

 

the community. Programs and services to be offered shall include,

 

but are not limited to, technical assistance for comprehensive

 

corrections plan development, new program start-up funding, program

 

funding for those programs delivering services for eligible

 

offenders in geographic areas identified by the office of community

 

corrections as having a shortage of available services, technical

 

assistance, referral services for education, employment services,

 

and substance abuse and family counseling. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Alternative to incarceration in a state facility or jail"

 


means a program that involves offenders who receive a sentencing

 

disposition that appears to be in place of incarceration in a state

 

correctional facility or jail based on historical local sentencing

 

patterns or that amounts to a reduction in the length of sentence

 

in a jail.

 

     (b) "Goal" means the intended or projected result of a

 

comprehensive corrections plan or community corrections program to

 

reduce prison commitment rates, to reduce the length of stay in a

 

jail, or to improve the utilization of a jail.

 

     (c) "Jail" means a facility operated by a local unit of

 

government for the physical detention and correction of persons

 

charged with or convicted of criminal offenses.

 

     (d) "Offender eligibility criteria" means particular criminal

 

violations, state felony sentencing guidelines descriptors, and

 

offender characteristics developed by advisory boards and approved

 

by local units of government that identify the offenders suitable

 

for community corrections programs funded through the office of

 

community corrections.

 

     (e) "Offender target population" means felons or misdemeanants

 

who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment in a state

 

correctional facility or jail, who would not increase the risk to

 

the public safety, who have not demonstrated a pattern of violent

 

behavior, and who do not have criminal records that indicate a

 

pattern of violent offenses.

 

     (f) "Offender who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment"

 

means either of the following:

 

     (i) A felon or misdemeanant who receives a sentencing

 


disposition that appears to be in place of incarceration in a state

 

correctional facility or jail, according to historical local

 

sentencing patterns.

 

     (ii) A currently incarcerated felon or misdemeanant who is

 

granted early release from incarceration to a community corrections

 

program or who is granted early release from incarceration as a

 

result of a community corrections program.

 

     Sec. 702. (1) The funds included in part 1 for community

 

corrections comprehensive plans and services are to encourage the

 

development through technical assistance grants, implementation,

 

and operation of community corrections programs that serve as an

 

alternative to incarceration in a state facility or jail. The

 

comprehensive corrections plans shall include an explanation of how

 

the public safety will be maintained, the goals for the local

 

jurisdiction, offender target populations intended to be affected,

 

offender eligibility criteria for purposes outlined in the plan,

 

and how the plans will meet the following objectives, consistent

 

with section 8(4) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511,

 

MCL 791.408:

 

     (a) Reduce admissions to prison of nonviolent offenders who

 

would have otherwise received an active sentence, including

 

probation violators.

 

     (b) Improve the appropriate utilization of jail facilities,

 

the first priority of which is to open jail beds intended to house

 

otherwise prison-bound felons, and the second priority being to

 

appropriately utilize jail beds so that jail crowding does not

 

occur.

 


     (c) Open jail beds through the increase of pretrial release

 

options.

 

     (d) Reduce the readmission to prison of parole violators.

 

     (e) Reduce the admission or readmission to prison of

 

offenders, including probation violators and parole violators, for

 

substance abuse violations.

 

     (2) The award of community corrections comprehensive plans and

 

probation residential centers funds shall be based on criteria that

 

include, but are not limited to, the prison commitment rate by

 

category of offenders, trends in prison commitment rates and jail

 

utilization, historical trends in community corrections program

 

capacity and program utilization, and the projected impact and

 

outcome of annual policies and procedures of programs on prison

 

commitment rates and jail utilization.

 

     (3) Funds awarded for probation residential centers in part 1

 

shall provide for a per diem reimbursement of not more than $43.00.

 

     Sec. 703. The comprehensive corrections plans shall also

 

include, where appropriate, descriptive information on the full

 

range of sanctions and services that are available and utilized

 

within the local jurisdiction and an explanation of how jail beds,

 

probation residential services, the special alternative

 

incarceration program (boot camp), probation detention centers, the

 

electronic monitoring program for probationers, and treatment and

 

rehabilitative services will be utilized to support the objectives

 

and priorities of the comprehensive corrections plan and the

 

purposes and priorities of section 8(4) of the community

 

corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.408. The plans shall also

 


include, where appropriate, provisions that detail how the local

 

communities plan to respond to sentencing guidelines found in

 

chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

777.1 to 777.69, and the use of the county jail reimbursement

 

program under section 706 of this article. The state community

 

corrections board shall encourage local community corrections

 

boards to include in their comprehensive corrections plans

 

strategies to collaborate with local alcohol and drug treatment

 

agencies of the department of community health for the provision of

 

alcohol and drug screening, assessment, case management planning,

 

and delivery of treatment to alcohol- and drug-involved offenders,

 

including, but not limited to, probation and parole violators who

 

are at risk of revocation.

 

     Sec. 704. (1) As part of the March biannual report specified

 

in section 12(2) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL

 

791.412, that requires an analysis of the impact of that act on

 

prison admissions and jail utilization, the department shall submit

 

to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director the following information for each county and

 

counties consolidated for comprehensive corrections plans:

 

     (a) Approved technical assistance grants and comprehensive

 

corrections plans including each program and level of funding, the

 

utilization level of each program, and profile information of

 

enrolled offenders.

 

     (b) If federal funds are made available, the number of

 

participants funded, the number served, the number successfully

 


completing the program, and a summary of the program activity.

 

     (c) Status of the community corrections information system and

 

the jail population information system.

 

     (d) Data on probation residential centers, including

 

participant data, participant sentencing guideline scores, program

 

expenditures, average length of stay, and bed utilization data.

 

     (e) Offender disposition data by sentencing guideline range,

 

by disposition type, number and percent statewide and by county,

 

current year, and comparisons to the previous 3 years.

 

     (2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include the

 

total funding allocated, program expenditures, required program

 

data, and year-to-date totals.

 

     Sec. 705. (1) The department shall identify and coordinate

 

information regarding the availability of and the demand for

 

community corrections programs, jail-based community corrections

 

programs, and basic state-required jail data.

 

     (2) The department is responsible for the collection,

 

analysis, and reporting of state-required jail data.

 

     (3) As a prerequisite to participation in the programs and

 

services offered through the department, counties shall provide

 

basic jail data to the department.

 

     Sec. 706. (1) The department shall administer a county jail

 

reimbursement program from the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

purpose of reimbursing counties for housing in jails felons who

 

otherwise would have been sentenced to prison.

 

     (2) The county jail reimbursement program shall reimburse

 

counties for housing and custody of convicted felons if the

 


conviction was for a crime committed on or after January 1, 1999

 

and 1 of the following applies:

 

     (a) The felon's sentencing guidelines recommended range upper

 

limit is more than 18 months, the felon's sentencing guidelines

 

recommended range lower limit is 12 months or less, the felon's

 

prior record variable score is 35 or more points, and the felon's

 

sentence is not for commission of a crime in crime class G or crime

 

class H under chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927

 

PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69.

 

     (b) The felon's minimum sentencing guidelines range minimum is

 

more than 12 months.

 

     (3) State reimbursement under this section for prisoner

 

housing and custody expenses per diverted offender shall be $43.50

 

per diem for up to a 1-year total.

 

     (4) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the county jail

 

reimbursement program, the department shall contract for an ongoing

 

study to determine the impact of the new legislative sentencing

 

guidelines. The study shall analyze sentencing patterns of

 

jurisdictions as well as future patterns in order to determine and

 

quantify the population impact on prisons and jails of the new

 

guidelines as well as to identify and define felon or crime

 

characteristics or sentencing guidelines scores that indicate a

 

felon is a prison diversion. The department shall contract for a

 

local and statewide study for this purpose and provide periodic

 

reports regarding the status and findings of the study to the house

 

and senate appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 


     (5) The department, the Michigan association of counties, and

 

the Michigan sheriffs' association shall review the periodic

 

findings of the study required in subsection (4) and, if

 

appropriate, recommend modification of the criteria for

 

reimbursement contained in subsection (2). Any recommended

 

modification shall be forwarded to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on corrections and the state budget

 

office.

 

     (6) The department shall reimburse counties for offenders in

 

jail based upon the reimbursement eligibility criteria in place on

 

the date the offender was originally sentenced for the reimbursable

 

offense.

 

     (7) County jail reimbursement program expenditures shall not

 

exceed the amount appropriated in part 1 for the county jail

 

reimbursement program. Payments to counties under the county jail

 

reimbursement program shall be made in the order in which properly

 

documented requests for reimbursements are received. A request

 

shall be considered to be properly documented if it meets MDOC

 

requirements for documentation. The department shall by October 15,

 

2005 distribute the documentation requirements to all counties.

 

     Sec. 707. (1) As a condition of receipt of the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 for community corrections plans and services

 

and probation residential centers, the department shall only award

 

those funds requested under a properly prepared and approved

 

comprehensive corrections plan submitted under section 8 of the

 

community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.408, or directly

 

applied for under section 10 of the community corrections act, 1988

 


PA 511, MCL 791.410.

 

     (2) The department shall only halt funding for an entity

 

funded under section 8 of the community corrections act, 1988 PA

 

511, MCL 791.408, in instances of substantial noncompliance during

 

the period covered by the plan.

 

     Sec. 708. (1) Funds included in part 1 for the felony drunk

 

driver jail reduction and community treatment program are

 

appropriated for and may be expended for any of the following

 

purposes:

 

     (a) To increase availability of treatment options to reduce

 

drunk driving and drunk driving-related deaths by addressing the

 

alcohol addiction of felony drunk drivers who otherwise likely

 

would be sentenced to jail or a combination of jail and other

 

sanctions.

 

     (b) To divert from jail sentences or to reduce the length of

 

jail sentences for felony drunk drivers who otherwise would have

 

been sentenced to jail and whose recommended minimum sentence

 

ranges under sentencing guidelines established under chapter XVII

 

of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to

 

777.69, have upper limits of 18 months or less, through funding

 

programs that may be used in lieu of incarceration and that

 

increase the likelihood of rehabilitation.

 

     (c) To provide a policy and funding framework to make

 

additional jail space available for housing convicted felons whose

 

recommended minimum sentence ranges under sentencing guidelines

 

established under chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure,

 

1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69, have lower limits of 12 months or

 


less and who likely otherwise would be sentenced to prison, with

 

the aim of enabling counties to meet or exceed amounts received

 

through the county jail reimbursement program during fiscal year

 

2002-2003 and reducing the numbers of felons sentenced to prison.

 

     (2) Expenditure of funds included in part 1 for the felony

 

drunk driver jail reduction and community treatment program shall

 

be by grant awards consistent with standards developed by a

 

committee of the state community corrections advisory board. The

 

chairperson of the committee shall be the board member representing

 

county sheriffs. Remaining members of the committee shall be

 

appointed by the chairperson of the board.

 

     (3) In developing annual standards, the committee shall

 

consult with interested agencies and associations. Standards

 

developed by the committee shall include application criteria,

 

performance objectives and measures, funding allocations, and

 

allowable uses of the fund, consistent with the purposes specified

 

in this section.

 

     (4) Allowable uses of the fund shall include reimbursing

 

counties for transportation, treatment costs, and housing felony

 

drunk drivers during a period of assessment for treatment and case

 

planning. Reimbursements for housing during the assessment process

 

shall be at the rate of $43.50 per day per offender, up to a

 

maximum of 5 days per offender.

 

     (5) The standards developed by the committee shall assign each

 

county a maximum funding allocation based on the amount the county

 

received under the county jail reimbursement program in fiscal year

 

2001-2002 for housing felony drunk drivers whose recommended

 


minimum sentence ranges under the sentencing guidelines described

 

in subsection (1)(c) had upper limits of 18 months or less.

 

     (6) Awards of funding under this section shall be provided

 

consistent with the local comprehensive corrections plans developed

 

under the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.401 to

 

791.414. Funds awarded under this section may be used in

 

conjunction with funds awarded under grant programs established

 

under that act. Due to the need for felony drunk drivers to be

 

transitioned from county jails to community treatment services, it

 

is the intent of the legislature that local units of government

 

utilize funds received under this section to support county sheriff

 

departments.

 

     (7) As used in this section, "felony drunk driver" means a

 

felon convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of

 

intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or both, third or

 

subsequent offense, under section 625(9)(c) of the Michigan vehicle

 

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625, or its predecessor statute,

 

punishable as a felony.

 

     Sec. 709. (1) By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to

 

the members of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director on each of the following:

 

     (a) The county jail reimbursement program.

 

     (b) The felony drunk driver jail reduction and community

 

treatment program.

 

     (c) The alternatives to prison jail program.

 

     (d) The alternatives to prison treatment program.

 


     (e) The jail capacity expansion program.

 

     (f) New initiatives to control prison population growth funded

 

under residential services and comprehensive plans and services.

 

     (2) For each program listed under subsection (1), the report

 

under subsection (1) shall include information on each of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Program objectives and outcome measures.

 

     (b) Expenditures by location.

 

     (c) The impact on jail utilization.

 

     (d) The impact on prison admissions.

 

     (e) Other information relevant to an evaluation of the

 

program.

 

 

 

CONSENT DECREES

 

     Sec. 801. Funding appropriated in part 1 for consent decree

 

line items is appropriated into separate control accounts created

 

for each line item. Funding in each control account shall be

 

distributed as necessary into separate accounts created for the

 

purpose of separately identifying costs and expenditures associated

 

with each consent decree.

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE

 

     Sec. 901. The department shall not expend funds appropriated

 

under part 1 for any surgery, procedure, or treatment to provide or

 

maintain a prisoner's sex change unless it is determined medically

 

necessary by the chief medical officer of the department.

 

     Sec. 902. (1) As a condition of expenditure of the funds

 


appropriated in part 1, the department shall report to the senate

 

and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections on January 1,

 

2006 and July 1, 2006 the status of payments from contractors to

 

vendors for health care services provided to prisoners, as well as

 

the status of the contracts, and an assessment of prisoner health

 

care quality.

 

     (2) It is the intent of the legislature that, in the interest

 

of providing the most efficient and cost-effective delivery of

 

health care, local health care providers shall be considered and

 

given the opportunity to competitively bid as vendors under future

 

managed care contracts.

 

     Sec. 903. There are sufficient funds and FTEs appropriated in

 

part 1 to provide a full complement of nurses for clinical

 

complexes working regular pay hours and it is the intent of the

 

legislature that sufficient nurses be hired or retained to limit

 

the use of overtime other-than-holiday pay.

 

     Sec. 905. It is the intent of the legislature that, with the

 

funds appropriated in part 1 for hospital and specialty care

 

services, the department shall ensure that local providers of

 

ambulance services to prisoners be reimbursed within 60 days of the

 

filing of any uncontested claim for service.

 

     Sec. 906. (1) The department shall identify and manage

 

prisoners who abuse the availability of medical services by

 

obtaining transportation to off-site medical care when unnecessary

 

or reasonably avoidable. In doing this, the department shall, when

 

appropriate, consult with off-site medical facilities on how to

 

accomplish this goal.

 


     (2) By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on

 

its activities and progress in implementing this section.

 

     Sec. 907. The bureau of health care services shall develop

 

information on Hepatitis C prevention and the risks associated with

 

exposure to Hepatitis C, and the health care providers shall

 

disseminate this information verbally and in writing to each

 

prisoner at the health screening and full health appraisal

 

conducted at admissions, at the annual health care screening 1 week

 

before or after a prisoner's birthday, and prior to release to the

 

community by parole, transfer to community residential placement,

 

or discharge on the maximum.

 

     Sec. 908. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall offer an alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test to

 

each prisoner who has received positive parole action. An

 

explanation of results of the test shall be provided confidentially

 

to the prisoner prior to release on parole, and if appropriate

 

based on the test results, the prisoner shall also be provided a

 

recommendation to seek follow-up medical attention in the

 

community. The test shall be voluntary; if the prisoner refuses to

 

be tested, that decision shall not affect parole release,

 

conditions of parole, or parole supervision.

 

     Sec. 909. The department shall ensure that all medications for

 

a prisoner be transported with that prisoner when the prisoner is

 

transferred from 1 correctional facility to another.

 

 

 


INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS

 

     Sec. 1001. As a condition of expenditure of the funds

 

appropriated in part 1, the department shall ensure that smoking

 

areas are designated for use by prisoners and staff at each

 

facility. At a minimum, all outdoor areas within each facility's

 

perimeter shall be designated for smoking, except that smoking may

 

be forbidden within 20 feet of any building designated as

 

nonsmoking or smoke-free.

 

     Sec. 1002. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall allocate sufficient funds to develop a pilot

 

children's visitation program. The pilot program shall teach

 

parenting skills and arrange for day visitation at these facilities

 

for parents and their children, except for the families of

 

prisoners convicted of a crime involving criminal sexual conduct in

 

which the victim was less than 18 years of age or involving child

 

abuse.

 

     Sec. 1003. The department shall prohibit prisoners access to

 

or use of the Internet or any similar system.

 

     Sec. 1004. Any department employee who, in the course of his

 

or her job, is determined by a physician to have had a potential

 

exposure to the Hepatitis B virus, shall receive a Hepatitis B

 

vaccination upon request.

 

     Sec. 1006. (1) The inmate housing fund shall be used for the

 

custody, treatment, clinical, and administrative costs associated

 

with the housing of prisoners other than those specifically

 

budgeted for elsewhere in this article. Funding in the inmate

 

housing fund is appropriated into a separate control account.

 


Funding in the control account shall be distributed as necessary

 

into separate accounts created to separately identify costs for

 

specific purposes.

 

     (2) Quarterly reports on all expenditures from the inmate

 

housing fund shall be submitted by the department to the state

 

budget director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees

 

on corrections, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 1007. The department shall establish a uniform rate to be

 

paid by agencies that benefit from public work services provided by

 

special alternative incarceration participants and prisoners.

 

     Sec. 1008. It is the intent of the legislature that from the

 

funds appropriated in part 1 for prison operations the department

 

maintain on a voluntary basis 1 or more cognitive restructuring

 

programs, including, but not limited to, Project CHANGE for high-

 

security-level prisoners.

 

     Sec. 1009. By April 1, 2006, the department shall report to

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections,

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director

 

on academic/vocational programs for the most recently completed

 

appropriation year. The report shall provide information relevant

 

to an assessment of the department's academic and vocational

 

programs, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

     (a) The number of prisoners enrolled in each program, the

 

number of prisoners completing each program, and the number of

 

prisoners on waiting lists for each program.

 

     (b) The steps the department has undertaken to improve

 

programs and reduce waiting lists.

 


     (c) An explanation of the value and purpose of each program,

 

e.g., to improve employability, reduce recidivism, reduce prisoner

 

idleness, or some combination of these and other factors.

 

     (d) An identification of program outcomes for each academic

 

and vocational program.

 

     (e) An explanation of the department's plans for academic and

 

vocational programs.

 

     Sec. 1010. (1) By February 1, 2006, the department shall

 

report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director, the percent of offenders included in the prison

 

population intake for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 who have

 

a high school diploma or a general educational development (G.E.D.)

 

certificate.

 

     (2) By February 1, 2006, the department shall provide the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director

 

with a statistical report on the efficacy of department-provided

 

prison vocational education programs and on the efficacy of

 

department-provided academic education programs in reducing

 

offender recidivism rates.

 

     (3) The department shall collect the data necessary to develop

 

the reports required by this section.

 

     Sec. 1011. The department shall allow the Michigan Braille

 

transcribing fund program to operate at its current location. The

 

donation of the building by the Michigan Braille transcribing fund

 

at the G. Robert Cotton correctional facility in Jackson is

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

acknowledged and appreciated. The department shall continue to

 

encourage the Michigan Braille transcribing fund to produce high

 

quality materials for use by the visually impaired.

 

     Sec. 1012. The department shall impose a 35% surcharge on all

 

items purchased by prisoners in state facilities other than the

 

Michigan youth correctional facility.  The 35% surcharge is in

 

addition to any other surcharge or mark-up imposed on those items

 

before the effective date of this section.  The department shall

 

increase the maximum amount, if any, of money or scrip that

 

prisoners are allowed to spend, in accordance with this section.  [The

first $1,050,000.00 of the revenue of the surcharges imposed under this section is appropriated for at-post troopers funded under section 112 of article 16 of this act.] 

 

The department shall remit the [remainder] of the surcharges imposed

 

under this section quarterly to the state treasurer for deposit in

 

the trooper recruit school fund created under section 819b of the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.819b.

     [Sec.  1013. From the appropriations in part 1, the department shall ensure that all prisoner activities shall include the presence of a sufficient number of correctional officers needed to maintain the safety and security of the institution.  If a sufficient number of correctional officers is not available to ensure the safety and security of the institution, optional prisoner activities shall be temporarily postponed or cancelled as necessary until sufficient staffing is achieved to supervise the optional prisoner activity.]

 

ARTICLE 5

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEMS APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:


   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 419.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    113,766,800

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    113,766,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        67,519,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf)............         5,151,100

 

Local school district service fees.....................           292,900

 

Total local revenues...................................         5,444,000

 

Private gifts, bequests, and donations.................           504,900

 

Private foundations....................................           393,700

 

Total private revenues.................................           898,600

 

Total local and private revenues.......................         6,342,600

 

Certification fees.....................................         4,489,400

 

Commodity distribution fees............................            75,100

 

Lansing, Michigan school for the blind rent............         1,811,100

 

Michigan merit award trust funds.......................        16,359,300

 

Student insurance revenues.............................           214,600

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           313,700

 

Training and orientation workshop fees.................           100,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        23,363,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     16,541,600

 


   Sec. 102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE

 

SUPERINTENDENT (KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.0

 

State board of education, per diem payments............ $         24,400

 

Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions..............           515,600

 

State board/superintendent operations--16.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,709,100

 

Travel.................................................            84,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,333,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,816,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           184,100

 

Private foundations....................................            24,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,308,000

 

   Sec. 103. CENTRAL SUPPORT (KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 27.0

 

Central support--27.0 FTE positions.................... $      3,490,500

 

Travel.................................................             9,200

 

Worker's compensation..................................            45,000

 

Building occupancy charges-property management

 

   services.............................................         1,532,400

 

Training and orientation workshops.....................           100,000

 

Terminal leave payments................................           620,400

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            29,500

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,827,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         3,639,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           284,100

 

Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf)............            93,400

 

Commodity distribution fees............................             7,000

 

Teacher testing fees...................................            14,100

 

Training and orientation workshop fees.................           100,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,689,000

 

   Sec. 104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (KIDS

 

SUCCEEDING)

 

Information technology operations...................... $       2,576,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,576,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,551,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           183,400

 

Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf)............            48,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        793,000

 

Sec. 105. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES (KIDS

 

SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 52.0

 

Special education operations--52.0 FTE positions....... $     11,173,400

 

Travel.................................................           105,800

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,279,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        10,923,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................            37,500

 

Private foundations....................................           102,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        216,100

 

   Sec. 106. LANSING, MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

 

FORMER SITE (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

General services....................................... $       1,821,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,821,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Lansing, Michigan school for the blind rent............         1,811,100

 

Gifts, bequests, and donations.........................            10,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

(KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 88.0

 

Michigan schools for the deaf and blind operations--

 

   87.0 FTE positions................................... $     10,613,100

 

Travel.................................................            28,500

 

Summer institute.......................................            90,000

 

Camp Tuhsmeheta--1.0 FTE positions.....................           250,100

 

Private gifts - blind..................................            90,000

 

Private gifts - deaf...................................            50,000

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,121,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         5,120,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf)............         5,008,900

 

Local school district service fees.....................           282,500

 

Gifts, bequests, and donations.........................           494,900

 

Student insurance revenue..............................           214,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 108. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES (KIDS

 

SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 31.0

 

Professional preparation operations--31.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      5,503,800

 

Travel.................................................            39,000

 

Department of attorney general.........................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,592,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         2,658,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................         2,634,600

 

Teacher testing fees...................................           299,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND FAMILY

 

SERVICES (KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........... 23.0

 

Early childhood education and family services

 

   operations--23.0 FTE positions....................... $      3,979,600

 

Travel.................................................            64,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,044,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         2,863,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................            56,500

 

Private foundations....................................           184,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        939,400

 

   Sec. 110. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES (KIDS

 

SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.0

 

School improvement operations--74.0 FTE positions...... $     15,441,300

 

Travel.................................................           270,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,711,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        14,335,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           518,900

 

Private foundations....................................            82,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        775,200

 

   Sec. 111. SCHOOL FINANCE AND SCHOOL LAW SERVICES

 

(KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 


Full-time equated classified positions........... 23.0

 

School finance and school law operations--23.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      2,586,100

 

Travel.................................................             9,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,595,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         1,323,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           490,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        781,900

 

   Sec. 112. EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

(KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 27.0

 

Educational assessment operations--27.0 FTE positions.. $     32,156,300

 

Travel.................................................            40,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     32,196,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................        15,837,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust funds.......................        16,359,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 113. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL SUPPORT

 

SERVICES (KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 58.0

 

Grants administration and school support services

 


   operations--58.0 FTE positions....................... $      7,774,900

 

Travel.................................................           166,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,941,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         7,449,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Commodity distribution fees............................            68,100

 

Local school district service fees.....................            10,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        414,000

 

   Sec. 114. GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS (KIDS SUCCEEDING)

 

National board certification........................... $        100,000

 

School breakfast programs..............................         9,625,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,725,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Certification fees.....................................           100,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      9,625,000

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $39,904,800.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 


government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is estimated at $9,625,000.00.

 

The itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to units of local government will occur:

 

GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

STATE PROGRAMS:

 

School lunch and breakfast............................. $       9,625,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $      9,625,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.

 

     (b) "District" means a local school district as defined in

 

section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6,

 

or a local act school district or public school academy as defined

 

in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "ISD" means intermediate school district.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this atricle.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement,

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

or it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     [Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

is appropriated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for

 

ral contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

nditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

article under section 393(2) of the management and budget

 

     1984 PA 431, MCL 18.13

93.

     2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

priated an amount not to exceed $700,000.00 for state

 

ricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

diture until they have been transferred to another line item

 

article under section 393(2) of the management and budget

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

opriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for local

 

ingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

l they have been transferred to another line item in this

 

cle under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

, MCL 18.1393.

 

     In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

opriated an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for private

 

ingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

l they have been transferred to another line item in thi

 

ction 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

31, MCL 18.1393.]

     Sec. 207. The department may carry into the succeeding fiscal

 


year unexpended federal pass-through funds to local institutions

 

and governments that do not require additional state matching

 

funds. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions and

 

governments that are received in amounts in addition to those

 

included in part 1 and that do not require additional state

 

matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended.

 

     Sec. 208. The department shall provide the state budget

 

director and the senate and house fiscal agencies with copies of

 

the state board of education agenda and all supporting documents at

 

the time the agenda and supporting documents are provided to state

 

board of education members.

 

     Sec. 209. (1) Upon receipt of the federal drug free grant, the

 

department shall allocate $225,000.00 of the grant to the safe

 

school program within the department. The safe school program shall

 

work with local school boards, parents of enrolled students, law

 

enforcement agencies, community leaders, and the office of drug

 

control policy for the prevention of school violence. The safe

 

school program shall develop and implement, and serve as

 

coordinator of, a statewide clearinghouse for information, program

 

development, model programs and policies, and technical assistance

 

on school violence prevention.

 

     (2) To accomplish its functions under this section, the safe

 

school program shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Evaluate the effectiveness of, and make recommendations to

 

local school boards concerning public school violence prevention

 

programs, including, but not limited to, programs aimed at reducing

 

the possession of weapons and the incidence of other violent

 


behaviors on school campuses, violence prevention curricula,

 

conflict resolution and peer mediation training, interagency

 

cooperative referral and treatment programs, parental involvement

 

programs, and school safety planning.

 

     (b) In consultation with appropriate organizations, develop

 

and distribute to school districts and public school academies a

 

model code of conduct for pupils.

 

     (c) Coordinate with the office of drug control policy in the

 

department of community health to ensure that there is a meaningful

 

linkage between the efforts under this article to provide safe

 

schools and the initiatives undertaken through that office,

 

including, but not limited to, school districts' safe and drug-free

 

school plans, and to facilitate timely applications for and

 

distribution of available grant money.

 

     (d) Provide through the Internet the availability to and

 

information regarding the state model policy on locker searches,

 

the state model policy on firearm safety and awareness, and any

 

other state or local safety policies that the office considers

 

exemplary.

 

     (e) Advance, promote, and encourage the awareness and use of

 

the state police antiviolence hotline.

 

     Sec. 210. The department shall require all public school

 

districts to maintain complete records within the personnel file of

 

a teacher or school employee of any disciplinary actions taken by

 

the local school board against the teacher or employee for sexual

 

misconduct. The records shall not be destroyed or removed from the

 

teacher's or employee's personnel file except as required by a

 


court order.

 

     Sec. 211. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user

 

fees to the department of information technology for technology-

 

related services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 212. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 213. Before publishing a list of schools or districts

 

determined to have failed to make adequate yearly progress as

 

required by the federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public

 

Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, the department shall allow a school or

 

district to appeal that determination. The department shall

 

consider and act upon the appeal within 30 days after it is

 

submitted and shall not publish the list until after all appeals

 

have been considered and decided.

 

     Sec. 214. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 


businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     Sec. 215. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budge director may grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees and the house and senate fiscal agencies

 

on the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during

 

the previous quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) The department of management and budget and each

 

principal executive department and agency shall provide to the

 

senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations and the senate and house fiscal agencies a monthly

 

report on all personal service contracts awarded without

 

competitive bidding, pricing, or rate-setting. The notification

 

shall include all of the following:

 


     (a) The total dollar amount of the contract.

 

     (b) The duration of the contract.

 

     (c) The name of the vendor.

 

     (d) The type of service to be provided.

 

     (2) For personal service contracts of $25,000.00 or more, the

 

department of management and budget shall provide a monthly report

 

including all of the following:

 

     (a) The total dollar amount of the contract.

 

     (b) The duration of the contract.

 

     (c) The name of the vendor.

 

     (d) The type of service to be provided.

 

     (3) The department of management and budget shall provide a

 

monthly listing of all bid requests or requests for proposal that

 

were issued.

 

     (4) Each principal executive department and agency shall

 

provide a monthly summary listing of information that identifies

 

any authorization for personal service contracts that are provided

 

to the department of civil service pursuant to delegated authority

 

granted to each principal executive department and agency related

 

to personal service contracts.

 

     (5) The department shall not award personal service contracts

 

valued at more than $25,000.00 without competitive bidding,

 

pricing, or rate setting.

 

     Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 


     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     [Sec. 218. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

re businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

ctor shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

racts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

ived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 219. The department shall pay within 60 days of

 

submission the full amount of any bills submitted by the auditor

 

general for all costs incurred by the auditor general while

 

conducting audits of federally funded programs. The department

 

shall expend federal funds allowable under federal law to satisfy

 

any charges billed by the auditor general.

 

 

 


STATE BOARD/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per

 

diem payments to the state board for meetings at which a quorum is

 

present or for performing official business authorized by the state

 

board. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as follows:

 

     (a) State board of education - president - $110.00 per day.

 

     (b) State board of education - member other than president -

 

$100.00 per day.

 

     (2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per

 

diem for more than 30 days per year.

 

     (3) The administrative secretary of the state board of

 

education shall report to the public, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director the previous quarter's

 

expenses by fund source for members of the state board of education

 

related to the performance of their responsibilities.

 

     Sec. 302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state

 

board of education, not more than $35,000.00 shall be expended for

 

in-state travel. No funds from the amount appropriated in part 1

 

shall be expended for out-of-state travel.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND

 

     Sec. 401. The employees at the Michigan schools for the deaf

 

and blind who work on a school year basis shall be considered

 

annual employees for purposes of service credits, retirement, and

 

insurance benefits.

 

     Sec. 402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan schools

 

for the deaf and blind, the department shall assess the

 


intermediate school district of residence 100% of the cost of

 

operating the student's instructional program. The amount shall

 

exclude room and board related costs and the cost of weekend

 

transportation between the school and the student's home.

 

     Sec. 403. (1) The department may assess rent to any state

 

agency for the use of any facility at the Michigan school for the

 

blind's former site in Lansing. The rental rates and all leasing

 

arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the department of

 

management and budget.

 

     (2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may receive and expend additional funds from lease

 

agreements at the Michigan school for the blind's former site in

 

Lansing that have been negotiated with the approval of the

 

department of management and budget. These funds are appropriated

 

to the department for operation, maintenance, and renovation

 

expenses associated with the leased space designated in the

 

tenant's lease agreement.

 

     (3) Security guards or other patrols at the Michigan school

 

for the blind's former site shall not be funded through part 1

 

funds appropriated for the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind.

 

     (4) If the department leases real property to a person or

 

organization that is not a department of state government, the

 

department shall not expend funds in excess of the lease revenue

 

received to replace, renovate, or repair that real property. This

 

section shall not apply to emergency repairs or costs associated

 

with technological renovations.

 

     (5) The department shall not lease real property for less than

 


fair market value.

 

     (6) From the unexpended balances of appropriations and for the

 

former school for the blind site in Lansing, up to $100,000.00 of

 

any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30,

 

2006 may be carried forward as a work project and expended for

 

special maintenance and repairs of facilities at the former

 

Michigan school for the blind site in Lansing. The work project

 

shall be performed by state employees or by contract when necessary

 

at an estimated cost of $100,000.00. The estimated completion date

 

of the work project is September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 404. (1) The department may assess rent or lease excess

 

property located on the campus of the Michigan schools for the deaf

 

and blind in Flint to private or publicly funded organizations.

 

     (2) In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may receive and expend additional funds from lease

 

agreements at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind Flint

 

campus that have been negotiated with the approval of the

 

department of management and budget. These funds are appropriated

 

to the department for the operation, maintenance, and renovation

 

expenses associated with the leased space.

 

     (3) From the unexpended balances of appropriations for the

 

schools for the deaf and blind operations, up to $250,000.00 of any

 

unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on September 30, 2006

 

may be carried forward as a work project and expended for special

 

maintenance and repairs of facilities at the campus of the Michigan

 

schools for the deaf and blind in Flint. The work shall be carried

 

out by state employees, or by contract as necessary, at an

 


estimated cost of $250,000.00. The estimated completion date of the

 

work is September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 407. The department may assist the department of

 

community health, other departments, and local school districts to

 

secure reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan

 

schools from the federal Medicaid program. The department may

 

submit reports of direct expenses related to this effort to the

 

department of community health for reimbursement.

 

     Sec. 408. (1) The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind may

 

promote its residential program as a possible appropriate option

 

for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or

 

visually impaired. The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind

 

shall distribute information detailing its services to all

 

intermediate school districts in the state.

 

     (2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school

 

district that a child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or

 

blind or visually impaired, the intermediate school district shall

 

provide to the parents of the child the literature distributed by

 

the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind to intermediate school

 

districts under subsection (1).

 

     (3) Parents should continue to have a choice regarding the

 

educational placement of their deaf or hard of hearing children.

 

     Sec. 409. In addition to those funds appropriated in part 1,

 

the department may receive and expend funds from the mid-Michigan

 

leadership academy for capital improvements. The department shall

 

report to the house and senate fiscal agencies and the state budget

 

office on an annual basis any expenditures made under this section.

 


These additional funds are appropriated specifically for capital

 

improvements authorized by the department of management and budget

 

and shall be negotiated as part of the lease agreement.

 

     Sec. 410. The department shall report annually to the house

 

and senate appropriations subcommittees on education detailed

 

information on the expenditures made from the amount authorized in

 

part 1 for general services for the Michigan school for the blind's

 

former site.

 

 

 

Professional preparation services

 

     Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

professional preparation services, the department shall maintain

 

the professional personnel register and certificate

 

revocation/felony conviction files.

 

     Sec. 502. The department shall authorize teacher preparation

 

institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2

 

of the required student internship or student teaching credits may

 

be earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require

 

that teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school

 

districts to ensure that the quality of instruction provided to

 

student teachers is comparable to that required in a traditional

 

student teaching program.

 

     Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for professional

 

preparation operations, not more than $75,000.00 shall be allocated

 

to Central Michigan University for the alternative route to

 

certification program.

 

 

 


OFFICE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

 

     Sec. 601. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for the

 

office of school improvement, there is allocated $350,000.00 and

 

3.5 FTE positions to operate a charter school office to administer

 

charter school legislation and associated regulations, and to

 

coordinate the activities of the department relating to charter

 

schools.

 

 

 

GRANTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

     Sec. 701. The department shall disburse the funds to a general

 

fund grantee in accordance with the same standards of timing and

 

amount that apply to disbursements made by the department to a

 

federal fund grantee. The disbursement shall be restricted to the

 

minimum amount needed for immediate disbursement by the grantee.

 

The department may waive this section if extenuating circumstances

 

warrant and are substantiated in the grantee's application or other

 

appropriate documentation. A waiver granted pursuant to this

 

section shall not be effective until 15 days after written notice

 

of the proposed waiver is given to the state budget director and

 

the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees having jurisdiction over the department budget.

 

     Sec. 702. The funds appropriated in part 1 for school

 

breakfast programs shall be made available to all eligible

 

applicant public school districts as follows:

 

     (a) The public school district participates in the federal

 

school breakfast program and meets all standards as prescribed by 7

 

CFR parts 220 and 245.

 


     (b) Payment is made for each breakfast served meeting

 

standards prescribed in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) The payment for a public school district is at a per meal

 

rate equal to the lesser of the district's actual cost, or 100% of

 

the cost of a breakfast served by an efficiently operated breakfast

 

program as determined by the department, less federal

 

reimbursement, participant payments, and other state reimbursement.

 

Determination of efficient cost by the department shall be

 

determined by using a statistical sampling of statewide and

 

regional cost as reported in a manner approved by the department

 

for the preceding school year.

 

     (d) The payment determined under subdivision (c) is prorated

 

if the appropriation in part 1 is not sufficient to fund all

 

payments determined under this section.

 

     Sec. 703. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for national

 

board certification, the department shall pay 1/2 of the

 

application fee for teachers who are considered by the department

 

to be qualified to apply to the national board for professional

 

teaching standards for professional teaching certificates or

 

licenses and to provide grants to recognize and reward teachers who

 

receive certification or licensure.

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

     Sec. 801. The department shall work in collaboration with the

 

center for educational performance and information to support the

 

comprehensive educational information system and all data

 

collection efforts of the department.

 


     Sec. 802. The department and the Michigan virtual university

 

shall work collaboratively to implement section 98 of the state

 

school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1698, in accordance

 

with all applicable federal laws and regulations.

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

 

     Sec. 901. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

educational assessment operations, the department shall provide

 

tests to nonpublic schools and home-schooled students upon request.

 

The department shall notify nonpublic schools that they are

 

eligible to receive the tests.

 

     (2) The department shall release test results at the same time

 

to all private schools and public school districts taking the

 

tests.

 

     (3) The results of each test administered as part of the

 

Michigan educational assessment program, including tests

 

administered to high school students, shall include an item

 

analysis that lists all items that are counted for individual

 

student scores and the percentage of students choosing each

 

possible response.

 

 

 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 1001. (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 to school

 

improvement services, not more than $700,000.00 shall be expended for

 

benchmarking training services and district-level and school-level

 

written reports.

 

     (2) The department shall provide benchmarking training services

 


through a third party to assist schools that have not made adequate

 

yearly progress under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law

 

107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, identify and replicate effective curriculum

 

practices in reading, writing, and math.  A third party providing

 

these services shall meet all of the following qualifications: 

 

     (a) Organizational independence from state and local governments,

 

public agencies, tax supported institutions, and school employees or

 

school employee organizations.

 

     (b) Have a track record of providing public sector performance

 

measurement services that are characterized by analytical

 

transparency, objectivity, and rigor.

 

     (c) Previous experience providing in-service training on the

 

subject of data-driven benchmarking studies of effective practices in

 

curriculum, instruction, and assessment, as may be found in schools

 

whose performance on 1 or more MEAP tests is consistently above that

 

of most other schools that enroll a similar percentage of economically

 

disadvantaged students for 2 to 3 consecutive years and significantly

 

exceeds statistical expectation.

 

     (d) Previous experience providing high-quality in-service

 

training and related print materials that have been favorably

 

evaluated by K-12 educators in a documented manner.

 

     (e) Previous working relationship with 1 or more Michigan-based

 

K-12 professional educational associations.

 

     (3) The department shall provide district-level and school-level

 

written reports through a third party, including reports on Michigan's

 

public schools and public school academies.  The report shall analyze

 

a range of performance indicators in demographic and environmental

 


context.  A third party providing these services shall meet the

 

following qualifications:

 

     (a) Organizational independence from state and local governments,

 

public agencies, tax supported institutions, and school employees or

 

school employee organizations.

 

     (b) Have a track record of providing public sector performance

 

measurement services that are characterized by analytical

 

transparency, objectivity, and rigor.

 

     (c) Previous experience publishing narrative reports on

 

Michigan's K-12 educational data that include an analysis of student

 

achievement, educational revenues and expenditures, the return on

 

educational investments, taxes, debt, the learning environment, and

 

demographics.

 

     (d) Demonstrated ability to create comparison groups for the

 

purpose of benchmarking the performance of individual schools and

 

school districts.

 

     (e) Have a track record of using the Internet to do both of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Publish publicly accessible performance measurement reports

 

that describe the comparative circumstances and trends of K-12

 

educational entities, using narrative text, as well as charts, tables,

 

and graphs.

 

     (ii) Provide interactive tools to search a publicly accessible

 

database consisting of academic, financial, demographic, and

 

contextual data at the school level, district level, and state level,

 

as applicable.

 

 

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006, from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a

 

summary of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,494.7

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  [373,629,500]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDCH local public health operations................        10,472,500

 

IDG from MDOT - Michigan transportation fund...........           986,600

 

IDG from MSP...........................................           690,100

 

IDT, interdivisional charges...........................         2,053,400

 

IDT, laboratory services...............................         2,894,300

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        17,096,900

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  [356,532,600]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................         1,185,100

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         3,506,200

 


DOD, federal...........................................           508,200

 

DOI, federal...........................................           555,000

 

EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............         1,000,000

 

EPA, multiple..........................................       136,334,200

 

Total federal revenues.................................       143,088,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Private funds..........................................           450,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           450,000

 

Total local and private revenues.......................           450,000

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................           794,400

 

Air emissions fees.....................................        15,888,000

 

Aquifer protection revolving fund......................           400,000

 

Campground fund........................................           224,400

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - administration........         3,169,600

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - clean water fund......         3,187,100

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - pollution prevention

 

   activities...........................................           100,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - response activities...            44,900

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        15,774,600

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Environmental education fund...........................           203,700

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................         1,839,700

 

Environmental protection fund..........................           615,100

 

Environmental response fund............................        11,188,100

 

Fees and collections...................................           614,600

 

Financial instruments..................................         5,000,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Great Lakes protection fund............................         2,517,100

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,956,600

 

Hazardous material transportation permit fund..........           218,800

 

Laboratory data quality recognition fund...............            15,400

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         3,776,600

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            52,100

 

Manufactured housing commission fees...................           633,300

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           250,400

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............            69,400

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................           231,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................         3,437,700

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         9,660,300

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         2,029,600

 

Public utility assessments.............................           806,600

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           510,700

 

Public water supply fees...............................         4,619,200

 

Publication revenue....................................           112,700

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        34,327,800

 

Retired engineers technical assistance fund............         1,500,000

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        11,400,000

 

Saginaw Bay and River restoration revenue..............           165,300

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................           194,000

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         5,957,500

 

Septage waste contingency fund.........................            35,600

 

Septage waste program fund.............................         2,070,400

 

Settlement funds.......................................       [3,567,200]

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................           838,700

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           108,300

 

Solid waste program fees...............................         4,356,000

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................         3,050,200

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............        10,010,700

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,867,600

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................        4,493,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................         4,671,900

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           177,400

 

Water analysis fees....................................         3,404,800

 

Water quality protection fund..........................            25,000

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           138,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     [183,551,500]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     29,442,400

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 15.0

 

Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $        482,600

 

Executive direction--8.0 FTE positions.................         1,028,600

 

Office of the Great Lakes--7.0 FTE positions...........           886,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,397,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI, federal...........................................           130,900

 

EPA, multiple..........................................           198,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Great Lakes protection fund............................           547,100

 

Environmental education fund...........................           203,700

 


Environmental response fund............................           160,400

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................            96,500

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           218,500

 

Settlement funds.......................................           231,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        610,800

 

   Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 67.0

 

Financial and business services--32.0 FTE positions.... $      1,694,800

 

Field operations support--20.0 FTE positions...........         1,476,100

 

Automated data processing..............................         2,053,400

 

Personnel--11.0 FTE positions..........................           704,400

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            59,100

 

Administrative hearings--4.0 FTE positions.............           401,700

 

Environmental support projects.........................         5,000,000

 

Building occupancy charges.............................         7,850,900

 

Rent - privately owned property........................         1,836,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,077,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, interdivisional charges...........................         2,053,400

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................            63,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................            28,200

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           793,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - administration........           179,700

 


Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................         1,124,300

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................            62,600

 

Environmental response fund............................         1,078,600

 

Fees and collections...................................            98,800

 

Financial instruments..................................         5,000,000

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................            49,700

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           111,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................            90,300

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         1,335,500

 

Public utility assessments.............................            12,200

 

Public water supply fees...............................           542,100

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,815,900

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................           102,800

 

Settlement funds.......................................           189,700

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................            38,700

 

Solid waste program fees...............................            69,300

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................           220,700

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................           205,800

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................            54,500

 

Water analysis fees....................................           373,100

 

Water use reporting fees...............................             8,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,375,000

 

   Sec. 104. AIR QUALITY  (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 242.0

 

Air quality programs--242.0 FTE positions.............. $      23,632,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     23,632,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 


   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         5,161,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Fees and collections...................................           380,000

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           100,000

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,065,000

 

Environmental response fund............................            98,900

 

Air emissions fees.....................................        13,883,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        943,600

 

   Sec. 105. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES

 

DIVISION  (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 182.0

 

Environmental services--25.5 FTE positions............. $      2,517,300

 

Laboratory services--68.0 FTE positions................         6,929,900

 

Pollution prevention outreach programs.................           300,000

 

Retired engineers technical assistance program.........         1,500,000

 

Revitalization revolving loan fund.....................         1,000,000

 

Municipal assistance--35.5 FTE positions...............         5,130,800

 

Pollution prevention and technical assistance--53.0

 

   FTE positions........................................         5,154,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     22,532,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, laboratory services...............................         2,894,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............         1,000,000

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................           333,200

 


EPA, multiple..........................................         3,866,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           300,000

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           712,700

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - administration........           164,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - response activities...            44,900

 

Environmental protection fund..........................            64,700

 

Environmental response fund............................           625,300

 

Laboratory data quality recognition fund...............            15,400

 

Public water supply fees...............................           237,300

 

Retired engineers technical assistance fund............         1,500,000

 

Settlement revenue.....................................           395,300

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................         2,282,100

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............           210,700

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................            91,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................         4,332,600

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           177,400

 

Water analysis fees....................................         2,872,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        412,400

 

   Sec. 106. OFFICE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 66.0

 

Coal and sand dune management--3.0 FTE positions....... $        612,300

 

Metallic mining reclamation program--1.0 FTE positions.            69,400

 

Mineral wells management--3.0 FTE positions............           231,200

 

Services to oil and gas programs--57.0 FTE positions...         7,226,300

 

Well plugging-orphan wells--2.0 FTE positions..........         2,029,600

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,168,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI, federal...........................................           418,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............            69,400

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................           231,200

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         7,113,600

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         2,029,600

 

Publication revenue....................................           112,700

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................           194,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107. LAND  AND WATER MANAGEMENT  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 125.5

 

Program direction--8.0 FTE positions................... $        904,500

 

Field permitting and project assistance--68.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................         6,565,700

 

Great Lakes shorelands--28.0 FTE positions.............         2,644,200

 

Water management--21.0 FTE positions...................         2,751,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,865,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDOT - Michigan transportation fund...........           935,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................           935,500

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         1,389,700

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

EPA, multiple..........................................           505,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         3,101,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,998,100

 

   Sec. 108. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 297.5

 

Federal cleanup project management--67.0 FTE positions. $      7,882,200

 

Superfund cleanup......................................         4,000,000

 

Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and

 

   revitalization--230.5 FTE positions..................        22,046,300

 

Emergency cleanup action...............................         4,000,000

 

Refined petroleum product cleanup program..............        22,000,000

 

State cleanup (part 201 of Public Act 451 of 1994).....         3,027,900

[Little Black Creek .................................               100

White lake nutrient study ...........................              100]

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $   [62,956,600]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD, federal...........................................           498,300

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         9,168,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           150,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - administration........         2,251,600

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        13,551,400

 

Environmental protection fund..........................           550,400

 

Environmental response fund............................         8,426,500

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            52,100

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        26,319,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Settlement funds.......................................       [1,989,200]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109. WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION 

 

(RESOURCE CONSERVATION, HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 183.5

 

Hazardous waste management program--61.0 FTE positions. $      5,918,900

 

Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           790,200

 

Medical waste program..................................           250,400

 

Radiological protection--16.5 FTE positions............         1,504,300

 

Scrap tire regulatory program--11.0 FTE positions......         1,005,200

 

Solid waste management program--50.0 FTE positions.....         4,294,200

 

Underground storage tank program--35.0 FTE positions...         4,362,200

 

Aboveground storage tank program--8.0 FTE positions....           766,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,891,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDSP...............................................           690,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         3,648,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................           766,200

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................         1,777,100

 

Hazardous material transportation permit fund..........           218,800

 

Solid waste program fees...............................         4,225,200

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           250,400

 

Public utility assessments.............................           790,200

 


Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         1,005,200

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................         4,109,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................            69,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,342,100

 

   Sec. 110. WATER DIVISION  (RESOURCE CONSERVATION,

 

HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 360.2

 

Drinking water and environmental health--114.2 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     16,789,000

 

Surface water--96.1 FTE positions......................        15,270,900

 

NPDES nonstormwater program--121.4 FTE positions.......        10,486,400

 

Groundwater discharge--22.0 FTE positions..............         2,038,600

 

Sewage sludge land application program--6.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................           800,000

 

Aquifer protection program.............................           350,000

 

Aquifer protection and dispute resolution - IDG to

 

   Michigan department of agriculture...................            50,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     45,784,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................        18,256,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aquifer protection revolving fund......................           400,000

 

Campground fund........................................           224,400

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - administration........           574,300

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - clean water fund......         3,187,100

 

Environmental response fund............................           158,000

 


Fees and collections...................................           135,800

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,906,900

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           454,500

 

NPDES fees.............................................         3,347,400

 

Manufactured housing commission fees...................           633,300

 

Public water supply fees...............................         2,167,900

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           825,700

 

Saginaw Bay and River restoration revenue..............           165,300

 

Septage waste contingency fund.........................            35,600

 

Septage waste program fund.............................           545,400

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................           800,000

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           108,300

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           631,400

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,555,700

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           510,700

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           129,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      8,031,200

 

   Sec. 111. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 22.0

 

Environmental investigations--22.0 FTE positions....... $       2,159,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,159,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................           232,300

 

EPA, multiple..........................................           143,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Environmental response fund............................           123,600

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           339,200

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................           266,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,054,600

 

   Sec. 112. GRANTS  (RESOURCE CONSERVATION, HEALTH)

 

Water pollution control and drinking water revolving

 

   funds................................................ $    113,053,500

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................         1,400,000

 

Grants to counties - air pollution.....................            83,700

 

Coastal management grants..............................         2,000,000

 

Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants.......         6,500,000

 

Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants......           700,000

 

Great Lakes research and protection grants.............         1,970,000

 

Household hazardous waste collection program...........           100,000

 

Radon grants...........................................            90,000

 

Real-time water quality monitoring.....................           250,000

 

Drinking water revolving fund implementation...........         1,330,000

 

Local health department operations.....................        10,472,500

 

Pollution prevention local grants......................           250,000

 

Septage waste compliance grants........................         1,525,000

 

Scrap tire grants......................................         4,500,000

 

Volunteer river, stream, and creek cleanup.............            25,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    144,249,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDCH, local public health operations...............        10,472,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         1,700,000

 

EPA, multiple..........................................        93,920,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - pollution prevention

 

   activities...........................................           100,000

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Great Lakes protection fund............................         1,970,000

 

Public water supply fees...............................         1,400,000

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................            83,700

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        11,400,000

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         4,500,000

 

Septage waste program fund.............................         1,525,000

 

Settlement funds.......................................           250,000

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............         9,800,000

 

Water quality protection fund..........................            25,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,853,500

 

   Sec. 113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       6,913,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,913,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDOT - Michigan transportation fund...........            51,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................            17,300

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................            83,300

 

DOD, federal...........................................             9,900

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

DOI, federal...........................................             5,800

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         1,402,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           498,900

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................         1,098,900

 

Environmental response fund............................           516,800

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           109,400

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           675,500

 

Public utility assessments.............................             4,200

 

Public water supply fees...............................           271,900

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................            83,400

 

Settlement funds.......................................           511,600

 

Solid waste program fees...............................            61,500

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................           178,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................           215,800

 

Water analysis fees....................................           159,300

 

State water pollution control revolving fund...........           136,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        821,100

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$212,993,900.00] and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 


government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $15,547,500.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

Radiological protection program........................ $         25,000

 

GRANTS

 

Household hazardous waste collection program...........            50,000

 

Local health department operations.....................        10,472,500

 

Septage waste compliance program.......................         1,525,000

 

Scrap tire grants......................................         1,575,000

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................         1,400,000

 

Real-time water quality monitoring.....................           500,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $     15,547,500

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (b) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland

 

security.

 

     (c) "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.

 

     (d) "DOC-NOAA" means the DOC national oceanic and atmospheric

 

administration.

 

     (e) "DOD" means the United States department of defense.

 

     (f) "DOI" means the United States department of the interior.

 


     (g) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

     (h) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (i) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (j) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.

 

     (k) "MDA" means the Michigan department of agriculture.

 

     (l) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (m) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.

 

     (n) "MI" means Michigan.

 

     (o) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination

 

system.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to the

 

hiring freeze described in subsection (1) when the state budget

 

director believes that the hiring freeze will result in rendering a

 

state department or agency unable to deliver basic services, cause

 


a loss of revenue to the state, result in the inability of the

 

state to receive federal funds, or would necessitate additional

 

expenditures that exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy.

 

The state budget director shall report quarterly to the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring

 

freeze approved during the previous quarter and the reasons to

 

justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 206. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this article. This may include

 

transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients

 

identified for each reporting requirement or it may include

 

placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 207. The departments and state agencies receiving

 

appropriations under this article shall receive and retain copies

 

of all reports funded from appropriations in part 1. These

 

departments and state agencies shall follow federal and state

 

guidelines for short-term and long-term retention of these reports.

 

To the extent consistent with federal and state guidelines, the

 

requirements of this section are satisfied if the reports funded

 

from appropriations in part 1 are retained in electronic format.

 

     Sec. 208. By February 15, 2006, the department shall provide

 

the state budget director, the subcommittees on natural resources

 

and environmental quality of the senate and house appropriations

 

committees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual

 

report on restricted fund balances, projected revenues, and

 

expenditures for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2005 and

 


September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 209. (1) From funds appropriated under part 1, the

 

department shall prepare a report that lists all of the following

 

regarding grant or loan or grant and loan programs administered by

 

the department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006:

 

     (a) The name of each program.

 

     (b) The goals of the program, the criteria, eligibility,

 

process, filing fees, nominating procedures, and deadlines for each

 

program.

 

     (c) The maximum and minimum grant and loan available and

 

whether there is a match requirement for each program.

 

     (d) The amount of any required match, and whether in-kind

 

contributions may be used as part or all of a required match.

 

     (e) Information pertaining to the application process,

 

timeline for each program, and the contact people within the

 

department.

 

     (f) The source of funds for each program, including the

 

citation of pertinent authorizing acts.

 

     (g) Information regarding plans for the next fiscal year for

 

the phaseout, expansion, or changes for each program.

 

     (h) A listing of all recipients of grants or loans awarded by

 

the department by type and amount of grant or loan.

 

     (2) The reports required under this section shall be submitted

 

to the state budget office, the senate and house appropriations

 

committees, and senate and house fiscal agencies by January 1,

 

2006.

 

     Sec. 210. The department shall notify the legislature and

 


shall provide a public meeting and public comment opportunity with

 

respect to any request received by the state of Michigan to divert

 

water from the Great Lakes pursuant to the water resources

 

development act of 1986, Public Law 99-662, 100 Stat. 4082.

 

     Sec. 211. (1) The department shall report all of the following

 

information relative to allocations made from appropriations for

 

the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, state cleanup,

 

emergency actions, superfund cleanup, the revitalization revolving

 

loan program, the brownfield grants and loans program, the leaking

 

underground storage tank cleanup program, the contaminated lake and

 

river sediments cleanup program, and the environmental protection

 

bond projects under section 19508(7) of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19508, to the

 

state budget director, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on environmental quality, and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies:

 

     (a) The name and location of the site for which an allocation

 

is made.

 

     (b) The nature of the problem encountered at the site.

 

     (c) A brief description of how the problem will be resolved if

 

the allocation is made for a response activity.

 

     (d) The estimated date that site closure activities will be

 

completed.

 

     (e) The amount of the allocation, or the anticipated financing

 

for the site.

 

     (f) A summary of the sites and the total amount of funds

 

expended at the sites at the conclusion of the fiscal year.

 


     (g) The number of sites that would qualify as brownfields that

 

were redeveloped.

 

     (2) The report prepared under subsection (1) shall also

 

include all of the following:

 

     (a) The status of all state-owned facilities that are on the

 

list compiled under part 201 of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101 to

 

324.20142.

 

     (b) The report shall include the total amount of funds

 

expended during the fiscal year and the total amount of funds

 

awaiting expenditure.

 

     (c) The total amount of bonds issued for the environmental

 

protection bond program pursuant to part 193 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.19301 to 324.19306, and bonds issued pursuant to the clean

 

Michigan initiative act, 1998 PA 284, MCL 324.95101 to 324.95108.

 

     (3) The report shall be made available by March 31 of each

 

year.

 

     Sec. 212. (1) The department of environmental quality is

 

authorized to expend amounts remaining from the current and prior

 

fiscal year appropriations to meet funding needs of legislatively

 

approved sites for the environmental cleanup and redevelopment

 

program and the leaking underground storage tank cleanup program.

 

     (2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund

 

contained in 2003 PA 173, are appropriated for expenditure for any

 

site listed in this article and any site listed in the public acts

 


referenced in this section.

 

     (3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the cleanup and redevelopment fund and

 

unclaimed bottle deposits fund contained in 2003 PA 171, 2003 PA

 

173, 2003 PA 237, and 2004 PA 350 are appropriated for expenditure

 

for any site listed in this article and any site listed in the

 

public acts referenced in this section.

 

     (4) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the clean Michigan initiative fund - response

 

activities contained in 2000 PA 52, 2001 PA 120, 2003 PA 173, 2003

 

PA 237, 2004 PA 350, and 2004 PA 309 are appropriated for

 

expenditure for any site listed in this article and any site listed

 

in the public acts referenced in this section.

 

     (5) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the environmental protection fund contained in

 

2001 PA 43, 2002 PA 520, 2003 PA 171, and 2004 PA 350 are

 

appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this article

 

and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.

 

     Sec. 213. Of the money appropriated from the environmental

 

education fund in part 1, $5,000.00 shall be allocated to Michigan

 

State University Extension Service - 4-H Youth Programs to fund the

 

Michigan Youth Conservation Council.

 

     Sec. 214. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 


the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 215. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support department of environmental quality technology projects

 

under the direction of the department of information technology.

 

Funds designated in this manner are not available for expenditure

 

until approved as work projects under section 451a of the

 

management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 


more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 217. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 


the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     Sec. 218. The department shall collaborate with the statewide

 

public advisory council, local advisory councils, the United States

 

environmental protection agency, and other appropriate federal

 

agencies, the department of natural resources, and other

 

appropriate parties to develop a long-term strategy to restore and

 

formally remove Michigan's Great Lakes areas of concern from the

 

federal listing. Among other information, the strategy should

 

include a list of cleanup, source control, monitoring, and

 

assessment activities eligible for funding under the federal Great

 

Lakes legacy act; their estimated cost; options for meeting any

 

nonfederal funding match requirements for these activities,

 

including recommendations for changes to existing appropriations

 

and program expenditures to qualify as matching funds for federal

 

grant programs; a description of the optimum staffing level for the

 

areas of concern program and available funding options; and a

 

description of the department's role in seeking the formal removal

 

of areas of concern, or specific beneficial use impairments, from

 

the federal list, including minimum cleanup goals for identified

 

impairments based on applicable state and federal regulatory

 

standards and the monitoring programs available for assessing

 

progress in achieving those goals. In addition, the department

 


shall strive to apply for an equitable share of federal funding and

 

technical assistance available to support the area of concern

 

program and strive to provide the funds needed to meet nonfederal

 

funding requirements.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 301. In addition to the annual report on travel

 

expenditures required by section 217 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1217, the department shall provide to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies a quarterly report within

 

30 days of the end of each quarter on expenses incurred for travel

 

inside and outside the state. The report shall include, but not be

 

limited to, the name of the person who traveled, total expenditures

 

for compensation, fees, or remuneration for meals, transportation,

 

and related contractual services, supplies, and materials, and the

 

destination, reason for, and dates of the travel.

 

 

 

AIR QUALITY

 

     Sec. 401. The department shall report quarterly, via the

 

department's Internet website, on air quality program expenditures

 

and revenues. The report shall include expenditures and revenues by

 

fund source and by program function.

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES

 

     Sec. 501. By July 1, 2006, the department shall prepare and

 

submit a report to the state budget director, the legislature, the

 


chairs of the standing committees of the senate and house of

 

representatives with primary responsibility for issues related to

 

natural resources and the environment, and the chairs of the

 

subcommittees of the senate and house appropriations committees

 

with primary responsibility for appropriations for the department

 

of environmental quality, outlining the implementation of the Great

 

Lakes water quality bond provided for in part 197 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.19701 to 324.19708, including, but not limited to, the amount

 

of bonds issued and the date they were issued, the number of

 

applications received for loans from the state water pollution

 

control revolving fund created in section 16a of the shared credit

 

rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1066a, the total amount of loans

 

requested, a listing of the applicants receiving loans and the

 

total amount of loans provided to those applicants, a listing of

 

applicants whose loan applications were not approved and the

 

reasons why those applications were not approved, the amount of the

 

loans granted that were leveraged from bond proceeds, and the

 

remaining bond proceeds and bond authorization.

 

     Sec. 502. If contracts are let for laboratory work to be paid

 

for using funds appropriated under part 1, the contracts shall be

 

awarded giving first preference to those laboratories that are

 

successful participants in the laboratory data quality recognition

 

program, as provided in section 20505 of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20505.

 

 

 

REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT

 


     Sec. 701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

emergency cleanup actions are considered work project

 

appropriations and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried

 

forward into the succeeding fiscal year. The following is in

 

compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to

 

provide contaminated site cleanup.

 

     (b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of all projects is identified in

 

each line-item appropriation.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2010.

 

     Sec. 702. The department shall incorporate within remedial

 

action plans area-wide or site-specific criteria established

 

through peer review risk assessment. This assessment shall be based

 

on bioavailability studies, site-specific human exposure data, and

 

any other available or relevant scientifically based risk

 

assessment studies.

 

 

 

WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

     Sec. 801. By February 1, 2006, the department shall submit to

 

the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations, the chairpersons of the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on environmental

 

quality, the state budget director, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies a report on out-of-state waste disposed of in landfills in

 

this state. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the

 


amount, type, and state of origin for all out-of-state waste.

 

 

 

WATER

 

     Sec. 901. By February 1, 2006, the department shall submit a

 

report on the department's use of the national pollutant discharge

 

elimination system fund created in section 3121 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.3121, for the previous fiscal year, to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality and natural

 

resources, the standing committees of the legislature with

 

jurisdiction over issues primarily related to natural resources and

 

the environment, and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The

 

report shall include a summary of how the appropriations in part 1

 

for NPDES nonstormwater program were used for the various

 

permissible uses of the fund and shall include specific information

 

on all of the following:

 

     (a) The number of compliance and complaint inspections

 

completed, by category, the number of on-site compliance

 

inspections conducted, and the number of compliance inspections

 

that were not announced in advance to the permittee or licensee.

 

     (b) The number and percent of permit and license inspections

 

that were found to be in significant noncompliance, by category.

 

     (c) The number of administrative enforcement actions taken for

 

permit or license violations and the results of the enforcement

 

actions, including the amount of fines and penalties collected.

 

     (d) The number of judicial enforcement actions taken for

 

permit or license violations and the results of the enforcement

 


actions, including the amount of fines and penalties collected.

 

     (e) A listing of the supplemental environmental projects

 

agreed to as a result of a consent agreement including all of the

 

following: the case name, the monetary value of the supplemental

 

environmental project, and a description of the project.

 

     Sec. 902. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for safe

 

drinking water assistance activities under part 54 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.5401 to 324.5418, the department shall allocate the full 2%

 

available for technical assistance under 42 USC 300j-12.

 

     Sec. 903. Except as provided under part 317 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.31701 to 324.31713, or 2003 PA 148, the department shall not

 

draft, develop, or implement administrative rules, policies,

 

guidelines, or procedures that regulate, permit, monitor, or

 

otherwise control the quantity of groundwater use.

 

 

 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

 

     Sec. 1001. From funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall conduct periodic inspections of imported solid waste at

 

disposal facilities to mitigate the unpermitted disposal of waste

 

at Michigan disposal sites.

 

 

 

GRANTS

 

     Sec. 1101. If a certified health department does not exist in

 

a city, county, or district or does not fulfill its

 

responsibilities under part 117 of the natural resources and

 


environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11701 to

 

324.11720, then the department may spend funds appropriated in part

 

1 under the septage waste compliance program in accordance with

 

section 11716 of the natural resources and environmental protection

 

act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11716.

 

     Sec. 1102. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for scrap tire

 

grants, $100,000.00 shall be available for grants to communities to

 

cover scrap tire fire suppression costs, if owner liability bonds

 

and other available funding sources have been exhausted.

 

     Sec. 1103. The appropriation in part 1 for a real-time water

 

quality monitoring grant is a grant to Macomb County and St. Clair

 

County to support a real-time water quality monitoring program in

 

the St. Clair watershed. By September 30, 2006, grant recipients

 

shall report to the department on the plan, implementation, and

 

status of the project. The department shall forward the report to

 

the state budget director, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on environmental quality, the senate and house

 

standing committees on natural resources and environmental issues,

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the

 


departments of attorney general, civil rights, civil service,

 

information technology, management and budget, state, and treasury,

 

the executive office, the legislative branch, and certain other

 

state purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 48.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 6,991.4

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  2,601,414,100

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................       572,170,600

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  2,029,243,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        51,590,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         2,664,300

 

Total private revenues.................................           550,100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     1,647,366,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    327,072,000

 

 

 

   Sec. 102.  DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 560.0

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     62,499,300

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        12,619,700

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     49,879,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         8,394,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        10,485,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     31,000,300

 

   (2) ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATIONS (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT, SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 560.0

 

Attorney general....................................... $        124,900

 

Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions..............           476,300

 

Attorney general operations--520.0 FTE positions.......        56,865,900

 

Child support enforcement--25.0 FTE positions..........         2,234,400

 

Prosecuting attorneys coordinating council--15.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,699,200

 

PACC, training project.................................           325,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     61,725,700

 

   Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDCH, health services.........................         1,622,200

 


IDG from MDHS..........................................         2,791,500

 

IDG from MDLEG, financial and insurance services.......           996,200

 

IDG from MDLEG, public utility assessments.............         1,780,100

 

IDG from MDMB, risk management revolving fund..........         1,194,900

 

IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund.......           138,900

 

IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund..................           133,800

 

IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund....................         2,510,200

 

IDG from MDSP, Michigan justice training fund..........           325,000

 

IDG from Michigan gaming control board.................           886,900

 

IDG from treasury, land reutilization fund.............           240,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, state administrative match grant/food stamps......           349,500

 

DED-OPSE, student loan, federal lender allowance.......           289,400

 

DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................         1,415,800

 

DOL-OSHA, occupational safety and health...............           248,200

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................           254,300

 

Federal funds..........................................         1,972,800

 

HHS, medical assistance, medigrant.....................           568,100

 

HHS-OS, state Medicaid fraud control units.............         3,296,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Antitrust enforcement collections......................           566,300

 

Attorney general's operations fund.....................           758,800

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................           204,100

 

Collections revenue....................................           618,500

 

Corporate fees and security fees.......................           133,500

 

Environmental response fund............................           688,500

 

Franchise fees.........................................           255,800

 


Game and fish protection fund..........................           670,700

 

Liquor purchase revolving fund.........................           897,900

 

Manufactured housing fees..............................           199,100

 

Michigan state housing development authority fees......           499,700

 

Oil and gas privilege fee revenue......................           151,700

 

Prisoner reimbursement.................................           400,000

 

Prosecuting attorneys training fees....................           326,800

 

Real estate enforcement fund...........................           200,000

 

Retirement funds.......................................           650,100

 

Second injury fund.....................................           930,800

 

Self-insurers security fund............................           158,100

 

Silicosis and dust disease fund........................           466,500

 

State building authority revenue.......................            85,800

 

State hospital authority...............................           323,300

 

State lottery fund.....................................           216,900

 

Tobacco settlement trust fund..........................           368,200

 

Utility consumers fund.................................           488,000

 

Waterways fund.........................................            87,500

 

Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund....           138,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     30,226,700

 

   (3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $         773,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        773,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        773,600

 

 

 

   Sec. 103.  DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS

 


   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 5.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 136.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,481,000

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     12,481,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         1,049,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................                 0

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,431,200

 

   (2) CIVIL RIGHTS OPERATIONS (VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 5.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 136.0

 

Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions.............. $        264,100

 

Civil rights operations--136.0 FTE positions...........        11,401,200

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            29,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,694,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EEOC, state and local antidiscrimination agency

 

   contracts............................................           650,000

 

HUD, grant.............................................           399,800

 


State general fund/general purpose..................... $     10,645,000

 

   (3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (VULNERABLE)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $         786,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        786,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        786,200

 

 

 

   Sec. 104.  DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 240.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     35,123,900

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         5,670,900

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     29,453,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         4,779,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         1,700,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           150,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        15,474,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,349,300

 

   (2) CIVIL SERVICE OPERATIONS (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 240.5

 

Agency services--109.5 FTE positions................... $     10,962,400

 

Human resources/administrative support--45.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        8,556,600

 


Employee benefits--31.0 FTE positions..................         5,572,700

 

Audit and compliance--25.0 FTE positions...............         2,905,200

 

Training...............................................         1,300,000

 

Human resources optimization--30.0 FTE positions.......         2,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     31,296,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, training charges..................................         1,300,000

 

IDG, 1% special funds..................................         1,300,000

 

IDG, human resources optimization user charges.........         2,000,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds 1%.......................................         3,637,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds 1%.........................................         1,700,000

 

Private funds 1%.......................................           150,000

 

Freedom of information fees............................             1,100

 

State restricted funds 1%..............................         6,366,700

 

State sponsored group insurance........................         2,650,000

 

State sponsored group insurance, flexible spending

 

   accounts, and COBRA..................................         5,572,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,619,300

 

   (3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       3,827,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,827,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, human resources optimization user charges.........         1,070,900

 


   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds 1%.......................................         1,142,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State restricted funds 1%..............................           744,700

 

State sponsored group insurance, flexible spending

 

   accounts, and COBRA..................................           139,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        730,000

 

 

 

   Sec. 105.  EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.2

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,205,500

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $      5,205,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................                 0

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................                 0

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,205,500

 

   (2) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OPERATIONS (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.2

 

Governor............................................... $        177,000

 

Lieutenant governor....................................           123,900

 

Executive office--74.2 FTE positions...................         4,054,800

 

Unclassified positions--8.0 FTE positions..............           849,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,205,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,205,500

 

 

 

   Sec. 106.  DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,760.4

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    367,505,200

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................       367,505,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION...........................                 0

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................                 0

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................                 0

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (2) ADMINISTRATION (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,760.4

 

Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions.............. $        300,000

 

Enterprisewide services--75.0 FTE positions............        21,565,200

 

Health and human services--775.6 FTE positions.........       207,924,800

 

Education services--38.9 FTE positions.................         3,529,100

 

Public protection--300.0 FTE positions.................        40,968,400

 

Resources services--171.1 FTE positions................        17,423,500

 

Transportation services--107.0 FTE positions...........        25,000,000

 

General services--292.8 FTE positions..................      50,794,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    367,505,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of agriculture.....................         1,528,200

 

IDG from department of attorney general................           773,600

 

IDG from department of civil rights....................           786,200

 

IDG from department of civil service...................         3,827,000

 

IDG from department of community health................        30,794,800

 

IDG from department of corrections.....................        15,838,900

 

IDG from department of education.......................         2,576,700

 

IDG from department of environmental quality...........         6,913,100

 

IDG from Michigan gaming control board.................         1,100,600

 

IDG from department of history, arts, and libraries....           955,400

 

IDG from department of human services..................       134,826,800

 

IDG from department of labor and economic growth.......        42,486,200

 

IDG from bureau of state lottery.......................         4,236,700

 

IDG from department of management and budget...........        25,583,200

 

IDG from department of military and veterans affairs...         1,177,700

 


IDG from department of natural resources...............         8,997,200

 

IDG from department of state...........................        21,885,300

 

IDG from department of state police....................        22,428,000

 

IDG from department of transportation..................        25,000,000

 

IDG from department of treasury........................        15,789,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

 

 

   Sec. 107.  LEGISLATURE

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    125,909,900

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         1,801,500

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    124,108,400

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................                 0

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................           400,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         2,356,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    121,351,900

 

   (2) LEGISLATURE (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Senate................................................. $     28,641,800

 

Senate automated data processing.......................         2,538,900

 

Senate fiscal agency...................................         3,082,800

 

House of representatives...............................        44,346,300

 

House automated data processing........................         2,010,700

 


House fiscal agency....................................         2,982,900

 

Legislative auditor general............................        15,233,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     98,837,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDCS..........................................           107,900

 

IDG from MDLEG, liquor purchase revolving fund.........            11,300

 

IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund.......            25,200

 

IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............           204,300

 

IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund..................            19,600

 

IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund....................           474,600

 

IDG, single audit act..................................           958,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Construction lien fund.................................             7,200

 

Contract audit administration fees.....................            52,700

 

Correctional industries revolving fund.................            31,300

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................            21,400

 

Marine safety fund.....................................             1,900

 

Michigan economic development corporation..............            41,200

 

Michigan education trust fund..........................            30,000

 

Michigan state fair revolving fund.....................            33,000

 

Michigan state housing development authority fees......            22,100

 

Michigan strategic fund................................            37,500

 

Michigan veterans' trust fund..........................            24,400

 

Motor transport revolving fund.........................             4,700

 

Office services revolving fund.........................             6,800

 

State services fee fund................................           926,900

 


Waterways fund.........................................             5,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     95,789,000

 

   (3) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Legislative council.................................... $     10,078,300

 

Legislative service bureau automated data processing...         1,383,600

 

e-Law, legislative council technology enhancement

 

   project..............................................               500

 

Worker's compensation..................................           133,900

 

National association dues..............................            98,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,694,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - gifts and bequests revenues..................           400,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,294,800

 

   (4) LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

General nonretirement expenses......................... $       4,384,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,384,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Court fees.............................................         1,109,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,274,600

 

   (5) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Capitol building....................................... $      2,260,500

 

Cora Anderson building.................................         7,807,300

 

Farnum building and other properties...................           925,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,993,500

 


    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     10,993,500

 

 

 

   Sec. 108.  DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 745.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    227,699,800

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................       152,490,700

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     75,209,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................           444,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        40,484,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     34,279,600

 

   (2) MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SERVICES (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 5.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 594.5

 

Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions.............. $        570,800

 

Executive operations--21.0 FTE positions...............         2,202,300

 

Administrative services--63.5 FTE positions............         5,877,900

 

Budget and financial management--113.5 FTE positions...         9,148,100

 


Office of the state employer--24.0 FTE positions.......         2,529,200

 

Design and construction services--40.0 FTE positions...         4,751,500

 

Business support services--91.5 FTE positions..........         7,379,400

 

Building operation services--241.0 FTE positions.......        85,471,400

 

Building occupancy charges, rent, and utilities........         3,798,700

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            29,500

 

Motor vehicle fleet....................................        56,500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    178,258,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from building occupancy and parking charges........        88,328,200

 

IDG from department of labor and economic growth.......           100,000

 

IDG from MDCH..........................................           235,000

 

IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund.......            61,900

 

IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund..................            33,300

 

IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund....................         1,221,300

 

IDG from motor transport fund..........................        56,500,000

 

IDG from user fees.....................................         4,892,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................           430,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................           218,200

 

Health management funds................................         1,577,400

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            22,200

 

Special revenue, internal service, and pension trust

 

   funds................................................         6,950,600

 

State building authority revenue.......................           530,500

 


State lottery fund.....................................           122,700

 

Waterways fund.........................................            50,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     16,983,500

 

   (3) STATEWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Professional development fund - AFSCME................. $        100,000

 

Professional development fund - MPES...................           125,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        225,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from employer contributions........................           225,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (4) SPECIAL PROGRAMS (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT,

 

VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 141.5

 

Building occupancy charges - property management

 

   services for executive/legislative building

 

   occupancy............................................ $      1,712,300

 

Retirement services--127.5 FTE positions...............        15,197,400

 

Office of children's ombudsman--14.0 FTE positions.....         1,237,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,146,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Deferred compensation..................................         1,445,700

 

Pension trust funds....................................        13,751,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,949,300

 

   (5) STATE FAIR (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 1.0

 


   Full-time equated classified positions............ 9.0

 

Unclassified positions--1.0 FTE positions.............. $         89,200

 

Michigan state fair operations--9.0 FTE positions......         5,308,100

 

Michigan state fair information technology.............            88,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,486,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State exposition and fairgrounds fund..................         5,486,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (6) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      25,583,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     25,583,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from building occupancy and parking charges........           655,700

 

IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund.......             2,100

 

IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund..................             1,100

 

IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund....................            47,500

 

IDG from user fees.....................................           186,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................            14,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Deferred compensation..................................             2,600

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................             9,800

 

Health management funds................................            41,700

 

Marine safety fund.....................................               900

 

MAIN user charges......................................         3,964,000

 


Pension trust funds....................................         2,739,200

 

Special revenue, internal service, and pension trust

 

   funds................................................         3,554,600

 

State building authority revenue.......................             9,700

 

State lottery fund.....................................             4,600

 

Waterways fund.........................................             2,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     14,346,800

 

 

 

   Sec. 109.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,851.8

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    187,288,300

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        20,000,000

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    167,288,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         2,241,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................               100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       151,877,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     13,169,700

 

   (2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 30.2

 


Secretary of state..................................... $        124,900

 

Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions..............           459,200

 

Operations--30.2 FTE positions.........................         2,373,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,957,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................            52,900

 

Driver fees............................................           102,600

 

Expedient service fees.................................            45,300

 

Look-up fees...........................................           647,700

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................             7,200

 

Personal identification card fees......................            10,600

 

Reinstatement fees - operator licenses.................           114,800

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........         1,360,800

 

Vehicle theft prevention fees..........................            31,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        584,100

 

   (3) DEPARTMENT SERVICES (MOBILITY, EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 174.3

 

Operations--165.8 FTE positions........................ $     22,073,100

 

Assigned claims assessments--6.5 FTE positions.........           674,600

 

Motorcycle safety education administration--2.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           353,800

 

Motorcycle safety education grants.....................         1,200,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     24,301,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


Federal funds..........................................            52,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Assigned claims assessments............................           674,600

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................           388,600

 

Child support clearance fees...........................            32,100

 

Driver fees............................................           795,400

 

Expedient service fees.................................           232,400

 

Look-up fees...........................................         7,233,600

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            69,800

 

Motorcycle safety fund.................................         1,553,800

 

Off-road vehicle title fees............................             7,200

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................            49,200

 

Personal identification card fees......................            77,700

 

Reinstatement fees - operator licenses.................           502,600

 

Scrap tire fund........................................            64,200

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            16,500

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........        12,298,400

 

Vehicle theft prevention fees..........................           227,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $         25,500

 

   (4) REGULATORY SERVICES (MOBILITY, EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 241.1

 

Operations--241.1 FTE positions........................ $     20,111,200

 

County clerk education and training....................           100,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,211,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


Federal funds..........................................            92,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................         4,183,400

 

Commercial driver training school fees.................            63,500

 

Driver fees............................................         1,108,500

 

Expedient service fees.................................            29,900

 

Look-up fees...........................................         3,880,000

 

Notary education and training fund.....................           100,000

 

Notary fee fund........................................           300,000

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................             8,200

 

Personal identification card fees......................            42,900

 

Reinstatement fees - operator licenses.................         1,535,400

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........         7,125,200

 

Vehicle theft prevention fees..........................         1,423,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        318,100

 

   (5) CUSTOMER DELIVERY SERVICES (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT, MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,377.7

 

Branch operations--957.4 FTE positions................. $     66,187,300

 

Central operations--404.1 FTE positions................        32,816,600

 

Commemorative license plates--16.2 FTE positions.......         2,147,300

 

Specialty license plates...............................         1,922,000

 

Olympic center plate...................................            75,700

 

Organ donor program....................................           104,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    103,253,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 


IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............        20,000,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         2,096,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................               100

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................            83,600

 

Child support clearance fees...........................           358,900

 

Driver fees............................................        12,394,800

 

Expedient service fees.................................         2,629,800

 

Look-up fees...........................................        17,120,200

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         1,032,600

 

Michigan state police auto theft fund..................           105,600

 

Mobile home commission fees............................           428,900

 

Off-road vehicle title fees............................           110,600

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................         1,457,900

 

Personal identification card fees......................         1,380,700

 

Reinstatement fees - operator licenses.................         1,046,100

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................           302,100

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........        39,223,000

 

Vehicle theft prevention fees..........................           190,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,291,000

 

   (6) ELECTION REGULATION (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 28.5

 

Election administration and services--25.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      2,677,300

 

Fees to local units....................................            69,800

 

Qualified voter file--3.0 FTE positions................         1,773,500

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      4,520,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,520,600

 

   (7) DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

Building occupancy charges/rent........................ $      9,438,800

 

Worker's compensation..................................           720,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,159,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................           147,500

 

Driver fees............................................           453,800

 

Expedient service fees.................................            15,000

 

Look-up fees...........................................         1,968,300

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................           489,200

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........         4,463,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,622,400

 

   (8) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      21,885,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,885,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Administrative order processing fee....................            10,900

 

Auto repair facilities fees............................           176,500

 

Child support clearance fees...........................            15,900

 

Driver fees............................................         1,279,600

 

Expedient service fees.................................          442,700

 


Look-up fees...........................................         2,650,700

 

Parking ticket court fines.............................            81,400

 

Personal identification card fees......................           848,000

 

Reinstatement fees - operator licenses.................           457,900

 

Transportation administration collection fund..........        13,945,600

 

Vehicle theft prevention fees..........................           168,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,808,000

 

 

 

   Sec. 110.  DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

 

   (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 9.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,623.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  1,577,701,200

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        12,082,600

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  1,565,618,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        34,681,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................           964,300

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     1,426,688,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    103,284,500

 

   (2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 9.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 5.0

 


Unclassified positions--9.0 FTE positions.............. $        812,600

 

Office of the director--5.0 FTE positions..............           645,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,457,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State lottery fund.....................................           141,300

 

State services fee fund................................           159,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,157,000

 

   (3) DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

Travel................................................. $      1,414,200

 

Rent and building occupancy charges - property

 

   management services..................................         4,605,000

 

Worker's compensation insurance premium................           374,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,393,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Delinquent tax collection revenue......................         3,334,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,058,900

 

   (4) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 91.0

 

Supervision of the general property tax law--68.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     10,532,500

 

Property tax assessor training--4.0 FTE positions......           377,100

 

Local finance--19.0 FTE positions......................         2,092,700

 

Pari-mutuel audits.....................................           240,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,242,300

 


    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - assessor training fees.........................           377,100

 

Local - audit charges..................................           497,200

 

Local - equalization study charge-backs................            40,000

 

Local - revenue from local government..................            50,000

 

Land reutilization fund................................         6,725,700

 

Municipal finance fees.................................           410,600

 

State education tax collections........................            50,000

 

State services fee fund................................           240,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,851,700

 

   (5) TAX PROGRAMS (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION, VULNERABLES)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 716.0

 

Customer contact--186.0 FTE positions.................. $     12,130,300

 

Tax compliance--339.0 FTE positions....................        27,243,600

 

Tax policy--37.0 FTE positions.........................         3,686,000

 

Tax processing--150.0 FTE positions....................        13,933,200

 

Home heating assistance................................         2,000,000

 

Bottle bill implementation.............................           250,000

 

New hire reporting.....................................         1,545,000

 

Tobacco tax collection--4.0 FTE positions..............           282,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     61,070,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, data/collection services fees.....................           250,900

 

IDG from MDHS..........................................         1,545,000

 


IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............         6,788,100

 

IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund..................            62,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

HHS-SSA, low-income energy assistance..................         2,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bottle deposit fund....................................           250,000

 

Delinquent tax collection revenue......................        45,150,400

 

Tobacco tax collection and enforcement.................           289,700

 

Tobacco tax revenue....................................           335,900

 

Waterways fund.........................................            75,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,321,700

 

   (6) BANKING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 329.5

 

Human resources optimization user charges.............. $         44,300

 

Human resources, program management, and

 

   purchasing--31.0 FTE positions.......................         2,885,800

 

Mail operations--20.0 FTE positions....................         1,839,400

 

Economic and revenue forecasting--15.5 FTE positions...         1,264,600

 

Unclaimed property--21.0 FTE positions.................         3,301,600

 

Collections--170.0 FTE positions.......................        15,203,900

 

Finance and accounting--32.0 FTE positions.............         1,500,900

 

Receipts processing--40.0 FTE positions................         2,506,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,546,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDHS, title IV-D..............................           542,500

 


IDG, levy/warrant cost assessment fees.................         1,810,800

 

IDG, state agency collection fees......................          509,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Delinquent tax collection revenue......................        13,496,100

 

Escheats revenue.......................................         3,301,500

 

Garnishment fees.......................................           460,700

 

Justice system fund....................................           550,000

 

Treasury fees..........................................           177,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,698,300

 

   (7) FINANCIAL PROGRAMS (PREPARED FOR JOBS, EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 211.0

 

Investments--75.0 FTE positions........................ $     12,810,200

 

Michigan education savings program.....................         1,000,000

 

Michigan merit award administration--6.0 FTE positions.         1,580,400

 

Common cash and debt management--11.5 FTE positions....           980,700

 

Student financial assistance programs--118.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................        34,025,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,396,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, fiscal agent service fees.........................           158,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DED-OPSE, federal lenders allowance....................         9,851,300

 

DED-OPSE, higher education act of 1965, insured loans..        22,309,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

College work-study.....................................            46,300

 


Michigan merit award trust fund........................         2,965,500

 

Retirement funds.......................................        11,845,000

 

School bond fees.......................................           435,300

 

Treasury fees..........................................         1,093,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,691,500

 

   (8) DEBT SERVICE (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

Water pollution control bond and interest redemption... $      2,592,400

 

Quality of life bond...................................        63,500,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative..............................        22,909,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     89,001,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Cleanup and redevelopment funds........................        12,200,000

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        23,914,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     52,886,900

 

   (9) GRANTS (THRIVING ECONOMY, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT,

 

HEALTH, SAFETY)

 

Convention facility development distribution........... $     58,850,000

 

Senior citizen cooperative housing tax exemption

 

   program..............................................        17,900,000

 

Commercial mobile radio service payments...............        31,320,000

 

Health and safety fund grants..........................        25,000,000

 

Qualified agricultural loan payments...................         2,210,000

 

Renaissance zone reimbursement.........................         2,268,000

 

Special grants.........................................           212,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    137,760,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Commercial mobile radio service fees...................        31,320,000

 

Convention facility development fund...................        58,850,000

 

Health and safety fund.................................        25,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     22,590,000

 

   (10) BUREAU OF STATE LOTTERY (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 165.0

 

Lottery operations--165.0 FTE positions................ $     17,167,100

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            29,500

 

Promotion and advertising..............................        18,622,000

 

Lottery information technology services and projects...         4,236,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     40,055,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State lottery fund.....................................        40,055,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (11) CASINO GAMING (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 106.0

 

Michigan gaming control board.......................... $         50,000

 

Casino gaming control administration--106.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        17,163,000

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            14,800

 

Casino gaming information technology services and

 

   projects.............................................         1,100,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,328,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Casino gambling agreements.............................           383,500

 

State services fee fund................................        17,944,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (12) REVENUE SHARING (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Constitutional state general revenue sharing grants.... $    693,500,000

 

Statutory state general revenue sharing grants.........       421,400,000

 

Special census revenue sharing payments................           759,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  1,115,659,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Sales tax..............................................     1,114,900,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        759,700

 

   (13) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Treasury operations information technology services

 

   and projects......................................... $      15,789,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,789,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............           414,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DED-OPSE, higher education act of 1965, insured loans..           521,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Delinquent tax collection revenue......................         9,555,900

 

Land reutilization fund................................            20,000

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................           393,000

 

Retirement funds.......................................           616,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,268,800

 


 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. (1) Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the

 

state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state

 

resources under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is

 

$1,974,438,500.00 and state spending from state resources to be

 

paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is

 

$1,236,105,000.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to units of local government

 

will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

Fees to local units.................................... $         69,800

 

Motorcycle safety education grants.....................           924,000

 

Subtotal............................................... $        993,800

 

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

 

Senior citizen cooperative housing tax exemption....... $     17,900,000

 

Health and safety fund grants..........................        25,000,000

 

Constitutional state general revenue sharing grants....       693,500,000

 

Statutory state general revenue sharing grants.........       421,400,000

 

Special census revenue sharing payments................           759,700

 

Convention facility development fund distribution......        58,850,000

 

Commercial mobile radio service payments...............        15,221,500

 

Renaissance zone reimbursements........................         2,268,000

 

Special grants.........................................          212,000

 


Subtotal............................................... $  1,235,111,200

 

TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT............................... $  1,236,105,000

 

     (2) Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for

 

fiscal year 2005-2006 is estimated at $26,655,074,500.00 in the

 

2005-2006 appropriations acts and total state spending from state

 

sources paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2005-2006

 

is estimated at $15,806,470,900.00. The state-local proportion is

 

estimated at 59.30% of total state spending from state resources.

 

     (3) If payments to local units of government and state

 

spending from state sources for fiscal year 2005-2006 are different

 

than the amounts estimated in subsection (2), the state budget

 

director shall report the payments to local units of government and

 

state spending from state sources that were made for fiscal year

 

2005-2006 to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations within 30 days after the final book-

 

closing for fiscal year 2005-2006.

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "AFSCME" means American federation of state, county, and

 

municipal employees.

 

     (b) "COBRA" means the consolidated omnibus budget

 

reconciliation act of 1985, Public Law 99-272, 100 Stat. 82.

 

     (c) "CPI" means consumer price index.

 

     (d) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.

 


     (e) "DED-OPSE" means the United States department of

 

education, office of postsecondary education.

 

     (f) "DOL-ETA" means the United States department of labor,

 

employment and training administration.

 

     (g) "DOL-OSHA" means the United States department of labor,

 

occupational safety and health administration.

 

     (h) "EEOC" means the United States equal employment

 

opportunity commission.

 

     (i) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

     (j) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (k) "GF/GP" means general fund/general purpose.

 

     (l) "HHS" means the United States department of health and

 

human services.

 

     (m) "HHS-OS" means the HHS office of the secretary.

 

     (n) "HHS-SSA" means the HHS social security administration.

 

     (o) "HUD" means the United States department of housing and

 

urban development.

 

     (p) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (q) "MAIN" means the Michigan administrative information

 

network.

 

     (r) "MCL" means the Michigan Compiled Laws.

 

     (s) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (t) "MDCS" means the Michigan department of civil service.

 

     (u) "MDHS" means the Michigan department of human services.

 

     (v) "MDLEG" means the Michigan department of labor and

 

economic growth.

 


     (w) "MDMB" means the Michigan department of management and

 

budget.

 

     (x) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.

 

     (y) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.

 

     (z) "MPES" means the Michigan professional employees society.

 

     (aa) "PA" means public act.

 

     (bb) "PACC" means the prosecuting attorneys coordinating

 

council.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The attorney general and secretary of state may grant

 

exceptions to the hiring freeze for their respective departments

 

pursuant to the same criteria that the state budget director is

 

able to grant exceptions under this subsection. The state budget

 

director shall grant exceptions to this hiring freeze when the

 

state budget director believes that the hiring freeze will result

 

in rendering a state department or agency unable to deliver basic

 


services, cause loss of revenue to the state, result in the

 

inability of the state to receive federal funds, or necessitate

 

additional expenditures that exceed any savings from maintaining a

 

vacancy. The state budget director shall report quarterly to the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring

 

freeze approved during the previous quarter and the reasons to

 

justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, departments and agencies

 

receiving appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to

 

fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. This

 

requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic mail

 

to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement, or it

 

may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     Sec. 211. Pursuant to section 352 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1352, that provides for a transfer of

 

state general funds into the countercyclical budget and economic

 

stabilization fund, there is appropriated into the countercyclical

 

budget and economic stabilization fund the sum of $0.00. The

 

calculation required by section 352 of the management and budget

 


act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1352, is determined as follows:

 

                                                2004       2005

 

Michigan personal income (millions).......    $323,142   $337,360

 

    less: transfer payments..............      49,101     52,096

 

    Subtotal.............................     274,041    285,264

 

Divided by: Detroit CPI for 12 months

 

    ending June 30.......................       1.837      1.876

 

Equals: Real adjusted Michigan personal

 

    income...............................    $149,178   $152,094

 

Percentage change ........................                  2.0%

 

Percentage change in excess of 2% ........                  0.0%

 

Multiplied by: estimated GF/GP revenue in

 

    FY 2004-2005 (millions)..............               7,914.7

 

Equals: countercyclical budget and

 

    economic stabilization fund calculation

 

    for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

    2006.................................                 $0.00

 

     Sec. 212. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all

 

reports funded from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state

 

guidelines for short-term and long-term retention of records shall

 

be followed.

 

     Sec. 213. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by

 

this state, a department, an agency, or an authority of this state

 

to purchase an ownership interest in a casino enterprise or a

 

gambling operation as those terms are defined in the Michigan

 

gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL

 


432.201 to 432.226.

 

     Sec. 214. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user

 

fees to the department of information technology for technology-

 

related services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the departments and

 

agencies and the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 215. A department or state agency shall not take

 

disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a

 

member of the legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 


funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations, the fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director. The report shall include

 

the following information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 


     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 217. General fund appropriations in this article shall

 

not be expended for items in cases where federal funding is

 

available for the same expenditures.

 

     Sec. 219. The department of management and budget shall reduce

 

statewide contractual general fund expenditures by $30,000,000.00.

 

The state budget director is authorized to take any actions

 

necessary to properly record expenditure reductions as part of the

 

financial transactions for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006. Within 30 days of final book-closing for FY 2005-2006, the

 

state budget director shall provide a report to the senate and

 

house of representatives standing committees on appropriations and

 

the house and senate fiscal agencies itemizing the sources of

 

reductions under this section.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

 

     Sec. 302. (1) The attorney general shall perform all legal

 

services, including representation before courts and administrative

 

agencies rendering legal opinions and providing legal advice to a

 

principal executive department or state agency. A principal

 

executive department or state agency shall not employ or enter into

 

a contract with any other person for services described in this

 

section.

 

     (2) The attorney general shall defend judges of all state

 

courts if a claim is made or a civil action is commenced for

 

injuries to persons or property caused by the judge through the

 


performance of the judge's duties while acting within the scope of

 

his or her authority as a judge.

 

     (3) The attorney general shall perform the duties specified in

 

1846 RS 12, MCL 14.28 to 14.35, and 1919 PA 232, MCL 14.101 to

 

14.102, and as otherwise provided by law.

 

     Sec. 303. The attorney general may sell copies of the biennial

 

report in excess of the 350 copies that the attorney general may

 

distribute on a gratis basis. Gratis copies shall not be provided

 

to members of the legislature. Electronic copies of biennial

 

reports shall be made available on the department of attorney

 

general's website. The attorney general shall sell copies of the

 

report at not less than the actual cost of the report and shall

 

deposit the money received into the general fund.

 

     Sec. 304. The department of attorney general is responsible

 

for the legal representation for state of Michigan state employee

 

worker's disability compensation cases. The risk management

 

revolving fund revenue appropriation in part 1 is to be satisfied

 

by billings from the department of attorney general for the actual

 

costs of legal representation, including salaries and support

 

costs.

 

     Sec. 305. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, not

 

more than $400,000.00 shall be reimbursed per fiscal year for food

 

stamp fraud cases heard by the third circuit court of Wayne County

 

that were initiated by the department of attorney general pursuant

 

to the existing contract between the department of human services,

 

the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan, and the

 

department of attorney general. The source of this funding is money

 


earned by the department of attorney general under the agreement

 

after the allowance for reimbursement to the department of attorney

 

general for costs associated with the prosecution of food stamp

 

fraud cases. It is recognized that the federal funds are earned by

 

the department of attorney general for its documented progress on

 

the prosecution of food stamp fraud cases according to the United

 

States department of agriculture regulations and that once earned

 

by this state, the funds become state funds.

 

     Sec. 306. Any proceeds from a lawsuit initiated by or

 

settlement agreement entered into on behalf of this state against a

 

manufacturer of tobacco products by the attorney general are state

 

funds and are subject to appropriation as provided by law.

 

     Sec. 307. Any unobligated antitrust enforcement revenue,

 

securities fraud revenue, consumer protection or class action

 

enforcement revenues, or attorney fees recovered by the department

 

of attorney general, not to exceed $1,000,000.00, may be carried

 

forward and are available for appropriation to the department of

 

attorney general in the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 308. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated up to $500,000.00 from litigation expense

 

reimbursements awarded to the state.

 

     (2) The funds may be expended for the payment of litigation

 

settlements or attorney fees assessed against the office of the

 

governor, the department of the attorney general, the governor, or

 

the attorney general when acting in an official capacity as the

 

named party in litigation against the state. The funds may also be

 

expended for the payment of state costs incurred under section 16

 


of chapter X of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

770.16.

 

     (3) Unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year are carried

 

forward for expenditure in the following year, up to a maximum

 

authorization of $500,000.00.

 

     Sec. 309. From the prisoner reimbursement funds appropriated

 

in part 1, the department may spend up to $421,800.00 on activities

 

related to the state correctional facilities reimbursement act,

 

1935 PA 253, MCL 800.401 to 800.406. In addition to the funds

 

appropriated in part 1, if the department collects in excess of

 

$1,131,000.00 in gross annual prisoner reimbursement receipts

 

provided to the general fund, the excess, up to a maximum of

 

$1,000,000.00, is appropriated to the department of attorney

 

general and may be spent on the representation of the department of

 

corrections and its officers, employees, and agents, including, but

 

not limited to, the defense of litigation against the state, its

 

departments, officers, employees, or agents in civil actions filed

 

by prisoners. Any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year

 

are carried forward for expenditure in the following fiscal year up

 

to the maximum authorization of $500,000.00.

 

     Sec. 310. (1) For the purposes of providing title IV-D child

 

support enforcement funding, the department of human services, as

 

the state IV-D agency, shall maintain a cooperative agreement with

 

the attorney general for federal IV-D funding to support the child

 

support enforcement activities within the office of the attorney

 

general.

 

     (2) The attorney general or his or her designee shall, to the

 


extent allowable under federal law, have access to any information

 

used by the state to locate parents who fail to pay court ordered

 

child support.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS

 

     Sec. 402. (1) In addition to the appropriations contained in

 

part 1, the department of civil rights may receive and expend funds

 

from local or private sources for all of the following purposes:

 

     (a) Developing and presenting training for employers on equal

 

employment opportunity law and procedures.

 

     (b) The publication and sale of civil rights related

 

informational material.

 

     (c) The provision of copy material made available under

 

freedom of information requests.

 

     (d) Other copy fees, subpoena fees, and witness fees.

 

     (e) Developing, presenting, and participating in mediation

 

processes for certain civil rights cases.

 

     (f) Workshops, seminars, and recognition or award programs

 

consistent with the programmatic mission of the individual unit

 

sponsoring or coordinating the programs.

 

     (2) The department of civil rights shall annually report to

 

the state budget director, the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations, and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies the amount of funds received and expended for

 

purposes authorized under this section.

 

     Sec. 403. The department of civil rights may contract with

 

local units of government to review equal employment opportunity

 


compliance of potential contractors and may charge for and expend

 

amounts received from local units of government for the purpose of

 

developing and providing these contractual services.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE

 

     Sec. 502. (1) All restricted funds shall be assessed a sum not

 

less than 1% of the total aggregate payroll paid from those funds

 

for financing the department of civil service on the basis of

 

actual 1% restricted sources total aggregate payroll of the

 

classified service for fiscal year 2005 in accordance with section

 

5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.  This includes,

 

but is not limited to, restricted funds appropriated in part 1 of

 

any appropriations act. Unexpended 1% appropriated funds shall be

 

returned to each 1% fund source at the end of the fiscal year.

 

     (2) The 1% appropriations in part 1 are estimates of actual 1%

 

charges based on payroll appropriations.  With the approval of the

 

state budget director, the department is authorized to adjust

 

financing sources for civil service 1% charges based on actual

 

payroll expenditures, provided that such adjustments do not

 

increase the total appropriation for the department of civil

 

service.

 

     (3) The 1% financing from restricted sources shall be credited

 

to the department of civil service by the end of the second fiscal

 

quarter.

 

     Sec. 503. Except where specifically appropriated for this

 

purpose, 1% of the financing from restricted sources shall be

 

credited to the department of civil service. For restricted sources

 


of funding within the general fund that have the legislative

 

authority for carryover, if current spending authorization or

 

revenues are insufficient to accept the charge, the shortage shall

 

be taken from carryforward balances of that funding source.

 

Restricted revenue sources that do not have carryforward authority

 

shall be utilized to satisfy departmental operating deducts first

 

and civil service obligations second. General fund dollars are

 

appropriated for any shortfall, pursuant to approval by the state

 

budget director.

 

     Sec. 504. The appropriation in part 1 to the department of

 

civil service, for state-sponsored group insurance, flexible

 

spending accounts, and COBRA, represents amounts, in part, included

 

within the various appropriations throughout state government for

 

the current fiscal year to fund the flexible spending account

 

program included within the department of civil service. Deposits

 

against state-sponsored group insurance, flexible spending

 

accounts, and COBRA for the flexible spending account program shall

 

be made from assessments levied during the current fiscal year in a

 

manner prescribed by the department of civil service. Unspent

 

employee contributions to the flexible spending accounts may be

 

used to offset administrative costs for the flexible spending

 

account program, with any remaining balance of unspent employee

 

contributions to be lapsed to the general fund.

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

     Sec. 573. (1) The department of information technology may

 

sell and accept paid advertising for placement on any state website

 


under its jurisdiction. The department shall review and approve the

 

content of each advertisement. The department may refuse to accept

 

advertising from any person or organization or require modification

 

to advertisements based upon criteria determined by the department.

 

Revenue received under this subsection will be used for operating

 

costs of the department and for future technology enhancements to

 

state of Michigan e-government initiatives. Funds received under

 

this subsection shall be limited to $250,000.00. Any funds in

 

excess of $250,000.00 shall be deposited in the state general fund.

 

     (2) Funds accepted by the department of information technology

 

under subsection (1) are appropriated and allotted when received

 

and may be expended upon receipt.

 

     (3) The privacy policy adopted by the department of

 

information technology shall include the following provisions:

 

     (a) Instruction on how visitors can set their browsers to be

 

warned before each cookie is written to a visitor's computer.

 

     (b) The e-Michigan office will also include instructions for

 

visitors to inform them how to view and remove cookies on their

 

personal computers.

 

     (4) By April 1, the department of information technology shall

 

report to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies that a statement of the total revenue received from the

 

sale of paid advertising accepted under this section and a

 

statement of the total number of advertising transactions are

 

available on the department's website.

 

     Sec. 574. The department of information technology may enter

 


into agreements to supply spatial information and technical

 

services to other principal executive departments, state agencies,

 

local units of government, and other organizations. The department

 

of information technology may receive and expend funds in addition

 

to those authorized in part 1 for providing information and

 

technical services, publications, maps, and other products. The

 

department of information technology may expend amounts received

 

for salaries, supplies, and equipment necessary to provide

 

informational products and technical services. Prior to December 1

 

of each year, the department will provide a report to the senate

 

and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations

 

subcommittees on general government, detailing the sources of

 

funding and expenditures made under this section.

 

     Sec. 575. The legislature shall have access to all historical

 

and current data contained within MAIN pertaining to state

 

departments. State departments shall have access to all historical

 

and current data contained within MAIN.

 

     Sec. 576. When used in this article, "information technology

 

services" means services involving all aspects of managing and

 

processing information including, but not limited to, all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Application development and maintenance.

 

     (b) Desktop computer support and management.

 

     (c) Mainframe computer support and management.

 

     (d) Server support and management.

 

     (e) Local area network support and management.

 

     (f) Information technology contract, project, and procurement

 


management.

 

     (g) Information technology planning and budget management.

 

     (h) Telecommunication services, security, infrastructure, and

 

support.

 

     (i) Software and software licensing.

 

     Sec. 577. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for the Michigan

 

public safety communications system shall be expended upon approval

 

of an expenditure plan by the state budget director.

 

     (2) The department of information technology shall assess all

 

subscribers of the Michigan public safety communications system

 

reasonable access and maintenance fees.

 

     (3) All money received by the department of information

 

technology under this section shall be deposited to the state

 

general fund pursuant to section 443 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1443.

 

     (4) The department of information technology shall provide a

 

report to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,

 

and the state budget director on April 15 and on October 15,

 

indicating the amount of revenue collected under this section and

 

deposited to the state general fund for the immediately preceding

 

6-month period.

 

     Sec. 578. The department of information technology shall

 

submit a report for the immediately preceding fiscal year ending

 

September 30 to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies by March 1. The report

 


shall include the following:

 

     (a) The total amount of funding appropriated for information

 

technology services and projects, by funding source, for all

 

principal executive departments and agencies.

 

     (b) A listing of the expenditures made from the amounts

 

received by the department of information technology, as reported

 

in subdivision (a).

 

     Sec. 579. The department of information technology shall

 

provide a report that analyzes and makes recommendations on the

 

life-cycle of information technology hardware and software. The

 

report shall be submitted to the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees

 

on general government and the senate and house fiscal agencies by

 

March 1.

 

     Sec. 580. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 to general

 

services, for the department of state, there is appropriated

 

$3,450,000.00 for the business application modernization project.

 

Funds shall only be used for the development, implementation, and

 

maintenance of the business application modernization project.

 

     (2) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

business application modernization project are designated as work

 

project appropriations and shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal

 

year. Any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried over into

 

the succeeding fiscal year and shall continue to be available for

 

expenditure until the project has been completed. The total cost is

 

estimated at $30,000,000.00, and the tentative completion date is

 

September 30, 2008.

 


     Sec. 582. The department of information technology shall

 

reduce Michigan master computing contract general fund expenditures

 

by $2,060,000.00. The state budget director is authorized to take

 

any actions necessary to properly record expenditure reductions as

 

part of the financial transactions for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 583. The $17,800,000.00 included in part 1 for the

 

department of information technology, health and human services,

 

related to child support enforcement system improvements, is

 

contingent upon funding appropriated in the department of human

 

services for that purpose.

 

     Sec. 584. The department shall provide a report that

 

calculates the total amount of funds expended for the child support

 

enforcement system to date from the inception of the program. The

 

report shall contain information on the original start and

 

completion dates for the project, the original cost to complete the

 

project, and a listing of all revisions to project completion dates

 

and costs. The report shall include the total amount of funds paid

 

to the federal government for penalties. The report shall be

 

submitted to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on government operations, the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees

 

on general government, and the senate and house fiscal agencies by

 

January 1.

 

 

 

LEGISLATURE

 

     Sec. 600. The senate, the house of representatives, or an

 


agency within the legislative branch may receive, expend, and

 

transfer funds in addition to those authorized in part 1.

 

     Sec. 601. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 to an entity within

 

the legislative branch shall not be expended or transferred to

 

another account without written approval of the authorized agent of

 

the legislative entity. If the authorized agent of the legislative

 

entity notifies the state budget director of its approval of an

 

expenditure or transfer before the year-end book-closing date for

 

that legislative entity, the state budget director shall

 

immediately make the expenditure or transfer. The authorized

 

legislative entity agency shall be designated by the speaker of the

 

house of representatives for house entities, the senate majority

 

leader for senate entities, and the legislative council for

 

legislative council entities.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated within the legislative branch, to a

 

legislative council component, shall not be expended by any agency

 

or other subgroup included in that component without the approval

 

of the legislative council.

 

     Sec. 602. The senate may charge rent and assess charges for

 

utility costs. The amounts received for rent charges and utility

 

assessments are appropriated to the senate for the renovation,

 

operation, and maintenance of the Farnum building and other

 

properties.

 

     Sec. 603. The appropriation contained in part 1 for national

 

association dues is to be distributed by the legislative council.

 

     Sec. 604. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the legislative

 

council includes funds to operate the legislative parking

 


facilities in the capitol area. The legislative council shall

 

establish rules regarding the operation of the legislative parking

 

facilities.

 

     (2) The legislative council shall collect a fee from state

 

employees and the general public using certain legislative parking

 

facilities. The revenues received from the parking fees shall be

 

allocated by the legislative council.

 

     Sec. 605. The appropriation in part 1 to the legislative

 

council for publication of the Michigan manual is a work project

 

account. The unexpended portion remaining on September 30 shall not

 

lapse and shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year

 

for use in paying the associated biennial costs of publication of

 

the Michigan manual.

 

     Sec. 606. The appropriations in part 1 to the legislative

 

branch, for property management, shall be used to purchase

 

equipment and services for building maintenance in order to ensure

 

a safe and productive work environment. These funds, along with

 

funds previously appropriated for property management, are

 

designated as work project appropriations and shall not lapse at

 

the end of the fiscal year, and shall continue to be available for

 

expenditure until the project has been completed. The total cost is

 

estimated at $500,000.00, and the tentative completion date is

 

September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 607. The appropriations in part 1 to the legislative

 

branch, for automated data processing, shall be used to purchase

 

equipment, software, and services in order to support and implement

 

data processing requirements and technology improvements. These

 


funds, along with funds previously appropriated for automated data

 

processing, are designated as work project appropriations and shall

 

not lapse at the end of the fiscal year, and shall continue to be

 

available for expenditure until the project has been completed. The

 

total cost is estimated at $500,000.00, and the tentative

 

completion date is September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 608. In addition to funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

Michigan capitol committee publications save the flags fund account

 

may accept contributions, gifts, bequests, devises, grants, and

 

donations. Those funds that are not expended in the fiscal year

 

ending September 30 shall not lapse at the close of the fiscal

 

year, and shall be carried forward for expenditure in the following

 

fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 609. Funds appropriated in part 1 for e-Law, the

 

legislative council's technology enhancement project, shall be used

 

to support technology improvements for legislative functions

 

performed by the legislative council agencies and to provide

 

greater access to the public regarding legislative information.

 

These funds, along with funds previously appropriated for the

 

legislative session integration system, are designated as work

 

project appropriations and shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal

 

year, and shall continue to be available for expenditure until the

 

project has been completed. The total cost is estimated at

 

$3,992,750.00, and the tentative completion date is September 30,

 

2006.

 

     Sec. 610. The funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used

 

to pay for health insurance benefits for unmarried domestic

 


partners of legislators or legislative employees.

 

     Sec. 611. Pursuant to section 53 of article IV of the state

 

constitution of 1963, the auditor general shall conduct audits of

 

the judicial branch. The audits may include the supreme court and

 

its administrative units, the court of appeals, and trial courts.

 

     Sec. 612. (1) The auditor general shall take all reasonable

 

steps to ensure that certified minority- and women-owned and

 

operated accounting firms, and accounting firms owned and operated

 

by persons with disabilities participate in the audits of the

 

books, accounts, and financial affairs of each principal executive

 

department, branch, institution, agency, and office of this state.

 

     (2) The auditor general shall strongly encourage firms with

 

which the auditor general contracts to perform audits of the

 

principal executive departments and state agencies to subcontract

 

with certified minority- and women-owned and operated accounting

 

firms, and accounting firms owned and operated by persons with

 

disabilities.

 

     (3) The auditor general shall compile an annual report

 

regarding the number of contracts entered into with certified

 

minority- and women-owned and operated accounting firms, and

 

accounting firms owned and operated by persons with disabilities.

 

The auditor general shall deliver the report to the state budget

 

director and the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government by

 

November 1 of each year.

 

     Sec. 613. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the

 

legislative auditor general, the legislative auditor general's

 


salary and the salaries of the remaining 2.0 FTE unclassified

 

positions shall be set by the speaker of the house of

 

representatives, the senate majority leader, the house of

 

representatives minority leader, and the senate minority leader.

 

     Sec. 614. Any audits, reviews, or investigations requested of

 

the auditor general by the legislature or by legislative

 

leadership, legislative committees, or individual legislators shall

 

include an estimate of the additional costs involved and, when

 

those costs exceed $50,000.00, should provide supplemental funding.

 

The auditor general shall determine whether to perform those

 

activities in keeping with Audit Directive No. 29, which describes

 

the office of auditor general policy on responding to legislative

 

requests.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

 

     Sec. 702. Proceeds in excess of necessary costs incurred in

 

the conduct of transfers or auctions of state surplus, salvage, or

 

scrap property made pursuant to section 267 of the management and

 

budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1267, are appropriated to the

 

department of management and budget to offset costs incurred in the

 

acquisition and distribution of federal surplus property.

 

     Sec. 704. (1) The department of management and budget may

 

receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized by part 1

 

for maintenance and operation services provided specifically to

 

other principal executive departments or state agencies, the

 

legislative branch, the judicial branch, or private tenants, or

 

provided in connection with facilities transferred to the

 


operational jurisdiction of the department of management and

 

budget.

 

     (2) The department of management and budget may receive and

 

expend funds in addition to those authorized by part 1 for real

 

estate, architectural, design, and engineering services provided

 

specifically to other principal executive departments or state

 

agencies, the legislative branch, or the judicial branch.

 

     (3) The department of management and budget may receive and

 

expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 for mail

 

pickup and delivery services provided specifically to other

 

principal executive departments and state agencies, the legislative

 

branch, or the judicial branch.

 

     (4) The department of management and budget may receive and

 

expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 for

 

purchasing services provided specifically to other principal

 

executive departments and state agencies, the legislative branch,

 

or the judicial branch.

 

     Sec. 705. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the department of

 

management and budget, for statewide appropriations from employer

 

contributions, represents amounts included within the various

 

appropriations for longevity and insurance, whether appropriated as

 

a single line item or commingled with program line items,

 

throughout state government for the current fiscal year for

 

purposes of funding the child care information and referral

 

services, severance pay funds, and professional development funds

 

included within statewide appropriations. Deposits against the

 

interdepartmental grant from employer contributions shall be made

 


from assessments levied against the longevity and insurance

 

appropriations during the current fiscal year in a manner

 

prescribed by the department of management and budget. Any deposits

 

made under this subsection and any unencumbered funds are

 

restricted revenues, may be carried over into the succeeding fiscal

 

years, and are appropriated.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the department of

 

management and budget for professional development funds and child

 

care information and referral services, the department of

 

management and budget may expend funds for staff support associated

 

with administration of the professional development funds and child

 

care information and referral services in amounts as may be

 

specified in joint labor/management agreements or through the

 

coordinated compensation hearings process.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

severance pay funds, the department of management and budget may

 

receive and expend funds from other state agencies for staff

 

support associated with the administration of these funds.

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 to the

 

department of management and budget, for statewide appropriations

 

from employer contributions, the department of management and

 

budget may receive and expend funds in such additional amounts as

 

may be specified in joint labor/management agreements or through

 

the coordinated compensation hearings process in the same manner

 

and subject to the same conditions as prescribed in subsections

 

(1), (2), and (3).

 

     Sec. 706. To the extent a specific appropriation is required

 


for a detail source of financing included in part 1 for the

 

department of management and budget appropriations financed from

 

special revenue and internal service and pension trust funds, or

 

MAIN user charges, the specific amounts are appropriated within the

 

special revenue internal service and pension trust funds in

 

portions not to exceed the aggregate amount appropriated in part 1.

 

     Sec. 707. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 to

 

the department of management and budget, the department may receive

 

and expend funds from other principal executive departments and

 

state agencies to implement donated annual leave and administrative

 

leave bank transfer provisions as may be specified in joint

 

labor/management agreements. The amounts may also be transferred to

 

other principal executive departments and state agencies under the

 

joint agreement and any amounts transferred under the joint

 

agreement are authorized for receipt and expenditure by the

 

receiving principal executive department or state agency. Any

 

amounts received by the department of management and budget under

 

this section and intended, under the joint labor/management

 

agreements, to be available for use beyond the close of the fiscal

 

year and any unencumbered funds may be carried over into the

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 708. The source of financing in part 1 for the Michigan

 

administrative information network shall be funded by proportionate

 

charges assessed against the respective state funds benefiting from

 

this project in the amounts determined by the department.

 

     Sec. 709. (1) Deposits against the interdepartmental grant

 

from building occupancy and parking charges appropriated in part 1

 


shall be collected, in part, from state agencies, the legislative

 

branch, and the judicial branch based on estimated costs associated

 

with maintenance and operation of buildings managed by the

 

department of management and budget. To the extent excess revenues

 

are collected due to estimates of building occupancy charges

 

exceeding actual costs, the excess revenues may be carried forward

 

into succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of returning funds to

 

state agencies.

 

     (2) Appropriations in part 1 to the department of management

 

and budget, for management and budget services from building

 

occupancy charges and parking charges, may be increased to return

 

excess revenue collected to state agencies.

 

     Sec. 710. The department of management and budget shall notify

 

the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations and the chairpersons of the

 

senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations subcommittees on general government on any revisions

 

that increase or decrease current contracts by more than

 

$500,000.00 for computer software development, hardware

 

acquisition, or quality assurance at least 14 days before the

 

department of management and budget finalizes the revisions.

 

     Sec. 711. The department of management and budget shall

 

maintain an Internet website that contains notice of all

 

invitations for bids and requests for proposals over $50,000.00

 

issued by the department or by any state agency operating under

 

delegated authority. The department shall not accept an invitation

 

for bid or request for proposal in less than 14 days after the

 


notice is made available on the Internet website, except in

 

situations where it would be in the best interest of the state and

 

documented by the department. In addition to the requirements of

 

this section, the department may advertise the invitations for bids

 

and requests for proposals in any manner the department determines

 

appropriate, in order to give the greatest number of individuals

 

and businesses the opportunity to make bids or requests for

 

proposals.

 

     Sec. 712. The department of management and budget may receive

 

and expend funds from the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund

 

as provided in the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA

 

234, MCL 35.1051 to 35.1057. Funds are appropriated and allocated

 

when received and may be expended upon receipt.

 

     Sec. 713. The Michigan veterans' memorial park commission may

 

receive and expend money from any source, public or private,

 

including, but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations of money,

 

and government appropriations, for the purposes described in

 

Executive Order No. 2001-10. Funds are appropriated and allocated

 

when received and may be expended upon receipt. Any deposits made

 

under this section and unencumbered funds are restricted revenues

 

and may be carried over into succeeding fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 714. Funds collected by the department of management and

 

budget under sections 55, 57, 58, and 59 of the administrative

 

procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.255, 24.257, 24.258,

 

and 24.259, and section 203 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA

 

268, MCL 4.1203, are appropriated for all expenses necessary to

 

provide for the costs of publication and distribution. The funds

 


appropriated under this section are allotted for expenditure when

 

they are received by the department of treasury and shall not lapse

 

to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 715. (1) Funds in part 1 for motor vehicle fleet are

 

appropriated to the department of management and budget for

 

administration and for the acquisition, lease, operation,

 

maintenance, repair, replacement, and disposal of state motor

 

vehicles.

 

     (2) The appropriation in part 1 for motor vehicle fleet shall

 

be funded by revenue from rates charged to principal executive

 

departments and agencies for utilizing vehicle travel services

 

provided by the department. Revenue in excess of the amount

 

appropriated in part 1 from the motor transport fund and any

 

unencumbered funds are restricted revenues and may be carried over

 

into the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     (3) It is the intent of the legislature that the department of

 

management and budget have the authority to determine the

 

appropriateness of vehicle assignment, to include year, make,

 

model, size, and price of vehicle. The department may assign motor

 

vehicles, permanently or temporarily, to state agencies and to

 

institutions of higher education.

 

     (4) It is the intent of the legislature that the department of

 

management and budget complete a project plan that results in the

 

reduction of expenditures related to vehicle travel services, to

 

include a reduction in the number of state vehicles in the motor

 

vehicle fleet. The department shall report quarterly to the senate

 

and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations

 


subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies on the status of the project plan to reduce vehicle travel

 

service expenditures, the number of cars in the motor vehicle

 

fleet, the number of miles driven by fleet vehicles, and the number

 

of gallons of fuel consumed by fleet vehicles. The report shall

 

include a calculation of the amount of state motor fuel taxes that

 

would have been incurred by fleet vehicles if fleet vehicles were

 

required by law to pay motor fuel taxes.

 

     (5) It is the intent of the legislature that the department

 

determine the feasibility of using driver record information upon

 

the issuance of state cars to state employees in order to ensure

 

responsibility and safety.

 

     (6) The department shall submit a report to the senate and

 

house of representatives standing committees on appropriations

 

subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies that includes a description of fleet garage operations,

 

the goods sold and services provided by the fleet garage, the cost

 

to operate the fleet garage, the number of fleet garage locations,

 

and the number of employees assigned to each fleet garage.

 

     Sec. 715a. Pursuant to the department of management and

 

budget's authority under sections 213 and 215 of the management and

 

budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1213 and 18.1215, the department

 

shall develop a plan regarding the number of vehicles assigned to,

 

or authorized for use by, state departments and agencies. The plan

 

may be adjusted during the fiscal year based on needs and cost

 

savings to achieve the maximum value and efficiency from the state

 

motor fleet. Within 30 days after the close of the fiscal year, the

 


department shall provide a report to the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies detailing the current plan and

 

changes made to the plan during the fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 716. The department of management and budget shall adopt

 

policies and procedures necessary for compliance by the department,

 

other state departments and agencies, and state vendors and

 

subcontractors, with the requirement under subsection (1) of

 

section 261 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1261, to provide a purchasing preference for products

 

manufactured or services offered by Michigan-based firms.

 

     Sec. 717. In determining whether the purchase, contracting

 

for, providing of supplies, materials, services, insurance,

 

utilities, third-party financing, equipment, printing, and other

 

items needed by state departments or agencies is in the best

 

interests of this state, and in making all discretionary decisions

 

concerning the solicitation, award, amendment, cancellation, or

 

appeal of state contracts, the department of management and budget

 

shall consider all of the following:

 

     (a) Whether a proposal by a vendor to provide services to this

 

state using employees, contractors, subcontractors, or other

 

individuals who are not citizens of the United States, legal

 

resident aliens, or individuals with a valid visa would be

 

detrimental to the state of Michigan, its residents, or the state's

 

economy.

 

     (b) Whether a proposal by a vendor to provide services to this

 

state from a location outside of this state or the United States

 


would be detrimental to the state of Michigan, its residents, or

 

the state's economy.

 

     (c) Whether a proposal by a vendor to provide goods to this

 

state produced outside of this state or the United States would be

 

detrimental to the state of Michigan, its residents, or the state's

 

economy.

 

     (d) Whether the acquisition of goods or services from a vendor

 

that is an expatriated business entity located in a tax haven

 

country or an affiliate of an expatriated business entity located

 

in a tax haven country would be detrimental to the state of

 

Michigan, its residents, or the state's economy. As used in this

 

section, "expatriated business entity" means a corporation or an

 

affiliate of the corporation incorporated in a tax haven country

 

after September 11, 2001, but with the United States as the

 

principal market for the public trading of the corporation's stock,

 

as determined by the director of the department of management and

 

budget. "Tax haven country" means each of the following: Barbados,

 

Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Commonwealth of

 

the Bahamas, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, the Principality of

 

Liechtenstein, the Principality of Monaco, and the Republic of the

 

Seychelles.

 

     (e) Whether the provision of services to this state at a

 

location outside of this state or the United States would be

 

detrimental to the privacy interests of Michigan residents, or risk

 

the disclosure of personal information of Michigan residents, such

 

as social security, financial, or medical data.

 

     (f) Whether a proposal by a vendor to provide services to this

 


state from a location outside of this state or the United States

 

would constitute undue risk under a risk management policy,

 

practice, or procedure adopted by the department of management and

 

budget under section 204 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA

 

431, MCL 18.1204.

 

     (g) Whether a proposal by a vendor to provide goods to this

 

state produced outside of this state or the United States would

 

constitute undue risk under a risk management policy, practice, or

 

procedure adopted by the department of management and budget under

 

section 204 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1204.

 

     Sec. 718. The department of management and budget shall

 

collect from vendors information necessary to comply with the

 

requirements of this article, as determined by the department. The

 

department of management and budget may require vendors to provide

 

any of the following:

 

     (a) Information relating to the location of work performed

 

under a state contract by the vendor and any subcontractors,

 

employees, or other persons performing a state contract.

 

     (b) Information regarding the corporate structure and location

 

of corporate employees and activities of the vendor, its

 

affiliates, or any subcontractors.

 

     (c) Notice of the relocation of the vendor, employees of the

 

vendor, subcontractors of the vendor, or other persons performing

 

services under a state contract outside of the state of Michigan.

 

     Sec. 719. The department of management and budget may require

 

that any vendor or subcontractor providing call or contact center

 


services to the state of Michigan disclose to inbound callers the

 

location from which the call or contact center services are being

 

provided.

 

     Sec. 721. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of management and budget may receive and expend money

 

from the Michigan law enforcement officers memorial monument fund

 

as provided in the Michigan law enforcement officers memorial act,

 

2004 PA 177, MCL 28.781 to 28.787.

 

     Sec. 722. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of management and budget may receive and expend money

 

from the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund as provided in

 

the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund commission act,

 

2004 PA 489, MCL 399.261 to 399.266.

 

     Sec. 723. The department shall make available to the public a

 

list of all parcels of real property owned by the state that are

 

available for purchase. The list shall be posted on the Internet

 

through the department's website.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

     Sec. 802. All funds made available by section 3171 of the

 

insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3171, are appropriated

 

and made available to the department of state to be expended only

 

for the uses and purposes for which the funds are received as

 

provided by sections 3171 to 3177 of the insurance code of 1956,

 

1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3171 to 500.3177.

 

     Sec. 803. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of state shall sell copies of records including, but not

 


limited to, records of motor vehicles, off-road vehicles,

 

snowmobiles, watercraft, mobile homes, personal identification

 

cardholders, drivers, and boat operators and shall charge $7.00 per

 

record sold only as authorized in section 208b of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.208b, section 7 of 1972 PA 222,

 

MCL 28.297, and sections 80130, 80315, 81114, and 82156 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.80130, 324.80315, 324.81114, and 324.82156. The department

 

shall use the revenue received from the sale of records for

 

necessary expenses as appropriated in part 1. The balance of the

 

fee revenue remaining on September 30 shall revert to the general

 

fund.

 

     Sec. 804. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the secretary

 

of state may enter into agreements with the department of

 

corrections for the manufacture of vehicle registration plates 15

 

months before the registration year in which the registration

 

plates will be used.

 

     Sec. 805. (1) The department of state may accept gifts,

 

donations, contributions, and grants of money and other property

 

from any private or public source to underwrite, in whole or in

 

part, the cost of a departmental publication that is prepared and

 

disseminated under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL

 

257.1 to 257.923. A private or public funding source may receive

 

written recognition in the publication and may furnish a traffic

 

safety message, subject to departmental approval, for inclusion in

 

the publication. The department may reject a gift, donation,

 

contribution, or grant. The department may furnish copies of a

 


publication underwritten, in whole or in part, by a private source

 

to the underwriter at no charge.

 

     (2) The department of state may sell and accept paid

 

advertising for placement in a departmental publication that is

 

prepared and disseminated under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA

 

300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. The department may charge and receive a

 

fee for any advertisement appearing in a departmental publication

 

and shall review and approve the content of each advertisement. The

 

department may refuse to accept advertising from any person or

 

organization. The department may furnish a reasonable number of

 

copies of a publication to an advertiser at no charge.

 

     (3) Pending expenditure, the funds received under this section

 

shall be deposited in the Michigan department of state publications

 

fund created by section 211 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA

 

300, MCL 257.211. Funds given, donated, or contributed to the

 

department from a private source are appropriated and allocated for

 

the purpose for which the revenue is furnished. Funds granted to

 

the department from a public source are allocated and may be

 

expended upon receipt. The department shall not accept a gift,

 

donation, contribution, or grant if receipt is conditioned upon a

 

commitment of state funding at a future date. Revenue received from

 

the sale of advertising is appropriated and may be expended upon

 

receipt.

 

     (4) Any unexpended revenues received under this section shall

 

be carried over into subsequent fiscal years and shall be available

 

for appropriation for the purposes described in this section.

 

     (5) On March 1 of each year, the department of state shall

 


file a report with the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,

 

and the state budget director. The report shall include all of the

 

following information:

 

     (a) The amount of gifts, contributions, donations, and grants

 

of money received by the department under this section for the

 

prior fiscal year.

 

     (b) A listing of the expenditures made from the amounts

 

received by the department as reported in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) A listing of any gift, donation, contribution, or grant of

 

property other than funding received by the department under this

 

section for the prior year.

 

     (d) The total revenue received from the sale of paid

 

advertising accepted under this section and a statement of the

 

total number of advertising transactions.

 

     (6) In addition to copies delivered without charge as the

 

secretary of state considers necessary, the department of state may

 

sell copies of manuals and other publications regarding the sale,

 

ownership, or operation or regulation of motor vehicles, with

 

amendments, at prices to be established by the secretary of state.

 

As used in this subsection, the term "manuals and other

 

publications" includes videos and proprietary electronic

 

publications. All funds received from sales of these manuals and

 

other publications shall be credited to the Michigan department of

 

state publications fund.

 

     Sec. 806. Funds collected by the department of state under

 

section 211 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.211,

 


are appropriated for all expenses necessary to provide for the

 

costs of the publication. Funds are allotted for expenditure when

 

they are received by the department of treasury and shall not lapse

 

to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 807. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of state shall use available balances at the end of the

 

state fiscal year to provide payment to the department of state

 

police in the amount of $315,900.00 for the services provided by

 

the traffic accident records program as first appropriated in 1990

 

PA 196 and 1990 PA 208.

 

     Sec. 808. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of state may restrict funds from miscellaneous revenue

 

to cover cash shortages created from normal branch office

 

operations. This amount shall not exceed $50,000.00 of the total

 

funds available in miscellaneous revenue.

 

     Sec. 809. (1) Commemorative and specialty license plate fee

 

revenue collected by the department of state and deposited into the

 

transportation administration collection fund is authorized for

 

expenditure up to the amount of revenue collected but not to exceed

 

the amount appropriated to the department of state in part 1 to

 

administer commemorative and specialty license plate programs.

 

     (2) Commemorative and specialty license plate fee revenue

 

collected by the department of state and deposited in the

 

transportation administration collection fund, in addition to the

 

amount appropriated in part 1 to the department of state, shall

 

remain in the transportation administration collection fund and be

 

available for future appropriation.

 


     Sec. 810. (1) Collector plate and fund-raising registration

 

plate revenues collected by the department of state are

 

appropriated and allotted for distribution to the recipient

 

university or public or private agency overseeing a state-sponsored

 

goal when received. Distributions shall occur on a quarterly basis

 

or as otherwise authorized by law. Any revenues remaining at the

 

end of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but

 

shall remain available for distribution to the university or agency

 

in the next fiscal year.

 

     (2) Funds or revenues in the Olympic education training center

 

fund are appropriated for distribution to the Olympic education

 

training center at Northern Michigan University. Distributions

 

shall occur on a quarterly basis. Any undistributed revenue

 

remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried over into

 

the next fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 811. The department of state may produce and sell copies

 

of a training video designed to inform registered automotive repair

 

facilities of their obligations under Michigan law. The price shall

 

not exceed the cost of production and distribution. The money

 

received from the sale of training videos shall revert to the

 

department of state and be placed in the auto repair facility

 

account.

 

     Sec. 812. (1) The department of state, in collaboration with

 

the gift of life transplantation society or its successor federally

 

designated organ procurement organization, may develop and

 

administer a public information campaign concerning the Michigan

 

organ donor program.

 


     (2) The department may solicit funds from any private or

 

public source to underwrite, in whole or in part, the public

 

information campaign authorized by this section. The department may

 

accept gifts, donations, contributions, and grants of money and

 

other property from private and public sources for this purpose. A

 

private or public funding source underwriting the public

 

information campaign, in whole or in substantial part, shall

 

receive sponsorship credit for its financial backing.

 

     (3) Funds received under this section, including grants from

 

state and federal agencies, shall not lapse to the general fund at

 

the end of the fiscal year but shall remain available for

 

expenditure for the purposes described in this section.

 

     (4) Funding appropriated in part 1 for the organ donor program

 

shall be used for producing a pamphlet to be distributed with

 

driver licenses and personal identification cards regarding organ

 

donations. The funds shall be used to update and print a pamphlet

 

that will explain the organ donor program and encourage people to

 

become donors by marking a checkoff on driver license and personal

 

identification card applications.

 

     (5) The pamphlet shall include a return reply form addressed

 

to the gift of life organization. Funding appropriated in part 1

 

for the organ donor program shall be used to pay for return postage

 

costs.

 

     (6) In addition to the appropriations in part 1, the

 

department of state may receive and expend funds from the organ and

 

tissue donation education fund for administrative expenses.

 

     Sec. 815. At least 60 days prior to the announcement of

 


secretary of state branch office closings, consolidations, or

 

relocations, the department of state shall inform members of the

 

senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations and legislators who represent affected areas

 

regarding the details of the proposal. The information provided

 

shall be in written form and include all analysis done regarding

 

criteria for changes in the location of branch offices, including,

 

but not limited to, branch transactions, revenue, and the impact on

 

citizens of the affected area. The impact on citizens shall include

 

information regarding additional distance to branch office

 

locations resulting from the plan. The written notice provided by

 

the department of state shall also include detailed estimates of

 

costs and savings that will result from the overall changes made to

 

the branch office structure.

 

     Sec. 815a. The department shall develop a project plan which

 

includes new strategies for increasing the number of transactions

 

completed online by Michigan residents. Copies of the strategic

 

plan shall be submitted to the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general

 

government and the senate and house fiscal agencies by March 1.

 

     Sec. 816. (1) Any service assessment collected by the

 

department of state from the user of a credit or debit card under

 

section 3 of 1995 PA 144, MCL 11.23, is appropriated to the

 

department for necessary expenses related to that service and may

 

be remitted to a credit or debit card company, bank, or other

 

financial institution. Funds are allocated for expenditure when

 

they are received by the department of treasury.

 


     (2) The service assessment imposed by the department of state

 

for credit and debit card services may be based either on a

 

percentage of each individual credit or debit card transaction, or

 

on a flat rate per transaction, or both scaled to the amount of the

 

transaction. However, the department shall not charge any amount

 

for a service assessment which exceeds the costs billable to the

 

department for service assessments.

 

     (3) If there is a balance of service assessments received from

 

credit and debit card services remaining on September 30, the

 

balance may be carried forward to the following fiscal year and

 

appropriated for the same purpose.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "service assessment" means and

 

includes costs associated with service fees imposed by credit and

 

debit card companies and processing fees imposed by banks and other

 

financial institutions.

 

     Sec. 818. (1) Funds in part 1 for motorcycle safety education

 

grants and administration are appropriated to the department of

 

state for operation of the motorcycle safety education program

 

previously operated by the department of education under section

 

811a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.811a.

 

     (2) Funds in part 1 for motorcycle safety education grants and

 

administration shall be derived from original and renewal

 

motorcycle license endorsements, annual motorcycle registration

 

fees, and motorcycle operator driving test fees.

 

     (3) Funds in part 1 for motorcycle safety education grants and

 

administration shall be used to provide grants to colleges,

 

universities, intermediate school districts, local school

 


districts, law enforcement agencies, or other governmental agencies

 

located in the state, to help subsidize safety training courses for

 

individuals interested in operating motorcycles.

 

     (4) Funds in part 1 for motorcycle safety education grants and

 

administration may be used by the department of state for

 

administration costs of the motorcycle safety education program, to

 

include, but not be limited to, review and approval or disapproval

 

of grant applications, monitoring eligibility of motorcycle safety

 

instructors, conducting program evaluation, certifying third-party

 

testers, and inspecting training sites.

 

     Sec. 819. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the

 

department of state for information technology services and

 

projects, there is appropriated $3,450,000.00 for the business

 

application modernization project. Funds shall only be used for the

 

development, implementation, and maintenance of the business

 

application modernization project.

 

     (2) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

business application modernization project are designated as work

 

project appropriations and shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal

 

year. Any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried over into

 

the succeeding fiscal year and shall continue to be available for

 

expenditure until the project has been completed. The total cost is

 

estimated at $30,000,000.00, and the tentative completion date is

 

September 30, 2008.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

 

OPERATIONS

 


     Sec. 902. (1) Amounts needed to pay for interest, fees,

 

principal, arbitrage rebates as required by federal law, and costs

 

associated with the payment, registration, trustee services, credit

 

enhancements, and issuing costs in excess of the amount

 

appropriated to the department of treasury in part 1 for debt

 

service on notes and bonds that are issued by the state under

 

sections 14, 15, and 16 of article IX of the state constitution of

 

1963 as implemented by 1967 PA 266, MCL 17.451 to 17.455, are

 

appropriated.

 

     (2) In addition to the amount appropriated to the department

 

of treasury for debt service in part 1, there is appropriated an

 

amount for fiscal year cash-flow borrowing costs to pay for

 

interest on interfund borrowing made under 1967 PA 55, MCL 12.51 to

 

12.53.

 

     Sec. 903. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of treasury may contract with private collection

 

agencies and law firms to collect taxes and other accounts due this

 

state. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1 to the

 

department of treasury, there are appropriated amounts necessary to

 

fund collection costs and fees not to exceed 25% of the collections

 

or 2.5% plus operating costs, whichever amount is prescribed by the

 

contract. The appropriation to fund collection costs and fees for

 

the collection of taxes or other accounts due this state are from

 

the fund or account to which the revenues being collected are

 

recorded or dedicated. However, if the taxes collected are

 

constitutionally dedicated for a specific purpose, the

 

appropriation of collection costs and fees are from the general

 


purpose account of the general fund.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department of

 

treasury may contract with private collections agencies and law

 

firms to collect defaulted student loans and other accounts due the

 

Michigan guaranty agency. In addition to the amounts appropriated

 

in part 1 to the department of treasury, there are appropriated

 

amounts necessary to fund collection costs and fees not to exceed

 

22% of the collection or a lesser amount as prescribed by the

 

contract. The appropriation to fund collection costs and fees for

 

the auditing and collection of defaulted student loans due the

 

Michigan guaranty agency is from the fund or account to which the

 

revenues being collected are recorded or dedicated.

 

     (3) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the state

 

budget director and the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations not later than November 30

 

stating the agencies or law firms employed, the amount of

 

collections for each, the costs of collection, and other pertinent

 

information relating to determining whether this authority should

 

be continued.

 

     Sec. 904. (1) The department of treasury, through its bureau

 

of investments, may charge an investment service fee against the

 

applicable retirement funds. The fees may be expended for necessary

 

salaries, wages, contractual services, supplies, materials,

 

equipment, travel, worker's compensation insurance premiums, and

 

grants to the civil service commission and state employees'

 

retirement funds. Service fees shall not exceed the aggregate

 


amount appropriated in part 1. The department of treasury shall

 

maintain accounting records in sufficient detail to enable the

 

retirement funds to be reimbursed periodically for fee revenue that

 

is determined by the department of treasury to be surplus.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 from the

 

retirement funds to the department of treasury, there is

 

appropriated from retirement funds an amount sufficient to pay for

 

the services of money managers, investment advisors, investment

 

consultants, custodians, and other outside professionals, the state

 

treasurer considers necessary to prudently manage the retirement

 

funds' investment portfolios. The state treasurer shall report

 

annually to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations and the state budget office concerning

 

the performance of each portfolio by investment advisor.

 

     Sec. 905. (1) The department of treasury shall sell copies of

 

the state tax manual, uniform accounting procedures manual, general

 

property tax law manual, and other local government assistance

 

manuals with amendments, at a price not to exceed the cost of

 

production. The revenue received from the sale of preparation and

 

local government assistance manuals shall revert to the department

 

of treasury and be placed in the local government assistance manual

 

revolving fund.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part (1), revenue

 

received from the sale of those manuals is appropriated.

 

     Sec. 906. (1) The department of treasury shall charge for

 

audits as permitted by state or federal law or under contractual

 

arrangements with local units of government, other principal

 


executive departments, or state agencies. A report detailing audits

 

performed and audit charges for the immediately preceding fiscal

 

year shall be submitted to the state budget director and the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies not later than November 30.

 

     (2) The appropriation in part 1 to the department of treasury,

 

for state compliance audits, shall be used to cover the cost of the

 

state audits performed by independent certified public accountants

 

or department of treasury auditors. The scope of the state audit

 

shall be defined by the state treasurer. The state audits shall be

 

performed by independent certified public accountants contracted

 

with by the state treasurer or by department of treasury auditors,

 

if the county has agreed to contract with and pay the department

 

for their financial single audit.

 

     (3) The state audits shall be performed for the most current

 

county fiscal year in conjunction with the financial single audit.

 

The state audit may be performed either by certified public

 

accountants contracted by the state treasurer or department of

 

treasury staff, independent of the financial single audit, if a

 

state audit has not been performed within the last 3 years.

 

     Sec. 907. A revolving fund known as the assessor certification

 

and training fund is created in the department of treasury. The

 

assessor certification and training fund shall be used to organize

 

and operate a property assessor certification and training program.

 

Each participant certified and trained shall pay to the department

 

of treasury an examination fee of $50.00, an initial certification

 

fee of $50.00, an annual renewal fee of $75.00 for levels 1 and 2,

 

and $125.00 for levels 3 and 4 to offset the cost of administering

 


the certification and training program. Training courses shall be

 

offered in assessment administration. Each participant shall pay a

 

fee to cover the expenses incurred in offering the optional

 

programs to certified assessing personnel and other individuals

 

interested in an assessment career opportunity. The fees collected

 

shall be credited to the assessor certification and training fund.

 

     Sec. 908. The amount appropriated in part 1 to the department

 

of treasury, home heating assistance program, is to cover the

 

costs, including data processing, of administering federal home

 

heating credits to eligible claimants and to administer the

 

supplemental fuel cost payment program for eligible tax credit and

 

welfare recipients.

 

     Sec. 909. Revenue from the airport parking tax act, 1987 PA

 

248, MCL 207.371 to 207.383, is appropriated and shall be

 

distributed under section 7a of the airport parking tax act, 1987

 

PA 248, MCL 207.377a.

 

     Sec. 910. The disbursement by the department of treasury from

 

the bottle deposit fund to dealers as required by section 3c(2) of

 

the Initiated Law of 1976, MCL 445.573c, is appropriated.

 

     Sec. 911. (1) There is appropriated an amount sufficient to

 

recognize and pay refundable income tax credits as provided by the

 

management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     (2) The appropriations under subsection (1) shall be funded by

 

restricting income tax revenue in an amount sufficient to record

 

these expenditures.

 

     Sec. 912. A plaintiff in a garnishment action involving this

 

state shall pay to the state treasurer 1 of the following:

 


     (a) A fee of $6.00 at the time a writ of garnishment of

 

periodic payments is served upon the state treasurer, as provided

 

in section 4012 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,

 

MCL 600.4012.

 

     (b) A fee of $6.00 at the time any other writ of garnishment

 

is served upon the state treasurer, except that the fee shall be

 

reduced to $5.00 for each writ of garnishment for individual income

 

tax refunds or credits filed by magnetic media.

 

     Sec. 913. (1) The department of treasury may contract with

 

private firms to appraise and, if necessary, appeal the assessments

 

of senior citizen cooperative housing units. Payment for this

 

service shall be from savings resulting from the appraisal or

 

appeal process.

 

     (2) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 to the department of

 

treasury for the senior citizens' cooperative housing tax exemption

 

program, a portion is to be utilized for a program audit of the

 

program. The department of treasury shall forward copies of the

 

audit report to the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government

 

and to the state budget office. The department of treasury may

 

utilize up to 1% of the funds for program administration and

 

auditing.

 

     Sec. 914. The department of treasury may provide a $200.00

 

annual prize from the Ehlers internship award account in the gifts,

 

bequests, and deposit fund to the runner-up of the Rosenthal prize

 

for interns. The Ehlers internship award account is interest

 

bearing.

 


     Sec. 915. Pursuant to section 61 of the Michigan campaign

 

finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.261, there is appropriated from

 

the general fund to the state campaign fund an amount equal to the

 

amounts designated for tax year 2005. Except as otherwise provided

 

in this section, the amount appropriated shall not revert to the

 

general fund and shall remain in the state campaign fund. Any

 

amounts remaining in the state campaign fund in excess of

 

$10,000,000.00 on December 31, 2006 shall revert to the general

 

fund.

 

     Sec. 916. The department of treasury may make available to

 

interested entities otherwise unavailable customized unclaimed

 

property listings of nonconfidential information in its possession.

 

The charge for this information is as follows: 1 to 100,000 records

 

at 2.5 cents per record and 100,001 or more records at .5 cents per

 

record. The revenue received from this service shall be deposited

 

to the appropriate revenue account or fund. The department shall

 

submit an annual report on or before June 1 to the state budget

 

director and the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations that states the amount of revenue

 

received from the sale of information.

 

     Sec. 917. (1) There is appropriated for write-offs and

 

advances an amount equal to total write-offs and advances for

 

departmental programs, but not to exceed current year

 

authorizations that would otherwise lapse to the general fund.

 

     (2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than November 30,

 


stating the amounts appropriated for write-offs and advances under

 

subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 918. In addition to funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of treasury may receive and expend funds for conducting

 

tax orientation workshops and seminars. Funds received may not

 

exceed costs incurred in conducting the workshops and seminars.

 

     Sec. 919. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of treasury may contract with private auditing firms to

 

audit for and collect unclaimed property due this state in

 

accordance with the Michigan uniform unclaimed property act. In

 

addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1 to the department of

 

treasury, there are appropriated amounts necessary to fund auditing

 

and collection costs and fees not to exceed 12% of the collections,

 

or a lesser amount as prescribed by the contract. The appropriation

 

to fund collection costs and fees for the auditing and collection

 

of unclaimed property due this state is from the fund or account to

 

which the revenues being collected are recorded or dedicated.

 

     (2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the state

 

budget director and the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations not later than November 30

 

stating the auditing firms employed, the amount of collections for

 

each, the costs of collection, and other pertinent information

 

relating to determining whether this authority should be continued.

 

     Sec. 921. The state general fund/general purpose appropriation

 

in part 1 for renaissance zone reimbursement is allocated to

 

reimburse public libraries as provided by section 12 of the

 


Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692, for

 

property taxes levied in 2004. Reimbursements shall be made in

 

amounts to each eligible recipient not later than 60 days after the

 

department of treasury certifies to the department that it has

 

received all necessary information to properly determine the

 

amounts due each eligible recipient under section 12(4) of the

 

Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692. Any

 

excess allocations shall lapse to the general fund.

 

     Sec. 922. The department of treasury shall submit a report for

 

the immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the

 

senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by November 30

 

stating the amount of Michigan transportation fund revenue

 

collected and the cost of collection.

 

     Sec. 924. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

the department of treasury may receive and expend principal

 

residence audit fund revenue for administration of principal

 

residence audits under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,

 

MCL 211.1 to 211.157.

 

     (2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than December 31,

 

stating the amount of revenue appropriated for principal residence

 

audits under subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 928. The department of treasury may provide receipt,

 

warrant and cash processing, data, collection, investment, fiscal

 


agent, levy and warrant cost assessment, writ of garnishment, and

 

other user services on a contractual basis for other principal

 

executive departments and state agencies. Funds for the services

 

provided are appropriated and shall be expended for salaries and

 

wages, fees, supplies, and equipment necessary to provide the

 

services. Any unobligated balance of the funds received shall

 

revert to the general fund of this state as of September 30.

 

     Sec. 929. The department of treasury may enter into agreements

 

to supply data or collection services to other executive principal

 

departments or state agencies, the United States department of

 

treasury, or local units of government within this state. The

 

department of treasury shall charge for this tax data service and

 

amounts received are appropriated and shall be expended for

 

salaries and wages, fees, supplies, and equipment necessary to

 

provide the service. Any unobligated balance of the fund shall

 

revert to the general fund of this state as of September 30.

 

     Sec. 930. (1) The department of treasury shall provide

 

accounts receivable collections services to other principal

 

executive departments and state agencies under 1927 PA 375, MCL

 

14.131 to 14.134. The department of treasury shall deduct a fee

 

equal to the cost of collections from all receipts except

 

unrestricted general fund collections. Fees shall be credited to a

 

restricted revenue account and appropriated to the department of

 

treasury to pay for the cost of collections. The department of

 

treasury shall maintain accounting records in sufficient detail to

 

enable the respective accounts to be reimbursed periodically for

 

fees deducted that are determined by the department of treasury to

 


be surplus to the actual cost of collections.

 

     (2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than November 30,

 

stating the principal executive departments and state agencies

 

served, funds collected, and costs of collection under subsection

 

(1).

 

     Sec. 931. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the department of

 

treasury for treasury fees shall be assessed against all restricted

 

funds that receive common cash earnings.  Treasury fees include all

 

costs, including administrative overhead, relating to the

 

investment of each restricted fund. The fee assessed against each

 

restricted fund will be based on the size of the restricted fund

 

(the absolute value of the average daily cash balance plus the

 

market value of investments in the prior fiscal year) and the level

 

of effort necessary to maintain the restricted fund as required by

 

each department.  The department of treasury shall provide a report

 

to the state budget director, the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees

 

on general government, and the senate and house fiscal agencies by

 

November 30 of each year identifying the fees assessed against each

 

restricted fund.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of treasury may receive and expend investment fees

 

relating to new restricted funding sources that participate in

 

common cash earnings during the current fiscal year. When a new

 

restricted fund is created starting on or after October 1, that

 


restricted fund shall be assessed a fee using the same criteria

 

identified in subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 932. Revenue received under the Michigan education trust

 

act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, may be expended by the

 

board of directors of the Michigan education trust for necessary

 

salaries, wages, supplies, contractual services, equipment,

 

worker's compensation insurance premiums, and grants to the civil

 

service commission and state employees' retirement fund.

 

     Sec. 933. (1) The $1,000,000.00 appropriated in part 1 for the

 

Michigan education savings program is from the Michigan merit award

 

trust fund to fund an incentive program for the Michigan education

 

savings program created under the Michigan education savings

 

program act, 2000 PA 161, MCL 390.1471 to 390.1486.

 

     (2) The funds appropriated for the Michigan education savings

 

program shall be used to provide a state match to dollars invested

 

on behalf of each child named as a designated beneficiary in the

 

Michigan education savings program who is 6 years of age or less,

 

who is a Michigan resident, and whose family's income is $80,000.00

 

or less.

 

     (3) During the current fiscal year, the state shall provide

 

$1.00 of matching funds for each $3.00 of individual contributions

 

to the educational savings accounts. The maximum state match for

 

each designated beneficiary shall be $200.00.

 

     (4) The state match shall be available only in the first year

 

the child is enrolled in the Michigan education savings program.

 

     Sec. 934. The department of treasury may expend revenues

 

received under the hospital finance authority act, 1969 PA 38, MCL

 


331.31 to 331.84, for necessary salaries, wages, supplies,

 

contractual services, equipment, worker's compensation insurance

 

premiums, and grants to the civil service commission and state

 

employees' retirement fund. The department of treasury shall

 

maintain accounting records in sufficient detail to enable the

 

hospital clients to be reimbursed periodically for fees that are

 

determined by the department of treasury to be surplus to needs.

 

     Sec. 935. The department of treasury may expend revenue

 

received under the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL

 

141.1051 to 141.1076, for necessary salaries, wages, supplies,

 

contractual services, equipment, worker's compensation insurance

 

premiums, and grants to the civil service commission and state

 

employees' retirement fund.

 

     Sec. 936. The department of treasury shall establish a

 

separate account for the funds related to the Michigan higher

 

education facilities authority. The department of treasury may

 

expend revenue received under the higher education facilities

 

authority act, 1969 PA 295, MCL 390.921 to 390.934, for necessary

 

salaries, wages, supplies, contractual services, equipment,

 

worker's compensation insurance premiums, and grants to the civil

 

service commission and state employees' retirement fund. The

 

department of treasury shall maintain accounting records in

 

sufficient detail to enable the educational institution clients to

 

be reimbursed periodically for fees that are determined by the

 

department to be surplus to needs.

 

     Sec. 937. The department of treasury may expend revenues

 

received under the Michigan public educational facilities

 


authority, Executive Order No. 2002-3, for necessary salaries,

 

wages, supplies, contractual services, equipment, worker's

 

compensation insurance premiums, and grants to the civil service

 

commission and state employees' retirement fund.

 

     Sec. 939. It is the intent of the legislature that the state

 

treasurer, acting within his or her capacity as the investment

 

fiduciary for public employee pension funds and consistent with

 

1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1140m, give appropriate

 

consideration to investments in early stage, university derived

 

life science companies located in Michigan, or investments in

 

venture capital funds that invest in those companies to the extent

 

those investments offer the safety and rate of return comparable to

 

other investments permitted and available at the time the

 

investment decision is made.

 

     Sec. 943. The department of treasury shall not include

 

complete social security numbers in form 1099-G mailings to

 

taxpayers.

 

     Sec. 944. The department of treasury shall develop a pilot

 

application for an online credit only preparation and filing system

 

for homestead property and home heating credit filers. The system

 

shall be available for the 2005 tax year and shall be provided at

 

no cost to the individuals who use the system to prepare and file

 

these credits. 

 

     Sec. 945. The department shall develop a strategic plan which

 

provides for the electronic filing of state income tax and single

 

business tax returns free-of-charge. The strategic plan shall

 

include the date on which free electronic filing will be made

 


available for state income tax and single business tax filers.

 

Copies of the strategic plan shall be submitted to the senate and

 

house of representatives standing committees on appropriations

 

subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies by March 1.

 

REVENUE SHARING

 

     Sec. 950. (1) Revenue collected in accordance with section 10

 

of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 in excess of the

 

amount appropriated in part 1 for constitutional revenue sharing is

 

appropriated for distribution to townships, cities, and villages on

 

a population basis as specified by law. The appropriation in part 1

 

for statutory state general revenue sharing grants to townships,

 

cities, and villages shall be reduced by an amount equal to any

 

additional constitutional revenue sharing appropriations authorized

 

in this section.

 

     (2) The appropriation in part 1 for statutory state general

 

revenue sharing grants shall be distributed according to the Glenn

 

Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.901

 

to 141.921. Undistributed funds shall lapse to the general fund.

 

     Sec. 952. The appropriation in part 1 for special grants to

 

cities shall be used to restore revenue sharing reductions

 

contained in Executive Order No. 2003-23 to a city that had an

 

emergency financial manager appointed pursuant to the local

 

government fiscal responsibility act, 1990 PA 72, MCL 141.1201 to

 

141.1291, continuously from December 10, 2003 through September 30,

 

2006.

 

     Sec. 955. (1) There is appropriated to each county an amount

 


equal to the amount distributed to each county for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2004, pursuant to the Glenn Steil state

 

revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.901 to 141.921,

 

adjusted by the inflation rate as defined in section 34d of the

 

general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.34d, and reduced by

 

the amount each county is authorized to annually expend in that

 

county's fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2004, from its

 

revenue sharing reserve fund pursuant to section 44a of the general

 

property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.44a.

 

     (2) The department of treasury shall annually certify to the

 

state budget director the amount each county is authorized to

 

expend from its revenue sharing reserve fund.

 

     Sec. 956. The department of treasury shall transmit special

 

census revenue sharing payments to eligible cities, villages, and

 

townships by July 31, 2006. These payments shall be made to cities,

 

villages, and townships which were certified to be eligible by

 

November 1, 2005.

 

LOTTERY

 

     Sec. 960. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 to

 

the bureau of state lottery, there is appropriated from lottery

 

revenues the amount necessary for, and directly related to,

 

implementing and operating lottery games. Appropriations under this

 

section shall only be expended for contractually mandated payments

 

for vendor commissions, contractually mandated payments for instant

 

tickets intended for resale, the contractual costs of providing and

 

maintaining the on-line system communications network, and

 

incentive and bonus payments to lottery retailers.

 


     Sec. 961. The funds appropriated in part 1 to the bureau of

 

state lottery shall not be used for any promotional efforts

 

directed towards individuals who are less than 18 years of age.

 

     Sec. 962. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 to the bureau

 

of state lottery shall not be used to directly or indirectly

 

associate professional or amateur sports figures with the lottery

 

or its products.

 

     (2) The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to the

 

use of NASCAR drivers in conjunction with the promotion of instant

 

ticket products. By November 1, 2005, the bureau of state lottery

 

shall provide a report detailing the amount of revenue generated

 

under this subsection to the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general

 

government. The report shall include the cost of obtaining the use

 

of NASCAR drivers, other administrative costs, and net revenue

 

deposited in the state school aid fund.

 

     Sec. 963. The bureau of state lottery shall inform all lottery

 

retailers that the cash side of department of human services bridge

 

cards cannot be used to purchase lottery tickets.

 

CASINO GAMING

 

     Sec. 971. From the revenue collected by the Michigan gaming

 

control board regarding the total annual assessment of each casino

 

licensee, $2,000,000.00 is appropriated and shall be deposited in

 

the compulsive gaming prevention fund as described in section

 

12a(5) of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the

 

Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432.212a.

 

     Sec. 972. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 


funds distributed by the Michigan gaming control board to the

 

department of treasury for oversight of casino gaming are

 

appropriated upon receipt. These funds may be used to pay for costs

 

incurred for casino gaming oversight activities.

 

     Sec. 973. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for local

 

government programs may be used to provide assistance to a local

 

revenue sharing board referenced in an agreement authorized by the

 

Indian gaming regulatory act, Public Law 100-497, 102 Stat. 2467.

 

     (2) A local revenue sharing board described in subsection (1)

 

shall comply with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to

 

15.275, and the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231

 

to 15.246.

 

     (3) A county treasurer is authorized to receive and administer

 

funds received for and on behalf of a local revenue sharing board.

 

Funds appropriated in part 1 for local government programs may be

 

used to audit local revenue sharing board funds held by a county

 

treasurer. This section does not limit the ability of local units

 

of government to enter into agreements with federally recognized

 

Indian tribes to provide financial assistance to local units of

 

government or to jointly provide public services.

 

     (4) The director of the department of state police and the

 

executive director of the Michigan gaming control board are

 

authorized to assist the local revenue sharing boards in

 

determining allocations to be made to local public safety

 

organizations.

 

     (5) The department of treasury shall submit a report by

 

September 30 to the senate and house of representatives standing

 


committees on appropriations and the state budget director on the

 

receipts and distribution of revenues by local revenue sharing

 

boards.

 

     Sec. 974. If revenues collected in the state services fee fund

 

are less than the amounts appropriated from the fund, available

 

revenues shall be used to fully fund the appropriation in part 1 of

 

this article for casino gaming regulation activities before

 

distributions are made to other state departments and agencies. If

 

the remaining revenue in the fund is insufficient to fully fund

 

appropriations to other state departments or agencies, the

 

shortfall shall be distributed proportionally among those

 

departments and agencies.

 

 

 

REVENUE STATEMENT

 

     Sec. 1101. Pursuant to section 18 of article V of the state

 

constitution of 1963, fund balances and estimates are presented in

 

the following statement:

 

BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BY OPERATING FUNDS

 

(Amounts in millions)

 

Fiscal Year 2005-2006

 

 

 

                                       Beginning

 

                                 Fund Unreserved

 

                                      Fund       Estimated   Ending

 

                                      Balance      Revenue  Balance

 

OPERATING FUNDS

 

General fund/general purpose     0110    0.0       8,857.7    0.0

 


General fund/special purpose             35.1      13,849.7  106.6

 

   Special Revenue Funds:

 

Countercyclical budget and

 

   economic stabilization        0111    0.0           0.0    0.0

 

Game and fish protection         0112    3.0          61.8    0.0

 

Michigan employment security

 

   act administration            0113    5.0         123.4    6.8

 

State aeronautics                0114    0.0         158.1    0.0

 

Michigan veterans' benefit

 

   trust                         0115    0.0           2.2    0.0

 

State trunkline                  0116    0.0       1,949.9    0.0

 

Michigan state waterways         0117    8.6          24.5    0.0

 

Blue Water Bridge                0118    0.0          15.0    0.0

 

Michigan transportation          0119    0.0       2,068.4    0.0

 

Comprehensive transportation     0120    0.0         315.5    0.0

 

School aid                       0122    0.0      12,728.8    0.0

 

Marine safety                    0123    0.0           4.9    0.0

 

Game and fish protection trust   0124    6.0          10.0    6.0

 

State park improvement           0125    3.2          35.3    1.4

 

Forest development               0126   10.5          27.1    9.2

 

Michigan civilian conservation

 

   corps endowment               0128    0.2           1.0    0.0

 

Michigan natural resources

 

   trust                         0129   40.0          31.2   33.5

 

Michigan state parks endowment   0130    6.1          14.4    3.0

 

Safety education and training    0131    4.8           7.1    4.7

 

Bottle deposit                   0136    0.0          32.3    0.0

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

State construction code          0138    2.5           9.4    (3.3)

 

Children's trust                 0139    1.0           4.1    0.7

 

State casino gaming              0140    1.2          31.1    1.2

 

Homeowner construction lien

 

   recovery                      0141    3.1           0.4    2.6

 

Michigan nongame fish and

 

   wildlife                      0143    0.3           0.5    0.1

 

Michigan merit award trust       0154    1.3         215.1    0.0

 

Tobacco settlement trust         0155    0.0          72.4    0.0

 

TOTALS                                 $131.9     $40,651.3 $172.5

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for higher

 

education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from the

 

funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 1.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ [1,715,388,900]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ [1,715,388,900]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         3,500,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       166,500,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ [1,545,388,900]

 

   [Sec. 102.  CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      81,686,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     81,686,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................           538,440

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     81,148,460

 

   Sec. 103.  EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      76,487,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     76,487,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     76,487,100

 

   Sec. 104.  FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      50,411,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,411,400

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     50,411,400

 

   Sec. 105.  GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED

 

FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      59,646,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     59,646,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................         5,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     54,646,400

 

   Sec. 106.  LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED

 

FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      12,610,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,610,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     12,610,900

 

   Sec. 107.  MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS, THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

Operations............................................. $    286,855,600

 

Agricultural experiment station........................        33,163,800

 

Cooperative extension service..........................        28,604,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    348,623,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    348,623,700

 

   Sec. 108.  MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

 

(PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      47,976,400

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     47,976,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     47,976,400

 

   Sec. 109.  NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (PREPARED

 

FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      42,643,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     42,643,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................           961,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     41,681,700

 

   Sec. 110.  OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      49,429,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     49,429,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................         1,941,768

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     47,488,032

 

   Sec. 111.  SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED

 

FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      26,892,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,892,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................         2,019,792

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     24,872,408

 

   Sec. 112.  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

(PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $     316,032,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    316,032,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    316,032,100

 

   Sec. 113.  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - DEARBORN

 

(PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      25,388,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     25,388,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     25,388,500

 

   Sec. 114.  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT (PREPARED

 

FOR JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $      21,032,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,032,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     21,032,300

 

   Sec. 115.  WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

Operations............................................. $     203,313,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    203,313,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan merit award trust fund........................         2,038,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    201,274,500

 

   Sec. 116.  WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Operations............................................. $     111,999,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    111,999,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $   111,999,100]

 

   Sec. 117.  STATE AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

   Full-time equated positions....................... 1.0

 

Higher education database modernization and

 

   conversion--1.0 FTE positions........................ $        200,000

 

Midwestern higher education compact....................            90,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        290,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        290,000

 

   Sec. 118.  GRANTS AND FINANCIAL AID (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

State competitive scholarships......................... $     34,630,500

 

Tuition grants.........................................        60,545,400

 

Robert C. Byrd honors scholarship program..............         1,500,000

 

Nursing scholarship program............................         4,000,000

 

Michigan merit award program...........................       130,000,000

 

Tuition incentive program..............................        10,250,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    240,925,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Higher education act of 1965, title IV, 20 USC.........         2,000,000

 

Higher education act of 1965, title IV, part A.........         1,500,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 10, 2005

Michigan merit award trust fund........................       134,000,000

 

Michigan higher education assistance authority

 

   operating fund.......................................        20,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     83,425,900

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$1,711,888,900.00] and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $0.00.

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the institutions of

 

higher education receiving appropriations in part 1 shall use the

 

Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement,

 

or it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods and

 


services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

value.

 

     Sec. 212. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 to state

 

institutions of higher education shall be paid out of the state

 

treasury and distributed by the state treasurer to the respective

 

institutions in 11 equal monthly installments on the sixteenth of

 

each month, or the next succeeding business day, beginning with

 

October 16, 2005. Except for Wayne State University, each

 

institution shall accrue its July and August 2006 payments to its

 

institutional fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.

 

     (2) All universities shall submit higher education

 

institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data and associated financial

 

and program information requested by and in a manner prescribed by

 

the state budget director. For universities with fiscal years

 

ending June 30, 2005, these data shall be submitted to the state

 

budget director by October 15, 2005. Universities with a fiscal

 

year ending September 30, 2005 shall submit preliminary HEIDI data

 

by November 15, 2005 and final data by December 15, 2005. If a

 

university fails to submit HEIDI data and associated financial aid

 

program information in accordance with this reporting schedule, the

 

state treasurer shall withhold the monthly installments under

 

subsection (1) to the university until those data are submitted.

 

     (3) A detailed description of procedures utilized to arrive at

 

the amounts appropriated in part 1 shall be submitted to each

 

institution by the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 


     Sec. 213. Funds received by the state from the federal

 

government or private sources for the use of a college or

 

university are appropriated for the purposes for which they are

 

provided. The acceptance and use of federal or private funds do not

 

place an obligation upon the legislature to continue the purposes

 

for which the funds are made available.

 

     Sec. 214. If section 274 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967

 

PA 281, MCL 206.274, is not repealed and if a state institution of

 

higher education that receives funds under this article notifies

 

the department of treasury regarding its tuition and fee rates in

 

order to qualify as an eligible institution for the Michigan

 

tuition tax credit under section 274 of the income tax act of 1967,

 

1967 PA 281, MCL 206.274, the institution shall also submit the

 

notification and applicable documentation of tuition and fee

 

changes to the house and senate fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 215. A state institution of higher education that

 

receives funds under this article shall furnish all program and

 

financial information that is required by and in a manner

 

prescribed by the state budget director or the house or senate

 

appropriations committee.

 

 

 

GRANTS AND FINANCIAL AID

 

     Sec. 301. (1) Payments of the amounts included in part 1 for

 

the state competitive scholarship program shall be distributed

 

pursuant to 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.

 

     (2) The Michigan higher education assistance authority shall

 

implement a proportional competitive scholarship maximum award

 


level for recipients enrolled less than full-time in a given

 

semester or term.

 

     (3) If a student who receives an award under this section has

 

his or her tuition and fees paid under the Michigan educational

 

trust program, pursuant to the Michigan education trust act, 1986

 

PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1444, and still has financial need, the

 

funds awarded under this section may be used for educational

 

expenses other than tuition and fees.

 

     (4) If the Michigan higher education assistance authority

 

increases the maximum award per eligible student from that provided

 

in the previous fiscal year, it shall not have the effect of

 

reducing the number of eligible students receiving awards in

 

relation to the total number of eligible applicants. Any increase

 

in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all eligible

 

students receiving awards.

 

     Sec. 302. (1) The amounts appropriated in part 1 for the state

 

tuition grant program shall be distributed pursuant to 1966 PA 313,

 

MCL 390.991 to 390.997a.

 

     (2) Tuition grant awards shall be made to all eligible

 

Michigan residents who apply before July 1, 2005 and who are

 

qualified. It is the intent of the legislature that the application

 

deadline specified in this subsection will be June 15, 2006 for

 

fiscal year 2006-2007 tuition grant awards and June 1, 2007 for

 

fiscal year 2007-2008 awards. Tuition grant awards shall not be

 

made to students newly enrolled in a juris doctor law degree

 

program after the 1995-1996 academic year.

 

     (3) The Michigan higher education assistance authority shall

 


determine an actual maximum tuition grant award per student that

 

ensures that the aggregate payments for the tuition grant program

 

do not exceed the appropriation contained in part 1 for the state

 

tuition grant program. By December 15, 2005, and again by February

 

1, 2006, the authority shall analyze the status of award

 

commitments, shall make any necessary adjustments, and shall

 

confirm that those award commitments will not exceed the

 

appropriation contained in part 1 for the tuition grant program.

 

The determination and actions shall be reported to the state budget

 

director and the house and senate fiscal agencies no later than

 

February 15, 2006. If award adjustments are necessary, the students

 

shall be notified of the adjustment by the third Monday in

 

February.

 

     (4) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on

 

September 30, 2006 from the amounts appropriated in part 1 for the

 

tuition grant program shall not lapse on September 30, 2006, but

 

shall continue to be available for expenditure for tuition grants

 

provided in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. The use of these unexpended

 

fiscal year 2005-2006 funds shall terminate at the end of the 2006-

 

2007 fiscal year.

 

     (5) The Michigan higher education assistance authority shall

 

continue a proportional tuition grant maximum award level for

 

recipients enrolled less than full-time in a given semester or

 

term.

 

     (6) If the Michigan higher education assistance authority

 

increases the maximum award per eligible student from that provided

 

in the previous fiscal year, it shall not have the effect of

 


reducing the number of eligible students receiving awards in

 

relation to the total number of eligible applicants. Any increase

 

in the maximum grant shall be proportional for all eligible

 

students receiving awards for fiscal year 2005-2006.

 

     (7) All Ferris State University students enrolled at Kendall

 

College of Art and Design prior to January 1, 2001 who were

 

qualified for the state tuition grant shall continue to receive the

 

dollar amount of the state tuition grant for which they were

 

eligible until they graduate or are no longer enrolled in the

 

Kendall College of Art and Design at Ferris State University.

 

     Sec. 307. The auditor general may audit selected enrollments,

 

degrees, and awards at selected independent colleges and

 

universities receiving awards administered by the department of

 

treasury. The audits shall be based upon definitions and

 

requirements established by the Michigan higher education

 

assistance authority, the state budget director, and the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies. The auditor general shall accept the Free

 

Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form as the standard of

 

residency documentation. The auditor general shall submit a report

 

of findings to the senate and house appropriations committees and

 

state budget director by May 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 308. The sums appropriated in part 1 for the student

 

financial aid programs shall be paid out of the state treasury and

 

shall be distributed to the respective institutions under a

 

quarterly payment system as follows:

 

     (a) For the state competitive scholarship, nursing

 

scholarship, tuition incentive, and tuition grant programs, 40%

 


shall be paid at the beginning of the state's first fiscal quarter,

 

40% at the beginning of the state's second fiscal quarter, l0% at

 

the beginning of the state's third fiscal quarter, and l0% at the

 

beginning of the state's fourth fiscal quarter.

 

     (b) For the Robert C. Byrd honors scholarship program, 50%

 

shall be paid at the beginning of the state's first fiscal quarter

 

and 50% at the beginning of the state's second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 309. The Michigan higher education assistance authority

 

shall determine the needs analysis criteria for students to qualify

 

for the competitive scholarship program and tuition grant program.

 

To be consistent with federal requirements, student wages may be

 

taken into consideration when determining the amount of the award.

 

     Sec. 310. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the tuition

 

incentive program/high school completion program shall be

 

distributed as provided in this section and pursuant to the

 

administrative procedures for the tuition incentive program/high

 

school completion program of the department of treasury.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Phase I" means the first part of the tuition incentive

 

assistance program defined as the academic period of 80 semester or

 

120 term credits, or less, leading to an associate degree or

 

certificate.

 

     (b) "Phase II" means the second part of the tuition incentive

 

assistance program which provides assistance in the third and

 

fourth year of 4-year degree programs.

 

     (c) "Department" means the department of treasury.

 

     (3) A person shall meet the following basic criteria and

 


financial thresholds to be eligible for tuition incentive benefits:

 

     (a) To be eligible for phase I, a person shall meet all of the

 

following criteria:

 

     (i) Apply for certification to the department before graduating

 

from high school or completing the general education development

 

(GED) certificate.

 

     (ii) Be less than 20 years of age at the time of high school

 

graduation or GED completion.

 

     (iii) Be a United States citizen and a resident of Michigan

 

according to institutional criteria.

 

     (iv) Be at least a half-time student, earning less than 80

 

semester or 120 term credits at a participating educational

 

institution within 4 years of high school graduation or GED

 

certificate completion.

 

     (b) To be eligible for phase II, a person shall meet either of

 

the following criteria in addition to the criteria in subdivision

 

(a):

 

     (i) Complete at least 56 transferable semester or 84

 

transferable term credits.

 

     (ii) Obtain an associate degree or certificate at a

 

participating institution.

 

     (c) To be eligible for phase I or phase II, a person must be

 

financially eligible as determined by the department. A person is

 

financially eligible for the tuition incentive program if that

 

person was Medicaid eligible for 24 months within the 36 months

 

before application. Certification of eligibility may begin in the

 

sixth grade.

 


     (4) For phase I, the department shall provide payment on

 

behalf of a person eligible under subsection (3). The department

 

shall reject billings that are excessive or outside the guidelines

 

for the type of educational institution.

 

     (5) For phase I, all of the following apply:

 

     (a) Payments for associate degree or certificate programs

 

shall not be made for more than 80 semester or 120 term credits for

 

any individual student at any participating institution.

 

     (b) For persons enrolled at a Michigan community college, the

 

department shall pay the current in-district tuition and mandatory

 

fees. For persons residing in an area that is not included in any

 

community college district, the out-of-district tuition rate may be

 

authorized.

 

     (c) For persons enrolled at a Michigan public university, the

 

department shall pay lower level division resident tuition and

 

mandatory fees for the current year.

 

     (d) For persons enrolled at a Michigan independent, nonprofit

 

degree granting college or university, or a Michigan federal

 

tribally controlled community college, or Focus: HOPE, the

 

department shall pay mandatory fees for the current year and a per-

 

credit payment that does not exceed the average community college

 

in-district per-credit tuition rate as reported on August 1, for

 

the immediately preceding academic year.

 

     (6) A person participating in phase II may be eligible for

 

additional funds not to exceed $500.00 per semester or $400.00 per

 

term up to a maximum of $2,000.00 subject to the following

 

conditions:

 


     (a) Credits are earned in a 4-year program at a Michigan

 

degree granting 4-year college or university.

 

     (b) The tuition reimbursement is for coursework completed

 

within 30 months of completion of the phase I requirements.

 

     (7) The department shall work closely with participating

 

institutions to develop an application and eligibility

 

determination process that will provide the highest level of

 

participation and ensure that all requirements of the program are

 

met.

 

     (8) Applications for the tuition incentive program may be

 

approved at any time after the student begins the sixth grade. If a

 

determination of financial eligibility is made, that determination

 

is valid as long as the student meets all other program

 

requirements and conditions.

 

     (9) Each institution shall ensure that all known available

 

restricted grants for tuition and fees are used prior to billing

 

the tuition incentive program for any portion of a student's

 

tuition and fees.

 

     (10) The department shall ensure that the tuition incentive

 

program is well publicized and that potentially eligible Medicaid

 

clients are provided information on the program. The department

 

shall provide the necessary funding and staff to fully operate the

 

program.

 

     (11) Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining on

 

September 30, 2006 from the amounts appropriated in part 1 for the

 

tuition incentive program shall not lapse on September 30, 2006,

 

but shall continue to be available for expenditure for the tuition

 


incentive program in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 311. To enable the legislature and the state budget

 

director to evaluate the appropriation needs of higher education,

 

each independent college and university shall make available to the

 

legislature or state budget director, upon request, data regarding

 

grants for the preceding, current, and ensuing fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 312. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the Michigan

 

higher education assistance authority shall administer the nursing

 

scholarship program pursuant to 2002 PA 591, MCL 390.1181 to

 

390.1189.

 

 

 

STATE UNIVERSITIES

 

     Sec. 402. The University of Michigan biological station at

 

Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County is regarded as a unique resource

 

and is designated as a special research reserve. It is the intent

 

of the legislature to protect and preserve the unique long-term

 

research value and capabilities of the biological station area and

 

Douglas Lake. The legislature further intends that no state

 

programs or policies be developed that would have a deleterious

 

impact on the research value of Douglas Lake.

 

     Sec. 405. (1) There is created the higher education

 

institutional data inventory advisory committee. The committee

 

shall be appointed by the state budget director and shall consist

 

of the following members:

 

     (a) One representative from the house fiscal agency.

 

     (b) One representative from the senate fiscal agency.

 

     (c) One representative from the state budget director's

 


office.

 

     (d) Three representatives of the presidents council of state

 

universities. The presidents council shall appoint 1 representative

 

each from a masters, a doctoral, and a research university.

 

     (2) The committee shall be responsible for maintaining and

 

enhancing the state higher education database for which funding is

 

included in part 1.

 

     Sec. 418. (1) The amounts appropriated for state university

 

operations under sections 102 to 116 were calculated using the

 

funding model calculations described in this section.

 

     (2) The total funds initially allocated under the funding

 

model were equal to $1,411,831,100.00  From this amount, the

 

following percentages were allocated to the following components:

 

     (a) 37.5% to an enrollment-based component.

 

     (b) 37.5% to a degree-based component.

 

     (c) 25.0% to a research-based component.

 

     (3) Under the enrollment-based component, each state

 

university received a funding amount per resident fiscal year

 

equated student and a funding amount per nonresident fiscal year

 

equated student based on fiscal year 2003-2004 data reported to the

 

higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI). The amount

 

per nonresident fiscal year equated student was set at 75.0% of the

 

amount per resident fiscal year equated student.  Those amounts per

 

student were calculated so that total enrollment-based funding to

 

all state universities was equal to the total funds allocated to

 

this component.

 

     (4) Under the degree-based component, each state university

 


received a funding amount per degree awarded based on fiscal year

 

2003-2004 data reported to the integrated postsecondary education

 

data system and subsequently included in HEIDI.  The base funding

 

amount was multiplied, in sequence, by weights that vary by the

 

academic level and program category of the degree.  The weights are

 

as follows:

 

     (a) Academic level:

 

     (i) 0.25 for an associate's degree.

 

     (ii) 1.00 for a bachelor's degree.

 

     (iii) 0.25 for a master's or doctoral degree.

 

     (iv) 0.50 for a professional degree.

 

     (b) Program category:

 

     (i) 1.00 for a degree in a general area.

 

     (ii) 2.00 for a degree in an agriculture- or natural science-

 

related area.

 

     (iii) 4.00 for a degree in an engineering- or technology-related

 

area.

 

     (iv) 4.00 for a degree in a health-related area.

 

The base funding amount was calculated so that total degree-based

 

funding was equal to the funds allocated to this component.

 

     (5) Under the research-based component, each state university

 

received funds based on a percentage of science- and engineering-

 

related obligations awarded to that state university by the federal

 

government based on the average of fiscal year 2000-2001 and fiscal

 

year 2001-2002 data reported by the national science foundation

 

based on a survey of federal agencies.  The amount of funds any

 

university could receive under this component was capped at 40.0%

 


of the total funds allocated to the component. The percentage of

 

federal funds awarded was calculated so that total research-based

 

funding was equal to the funds allocated to this component.

 

     (6) The initial funding amount for each state university was

 

calculated by adding the amounts calculated under each of 3 funding

 

model components. To determine the final funding amount for each

 

state university, both positive and negative differences from the

 

funding amount proposed under the fiscal year 2005-2006 executive

 

recommendation, less funds removed from university operations

 

appropriations for the Indian tuition waiver program, were limited

 

to 5.0%.

 

     (7) It is the intent of the legislature that, in future budget

 

years, funding for associate's degrees distributed under the

 

funding model described in this section shall be limited to the

 

total number of degrees conferred by the university 2 academic

 

years prior to the budget year multiplied by a fraction the

 

numerator of which is the number of associate's degrees conferred

 

by that university in academic year 2003-2004 and the denominator

 

of which is the total number of degrees conferred by that

 

university in academic year 2003-2004.

 

     Sec. 426. It is the legislative intent that private bookstores

 

that sell textbooks to university students and student governments

 

that provide a book swap for university students have accurate and

 

timely access to lists of universities' required textbooks in order

 

to provide prompt and efficient service for students. It is further

 

the legislative intent that each state university allow students

 

who are on financial aid or are receiving tuition grants to decide

 


where to purchase their textbooks.

 

     Sec. 433. (1) Included in part 1 is $2,953,400.00 for the

 

agricultural experiment station and $2,619,000.00 for the

 

cooperative extension service for project GREEEN. Project GREEEN is

 

intended to address critical regulatory, food safety, economic, and

 

environmental problems faced by this state's plant-based

 

agriculture, forestry, and processing industries. "GREEEN" is an

 

acronym for generating research and extension to meet environmental

 

and economic needs.

 

     (2) The department of agriculture and Michigan State

 

University, in consultation with agricultural commodity groups and

 

other interested parties, shall develop project GREEEN and its

 

program priorities.

 

     (3) Not later than September 30, 2006, a report shall be

 

submitted by Michigan State University to the state budget

 

director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture and on higher education, and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies for the preceding fiscal year regarding project

 

GREEEN projects. The report shall include, but is not limited to,

 

the dollar amount of each project and a review of each project's

 

performance and accomplishments.

 

     Sec. 436. It is the intent of the legislature that if any

 

Michigan public university increases its resident undergraduate

 

tuition and required fees from academic year 2004-2005 to academic

 

year 2005-2006, then that university shall increase its fiscal year

 

2005-2006 general fund expenditures for student financial aid by at

 

least the same percentage as the percentage change in resident

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

undergraduate tuition and required fees.  Each public university

 

shall report its proposed fiscal year 2005-2006 general fund

 

expenditures for student financial aid compared to its projected

 

fiscal year 2004-2005 general fund expenditures for student

 

financial aid, and its projected academic year 2005-2006 resident

 

undergraduate tuition and required fee changes from academic year

 

2004-2005, to the state budget director and the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on higher education by November 15,

 

2005.

 

     Sec. 437. It is the intent of the legislature that funds in a

 

Michigan public school employee retirement system (MPSERS)

 

stabilization subaccount be used for fiscal year 2005-2006 to

 

provide at least a $3,960,000.00 subsidy of the payroll

 

contribution rate for the 7 state universities that have employees

 

in the MPSERS system.

 

     Sec. 440. All universities shall submit the amount of tuition

 

and fees actually charged to a full-time resident undergraduate

 

student for academic year 2005-2006 as part of their higher

 

education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data by August 31,

 

2005. A university shall report any revisions for any semester of

 

the reported academic year 2005-2006 tuition and fee charges to

 

HEIDI within 15 days of being adopted.

     [Sec. 461. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to Lake Superior State University for operations, $100,000.00 shall be paid to Bay Mills Community College for the costs of waiving tuition for North American Indians under 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253.]

STUDENT PERFORMANCE REPORTING

 

     Sec. 601. (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 for state

 

universities, the state universities shall systematically inform

 

Michigan high schools regarding the academic status of students

 


from each high school in a manner prescribed by the presidents

 

council, state universities of Michigan in cooperation with the

 

Michigan association of secondary school principals.

 

     (2) The Michigan high schools shall systematically inform the

 

state universities about the use of information received under this

 

section in a manner prescribed by the Michigan association of

 

secondary school principals in cooperation with the presidents

 

council, state universities of Michigan.

 

     Sec. 602. From the amount appropriated in part 1 for state

 

universities, the state universities shall inform Michigan

 

community colleges regarding the academic status of community

 

college transfer students in a manner prescribed by the presidents

 

council, state universities of Michigan in cooperation with the

 

Michigan community college association.

 

 

 

GENERAL REPORTS AND AUDITS

 

     Sec. 701. (1) The auditor general shall review higher

 

education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) enrollment data

 

submitted by all public universities and may perform audits of

 

selected public universities if determined necessary. The review

 

and audits shall be based upon the definitions, requirements, and

 

uniform reporting categories established by the state budget

 

director and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The auditor

 

general shall submit a report of findings to the house and senate

 

appropriations committees and the state budget director no later

 

than July 1, 2006.

 

     (2) Student credit hours reports shall not include the

 


following:

 

     (a) Student credit hours generated through instructional

 

activity by faculty or staff in classrooms located outside

 

Michigan, with the exception of instructional activity related to

 

study-abroad programs or field programs.

 

     (b) Student credit hours generated through distance learning

 

instruction for students not paying the institution's resident

 

tuition rate.

 

     (c) Student credit hours generated through credit by

 

examination.

 

     (d) Student credit hours generated through inmate prison

 

programs regardless of teaching location.

 

     (e) Student credit hours generated in new degree programs

 

after January 1, 1975, that have not been specifically authorized

 

for funding by the legislature, except spin-off programs converted

 

from existing core programs that do all of the following:

 

     (i) Represent new options, fields, or concentrations within

 

existing programs.

 

     (ii) Are consistent with the current institutional role and

 

mission.

 

     (iii) Are accommodated within the continuing funding base of the

 

institution.

 

     (iv) Do not require a new degree level beyond that which the

 

institution is currently authorized to grant within that discipline

 

or field.

 

     (v) Do not require funding from the state other than that

 

provided by the student credit hours generated within the program,

 


either before program initiation or within the first 3 years of

 

program operation.

 

     (3) The auditor general shall periodically audit higher

 

education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) data as submitted by

 

the state universities for compliance with the definitions approved

 

by the HEIDI advisory committee for the HEIDI database.

 

     (4) "Distance learning instruction" as used in subsection (2)

 

means instruction that occurs in other than a traditional classroom

 

setting where the student and instructor are in the same physical

 

location and for which a student receives course credits and is

 

charged tuition and fees. Examples of distance learning instruction

 

are instruction delivered solely through the Internet, cable

 

television, teleconference, or mail.

 

     Sec. 701a. (1) Pursuant to section 701(2)(e), the following

 

degree programs may be established:

 

     (a) Bachelors

 

     Eastern Michigan University Creative Writing, B.A./B.S.

 

     Grand Valley State University Athletic Training Major, B.S.

 

     Lake Superior State University Spanish, B.A.

 

     Michigan Technological University Audio Production and

 

Technology, B.S.

 

     Michigan Technological University Cheminformatics, B.S.

 

     Michigan Technological University Communication and Culture

 

Studies with Concentrations in Communication in Contemporary

 

Culture; Communication in Human Interactions and Global Contexts;

 

Communication Media.

 

     Michigan Technological University Pharmaceutical Chemistry,

 


B.S.

 

     Michigan Technological University Sound Design, B.A.

 

     Michigan Technological University Theatre and Entertainment

 

Technology, B.A.

 

     Michigan Technological University Theatre and Entertainment

 

Technology, B.S.

 

     Michigan Technological University Wildlife Ecology and

 

Management, B.S.

 

     University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Earth Systems Science and

 

Engineering, B.S.

 

     University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Neuroscience Concentration,

 

B.S.

 

     University of Michigan-Flint Music (Performance), B.S.

 

     (b) Masters

 

     Eastern Michigan University Earth Science Education, M.S.

 

     Eastern Michigan University Orthotics and Prosthetics, M.S.

 

     Saginaw Valley State University Occupational Therapy Program,

 

M.A.

 

     University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Global Automotive and

 

Manufacturing Engineering, M.E.

 

     University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Space Engineering, M. Eng.

 

     University of Michigan-Dearborn Masters of Public Policy,

 

Masters.

 

     University of Michigan-Flint Computer and Information Systems,

 

M.S.

 

     University of Michigan-Flint Master of Arts in Social

 

Sciences, M.A.

 


     Western Michigan University Master of Science in Civil

 

Engineering, M.S.E.

 

     Western Michigan University Nursing, M.S.N.

 

     (c) Doctorate

 

     Michigan Technological University Industrial Heritage and

 

Archeology, Ph.D.

 

     (2) The listing of degree programs in subsection (1) does not

 

constitute legislative intent to provide additional dollars for

 

those programs.

 

     (3) When submitting the listing of new degree programs for

 

future fiscal years, the presidents council shall also provide a

 

listing of degree programs that will no longer be offered in

 

subsequent academic years.

 

     Sec. 702. The principal executive officer of each institution

 

of higher education receiving an appropriation under this article

 

shall expend a portion of the funds appropriated to that

 

institution to make a report to the auditor general, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director within 60

 

days after the auditor general issues his or her report on the

 

operation of the institution. The institution's report shall

 

specify all of the following:

 

     (a) The recommendations of the auditor general implemented by

 

the institution, including projected dates and resources required,

 

if any, to achieve compliance.

 

     (b) The recommendations of the auditor general not implemented

 

by the institution or implemented by the institution as modified.

 

     (c) The rationale for not implementing a recommendation of the

 


auditor general or of implementing a recommendation as modified.

 

     Sec. 708. The auditor general may conduct performance audits

 

of state universities during the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 as the auditor general considers necessary.

 

     Sec. 709. An institution receiving funds under this bill and

 

also subject to the student right-to-know and campus security act,

 

Public Law 101-522, 104 Stat. 2381, shall make a copy of all

 

material prepared pursuant to the public information reporting

 

requirements under the crime awareness and campus security act of

 

1990, title II of the student right-to-know and campus security

 

act, Public Law 101-542, 104 Stat. 2381, available in electronic

 

Internet format on their websites.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of history, arts, and libraries for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006, from the funds indicated in this part. The

 

following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 232.0

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     55,565,800

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDLEG.........................................           250,000

 

IDG-MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund............             6,300

 

IDG-MDOT, state aeronautics fund.......................             3,800

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................           139,600

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................           399,700

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     55,166,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI-NPS, historic preservation grants-in-aid...........         1,395,700

 

Federal funds..........................................           565,200

 

Library services and technology act....................         5,557,400

 

NFAH-NEA, promotion of the arts, state and regional

 

   programs.............................................           700,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................         8,218,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - gifts and bequests revenues..................            75,000

 

Private - grants and gifts.............................           400,000

 

Private - Mann house trust fund........................           102,400

 

Total private revenues.................................           577,400

 

Heritage publication fund..............................           700,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................             4,000

 

Mackinac Island state park fund........................         1,534,900

 

Mackinac Island state park operations fees.............         1,649,100

 

Marine safety fund.....................................               500

 

Special revenue, internal service and pension trust....            79,300

 


State lottery fund.....................................            27,100

 

User fees..............................................            86,900

 

Waterways fund.........................................               900

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................         4,082,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     42,287,700

 

   Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 30.0

 

Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $        222,300

 

Management services--29.0 FTE positions................         2,020,700

 

Building occupancy charges and rent....................         2,927,000

 

Worker's compensation..................................            16,000

 

Office of film and television services--1.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           388,200

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            29,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,603,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from MDLEG.........................................           250,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,353,700

 

   Sec. 103. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $         955,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        955,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund............               200

 

IDG-MDOT, state aeronautics fund.......................               100

 


IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................             3,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................               100

 

Mackinac Island state park fund........................            45,100

 

Special revenue, internal service and pension trust....             3,100

 

State lottery fund.....................................               900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        902,400

 

   Sec. 104. MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL

 

AFFAIRS (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 9.0

 

Administration--9.0 FTE positions...................... $        701,000

 

Arts and cultural grants...............................        10,353,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,054,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

NFAH-NEA, promotion of the arts, partnership

 

   agreements...........................................           700,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     10,354,800

 

   Sec. 105. MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION

 

(THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Mackinac Island park operation--24.3 FTE positions..... $      1,446,000

 

Historical facilities system--14.7 FTE positions.......         1,692,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,138,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Mackinac Island state park fund........................         1,489,800

 


Mackinac Island state park operations fees.............         1,649,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 106. MICHIGAN HISTORICAL PROGRAM (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 83.0

 

Federal programs--12.0 FTE positions................... $      1,960,900

 

Heritage publications..................................           700,000

 

Historical administration and services--71.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,189,300

 

Private grants and gifts...............................           502,400

 

Thunder Bay national marine sanctuary and underwater

 

   preserve.............................................           196,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      8,548,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund............             6,100

 

IDG-MDOT, state aeronautics fund.......................             3,700

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................           136,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI-NPS, historic preservation grants-in-aid...........         1,395,700

 

Federal funds..........................................           565,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - grants and gifts.............................           400,000

 

Private - Mann house trust fund........................           102,400

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................             3,900

 

Heritage publication fund..............................           700,000

 

Marine safety fund.....................................               500

 


Special revenue, internal service and pension trust....            76,200

 

State lottery fund.....................................            26,200

 

Waterways fund.........................................               900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,131,800

 

   Sec. 107. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 71.0

 

Book distribution centers.............................. $        350,000

 

Collected gifts and fees...............................           161,900

 

Library of Michigan operations--71.0 FTE positions.....         6,362,900

 

Library services and technology act....................         5,557,400

 

State aid to libraries.................................        13,327,100

 

Subregional state aid..................................           505,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,264,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Library services and technology act....................         5,557,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - gifts and bequests revenues..................            75,000

 

User fees..............................................            86,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     20,545,000

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 


under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $46,370,400.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $17,518,600.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES

 

Arts and cultural grants............................... $     3,686,500

 

State aid to libraries.................................        13,327,100

 

Subregional state aid..................................           505,000

 

Total department of history, arts, and libraries....... $     17,518,600

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this appropriation article:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of history, arts, and

 

libraries.

 

     (b) "Director" means the director of the department of

 

history, arts, and libraries.

 

     (c) "DOI-NPS" means the United States department of interior,

 

national park service.

 

     (d) "Fiscal agencies" means the house fiscal agency and the

 

senate fiscal agency.

 

     (e) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (f) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (g) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.

 

     (h) "MCACA" means the Michigan council for arts and cultural

 

affairs.

 


     (i) "NEA" means the national endowment for the arts.

 

     (j) "NFAH" means the national foundation of the arts and the

 

humanities.

 

     (k) "Subcommittees" means all members of the appropriate

 

subcommittees of the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause a loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of

 

exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the subcommittees and the fiscal agencies. The plan shall include

 

the criteria under which the privatization initiative will be

 

evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to the

 

fiscal agencies and to the subcommittees within 30 months.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

Required reports may be transmitted via electronic mail to the

 

recipients identified for each reporting requirement or they may be

 

placed on the Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

re businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

ctor shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

racts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

ived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. The department shall establish and maintain

 

affirmative action programs based on guidelines developed by the

 


state equal opportunity workforce planning council which was

 

created by Executive Order No. 1996-13 in order to receive general

 

fund/general purpose dollars.

 

     Sec. 213. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user

 

fees to the department of information technology for technology

 

related services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the departments and

 

agencies and the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 214. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 215. (1) The department may provide and enter into

 

agreements to provide general services, training, meetings,

 

information, special equipment, software, and facility use, and

 

technical consulting services to other principal executive

 

departments, state agencies, local units of government, the

 

judicial branch of government, other organizations, and patrons of

 

department facilities. Fees for services shall be reasonably

 

related to the cost of providing the services and shall be used to

 

offset the costs of the services. The department may receive and

 

expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 for the

 

following:

 


     (a) Supplying census-related information and technical

 

services, publications, statistical studies, population projections

 

and estimates, and other demographic products.

 

     (b) Microfilming and other document and data imaging services,

 

media, storage, and copies.

 

     (c) Patron copier and document reproduction services and

 

copies.

 

     (d) Conferences, training classes, exhibits, programs, and

 

workshops conducted as part of the department's mission.

 

     (e) Use of specialized equipment, facilities, and software

 

that permit distance learning and meetings, and group decision

 

making.

 

     (f) Special services including the rental of department

 

exhibits and collections.

 

     (2) The funds received under this section may be deposited and

 

expended from the history, arts, and libraries fund established in

 

section 216 of this article.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) A fund known as the history, arts, and libraries

 

fund is created in the department. The fund may be used to receive

 

and expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1. The

 

fund balance may be carried forward for expenditure in subsequent

 

fiscal years.

 

     (2) The department shall provide a report to the senate and

 

house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on history,

 

arts, and libraries of all revenues to and expenditures from the

 

history, arts, and libraries fund. The report shall include an

 

estimated fund balance for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 


2006. The report is due November 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 


unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 218. It is the intent of the legislature to explore

 

supplemental fund sourcing options for the department of history,

 

arts, and libraries.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

 

     Sec. 401. (1) The MCACA in the department shall administer the

 

arts and cultural grants appropriated in part 1.

 


     (2) The MCACA shall render fair and independent decisions

 

concerning arts and cultural grant requests and shall do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Use published criteria to evaluate program quality.

 

     (b) Seek to award grants on an equitable geographic basis to

 

the extent possible given the quality of grant applications

 

received.

 

     (c) Give priority to projects that serve multiple counties or

 

that leverage significant additional public and private investment.

 

     (3) The MCACA shall not award grants for projects or

 

activities that include displays of human wastes on religious

 

symbols, displays of sex acts, and depictions of flag desecration.

 

     (4) The MCACA shall provide for fair, equitable, and efficient

 

distribution of funds granted through the regional regranting

 

program.  The MCACA shall provide for an annual assessment of grant

 

management and distribution of mini-grant awards by designated

 

regional regranting agencies and review the methodology employed.

 

     (5) The MCACA shall continue and expand its efforts to

 

encourage and support nonprofit arts and cultural organizations to

 

transition from solely volunteer-based organizations to

 

professionally directed operations.  Criteria for support include

 

the requirement of collaboration between these organizations and

 

other community organizations.

 

     Sec. 402. The MCACA may award grants to counties, cities,

 

villages, townships, community foundations and organizations in the

 

following categories:

 

     (a) Anchor organization program for organizations that serve

 


regional and statewide audiences.  Anchor organizations shall

 

demonstrate a commitment to education, to mentoring smaller

 

organizations, and to reaching underserved audiences.

 

     (b) Arts projects program.

 

     (c) Arts and learning program.

 

     (d) Artists in residence for education program.

 

     (e) Arts organization development program.

 

     (f) Capital improvement program.

 

     (g) Local arts agencies services program.

 

     (h) Regional regranting program.

 

     (i) Partnership program.

 

     (j) Discretionary grants program.

 

     (k) Rural arts and cultural program.

 

     (l) Cultural projects program.

 

     (m) Historical projects program.

 

     Sec. 403. (1) From the state funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

arts and cultural grants, no one organization may receive more than

 

17% of this funding.  It is the intent of the legislature that this

 

percentage be reduced to 16% in fiscal year 2007, and 15% in fiscal

 

year 2008.

 

     (2) The MCACA shall make every effort to provide total grant

 

awards in the anchor organization program at a level not to exceed

 

70% of the total amount appropriated for arts and cultural grants.

 

     (3) As documented in the audit report that is submitted as

 

part of the grant application process, the total of all grants

 

awarded to any organization receiving grants within the anchor

 

organization program may not exceed 15% of their "total

 


unrestricted revenues, gains, and other support," as defined by the

 

financial accounting standards board in the accounting standards

 

for not-for-profit organizations.

 

     (4) Before any amount appropriated for arts and cultural

 

grants in part 1 may be expended for a grant to an eligible

 

recipient, the department shall execute a grant agreement with the

 

recipient.  The grant agreement shall identify the projects funded

 

and specify the category in section 402 of this article under which

 

the grant is awarded.

 

     Sec. 404. Grant applicants must meet and adhere to the

 

following requirements:

 

     (a) Each applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee

 

of $300 or 3% of the desired grant amount, whichever is less.  The

 

department may use the application fee to offset its direct and

 

indirect costs.

 

     (b) An applicant for a grant under the anchor organization

 

program shall submit with the application the applicant’s most

 

recent annual audit report which states their "total unrestricted

 

revenues, gains, and other support," as defined by the financial

 

accounting standards board in the accounting standards for not-for-

 

profit organizations.  The audit report must cover an audit period

 

that ends within 18 months of the date of the application.

 

     (c) Each applicant shall identify proposed matching funds from

 

local and/or private sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis.  The

 

dollar-for-dollar match may include the reasonable value of

 

services, materials, and equipment as allowed under the federal

 

internal revenue code for charitable contributions.

 


     Sec. 405. Each grant recipient shall provide the MCACA with

 

the following:

 

     (a) The MCACA shall receive proof of the entire amount of the

 

matching funds, services, materials, or equipment by the end of the

 

award period.

 

     (b) Within 30 days following the end of the grant period, a

 

final report that includes the following:

 

     (i) Project revenues and expenditures including grant matching

 

fund amounts.

 

     (ii) Number of patrons attracted or benefiting during the grant

 

period.

 

     (iii) A narrative summary of each project and its outcome.

 

     (c) By April 7 of the grant year, each recipient of a grant

 

greater than $100,000 shall submit an interim report that includes

 

the items identified in subdivision (b).

 

     Sec. 406. The department shall provide the following reports:

 

     (a) An electronic report identifying the website location that

 

contains a list of all grant recipients, sorted by county.  This

 

report shall be provided to each legislator within 1 business day

 

of the announcement of annual awards by the MCACA.

 

     (b) An electronic report to the appropriations subcommittees,

 

the state budget office, and the fiscal agencies, within 30 days

 

after the MCACA announces the annual grant awards, that includes

 

all of the following:

 

     (i) A listing of each applicant.

 

     (ii) The county of residence of the applicant.

 

     (iii) The amount requested.

 


     (iv) The amount awarded.

 

     (v) The grant category under which an applicant applied.

 

     (vi) A summary of projects funded for each recipient.

 

     (vii) The expected number of patrons for an applicant during

 

the grant period.

 

     (viii) The amount of matching funds proposed by each applicant.

 

     (ix) A listing containing the information in subdivision (a)

 

and subparagraphs (i) to (vi) for any regranted funds in the

 

preceding fiscal year.

 

     (c) An annual report to the appropriations subcommittees, the

 

state budget office, and the fiscal agencies is due when materials

 

are first distributed by the MCACA seeking grant applications for

 

the subsequent fiscal year.  The report shall contain the

 

following:

 

     (i) The MCACA guidelines for awarding grants.

 

     (ii) A summary of any changes in the program guidelines from

 

the previous fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 407. Within 1 business day following the final council

 

vote, the department shall notify each legislator electronically

 

regarding the website location of the list of grant awardees by

 

county receiving a grant from arts and cultural grant funds

 

appropriated in part 1.

 

     Sec. 408. The council shall report to the chairpersons of the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on history, arts, and

 

libraries by August 1 all unexpended or unencumbered discretionary

 

grant funding that is available. The council shall not redistribute

 

any unexpended or unencumbered grant funds during the fiscal year

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

without a 10-day notice to the chairpersons of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on history, arts, and libraries.

     [Sec. 409.  It is the intent of the legislature that local governments and nonprofit organizations combine their efforts to leverage available funding from the federal government and the state of Michigan for the purpose of supporting the Holocaust memorial center in the state of Michigan.]

 

 

 

MICHIGAN HISTORICAL PROGRAM

 

     Sec. 501. The federal funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

historic site preservation grants are for work projects and shall

 

not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall continue to be

 

available for expenditure until the projects for which the funds

 

were reserved have been completed or are terminated. The purpose of

 

these work projects is the identification, designation, and

 

preservation of historic resources. The method used will be to

 

solicit applications, score applications based upon established

 

criteria, and award subgrants. The department shall execute a grant

 

agreement with each recipient. The total cost is $1,348,000.00 and

 

the tentative completion date is September 30, 2007.

 

     Sec. 502. Funds collected by the department under sections 6,

 

7, and 7a of 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.6, 399.7, and 399.7a, are

 

appropriated to the department for the purpose for which they were

 

received and may be carried forward for expenditure in subsequent

 

fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 503. For the purposes of administering the museum store

 

as provided in section 7a of 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.7a, the

 

department is exempt from section 261 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1261.

 

     Sec. 504. (1) From the state funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may award discretionary historical grants to preserve

 

Michigan lighthouses and to assist in the transfer of lighthouses

 


from federal ownership. A portion of the funds may also be

 

dedicated to program administration and project coordination.

 

     (2) The department shall allocate grant funds under this

 

section pursuant to eligibility and scoring requirements

 

established by the department. The method used will be to solicit

 

applications from eligible recipients, score applications based on

 

the established criteria, and award grants through executed

 

contracts.

 

     (3) Grants under this section may be awarded for purposes of

 

stabilization, rehabilitation, or other preservation work on a

 

Michigan lighthouse, but shall not be awarded for operational

 

purposes. The department shall not allocate a grant under this

 

section that exceeds $40,000.00.

 

     (4) The funds appropriated in part 1 and allocated by this

 

section are for work projects. The funds shall not lapse to the

 

general fund at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain

 

available in subsequent fiscal years, until funds have been

 

expended, the projects for which the funds were reserved have been

 

completed, or the projects are terminated, whichever occurs first.

 

     Sec. 505. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for historical

 

administration and services, $49,700.00 shall be allocated to

 

support the operations of the Michigan freedom trail commission as

 

specified in section 4 of the Michigan freedom trail commission

 

act, 1998 PA 409, MCL 399.84. These funds shall be used to

 

reimburse commission members, to pay for necessary contractual

 

services of the commission, and to hire not more than 1.0 FTE

 

position in the department's Michigan historical center to support

 


commission operations.

 

     Sec. 506. Proceeds in excess of costs incurred in the conduct

 

of auctions, sales, or transfers of artifacts no longer considered

 

suitable for the collections of the state historical museum are

 

appropriated to the department and may be expended upon receipt for

 

additional material for the collection. The department shall notify

 

the chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and minority vice chairpersons

 

of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on history,

 

arts, and libraries 1 week prior to any auctions or sales.

 

     Sec. 507. Unless prohibited by law, the department shall make

 

available to the historical society of Michigan the use of the

 

Michigan history magazine subscriber list, or a portion of the

 

Michigan history magazine subscriber list, at a cost not to exceed

 

the actual expense incurred for providing a single mailing.

 

     Sec. 508. From the funds appropriated in part 1 in the

 

historical administration and services line item, $100,000.00 shall

 

be used to fund a competitive historical grant program. Eligible

 

applicants include all state and local historical societies and the

 

state historical preservation network. Awards shall be made for

 

projects that can leverage additional public and private investment

 

and may involve, but are not limited to, capital improvements

 

projects, restorations, research, educational programs, and

 

publications.

 

 

 

LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN

 

     Sec. 601. In order to receive subregional state aid as

 

appropriated in part 1 to the library of Michigan, a subregional

 


library's fiscal agency must agree to maintain local funding

 

support at the same level in the current fiscal year as in the

 

fiscal agency's preceding fiscal year. If a reduction in

 

expenditures equally affects all agencies in a local unit of

 

government that is the subregional library's fiscal agency, that

 

reduction shall not be interpreted as a reduction in local support

 

and shall not disqualify a subregional library from receiving state

 

aid under part 1. If a reduction in income affects a library

 

cooperative or district library that is a subregional library's

 

fiscal agency or a reduction in expenditures for the subregional

 

library's fiscal agency, a reduction in expenditures for the

 

subregional library shall not be interpreted as a reduction in

 

local support and shall not disqualify a subregional library from

 

receiving state aid under part 1.

 

     Sec. 602. The funds appropriated in part 1 for a subregional

 

library shall not be released until a budget for that subregional

 

library has been approved by the department for expenditures for

 

library services directly serving the blind and persons with

 

disabilities. Subregional state aid shall be used only for

 

providing services to the blind and to persons with disabilities.

 

     Sec. 603. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

operation of the library of Michigan, a portion may be used for

 

statewide database access such as making computerized databases,

 

searches of those databases, and the products of those searches

 

available through the libraries of Michigan. Only those libraries

 

that qualify under the federal library services and technology act,

 

subtitle B of title II of the museum and library services act,

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

title II of the arts, humanities, and cultural affairs act of 1976,

 

Public Law 94-462, 110 Stat. 3009-295, are eligible to participate

 

in these activities.

 

     Sec. 607. The funds appropriated in part 1 for book

 

distribution centers shall be equally distributed to the public

 

enrichment foundation and the Michigan friends of education.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from the funds

 

indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated classified positions....... 10,153.5

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 5.0

 

   Total full-time equated positions............ 10,158.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ [4,249,869,200]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         1,094,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ [4,248,774,400]

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................     3,093,050,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................         8,822,900

 

Total local revenues...................................        48,184,800

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        70,357,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ [1,028,358,500]

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS (VULNERABLE)

 

   Total full-time equated positions............... 422.3

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 5.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 417.3

 

Unclassified salaries--5.0 FTE positions............... $        510,300

 

Salaries and wages--302.3 FTE positions................        14,366,100

 

Contractual services, supplies, and materials..........         6,700,300

 

Demonstration projects--15.0 FTE positions.............         6,807,300

 

Inspector general salaries and wages--88.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         4,477,200

 

Electronic benefit transfer EBT........................         7,333,600

 

Office of professional development--12.0 FTE positions.           853,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     41,047,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        25,546,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,219,300

 

Total local revenues...................................           200,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     14,082,400

 


   Sec. 103. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 173.7

 

Child support enforcement operations--168.7 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     20,443,800

 

Legal support contracts................................       138,753,600

 

Child support incentive payments.......................        32,409,600

 

Child support distribution computer system--5.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        13,651,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    205,258,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       193,243,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................           340,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,675,200

 

   Sec. 104. COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 11.0

 

Bureau of community action and economic opportunity

 

   operations--11.0 FTE positions....................... $      1,190,300

 

Community services block grants........................        27,384,600

 

Weatherization assistance..............................        18,671,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     47,245,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        47,245,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 105. ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES (VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 49.2

 

Executive direction and support--6.0 FTE positions..... $        476,000

 

Domestic violence prevention and treatment--5.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................        14,551,400

 

Rape prevention and services...........................         2,600,000

 

Guardian contract......................................           600,000

 

Adult services policy and administration--6.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           588,700

 

Income support policy and administration--31.7 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,841,300

 

Employment and training support services...............        22,929,100

 

Wage employment verification reporting.................         1,037,500

 

Urban and rural empowerment/enterprise zones...........               100

 

Nutrition education....................................         8,569,900

 

Marriage initiative....................................           500,000

 

Fatherhood initiative..................................           500,000

 

Homeless prevention and food for the elderly...........           150,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     58,344,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        52,456,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,887,100

 

   Sec. 106. CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 87.0

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Salaries and wages--29.7 FTE positions................. $      1,662,100

 

Contractual services, supplies, and materials..........         1,091,800

 

Refugee assistance program--2.9 FTE positions..........        12,672,400

 

Foster care payments...................................       143,114,100

 

Wayne County foster care payments......................        61,531,900

 

Adoption subsidies.....................................       224,778,500

 

Adoption support services--7.7 FTE positions...........        13,872,300

 

Youth in transition--2.0 FTE positions.................        13,205,900

 

Interstate compact.....................................           230,000

 

Children's benefit fund donations......................            21,000

 

Teenage parent counseling--2.3 FTE positions...........         3,800,900

 

Families first.........................................        17,448,100

 

Child safety and permanency planning...................        16,900,700

 

Strong families/safe children..........................        13,395,300

 

Child protection/community partners--18.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,759,600

 

Zero to three..........................................       [4,500,000]

 

Family group decision making...........................         2,454,700

 

Family reunification program...........................         4,062,700

 

Family preservation and prevention services

 

   administration--12.0 FTE positions...................         1,942,700

 

Black child and family institute.......................               100

 

Children's trust fund administration--4.3 FTE

 

   positions............................................           445,500

 

Children's trust fund grants...........................         3,615,000

 

Attorney general contract..............................         2,835,200

 

Prosecuting attorney contracts.........................         1,061,700

 


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Child care fund........................................       171,337,900

 

Child care fund administration--5.8 FTE positions......           803,100

 

County juvenile officers...............................         3,756,300

 

Community support services--2.0 FTE positions..........         1,484,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  [727,784,000]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       425,858,300

 

Special revenue funds:

 

Private - children's benefit fund donations............            21,000

 

Private - collections..................................         3,840,600

 

Local funds - county payback...........................        25,530,500

 

Children's trust fund..................................         3,304,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $  [269,229,400]

 

Sec. 107. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 706.7

 

W.J. Maxey training school--301.0 FTE positions........ $     22,062,200

 

Adrian training school--128.0 FTE positions............         8,761,800

 

Bay pines center--44.0 FTE positions...................         2,897,200

 

Nokomis challenge center--43.0 FTE positions...........         2,735,700

 

Shawono center--39.0 FTE positions.....................         2,658,300

 

Arbor heights--34.0 FTE positions......................         2,637,200

 

Community juvenile justice centers--37.0 FTE positions.         2,761,600

 

Juvenile justice field staff, administration and

 

   maintenance--60.0 FTE positions......................         7,861,000

 

Federally funded activities--13.7 FTE positions........         1,757,900

 

W.J. Maxey memorial fund...............................            45,000

 


Juvenile accountability incentive block grant--3.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,694,300

 

Committee on juvenile justice administration--4.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           472,300

 

Committee on juvenile justice grants...................         5,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     62,344,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        11,553,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................           645,000

 

Local funds - county payback...........................        21,609,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     28,536,700

 

   Sec. 108. LOCAL OFFICE STAFF AND OPERATIONS

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 7,932.2

 

Field staff, salaries and wages--7,826.9 FTE positions. $    344,171,200

 

Contractual services, supplies, and materials..........        19,146,900

 

Medical/psychiatric evaluations........................         4,123,100

 

Donated funds positions--11.0 FTE positions............           743,000

 

Training and program support--15.5 FTE positions.......         2,243,700

 

Food stamp reinvestment--78.8 FTE positions............         9,802,400

 

Wayne County gifts and bequests........................           100,000

 

Volunteer services and reimbursement...................         1,294,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    381,625,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       240,924,700

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds - donated funds............................           200,700

 

Private funds - donated funds..........................           163,000

 

Private funds - Wayne County gifts.....................           100,000

 

Private funds - hospital contributions.................         2,834,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    137,402,800

 

   Sec. 109. DISABILITY DETERMINATION SERVICES

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 568.4

 

Disability determination operations--545.9 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     74,767,800

 

Medical consultation program--18.4 FTE positions.......         2,142,000

 

Retirement disability determination--4.1 FTE positions.           805,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     77,715,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from DMB - office of retirement systems............         1,094,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     76,620,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        74,454,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,166,000

 

   Sec. 110. CENTRAL SUPPORT ACCOUNTS (VULNERABLE,

 

EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Rent................................................... $     44,016,700

 

Occupancy charge.......................................         9,980,700

 


Travel.................................................         4,983,100

 

Equipment..............................................           145,300

 

Worker's compensation..................................         4,279,000

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............           561,000

 

Payroll taxes and fringe benefits......................       206,481,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    270,447,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       174,978,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds - county payback...........................           304,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     95,164,600

 

   Sec. 111. OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND ADULT LICENSING

 

(SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 208.0

 

AFC, children's welfare and day care licensure--208.0

 

   FTE positions........................................ $      21,193,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,193,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        11,165,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Licensing fees.........................................           603,100

 

Health systems fees and collections....................           102,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      9,321,800

 

   Sec. 112. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (VULNERABLE)

 

Family independence program............................ $    319,095,100

 


State disability assistance payments...................        37,289,600

 

Food assistance program benefits.......................     1,218,740,900

 

State supplementation..................................        59,835,200

 

State supplementation administration...................         2,493,200

 

Low-income home energy assistance program..............       116,467,700

 

Food bank funding......................................           525,000

 

Homeless shelter contracts.............................        11,646,700

 

Multicultural assimilation funding.....................         1,715,500

 

Indigent burial........................................         5,909,300

 

Emergency services local office allocations............        21,865,500

 

Day care services......................................       426,452,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  2,222,036,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................     1,745,843,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Child support collections..............................        47,710,700

 

Supplemental security income recoveries................         5,104,800

 

Public assistance recoupment revenue...................         2,500,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    420,877,800

 

   Sec. 113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (VULNERABLE,

 

EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $     72,154,500

 

Child support automation...............................        54,172,300

 

Information technology enhancement projects............         8,500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    134,826,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        89,779,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        11,032,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     34,014,700

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$1,098,716,200.00] and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $172,843,100.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

 

CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

Adoption subsidies..................................... $     83,240,700

 

Child care fund........................................        84,046,500

 

County juvenile officers...............................         3,270,000

 

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

 

State disability program...............................        2,285,900

 

TOTAL.................................................. $    172,843,100

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 


to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "AFC" means adult foster care.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of human services.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "GED" means general educational development.

 

     (e) "Temporary assistance for needy families" or "TANF" or

 

"title IV-A" means part A of title IV of the social security act,

 

42 USC 601 to 604, 605 to 608, and 609 to 619.

 

     (f) "Title IV-D" means part D of title IV of the social

 

security act, 42 USC 651 to 655, and 656 to 669b.

 

     (g) "Title IV-E" means part E of title IV of the social

 

security act, 42 USC 670 to 673, 673b to 679, and 679b.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

department at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) Beginning October 1, a hiring freeze is imposed

 

on the state classified civil service. State departments and

 

agencies are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state

 

classified civil service employees and prohibited from filling any

 

vacant state classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze

 

does not apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1

 

position to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 


hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house

 

appropriations committees and the senate and house fiscal agencies

 

and policy offices on the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze

 

approved during the previous quarter and the reasons to justify the

 

exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize services, the department shall submit a complete project

 

plan to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies. The plan shall include the criteria under which the

 

privatization initiative will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be

 

completed and submitted to the appropriate senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations subcommittees and the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies within 9 months.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This shall include transmission of reports via electronic mail,

 

including a link to the Internet site, to the recipients identified

 

for each reporting requirement, or it may include placement of

 

reports on the Internet or Intranet site. On an annual basis, the

 

department shall provide a cumulative listing of the reports to the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees and the house and

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

senate fiscal agencies and policy offices.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

value.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. Unless otherwise noted, all reports required in part

 

2 shall be submitted in written form to all members of the house

 

and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget.

 

     Sec. 212. In addition to funds appropriated in part 1 for all

 

programs and services, there is appropriated for write-offs of

 

accounts receivable, deferrals, and for prior year obligations in

 

excess of applicable prior year appropriations, an amount equal to

 

total write-offs and prior year obligations, but not to exceed

 

amounts available in prior year revenues or current year revenues

 

that are in excess of the authorized amount.

 

     Sec. 213. (1) The department may retain all of the state's

 

share of food assistance overissuance collections as an offset to

 

general fund/general purpose costs. Retained collections shall be

 


applied against federal funds deductions in all appropriation units

 

where department costs related to the investigation and recoupment

 

of food assistance overissuances are incurred. Retained collections

 

in excess of such costs shall be applied against the federal funds

 

deducted in the executive operations appropriation unit.

 

     (2) The department shall report to the legislature during the

 

senate and house budget hearings on the status of the food stamp

 

error rate. The report shall include at least all of the following:

 

     (a) An update on federal sanctions and federal requirements

 

for reinvestment due to the food stamp error rate.

 

     (b) Review of the status of training for employees who

 

administer the food assistance program.

 

     (c) An outline of the past year's monthly status of worker to

 

food stamp cases and monthly status of worker to food stamp

 

applications.

 

     (d) Information detailing the effect and change in staffing

 

due to the early retirement option.

 

     (e) Corrective action through policy, rules, and programming

 

being taken to reduce the food stamp error rate.

 

     (f) Any other information regarding the food stamp error rate,

 

including information pertaining to technology and computer

 

applications used for the food assistance program.

 

     Sec. 214. (1) The department shall submit a report to the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees

 

on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal agencies and

 

policy offices, and the state budget director on the details of

 

allocations within program budgeting line items and within the

 


salaries and wages line items in all appropriation units. The

 

report shall include a listing, by account, dollar amount, and fund

 

source, of salaries and wages; longevity and insurance; retirement;

 

contractual services, supplies, and materials; equipment; travel;

 

and grants within each program line item appropriated for the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.

 

     (2) On a bimonthly basis, the department shall report on the

 

number of FTEs in pay status by type of staff.

 

     Sec. 215. If a legislative objective of this article or the

 

social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, cannot be

 

implemented without loss of federal financial participation because

 

implementation would conflict with or violate federal regulations,

 

the department shall notify the state budget director, the house

 

and senate appropriations committees, and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies and policy offices of that fact.

 

     Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 


     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate standing committees on appropriations.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 


occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 218. (1) The department shall prepare a semiannual report

 

on the TANF federal block grant. The report shall include projected

 

expenditures for the current fiscal year, an accounting of any

 

previous year funds carried forward, and a summary of all

 

interdepartmental or interagency agreements relating to the use of

 

TANF funds. The report shall be forwarded to the state budget

 

director and the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

the department budget and the house and senate fiscal agencies and

 

policy offices within 10 days after presentation of the executive

 

budget and within 10 days after the May consensus revenue

 

estimating conference.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall give prior written notice

 

to the members of the house and senate appropriations subcommittees

 

for the department and to the house and senate fiscal agencies and

 

policy offices of any proposed changes in utilization or

 

distribution of TANF funding or the distribution of TANF

 

maintenance of effort spending relative to the amounts reflected in

 

the annual appropriations acts of all state agencies where TANF

 

funding is appropriated.

 

     Sec. 220. (1) In contracting with faith-based organizations

 

for mentoring or supportive services, and in all contracts for

 


services, the department shall ensure that no funds provided

 

directly to institutions or organizations to provide services and

 

administer programs shall be used or expended for any sectarian

 

activity, including sectarian worship, instruction, or

 

proselytization.

 

     (2) If an individual requests the service and has an objection

 

to the religious character of the institution or organization from

 

which the individual receives or would receive services or

 

assistance, the department shall provide the individual within a

 

reasonable time after the date of the objection with assistance or

 

services and which are substantially the same as the service the

 

individual would have received from the organization.

 

     (3) The department shall ensure that faith-based organizations

 

are able to apply and compete for services, programs, or contracts

 

that they are qualified and suitable to fulfill. The department

 

shall not disqualify faith-based organizations solely on the basis

 

of the religious nature of their organization or their guiding

 

principles or statements of faith.

 

     (4) The department shall follow guidelines related to faith-

 

based involvement established in 42 USC 604a.

 

     Sec. 221. If the revenue collected by the department from

 

private and local sources exceeds the amount spent from amounts

 

appropriated in part 1, the revenue may be carried forward, with

 

approval from the state budget director, into the subsequent fiscal

 

year.

 

     Sec. 223. The department shall make a determination of

 

Medicaid eligibility not later than 60 days after all information

 


to make the determination is received from the applicant when

 

disability is an eligibility factor. For all other Medicaid

 

applicants, the department shall make a determination of Medicaid

 

eligibility not later than 45 days after all information to make

 

the determination is received from the applicant.

 

     Sec. 224. The department shall approve or deny a Medicaid

 

application for a patient of a nursing home within 45 days after

 

the receipt of the necessary information.

 

     Sec. 225. The department shall develop a rapid redetermination

 

process for nursing home residents whose Medicaid stay is greater

 

than 90 days.  This process shall be implemented not later than

 

January 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 227. The department, with the approval of the state

 

budget director, is authorized to realign sources of financing

 

authorizations in order to maximize temporary assistance for needy

 

families' maintenance of effort countable expenditures. This

 

realignment of financing shall not be made until 15 days after

 

notifying the chairs of the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on the department and house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and shall not produce an increase or decrease in any

 

line-item expenditure authorization.

 

     Sec. 259. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. User fees shall be subject to provisions of

 

an interagency agreement between the department and the department

 

of information technology.

 


     (2) During the annual budget presentation, the department

 

shall report on the interagency agreement with the department of

 

information technology to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees for the department budget, house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and policy offices. The report shall include the base

 

service priorities in the agreement including, but not limited to,

 

the following:

 

     (a) Name and description of base service.

 

     (b) Detail goals and objectives related to each base service.

 

     (c) Cost of each base service.

 

     (d) Time frame for implementation or completion of base

 

service.

 

     Sec. 260. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 261. The department, in conjunction with the county

 

family independence agency boards of directors and the department

 

of management and budget, shall develop a plan to restructure and

 

consolidate zone offices and local offices.  This plan shall

 

include an emphasis on maximization of service while maintaining a

 

reduction in administrative cost.  Duplication of services shall be

 

identified and solutions to remove the duplication shall be

 

detailed in the plan.  Any plan presented shall ensure that the

 


department provides a presence and services in every county.  The

 

plan shall be submitted to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees for the department budget by January 15, 2006 and

 

shall include an implementation date during the 2005-2006 fiscal

 

year. The savings resulting from this plan may be allocated to the

 

counties generating the savings to fund additional frontline

 

workers at the county office level and additional staff to reduce

 

wait time for Medicaid eligibility determinations.

 

     Sec. 264. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff, provided that an employee does not

 

violate federal or state laws, breach confidentiality, violate

 

civil service rules, or represent a formal department position

 

without prior written authorization.

 

     Sec. 269. If title IV-D-related child support collections are

 

escheated, the state budget director is authorized to adjust the

 

sources of financing for the funds appropriated in part 1 for legal

 

support contracts to reduce federal authorization by 66% of the

 

escheated amount and increase general fund/general purpose

 

authorization by the same amount. This budget adjustment is

 

required to offset the loss of federal revenue due to the escheated

 

amount being counted as title IV-D program income in accordance

 

with federal regulations at 45 CFR 304.50.

 

     Sec. 270. (1) The department shall develop a plan to provide

 

client-centered results-oriented programs and services for each of

 

the following programs:

 

     (a) Day care assistance.

 


     (b) Family independence program.

 

     (c) Adoption subsidy.

 

     (d) Foster care.

 

     (e) Juvenile justice services.

 

     (2) The plan shall include detailed information to be compiled

 

on an annual basis by the department on the following for each

 

program listed in subsection (1):

 

     (a) The average cost per recipient served by the program.

 

     (b) Measurable performance indicators for each program.

 

     (c) Desired outcomes or results and goals for each program

 

that can be measured on an annual basis, or desired results for a

 

defined number of years.

 

     (d) Monitored results for each program.

 

     (e) Innovations for each program that may include savings or

 

reductions in administrative costs.

 

     (3) The department shall provide the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget with a report

 

listing the information in subsection (2) by January 15 of each

 

year.

 

     Sec. 271. (1) The department shall report to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the

 

senate and house standing committees on human services, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and

 

the state budget director on the progress of child and family

 

services reviews (CFSR). The reviews, conducted in the state by the

 

children's bureau of the United States department of health and

 

human services, are intended to assess the department's compliance

 


with the adoption and safe families act of 1997, Public Law 105-89,

 

111 Stat. 2115, with the ultimate goal of improving the state child

 

welfare system and the safety, permanency, and child and family

 

service outcomes to children and families. The report shall be

 

submitted October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1.

 

     (2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include the

 

findings and progress of all of the following:

 

     (a) Changes made by the courts with respect to court forms and

 

court rules to meet the statutory requirement.

 

     (b) Department policy changes within the areas of foster care,

 

juvenile justice, and adoption to meet the statutory requirements.

 

     (c) Recommendations made by a workgroup composed of department

 

and other agency stakeholders.

 

     (d) A summary of the 7 systemic factors that determine the

 

state's compliance with the adoption and safe families act of 1997,

 

Public Law 105-89, 111 Stat. 2115.

 

     (e) A summary of the 7 data outcome indicators used to

 

determine the state's compliance with the adoption and safe

 

families act of 1997, Public Law 105-89, 111 Stat. 2115, including

 

the length of time required to achieve family reunification for

 

foster care cases.

 

     (f) Federal recommendations made to the state, including

 

recommendations to the courts.

 

     (g) Federal penalties assessed against the state for

 

noncompliance.

 

     (h) Status of the performance improvement plan submitted to

 

the federal government.

 


     Sec. 272. (1) The department shall report to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the

 

senate and house standing committees on human services, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and

 

the state budget director on the result of the title IV-E foster

 

care eligibility reviews. The reviews, conducted in the state by

 

the United States department of health and human services, are

 

intended to assess the department's compliance with the adoption

 

and safe families act of 1997, Public Law 105-89, 111 Stat. 2115,

 

ensuring the department's case files and payments records meet

 

federal regulations, including standards on eligibility for

 

placement reimbursement and the allowable payment rate. The report

 

shall be submitted October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1.

 

     (2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include the

 

findings and progress of all of the following:

 

     (a) Training programs conducted by the department and the

 

Michigan judicial institute.

 

     (b) Changes made by the courts on court forms and rules used

 

in meeting the statutory requirements.

 

     (c) Department policy changes that impact meeting the

 

statutory requirements for foster care and adoption, including

 

juvenile justice programs.

 

     (d) Recommendations made by a department workgroup composed of

 

representatives from the department and other departments and

 

agencies.

 

     (e) Federal recommendations submitted to the state, including

 

recommendations to the courts.

 


     (f) Federal penalties assessed against the state.

 

     Sec. 273. (1) The department shall report no later than

 

October 1, 2005 on each specific policy change made to implement

 

enacted legislation to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house

 

standing committees on human services, and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies and policy offices.

 

     (2) On an annual basis, the department shall provide a

 

cumulative list of all policy changes in the following areas: child

 

welfare services, child support, work first, work requirements,

 

adult and child safety, local staff program responsibilities, and

 

day care. The list shall be distributed to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the senate

 

and house standing committees dealing with human services, and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies and policy offices.

 

     (3) Not later than July 1, 2006, the department shall report

 

to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on the

 

department budget, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the

 

senate and house policy offices the annual regulatory plan

 

submitted to the office of regulatory reform pursuant to section 53

 

of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.253.

 

     Sec. 274. The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and

 

the state budget director as part of the annual budget presentation

 

on each federal grant this state was eligible to apply for, listing

 


both grants applied for and not applied for. This report will cover

 

grants exceeding $100,000.00, related to fatherhood and marriage

 

initiatives, teen pregnancy prevention, kinship care, before- and

 

after-school programs, family preservation and prevention, homeless

 

prevention, and youth in transition.

 

     Sec. 276. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all

 

reports funded from appropriations in part 1. The department shall

 

follow all federal guidelines and state laws regarding short-term

 

and long-term retention of records.

 

     Sec. 278. (1) The department shall contract with 1 or more

 

private consulting firms for revenue maximization services for all

 

caseload services currently provided by the department. A contract

 

under this section shall specify that the contractor locate waste,

 

fraud, error, and abuse within the department's services and

 

programs.

 

     (2) A contractor shall not charge the department a fee for

 

services provided under subsection (1). However, a contractor shall

 

receive a negotiated percentage of the savings not to exceed 33.3%

 

of the gross savings achieved from implementation of a

 

recommendation made by the contractor under this section.

 

     (3) The department shall retain up to $5,000,000.00 of savings

 

achieved through the revenue maximization services contract as an

 

offset to general fund/general purpose costs. Additional savings

 

shall be allocated within the department for the following

 

purposes:

 

     (a) Technology programs that help maintain an effective and

 


efficient computer system for caseworkers.

 

     (b) Additional staff in order to reduce worker-to-case ratios.

 

     (4) The department shall provide a report to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, senate

 

and house standing committees on human services matters, senate and

 

house fiscal agencies and policy offices, and state budget director

 

by December 31, 2005 on the waste, fraud, error, and abuse located

 

under subsection (1). By April 1, 2006, the department shall

 

provide a progress report including the specific changes

 

implemented to achieve savings under this section and the timetable

 

for implementation of the remaining changes.

 

     Sec. 279. All contracts relating to human services entered

 

into or renewed by the department on or after January 1, 2006 shall

 

be performance-based contracts that employ a client-centered

 

results-oriented process that is based on measurable performance

 

indicators and desired outcomes and includes the annual assessment

 

of the quality of services provided.  During the annual budget

 

presentation, the department shall provide the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget with the

 

measurable performance indicators, desired outcomes, and the

 

assessment of the quality of services provided for each contract

 

relating to human services entered into by the department during

 

fiscal year 2005-2006.

 

 

 

COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

 

     Sec. 301. Not later than September 30 of each year, the

 

department shall submit for public hearing to the chairpersons of

 


the house and senate appropriations subcommittees dealing with

 

appropriations for the department the proposed use and distribution

 

plan for community services block grant funds appropriated in part

 

1 for the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 302. The department shall develop a plan based on

 

recommendations from the department of civil rights and from Native

 

American organizations to assure that the community services block

 

grant funds are equitably distributed. The plan must be developed

 

by October 31, 2005, and the plan shall be delivered to the

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget in the house

 

and senate, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director.

 

     Sec. 303. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

community services block grants, $2,350,000.00 represents TANF

 

funding earmarked for community action agencies.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for community

 

services block grants, the department is authorized to make

 

allocations of TANF funds only to the community action agencies

 

that report necessary data to the department for the purpose of

 

meeting TANF eligibility reporting requirements. The use of TANF

 

funds under this section should not be considered an ongoing

 

commitment of funding.

 

     (3) From the money referred to in subsection (1), the

 

department shall award up to $500,000.00 to organizations based on

 

their education and outreach with the earned income tax credit

 

(EITC). Organizations shall be given preference based on their

 

emphasis on clients who have never filed for the earned income tax

 


credit (EITC), clients with children, and clients for whom the

 

receipt of the EITC will make it easier for them to move off public

 

assistance.

 

     (4) From the money referred to in subsection (1), the

 

department shall award up to $250,000.00 in competitive grants to

 

organizations that seek to provide programs combining education on

 

the EITC with programs building skills for strong marriages,

 

fatherhood, or parenting.

 

     Sec. 304. The appropriation in part 1 for the weatherization

 

program shall be expended in such a manner that at least 25% of the

 

households weatherized under the program shall be households of

 

families receiving 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Family independence assistance.

 

     (b) State disability assistance.

 

     (c) Food assistance.

 

     (d) Supplemental security income.

 

 

 

ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

     Sec. 415. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

employment and training support services, the department shall

 

expend $500,000.00 in TANF to fund a fatherhood initiative program.

 

The department may contract with independent contractors from

 

various counties, including, but not limited to, faith-based and

 

nonprofit organizations. The independent contractors shall provide

 

at least 10% in matching funds, through any combination of local,

 

state, or federal funds or in-kind or other donations. An

 

independent contractor that cannot secure matching funds shall not

 


be excluded from consideration for the fatherhood program.

 

     (2) The department may choose providers that will work with

 

counties to help eligible fathers under TANF guidelines to acquire

 

skills that will enable them to increase their responsible behavior

 

toward their children and the mothers of their children. An

 

increase of financial support for their children should be a very

 

high priority as well as emotional support.

 

     (3) A fatherhood initiative program established under this

 

section shall minimally include at least 3 of the following

 

components: promoting responsible, caring, and effective parenting

 

through counseling; mentoring and parental education; enhancing the

 

abilities and commitment of unemployed or low-income fathers to

 

provide material support for their families and to avoid or leave

 

welfare programs by assisting them to take advantage of job search

 

programs, job training, and education to improve their work habits

 

and work skills; improving fathers' ability to effectively manage

 

family business affairs by means such as education, counseling, and

 

mentoring in household matters; infant care; effective

 

communication and respect; anger management; children's financial

 

support; and drug-free lifestyle.

 

     (4) The department is authorized to make allocations of TANF

 

funds, of not more than 20% per county, under this section only to

 

agencies that report necessary data to the department for the

 

purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting requirements. The use

 

of TANF funds under this section should not be considered an

 

ongoing commitment of funding.

 

     (5) Upon receipt of the promotion of responsible fatherhood

 


funds from the United States department of health and human

 

services, the agency shall use the program criteria set forth in

 

subsection (3) to implement the program with the federal funds.

 

     Sec. 416. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

employment and training support services, the department may expend

 

up to $500,000.00 in TANF to fund a marriage initiative program.

 

The department may contract with independent contractors from

 

various counties, including, but not limited to, faith-based and

 

nonprofit organizations. The independent contractors shall provide

 

at least 10% in matching funds, through any combination of local,

 

state, or federal funds or in-kind or other donations. An

 

independent contractor that cannot secure matching funds shall not

 

be excluded from consideration for a marriage initiative program.

 

     (2) The department may choose providers to work with counties

 

that will work to support and strengthen marriages of those

 

eligible under the TANF guidelines. The areas of work may include,

 

but are not limited to, marital counseling, domestic violence

 

counseling, family counseling, effective communication, and anger

 

management as well as parenting skills to improve the family

 

structure.

 

     (3) A marriage initiative program established under this

 

section may include, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the

 

following: public advertising campaigns on the value of marriage

 

and the skills needed to increase marital stability and health;

 

education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationship

 

skills, and budgeting; premarital, marital, family, and domestic

 

violence counseling; effective communication; marriage mentoring

 


programs which use married couples as role models and mentors in

 

at-risk communities; anger management; and parenting skills to

 

improve the family structure.

 

     (4) The department is authorized to make allocations of TANF

 

funds, of not more than 20% per county, under this section only to

 

agencies that report necessary data to the department for the

 

purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting requirements. The use

 

of TANF funds under this section should not be considered an

 

ongoing commitment of funding.

 

     (5) Upon receipt of the healthy marriage promotion grant from

 

the United States department of health and human services, the

 

agency shall use the program criteria set forth in subsection (3)

 

to implement the program with the federal funds.

 

     Sec. 417. The department shall report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees for the department budget, the senate

 

and house standing committees on human services matters, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies and policy offices, and the state budget

 

office on the implementation of the bureau of community action and

 

economic opportunity and the commission on community action and

 

social opportunity. The report is due November 15, 2005 and shall

 

include all of the following:

 

     (a) Number of full-time equated employees funded.

 

     (b) Administrative duties performed.

 

     (c) The relationship between duties and the bureau of

 

community action and economic opportunity and the commission on

 

community action and social opportunity.

 

     Sec. 418. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for employment

 


and training support services, the department may expand the

 

availability of individual development accounts (IDAs) with

 

$200,000.00 for allocation to qualified IDA programs established

 

through the Michigan IDA partnership to serve TANF eligible

 

households in Michigan. The Michigan IDA partnership shall

 

encourage each TANF eligible household served to claim the federal

 

earned income tax credit (EITC) and to incorporate all or part of

 

any tax credit received in the household's IDA savings plan, and

 

shall provide the household with information concerning available

 

free tax assistance resources. In addition, the Michigan IDA

 

partnership and its program sites shall participate in community

 

EITC coalitions established under the plan to increase the EITC

 

participation of TANF families referenced in section 666. It is the

 

intent of the legislature that the same amount be appropriated

 

annually to further expand IDA opportunities to low-income families

 

to become more financially self-sufficient through financial

 

education, saving, wise investment in home ownership, postsecondary

 

education, small business development, or a combination of those

 

programs.

 

     Sec. 419. The department in collaboration with the Michigan

 

state university center for urban affairs and its partner

 

organizations, the Michigan credit union league and the national

 

federation of community development credit unions, shall further

 

the work begun in fiscal year 1999-2000 that implemented the

 

individual development accounts programs in the growing number of

 

low-income designated credit unions, i.e., community development

 

credit unions (CDCUs) located in this state's poorest communities.

 


This further work will extend capacity-building and technical

 

assistance services to existing and emerging CDCUs serving low-

 

income populations and will include:

 

     (a) Creation of a Michigan-based support system for the

 

capacity-building of existing and emerging CDCUs serving low-income

 

individuals and families, including development and testing of

 

training, technical assistance, and professional development

 

initiatives and related materials, and other capacity-building

 

services to Michigan CDCUs.

 

     (b) Other related support to assist existing and emerging

 

CDCUs in becoming self-supporting institutions to assist

 

impoverished Michigan residents in becoming economically

 

independent.

 

     (c) Training and technical assistance to CDCUs in the

 

development of support services, such as economic literacy, credit

 

counseling, budget counseling, and asset management programs for

 

low-income individuals and families.

 

     Sec. 420. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for employment

 

and training support services, the department may allocate TANF

 

funds for welfare to career innovation grants to replicate the Kent

 

County model with Cascade engineering.

 

     Sec. 421. The department shall allow private nationally

 

accredited foster care and adoption agencies to conduct their own

 

staff training, based on current department policies and procedures

 

provided that the agency trainer and training materials are

 

accredited by the department, and that the agency documents to the

 

department that the training was provided. The department shall

 


provide access to any training materials requested by the private

 

agencies to facilitate this training. The intent of the legislature

 

is to reduce training and travel costs for both the department and

 

the private agencies.

 

     Sec. 423. (1) From the money appropriated in section 103 for

 

food for the elderly, the department shall allocate money to assist

 

the state's elderly population to participate in the state food

 

assistance program. The money may be used as state matching funds

 

to acquire available United States department of agriculture

 

funding to provide outreach program activities, such as eligibility

 

screening and information services, as part of a statewide food

 

stamp helpline.

 

     (2) From the money appropriated in section 107 for food stamp

 

reinvestment, the department shall make available $20,000.00 to

 

contract with the center for civil justice to support a food stamp

 

error reduction project. The funding is conditional upon the United

 

States department of agriculture approval of an amendment to the

 

food stamp reinvestment plan of this state for the use of these

 

funds for screening activities covered under the project contract.

 

 

 

CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

     Sec. 501. The following goal is established by state law.

 

During the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, not more than

 

3,000 children supervised by the department shall remain in foster

 

care longer than 24 months. The department shall give priority to

 

reducing the number of children under 1 year of age in foster care.

 

By January 15 and July 15 of each year, the department shall report

 


to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees for the

 

department budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies and policy

 

offices, and the state budget director on the number of children

 

supervised by the department and by private agencies who remain in

 

foster care between 12 and 24 months, and those who remain in

 

foster care longer than 24 months.

 

     Sec. 502. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for foster

 

care, the department shall provide 50% reimbursement to Indian

 

tribal governments for foster care expenditures for children who

 

are under the jurisdiction of Indian tribal courts and who are not

 

otherwise eligible for federal foster care cost sharing.

 

     Sec. 503. The department shall continue adoption subsidy

 

payments to families after the eighteenth birthday of an adoptee

 

who meets the following criteria:

 

     (a) Has not yet graduated from high school or passed a high

 

school equivalency examination.

 

     (b) Is making progress toward completing high school.

 

     (c) Has not yet reached his or her nineteenth birthday.

 

     (d) Is not eligible for federal supplemental security income

 

(SSI) payments.

 

     Sec. 504. The department's ability to satisfy appropriation

 

deducts in part 1 for foster care private collections shall not be

 

limited to collections and accruals pertaining to services provided

 

only in the current fiscal year but shall include revenues

 

collected during the fiscal year in excess of the amount specified

 

in part 1.

 

     Sec. 508. (1) In addition to the amount appropriated in part 1

 


for children's trust fund grants, money granted or money received

 

as gifts or donations to the children's trust fund created by 1982

 

PA 249, MCL 21.171 to 21.172, is appropriated for expenditure.

 

     (2) The state child abuse and neglect prevention board may

 

initiate a joint project with another state agency to the extent

 

that the project supports the programmatic goals of both the state

 

child abuse and neglect prevention board and the state agency. The

 

department may invoice the state agency for shared costs of a joint

 

project in an amount authorized by the state agency, and the state

 

child abuse and neglect prevention board may receive and expend

 

funds for shared costs of a joint project in addition to those

 

authorized by part 1.

 

     (3) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for children's trust

 

fund, the department may utilize interest and investment revenue

 

from the current fiscal year only for programs, administration,

 

services, or all sanctioned by the child abuse and neglect

 

prevention board.

 

     Sec. 509. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall not expend funds to preserve or reunite a family,

 

unless there is a court order requiring the preservation or

 

reuniting of the family or the court denies the petition, if either

 

of the following would result:

 

     (a) A child would be living in the same household with a

 

parent or other adult who has been convicted of criminal sexual

 

conduct against a child.

 

     (b) A child would be living in the same household with a

 

parent or other adult against whom there is a substantiated charge

 


of sexual abuse against a child.

 

     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), this section shall not

 

prohibit counseling or other services provided by the department,

 

if the service is not directed toward influencing the child to

 

remain in an abusive environment, justifying the actions of the

 

abuser, or reuniting the family.

 

     Sec. 510. The department shall not be required to put up for

 

bids contracts with service providers if currently only 1 provider

 

in the service area exists.

 

     Sec. 513. The department shall not expend funds appropriated

 

in part 1 to pay for the placement of a child in an out-of-state

 

facility unless all of the following conditions are met:

 

     (a) There is no appropriate placement available in this state

 

within 100 miles of the child's home, while an out-of-state

 

placement does exist within 100 miles of the child's home.

 

     (b) The out-of-state facility meets all of the licensing

 

standards of this state for a comparable facility.

 

     (c) The out-of-state facility meets all of the applicable

 

licensing standards of the state in which it is located.

 

     (d) The department has done an on-site visit to the out-of-

 

state facility, reviewed the facility records, and reviewed

 

licensing records and reports on the facility and believes that the

 

facility is an appropriate placement for the child.

 

     Sec. 514. The department shall make a comprehensive report

 

concerning children's protective services (CPS) to the legislature,

 

the senate and house policy offices, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director by January 1, 2006, that

 


shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) Statistical information including, at a minimum, all of

 

the following:

 

     (i) The total number of reports of abuse or neglect

 

investigated under the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL

 

722.621 to 722.638, and the number of cases classified under

 

category I or category II and the number of cases classified under

 

category III, category IV, or category V.

 

     (ii) Characteristics of perpetrators of abuse or neglect and

 

the child victims, such as age, relationship, race, and ethnicity

 

and whether the perpetrator exposed the child victim to criminal

 

drug activity, including the manufacture of illicit drugs, that

 

exposed the child victim to significant health and environmental

 

hazards.

 

     (iii) The mandatory reporter category in which the individual

 

who made the report fits, or other categorization if the individual

 

is not within a group required to report under the child protection

 

law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.621 to 722.638.

 

     (b) New policies related to children's protective services

 

including, but not limited to, major policy changes and court

 

decisions affecting the children's protective services system

 

during the immediately preceding 12-month period.

 

     (c) The number of cases in category III closed during the time

 

period covered by the report categorized as follows:

 

     (i) Transfer to foster care.

 

     (ii) Risk of further child abuse or neglect has been reduced to

 

an acceptable level.

 


     (d) The department policy, or changes to the department

 

policy, regarding termination of parental rights or foster

 

placement for children who have been exposed to the production of

 

illicit drugs in their dwelling place or a place frequented by the

 

children.

 

     Sec. 515. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for foster

 

care payments and Wayne County foster care payments and related

 

administrative costs, the department shall implement a performance

 

based managed care approach to contracting for foster care services

 

with private, nonprofit agencies. The goal of these contracts shall

 

be to provide incentives for agencies to improve the process of

 

placing children in permanent placements and reducing the time

 

children spend in foster care. The department shall report to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on the department

 

budget, the senate and house fiscal agencies and policy offices,

 

and the state budget director on this foster care permanency

 

program and make recommendations for program expansion to all the

 

counties of this state no later than August 30, 2005.

 

     Sec. 517. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department is authorized to allocate funds to multipurpose

 

collaborative bodies to address issues raised in the Binsfeld

 

children's commission report issued in July 1996. Priority for

 

activities and services will be given to at-risk children and

 

families and cases classified by the department as category III or

 

category IV under sections 8 and 8d of the child protection law,

 

1975 PA 238, MCL 722.628 and 722.628d.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated in part 1 for zero to three may be used

 


to fund community-based collaborative prevention services designed

 

to do any of the following:

 

     (a) Foster positive parenting skills especially for parents of

 

children under 3 years of age.

 

     (b) Improve parent/child interaction.

 

     (c) Promote access to needed community services.

 

     (d) Increase local capacity to serve families at risk.

 

     (e) Improve school readiness.

 

     (f) Support healthy family environments that discourage

 

alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

 

     (3) The appropriation provided for in subsection (2) is to

 

fund secondary prevention programs as defined in the children's

 

trust fund's preapplication materials for fiscal year 2005-2006

 

direct services grants.

 

     (4) Projects funded through the appropriation provided for in

 

subsection (2) shall meet all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Be awarded through a joint request for proposal process

 

established by the department in conjunction with the children's

 

trust fund and the state human services directors.

 

     (b) Be secondary prevention initiatives. Funds are not

 

intended to be expended in cases in which neglect or abuse has been

 

substantiated.

 

     (c) Demonstrate that the planned services are part of a

 

community's integrated comprehensive family support strategy

 

endorsed by the local multipurpose collaborative body.

 

     (d) Provide a 25% local match of which not more than 10% is

 

in-kind goods or services unless the maximum percentage is waived

 


by the state human services directors.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "state human services directors"

 

means the director of the department of community health, the

 

director of the department of education, and the director of the

 

department.

 

     Sec. 523. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for youth

 

in transition, domestic violence prevention and treatment, and

 

teenage parent counseling, the department is authorized to make

 

allocations of TANF funds only to the agencies that report

 

necessary data to the department for the purpose of meeting TANF

 

eligibility reporting requirements. The use of TANF funds under

 

this section should not be considered an ongoing commitment of

 

funding.

 

     (2) The agencies receiving teenage parent counseling TANF

 

funds shall report to the department on both of the following:

 

     (a) Whether program services have impacted the following issue

 

areas:

 

     (i) The number of teen participants having fewer repeat

 

pregnancies.

 

     (ii) The completion rate for high school diplomas or GEDs.

 

     (iii) The teen participants' rate of self-sufficiency.

 

     (iv) The number of father participants.

 

     (b) How many teens participate in the programs and have access

 

to any or all of the following services:

 

     (i) Adult supervised, supportive living arrangements.

 

     (ii) Pregnancy prevention services or referrals.

 

     (iii) Required completion of high school or receipt of GED,

 


including child care to assist young mothers to focus on

 

achievement.

 

     (iv) Support services, including, but not limited to, health

 

care, transportation, and counseling.

 

     (v) Parenting and life-skills training.

 

     (vi) Education, job training, and employment services.

 

     (vii) Transition services in order to achieve self-sufficiency.

 

     (viii) Instruction on self-protection.

 

     (3) Agencies receiving teenage parent counseling funds shall

 

provide at least 10% in matching funds, through any combination of

 

local, state, or federal funds or in-kind or other donations.

 

     Sec. 524. The department shall report on prevention programs

 

for which funds are appropriated in part 1 to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget during the

 

annual budget presentation. The report shall contain all of the

 

following for each program:

 

     (a) The average cost per recipient served.

 

     (b) Measurable performance indicators.

 

     (c) Desired outcomes or results and goals that can be measured

 

on an annual basis, or desired results for a defined number of

 

years.

 

     (d) Monitored results.

 

     (e) Innovations that may include savings or reductions in

 

administrative costs.

 

     Sec. 531. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may make claims for and pay to local units of government

 

a portion of federal title IV-E revenues earned as a result of

 


eligible costs incurred by local units of government.

 

     (2) The department shall make payments under subsection (1)

 

only to local units of government that have entered into formal

 

agreements with the department. The agreement must include all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) Provide for the department to retain 50% of the federal

 

revenues earned.

 

     (b) Provide for agency review and approval of the local unit's

 

plan for allocating costs to title IV-E.

 

     (c) Provide for the local unit of government to submit bills

 

at times, and in the format, specified by the department.

 

     (d) Specify that the local unit of government is responsible

 

for meeting all federal title IV-E regulation requirements,

 

including reporting requirements, with regard to the activities and

 

costs being billed to title IV-E.

 

     (e) Provide for the local unit of government to pay the state

 

for the amount of any federal revenues paid to the local unit that

 

may subsequently be disallowed by the federal government.

 

     (f) Be signed by the director of the department, the chief

 

executive officer of the local government agency providing the

 

title IV-E services, the chair of the county board of

 

commissioners, and the chief executive officer of the county.

 

     Sec. 532. (1) The department, in collaboration with

 

representatives of private child and family agencies, shall

 

continue to review policies, practices, and procedures involving

 

the annual licensing review and the annual contract compliance

 

review conducted by the department regarding child placing agencies

 


and child caring institutions. The review shall include efforts to

 

identify duplication of staff activities and information sought

 

from child placing agencies and child caring institutions in the

 

annual review process.

 

     (2) The department shall develop a streamlined licensing

 

contract compliance review process where possible, including

 

potential for utilizing deeming status for nationally accredited

 

agencies. The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies and policy offices, and the state budget

 

director on or before January 15, 2005 on the implementation of the

 

licensing and contract compliance review process.

 

     Sec. 533. (1) The department shall make payments to private

 

nonprofit child placing facilities for title IV-E out-of-home care

 

services within 30 days of receiving all necessary documentation

 

from those agencies. However, the payment standard shall be 90 days

 

for providers who fail to submit all necessary documentation within

 

12 months of providing the services being billed.

 

     (2) The department shall explore various types of automated

 

payments to private nonprofit child placing facilities to improve

 

speed and accuracy of payments.

 

     Sec. 536. The department shall not implement a geographically

 

based assignment system for foster care unless determined to be in

 

the best interests of the foster children.

 

     Sec. 537. (1) The department shall offer private nonprofit

 

licensed agencies the first opportunity to provide foster care

 

services for new foster children entering the system in a county

 


when the department's direct care caseload for foster care is

 

greater than 20 cases per foster care worker. This section only

 

applies if the private nonprofit licensed agency has an available

 

placement at the time the child needs to be placed, the placement

 

is not contrary to the best interests of the child or the child's

 

siblings, and the private nonprofit licensed agency has a direct

 

care caseload for foster care that is no greater than 20 cases per

 

foster care caseworker.

 

     (2) The department, in conjunction with private child placing

 

agencies, shall develop a methodology for measuring goals,

 

objectives, and performance standards for the delivery of foster

 

care and adoption services. These goals, objectives, and

 

performance standards shall apply to both public and private

 

delivery of child welfare services, and data shall be collected

 

from both private and public child welfare programs that can be

 

used to evaluate performance achievements, including, but not

 

limited to, the following:

 

     (a) Average caseload per foster care worker.

 

     (b) Average cost per case to the department and any other

 

governmental agency.

 

     (c) Range of services provided.

 

     (d) Program outcomes, including the average length of stay in

 

residential treatment and foster care.

 

     (3) The department shall report during the annual budget

 

presentation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees

 

on the department budget on progress toward the development of the

 

goals, objectives, and performance standards, as well as the

 


information collected through the implementation of the measurement

 

program.

 

     Sec. 539. The department shall work in collaboration with

 

representatives from private nonprofit child placing agencies to

 

ensure appropriate placement for children who have been adjudicated

 

abused, neglected, or delinquent and for whom residential treatment

 

is required. The department and the representatives from the

 

private nonprofit child placing agencies shall focus on statewide

 

placement criteria to address the best interest of the child in

 

need of services.

 

     Sec. 540. Counties shall be subject to 50% charge-back for the

 

use of alternative regional detention services, if those detention

 

services do not fall under the basic provision of section 117e of

 

the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.117e, or if a county

 

operates those detention services programs primarily with

 

professional rather than volunteer staff.

 

     Sec. 541. In order to be reimbursed for child care fund

 

expenditures, counties are required to submit department-developed

 

reports to enable the department to document potential federally

 

claimable expenditures. This requirement is in accordance with the

 

reporting requirements specified in section 117a(7) of the social

 

welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.117a.

 

     Sec. 542. As a condition of receiving funds appropriated in

 

part 1 for the child care fund, by February 15, 2006, counties

 

shall have an approved service spending plan for the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2006. Counties must submit the service

 

spending plan to the department by December 15, 2005 for approval.

 


     Sec. 544. The department shall consider approval of pilot

 

projects with applications pending for accelerated residential

 

treatment.

 

     Sec. 545. (1) The department shall implement a new specialized

 

foster care system based upon the report and recommendations

 

required in section 545(2) of 2004 PA 344.

 

     (2) The department shall work with the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees for the department budget on the

 

number of new specialized foster care programs required under

 

section 545(3) of 2004 PA 344 not later than January 15, 2006.

 

     (3) The department shall use money appropriated in part 1 for

 

foster care payments and Wayne County foster care payments to

 

reduce rate disparities between providers of similar services in

 

different geographic areas and to serve as demonstration projects

 

for further efforts in reducing these disparities in future years.

 

     Sec. 548. (1) The director of the department shall convene a

 

task force to study the disproportionate representation of African-

 

American and other children of color in the child welfare and

 

juvenile justice systems of this state. The department shall

 

collaborate with private sector entities to develop a methodology

 

for the task force to follow in conducting the study and to seek

 

public or private funding for the task force. At a minimum, the

 

task force shall examine the level of involvement of African-

 

American and other children of color at each stage in the systems,

 

including the points of entry and each point at which a treatment

 

decision is made and the outcomes for children exiting the systems.

 

     (2) The task force convened under subsection (1) shall consist

 


of experts in social work, law, child welfare, psychology, or

 

related fields, and shall be appointed as follows:

 

     (a) Two members appointed by the senate majority leader.

 

     (b) Two members appointed by the speaker of the house.

 

     (c) Three members appointed by the governor, including a

 

representative of the department.

 

     (3) The task force created under subsection (1) shall report

 

to the department on the results of the study required by

 

subsection (1) and make administrative and legislative

 

recommendations for appropriate program services to reduce existing

 

disparities and bias in the systems and improve the long-term

 

outcomes for children of color who are served by the systems.

 

     (4) By December 31, 2005, the department shall report the

 

results of the study received under subsection (3) to the senate

 

and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on the

 

department budget, the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees with jurisdiction over families and human services

 

issues, the senate and house fiscal agencies and policy offices,

 

and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 550. (1) The department shall develop, in cooperation

 

with the department of community health or other appropriate

 

medical or health experts, materials for distribution to foster

 

care parents and families on the health risks to children from use

 

of tobacco and secondhand smoke.

 

     (2) The department, using public and private resources, shall

 

implement a pilot program to offer foster care parents nicotine

 

patches or other smoking cessation products to reduce the health

 


risk to foster children.

 

     (3) The department shall report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees for the department budget on the

 

results of the pilot program implemented under subsection (2) not

 

later than September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 551. The department shall submit a report not later than

 

September 30, 2006 to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on the department budget that includes the number of

 

children in foster homes where parents smoke, the subsequent health

 

costs incurred, and what the impact would be on foster care

 

recruitment if being a nonsmoker was a requirement for foster

 

parenting.

 

 

 

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

 

     Sec. 601. (1) The department may terminate a vendor payment

 

for shelter upon written notice from the appropriate local unit of

 

government that a recipient's rental unit is not in compliance with

 

applicable local housing codes or when the landlord is delinquent

 

on property tax payments. A landlord shall be considered to be in

 

compliance with local housing codes when the department receives

 

from the landlord a signed statement stating that the rental unit

 

is in compliance with local housing codes and that statement is not

 

contradicted by the recipient and the local housing authority. The

 

department shall terminate vendor payments if a taxing authority

 

notifies the department that taxes are delinquent.

 

     (2) Whenever a client agrees to the release of his or her name

 

and address to the local housing authority, the department shall

 


request from the local housing authority information regarding

 

whether the housing unit for which vendoring has been requested

 

meets applicable local housing codes. Vendoring shall be terminated

 

for those units that the local authority indicates in writing do

 

not meet local housing codes until such time as the local authority

 

indicates in writing that local housing codes have been met.

 

     (3) In order to participate in the rent vendoring programs of

 

the department, a landlord shall cooperate in weatherization and

 

conservation efforts directed by the department or by an energy

 

provider participating in an agreement with the department when the

 

landlord's property has been identified as needing services.

 

     Sec. 603. (1) The department, as it determines is appropriate,

 

shall enter into agreements with energy providers by which cash

 

assistance recipients and the energy providers agree to permit the

 

department to make direct payments to the energy providers on

 

behalf of the recipient. The payments may include heat and electric

 

payment requirements from recipient grants and amounts in excess of

 

the payment requirements.

 

     (2) The department shall establish caps for natural gas, wood,

 

electric heat service, deliverable fuel heat services, and for

 

electric service based on available federal funds.

 

     (3) The department shall review and adjust the standard

 

utility allowance for the state food assistance program to ensure

 

that it reflects current energy costs in the state.

 

     Sec. 604. (1) The department shall operate a state disability

 

assistance program. Except as provided in subsection (3), persons

 

eligible for this program shall include needy citizens of the

 


United States or aliens exempted from the supplemental security

 

income citizenship requirement who are at least 18 years of age or

 

emancipated minors meeting 1 or more of the following requirements:

 

     (a) A recipient of supplemental security income, social

 

security, or medical assistance due to disability or 65 years of

 

age or older.

 

     (b) A person with a physical or mental impairment which meets

 

federal supplemental security income disability standards, except

 

that the minimum duration of the disability shall be 90 days.

 

Substance abuse alone is not defined as a basis for eligibility.

 

     (c) A resident of an adult foster care facility, a home for

 

the aged, a county infirmary, or a substance abuse treatment

 

center.

 

     (d) A person receiving 30-day postresidential substance abuse

 

treatment.

 

     (e) A person diagnosed as having acquired immunodeficiency

 

syndrome.

 

     (f) A person receiving special education services through the

 

local intermediate school district.

 

     (g) A caretaker of a disabled person as defined in subdivision

 

(a), (b), (e), or (f) above.

 

     (2) Applicants for and recipients of the state disability

 

assistance program shall be considered needy if they:

 

     (a) Meet the same asset test as is applied to applicants for

 

the family independence program.

 

     (b) Have a monthly budgetable income that is less than the

 

payment standards.

 


     (3) Except for a person described in subsection (1)(c) or (d),

 

a person is not disabled for purposes of this section if his or her

 

drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to

 

the determination of disability. "Material to the determination of

 

disability" means that, if the person stopped using drugs or

 

alcohol, his or her remaining physical or mental limitations would

 

not be disabling. If his or her remaining physical or mental

 

limitations would be disabling, then the drug addiction or

 

alcoholism is not material to the determination of disability and

 

the person may receive state disability assistance. Such a person

 

must actively participate in a substance abuse treatment program,

 

and the assistance must be paid to a third party or through vendor

 

payments. For purposes of this section, substance abuse treatment

 

includes receipt of inpatient or outpatient services or

 

participation in alcoholics anonymous or a similar program.

 

     (4) A refugee or asylee who loses his or her eligibility for

 

the federal supplemental security income program by virtue of

 

exceeding the maximum time limit for eligibility as delineated in 8

 

USC 1612, and who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria under

 

this section shall be eligible to receive benefits under the state

 

disability assistance program.

 

     Sec. 605. The level of reimbursement provided to state

 

disability assistance recipients in licensed adult foster care

 

facilities shall be the same as the prevailing supplemental

 

security income rate under the personal care category.

 

     Sec. 606. County family independence agencies shall require

 

each recipient of state disability assistance who has applied with

 


the social security administration for supplemental security income

 

to sign a contract to repay any assistance rendered through the

 

state disability assistance program upon receipt of retroactive

 

supplemental security income benefits.

 

     Sec. 607. The department's ability to satisfy appropriation

 

deductions in part 1 for state disability assistance/supplemental

 

security income recoveries and public assistance recoupment

 

revenues shall not be limited to recoveries and accruals pertaining

 

to state disability assistance, or family independence assistance

 

grant payments provided only in the current fiscal year, but shall

 

include all related net recoveries received during the current

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 608. Adult foster care facilities providing domiciliary

 

care or personal care to residents receiving supplemental security

 

income or homes for the aged serving residents receiving

 

supplemental security income shall not require those residents to

 

reimburse the home or facility for care at rates in excess of those

 

legislatively authorized. To the extent permitted by federal law,

 

adult foster care facilities and homes for the aged serving

 

residents receiving supplemental security income shall not be

 

prohibited from accepting third-party payments in addition to

 

supplemental security income provided that the payments are not for

 

food, clothing, shelter, or result in a reduction in the

 

recipient's supplemental security income payment.

 

     Sec. 609. The state supplementation level under the

 

supplemental security income program for the personal care/adult

 

foster care and home for the aged categories shall not be reduced

 


during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005 and ending

 

September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 610. In developing good cause criteria for the state

 

emergency relief program, the department shall grant exemptions if

 

the emergency resulted from unexpected expenses related to

 

maintaining or securing employment.

 

     Sec. 611. (1) The department shall not require providers of

 

burial services to accept state payment for indigent burials as

 

payments in full. Each provider shall be permitted to collect

 

additional payment from relatives or other persons on behalf of the

 

deceased. The total in additional payments shall not exceed

 

$2,600.00.

 

     (2) Any additional payment collected pursuant to subsection

 

(1) shall not increase the maximum charge limit for state payment

 

as established by law.

 

     Sec. 612. For purposes of determining housing affordability

 

eligibility for state emergency relief, a group is considered to

 

have sufficient income to meet ongoing housing expenses if their

 

total housing obligation does not exceed 75% of their total net

 

income.

 

     Sec. 613. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for indigent

 

burial, the maximum allowable charge limit for indigent burials

 

shall be $909.00. The funds shall be distributed as follows:

 

$579.00 for funeral directors; $192.00 for cemeteries or

 

crematoriums; and $138.00 for the provider of the vault.

 

     Sec. 614. The funds available in part 1 for burial services

 

shall be available if the deceased was an eligible recipient and an

 


application for emergency relief funds was made within 10 days of

 

the burial or cremation of the deceased person. Each provider of

 

burial services shall be paid directly by the department.

 

     Sec. 615. Except as required by federal law or regulations,

 

funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used to provide public

 

assistance to a person who is an illegal alien. This section shall

 

not prohibit the department from entering into contracts with food

 

banks or emergency shelter providers who may, as a normal part of

 

doing business, provide food or emergency shelter to individuals.

 

     Sec. 617. In operating the family independence program with

 

funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall not approve as a

 

minor parent's adult supervised household a living arrangement in

 

which the minor parent lives with his or her partner as the

 

supervising adult.

 

     Sec. 618. The department may only reduce, terminate, or

 

suspend assistance provided under the social welfare act, 1939 PA

 

280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, without prior notice in 1 or more of

 

the following situations:

 

     (a) The only eligible recipient has died.

 

     (b) A recipient member of a program group or family

 

independence assistance group has died.

 

     (c) A recipient child is removed from his or her family home

 

by court action.

 

     (d) A recipient requests in writing that his or her assistance

 

be reduced, terminated, or suspended.

 

     (e) A recipient has been approved to receive assistance in

 

another state.

 


     (f) A change in either state or federal law that requires

 

automatic grant adjustments for classes of recipients.

 

     Sec. 619. The department shall exempt from the denial of title

 

IV-A assistance and food assistance benefits, contained in 21 USC

 

862a, any individual who has been convicted of a felony that

 

included the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled

 

substance, after August 22, 1996, provided that the individual is

 

not in violation of his or her probation or parole requirements.

 

Benefits shall be provided to such individuals as follows:

 

     (a) A third-party payee or vendor shall be required for any

 

cash benefits provided.

 

     (b) An authorized representative shall be required for food

 

assistance receipt.

 

     Sec. 621. Funds appropriated in part 1 may be used to support

 

multicultural assimilation and support services. The department

 

shall distribute all of the funds described in this section based

 

on assessed community needs.

 

     Sec. 627. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for day

 

care services, the department may contract to administer an amount

 

not to exceed $1,350,000.00 for the "enhance quality improvement

 

program" (EQUIP) grants. A priority for the expenditure of EQUIP

 

funds shall be given to providers to expand access to child care,

 

specifically 24-hour care and weekend care. A child care program

 

shall not be eligible for an EQUIP grant unless 25% or more of its

 

clients receive day care payments from the department.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for day care

 

services, the department may establish an additional fund of at

 


least $350,000.00 for a grant pool for an "enhance quality

 

improvement program" (EQUIP) specifically to establish new family

 

and group home day care providers.

 

     Sec. 631. The department shall maintain policies and

 

procedures to achieve all of the following:

 

     (a) The identification of individuals on entry into the system

 

who have a history of domestic violence, while maintaining the

 

confidentiality of that information.

 

     (b) Referral of persons so identified to counseling and

 

supportive services.

 

     (c) In accordance with a determination of good cause, the

 

waiving of certain requirements of family independence programs

 

where compliance with those requirements would make it more

 

difficult for the individual to escape domestic violence or would

 

unfairly penalize individuals who have been victims of domestic

 

violence or who are at risk of further domestic violence.

 

     Sec. 635. Within 6 business days of receiving all information

 

necessary to process an application for payments for child day

 

care, the department shall determine whether the child day care

 

provider to whom the payments, if approved, would be made, is

 

listed on the child abuse and neglect central registry. If the

 

provider is listed on the central registry, the department shall

 

immediately send written notice denying the applicant's request for

 

child day care payments.

 

     Sec. 640. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for day

 

care services, the department shall continue to provide infant and

 

toddler incentive payments to child day care providers serving

 


children from 0 to 2-1/2 years of age who meet licensing or

 

training requirements.

 

     (2) The use of the funds under this section should not be

 

considered an ongoing commitment of funding.

 

     Sec. 641. In collaboration with Central Michigan University,

 

the department shall develop and disseminate read, educate, and

 

develop youth (R.E.A.D.Y.) kits to parents of preschool and

 

kindergarten children to provide these parents with information

 

about how they can prepare their children for reading success.

 

     Sec. 643. As a condition of receipt of federal TANF funds,

 

homeless shelters shall collaborate with the department to obtain

 

necessary TANF eligibility information on families as soon as

 

possible after admitting a family to the homeless shelter. From the

 

funds appropriated in part 1 for homeless shelter contracts, the

 

department is authorized to make allocations of TANF funds only to

 

the agencies that report necessary data to the department for the

 

purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting requirements.

 

Homeless shelters that do not report necessary data to the

 

department for the purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting

 

requirements will not receive reimbursements which exceed the per

 

diem amount they received in fiscal year 2000. The use of TANF

 

funds under this section should not be considered an ongoing

 

commitment of funding.

 

     Sec. 645. An individual or family is considered homeless, for

 

purposes of eligibility for state emergency relief, if living

 

temporarily with others in order to escape domestic violence. For

 

purposes of this section, domestic violence is defined and verified

 


in the same manner as in the department's policies on good cause

 

for not cooperating with child support and paternity requirements.

 

     Sec. 653. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for food

 

assistance, an individual who is the victim of domestic violence

 

and does not qualify for any other exemption may be exempt from the

 

3-month in 36-month limit on receiving food assistance under 7 USC

 

2015. This exemption can be extended an additional 3 months upon

 

demonstration of continuing need.

 

     Sec. 657. (1) The department shall fund a statewide before- or

 

after-school program to provide youth with a safe, engaging

 

environment to motivate and inspire learning outside the

 

traditional classroom setting. Before- or after-school program

 

eligibility is limited to geographic areas near school buildings

 

that do not meet federal no child left behind annual yearly

 

progress (AYP) requirements and that include the before- or after-

 

school programs in the AYP plans as a means to improve outcomes.

 

Before-school programs are limited to elementary school-aged

 

children. Effective before- or after-school programs combine

 

academic, enrichment, and recreation activities to guide learning

 

and inspire children and youth in various activities. The before-

 

or after-school programs can meet the needs of the communities

 

served by the programs.

 

     (2) The department shall work in collaboration with

 

independent contractors to put into practice a program establishing

 

quality before- or after-school programs for children in

 

kindergarten to ninth grades. In order for an independent

 

contractor to receive TANF funds, a child served must be a member

 


of a family with an income that does not exceed 200% of the federal

 

poverty guidelines published by the United States department of

 

health and human services.

 

     (3) The department shall, through a competitive bid process,

 

provide grants or contracts up to $5,000,000.00 in TANF funds for

 

the program based on community needs. A county shall receive no

 

more than 20% of the funds appropriated in part 1 for this program.

 

From the funds appropriated in part 1 for before- or after-school

 

programs within day care services, the department is authorized to

 

make allocations of funds only to the agencies that report

 

necessary data to the department for the purpose of meeting TANF

 

and maintenance of effort eligibility reporting requirements. The

 

use of funds under this section should not be considered an ongoing

 

commitment of funding.

 

     (4) The before- or after-school programs shall include

 

academic assistance, including assistance with reading and writing,

 

and at least 3 of the following topics:

 

     (a) Abstinence-based pregnancy prevention.

 

     (b) Chemical abuse and dependency including nonmedical

 

services.

 

     (c) Gang violence prevention.

 

     (d) Preparation toward future self-sufficiency.

 

     (e) Leadership development.

 

     (f) Case management or mentoring.

 

     (g) Parental involvement.

 

     (h) Anger management.

 

     (5) The department may enter into grants or contracts with

 


independent contractors including, but not limited to, faith-based

 

organizations, boys or girls clubs, schools, or nonprofit

 

organizations. The department shall grant priority in funding

 

independent contractors who secure at least 25% in matching funds.

 

The matching funds may either be fulfilled through local, state, or

 

federal funds, and/or through in-kind or other donations.

 

     (6) A referral to a program may be made by, but is not limited

 

to, any of the following: a teacher, counselor, parent, police

 

officer, judge, or social worker.

 

     (7) By August 30, 2005, the department before- or after-school

 

program expenditures shall be audited and the department shall work

 

in collaboration with independent contractors to provide a report

 

on the before- or after-school program to the senate and house

 

standing committees dealing with human services, the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees for the department budget, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the senate and house policy

 

offices. The report shall include the number of participants and

 

the average cost per participant, as well as changes noted in

 

program participants in any of the following categories:

 

     (a) Juvenile crime.

 

     (b) Aggressive behavior.

 

     (c) Academic achievement.

 

     (d) Development of new skills and interests.

 

     (e) School attendance and dropout rates.

 

     (f) Behavioral changes in school.

 

     Sec. 660. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for food bank

 

funding, the department is authorized to make allocations of TANF

 


funds only to the agencies that report necessary data to the

 

department for the purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting

 

requirements. The agencies that do not report necessary data to the

 

department for the purpose of meeting TANF eligibility reporting

 

requirements will not receive allocations in excess of those

 

received in fiscal year 2000. The use of TANF funds under this

 

section should not be considered an ongoing commitment of funding.

 

     Sec. 665. The department shall partner with the department of

 

transportation to use TANF and other sources of available funding

 

to support public transportation needs of TANF-eligible

 

individuals.

 

     Sec. 666. The department shall continue efforts to increase

 

the participation of eligible family independence program

 

recipients in the federal earned income tax credit. The department

 

shall report the details of the plan to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the senate

 

and house standing committees on human services, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies and policy offices, and the state budget

 

director no later than December 31 of each year.

 

     Sec. 668. (1) In coordination with the Michigan alliance of

 

boys and girls clubs, the department may expend $250,000.00 in TANF

 

funds to make allocations for a statewide collaborative project to

 

develop a community-based program available to children ages 6 to

 

15.

 

     (2) The department shall make allocations of TANF funds under

 

this section only to agencies that report necessary data to the

 

department for the purpose of meeting the TANF eligibility

 


reporting requirements. The use of TANF funds under this section

 

should not be considered an ongoing commitment.

 

     (3) The department shall grant priority in funding to programs

 

that provide at least 10% in matching funds. The matching funds

 

requirement shall be fulfilled through any combination of local,

 

state, or federal funds or in-kind or other donations. A program

 

that cannot meet the matching requirement shall not be excluded

 

from applying for a contract.

 

     Sec. 669. (1) The department shall distribute cash and food

 

assistance to recipients electronically by using debit cards.

 

     (2) The department shall allocate up to $7,167,500.00 for the

 

annual clothing allowance. The allowance shall be granted to all

 

eligible children as defined by the department.

 

     Sec. 670. It is the intent of the legislature that the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 for kinship care in the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006 reflect the legislature's commitment to reduce

 

the benefit discrepancy between kinship care and a similar family

 

size within the family independence program (FIP). The legislature

 

recognizes the commitment of relatives to provide family

 

continuity, nurturance, and care for this special population of

 

children who can no longer remain in their parents' care due to

 

abuse, neglect, or other social problems.

 

     Sec. 673. The department shall immediately send notification

 

to a client participating in the state child day care program and

 

his or her child day care provider if the client's eligibility is

 

reduced or eliminated.

 

     Sec. 674. The department shall develop and implement a plan to

 


reduce waste, fraud, and abuse within the child day care program,

 

including feasibility for expanding wage match and employer

 

verification, unannounced home call verification at day care sites,

 

and other process changes. During the annual budget presentation,

 

the department shall report to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees for the department budget on plan details and

 

implementation status.

 

     Sec. 675. The department shall utilize the most recent market

 

rate survey to explore potential costs to implement a child day

 

care rate structure that more accurately reflects the costs of care

 

by vicinity. By March 1, 2006, the department shall report the

 

results of the analysis to the senate and house subcommittees on

 

the department budget, the senate and house fiscal agencies and

 

policy offices, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 676. (1) The department shall collaborate with the state

 

board of education to extend the duration of the Michigan after-

 

school partnership, and oversee its efforts to implement the policy

 

recommendations and strategic next steps identified in the Michigan

 

after-school initiative's report of December 15, 2003.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, $25,000.00 may be

 

used to support the Michigan after-school partnership and shall be

 

used to leverage other private and public funding to engage the

 

public and private sectors in building and sustaining high-quality

 

out-of-school-time programs and resources. The co-chairs shall name

 

a fiduciary agent and may authorize the fiduciary to expend funds

 

and hire people to accomplish the work of the Michigan after-school

 

partnership.

 


     (3) Each year, on or before December 31, the Michigan after-

 

school partnership shall report its progress in reaching the

 

recommendations set forth in the Michigan after-school initiative's

 

report to the senate and house committees on appropriations, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

 

 

JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES

 

     Sec. 702. Expansion of facilities funded under part 1 for

 

juvenile justice services shall not be authorized by the joint

 

capital outlay subcommittee of the appropriations committees until

 

the department has held a public hearing in the community where the

 

facility proposed to be expanded is located.

 

     Sec. 705. (1) The department, in conjunction with private

 

juvenile justice residential programs, shall develop a methodology

 

for measuring goals, objectives, and performance standards for the

 

delivery of juvenile justice residential programs. These goals,

 

objectives, and performance standards shall apply to both public

 

and private delivery of juvenile justice residential programs, and

 

data shall be collected from both private and public juvenile

 

justice residential programs that can be used to evaluate

 

performance achievements, including, but not limited to, the

 

following:

 

     (a) Admission and release data and other information related

 

to demographics of population served.

 

     (b) Program descriptions and information related to treatment,

 

educational services, and conditions of confinement.

 

     (c) Program outcomes including recidivism rates for youth

 


served by the facility.

 

     (2) The department, during the annual budget presentation,

 

shall outline the progress of the development of the goals,

 

objectives, and performance standards, as well as the information

 

collected through the implementation of the performance measurement

 

program. The presentation shall include the following:

 

     (a) Trends in census and population demographics.

 

     (b) Program outcomes.

 

     (c) Staff and resident safety.

 

     (d) Facility profile.

 

     (e) Fiscal information necessary for qualitative understanding

 

of program operations and comparative costs of public and private

 

facilities.

 

     Sec. 714. (1) The department shall provide technical

 

assistance for counties to develop information networks including,

 

but not limited to, serious habitual offenders comprehensive action

 

program (SHOCAP), juvenile justice on-line technology (JJOLT), and

 

juvenile violent reporting system (JVRS).

 

     (2) The department shall assist counties in identifying

 

funding sources for the networks, including, but not limited to,

 

the child care fund and the juvenile accountability incentive block

 

grant.

 

     (3) The local units of government shall report to the

 

department on expenditures of their juvenile justice information

 

networks in concert with their requests for reimbursement from the

 

child care fund.

 

     (4) The department shall report to the house and senate

 


appropriations subcommittees for the department budget, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies and policy offices, and the state budget

 

director by January 15, 2006 on department efforts to encourage

 

county information networks development described in subsection

 

(1).

 

     Sec. 715. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

primary function of the juvenile justice system shall be to promote

 

the protection of individuals and communities through the reduction

 

of juvenile crime.

 

     (2) The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees for the department budget, the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies and policy offices, and the state budget

 

director by October 30, 2005 on the status of implementing

 

recommendations of the 2001 joint house and senate task force on

 

juvenile justice, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

     (a) Mentoring programs that focus on improving communication

 

and collaboration, encourage quality mentoring programs,

 

recruitment of mentors, and increasing public awareness of and

 

participation in programs for at-risk youth.

 

     (b) Discussion of programs relating to juvenile information

 

networks as an Internet-based communication tool that assists with

 

case management of juvenile offenders in the area.

 

     (c) Discussion of the possibility of implementing a program

 

modeled after the "Wisconsin citizenship initiative" to collaborate

 

with the before- or after-school programs offered under the

 

authority of this article.

 

     (d) Exploration of the option of a summit conducted via the

 


Internet to discuss measures relating to the prevention and

 

intervention of at-risk youth.

 

     (e) Discussion of California's "8% early intervention" program

 

that focuses on aggressive early intervention and treatment of

 

young, high at-risk juvenile offenders and their families.

 

     (f) Multisystem therapy.

 

     (g) Youth service projects.

 

     (h) Community services projects.

 

     Sec. 719. The department shall notify the legislature at least

 

30 days before closing or making any change in the status of a

 

state juvenile justice facility.

 

 

 

LOCAL OFFICE SERVICES

 

     Sec. 750. The department shall maintain out-stationed

 

eligibility specialists in community-based organizations and

 

hospitals in the same locations as in fiscal year 2003-2004.

 

     Sec. 751. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall implement school-based family resource centers

 

based on the following guidelines:

 

     (a) The center is supported by the local school district.

 

     (b) The programs and information provided at the center do not

 

conflict with sections 1169, 1507, and 1507b of the revised school

 

code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1169, 380.1507, and 380.1507b.

 

     (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the center shall provide

 

information regarding crisis pregnancy centers or adoption service

 

providers in the area.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the senate and house

 


subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies and policy offices, and the state budget office of family

 

resource center expansion efforts and shall provide all of the

 

following at the beginning of the selection process or no later

 

than 5 days after eligible schools receive opportunity

 

notification:

 

     (a) A list of eligible schools.

 

     (b) The selection criteria to be used.

 

     (c) The projected number to be opened.

 

     (d) The financial implications for expansion, including

 

funding sources.

 

 

 

DISABILITY DETERMINATION SERVICES

 

     Sec. 801. The disability determination services in agreement

 

with the department of management and budget office of retirement

 

systems will develop the medical information and make

 

recommendations for medical disability retirement for state

 

employees, state police, judges, and school teachers.

 

 

 

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

 

     Sec. 901. (1) From the federal money received for child

 

support incentive payments, up to $15,397,400.00 shall be retained

 

by the state and expended for legal support contracts and child

 

support program expenses.

 

     (2) From the amounts retained by the state under subsection

 

(1), the state shall pay through the legal support contracts with

 

counties for friend of the court and prosecuting attorney services

 


the same local match supplement that was paid in fiscal year 2003-

 

2004.

 

     (3) The aggregate payment to counties shall be not less than

 

the amount paid in fiscal year 2000-2001.  If the payment to the

 

state from the federal government is less than was paid in fiscal

 

year 2000-2001, the payment to the counties shall be prorated in a

 

like percentage amount.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the

 

amounts appropriated in part 1 for child support automation and

 

child support automation improvement are designated as work

 

projects, and any unexpended funds at the conclusion of the fiscal

 

year shall be carried forward for continuation of improvements.

 

     (5) It is the intention of the legislature that, in addition

 

to the money required annually for maintenance and operation of the

 

child support computer system (MiCSES) that an additional

 

$17,800,000.00 will be provided for use in fiscal year 2005-2006

 

and fiscal year 2006-2007 to fix and improve the system.  The

 

department, through the office of child support leadership group,

 

shall provide quarterly reports to the legislature concerning the

 

money expended and the improvements made as a result of this

 

subsection.

 

     (6) If collections from the revenue sources identified to fix

 

and improve the system fall short of money appropriated in this

 

article, the department shall reduce expenditures to match those

 

collections.

 

     (7) The department shall consult with the department of

 

treasury and any outside consultant with collections expertise

 


under contract with the department of treasury to develop a plan to

 

maximize the collection of child support for the purposes of this

 

section.

 

     Sec. 902. The first $1,000,000.00 of child support collections

 

that otherwise would be escheated to the state general fund shall

 

be retained by the department and allocated for improvements to

 

MiCSES.  Unexpended money remaining at the end of the fiscal year

 

shall be carried forward in a work project for expenditure in the

 

following year for the same purpose.

 

     Sec. 903. Money collected under a department program for

 

settlement of outstanding child support arrearages due to the state

 

are allocated for child support enforcement with the first

 

$5,052,000.00 to be used for improvements to MiCSES.  Any amount

 

collected above $5,052,000.00 shall be allocated in the following

 

manner: 60% to legal support contracts for friend of the court

 

services and 40% to the office of child support for central office

 

operations.  The money shall not be expended until the state budget

 

director has reviewed and approved an allotment schedule submitted

 

by the department.  The 60% allocated for friend of the court

 

services shall supplement the amount originally allocated for such

 

services in fiscal year 2004-2005 and shall not be used by counties

 

to supplant other state or federal funds paid to the county for

 

such services.

 

     Sec. 904. The department shall facilitate with the department

 

of community health a program under which the departments

 

independently or jointly contract with local friend of the court

 

offices to update and maintain the child support statewide database

 


with health insurance information in cases in which the court has

 

ordered a party to the case to maintain health insurance coverage

 

for the minor child or children involved in the case and to assist

 

in the recovery of money paid by the state for health care costs

 

that are otherwise recoverable from a party to the case.  The

 

program shall be entirely funded with state and federal funds from

 

money first recovered or through costs that are avoided by changing

 

the insurance coverage for minor children from state programs to

 

private health insurance.

 

     Sec. 905. The department is prohibited from charging back to

 

the counties any of the fees paid that are charged by the internal

 

revenue service or the department of treasury related to the tax

 

intercept and offset programs.  The state share of those fees shall

 

be paid from money otherwise provided for office of child support

 

programs.

 

 

 

OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND ADULT LICENSING

 

     Sec. 1001. The department shall assess fees in the licensing

 

and regulation of child care organizations as defined in 1973 PA

 

116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, and adult foster care facilities as

 

defined in the adult foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA

 

218, MCL 400.701 to 400.737. Fees collected by the department shall

 

be used exclusively for the purpose of licensing and regulating

 

child care organizations and adult foster care facilities.

 

     Sec. 1002. The department shall furnish the clerk of the

 

house, the secretary of the senate, the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies and policy offices, the state budget director, and all

 


members of the house and senate appropriations committees with a

 

summary of any evaluation reports and subsequent approvals or

 

disapprovals of juvenile residential facilities operated by the

 

department, as required by section 6 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.116.

 

If no evaluations are conducted during the fiscal year, the

 

department shall notify the fiscal agencies and all members of the

 

appropriate subcommittees of the house and senate appropriations

 

committees.

 

     Sec. 1003. If federal funds become available to support a lead

 

testing program, the department shall, before issuing a license for

 

a day care facility and as part of licensing review and facility

 

inspection, require documentation verifying that the facility has

 

been inspected for lead hazards and that any lead hazards

 

identified have been remediated.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

JUDICIARY

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the judicial

 

branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from the

 

funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

JUDICIARY

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 


   Full-time equated exempted positions............ 509.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    254,816,300

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         2,563,500

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    252,252,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         3,933,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         3,466,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           842,500

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        87,022,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    156,987,900

 

   Sec. 102.  SUPREME COURT (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated exempted positions............ 235.0

 

Supreme court administration--97.0 FTE positions....... $     11,000,200

 

Judicial institute--16.0 FTE positions.................         2,707,900

 

State court administrative office--62.0 FTE positions..        10,360,500

 

Judicial information systems--18.0 FTE positions.......         2,531,000

 

Direct trial court automation support--26.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         3,466,000

 

Foster care review board--12.0 FTE positions...........         1,252,700

 

Community dispute resolution--4.0 FTE positions........         2,271,300

 

Other federal grants...................................           275,000

 

Drug treatment courts..................................        4,735,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     38,599,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 


   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of community health................         1,800,000

 

IDG from department of labor and economic growth.......            40,000

 

IDG from state police - Michigan justice training fund.           300,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ, victims assistance programs.......................            50,000

 

DOJ, drug court training and evaluation................           300,000

 

DOT, national highway traffic safety administration....           100,000

 

HHS, access and visitation grant.......................           387,000

 

HHS, children's justice grant..........................           206,300

 

HHS, court improvement project.........................         1,160,000

 

HHS, title IV-D child support program..................           907,700

 

HHS, title IV-E foster care program....................           547,900

 

Other federal grant revenues...........................           275,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - user fees......................................         3,466,000

 

Private................................................           169,000

 

Private - interest on lawyers trust accounts...........           232,700

 

Private - state justice institute......................           370,800

 

Community dispute resolution fund......................         2,271,300

 

Law exam fees..........................................           482,100

 

Drug court fund........................................         1,920,500

 

Miscellaneous revenue..................................           227,900

 

Justice system fund....................................           700,000

 

State court fund.......................................           339,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     22,346,400

 

   Sec. 103.  COURT OF APPEALS (SAFETY)

 


   Full-time equated exempted positions............ 212.0

 

Court of appeals operations--212.0 FTE positions....... $      18,537,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,537,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Court filing/motion fees...............................         1,808,500

 

Miscellaneous revenue..................................            77,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     16,650,800

 

   Sec. 104.  BRANCHWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated exempted positions.............. 4.0

 

Branchwide appropriations--4.0 FTE positions........... $       7,994,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,994,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,994,000

 

   Sec. 105.  JUSTICES' AND JUDGES' COMPENSATION

 

(SAFETY)

 

   Full-time judges positions...................... 613.0

 

Supreme court justices' salaries--7.0 judges........... $      1,152,300

 

Court of appeals judges' salaries--28.0 judges.........         4,240,300

 

District court judges' state base salaries--258.0

 

   judges...............................................        23,877,200

 

District court judicial salary standardization.........        11,796,800

 

Probate court judges' state base salaries--103.0

 

   judges...............................................         9,108,600

 

Probate court judicial salary standardization..........         4,389,800

 

Circuit court judges' state base salaries--217.0

 

   judges...............................................        20,440,400

 


Circuit court judicial salary standardization..........         9,922,100

 

Judges' retirement system defined contributions........         2,919,200

 

OASI, social security..................................         4,733,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     92,580,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Court fee fund.........................................         7,090,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     85,490,400

 

   Sec. 106.  JUDICIAL AGENCIES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated exempted positions.............. 8.0

 

Judicial tenure commission--8.0 FTE positions.......... $       1,042,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,042,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,042,300

 

   Sec. 107.  INDIGENT DEFENSE - CRIMINAL (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated exempted positions............. 50.0

 

Appellate public defender program--42.0 FTE positions.. $      4,739,100

 

Appellate assigned counsel administration--8.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           865,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,604,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from state police - Michigan justice training fund.           423,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - interest on lawyers trust accounts...........            70,000

 

Miscellaneous revenue..................................           113,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,998,000

 


   Sec. 108.  INDIGENT CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE (SAFETY)

 

Indigent civil legal assistance........................ $       7,937,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,937,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State court fund.......................................         7,937,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109.  TRIAL COURT OPERATIONS (SAFETY)

 

Court equity fund reimbursements....................... $     68,906,000

 

Judicial technology improvement........................         4,465,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     73,371,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Court equity fund......................................        50,440,000

 

Judicial technology improvement fund...................         4,465,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     18,466,000

 

   Sec. 110.  GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS TO LOCAL

 

GOVERNMENT (SAFETY)

 

Drug case-flow program................................. $        250,000

 

Drunk driving case-flow program........................         2,300,000

 

Juror compensation reimbursement.......................         6,600,000

 

Transcript fee reimbursement...........................               100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,150,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Drug fund..............................................           250,000

 

Drunk driving fund.....................................         2,300,000

 


Juror compensation fund................................         6,600,000

 

Transcript fee fund....................................               100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $244,010,400.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is estimated at

 

$123,462,500.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to units of local government

 

will occur:

 

JUDICIARY

 

SUPREME COURT

 

State court administrative office...................... $        511,900

 

Drug treatment courts..................................         4,435,000

 

TRIAL COURT OPERATIONS

 

Court equity fund reimbursements.......................       $68,906,000

 

Judicial technology improvement fund...................         4,465,000

 

JUSTICES' AND JUDGES' COMPENSATION

 

District court judicial salary standardization.........        11,796,800

 

Probate court judges' state base salaries..............         9,108,600

 

Probate court judicial salary standardization..........         4,389,800

 


Circuit court judicial salary standardization..........         9,922,100

 

Grant to OASI contribution fund, employers share,

 

social security........................................           777,200

 

GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Drunk driving case-flow program........................ $      2,300,000

 

Drug case-flow program.................................           250,000

 

Juror compensation reimbursement.......................        6,600,000

 

Transcript fee reimbursement...........................              100

 

TOTAL.................................................. $    123,462,500

 

     Sec. 202. (1) The appropriations authorized under this article

 

are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated in part 1 to an entity within the

 

judicial branch shall not be expended or transferred to another

 

account without written approval of the authorized agent of the

 

judicial entity. If the authorized agent of the judicial entity

 

notifies the state budget director of its approval of an

 

expenditure or transfer, the state budget director shall

 

immediately make the expenditure or transfer. The authorized

 

judicial entity agent shall be designated by the chief justice of

 

the supreme court.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.

 

     (b) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "HHS" means the United States department of health and

 


human services.

 

     (e) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (f) "OASI" means old age survivor's insurance.

 

     Sec. 208. The reporting requirements of this article shall be

 

completed with the approval of, and at the direction of, the

 

supreme court. Unless otherwise specified, the judicial branch

 

shall use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of

 

this article. This may include transmission of reports via

 

electronic mail to the recipients identified for each reporting

 

requirement or it may include placement of reports on an Internet

 

or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 212. The judicial branch shall receive and retain copies

 

of all reports funded from appropriations in part 1 and shall

 

follow federal and state guidelines for short-term and long-term

 

retention of these reports and records.

 

     Sec. 214. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     Sec. 215. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 


for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the chief justice or his

 

or her designee may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any

 

exceptions granted by the chief justice or his or her designee

 

shall be reported on a monthly basis to the senate and house

 

committees on appropriations.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, the state court

 

administrative office shall prepare a travel report listing all

 

travel by judicial branch employees outside this state in the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in

 

part with funds appropriated in the budget for the judicial branch.

 

The report shall be submitted to the chairs and members of the

 

senate and house standing committees on appropriations, the fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director. The report shall include

 


the following information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

 

 

JUDICIAL BRANCH

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The direct trial court automation support

 

program of the state court administrative office shall recover

 

direct and overhead costs from trial courts by charging for

 

services rendered. The fee shall cover the actual costs incurred to

 

the direct trial court automation support program in providing the

 

service. A report of amounts collected in excess of funds

 

identified as user service charges in part 1 shall be submitted to

 

the state budget director and to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on judiciary 30 days before

 

expenditure by the direct trial court automation support program.

 

     (2) From funds appropriated in part 1, the direct trial court

 


automation support program of the state court administrative office

 

shall provide to the state budget director, the senate and house

 

appropriations committees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies

 

before January 1 of each year, a detailed list of user service

 

charges collected during the immediately preceding state fiscal

 

year.

 

     Sec. 302. Funds appropriated within the judicial branch shall

 

not be expended by any component within the judicial branch without

 

the approval of the supreme court.

 

     Sec. 303. Of the amount appropriated in part 1 for the

 

judicial branch, $325,000.00 is allocated for circuit court

 

reimbursement under section 3 of 1978 PA 16, MCL 800.453, and

 

$186,900.00 is allocated for court of claims reimbursement under

 

section 6413 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,

 

MCL 600.6413.

 

     Sec. 304. The judicial branch shall cooperate with the auditor

 

general regarding audits of the judicial branch conducted pursuant

 

to section 53 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.

 

     Sec. 305. To avoid the overexpenditure of funds appropriated

 

under this article, the supreme court shall report quarterly to the

 

state budget director and to the judiciary subcommittees of the

 

house and senate appropriations committees regarding the status of

 

the accounts set forth in part 1.

 

     Sec. 306. The supreme court and the state court administrative

 

office shall continue to maintain, as a priority, the assisting of

 

local trial courts in improving the collection of judgments.

 

     Sec. 307. It is the intent of the legislature that from the

 


funds appropriated in part 1 for court of appeals operations, the

 

judiciary shall use the following revenue amounts for the purpose

 

of delay reduction:

 

     (a) $225,000.00 of additional filing fee revenue raised from

 

the increase from $250.00 to $375.00 in court of appeals filing

 

fees under section 321(1)(a) of the revised judicature act of 1961,

 

1961 PA 236, MCL 600.321.

 

     (b) $87,500.00 of additional fee revenue raised from the

 

increase in court of appeals motion fees from $75.00 to $100.00 and

 

from the increase from $150.00 to $200.00 in fees for motions for

 

immediate consideration or expedited appeal, under section

 

321(1)(b) and (c) of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA

 

236, MCL 600.321.

 

     Sec. 308. If sufficient funds are not available from the court

 

fee fund to pay judges' compensation, the difference between the

 

appropriated amount from that fund for judges' compensation and the

 

actual amount available after the amount appropriated for trial

 

court reimbursement is made shall be appropriated from the state

 

general fund for judges' compensation.

 

     Sec. 310. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for drug

 

treatment court programs, under the direction of the supreme court,

 

the state court administrative office shall contract with 1 or more

 

independent third parties for evaluation and monitoring of drug

 

court programs funded by the judiciary. The evaluation shall

 

include measures of the impact of drug court programs in changing

 

offender criminal involvement (recidivism) and substance abuse and

 

in reducing prison admissions. The evaluation of a program funded

 


with federal Byrne funds shall be consistent with any requirements

 

contained in the federal Byrne grant for that program. Evaluations

 

required by this section shall to the extent feasible compare

 

offenders treated under the programs with other offenders of

 

similar characteristics. Not later than June 1, 2006, the state

 

court administrative office shall provide a progress report

 

regarding the status and findings of the evaluation to the senate

 

and house appropriations subcommittees on the judiciary, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 311. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for drug

 

treatment courts shall be administered by the state court

 

administrative office to operate drug treatment court programs. A

 

drug treatment court program shall not receive funds for more than

 

5 years. A drug treatment court shall be responsible for handling

 

cases involving substance abusing nonviolent offenders through

 

comprehensive supervision, testing, treatment services, and

 

immediate sanctions and incentives. A drug treatment court shall

 

use all available county and state personnel involved in the

 

disposition of cases including, but not limited to, parole and

 

probation agents, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, and

 

community corrections providers. The funds may be used in

 

connection with other federal, state, and local funding sources.

 

     (2) Local units of government are encouraged to refer to

 

federal drug treatment court guidelines to prepare proposals.

 

However, federal agency approvals are not required for funding

 

under this section.

 

     (3) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the chief justice

 


shall allocate sufficient funds for the judicial institute to

 

provide in-state training for those identified in subsection (1),

 

including training for new drug treatment court judges.

 

     (4) For drug treatment court grants, consideration for

 

priority may be given to those courts where higher instances of

 

substance abuse cases are filed.

 

     (5) The judiciary shall receive $1,800,000.00 in Byrne formula

 

grant funding as an interdepartmental grant from the department of

 

community health to be used for expansion of drug treatment courts,

 

to assist in avoiding prison bed space growth for nonviolent

 

offenders in collaboration with the department of corrections.

 

     Sec. 312. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the state

 

court administrator shall produce a statistical report regarding

 

the implementation of the parental rights restoration act, 1990 PA

 

211, MCL 722.901 to 722.908, as it pertains to minors seeking a

 

court-issued waiver of parental consent. The state court

 

administrative office shall report the total number of petitions

 

filed and the total number of petitions granted in accordance with

 

section 208.

 

     Sec. 313. (1) The appropriation in part 1 for the judicial

 

technology improvement fund shall be allocated for the development

 

of a statewide judicial information system. The supreme court,

 

working with the department of state police, department of

 

corrections, secretary of state, prosecuting attorneys association

 

of Michigan, and the department of information technology, will

 

develop a statewide telecommunications infrastructure to integrate

 

criminal justice information systems. The judicial technology

 


improvement fund shall also provide grants to local trial court

 

funding units to encourage technology innovations by local trial

 

courts that will result in enhanced public service. These

 

innovations will include, but not be limited to, electronic filing,

 

on-line payments of fines and fees, and web-based instructions for

 

completion of court documents.

 

     (2) Funds in part 1 may be used to develop, operate, and

 

maintain the cyber court created in chapter 80 of the revised

 

judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8001 to 600.8029.

 

     Sec. 317. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for transcript

 

fee reimbursement, the judiciary shall reimburse counties for

 

additional costs incurred in the event of a statutory increase in

 

transcript fees under section 2543 of the revised judicature act of

 

1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2543.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. The amounts listed in this part are appropriated for

 

the department of labor and economic growth and the Michigan

 

strategic fund, subject to the conditions set forth in this

 

article, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from the

 

funds identified in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 58.5

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,266.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ [1,271,714,700]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................           489,700

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ [1,271,225,000]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       852,527,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................        15,738,200

 

Total private revenues.................................         3,990,600

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     [327,989,500]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $   [70,979,100]

 

   Sec. 102.  DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMINISTRATION (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 58.5

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 280.0

 

Unclassified salaries.................................. $      5,349,400

 

Executive director programs--53.0 FTE positions........         6,228,300

 

Regulatory efficiency improvements/backlog reduction

 

   initiative...........................................           665,600

 

Bureau of hearings--68.0 FTE positions.................         8,757,200

 

Property management....................................        10,945,100

 

Rent...................................................        17,338,600

 

Worker's compensation..................................         1,608,000

 


Special project advances...............................           940,000

 

HR optimization charges................................           147,600

 

Administrative services................................        15,535,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     67,514,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of community health, inspection

 

   contract.............................................           300,000

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................           300,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

CNS....................................................           295,700

 

DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational

 

   rehabilitation.......................................         4,897,500

 

DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................        22,501,300

 

DOL-ETA, workforce investment act......................           809,400

 

DOL, federal funds.....................................         2,503,700

 

DOL, multiple grants for safety and health.............           837,300

 

Federal revenues.......................................           785,700

 

HHS, titles XVIII and XIX..............................            36,700

 

HHS, temporary assistance for needy families...........           347,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local revenues.........................................           134,100

 

Private revenues - special project advances............           940,000

 

Bank fees..............................................           485,100

 

Boiler fees............................................           239,400

 

Construction code fund.................................         1,715,100

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Consumer finance fees..................................           168,800

 

Contingent fund, penalty and interest account (110

 

   fund)................................................           890,000

 

Corporation fees.......................................         5,401,700

 

Credit union fees......................................           327,600

 

Elevator fees..........................................           264,000

 

Fees and collections/asbestos..........................            65,900

 

Fire service fees......................................           232,500

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................         2,209,400

 

Insurance regulatory fees..............................         1,306,400

 

Licensing and regulation fees..........................         1,916,200

 

Liquor license fees....................................         [100,000]

 

Liquor purchase revolving fund.........................       [5,771,300]

 

Manufactured housing commission fees...................           414,400

 

Michigan state housing development authority fees and

 

   charges..............................................         3,575,400

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................           185,200

 

Private occupational school license fees...............            14,000

 

Public utility assessments.............................         2,396,900

 

Rehabilitation service fees............................            90,300

 

Safety education and training fund.....................           679,300

 

Second injury fund.....................................           253,500

 

Securities fees........................................         2,655,900

 

Self-insurers security fund............................            83,300

 

Silicosis and dust disease fund........................           101,300

 

Tax tribunal fees......................................             1,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,582,400

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Sec. 103.  OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE

 

SERVICES (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 273.0

 

Administration--9.0 FTE positions...................... $      2,686,700

 

Financial evaluation--145.0 FTE positions..............      [20,940,400]

 

Policy conduct and consumer assistance--119.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................     [14,364,400]

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     37,991,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................            50,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................         7,355,400

 

Consumer finance fees..................................         4,034,700

 

Credit union fees......................................         4,666,500

 

Insurance continuing education fees....................           829,600

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................         4,488,000

 

Insurance regulatory fees..............................        14,627,400

 

Multiple employer welfare arrangement..................            67,500

 

Securities fees........................................         1,872,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 104.  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 163.0

 

Administration, planning and regulation--154.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     19,710,800

 

Energy office--9.0 FTE positions.......................         5,267,100

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     24,977,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOE-OEERE, multiple grants.............................         4,828,100

 

DOT-RSPA, gas pipeline safety..........................           984,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - oil overcharge...............................            30,000

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................         2,060,700

 

Public utility assessments.............................        17,074,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 105.  LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 152.0

 

Management support services--28.0 FTE positions........ $      3,092,300

 

Liquor licensing and enforcement--124.0 FTE positions..        11,278,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     14,370,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Liquor license revenue.................................       [5,699,300]

 

Liquor purchase revolving fund.........................       [8,671,000]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 106.  MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

 

AUTHORITY (VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 232.0

 

Payments on behalf of tenants.......................... $    130,000,000

 

Housing and rental assistance program--232.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        32,887,700

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    162,887,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

HUD, lower income housing assistance program...........       130,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan state housing development authority fees and

 

   charges..............................................        32,887,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107.  TAX TRIBUNAL  (EFFECTIVE  GOVERNMENT)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 12.0

 

Operations--12.0 FTE positions......................... $       1,444,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,444,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

[Corporation fees.....................................   323,400]

Securities fees........................................           396,200

 

Tax tribunal fees......................................           725,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $            [0]

 

   Sec. 108.  OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 419.0

 

Code enforcement and fire safety--177.0 FTE positions.. $     17,587,000

 

Boiler inspection program--25.0 FTE positions..........         2,592,200

 

Elevator inspection program--30.0 FTE positions........         2,751,700

 

Commercial services--154.0 FTE positions...............        16,282,000

 

Local manufactured housing communities inspections.....           250,000

 

Manufactured housing and land resources program--22.0

 

   FTE positions........................................         2,853,200

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Property development group--11.0 FTE positions.........         1,474,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     43,790,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of community health, inspection

 

   contract.............................................           111,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

FEMA...................................................           150,000

 

DOT....................................................            85,000

 

HHS, titles XVIII and XIX..............................           872,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Boiler fee revenue.....................................         2,758,600

 

Construction code fund.................................        14,546,500

 

Corporation fees.......................................         5,430,000

 

Elevator fees..........................................         2,891,200

 

Fire service fees......................................         [524,500]

 

Homeowner construction lien recovery fund..............         1,532,800

 

Licensing and regulation fees..........................         9,084,300

 

Manufactured housing commission fees...................         2,452,200

 

Michigan boxing fund...................................           206,200

 

Property development fees..............................           265,700

 

Remonumentation fees...................................           666,600

 

Real estate appraiser continuing education fund........            45,000

 

Real estate education fund.............................           217,500

 

Security business fund.................................           308,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    [1,642,800]

 

   Sec. 109.  EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........... 25.0

 

Employment and labor relations--25.0 FTE positions..... $       3,509,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,509,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EEOC, federal funds....................................            10,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Securities fees........................................         3,438,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $         61,500

 

   Sec. 110.  SAFETY AND REGULATION (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 229.0

 

Occupational safety and health--229.0 FTE positions.... $      25,189,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     25,189,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOL, multiple grants for safety and health.............        12,084,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Corporate fees.........................................         2,087,200

 

Fees and collections/asbestos..........................           795,600

 

Licensing and regulation fees..........................         1,126,900

 

Safety education and training fund.....................         7,371,000

 

Securities fees........................................         1,724,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 111.  BUREAU OF WORKER'S AND UNEMPLOYMENT

 

COMPENSATION (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,216.0

 

Administration--96.6 FTE positions..................... $      9,220,600

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Board of magistrates and appellate commission--19.4

 

   FTE positions........................................         2,786,200

 

Wage and hour division--31.0 FTE positions.............         2,548,500

 

Insurance funds administration--28.0 FTE positions.....         4,363,700

 

Supplemental benefit fund..............................         1,300,000

 

Unemployment programs--971.7 FTE positions.............      [81,443,100]

 

Advocacy assistance program............................       [1,500,000]

 

Expanded fraud control program--33.2 FTE positions.....         2,954,900

 

Special audit and collections program--34.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,639,500

 

Training program for agency staff--2.1 FTE positions...         1,788,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    110,545,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOL-ETA, employment and training administration........           613,400

 

DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................        83,850,000

 

Federal Reed act funds.................................         4,362,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Corporation fees.......................................         3,842,300

 

Contingent fund, penalty and interest account..........         6,739,100

 

Licensing and regulation fees..........................           753,100

 

Second injury fund.....................................         2,349,100

 

Securities fees........................................       [3,842,600]

 

Self-insurers security fund............................       [1,111,200]

 

Silicosis and dust disease fund........................           903,400

 

Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund....         2,178,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Sec. 112.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      42,486,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     42,486,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................        20,754,300

 

DOL, multiple grants for safety and health.............           518,400

 

Federal revenues.......................................         5,772,700

 

HHS, temporary assistance for needy families...........           176,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................           477,300

 

Boiler fee revenue.....................................           264,300

 

Construction code fund.................................         1,435,900

 

Consumer finance fees..................................            94,200

 

Corporation fees.......................................         1,715,500

 

Credit union fees......................................           269,300

 

Elevator fees..........................................           254,400

 

Fees and collections/asbestos..........................            11,000

 

Insurance regulatory fees..............................           497,200

 

Licensing and regulation fees..........................         1,109,900

 

Liquor license fees....................................               [0]

 

Liquor purchase revolving fund.........................       [4,340,600]

 

Manufactured housing commission fees...................            72,400

 

Michigan state housing development authority fees and

 

   charges..............................................         1,940,300

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................            95,900

 

Public utility assessments.............................           773,100

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Safety education and training fund.....................           285,600

 

Second injury fund.....................................           106,500

 

Securities fees........................................         1,433,500

 

Self-insurers security fund............................            38,300

 

Silicosis and dust disease fund........................            49,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 113.  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 872.5

 

Employment services--246.0 FTE positions............... $     44,999,700

 

Labor market information--52.0 FTE positions...........         6,020,800

 

Michigan rehabilitation services--513.5 FTE positions..        68,151,000

 

Office of workforce development--61.0 FTE positions....        29,898,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    149,069,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, employment and training...........................           178,700

 

DED-OPSE, multiple grants..............................         1,145,400

 

DED-OSERS, centers for independent living..............          [58,200]

 

DED-OSERS, rehabilitation long-term training...........           566,900

 

DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational

 

   rehabilitation of state grants.......................      [50,176,300]

 

DED-OSERS, state grants for technical related

 

   assistance...........................................            56,000

 

DOL-ETA, workforce investment act......................         6,448,400

 

DED, Perkins act.......................................           281,300

 

DOL, federal funds.....................................        62,671,800

 

DOL-ODEP...............................................           225,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

HHS, temporary assistance for needy families...........         3,320,200

 

HHS-SSA, supplemental security income..................         4,491,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local revenue..........................................         4,132,400

 

Local vocational rehabilitation match..................         3,054,000

 

Private - gifts, bequests, and donations...............           816,000

 

Contingent fund, penalty and interest account..........         1,736,300

 

Rehabilitation services fees...........................         1,269,400

 

Second injury fund.....................................            51,500

 

Student fees...........................................           308,000

 

Training material fees.................................           256,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,825,700

 

   Sec. 114.  CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS (PREPARED FOR

 

JOBS)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 55.0

 

Career and technical education--25.0 FTE positions..... $      3,400,500

 

Postsecondary education--14.0 FTE positions............       [1,906,300]

 

Adult education--16.0 FTE positions....................         2,378,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    [7,684,900]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         6,358,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private occupational school license fees...............           409,700

 

Defaulted loan collection fees.........................           100,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      [816,800]

 

   Sec. 115.  DEPARTMENT  GRANTS (PREPARED FOR JOBS,

 


VULNERABLE, KIDS SUCCEEDING, THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

Adult basic education.................................. $     20,000,000

 

Carl D. Perkins grants.................................        47,500,000

 

Focus: HOPE............................................         6,210,200

 

Gear-up program grants.................................         3,000,000

 

Job training programs subgrantees......................       119,602,700

 

Michigan community service commission subgrantees......         5,900,000

 

Personal assistance services...........................           459,500

 

Precollege programs in engineering and the sciences....         1,000,100

 

Vocational rehabilitation client services/facilities...        54,989,500

 

Vocational rehabilitation independent living...........         3,079,700

 

Welfare-to-work programs...............................       123,798,600

 

Fire protection grants.................................        10,921,000

 

Low-income energy efficiency assistance................        60,000,000

 

Liquor law enforcement grants..........................         6,000,000

 

Remonumentation grants.................................        14,000,000

 

Grant to the department of history, arts, and

 

   libraries, film office...............................           250,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    476,711,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

CNS....................................................         5,500,000

 

DAG, employment and training...........................        13,000,000

 

DED-OESE, gear-up......................................         3,000,000

 

DED-OSERS, centers for independent living..............           450,200

 

DED-OSERS, client assistance for individuals with

 

   disabilities.........................................           440,000

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational

 

   rehabilitation of state grants.......................        35,797,900

 

DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services facilities..........         2,272,500

 

DED-OSERS, supported employment........................         1,541,300

 

DED-OSERS, state grants for technical related

 

   assistance...........................................         2,240,800

 

DED-OVAE, adult education..............................        20,000,000

 

DED-OVAE, basic grants to states.......................        47,500,000

 

DOL-ETA, workforce investment act......................       119,602,700

 

Federal section 903(d), SSA funds......................         6,300,000

 

HHS-SSA, supplemental security income..................         2,480,600

 

HHS, temporary assistance for needy families...........        92,299,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local vocational rehabilitation facilities match.......         1,278,300

 

Local vocational rehabilitation match..................         6,630,500

 

Private - gifts, bequests, and donations...............           800,000

 

Contingent fund, penalty and interest account..........         1,000,000

 

Low-income energy efficiency fund......................        60,000,000

 

Fire protection fund...................................        3,500,000

 

Liquor purchase revolving fund.........................       [3,710,500]

 

Liquor license revenue.................................       [6,000,000]

 

Remonumentation grants.................................        14,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     27,367,000

 

   Sec. 116.  BOARDS, AUTHORITIES, AND COMMISSIONS

 

(PREPARED FOR JOBS, VULNERABLE, THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 148.0

 

MES board of review program--18.0 FTE positions........ $      2,047,200

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

Rights-of-way oversight authority--5.0 FTE positions...           515,900

 

Land bank fast track authority--3.0 FTE positions......           661,700

 

Broadband development authority--13.0 FTE positions....         1,588,200

 

Michigan community service commission--6.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................       [2,211,700]

 

Commission on Spanish-speaking affairs--2.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           234,000

 

Commission on disability concerns--7.0 FTE positions...         1,013,100

 

Commission for the blind--94.0 FTE positions...........        18,739,700

 

Utility consumer representation........................           550,000

 

Youth low vision program...............................           241,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $   [27,803,300]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal revenue........................................        14,296,800

 

CNS....................................................         1,631,400

 

DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................         2,047,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - gifts, bequests, and donations...............           580,300

 

Private revenues.......................................           124,300

 

Local revenues.........................................           508,900

 

Land bank fast track funds.............................           661,700

 

Michigan broadband authority fees and charges..........         1,588,200

 

METRO authority fund...................................           515,900

 

State restricted revenues..............................           548,100

 

Utility consumer representation fund...................           550,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    [4,750,500]

 


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

   Sec. 117.  MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND (THRIVING

 

ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 190.0

 

Administration--31.0 FTE positions..................... $      1,870,500

 

Job creation services--159.0 FTE positions.............        13,351,700

 

Michigan promotion program.............................         5,717,500

 

Economic development job training grants...............         9,798,000

 

Community development block grants.....................        45,000,000

 

Michigan 21st century jobs initiative..................               100

[Technology tri-corridor: life sciences initiative.....              100]

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $   [75,737,900]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDEQ, air quality fees.............................            78,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOL-ETA, employment service............................           724,000

 

HUD-CPD, community development block grant.............        47,297,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - special project advances.....................           700,000

 

Industry support fees..................................             5,000

 

Bond proceeds..........................................               100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $   [26,932,400]

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is [$398,968,600.00] and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $59,318,600.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

 

Fire protection grants................................. $    10,921,000

 

Liquor law enforcement.................................        6,000,000

 

Local manufactured housing inspections.................           250,000

 

Remonumentation grants.................................        14,000,000

 

Fire fighters training council.........................         1,700,000

 

Economic development job training grants...............         9,248,000

 

Welfare-to-work........................................        17,199,600

 

Total department of labor and economic growth.......... $    59,318,600

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "CEO" means chief executive officer of the Michigan

 

economic development corporation.

 

     (b) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.

 

     (c) "DED" means the United States department of education.

 

     (d) "DED-OESE" means the DED office of elementary and

 

secondary education.

 

     (e) "DED-OPSE" means the DED office of postsecondary

 

education.

 


     (f) "DED-OSERS" means the DED office of special education

 

rehabilitation services.

 

     (g) "DED-OVAE" means the DED office of vocational and adult

 

education.

 

     (h) "Department" means the department of labor and economic

 

growth, including the Michigan strategic fund.

 

     (i) "Director" means the director of the department of labor

 

and economic growth.

 

     (j) "DOE" means the United States department of energy.

 

     (k) "DOE-OEERE" means the DOE office of energy efficiency and

 

renewable energy.

 

     (l) "DOL" means the United States department of labor.

 

     (m) "DOL-ETA" means the DOL employment and training

 

administration.

 

     (n) "DOL-ODEP" means the DOL office of disability employment

 

policy.

 

     (o) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (p) "DOT-RSPA" means the DOT research and special programs

 

administration.

 

     (q) "EEOC" means equal employment opportunity commission.

 

     (r) "Fiscal agencies" means Michigan house fiscal agency and

 

Michigan senate fiscal agency.

 

     (s) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (t) "Fund" means the Michigan strategic fund.

 

     (u) "GED" means general education degree.

 

     (v) "HHS" means the United States department of health and

 


human services.

 

     (w) "HHS-SSA" means HHS social security administration.

 

     (x) "HUD" means the United States department of housing and

 

urban development.

 

     (y) "HUD-CPD" means HUD community planning and development.

 

     (z) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (aa) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (bb) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (cc) "MEDC" means the Michigan economic development

 

corporation, which is the public body corporate created under

 

section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the

 

urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to

 

124.512, by contractual interlocal agreement effective April 5,

 

1999, between local participating economic development corporations

 

formed under the economic development corporations act, 1974 PA

 

338, MCL 125.1601 to 125.1636, and the Michigan strategic fund.

 

     (dd) "MES" means Michigan employment security.

 

     (ee) "Metro authority" means metropolitan extension

 

telecommunications rights-of-way oversight authority.

 

     (ff) "MIOSHA" means Michigan occupational safety and health

 

administration.

 

     (gg) "Subcommittees" means all members of the subcommittees of

 

the house and senate appropriations committees with jurisdiction

 

over the budget for the department.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 


the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause a loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of

 

exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 

quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the subcommittees and the fiscal agencies. The plan shall include

 

the criteria under which the privatization initiative will be

 

evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to the

 

fiscal agencies and to the subcommittees within 30 months.

 


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on the Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 213. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user

 

fees to the department of information technology for technology-

 

related services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the departments and

 

agencies and the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 214. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 


to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 216. It is the intent of the legislature that all revenue

 

sources for funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be aggregated

 

into general categories and shall be specifically identified and

 

detailed as much as possible.

 

     Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 


     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 


 

 

REGULATORY

 

     Sec. 301. The appropriation in part 1 for fire protection

 

grants from the liquor purchase revolving fund and the fire

 

protection fund shall be appropriated to cities, villages, and

 

townships with state-owned facilities for fire services, instead of

 

taxes, in accordance with 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956.

 

     Sec. 302. The funds collected by the office of financial and

 

insurance services in connection with a conservatorship pursuant to

 

section 32 of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers

 

licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1682, shall be appropriated for

 

all expenses necessary to provide for the required services. Funds

 

are available for expenditure when they are received by the

 

department of treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at

 

the end of the fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 303. The funds collected by the department from

 

corporations being liquidated pursuant to the insurance code of

 

1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302, shall be appropriated

 

for all expenses necessary to provide for the required services.

 

Funds are available for expenditure when they are received by the

 

department of treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at

 

the end of the fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 304. The department may make available to interested

 

entities otherwise unavailable customized listings of

 

nonconfidential information in its possession, such as names and

 

addresses of licensees, and charge for this information as follows:

 

base fee for 1 to 1,000 records at the cost to the department;

 


1,001 to 10,000 records at 2.5 cents per record; and 10,001 or more

 

records at .5 cents per record. The revenue received from this

 

service may be used to offset expenses of programs as appropriated

 

in part 1. The balance of this revenue collected and unexpended at

 

the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the appropriate

 

restricted revenue account or fund or, in absence of such an

 

account or fund, to the general fund. The department shall submit

 

an annual report on or before December 1 of each year to the state

 

budget office and the subcommittees that states the amount of

 

revenue received from the sale of information.

 

     Sec. 306. The Michigan state housing development authority

 

shall annually present a report to the state budget office and the

 

subcommittees on the status of the authority's housing production

 

goals under all financing programs established or administered by

 

the authority. The report shall give special attention to efforts

 

to raise affordable multifamily housing production goals.

 

     Sec. 308. The funds collected by the department for licenses,

 

permits, and other elevator regulation fees set forth in R 408.8151

 

of the Michigan administrative code and as determined under section

 

8 of 1976 PA 333, MCL 338.2158, and section 16 of 1967 PA 227, MCL

 

408.816, that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall

 

carry forward to the subsequent fiscal year. The department shall

 

submit a report on an annual basis to the state budget office and

 

the subcommittees on the amount of funds available under this

 

section.

 

     Sec. 309. If the revenue collected by the department for

 

occupational safety and health from fees and collections exceeds

 


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the amount appropriated in part 1, the revenue may be carried

 

forward into the subsequent fiscal year. The revenue carried

 

forward under this section shall be used as the first source of

 

funds in the subsequent fiscal year.

 

     [Sec. 310. Money appropriated under this act for fire

 

safety programs shall not be expended unless, in accordance with

 

section 2c of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.2c,

 

inspection and plan review fees will be charged according to the

 

following schedule:

 

Operation and maintenance inspection fee

 

Facility type                  Facility size              Fee

 

  Hospitals                          Any            $8.00 per bed

 

Plan review and construction inspection fees for hospitals and

 

schools

 

Project cost range                                     Fee

 

$101,000.00 or less                           minimum fee of $155.00

 

$101,001.00 to $1,500,000.00                     $1.60 per $1,000.00

 

$1,500,001.00 to $10,000,000.00                  $1.30 per $1,000.00

 

$10,000,001.00 or more                           $1.10 per $1,000.00

 

                                      or a maximum fee of $60,000.00.

 

                                                                    

 

 

                                                              ]

 

     Sec. 313. If the revenue collected by the department from

 

licensing and regulation fees exceeds the amount appropriated in

 

part 1, the revenue may be carried forward into the subsequent

 

fiscal year. The revenue carried forward under this section shall

 

be used as the first source of funds in the subsequent fiscal year.


 

     Sec. 314. Funds earned or authorized by the United States

 

department of labor in excess of the gross appropriation in part 1

 

for the unemployment insurance agency and the employment service

 

agency from the United States department of labor are appropriated

 

and may be expended for staffing and related expenses incurred in

 

the operation of its programs. These funds may be spent after the

 

department notifies the state budget office and the subcommittees

 

of the purpose and amount of each grant award.

 

     Sec. 315. The department shall sell documents at a price not

 

to exceed the cost of production and distribution. Money received

 

from the sale of these documents shall revert to the department.

 

The funds are available for expenditure when they are received by

 

the department of treasury and may only be used for costs directly

 

related to the continued updating and distribution of the documents

 

pursuant to this section. This section applies only for the

 

following documents:

 

     (a) Corporation and securities division documents, reports,

 

and papers required or permitted by law pursuant to section 1060(5)

 

of the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.2060.

 

     (b) The subdivision control manual, the state boundary

 

commission operations manual, and other local government assistance

 

manuals.

 

     (c) The Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL

 

436.1101 to 436.2303.

 

     (d) The mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2301

 

to 125.2349; the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL

 

450.1101 to 450.2098; the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162,


 

MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192; and the uniform securities act, 1964 PA

 

265, MCL 451.501 to 451.818.

 

     (e) Labor law books.

 

     (f) Worker's compensation health care services rules.

 

     (g) Construction code manuals.

 

     (h) Copies of transcripts from administrative law hearings.

 

     Sec. 317. The department, MIOSHA, shall provide an annual

 

report by February 1 of each year to the state budget office, the

 

fiscal agencies, and the subcommittees on the number of individuals

 

killed and the number of individuals injured on the job within

 

industries regulated by the bureau during the most recent year for

 

which data are available.

 

     Sec. 318. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to MIOSHA

 

consultation education and training (CET) grants, not less than

 

$40,000.00 shall be allocated to nonprofit organizations

 

representing the aggregate industry in Michigan.

 

     Sec. 322. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for utility

 

consumer representation, the department shall produce and

 

facilitate the airing of public service announcements that inform

 

utility customers of the availability and purpose of these funds.

 

The utility consumer participation board shall report to the

 

subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and state budget office by

 

September 30 on its efforts in this area, including the amount of

 

expenditures made for this purpose.

 

     Sec. 326. The appropriation in part 1 for the Michigan

 

commission for the blind includes funds for case services. These

 

funds may be used for tuition payments for blind clients for the


 

school year beginning September 2005.

 

     Sec. 330. (1) The bureau of worker's and unemployment

 

compensation shall include in the remote initial claims center

 

(RICCS) automated phone system a choice to speak with an employee

 

of the unemployment agency as an option. This option should be

 

provided in the system as early as possible as deemed appropriate

 

in the system design. The department shall monitor the system to

 

ensure compliance with these guidelines.

 

     (2) The bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation

 

should continue to provide training opportunities to employees

 

affected with the implementation of RICCS.

 

     Sec. 332. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department make every effort to hold administrative law hearings on

 

actions initiated by the department against regulated businesses or

 

against individuals in regulated occupations in locations that are

 

within 150 miles of the regulated business or of the office of the

 

individual in a regulated occupation. In addition, it is the intent

 

of the legislature that the department make every effort to hold

 

administrative law hearings on actions initiated by an individual

 

outside the department in locations within 150 miles of the home of

 

the individual bringing the action if that individual wishes to

 

testify at the hearing.

 

     Sec. 335. The public service commission shall report by June 1

 

of each year to the subcommittees, the state budget office, and the

 

fiscal agencies on the distribution of funds appropriated in part 1

 

for the low-income/energy efficiency assistance program.

 

     Sec. 336. The department shall provide the subcommittees,


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fiscal agencies, and state budget director with a report on or

 

before December 1 outlining actual expenditures for the last

 

completed fiscal year for each division within the office of

 

financial and insurance services.

 

     Sec. 340. The office of financial and insurance services shall

 

provide copies of the quarterly and annual financial filings of

 

health maintenance organizations to the fiscal agencies on a timely

 

basis.

 

     [Sec. 347. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 for

       

protection grants, $3,700,000.00 shall be appropriated

 

ngent upon enactment of House Bill No. 5313 of the 92nd

 

lature and the meeting of the threshold conditions on revenue.]

 

     Sec. 349. The department and the Michigan state housing

 

development authority shall work collaboratively with other state

 

departments and agencies to maximize the use of available Michigan

 

state housing development authority fund equity to provide senior

 

assisted living that offers a continuum of care from independent

 

apartments to assisted living to nursing care and Alzheimer

 

programs.

 

     Sec. 350. (1) The department shall allocate funds to promote

 

awareness of the right of a policyholder, subscriber, member,

 

enrollee, or other individual participating in a health benefit

 

plan, after the covered person has exhausted the health carrier's

 

internal grievance process provided for by law, to request an

 

external review for an adverse determination.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "covered person" means that term

 

as defined in section 3 of the patient's right to independent


 

review act, 2000 PA 251, MCL 550.1903.

 

     Sec. 351. (1) The department shall issue a report to the

 

subcommittees by the end of each calendar year, but not later than

 

December 31 of each year, showing the date each real estate

 

continuing education course was submitted for approval and the date

 

of final disposition, approval, or denial.

 

     (2) The department shall post on its website the approved real

 

estate continuing education courses, as well as the dates, times,

 

instructors, locations, course title, and credit hours of the

 

courses.

 

     (3) The department shall have available to the public online

 

the prelicensure and continuing education course approvals.

 

     (4) It is the intent of the legislature that sponsors of

 

continuing education be able to report an applicant's or licensee's

 

completion of courses to the department via electronic methods.

 

     Sec. 352. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

unclassified salaries, the department shall provide funding for 5

 

worker's compensation appellate commissioners and 26 worker's

 

compensation board of magistrates. Expenditures shall be made so

 

that the 2 bodies shall decide worker's compensation cases in a

 

timely manner.

 

     Sec. 353. (1) The department shall prepare a detailed report

 

and deliver it to the subcommittees not later than January 15,

 

2005.

 

     (2) The report shall contain input from a delegate appointed

 

from and by the following organizations:

 

     (a) Michigan fire chiefs association.


 

     (b) Michigan state fireman's association.

 

     (c) Michigan firefighter's union.

 

     (d) Michigan fire service instructors association.

 

     (e) Michigan fire inspectors society.

 

     (f) Michigan chapter of the international association of arson

 

investigators.

 

     (3) The report prepared pursuant to subsection (1) shall

 

contain 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. The

 

report shall be based on the performance of the fire marshal

 

division in the performance of its fire safety duties during fiscal

 

year 2003-2004.

 

     Sec. 354. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, no funds shall

 

be used to support the development of, or activities that promote

 

the development of, guidelines, rules, standards, protocols, or

 

other similar mandates that are more stringent than federal

 

voluntary ergonomic guidelines. This section does not prohibit any

 

person from adopting, or working with the state to develop,

 

voluntary ergonomics standards.

 

     Sec. 356. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

Michigan commission for the blind work collaboratively with service

 

organizations to identify qualified match dollars to maximize use

 

of available federal funds.

 

     Sec. 357. If there is insufficient funding in part 1 for

 

remonumentation grants to meet the programmatic needs, the

 

department is encouraged to request additional authorization


 

through the legislative process.

 

     Sec. 358. The real estate education fund created in section 37

 

of the state license fee act, 1979 PA 152, MCL 338.2237, and

 

administered by the department shall allow prelicensure and

 

postlicensure education to be delivered through on-line courses by

 

a community college, university, or private school, after licensure

 

and approval by the department. Expenditures from this fund may

 

also be made to support department grants for educational providers

 

to establish on-line courses that would be made available to

 

students throughout the year.

 

     Sec. 360. The department shall create a tracking system for

 

real estate license continuing education credits that would allow

 

the licensee to ascertain the number of approved course credits

 

that the licensee has completed.

 

     Sec. 361. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1

 

for the administration of the land bank fast track authority, the

 

authority may expend revenues received under the land bank fast

 

track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774, for the purposes

 

authorized by the act including, but not limited to, the

 

acquisition, lease, management, demolition, maintenance, or

 

rehabilitation of real or personal property, payment of debt

 

service for notes or bonds issued by the authority, and other

 

expenses to clear or quiet title property held by the authority.

 

     Sec. 362. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

department, $200,000.00 may be used for administration and

 

enforcement of boxing regulation in Michigan.

 

     (2) It is the intent of the legislature that any additional


 

responsibilities associated with the administration and enforcement

 

of boxing regulation be accompanied by the passage and statutory

 

changes that would provide an adequate fee structure to support

 

those activities within the department.

 

     Sec. 363. It is the intent of the legislature that the next

 

vacancy on the worker's compensation board of magistrates be filled

 

by an individual that is a permanent resident in the Upper

 

Peninsula.

 

     Sec. 364. The department shall provide a report to the chairs

 

of the appropriation subcommittees on labor and economic growth by

 

January 1 on the total administrative costs allocated for the

 

broadband development authority. These costs should include all

 

staffing and other related costs associated with contracts. The

 

report shall also include any payments to date for reimbursement to

 

the Michigan state housing development authority. If no payments

 

have been made, then the report shall include a detailed plan

 

outlining the reimbursement schedule.

 

     Sec. 365. Funds collected by the department of management and

 

budget under sections 55, 57, 58, and 59 of the administrative

 

procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.255, 24.257, 24.258,

 

and 24.259, and section 203 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA

 

268, MCL 4.1203, are appropriated for all expenses necessary to

 

provide for the cost of publication and distribution. The funds

 

appropriated under this section are allotted for expenditure when

 

they are received by the department of treasury and shall not lapse

 

to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.

 

 


 

WORKFORCE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

 

     Sec. 401. The Michigan career and technical institute may

 

receive equipment and in-kind contributions for the direct support

 

of staff services through the Pine Lake fund, the Delton-Kellogg

 

school district or other local or intermediate school district, or

 

any combination of local or intermediate school districts in

 

addition to those authorized in part 1.

 

     Sec. 402. The Michigan rehabilitation service shall make every

 

effort to ensure that all sources of matching funds in this state

 

are used to obtain federal vocational rehabilitation funds. All

 

sources include, but are not limited to, privately raised funds to

 

support public nonprofit rehabilitation centers as permitted by the

 

rehabilitation act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, 29 USC 701 to 718,

 

720 to 751, 760 to 765, 771 to 776, 780 to 785, 791 to 794e, 795 to

 

795n, and 796 to 796l.

 

     Sec. 403. The local match requirements for vocational

 

rehabilitation facilities establishment grants shall not exceed

 

21.3% for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 404. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

vocational rehabilitation independent living, all general

 

fund/general purpose revenue not used to match federal funds shall

 

be used for the support of centers for independent living which are

 

in compliance with federal standards for such centers, for the

 

development of new centers in areas presently unserved or

 

underserved, for technical assistance to centers, and for projects

 

to build capacity of centers to deliver independent living

 

services. Applications for such funds shall be reviewed in


 

accordance with criteria and procedures established by the

 

statewide independent living council, the Michigan rehabilitation

 

services unit within the department, and the Michigan commission

 

for the blind. Funds must be used in a manner consistent with the

 

priorities established in the state plan for independent living.

 

The department is directed to work with the Michigan association of

 

centers for independent living and the local workforce development

 

boards to identify other competitive sources of funding.

 

     (2) As a condition of receipt of the funds appropriated in

 

part 1, the statewide independent living council and the Michigan

 

association of centers for independent living shall jointly produce

 

a report providing the following information:

 

     (a) Results in terms of enhanced statewide access to

 

independent living services to individuals who do not have access

 

to such services through other existing public agencies, including

 

measures by which these results can be monitored over time. These

 

measures shall include:

 

     (i) Total number of persons assisted by the centers and a

 

comparison to the number assisted in the previous year.

 

     (ii) Number of persons moved out of nursing homes into

 

independent living situations and a comparison to the number

 

assisted in the previous year.

 

     (iii) Number of persons for whom accommodations were provided to

 

enable independent living or access to employment and a comparison

 

to the number assisted in the previous year.

 

     (iv) The total number of disabled individuals served by

 

personal care attendants and the number of personal care attendants


 

provided through the use of any funds appropriated in part 1

 

administered by a center for independent living and a comparison to

 

the number served in the previous year.

 

     (b) Information from each center for independent living

 

receiving funding through appropriations in part 1 detailing their

 

total budget for their most recently completed fiscal year as well

 

as the amount within that budget funded through the vocational

 

rehabilitation independent living grant program referenced in part

 

1, the total amount funded through other state agencies, the amount

 

funded through federal sources, and the amount funded through local

 

and private sources.

 

     (c) Savings to state taxpayers in other specific areas that

 

can be shown to be the direct result of activities funded from the

 

vocational rehabilitation independent living grant program during

 

the most recently completed state fiscal year.

 

     (3) The report required in subsection (2) shall be submitted

 

to the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget

 

director on or before January 30.

 

     Sec. 405. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the department

 

for the work first program shall be expended for grants which

 

provide employment, education, community service, volunteerism

 

options, and training services to department of human services

 

program applicants and recipients and may be expended for grants

 

that provide employment, education, community service, volunteerism

 

options, and training services to former department of human

 

services program recipients, as well as to recipients of noncash

 

public assistance, specifically child day care, Medicaid, or food


 

stamp benefits. The work first program, however, shall not be

 

construed to be an entitlement to services.

 

     (2) An applicant may be a school district, intermediate school

 

district, community college, public or private nonprofit college or

 

university, nonprofit organization that provides school-to-work

 

transition programs or community service, or that provides

 

employment and training services or vocational rehabilitation

 

programs or state licensed accredited vocational or technical

 

education programs, proprietary school licensed by the state board

 

of education, local workforce development board, or a consortium

 

consisting of any combination of school districts, intermediate

 

school districts, community colleges, nonprofit organizations

 

described in this subsection, licensed proprietary schools, or

 

public or private nonprofit colleges or universities described in

 

this subsection.

 

     (3) When the work first job search requirements have been

 

completed or upon receiving 24 months of lifelong welfare benefits,

 

if the participant has not found employment, the work first site

 

shall identify the barriers that may prevent the participant from

 

obtaining employment and assist the client in removing those

 

barriers. The work first site shall also identify appropriate

 

education and job training programs which would be available to the

 

participant. The department shall encourage the Michigan works!

 

agencies to consider transportation challenges for work first

 

participants placed in employment. When an individual is re-

 

referred to work first because of an inability to retain

 

employment, the Michigan works! agencies shall confer with the


 

Michigan rehabilitation services, the department of human services,

 

or other professionals if considered appropriate by the Michigan

 

works! agency to screen for and identify issues that are preventing

 

the participant from succeeding in the labor market. Each Michigan

 

works! agency shall determine locally the number of times an

 

individual may be re-referred back to the program before consulting

 

with other service agencies. If no prohibitive barriers to work are

 

found, the individual shall comply with the work first program, or

 

be subject to appropriate penalties.

 

     (4) Work first program participants shall include applicants

 

and recipients of the department of human services program

 

established under section 57a of the social welfare act, 1939 PA

 

280, MCL 400.57a, and such individuals referred to a job club

 

program by a county department of human services board or a county

 

friend of the court as long as the participation in the job club is

 

part of an application submitted under this section.

 

     (5) Participants in the work first program shall not be

 

enrolled and counted in membership in a school district or

 

intermediate school district.

 

     (6) The department will work with the department of human

 

services to coordinate support services to work first participants

 

relating to special/emergency needs.

 

     (7) Work first program participants must receive or be

 

provided an explanation of the program including their benefits and

 

responsibilities before the job interview phase of the program.

 

This explanation shall include clear guidelines with regard to an

 

individual's eligibility for postemployment training support and


 

for applying hours in training toward work requirements.

 

     (8) The department shall make every effort to place a minimum

 

of 50% of clients who participate in the work first program in

 

positions that provide wages of $8.00 per hour or more. It is the

 

intent of the legislature that a minimum of 50% of clients obtain

 

certification of completion of vocational training or a

 

postsecondary education degree within 3 years of enrollment in the

 

program. The department shall competitively bid work first program

 

services as needed to meet these requirements.

 

     (9) The department shall submit to the fiscal agencies and the

 

state budget director by March 15 a report on the work first

 

program, including the number of participants served under this

 

section, the number of persons who located employment through work

 

first, the average wage of participants who found employment, the

 

number of persons who retained jobs for 6 months, the number of

 

participants placed in employment training and education programs,

 

the number of clients referred to work first who failed to report,

 

a compilation of barriers to employment by incidence and type

 

experienced by participants, and the number of participants

 

referred back to the family independence agency.

 

     (10) The department shall provide to the state budget director

 

and the fiscal agencies by May 15 and November 15 of each year a

 

report on the work first grants. The report due by May 15 shall

 

provide the information described in this subsection for each grant

 

or contract awarded during the preceding 2 quarters of the state

 

fiscal year. The report due by November 15 shall provide this

 

information for each grant or contract awarded during the preceding


 

full fiscal year. The report shall contain both of the following:

 

     (a) The amount and recipient of each grant or contract.

 

     (b) The number of participants in each service delivery area

 

and all of the following:

 

     (i) The number of clients placed in employment in each service

 

delivery area.

 

     (ii) The number of clients obtaining a postsecondary education

 

in each service delivery area.

 

     (iii) The number of clients placed in community service in each

 

service delivery area.

 

     (11) The department shall make available to work first

 

participants guidelines on eligibility for postemployment training

 

and how training/education and community service hours are applied

 

toward work participation requirements. These guidelines will be

 

presented by the department of human services and the department

 

contracted staff in accordance with department policy issuances and

 

department of human services program bulletins. These guidelines

 

presented by the department and the department of human services

 

shall balance the ability of participants to obtain training and

 

subsequent long-term high-wage employment with the need to connect

 

participants with the workplace. Any and all training/education and

 

community service, with the exception of high school completion and

 

GED preparation, must be occupationally relevant and in demand in

 

the labor market as determined by the workforce development board.

 

Participants must make satisfactory progress to continue in a

 

training/education component.

 

     (12) The work participation requirement is up to 40 hours per


 

week. However, work first participants may meet the work

 

participation requirement by combining a minimum of 15 hours per

 

week of work with training/education or community service.

 

Training/education and community service may last up to 36 months

 

and the calculated hours may include actual classroom seat time up

 

to 15 hours per week plus up to 1 hour of study time for each hour

 

of classroom seat time. Work first participants may enroll in

 

additional hours of classroom seat time beyond 15 hours. However,

 

these hours and the related study time will not count toward the

 

work participation requirement. The maximum amount of time allowed

 

for training may be no longer than a 2-year through 4-year program

 

while the maximum amount of time allowed for education may be 1

 

year to obtain a GED, 2 years for an associate's degree, or the

 

final year of a 2- through 4-year undergraduate program designed to

 

lead to immediate labor force attachment.

 

     (13) Work first participants may meet the work participation

 

requirement through enrollment in a short-term vocational program

 

requiring 30 hours of classroom seat time per week for a period not

 

to exceed 12 months, or by enrollment in full-time internships,

 

practicums, or clinicals required by an academic or training

 

institution for licensure, professional certification, or degree

 

completion, without an additional work requirement. In cases where

 

a short-term vocational program lasts less than 12 months, the

 

participant shall be eligible to enroll in 1 additional short-term

 

vocational program for a combined period not to exceed a total of

 

12 months.

 

     (14) Work first participants who lack a high school diploma or


 

GED and who enroll in high school completion or classes to obtain a

 

GED may count up to 10 hours of classroom seat time, combined with

 

a minimum number of hours of work per week, to meet their work

 

participation requirement. GED preparation shall be limited to 12

 

months.

 

     (15) The department shall convene a work group to review and

 

recommend available options for providing increased flexibility

 

regarding the education requirements as outlined in this article.

 

     (16) The funds appropriated in part 1 for work first shall be

 

allocated as follows:

 

     (a) Twenty-five percent of the average participant cost shall

 

be awarded at the time each client is enrolled in work first.

 

     (b) Fifty percent of the average participant cost shall be

 

awarded when the client obtains employment, education, community

 

service, volunteerism options, or training services.

 

     (c) Twenty-five percent of the average participant cost shall

 

be awarded when the client completes 6 months of continuous

 

employment, education, community service, volunteerism options, or

 

training services.

 

     Sec. 406. (1) Using all relevant state data sources, the

 

department shall conduct a 3-year longitudinal study of all former

 

work first participants, whose department of human services cases

 

closed due to earnings during fiscal year 1999 and in succeeding

 

fiscal years. The data will include the following:

 

     (a) The number and percentage employed.

 

     (b) The average hourly wage of those employed.

 

     (c) The current hourly wage of those employed.


 

     (d) The range of wages earned by those employed.

 

     (e) The number of individuals that earned each wage amount.

 

     (f) The number and percentage receiving health care benefits

 

from their employer.

 

     (g) The number and percentage receiving tuition reimbursement

 

from their employer.

 

     (h) The number and percentage receiving training benefits from

 

their employer.

 

     (i) The type of jobs obtained by former participants in

 

general categories.

 

     (j) The length of time former participants have retained their

 

jobs, or if participants have had more than 1 job, the length of

 

time employed at each job.

 

     (k) The number and percentage continuing to receive any type

 

of public assistance.

 

     (l) If the former recipient has children, whether the children

 

are enrolled in and attending school.

 

     (m) The extent to which the former participant feels that they

 

and their family are better off now than when they were on cash

 

assistance with regard to household income, housing, food and

 

nutritional needs, child health care, and access to health

 

insurance coverage.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the subcommittees, fiscal

 

agencies, and state budget director electronically by March 15 of

 

the location of the Internet site where the report containing the

 

identified data is located.

 

     (3) The department shall cooperate with the department of


 

human services in formulating and acquiring the identified data.

 

     (4) The department may retain a third party to conduct the

 

studies to obtain the data identified under this section.

 

     Sec. 407. State and federal funds allocated to local workforce

 

development boards for disbursement shall not be expended unless

 

the local workforce development boards maintain a partnership with

 

governmental agencies, public school districts, and public colleges

 

located within the local service delivery area. Each board shall

 

appoint an education advisory group made up of high-level

 

administrators within local educational institutions, workforce

 

development board members, other employers, labor, academic

 

educators, and parents of public school pupils.

 

     Sec. 409. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

precollege programs in engineering and the sciences, $500,050.00

 

shall be provided in the form of a grant to the Detroit precollege

 

engineering program, incorporated and $500,050.00 shall be provided

 

in the form of a grant to the Grand Rapids area precollege

 

engineering program.

 

     (2) The department shall submit a report to the subcommittees

 

and the fiscal agencies by February 1 regarding dropout rates,

 

grade point averages, enrollment in science, engineering, and math-

 

based curricula, and employment in science, engineering, and math-

 

based fields for students within the programs. The report shall

 

continue to evaluate the effectiveness of the precollege programs

 

in engineering and sciences funded through part 1 appropriations

 

and shall make recommendations on whether state support to expand

 

such programs to other areas of the state is warranted in future


 

fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 410. (1) The department shall have at least 1 disabled

 

veterans outreach program specialist or local veterans employment

 

representative present, at each Michigan works! service center on a

 

full- or part-time basis during hours of operation.

 

     (2) The department shall ensure that each Michigan works!

 

service center shall have the necessary equipment to allow the

 

disabled veterans outreach specialist or local veterans employment

 

representative to perform his or her duties in the same manner they

 

were performed prior to February 1, 1999.

 

     (3) The department shall require each Michigan works! service

 

center to have an employee available to ask each individual who

 

enters the office for service whether that individual is a veteran

 

and to refer each veteran to the disabled veterans outreach program

 

specialist or local veterans employment representative on duty at

 

the time.

 

     (4) The department shall require that each Michigan works!

 

service center shall have posted in a conspicuous place within the

 

office a notice advising veterans that a disabled veterans outreach

 

program specialist or a local veterans employment representative is

 

available to assist him or her.

 

     (5) The department shall require each Michigan works! service

 

center to provide free mediated services to employers wishing to

 

hire a veteran.

 

     (6) The department shall continue to make the appropriate

 

placement of veterans and disabled veterans a priority.

 

     Sec. 414. The department may carry into the succeeding fiscal


 

year unexpended federal pass-through funds to local institutions

 

and governments that do not require additional state matching

 

funds. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions and

 

governments that are received in amounts in addition to those

 

included in part 1 and that do not require additional state

 

matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended.

 

     Sec. 415. Of the amounts appropriated in part 1 for

 

postsecondary education, private occupational school license fees

 

shall fund related administrative costs of the proprietary schools

 

oversight unit within the department.

 

     Sec. 417. The department is appropriated an amount not to

 

exceed $100,000.00 from collection of defaulted loans under the

 

former future faculty program in the Martin Luther King, Jr. -

 

Cesar Chavez - Rosa Parks programs to offset costs of administering

 

the loan collections.

 

     Sec. 418. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

postsecondary education, the department shall administer the Martin

 

Luther King, Jr. – Cesar Chavez – Rosa Parks education opportunity

 

competitive grant program appropriated in the higher education

 

appropriation act. The department's duties shall include the

 

following:

 

     (a) Establishing criteria and a process for awarding

 

competitive grants to increase the participation of

 

underrepresented minority students to ensure their success in

 

postsecondary education institutions.

 

     (b) Providing information about the program and application

 

process to public universities and community colleges.


 

     (2) The department shall make grant awards for the program not

 

later than December 1 of each year.

 

     (3) The department shall provide a report to the house and

 

senate appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget director by February 1 of each year. The report shall

 

include at least the following information for each program

 

receiving funding in the prior school year, as applicable:

 

     (a) A description of the program.

 

     (b) The total number of program participants.

 

     (c) The number and percentage of program participants enrolled

 

in a postsecondary institution as a result of the program.

 

     (d) The number and percentage of program participants

 

successfully completing their first year of college and enrolled

 

for a second year.

 

     (e) The number and percentage of program participants who have

 

graduated.

 

     Sec. 425. The department shall work cooperatively with the

 

department of civil service to identify state employees who will

 

lose their jobs as a result of an agency or program being

 

reorganized, modified, or eliminated and shall develop training

 

programs and provide training to these individuals that will

 

provide them an opportunity and skills necessary to secure new

 

employment within state government or the private sector. It shall

 

be a priority of the department to provide training and employment

 

opportunities to these individuals through their employment service

 

locations.

 

     Sec. 426. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to job


 

training programs subgrantees, the department shall allocate

 

sufficient funds to the Michigan works! service centers to allow

 

these centers to remain fully operational.

 

     Sec. 427. The youth low-vision program is considered the payer

 

of last resort. Other available public or private insurance

 

coverage, including Medicaid or MIChild, and special education

 

funds, shall be exhausted prior to using any funds appropriated in

 

part 1 to purchase low-vision devices or equipment for an

 

individual.

 

     Sec. 429. (1) As a condition for receipt of the funds

 

appropriated in part 1, Focus: HOPE shall submit a report on the

 

use of the grant's funds appropriated in part 1 to the chairs of

 

the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget office

 

that includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 

     (a) Detailed expenditures for administration including

 

salaries and wages of employees.

 

     (b) Amount allocated for education and training programs

 

including number of students served by each program.

 

     (c) Amount allocated for job search assistance and career

 

planning including the number of students served by each program.

 

     (d) Detailed expenditures for any contracts entered into with

 

the use of these funds.

 

     (e) Detailed expenditures for any program enhancements

 

including number of new hires and capital expenditures.

 

     (2) The report shall be submitted on or before January 31.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND


 

     Sec. 501. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the fund for

 

economic development job training shall be expended in 2

 

categories: the business response program for employee training

 

grants which maintain or attract permanent jobs for Michigan

 

residents and the manufacturing competitiveness program for grants

 

to fund collaborative efforts which increase the competitiveness of

 

multiple companies within a grant. The business response program is

 

allocated up to $6,524,000.00, and the manufacturing

 

competitiveness program is allocated up to $3,524,000.00 not to

 

exceed the part 1 appropriation for this program in its entirety.

 

The fund has the authority to reallocate these amounts during the

 

fiscal year dependent on business demand and economic conditions.

 

     (2) Not more than $800,000.00 of the total grant may be

 

expended for administrative costs. Not more than 10% of the total

 

grant award may be expended by a recipient for administration

 

costs.

 

     (3) No funds appropriated in part 1 to the fund for economic

 

development job training grants may be expended for the training of

 

permanent striker replacement workers, unless a strike exceeds 3

 

years and good faith negotiations are ongoing.

 

     (4) Of the total funds appropriated in part 1 for economic

 

development job training grants, at least 75% of the funds shall be

 

awarded to community colleges or a consortium of community colleges

 

and other eligible applicants pursuant to subsection (5).

 

     (5) An applicant may be a school district, intermediate school

 

district, community college, public or private nonprofit college or

 

university, nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to


 

provide education programs or employment and training services or

 

vocational rehabilitation programs or school-to-work transition

 

programs, local workforce development board, the headquarters of a

 

federal and state sponsored manufacturing technology center, or a

 

consortium consisting of any combination of school districts,

 

intermediate school districts, community colleges, nonprofit

 

organizations described in this subsection, or public or private

 

nonprofit colleges or universities described in this subsection.

 

     (6) On or before October 1, the fund shall publish proposed

 

application criteria, instructions, and forms for use by eligible

 

applicants. The fund shall provide at least a 2-week period for

 

public comment prior to finalization of the application criteria,

 

instructions, and forms.

 

     (7) The award process will include a simple notice of intent

 

to be reviewed to see if the application merits further

 

consideration. If so, a full application may be submitted.

 

Applications for all grants shall be submitted to the fund, and

 

each application shall contain at least all of the following:

 

     (a) The name, address, and total number of employees of each

 

business organization whose employees are receiving job training.

 

     (b) A description of the specific job skills that will be

 

taught.

 

     (c) A clear statement of the project's scope of activities and

 

number of participants to be involved.

 

     (d) A commitment to maintain participant records in a form and

 

manner required by the fund.

 

     (e) A budget which relates to the proposed activities and


 

various program components.

 

     (8) Priority in the fund's awarding of grants shall be based

 

on the following criteria:

 

     (a) Demonstrated need for the type of training offered.

 

     (b) Creation and/or retention of high wage and high skilled

 

level jobs.

 

     (c) Other criteria determined by the fund to be important.

 

     (d) In addition, for the manufacturing competitiveness

 

program, the following criteria will receive priority: strong level

 

of collaboration and cooperation and demonstration of new

 

techniques, systems, and processes of value to the affected

 

companies.

 

     (9) Participants in economic development job training programs

 

shall be 16 years or older and not enrolled and counted in

 

membership in a school district, intermediate school district, or

 

community college.

 

     (10) A recipient of a grant under this section shall not

 

charge tuition or fees to participants in the program funded by the

 

grant. However, a nonprofit organization may charge tuition or fees

 

if the tuition plan or fees are recognized by the state and the

 

nonprofit organization receives additional funding from other

 

governmental or private funding sources for its programs.

 

     (11) For training delivered to incumbent workers under the

 

business response program, the business receiving the benefit of

 

the training shall provide a minimum of 20% of the program costs in

 

matching funds as necessitated by the program. For training

 

delivered under the manufacturing competitiveness program, the


 

business receiving the benefit of the training shall provide a

 

minimum of 30% of the program costs in matching funds as

 

necessitated by the program.

 

     (12) Grant funds shall be expended on a cost reimbursement

 

basis.

 

     (13) A recipient of a grant under this section shall allow the

 

fund or the agency's designee to audit all records related to the

 

grant for all entities that receive money, either directly or

 

indirectly through a contract, from the grant funds. A grant

 

recipient or contractor shall reimburse the state for all

 

disallowances found in the audit.

 

     (14) The fund shall provide to the state budget director and

 

the fiscal agencies by May 1 and November 1 of each year a report

 

on the economic development job training grants. The report due by

 

May 1 shall provide the information described in this subsection

 

for each grant or contract awarded during the preceding 2 quarters

 

of the state fiscal year. The report due by November 1 shall

 

provide this information for each grant or contract awarded during

 

the preceding full fiscal year. The report shall contain all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The amount and recipient of each grant or contract.

 

     (b) The number of participants under each grant or contract

 

and the number of new hires who are in training under the grant.

 

     (c) The names, addresses, and total number of employees of all

 

business organizations for whom training is or will be provided.

 

     (d) The matching funds, if any, to be provided by a business

 

organization.


 

     (15) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for economic

 

development job training grants, the fund shall not use these funds

 

to finance the startup or in any way subsidize any private

 

distributor of liquor products in Michigan.

 

     (16) As a condition of receiving funds under part 1, the fund

 

shall not expend any of the economic development job training grant

 

funds to train any employee who is an officer of a corporation in a

 

corporation employing more than 250 employees.

 

     Sec. 502. The Michigan growth capital fund shall be used to

 

develop the technology business sector in Michigan. The Michigan

 

growth capital fund will be used to encourage private and public

 

investment in the technology business sector, and all of the

 

following apply:

 

     (a) An applicant must match state funds on a 1:1 basis.

 

     (b) Eligible uses of the Michigan growth capital fund include

 

investments in organizations and programs that promote the

 

development of new industry sectors in Michigan; inducements to

 

attract additional venture capital funds to finance technology

 

development; support organizations, initiatives, or events that

 

promote entrepreneurship; provide match for university federal

 

research grants; and support technology transfer and

 

commercialization programs with universities and the private

 

sector.

 

     (c) The Michigan economic development corporation shall

 

administer the Michigan growth capital fund.

 

     (d) All funds received from repayment of loans, unused grants,

 

revenues received from sales or cash flow participation agreements,


 

guarantees, or any combination thereof or interest thereon,

 

originally distributed as part of the Michigan growth capital fund,

 

shall be received, held, and applied by the fund for the purposes

 

described in this subsection.

 

     (e) The Michigan economic development corporation shall

 

provide an annual report on the status of the Michigan growth

 

capital fund to the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the

 

state budget office by January 31.

 

     Sec. 503. Travel Michigan may establish and collect a fee to

 

cover the cost of materials and processing of photographic prints,

 

slides, videotapes, and travel product database information that

 

are requested by the media and other segments of the public and

 

private sectors. The fees collected shall be appropriated for all

 

expenses necessary to purchase and distribute these photographic

 

prints, slides, videotapes, and travel product database

 

information. The funds are available for expenditure when they are

 

received by the department of treasury.

 

     Sec. 504. Travel Michigan may receive and expend private

 

revenue related to the use of the "Michigan Great Lakes. Great

 

Times." copyrighted slogan and image. This revenue may come from

 

the direct licensing of the name and image or from the royalty

 

payments from various merchandise sales. Revenue collected is

 

appropriated for the marketing of the state as a travel

 

destination. The funds are available for expenditure when they are

 

received by the department of treasury.

 

     Sec. 506. The fund shall submit on or before May 1 and

 

November 1 to the subcommittees, state budget office, and the


 

fiscal agencies a listing of all grants which have been awarded by

 

the fund or by the Michigan economic development corporation from

 

the funds appropriated in part 1. The list shall include all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The name of the recipient.

 

     (b) The amount awarded to the recipient.

 

     (c) The purpose of the grant.

 

     Sec. 507. (1) The fund shall provide reports to the relevant

 

subcommittees, the state budget director, and the fiscal agencies

 

concerning the activities of the Michigan economic development

 

corporation grants and investment programs financed from the fund

 

using investment or Indian gaming revenues. The report shall

 

provide a list of individual grants and loans made from the fund.

 

The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following

 

programs funded in part 1:

 

     (a) Travel Michigan.

 

     (b) Michigan business development.

 

     (c) Global business development.

 

     (d) Small, minority, and disabled business services.

 

     (e) Community development block grants.

 

     (f) Strategic fund administration.

 

     (g) Renaissance zones.

 

     (h) Emerging business sectors and roundtables.

 

     (i) Business and clean air ombudsman.

 

     (j) Economic development job training grants.

 

     (k) Community assistance team.

 

     (l) Technology tri-corridor.


 

     (m) Any other programs of the fund.

 

     (2) The reports in subsection (1) shall be submitted by

 

January 1. The report for each program in subsection (1)(a) through

 

(m) shall include details on the actual spending and number of FTEs

 

for that program for the previous fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 508. As a condition of receiving funds under part 1, any

 

interlocal agreement entered into by the fund shall include

 

language that states that if a local unit of government has a

 

contract or memorandum of understanding with a private economic

 

development agency, the Michigan economic development corporation

 

will work cooperatively with that private organization in that

 

local area.

 

     Sec. 509. (1) Of the funds appropriated to the fund or through

 

grants to the Michigan economic development corporation, no funds

 

shall be expended for the purchase of options on land or the

 

purchase of land unless at least 1 of the following conditions

 

applies:

 

     (a) The land is located in an economically distressed area.

 

     (b) The land is obtained through a purchase or exercise of an

 

option at the invitation of the local unit of government and local

 

economic development agency.

 

     (2) Consideration may be given to purchases where the proposed

 

use of the land is consistent with a regional land use plan, will

 

result in the redevelopment of an economically distressed area, can

 

be supported by existing infrastructure, and will not cause shifts

 

in population away from the area's population centers.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "economically distressed area"


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005    (1 of 3)

means an area in a city, village, or township that has been

 

designated as blighted; a city, village, or township that shows

 

negative population change from 1970 and a poverty rate and

 

unemployment rate greater than the statewide average; or an area

 

certified as a neighborhood enterprise zone.

 

     Sec. 510. The appropriation in part 1 for the Michigan 21st

 

century jobs initiative is for the purposes of increasing the

 

amount of research and development taking place in Michigan

 

universities, companies, and nonprofit research institutions, and

 

for the purpose of accelerating the pace of commercialization in

 

the fields of advanced automotive technologies, advanced materials

 

and manufacturing, alternative energy technologies, life sciences,

 

and homeland security. These funds shall be distributed and

 

administered in a manner authorized in implementing legislation.

    

     [Sec. 510a. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the technology tri-corridor: life sciences initiative, $100.00 is appropriated for the life sciences initiative. All funding for the areas of homeland security and automotive initiative shall be funded from the Indian casino revenue or other federal sources. The program shall be administered by the Michigan economic development corporation.

     (2) A technology tri-corridor steering committee, appointed by the governor, shall consist of 19 members including the CEO, the director, the state treasurer, a member from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Western Michigan University, and the Van Andel Institute, 2 members representing the legislature, 1 of whom is chosen by the speaker of the house of representatives and 1 of whom is chosen by the majority leader of the senate, and 2 members actively engaged in each of the 3 targeted business sectors. The remaining members shall be appointed at large and may include members from the private sector, public sector, or other Michigan universities. Committee members are authorized to designate alternate members. The purpose of the steering committee is to provide advice and oversight of the initiative, including the development of criteria for the awards to qualifying universities, institutions, companies, or individuals. The steering committee will make decisions regarding distribution of these funds.

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005    (2 of 3)

     (3) Of the funds appropriated, $100.00 shall be allocated to a private research institute that has received a specific federal appropriation prior to 2005 for the creation of a good manufacturing practice facility. The facility shall be used for the production of drugs approved for use in clinical trials, as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and shall work to market the core technology alliance for the purposes of commercialization and providing access to advanced technologies to researchers affiliated with universities, private research institutes, and biotech or pharmaceutical firms. It is the intent of the legislature that $100.00 shall be made available for these purposes in fiscal years 2006 and 2007.

     (4) Of the funds appropriated, up to $100.00 may be used for administering the life sciences initiative including the monitoring of previous years’ awards. Not more than $100.00 shall be used to support a competitive business commercial development fund to support business commercialization research opportunities in Michigan. Applications from organizations specializing in business commercialization research and exporting headquartered in Oakland County shall be considered independently. In allocating funding to the business commercial development fund, the steering committee shall give maximum priority to supporting all potential commercialization opportunities that appear to have merit. Of the remaining funds appropriated for the life sciences initiative, 55% are allocated for a basic research fund, to be distributed on a competitive basis to Michigan universities or Michigan nonprofit research institutes, or both, for basic research in health-related areas. In addition, 45% of the remaining appropriated funds for the life sciences initiative are earmarked for a collaborative research fund to support peer-reviewed collaborative grants among Michigan universities and/or private research facilities, with emphasis on research testing or developing emerging discoveries. 

     (5) Repayment of any funds received as a result of awards made under 1999 PA 120, 2000 PA 292, 2001 PA 80, 2002 PA 517, 2003 PA 169, or this act including, but not limited to, funds received as interest or return on investment shall be deposited in the business commercial development fund. These funds are authorized for expenditure upon receipt and shall not lapse to the general fund.

     (6) The records of the steering committee involving a proposal submitted by an eligible entity that are of a scientific, technical, or proprietary nature, the release of which could cause competitive harm to the eligible entity as determined by the steering committee, are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.]

     Sec. 511. The money appropriated in part 1 to the fund is

 

subject to the condition that none is spent for premiums or

 

advertising material involving personal effects or apparel

 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005   ( 3 of 3)

including, but not limited to, T-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, or

 

other promotional items, except travel Michigan.

 

     Sec. 512. (1) From the general fund/general purpose

 

appropriations in part 1 to the fund and granted or transferred to

 

the Michigan economic development corporation, any unexpended or

 

unencumbered balance shall be disposed of in accordance with the

 

requirements in the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL

 

18.1101 to 18.1594, unless carryforward authorization has been

 

otherwise provided for.

 

     (2) Any encumbered funds shall be used for the same purposes


 

for which funding was originally appropriated in this article.

 

     Sec. 513. As a condition of receiving funds under part 1, the

 

fund shall ensure that the MEDC and the fund comply with all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to

 

15.246.

 

     (b) The open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

 

     (c) Annual audits of all financial records by the auditor

 

general or his or her designee.

 

     (d) All reports required by law to be submitted to the

 

legislature.

 

     (e) If the MEDC is unable for any reason to perform duties

 

under this article, the fund may exercise those duties.

 

     Sec. 514. As a condition for receiving the appropriations in

 

part 1, any staff of the Michigan economic development corporation

 

involved in private fund-raising activities shall not be party to

 

any decisions regarding the awarding of grants or tax abatements

 

from the fund, the Michigan economic development corporation, or

 

the Michigan economic growth authority.

 

     Sec. 515. (1) All funds received from repayment of loans,

 

unused grants, revenues received from sales or cash flow

 

participation agreements, guarantees, or any combination thereof or

 

interest thereon, originally distributed as part of the core

 

communities fund, shall be received, held, and applied by the fund

 

for the purposes described in this article.

 

     (2) The fund shall provide an annual report on the status of

 

this fund. The report shall be provided to the subcommittees, the


 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by January 31, for

 

the prior fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 516. The appropriation in part 1 providing a grant to the

 

department of history, arts, and libraries to support promotion

 

efforts of the Michigan film office to encourage the production of

 

movies and multimedia commercials in Michigan may be used for, but

 

is not limited to, the training of departmental staff to assist in

 

such productions as determined by the Michigan film office.

 

     Sec. 518. (1) The funding appropriated in part 1 of 2000 PA

 

291 for the Michigan core communities fund may be used to create an

 

urban revitalization infrastructure program in the fund for

 

economic development awards to create new jobs or contribute to

 

redevelopment and encourage private investment in core communities.

 

     (2) Awards may be provided to qualified local governmental

 

units as defined in the obsolete property rehabilitation act, 2000

 

PA 146, or certified technology parks, as defined in the local

 

development financing act, 1986 PA 281, MCL 125.2151 to 125.2174.

 

     (3) Awards can be used for land and property acquisition and

 

assembly, demolition, site development, utility modifications and

 

improvements, street and road improvements, telecommunication

 

infrastructure, site location and relocation, infrastructure

 

improvements, and any other costs related to the successful

 

development and implementation of core community or certified

 

technology park projects, at the discretion of the Michigan

 

economic development corporation.

 

     (4) Funding may be provided in the form of loans, grants,

 

sales or cash flow participation agreements, guarantees, or any


 

combination of these. A cash match of at least 10%, or local

 

repayment guarantee with a dedicated funding source, is required.

 

Priority shall be given to projects that are integrated with

 

existing economic development programs, and to projects in

 

proportion to the amount that local matching rates exceed 10%.

 

     (5) The Michigan economic development corporation shall have

 

all administrative responsibility for the Michigan core communities

 

fund and shall establish application and application scoring

 

criteria and approve awards. The Michigan economic development

 

corporation may utilize up to 1/2 of 1% of the fund for

 

administrative purposes.

 

     (6) Funds will be awarded through an open competitive process

 

based on criteria including the following: project impact, project

 

marketability, lack of adequate infrastructure or land assembly

 

financing sources, local administrative capacity, and the level of

 

local matching funds. Awardees shall agree to expedite the local

 

development process, such as fast-track permitting procedures,

 

streamlined regulatory requirements, standardized construction and

 

building codes, and the use of competitive construction permitting

 

fees.

 

     (7) No single applicant shall be awarded more than

 

$10,000,000.00 per project.

 

     (8) Fifteen days prior to the award of the funds, notification

 

shall be provided to the speaker of the house of representatives,

 

the senate majority leader, the members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director.


 

     (9) Funds shall not be awarded for any of the following

 

purposes:

 

     (a) Land sited for use as, or support for, a gaming facility.

 

     (b) Land or other facilities owned or operated by a gaming

 

facility.

 

     (c) Publicly owned land or facilities which may directly or

 

indirectly support a gaming facility.

 

     Sec. 519. It is the intent of the legislature that the members

 

of the executive committee of the corporation board of the MEDC be

 

subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13

 

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of military and veterans affairs for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006, from the funds indicated in this part. The

 

following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 7.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,016.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    118,258,500

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:


 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         1,656,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    116,601,700

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        49,537,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,355,800

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        27,360,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     38,348,200

 

   Sec. 102.  HEADQUARTERS AND ARMORIES (SAFETY,

 

PREPARED FOR JOBS)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 7.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 124.0

 

Headquarters and armories--83.5 FTE positions.......... $      9,972,700

 

Human resources optimization user charge...............            29,500

 

Unclassified military personnel........................           660,300

 

Military appeals tribunal..............................               900

 

Michigan emergency volunteers..........................             5,000

 

State active duty......................................            85,100

 

Challenge program--40.5 FTE positions..................         4,039,900

 

Homeland security......................................         1,000,000

 

Military family relief fund............................           600,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     16,393,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, community health..................................           100,000


 

IDG, challenge grant...................................           250,800

 

IDG, state police......................................           900,000

 

IDG, human services....................................           406,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD-DOA-NGB............................................         4,356,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Rental fees............................................           350,000

 

Mackinac Bridge authority..............................            55,000

 

Private donations......................................           790,800

 

Military family relief fund............................           600,000

 

Parent pay revenue.....................................           100,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      8,484,500

 

   Sec. 103.  MILITARY TRAINING SITES AND SUPPORT

 

FACILITIES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 200.0

 

Military training sites and support facilities--200.0

 

   FTE positions........................................ $     20,129,700

 

Military training sites and support facilities test

 

   projects.............................................           100,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,229,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD-DOA-NGB............................................        17,471,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Test project fees......................................           100,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,658,300

 

   Sec. 104.  DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (SAFETY)


 

Departmentwide accounts................................ $      1,656,500

 

Special maintenance - state............................           151,200

 

Special maintenance - federal..........................         5,300,000

 

Military retirement....................................         2,807,000

 

Counternarcotic operations.............................            50,000

 

Starbase grant.........................................           640,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,604,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD-DOA-NGB............................................         7,206,100

 

Federal counternarcotic revenues.......................            50,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,348,600

 

   Sec. 105.  VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

American legion........................................ $        886,000

 

Disabled American veterans.............................           732,400

 

Marine corps league....................................           336,300

 

American veterans of World War II and Korea............           464,800

 

Veterans of foreign wars...............................           886,000

 

Michigan paralyzed veterans of America.................           165,700

 

Purple heart...........................................           157,900

 

Veterans of World War I................................               100

 

Polish legion of American veterans.....................            41,200

 

Jewish veterans of America.............................            41,200

 

State of Michigan council - Vietnam veterans of

 

   America..............................................          159,500

 

Catholic war veterans..................................            41,200


 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,912,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,912,300

 

   Sec. 106.  GRAND RAPIDS VETERANS' HOME (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 517.0

 

Grand Rapids veterans' home--517.0 FTE positions....... $     45,662,000

 

Board of managers......................................           415,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     46,077,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DVA-VHA................................................        14,191,900

 

HHS-Medicaid...........................................           381,200

 

HHS-Medicare...........................................           749,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - veterans' home post and posthumous funds.....           340,000

 

Income and assessments.................................        16,006,400

 

Military family relief fund............................            75,000

 

Lease revenue..........................................            35,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     14,298,100

 

   Sec. 107.  D.J. JACOBETTI VETERANS' HOME (HEALTH)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 159.0

 

D.J. Jacobetti veterans' home--159.0 FTE positions..... $     14,457,500

 

Board of managers......................................           200,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     14,657,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DVA-VHA................................................         4,262,100


 

HHS-Medicare...........................................           367,100

 

HHS-Medicaid...........................................            87,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - veterans' home post and posthumous funds.....           125,000

 

Military family relief fund............................            75,000

 

Income and assessments.................................         4,840,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,900,200

 

   Sec. 108.  VETERANS' AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE

 

(VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.0

 

Veterans' affairs directorate administration--3.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $        318,600

 

Veterans' trust fund administration--13.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,141,100

 

Veterans' trust fund grants............................         3,746,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,206,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan veterans' trust fund..........................         4,887,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        318,600

 

   Sec. 109.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SAFETY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       1,177,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,177,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD-DOA-NGB............................................           109,100

 

DVA-VHA................................................          296,300


 

HHS-Medicare...........................................             8,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Income and assessments.................................           336,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        427,600

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $65,708,700.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $120,000.00. The itemized

 

statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to

 

local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

MILITARY TRAINING SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES

 

Payments in lieu of taxes.............................. $         70,000

 

MICHIGAN VETERANS' TRUST FUND

 

County counselor travel expenses....................... $         50,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $        120,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of military and veterans


affairs.

 

     (b) "Director" means the director of the department of

 

military and veterans affairs.

 

     (c) "DOD" means the United States department of defense.

 

     (d) "DOD-DOA-NGB" means the DOD department of the army,

 

national guard bureau.

 

     (e) "DVA" means the United States department of veterans'

 

affairs.

 

     (f) "DVA-VHA" means the DVA veterans' health administration.

 

     (g) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (h) "HHS" means the United States department of health and

 

human services.

 

     (i) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

department at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) Beginning October 1, a hiring freeze is imposed

 

on the state classified civil service. State departments and

 

agencies are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state

 

classified civil service employees and prohibited from filling any

 

vacant state classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze

 

does not apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1

 

position to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the


 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report by the last business day of each month to the chairpersons

 

of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze

 

approved during the previous month and the justification for the

 

exception.

 

     Sec. 207. Sixty days before beginning any effort to privatize,

 

the department shall submit a complete project plan to the

 

appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan

 

shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative

 

will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted

 

to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies within 30 months.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

value.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director of each department receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure

 

businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and

 

perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. Each

 

director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all

 

reports funded from appropriations in part 1. The department shall

 

follow all federal guidelines and state laws regarding short-term

 

and long-term retention of records.

 

     Sec. 212. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for military

 

training sites and support facilities, there shall be established a

 

Michigan national guard education assistance program. Disbursements

 

to the educational assistance program shall not exceed

 

$1,100,000.00 without legislative approval. Under the program, a

 

member of the national guard who is in active service and who

 

enrolls as a full- or part-time student at a public or private

 

state college or university may be eligible to receive up to an

 

equivalent of 50% of the total cost of tuition not to exceed

 

$2,000.00, as education assistance, in any academic year.


 

     (2) As used in this section, an eligible person means a member

 

of the Michigan national guard who is in active service, as defined

 

in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL

 

32.505. An eligible person does not include a member of the

 

Michigan national guard or air national guard who is absent without

 

leave or who is under charges as described in the Michigan code of

 

military justice of 1980, 1980 PA 523, MCL 32.1001 to 32.1148.

 

     (3) The department of military and veterans affairs, office of

 

the adjutant general shall administer the education assistance

 

program and prescribe forms and procedures to effectively carry out

 

the education assistance program.

 

     (4) An eligible person shall apply to the department of

 

military and veterans affairs, office of the adjutant general for

 

education assistance and shall provide evidence of attendance and

 

completion of the course of study with a grade of at least 2.0 on a

 

4.0 scale, or its equivalent. The adjutant general shall approve

 

the application for reimbursement if the applicant meets the

 

definition of an eligible person under subsection (2) and other

 

criteria as established by the adjutant general.

 

     (5) The education assistance program applies to any course of

 

instruction that is included in an associate, undergraduate, or

 

postgraduate degree program offered by a college or university of

 

this state.

 

     (6) The education assistance program applies to an eligible

 

person notwithstanding any other educational incentive or benefit

 

received by the eligible person under any other educational

 

assistance program provided by any other state.


 

     (7) An eligible person who successfully completes the course

 

of study with a grade of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its

 

equivalent, shall be eligible for reimbursement.

 

     (8) The department of military and veterans affairs may use

 

funds from the appropriated funds to administer the education

 

assistance program.

 

     (9) Reimbursed members who do not complete their national

 

guard obligation shall pay the state for money received from the

 

state for tuition. Members who fail to repay the state within the

 

time limits established by the adjutant general shall be indebted

 

to the state. The department shall work in conjunction with the

 

department of treasury for inclusion in the tax intercept program

 

for amounts due the state.

 

     (10) A portion of the funds for the Michigan national guard

 

education assistance program may be used by the department for the

 

purpose of promoting the program and for encouraging those persons

 

the department wishes to have enlist or reenlist in the Michigan

 

national guard.

 

     Sec. 213. The department shall consult with the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on military and veterans

 

affairs regarding the projected closing or consolidation of any

 

national guard armories.

 

     Sec. 214. It is the intent of the legislature that, should the

 

necessary legislation be enacted and funding become available,

 

funds be appropriated for state military cemeteries in Crawford and

 

Dickinson Counties.

 

     Sec. 221. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for


 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 223. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 225. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for


 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,


 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 226. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 227. Sixty days prior to the public announcement of the

 

intention to sell any department property, the department shall

 

submit notification of that intent to the appropriate senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 

 

 

HEADQUARTERS AND ARMORIES

 

     Sec. 301. The department may charge reasonable rental and

 

equipment usage fees for renting an armory or using the distance

 

learning network. The fee shall include the cost of overtime

 

compensation, insurance coverage, and any maintenance required.

 

     Sec. 302. (1) The funds appropriated in this article for

 

private donations to the challenge program shall be considered

 

state restricted revenue, and unexpended funds remaining at the

 

close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but

 

shall be carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year.

 

     (2) The department shall make every effort to identify

 

alternative sources of revenue to replace the general fund/general

 

purpose funding provided in this article for the challenge program.

 

     (3) The department may charge a parent or guardian of a

 

participant in the challenge program a fee for participating in the


 

program if the participant is a member of a family with an income

 

that exceeds 200% of the federal poverty guidelines as published by

 

the United States department of health and human services. The

 

amount charged the parent or guardian shall not exceed the per

 

student state share cost of administering the program. The parent

 

or guardian shall be notified of any charge to be assessed under

 

this subsection prior to enrollment of the child in the program.

 

     Sec. 304. The department will partner with the department of

 

human services to identify youth who may be eligible for the

 

challenge program from those youth served by department of human

 

services programs. These eligible youth shall be given priority for

 

enrollment in the program.

 

 

 

VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

 

     Sec. 501. (1) Money appropriated in part 1 for grants to

 

veterans service organizations shall be used only for salaries,

 

wages, related personnel costs, training, and equipment for

 

accredited veteran service advocacy officers and necessary support

 

and  managerial staff. Training shall be provided for service

 

advocacy officers and shall be conducted by accredited advocacy

 

officers.

 

     (2) To receive a grant from the money appropriated in part 1,

 

a veterans service organization shall meet the following

 

eligibility requirements:

 

     (a) Be congressionally chartered by the United States

 

congress.

 

     (b) Be an active participating member of the Michigan veterans


 

organizations' rehabilitation and veterans service committee and

 

abide by its rules, guidelines, and programs.

 

     (c) Demonstrate the receipt of monetary or service support

 

from its own organization.

 

     (d) Comply with the department's and the legislature's

 

requirements of accounting audits, service work activity,

 

accounting of recoveries, listing of volunteer hours, budget

 

requests, and other requirements specified in subsection (3).

 

     (e) For a veterans service organization founded after

 

September 30, 1989, be in operation and providing service to

 

Michigan veterans for not less than 2 years before receiving an

 

initial state grant.  During this 2-year period of time, the

 

organization shall file a listing of service work activity and an

 

accounting of recoveries with the department, the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, the senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees on military affairs, and the state

 

budget office on forms as prescribed by the department.

 

     (3) A veterans service organization receiving a grant from the

 

money appropriated in part 1 shall file with the department an

 

accounting of its expenditures, audited and certified by a

 

certified public accountant, within 120 days after the

 

organization's fiscal year end. Each organization shall provide a

 

detailed budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2007 to the department by November 15, 2005. Each veterans service

 

organization shall provide 5 copies of a listing of all service

 

activity, an accounting of recoveries, and a listing of volunteer

 

hours for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 to the


 

department by January 31, 2006. The listing of volunteer hours

 

shall include the hours, services, and donations provided to

 

residents of the Grand Rapids veterans' home and the D.J. Jacobetti

 

veterans' home. Each veterans service organization shall provide a

 

copy of the most recent and completed internal revenue service form

 

990 to the department at the end of the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2005. A veterans service organization receiving a

 

grant from the money appropriated in part 1 shall use the forms

 

recommended by the Michigan veterans organizations rehabilitation

 

and veterans service committee for filing reports required by this

 

article. The department shall forward information required under

 

this section to the senate and house fiscal agencies, the senate

 

and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on

 

military affairs, and the state budget office.

 

     (4) The veterans service directors committee and the

 

department shall take steps to improve the coordination of veterans

 

benefits counseling in the state to maximize the effective and

 

efficient use of taxpayer dollars in this goal and to ensure that

 

every veteran is served.

 

     (5) To accomplish the goal of subsection (4), the veterans

 

service directors committee and the department shall take steps to

 

increase their responsibility in the administration, management,

 

oversight, and outreach of the delivery of services to veterans. 

 

The veterans service directors committee and the department shall

 

involve county veterans counselors and representatives from the

 

Michigan veterans trust fund to work in concert to identify,

 

implement, and evaluate steps to do all of the following:


 

     (a) Increase the veterans service directors committee and the

 

department's role in working directly with the United States

 

department of veterans' affairs to enhance the delivery of services

 

to Michigan veterans.

 

     (b) Increase the number of initial claims filed with the

 

United States department of veterans' affairs on behalf of veterans

 

for service-connected disability or pension benefits. The veterans

 

service directors committee and the department may work toward

 

either an absolute increase of approved claims or an increase in

 

the percentage of Michigan veterans with approved claims.

 

     (c) Develop methods to increase rates of recovery paid by the

 

United States department of veterans' affairs to Michigan veterans

 

either by an increase in compensation paid per approved claim or

 

increase in compensation paid on a per capita basis.

 

     (d) Expand training opportunities for veterans service

 

organization service officers.

 

     (e) Increase either the number or percentage of Michigan

 

veterans enrolled in the VA healthcare system.

 

     (f) Publicize the availability, benefit, and value of burial

 

in the Fort Custer and Great Lakes national cemeteries.

 

     (g) Review each grant recipient's performance under the

 

program and require that performance be a major consideration in

 

the future funding of each grant recipient.

 

     (6) The veterans service directors committee and the

 

department shall create a report of the efforts to complete the

 

goals outlined in this section and shall provide suggestions on how

 

a more effective and efficient veterans' benefits counseling


 

program may best be designed for implementation for fiscal year

 

2006-2007. This report shall be delivered to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees no later than March 15, 2006.

 

 

 

VETERANS' HOMES

 

     Sec. 601. Appropriations in this article for the Grand Rapids

 

veterans' home and the D.J. Jacobetti veterans' home shall not be

 

used for any purpose other than for veterans and veterans'

 

families.

 

     Sec. 602. The Grand Rapids veterans' home and the D.J.

 

Jacobetti veterans' home, together with the department and the

 

department of management and budget, shall produce and deliver to

 

the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees on state police and military affairs an annual

 

written report. The report shall include an accounting of member

 

populations and bed space available; a description and accounting

 

of services and activities provided to members; financial

 

information; current state nursing home licensure status; the steps

 

required for Medicaid certification, including a listing of any

 

personnel, equipment, supplies, or budgetary increases required;

 

and whether or not steps are being taken toward Medicaid

 

certification. The report shall also include a feasibility study of

 

how additional privatization of employees might reduce operating

 

costs of the homes. The annual report shall be submitted to the

 

senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on

 

military affairs no later than February 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 603. The money appropriated in this article for the


 

boards of managers may be expended for facility improvements, the

 

purchase and repair of equipment and furnishings, member services,

 

and other purposes that benefit the Grand Rapids veterans' home and

 

the D.J. Jacobetti veterans' home.

 

 

 

VETERANS' TRUST FUND

 

     Sec. 703. (1) By April 1, 2006, the department shall submit to

 

the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees on military affairs and the state budget office a

 

detailed annual report of the Michigan veterans' trust fund for

 

fiscal year 2004-2005. The report shall include information on

 

grants provided from the emergency grant program and the veterans

 

survivor tuition program, including details concerning the

 

methodology of allocations, the selection of emergency grant

 

program authorized agents, and a detailed breakdown of trust fund

 

expenditures for that year. The report shall also provide an update

 

on the department's efforts to reduce program administrative costs.

 

     (2) The annual report required under subsection (1) shall

 

contain information on the veterans survivors tuition program,

 

including the number of participants, where the participants

 

attended school, payments made to each school, the average grade

 

point and number of college credits earned by each participant, the

 

number of participants suspended by the program, and the number of

 

participants who earned a degree during fiscal year 2004-2005.

 

     Sec. 704. The Michigan veterans affairs directorate

 

administration and the Michigan veterans' trust fund administration

 

shall take steps to assist the county veterans counselors of the


 

state to obtain training necessary for the execution of their

 

duties.

 

     Sec. 705. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that prior

 

to the enactment of the fiscal year 2006-2007 appropriations bill

 

for the Michigan veterans' trust fund, there shall be legislation

 

enacted which shall provide a dedicated funding source for the cost

 

of the veterans' survivors tuition program which is a fund source

 

other than from revenue from the Michigan veterans' trust fund so

 

that annual interest earnings from the trust fund can be used

 

solely for its original intent of providing temporary emergency

 

financial assistance to wartime veterans in the state.

 

     (2) Should the provisions of subsection (1) be enacted, it is

 

the intent of the legislature that the veterans' trust fund board

 

only expend interest earned by the Michigan veterans' trust fund as

 

provided in 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9, MCL 35.601a to 35.610, and

 

that the board earmark funds each year from the interest earnings

 

to pay into the corpus of the fund until the corpus of the fund

 

reaches its original amount of $50,000,000.00.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of natural resources for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006,


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary

 

of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - FUNDING SOURCE

 

SUMMARY

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions...... [2,078.2]

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  [275,399,100]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, engineering services to work orders...............         1,566,600

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............         1,418,100

 

IDG, land acquisition services to work orders..........           706,500

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         3,691,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  [271,707,900]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, federal...........................................         7,166,000

 

DOC, federal...........................................            67,000

 

DOE, federal...........................................             1,000

 

DOI, federal...........................................        23,545,000

 

DOI, oil and gas royalty revenue.......................           150,000

 

DOI, timber revenue....................................         3,300,000

 

DHS, USCG..............................................         2,689,600

 

DOT, federal...........................................         1,800,000

 

EPA, federal...........................................           271,600

 

Total federal revenues.................................        38,990,200

 

   Special revenue funds:


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

Private funds..........................................         1,590,100

 

Private, gift revenues.................................           500,000

 

Total private revenues.................................         2,090,100

 

Air photo fees - geographic information system.........            43,500

 

Aircraft fees..........................................           245,300

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund.........................            54,100

 

Commercial forest fund.................................            48,300

 

Forest recreation fund.................................         1,386,900

 

Forest development fund................................      [32,645,300]

 

Forest land user charges...............................           317,300

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        62,314,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...           966,400

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...         2,508,900

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....         1,748,000

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........            99,900

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......         1,611,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach.......................            26,800

 

Harbor development fund................................         3,287,400

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................         5,919,300

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         4,714,300

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund....         1,139,500

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................        12,375,100

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................        15,906,800

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................         3,292,800

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................           785,300

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................         3,227,600


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

Park improvement fund..................................        36,957,800

 

Publication revenue....................................             3,600

 

Recreation improvement fund............................         1,444,500

 

Safety education fund..................................           206,100

 

Shop fees..............................................            63,700

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................         1,957,500

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         9,724,600

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     [205,023,000]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     25,604,600

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 44.6

 

Commission (including travel expense--per diem)........ $         91,300

 

Unclassified salaries..................................           416,500

 

Education and outreach--33.6 FTE positions.............         3,302,300

 

Executive direction--11.0 FTE positions................         2,081,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,891,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............            22,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aircraft fees..........................................               500

 

Air photo fees - geographic information system.........            11,300

 

Forest development fund................................           249,400

 

Forest land user charges...............................             6,400

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            26,600

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         1,741,800


 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...            36,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...            10,100

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            20,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........               900

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......            20,400

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach.......................            26,800

 

Harbor development fund................................               600

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................            40,000

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            28,400

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund....             2,600

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................            31,400

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................            42,100

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           296,000

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            12,600

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................             2,900

 

Park improvement fund..................................         2,370,600

 

Publications revenue...................................               500

 

Recreation improvement fund............................            12,700

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................             4,400

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................            34,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        837,700

 

   Sec. 103. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 93.0

 

Budget and support services--10.0 FTE positions........ $        913,000

 

Financial services--24.0 FTE positions.................         2,339,000


 

Grants, contracts, and customer systems--30.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         5,574,400

 

Human resources--21.0 FTE positions....................         2,139,600

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            88,600

 

Internal audit--8.0 FTE positions......................           809,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     11,863,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............            14,200

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI, federal...........................................           343,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aircraft fees..........................................             3,100

 

Air photo fees - geographic information system.........               700

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund.........................            54,100

 

Commercial forest fund.................................             1,800

 

Forest development fund................................           670,000

 

Forest land user charges...............................             1,000

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            57,500

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         5,275,000

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...            49,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...            25,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            39,200

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........               800

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......            41,500

 

Harbor development fund................................            11,300

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................            32,000


 

Marine safety fund.....................................           183,300

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................           883,100

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           119,900

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           509,700

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund....            49,500

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            22,100

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................            89,000

 

Park improvement fund..................................         1,813,600

 

Publication revenue....................................             3,100

 

Recreation improvement fund............................            16,700

 

Shop fees..............................................               400

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................          136,300

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................           202,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,213,300

 

   Sec. 104. LAND AND FACILITIES (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 123.2

 

Land and facilities--123.2 FTE positions............... $      15,667,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,667,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............         1,346,700

 

IDG, engineering services to work orders...............         1,566,600

 

IDG, land acquisition services to work orders..........           706,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aircraft fees..........................................           122,300

 

Forest development fund................................         1,631,200


 

Forest land user charges...............................            12,700

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            10,400

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         3,504,600

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................         5,731,200

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            91,200

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................            60,600

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           270,000

 

Park improvement fund..................................           371,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        241,500

 

   Sec. 105. DEPARTMENTAL OPERATION SUPPORT (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

Building occupancy charges............................. $      2,071,600

 

Rent - privately owned property........................           485,600

 

Gifts and bequests.....................................           500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,057,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - gift revenues................................           500,000

 

Forest development fund................................           957,300

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            20,400

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................           475,900

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...            20,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...             6,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            25,000

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......             7,500

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            46,100

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           213,100


 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           237,600

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................            66,700

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................            21,600

 

Park improvement fund..................................           316,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        141,800

 

   Sec. 106. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 195.7

 

Wildlife administration--14.5 FTE positions............ $      1,508,100

 

Wildlife management--163.2 FTE positions...............        24,803,000

 

Natural resources heritage--18.0 FTE positions.........         1,248,200

 

State game and wildlife area maintenance...............           500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,059,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, federal...........................................            97,900

 

DOI, federal...........................................        11,112,200

 

EPA, federal...........................................             1,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           108,500

 

Forest development fund................................            60,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        10,085,000

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...         2,299,500

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....         1,580,400

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........            98,200

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................           711,200


 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,905,400

 

   Sec. 107. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 225.0

 

Aquatic resource mitigation--3.0 FTE positions......... $        890,900

 

Fisheries administration--10.0 FTE positions...........           999,600

 

Fisheries resource management--150.0 FTE positions.....        17,287,600

 

Fish production--62.0 FTE positions....................         8,126,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     27,304,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOE, federal...........................................             1,000

 

DOC, federal...........................................            50,300

 

DOI, federal...........................................         8,231,100

 

EPA, federal...........................................           155,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           109,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...           889,900

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        17,866,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 108. PARKS AND RECREATION (RESOURCE

 

CONSERVATION, THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 785.7

 

State parks--581.2 FTE positions....................... $     44,289,500

 

State park improvement revenue bonds - debt service....         1,107,900

 

Recreational boating--201.5 FTE positions..............        13,680,500

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps--3.0 FTE


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

   positions............................................         1,058,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     60,136,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, federal...........................................           113,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           344,200

 

Harbor development fund................................         3,270,000

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund....         1,058,800

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................        11,426,200

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................        13,410,500

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................           230,100

 

Park improvement fund..................................        30,283,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109. FOREST, MINERAL, AND FIRE MANAGEMENT

 

(RESOURCE CONSERVATION, THRIVING ECONOMY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ [342.5]

 

Forest and timber treatments--[121.0 FTE positions..... $    15,738,800]

 

Forest management planning--18.0 FTE positions.........         5,453,300

 

Adopt-a-forest program.................................            25,000

 

Forest fire protection--133.5 FTE positions............        10,496,400

 

Forest recreation and trails--33.0 FTE positions.......         4,878,700

 

Minerals management--17.3 FTE positions................         2,081,900

 

Cooperative resource programs--10.5 FTE positions......         2,578,000

 

Forest management initiative--9.2 FTE positions........           889,000

 

Forest fire equipment..................................         1,700,000


 

House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $   [43,841,100]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, federal...........................................         2,243,100

 

DOI, federal...........................................             2,000

 

EPA, federal...........................................             1,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           877,700

 

Aircraft fees..........................................           119,400

 

Air photo fees - geographic information system.........            26,300

 

Commercial forest fund.................................            45,000

 

Forest recreation fund.................................         1,146,600

 

Forest development fund................................      [27,333,200]

 

Forest land user charges...............................           284,400

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         1,605,800

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           364,600

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................         1,079,700

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           532,500

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................           389,500

 

Recreation improvement fund............................           305,200

 

Shop fees..............................................            63,300

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         2,093,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,328,300

 

   Sec. 110. LAW ENFORCEMENT (RESOURCE CONSERVATION)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 268.5

 

Wildlife resource protection and enforcement dispatch-

 

   -10.0 FTE positions.................................. $      1,588,300


 

General law enforcement--258.5 FTE positions...........        27,171,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,759,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOC, federal...........................................            16,700

 

DOI, federal...........................................         1,189,300

 

DHS, USCG..............................................         2,689,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            55,400

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......         1,477,500

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        17,474,600

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         1,460,100

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................         1,141,600

 

Safety education fund..................................            56,100

 

Park improvement fund..................................            55,400

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................           941,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,201,900

 

   Sec. 111. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT)

 

Swamp and tax reverted lands........................... $      7,071,500

 

Purchased lands........................................         5,400,000

 

Commercial forest reserve..............................         2,662,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,134,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         2,040,000

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................           520,000


 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           140,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     12,434,100

 

   Sec. 112. GRANTS (RESOURCE CONSERVATION, EFFECTIVE

 

GOVERNMENT, SAFETY)

 

Grant to counties--marine safety....................... $      2,805,000

 

Federal - land and water conservation fund payments....         2,566,900

 

Federal - forest stewardship grants....................           625,000

 

Federal - urban forestry grants........................         4,000,000

 

Federal - rural community fire protection..............           300,000

 

Federal - clean vessel act grants......................           100,000

 

Grants to communities - federal oil, gas, and timber

 

   payments.............................................         3,450,000

 

Recreation improvement fund grants.....................         1,100,000

 

Snowmobile local grants program........................         7,314,000

 

Snowmobile law enforcement grants......................           842,000

 

Off-road vehicle safety training grants................           150,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement grants..............         1,374,500

 

National recreational trails...........................         1,850,000

 

Game and nongame wildlife fund grants..................            10,000

 

Inland fisheries resources grants......................           200,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,687,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DAG, federal...........................................         4,825,000

 

DOI, federal...........................................         2,666,900

 

DOI, federal oil and gas royalty revenue...............           150,000

 

DOI, federal timber revenue............................         3,300,000


 

DOT, federal...........................................         1,800,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           150,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................           200,000

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         2,805,000

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            10,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................         1,374,500

 

Recreation improvement fund............................         1,100,000

 

Safety education fund..................................           150,000

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................           842,000

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         7,314,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       8,997,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $       8,997,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............            34,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air photo fees - geographic information system.........             5,200

 

Commercial forest fund.................................             1,500

 

Forest development fund................................         1,744,200

 

Forest land user charges...............................            12,800

 

Forest recreation fund.................................            70,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         2,045,500

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...           102,300

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...            34,000


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            82,700

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......            64,900

 

Harbor development fund................................             5,500

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................           116,100

 

Marine safety fund.....................................           100,200

 

Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund....            28,600

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................           651,300

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................            41,300

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           678,400

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            29,400

 

Park improvement fund..................................         1,746,500

 

Recreation improvement fund............................             9,900

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            33,700

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................            58,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,300,600

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 is

 

[$230,627,600.00] and state spending from state resources to be paid

 

to local units of government for the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2006 is $27,729,600.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to local units of government


 

will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

 

Purchased lands........................................ $              

 

Swamp and tax reverted lands...........................        7,071,500

 

Commercial forest reserves.............................                 

 

GRANTS

 

Grants to counties - marine safety.....................        2,805,000

 

Off-road vehicle safety training grants................           150,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement grants..............         1,374,500

 

Recreation improvement fund grants.....................           110,000

 

Snowmobile law enforcement grants......................           842,000

 

Snowmobile local grants program........................        7,314,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $     27,729,600

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Commission" means the commission of natural resources.

 

     (b) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.

 

     (c) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

 

     (d) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland

 

security.

 

     (e) "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.

 

     (f) "DOE" means the United States department of energy.

 

     (g) "DOI" means the United States department of interior.

 

     (h) "DOT" means the United States department of


 

transportation.

 

     (i) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

     (j) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (k) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (l) "USCG" means the United States coast guard.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount

 

of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of

 

representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of


 

exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 

quarter and the reasons to justify the exceptions.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan

 

shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative

 

will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted

 

to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies within 30 months.

 

     Sec. 208. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this article. This may include

 

transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients

 

identified for each reporting requirement or it may include

 

placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.

 

     Sec. 209. By February 21, 2006, the department shall provide

 

the state budget director, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on natural resources, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies with an annual report on estimated restricted fund

 

balances, projected revenues, and expenditures for the fiscal years

 

ending September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 211. (1) From the funds appropriated under part 1, the

 

department shall prepare a report that lists all of the following

 

regarding grant, loan, or grant and loan programs administered by

 

the department for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2006:

 

     (a) The name of each program.


 

     (b) The goals, criteria, filing fees, nominating procedures,

 

eligibility requirements, processes, and deadlines for each

 

program.

 

     (c) The maximum and minimum grant and loan available and

 

whether there is a match requirement for each program.

 

     (d) The amount of any required match, and whether in-kind

 

contributions may be used as part or all of a required match.

 

     (e) Information pertaining to the application process, the

 

timeline for each program, and the contact people within the

 

department.

 

     (f) The source of funds for each program, including the

 

citation of pertinent authorizing acts.

 

     (g) Information regarding plans for the next fiscal year for

 

the phaseout, expansion, or changes for each program.

 

     (h) A listing of all recipients of grants or loans awarded by

 

the department by type and amount of grant or loan during the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

 

     (2) The reports required under this section shall be submitted

 

to the state budget director, the senate and house appropriations

 

committees and the senate and house fiscal agencies by January 1,

 

2006.

 

     Sec. 212. Appropriations of state restricted game and fish

 

protection funds have been made to the following departments and

 

agencies in their respective articles. The amounts appropriated to

 

these departments and agencies are limited to the amounts listed

 

below:

 

Department of civil service............................ $        293,200


 

Legislative auditor general............................            21,400

 

Attorney general.......................................           670,700

 

Department of management and budget....................           228,000

 

     Sec. 214. The department shall develop a plan for allocating

 

restricted funds among department administrative support and

 

regulatory activities. This plan shall be submitted to the house

 

and senate appropriations subcommittees on natural resources by

 

January 30, 2006. This plan shall include a cost allocation plan

 

for financial services support, office space rent and building

 

occupancy charges, support division service for information systems

 

and technology, and a methodology to use information generated

 

through activity reports that identifies the percentage of employee

 

time spent on restricted fund activities.

 

     Sec. 215. Pursuant to section 43703(3) of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.43703, there is appropriated from the game and fish protection

 

trust fund to the game and fish protection fund, $6,000,000.00 for

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 216. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 217. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the


 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 218. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.


 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 219. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan


 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

 

     Sec. 401. The department may charge the appropriations

 

contained in part 1, including all special maintenance and capital

 

projects appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2005, for engineering services provided, a standard percentage fee

 

to recover actual costs. The department may use the revenue derived

 

to support the engineering services charges provided for in part 1.

 

     Sec. 402. The department may charge land acquisition projects

 

appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for

 

prior fiscal years, a standard percentage fee to recover actual

 

costs, and may use the revenue derived to support the land

 

acquisition service charges provided for in part 1.

 

     Sec. 403. The department of natural resources may charge both

 

application fees and transaction fees related to the exchange or

 

sale of state-owned land or rights in land authorized by part 21 of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.2101 to 324.2162. The fees shall be set by the

 

director at a rate which allows the department to recover its costs

 

for providing these services.

 

     Sec. 404. The department shall prominently display in a

 

prominent place in the fishing guide provided to each licensed

 

fisher and paid for from the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

website address for the department of community health. In

 

addition, the fishing guide shall include information on


 

alternative sources where interested parties without Internet

 

access may find information on fish advisories issued by the

 

department of community health.

 

     Sec. 405. The department shall report quarterly on all land

 

transactions completed by the department in the previous fiscal

 

quarter. For each land transaction, the report shall include, but

 

not be limited to, the size of the parcel, the county and

 

municipality in which the parcel is located, the dollar amount of

 

the transaction, the fund source affected by the transaction, and

 

the type of transaction, such as purchase, public auction,

 

transfer, exchange, or conveyance. The report shall be submitted to

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural

 

resources within 21 days after the end of each fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 406. In addition to the annual report on travel

 

expenditures required by section 217 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1217, the department shall provide to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies a quarterly report within

 

30 days of the end of each quarter on expenses incurred for travel

 

inside and outside the state. The report shall include, but not be

 

limited to, the name of the person who traveled, total expenditures

 

for compensation, fees, or remuneration for meals, transportation,

 

and related contractual services, supplies, and materials, and the

 

destination, reason for, and dates of the travel.

 

     Sec. 407. As a condition of expenditure of appropriations

 

under part 1, the department shall sell and distribute any turkey

 

hunting licenses not issued through the annual lottery sale process


 

before the beginning day of the turkey hunting season.

 

 

 

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 501. By April 1, 2006 and September 30, 2006, the

 

department shall report to the state budget director, the senate

 

and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources, and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies on spending from the amounts

 

appropriated in part 1 for bovine tuberculosis control efforts. The

 

report shall include, but not be limited to, information on

 

activities at the animal diagnostic laboratory at Michigan State

 

University that are funded with appropriations in part 1.

 

     Sec. 502. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall reimburse the department of agriculture for costs incurred

 

for indemnification payments for livestock losses caused by wolves

 

or coyotes under the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701

 

to 287.745.

 

     Sec. 503. As a condition of expenditure of appropriations

 

under part 1, the department shall, in cooperation with all

 

interested parties, develop an action plan to address the impact of

 

cormorant populations on the Great Lakes fishery. The department

 

shall submit the plan to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on natural resources by October 31,

 

2005.

 

 

 

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 601. As a condition of expenditure of fisheries

 

management appropriations under part 1, the department shall not


impede the certification process for water control structures on

 

Michigan waterways. The department shall fund, from funds

 

appropriated in part 1, all non-water-quality studies or

 

requirements that the department requests of either of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The department of environmental quality as a condition for

 

issuance of a certification under the federal water pollution

 

control act, 33 USC 1341.

 

     (b) The federal energy regulatory commission as a condition of

 

licensing under the federal power act, 16 USC 791a to 825r.

 

     Sec. 602. (1) From the appropriation in part 1 for aquatic

 

resource mitigation, not more than $758,000.00 shall be allocated

 

for grants to watershed councils, resource development councils,

 

soil conservation districts, local governmental units, and other

 

nonprofit organizations for stream habitat stabilization and soil

 

erosion control.

 

     (2) The fisheries division of the department shall develop

 

priority and cost estimates for all recommended projects.

 

 

 

PARKS AND RECREATION

 

     Sec. 701. Pursuant to section 1902(2) of the natural resources

 

and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.1902, there

 

is appropriated from the Michigan natural resources trust fund to

 

the Michigan state parks endowment fund an amount not to exceed

 

$10,000,000.00 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.

 

     Sec. 702. (1) The department shall prepare detailed reports

 

for construction projects in state parks that will involve campsite


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

or campground closures. These reports shall include expected costs,

 

impacts on recreation opportunities, impacts on state park

 

revenues, and the expected impact on state park users. The

 

department shall also prepare reports on average monthly campground

 

occupancy rates for every state park during the previous summer

 

season. The department shall provide reports described in this

 

subsection to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

natural resources and the house and senate fiscal agencies not

 

later than April 1, 2006.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on natural resources and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies if it intends to reduce operations or reduce

 

recreation opportunities at any state park or recreation area.

 

     Sec. 703. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall maintain an appropriate number of defibrillators

 

in state parks. State parks shall accept donations of

 

defibrillators.

 

     Sec. 704. The appropriation in section 108 includes harbor

 

development fund revenue to partially support the [maintenance,

 

construction, or operation of revenue producing harbor facilities or non-

revenue-producing harbor facilities at] state parks [on a lake or other

 

body of water for improving access to or utilization of Michigan's

waterways]  for

 

state park visitors.

 

     Sec. 707. The department shall not alter or halt operations of

 

the ski hill or demolish buildings related to the ski hill, the

 

assistant manager residence, the 3-unit apartment building, or the

 

carpenter's shop and garage in Porcupine Mountains wilderness state

 

park. The department shall collaborate with travel Michigan for the


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

marketing and promotion of the ski hill.

     [Sec. 708.  The island lake recreation area shooting range shall not be expanded unless the department first completes remediation efforts necessary to conform with the requirements of the Green Oak Township ordinance, and until the existing lawsuit brought by Green Oak Township against the Michigan department of natural resources, case #04-20782-CZ, is resolved.]

 

 

FOREST, MINERAL, AND FIRE MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 801. The department shall follow the certification

 

criteria established by the forest stewardship council and the

 

sustainable forest initiative in its timber marking activities. The

 

department shall report by September 30, 2006 to the state budget

 

director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

natural resources, the senate and house standing committees on

 

natural resources issues, and the senate and house fiscal agencies

 

on the status of its forest management plan.

 

     Sec. 802. The appropriation for the adopt-a-forest program in

 

part 1 shall be used to cover the cost of disposing of waste

 

material collected from state forest lands.

 

     Sec. 803. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

$350,000.00 is appropriated to cover costs related to any declared

 

emergency involving the collapse of any abandoned mine shaft

 

located on state land. This appropriation shall not be expended

 

unless the state budget director recommends the expenditure and the

 

department notifies the house and senate committees on

 

appropriations.

 

     Sec. 804. As a condition of expenditure of appropriations in

 

part 1 from forest development funds, on October 15, 2005 the

 

department shall provide $1,000,000.00 from cooperative resources

 

programs as an interdepartmental grant to the department of

 

agriculture for the cooperative resources management initiative

 

program for the purposes of supporting forestry programs in local


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

conservation districts.

 

     Sec. 806. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall[, consistent with the forest certification process,] prescribe

appropriate treatment on 63,000 acres[, plus or

 

mi s 10%,] at the current average rate of 12.5 to 13 cords per

 

acre, [and put those cords up for sale in 2006,] provided that the

department shall take into consideration

 

the impact of timber harvesting on wildlife habitat and recreation

 

uses. The department shall, consistent with the forest

 

certification process, increase marking or treatment of hardwood

 

timber for sale and harvest by [10%] over 2004 levels. In addition,

 

the department shall take into consideration silvicultural analysis

 

and report annually to the legislature on plans and efforts to

 

address factors limiting management of timber. The department shall

 

provide quarterly reports on the number of acres treated, pursuant

 

to this section, to the senate and house appropriation

 

subcommittees on natural resources and the standing committees of

 

the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility

 

for natural resources issues.

 

     Sec. 807. The department shall spend amounts appropriated in

 

part 1 for forest-related activities to employ or contract for

 

additional foresters to mark timber, pursuant to section 806.

 

 

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

     Sec. 901. The appropriation in part 1 for snowmobile law

 

enforcement grants shall be used to provide grants to county law

 

enforcement agencies to enforce part 821 of the natural resources

 

and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82101 to

 

324.82160, including rules promulgated under that part and


 

ordinances enacted pursuant to that part. The department shall

 

consider the number of enforcement hours and the number of miles of

 

snowmobile trails in each county in allocating these grants. Any

 

funds not distributed to counties revert back to the snowmobile

 

registration fee fund created under section 82111 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.82111. Counties shall provide semiannual reports to the

 

department.

 

 

 

GRANTS

 

     Sec. 1101. The amount appropriated in part 1 for federal-rural

 

community fire protection shall be awarded as grants to local fire

 

protection departments. To be eligible, local fire protection

 

departments shall be located in governmental units or fire

 

protection districts with permanent populations of less than

 

10,000.

 

     Sec. 1102. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions

 

and governments that are received in amounts in addition to those

 

included in part 1 for grants to communities - federal oil, gas,

 

and timber payments and that do not require additional state

 

matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended. By

 

November 30, 2005, the department shall report to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on all

 

amounts appropriated under this section during the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2005.

 

     Sec. 1103. (1) The use of federal funding received by the


 

state from the land and water conservation fund and appropriated in

 

part 1 shall be coordinated with state grants to local units of

 

government from the Michigan natural resources trust fund. The

 

coordination of the 2 funding sources shall be conducted in a

 

manner that minimizes the total matching funds required from local

 

units of government for local land acquisition or recreational

 

development projects.

 

     (2) The Michigan natural resources trust fund board shall

 

report on the final disposition of federal funding from the land

 

and water conservation fund in the board's annual report to the

 

legislature.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15

 

SCHOOL AID

 

PART 1

 

     Sec. 101. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, there

 

is appropriated for the purposes of section 22b of the state school

 

aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1622b, the sum of

 

$289,800,000.00 from the state school aid fund established by

 

section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 16

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department

 

of state police for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,913.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  [548,630,700]

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        20,736,300

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  [527,894,400]

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       170,821,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         5,597,900

 

Total private revenues.................................            11,200

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     [107,712,100]

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    243,752,200

 

   Sec. 102.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTION (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Unclassified positions................................. $        238,300

 

Executive direction--34.0 FTE positions................         3,591,200

 

Auto theft prevention program--5.0 FTE positions.......         7,133,500


 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,963,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Auto theft prevention fund.............................         7,133,500

 

Michigan justice training fund.........................           126,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,702,800

 

   Sec. 103.  DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS (SAFETY)

 

Special maintenance and utilities...................... $        479,400

 

Rent and building occupancy charges....................         8,057,500

 

Worker's compensation..................................         3,090,000

 

Fleet leasing..........................................        13,919,200

 

In-service training....................................           850,000

 

Narcotics investigation funds..........................           265,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,661,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, Michigan justice training fund....................           850,000

 

IDG, training academy charges..........................           227,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................            40,400

 

DOT....................................................            20,200

 

DHS....................................................             9,300

 

Federal narcotics investigation revenues...............            95,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Forensic science reimbursement fees....................            80,800

 

State forensic laboratory fund.........................            80,800

 

Criminal justice information center service fees.......           119,400


 

Secondary road patrol and training fund................             2,600

 

Hazardous materials training center fees...............            65,500

 

Michigan justice training fund.........................             5,200

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................             6,000

 

Highway safety fund....................................             6,400

 

Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................            12,700

 

Narcotics investigation revenues.......................           170,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     24,869,300

 

   Sec. 104.  SUPPORT SERVICES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 129.0

 

Human resources--26.0 FTE positions.................... $      2,071,200

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            88,600

 

Management services--35.0 FTE positions................         2,632,100

 

Training administration--37.0 FTE positions............         4,483,400

 

Communications--8.0 FTE positions......................         4,339,000

 

Budget and financial services--23.0 FTE positions......         1,950,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,564,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, truck safety fund.................................             4,600

 

IDT, auto theft funds..................................            23,800

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................            32,000

 

IDG, training academy charges..........................         3,005,700

 

IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees...........................            31,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - LEIN fees......................................            36,100

 

Highway safety fund....................................           127,200


 

Auto theft prevention fund.............................             4,600

 

Precision driving track fees...........................           287,900

 

Criminal justice information center service fees.......           146,500

 

Reimbursed services....................................            47,200

 

Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................           220,100

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................           141,100

 

Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement.........             3,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,453,300

 

   Sec. 105.  HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING (MOBILITY,

 

SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 26.0

 

State program planning and administration--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      1,202,000

 

Grants to local governments and nonprofit

 

   organizations........................................         4,500,000

 

Secondary road patrol program--2.0 FTE positions.......        14,020,100

 

Truck safety program--2.0 FTE positions................         2,993,300

 

Highway traffic safety coordination--8.0 FTE positions.         6,057,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,772,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................        10,646,000

 

DOJ....................................................           570,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Truck driver safety fund...............................         2,993,300

 

Secondary road patrol and training fund................        14,020,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        542,900


 

   Sec. 106.  CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER

 

(SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 95.0

 

Criminal justice information center division--78.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      7,701,000

 

Criminal records improvement--1.0 FTE positions........         4,741,700

 

Traffic safety--16.0 FTE positions.....................         2,569,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,012,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDOS...............................................           315,900

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................           359,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................         4,741,700

 

DOT....................................................         1,413,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - LEIN fees......................................           205,100

 

Criminal justice information center service fees.......         6,886,200

 

Sex offender registration fund.........................           256,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        833,600

 

   Sec. 107.  FORENSIC SCIENCES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 220.0

 

Laboratory operations--180.0 FTE positions............. $     19,307,400

 

DNA analysis program--40.0 FTE positions...............         8,720,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,028,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:


 

DOJ....................................................         3,601,200

 

DOT....................................................           730,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Forensic science reimbursement fees....................         2,152,500

 

State forensic laboratory fund.........................         1,662,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     19,880,800

 

   Sec. 108.  MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

STANDARDS (PREPARED FOR JOBS, SAFETY, VULNERABLE)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 28.0

 

Standards and training--22.0 FTE positions............. $      2,337,400

 

Training only to local units--2.0 FTE positions........           839,000

 

Concealed weapons enforcement training.................           140,000

 

Officer's survivor tuition program.....................            48,800

 

Public safety officers benefit program.................           150,000

 

Justice training grants--4.0 FTE positions.............        10,247,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,762,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................           391,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Secondary road patrol and training fund................           839,000

 

Concealed weapons enforcement fee......................           140,000

 

Michigan justice training fund.........................        10,970,200

 

Licensing fees.........................................            54,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,368,100

 

   Sec. 109.  FIRE INVESTIGATION (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 18.0


 

Fire investigation--18.0 FTE positions................. $      2,541,200

 

Fire investigation training to locals..................            50,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,591,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,591,700

 

   Sec. 110.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 72.0

 

Emergency management planning and administration--55.0

 

   FTE positions........................................ $      4,445,100

 

Grants to local government.............................         2,482,100

 

FEMA program assistance--3.0 FTE positions.............           995,700

 

Nuclear power plant emergency planning--6.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,266,500

 

Hazardous materials transportation--1.0 FTE positions..           582,600

 

Hazardous materials programs--7.0 FTE positions........       121,703,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    131,475,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................           582,600

 

DHS....................................................       126,226,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement.........         1,266,500

 

Hazardous materials training center fees...............         1,339,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,060,400

 

   Sec. 111.  UNIFORM SERVICES (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,662.0

 

Uniform services--506.0 FTE positions.................. $     47,444,100


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

Commercial mobile radio service projects...............           800,000

 

Security guards--15.0 FTE positions....................         1,014,200

 

Reimbursed services....................................         2,173,200

 

At-post troopers--1,141.0 FTE positions................     [122,282,500]

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  [173,714,000]

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDMB, building occupancy charges...................           610,100

 

IDG-MDTR emergency telephone fund operations...........           400,000

 

IDG-MDTR emergency telephone fund coordinator..........           400,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................         1,694,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Narcotics investigation revenues.......................            45,900

 

Highway safety fund....................................        15,451,400

 

State police service fees..............................         2,173,200

 

Traffic enforcement and safety fund....................        31,303,000

[Resident stores surcharges............................     1,050,000.00]

State general fund/general purpose..................... $  [119,536,300]

 

   Sec. 112.  SPECIAL OPERATIONS (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 49.0

 

Operational support--34.0 FTE positions................ $      3,015,200

 

Traffic services--10.0 FTE positions...................         3,423,400

 

Aviation program--5.0 FTE positions....................         1,110,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,549,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDOC, contract.....................................            87,100


 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................         1,666,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private donations......................................            11,200

 

Rental of department aircraft..........................           169,000

 

Drunk driving prevention and training fund.............         1,077,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,538,100

 

   Sec. 113.  CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS (SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 361.0

 

Criminal investigations--258.0 FTE positions........... $     31,375,600

 

Federal antidrug initiatives--62.0 FTE positions.......        10,756,900

 

Reimbursed services, materials, and equipment..........         2,583,400

 

Auto theft prevention--9.0 FTE positions...............         1,511,900

 

Casino gaming oversight--32.0 FTE positions............         3,948,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,176,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, auto theft funds..................................         1,230,800

 

IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees...........................         3,948,700

 

IDG-MDCH, tobacco tax..................................           610,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal investigations - reimbursed services...........           734,100

 

DOJ....................................................         8,039,000

 

Federal narcotics investigation revenues...............           424,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - reimbursed services............................         1,849,300

 

Narcotics investigation revenues.......................           581,500


 

Forfeiture funds.......................................           390,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     32,369,000

 

   Sec. 114.  MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT (MOBILITY,

 

SAFETY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 214.0

 

Motor carrier enforcement--106.0 FTE positions......... $      9,801,300

 

Truck safety enforcement team operations--10.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,244,100

 

Safety inspections--64.0 FTE positions.................         7,641,000

 

School bus inspections--16.0 FTE positions.............         1,270,000

 

Safety projects--18.0 FTE positions....................         1,975,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,931,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, truck safety fund.................................         1,244,100

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................         7,242,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................         8,088,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................         4,087,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,270,000

 

   Sec. 115.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SAFETY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      22,428,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     22,428,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grants revenues:

 

IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees...........................            79,700


 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................            33,200

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................         1,106,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - LEIN fees......................................         3,471,000

 

Local - AFIS fees......................................            36,400

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................            15,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     17,685,900

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $350,414,300.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $20,158,500.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

 

OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING

 

Secondary road patrol program.......................... $     13,879,900

 

COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS

 

Training only to local units...........................           650,200

 

Justice training grants................................         5,177,900

 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS


 

Fire investigation training for locals.................            50,500

 

UNIFORM SERVICES

 

Commercial mobile radio service projects...............           400,000

 

Total.................................................. $     20,158,500

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "AFIS" means the automated fingerprint identification

 

system.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of state police.

 

     (c) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland

 

security.

 

     (d) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.

 

     (e) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.

 

     (f) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (g) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.

 

     (h) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (i) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (j) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.

 

     (k) "LEIN" means law enforcement information network.

 

     (l) "MCOLES" means the Michigan commission on law enforcement

 

standards.

 

     (m) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

     (n) "MDMB" means the Michigan department of management and

 

budget.


 

     (o) "MDOC" means the Michigan department of corrections.

 

     (p) "MDOS" means the Michigan department of state.

 

     (q) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.

 

     (r) "MDTR" means the Michigan department of treasury.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

department at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 205. (1) Beginning October 1, a hiring freeze is imposed

 

on the state classified civil service. State departments and

 

agencies are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state

 

classified civil service employees and prohibited from filling any

 

vacant state classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze

 

does not apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1

 

position to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall

 

report by the last business day of each month to the chairpersons

 

of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring freeze

 

approved during the previous month and the justification for the


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan

 

shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative

 

will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted

 

to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies within 30 months.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

value.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director of each department receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure

 

businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and

 

perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both, for the


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

epartment. The director shall strongly encourage firms with which

 

the department contracts to subcontract with certified businesses

 

in depressed and deprived communities for services or supplies, or

 

both. ]

 

     Sec. 211. It is the intent of the legislature that personnel

 

of the department who request and are eligible for reimbursement of

 

expenses related to the operation of the department be reimbursed

 

from the appropriations provided in this article within 30 days

 

after submitting a request, or the eligible personnel shall be paid

 

an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the payment due. The

 

department shall pay an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the

 

payment due for the first month and each succeeding month or

 

portion of a month the payment remains past due.

 

     Sec. 213. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department shall not provide any subsidy for contractual services

 

it provides.

 

     (2) When the department provides contractual services to a

 

local unit of government, the department shall be reimbursed for

 

all costs incurred in providing the services, including, but not

 

limited to, retirement and overtime costs.

 

     (3) Contractual services provided to an entity other than a

 

local unit of government may be provided by department personnel,

 

but only on an overtime basis outside the normal work schedule of

 

the personnel.

 

     (4) This section does not apply to state agencies.

 

     Sec. 214. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all


 

reports funded from appropriations in part 1. The department shall

 

follow all federal guidelines and state laws regarding short-term

 

and long-term retention of records.

 

     Sec. 215. Not later than January 1, 2006, the department shall

 

report to the state police appropriations subcommittees of the

 

house and senate and the house and senate fiscal agencies. The

 

report shall contain the following information regarding the

 

department's activities related to casino gaming oversight during

 

fiscal year 2004-2005:

 

     (a) The amount of money received and expended.

 

     (b) The nature and structure of the casino gaming oversight

 

unit.

 

     (c) The positions and classifications of employees assigned.

 

     (d) The number of full-time and part-time employees and the

 

aggregate number of FTEs.

 

     (e) The number of enlisted and civilian positions.

 

     (f) The duties and responsibilities of the assigned employees.

 

     (g) The immediate past position of the enlisted employees

 

assigned.

 

     Sec. 216. The department shall collect and computerize the

 

vehicle identification number (VIN) 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.

 

For bulk access to the accident records in which the VIN has been

 

collected and computerized, the department shall make those records

 

available to the public at cost, provided that the name and address

 

have been excluded.


 

     Sec. 217. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall maintain a toll-free hotline in collaboration with

 

the department of education. The toll-free hotline shall be

 

operated 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and shall provide

 

students, school officials, and other individuals an opportunity to

 

report specific threats of imminent school violence or other

 

suspicious or criminal conduct by juveniles to the appropriate

 

local law enforcement entities for investigation. The department

 

may expend funds for the promotion of the hotline.

 

     Sec. 218. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for at-post

 

troopers shall only be expended for trooper salaries, wages,

 

benefits, retirement, equipment, supplies, and other expenses

 

directly related to state troopers assigned to general law

 

enforcement duties at a department post, detachment, satellite

 

office, or a resident trooper function.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for at-post

 

troopers, 1 or more trooper recruit schools of a size, length, and

 

date to be determined by the department or the legislature shall be

 

conducted during fiscal year 2005-2006 with the goal of maintaining

 

at-post trooper strength of at least 1,075 on September 30, 2006.

 

     (3) The department shall submit quarterly written reports to

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police

 

and military and veterans affairs no later than December 1, 2005,

 

March 1, 2006, June 1, 2006, and September 1, 2006 which shall

 

include a trooper strength report and the status of the

 

department's plan for accomplishing the goal of subsection (2). If

 

the department determines that insufficient appropriations exist


 

under part 1 to accomplish the goal of subsection (2), the

 

department shall submit a proposal outlining a plan to accomplish

 

the goal including an accounting of any additional funding

 

necessary to that end.

 

     Sec. 219. The department of state police shall notify the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and

 

military and veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies not less than 180 days before recommending to close or

 

consolidate any state police posts.

 

     Sec. 220. The department of state police, in keeping with its

 

role as the general law enforcement agency of the state and as the

 

law enforcement agency of last resort for communities that are

 

either without local law enforcement resources or are seriously

 

underserved by local law enforcement resources, shall provide

 

general law enforcement assistance to those communities until

 

adequate law enforcement services can be provided to those

 

communities by other means.

 

     Sec. 221. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for rent and

 

building occupancy charges, funds shall be used for the necessary

 

rental costs for a state police post in Marshall.

 

     (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the state police

 

and the department of management and budget shall conduct a study

 

regarding the feasibility of a new state police post in Marshall to

 

replace the current post in Battle Creek. The study shall review

 

the possibility of partnering with local communities and first

 

responders in the construction and occupancy of the new facility

 

and shall be completed and the findings communicated to the senate


 

and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on state

 

police by November 15, 2005.

 

     Sec. 223. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and


 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 224. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

     Sec. 301. The money appropriated in part 1 for computer

 

services shall be funded by LEIN user fees sufficient to pay 1/3 of


 

the service and contract maintenance costs of the LEIN system.

 

     Sec. 302. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and

 

the department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 303. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology. Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 304. A portion of the funds appropriated in part 1 shall

 

be used by the department to produce a written report detailing

 

departmental policies regarding access to and use of information

 

from the LEIN system. The report shall include a description of

 

departmental measures to protect the security of information in the

 

LEIN system including safeguards that would prevent unauthorized

 

persons from obtaining information from the LEIN system. The

 

department shall submit a copy of this report to the senate and

 

house appropriations committees not later than April 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 305. The criminal justice information systems policy

 

council shall encourage members of the law enforcement agencies in

 

the state to be sensitive to, and note when necessary, activities

 

or circumstances that may suggest the unauthorized access or misuse


 

of information from the LEIN system. The criminal justice

 

information systems policy council shall advise LEIN auditors, as a

 

part of their audit of law enforcement agencies, to investigate in

 

depth all suspected incidents of improper access or improper use of

 

information from the LEIN system and determine whether or not those

 

incidents were illegal. In those incidents that may be determined

 

to be illegal, the executive secretary for the council shall

 

determine whether those incidents were of a negligent or criminal

 

nature. If an incident is determined to be an illegal act, the

 

council shall inform the chairs of both the senate and house

 

appropriations committees.

 

     Sec. 306. (1) The department of state police, working with the

 

criminal justice information systems policy council, shall

 

implement procedures by which all probation information is placed

 

on the LEIN system. The LEIN system shall include information on

 

each probationer, including any probation conditions placed on a

 

probationer and the name of the probation officer assigned to a

 

probationer. The LEIN system shall also include any nonstandard

 

probation terms.

 

     (2) If the department determines that amendments to the code

 

of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, are

 

required to include all probation information on the LEIN system,

 

the department shall deliver to members of the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs

 

amendments to the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

760.1 to 777.69, that, in the department's view, are necessary to

 

accomplish this goal. These proposed amendments shall be delivered


 

to subcommittee members not later than December 1, 2005.

 

     Sec. 307. The department of state police shall serve as an

 

active liaison between the department of information technology and

 

local public safety agencies to facilitate the use of the Michigan

 

public safety communications system towers by those local public

 

safety agencies that have an interest in using the towers as a part

 

of their own communications system. The department of state police

 

shall deliver a written report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs by April 1, 2006, which shall include an

 

assessment of the progress toward establishing local public safety

 

agency use of the Michigan public safety communications system

 

towers, an accounting of problems that may be preventing local use

 

of the towers, and any recommendations the department has that may

 

foster this utilization.

 

 

 

HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING

 

     Sec. 401. On a quarterly basis, the department shall report to

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police

 

and military affairs on the status of assessments collected and

 

authorized under section 629e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA

 

300, MCL 257.629e, for the purposes of supporting the secondary

 

road patrol grant program. Each quarterly report shall contain

 

updated information on collection levels, revised projected grant

 

allotments to counties for the year, a comparison of projected

 

collections and grant distribution levels with the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 for the secondary road patrol program, and


 

the extent collection levels have exceeded or failed to meet

 

appropriated levels for the current fiscal year or expenditure

 

levels from the previous fiscal year.

 

 

 

FORENSIC SCIENCES

 

     Sec. 501. (1) The department shall distribute a copy of the

 

department's protocol for retaining and purging DNA analysis

 

samples and records to each police agency in this state.

 

     (2) The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies when any

 

changes to the department's DNA protocol are made.

 

     Sec. 502. The department shall work with the department of

 

community health, the Michigan health and hospital association, the

 

Michigan state medical society, and the Michigan nurses association

 

to ensure that the recommendations included in the "Standard

 

Recommended Procedures for the Emergency Treatment of Sexual

 

Assault Victims" are followed in the collection of evidence.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS

 

     Sec. 601. The money appropriated to the MCOLES for maintenance

 

and delivery of training to locals is provided in accordance with a

 

state reimbursement policy in which 100% of the determined state

 

reimbursement rate shall be distributed upon certification by the

 

MCOLES.

 

     Sec. 602. From the appropriations in part 1 for the training

 

of new state troopers and other new police officers in the state


 

and for the continuing education of all law enforcement officers in

 

the state, sufficient funds shall be used to include curricula on

 

the content and application of federal firearms laws, including the

 

procedures necessary for law enforcement to turn appropriate cases

 

over to the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms or any

 

other applicable federal criminal justice agency.

 

 

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 801. (1) The state director of emergency management may

 

expend money appropriated under this article to call upon any

 

agency or department of the state or any resource of the state to

 

protect life or property or to provide for the health or safety of

 

the population in any area of the state in which the governor

 

proclaims a state of emergency or state of disaster under 1945 PA

 

302, MCL 10.31 to 10.33, or under the emergency management act,

 

1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to 30.421. The state director of emergency

 

management may expend the amounts the director considers necessary

 

to accomplish these purposes. The director shall submit to the

 

state budget director as soon as possible a complete report of all

 

actions taken under the authority of this section. The report shall

 

contain, as a separate item, a statement of all money expended that

 

is not reimbursable from federal money. The state budget director

 

shall review the expenditures and submit recommendations to the

 

legislature in regard to any possible need for a supplemental

 

appropriation.

 

     (2) In addition to the money appropriated in this article, the

 

department may receive and expend money from local, private,


 

federal, or state sources for the purpose of providing emergency

 

management training to local or private interests and for the

 

purpose of supporting emergency preparedness, response, recovery,

 

and mitigation activity. If additional expenditure authorization in

 

the Michigan administrative information network is approved by the

 

state budget office under this section, the department and the

 

state budget office shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies within 10

 

days after the approval. The notification shall include the amount

 

and source of the additional authorization, the date of its

 

approval, and the projected use of funds to be expended under the

 

authorization.

 

     Sec. 802. The department shall not make any purchases related

 

to a statewide emergency management computer network unless

 

authorized to do so by the director of the department of

 

information technology.

 

     Sec. 803. The department's emergency management division shall

 

make every effort to ensure both of the following:

 

     (a) That homeland security grants offered by the federal

 

government and channeled through the department are allocated to

 

first responder entities in the highest percentage possible.

 

     (b) That homeland security grants awarded to the city of

 

Detroit shall not be used to supplant city general funds designated

 

to support first responder operations.

 

 

 

UNIFORM SERVICES


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

     Sec. 901. State police enlisted personnel who are employed to

 

enforce traffic laws as provided in section 629e of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.629e, shall not be prohibited

 

from responding to crimes in progress or other emergency

 

situations, and are responsible for protecting every citizen of

 

this state from harm.

     [Sec. 902. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for uniform services, funds shall be used for the necessary costs to maintain the operations of the state police posts in Groveland, Grand Haven, and Iron River.]

 

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

 

     Sec. 1001. In addition to the appropriations in part 1 to the

 

department of state police for the aviation program, the department

 

is authorized to sell its aircraft and the proceeds from the sale

 

are appropriated and may be applied to the renovation cost of

 

replacement aircraft. If additional expenditure authorization in

 

the Michigan administrative information network is approved by the

 

state budget office under this section, the department and the

 

state budget office shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies within 10

 

days after the approval. The notification shall include the amount

 

and source of the additional authorization, the date of its

 

approval, and the projected use of funds to be expended under the

 

authorization.

 

     Sec. 1002. Money privately donated to the department is

 

appropriated under part 1 to be used for the purposes designated by

 

the donor of the money. Money privately donated to the department's

 

canine unit shall be used to purchase equipment and other items to

 

enhance the operation of the canine unit. It is the intent of the


 

legislature that money from private donations not supplant general

 

fund appropriations.

 

 

 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

 

     Sec. 1101. (1) There is sufficient money appropriated in part

 

1 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. Criminal investigations shall be available by temporary

 

or permanent assignment of a detective when either a temporary or

 

permanent prison facility is opened.

 

     (2) If the department is unable to comply with subsection (1)

 

and there is a prison scheduled to open, the department shall

 

provide troopers to serve as investigators on an interim basis.

 

 

 

MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT

 

     Sec. 1201. (1) The department shall report to the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on state police and the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies by March 1, 2006 regarding the

 

inspection of school buses and other motor vehicles under section

 

715a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.715a, and

 

section 39 of the pupil transportation act, 1990 PA 187, MCL

 

257.1839. The report shall include the following information

 

regarding inspections conducted in calendar year 2005:

 

     (a) The number of buses and vehicles inspected by the

 

department.

 

     (b) The number of buses and vehicles passing and failing


 

inspection.

 

     (c) The estimated number of buses and vehicles not inspected.

 

     (2) If each school bus within a school system receives a 100%

 

successful state inspection on its first inspection in a given

 

year, the department shall award a certificate to that school

 

system.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 17

 

STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article,

 

the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the state

 

transportation department and certain state purposes designated in

 

this article for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, from

 

the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the

 

appropriations in this part:

 

STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 3,030.3

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  3,416,309,000

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................                 0

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  3,416,309,000

 

   Federal revenues:


 

DOT, federal transit act...............................        59,200,000

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.     1,147,342,100

 

DOT-FRA, local rail service assistance.................           100,000

 

DOT-FRA, rail passenger/HSGT...........................         1,000,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................     1,207,642,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................         6,100,000

 

Total private revenues.................................                 0

 

Total local and private revenues.......................         6,100,000

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................     1,085,447,400

 

Local bridge fund......................................        34,115,800

 

Economic development fund..............................        57,315,100

 

State trunkline fund...................................       747,486,900

 

State aeronautics fund.................................        13,930,600

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       245,065,100

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        16,206,000

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................         1,000,000

 

Rail preservation fund.................................         2,000,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     2,202,566,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 102. DEBT SERVICE (MOBILITY)

 

State trunkline........................................ $    187,117,200

 

Economic development...................................        14,730,100

 

Local bridge fund......................................         3,000,000

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         2,383,300

 

Airport safety and protection plan.....................         3,686,100

 

Comprehensive transportation...........................        29,826,800


 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    240,743,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.       103,200,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        28,843,600

 

Local bridge fund......................................         3,000,000

 

State trunkline fund...................................        83,917,200

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         2,383,300

 

Economic development fund..............................        14,730,100

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         4,669,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 103. COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER AGENCY

 

SUPPORT SERVICES (MOBILITY)

 

MTF grant to department of environmental quality....... $        986,600

 

MTF grant to department of state for collection of

 

   revenue and fees.....................................        20,000,000

 

MTF grant to legislative auditor general...............           204,300

 

MTF grant to department of treasury....................         6,700,000

 

STF grant to department of attorney general............         2,861,400

 

STF grant to department of civil service...............         2,000,000

 

STF grant to department of management and budget.......         1,221,300

 

STF grant to department of state police................         7,667,300

 

STF grant to department of history, arts, and

 

   libraries............................................           139,600

 

STF grant to department of treasury....................            29,100

 

STF grant to legislative auditor general...............           474,600


 

SAF grant to department of attorney general............           144,000

 

SAF grant to department of civil service...............            50,000

 

SAF grant to department of management and budget.......            32,600

 

SAF grant to department of history, arts, and

 

   libraries............................................             3,800

 

SAF grant to department of treasury....................            73,800

 

SAF grant to legislative auditor general...............            19,600

 

CTF grant to department of attorney general............           145,900

 

CTF grant to department of civil service...............            90,000

 

CTF grant to department of management and budget.......            61,900

 

CTF grant to department of history, arts, and

 

   libraries............................................             6,300

 

CTF grant to department of treasury....................             4,800

 

CTF grant to legislative auditor general...............            25,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     42,942,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           334,100

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................        27,890,900

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           323,800

 

State trunkline fund...................................        14,393,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 104. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 31.3

 

Unclassified salaries.................................. $        532,200

 

Asset management council...............................         1,626,400


 

Commission audit--31.3 FTE positions...................         3,250,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,409,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,626,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................         3,782,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 105. BUSINESS SUPPORT (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 57.5

 

Business support services--25.5 FTE positions.......... $      2,766,100

 

Property management....................................         6,404,200

 

Human resources--23.0 FTE positions....................         2,278,200

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............           109,100

 

Economic development and enhancement programs--9.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           867,500

 

Worker's compensation..................................         2,619,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,044,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Economic development fund..............................           500,700

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           231,600

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................         1,161,200

 

State trunkline fund...................................        13,150,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 106. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MOBILITY)

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      25,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     25,000,000


 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.           555,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................            46,300

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           230,800

 

Economic development fund..............................            37,100

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................           239,800

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           141,600

 

State trunkline fund...................................        23,749,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 107. FINANCE, CONTRACTS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES

 

(MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 253.5

 

Finance, contracts, and support services............... $      23,527,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     23,527,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,344,100

 

State trunkline fund...................................        22,183,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 108. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 174.0

 

Transportation planning................................ $     35,064,100

 

Grants to regional planning councils...................           488,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     35,552,900

 

    Appropriated from:


 

Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        22,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           261,900

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................         1,260,300

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         6,586,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................         5,444,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,533.4

 

Engineering services--804.7 FTE positions.............. $     56,256,600

 

Program services--728.7 FTE positions..................        38,696,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     94,952,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.         7,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         5,257,600

 

State trunkline fund...................................        82,695,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 110. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 815.6

 

State trunkline operations--815.6 FTE positions........ $    124,181,800

 

Contract operations....................................       136,886,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    261,067,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:


 

State trunkline fund...................................       261,067,900

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 111. ROAD AND BRIDGE PROGRAMS (MOBILITY)

 

State trunkline federal aid and road and bridge

 

   construction......................................... $  1,000,698,000

 

Local federal aid and road and bridge construction.....       258,992,000

 

Grants to local programs...............................        33,000,000

 

Rail grade crossing....................................         3,000,000

 

Local bridge program...................................        31,115,800

 

County road commissions................................       645,023,600

 

Cities and villages....................................      359,629,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  2,331,458,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.     1,014,587,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................         5,000,000

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         3,000,000

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................     1,040,653,100

 

Local bridge fund......................................        31,115,800

 

State trunkline fund...................................       237,103,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 112. BLUE WATER BRIDGE (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 35.0

 

Blue Water Bridge operations--35.0 FTE positions....... $      10,776,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,776,400

 

    Appropriated from:


 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        10,776,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 113. TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

(MOBILITY)

 

Forest roads........................................... $      5,040,000

 

Rural county urban system..............................         2,500,000

 

Target industries/economic redevelopment...............        19,003,600

 

Urban county congestion................................        7,751,800

 

Rural county primary...................................         7,751,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     42,047,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Economic development fund..............................        42,047,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 114. AERONAUTICS SERVICES (MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 56.0

 

Aeronautics services................................... $      7,302,400

 

Air service program....................................         1,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      8,302,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         8,302,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 115. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND FREIGHT SERVICE

 

(MOBILITY)

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.0


 

Public transportation and freight services............. $       7,527,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,527,500

 

   Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................         5,678,300

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,849,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 116. BUS TRANSIT DIVISION: STATUTORY OPERATING

 

(MOBILITY)

 

Local bus operating.................................... $    163,276,100

 

Nonurban operating/capital.............................        14,600,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    177,876,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit act...............................        14,400,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       163,276,100

 

Local funds............................................           200,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 117. INTERCITY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT (MOBILITY)

 

Freight property management............................ $      1,000,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           500,000

 

Intercity bus equipment................................         2,500,000

 

Rail passenger service.................................         7,200,000

 

Freight preservation and development...................         4,442,900

 

Rail infrastructure loan program.......................           100,000

 

Intercity bus service development......................         4,850,000


 

Marine passenger service...............................           800,000

 

Terminal development...................................         1,551,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     22,944,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit act...............................         3,500,000

 

DOT-FRA, local rail service assistance.................           100,000

 

DOT-FRA, rail passenger/HSGT...........................         1,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Rail preservation fund.................................         2,000,000

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................         1,000,000

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        15,294,200

 

Local funds............................................            50,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 118. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

 

(MOBILITY)

 

Specialized services................................... $      8,700,100

 

Municipal credit program...............................         2,500,000

 

Bus capital............................................        49,311,400

 

Van pooling............................................           195,000

 

Service development and new technology.................         1,750,000

 

Planning grants........................................            80,000

 

Transportation to work.................................       8,600,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     71,136,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit act...............................        41,300,000


 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        28,986,500

 

Local funds............................................           850,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $2,202,566,900.00 and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $1,282,368,900.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

Local grant program.................................... $     33,000,000

 

Economic development fund..............................        23,043,600

 

Grants to cities and villages..........................       359,629,500

 

Grants to county road commissions......................       645,023,600

 

Local bridge fund......................................        31,115,800

 

Grants to regional planning councils...................           488,800

 

Local bus operating....................................       163,276,100

 

Bus capital............................................        18,811,400

 

Marine passenger service...............................           800,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           500,000


 

Planning grants........................................            80,000

 

Municipal credit program...............................         2,500,000

 

Specialized services...................................         4,100,100

 

Total payments to local units of government............ $  1,282,368,900

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this article are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "CTF" means comprehensive transportation fund.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of transportation.

 

     (c) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (d) "DOT-FHWA" means DOT, federal highway administration.

 

     (e) "DOT-FRA" means DOT, federal railroad administration.

 

     (f) "DOT-FRA, rail passenger/HSGT" means DOT, federal railroad

 

administration, high-speed ground transportation.

 

     (g) "EDF" means economic development fund.

 

     (h) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (i) "MTF" means Michigan transportation fund.

 

     (j) "RIF" means recreation improvement fund.

 

     (k) "SAF" means state aeronautics fund.

 

     (l) "STF" means state trunkline fund.

 

     Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill the

 

department at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.


 

     Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service. State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time or part-time state

 

classified civil service employees and prohibited from filling any

 

vacant state classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze

 

does not apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1

 

position to another within a department.

 

     (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, causes loss of revenue to the

 

state, would result in the inability of the state to receive

 

federal funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that

 

exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget

 

director shall report by the thirtieth of each month to the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring

 

freeze approved during the previous month and the reasons to

 

justify the exception.

 

     Sec. 207. At least 90 days before beginning any effort to

 

privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to

 

the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan

 

shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative

 

will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted

 

to the appropriate senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

 

agencies within 6 months. As used in this section, "privatize" or

 

"privatization" means the transfer of state highway maintenance

 

functions or activities currently performed by department forces,

 

or by boards of county road commissioners, county boards of

 

commissioners, or local units of government under contract with the

 

department, to private contractors.

 

     Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article.

 

This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic

 

mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or

 

it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet

 

site.

 

     Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. The department shall give

 

priority to the purchase of Michigan goods and services.

 

     [Sec. 210. The director of each department receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure

 

businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. Each director

 

may strongly encourage firms with which the department contracts to

 

subcontract with certified businesses in deprived and depressed

 

communities for services, supplies, or both.]

 

     Sec. 211. The departments and state agencies receiving

 

appropriations under this article shall receive and retain copies

 

of all reports funded from appropriations in part 1. These


 

departments and state agencies shall follow federal and state

 

guidelines for short-term and long-term retention of these reports

 

and records.

 

     Sec. 259. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects. The user fees shall be subject to provisions

 

of an interagency agreement between the department and the

 

department of information technology.

 

     Sec. 260. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state or on the Internet.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.


 

     (2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the house and senate appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and

 

unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately

 

preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with

 

funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be

 

submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate

 

appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report shall include the following

 

information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues, including private

 

sources. If private sources were used to fund out-of-state travel,

 

the report shall identify the private source.


 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The department shall establish a fee schedule

 

and collect fees sufficient to cover the costs to issue the permits

 

that the department is authorized by law to issue upon request, and

 

for fees associated with freedom of information requests. Unless

 

otherwise authorized by statute, all fee revenue shall be credited

 

to the state trunkline fund to recover the direct and indirect

 

costs of receiving, reviewing, and processing the requests.

 

     (2) A bridge authority shall hold 3 public hearings on an

 

increase in any toll charged by the authority at least 30 days

 

before the toll change will become effective. Two of the hearings

 

shall be held within 5 miles of the bridge over which the bridge

 

authority has jurisdiction. One hearing shall be held in Lansing.

 

Public hearings held under this section shall be conducted in

 

accordance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to

 

15.275, and shall be conducted so as to provide a reasonable

 

opportunity for public comment, including both spoken and written

 

comments.

 

     Sec. 303. On request, the department shall provide to a

 

legislator, in writing, a report on the amount of money to be

 

received by each city and village and the county road commission of

 

each county, that is included in whole or in part within the

 

legislator's legislative district.

 

     Sec. 304. If, as a requirement of bidding on a highway


 

project, the department requires a contractor to submit financial

 

or proprietary documentation as to how the bid was calculated, that

 

bid documentation shall be kept confidential and shall not be

 

disclosed other than to a department representative without the

 

contractor's written consent. The department may disclose the bid

 

documentation if necessary to address or defend a claim by a

 

contractor.

 

     Sec. 305. The department shall permit space on public

 

passenger transportation properties to be occupied by public or

 

private tenants on a competitive market rate basis. The department

 

shall require that revenue from the tenants be placed in an account

 

to be used to pay the costs to maintain the property.

 

     Sec. 306. Biennially, the auditor general shall conduct an

 

audit of charges to transportation funds by state departments for

 

the 2 preceding fiscal years, with the next such audit including

 

the fiscal years ending September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2007.

 

The auditor general shall prepare a detailed report, with

 

recommendations and conclusions, including a list of services

 

charged to transportation funds, the appropriateness of those

 

charges, the cost allocation methodologies used in determining the

 

level of funding, and any unreimbursed costs. The report shall be

 

provided, upon request, to any member of the senate and house of

 

representatives, senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director 6 months after publication of the state of Michigan

 

comprehensive annual financial report.

 

     Sec. 307. Before February 1 of each year, the department will

 

provide to the legislature, the state budget office, and the house


 

and senate fiscal agencies its rolling 5-year plan listing by

 

county or by county road commission all highway construction

 

projects for the fiscal year and all expected projects for the

 

ensuing fiscal years. The legislature shall approve the 5-year plan

 

before it is implemented.

 

     Sec. 308. The department and local road agencies that receive

 

appropriations under this article shall pursue compliance with

 

contract specifications for construction and maintenance of state

 

highways and local roads and streets. Work shall not be accepted

 

and paid for until it complies with contract requirements.

 

Contractors with unsatisfactory performance ratings shall be

 

restricted from future bidding through the prequalification process

 

established by the department or a local road agency. The

 

department, county road commissions, and cities and villages shall

 

report to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation on their respective activities

 

under this section.

 

     Sec. 309. The department shall reduce administrative costs and

 

provide the maximum funding possible for construction projects.

 

     Sec. 310. The department shall provide in a timely manner

 

copies of the agenda and approved minutes of monthly transportation

 

commission meetings to the members of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 311. The department shall not use funds appropriated

 

under part 1 on behalf of a local governmental unit to pay the

 

amount required for that local governmental unit to participate in


 

the federal advance construction program.

 

     Sec. 312. At the close of the fiscal year, any unencumbered

 

and unexpended balance in the state trunkline fund shall remain in

 

the state trunkline fund and shall carry forward and is

 

appropriated for federal aid road and bridge programs for projects

 

contained in the annual state transportation program.

 

     Sec. 313. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may increase a state infrastructure bank program and

 

grant or loan funds in accordance with regulations of the state

 

infrastructure bank program of the United States department of

 

transportation. The state infrastructure bank is to be administered

 

by the department for the purpose of providing a revolving, self-

 

sustaining resource for financing transportation infrastructure

 

projects.

 

     (2) In addition to funds provided in subsection (1), money

 

received by the state as federal grants, repayment of state

 

infrastructure bank loans, or other reimbursement or revenue

 

received by the state as a result of projects funded by the program

 

and interest earned on that money shall be deposited in the

 

revolving state infrastructure bank fund and shall be available for

 

transportation infrastructure projects. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any unencumbered funds remaining in the state infrastructure

 

bank fund shall remain in the fund and be carried forward into the

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 314. The department shall provide a report prepared by

 

the department's internal auditor on the activities of the internal

 

auditor for the previous fiscal year. The report shall be due on


 

February 1, 2006 and shall be submitted to the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations committees, the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, the director of the state budget office, and the

 

auditor general. This report shall include a list of all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) All work activities conducted by the internal auditor,

 

including a listing of all audits, reviews, and investigations.

 

     (b) The time charged to each work activity, including time

 

charged to each audit, review, or investigation.

 

     (c) A listing of which audits, reviews, and investigations

 

have been completed and which audits, reviews, and investigations

 

have had reports of the results issued.

 

     Sec. 319. The department shall post signs at each rest area to

 

identify the agency or contractor responsible for maintenance of

 

the rest area. The signs shall include a department telephone

 

number and shall indicate that unsafe or unclean conditions at the

 

rest area may be reported to that telephone number.

 

     Sec. 324. From the funds appropriated in part 1, $500,000.00

 

from the state trunkline fund shall be used for enhanced

 

construction zone traffic law enforcement and the "give 'em a

 

brake" campaign. The funding shall be used to reimburse law

 

enforcement agencies for costs associated with construction zone

 

traffic enforcement. The funding shall be provided based on

 

approved memoranda of understanding between the department and

 

participating law enforcement agencies.

 

     Sec. 334. The department shall continue its program to

 

increase the use of women- and minority-owned businesses in state


 

and local road construction projects. This program shall comprise,

 

at a minimum, outreach and education efforts to inform women- and

 

minority-owned firms of department competitive bidding processes

 

and requirements, and an assessment of the availability of surety

 

for women- and minority-owned businesses. The department shall

 

report by March 31, 2006, to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies of its progress in complying with this section.

 

     Sec. 353. The department shall review its contractor payment

 

process and ensure that all prime contractors are paid promptly.

 

The department shall ensure that prime contractors are in

 

compliance with special provision 109.10 regarding the prompt

 

payment of subcontractors.

 

     Sec. 357. When presented with complete local federal aid

 

project submittals, the department shall complete all necessary

 

reviews and inspections required to let local federal aid projects

 

within 120 days of receipt. The department shall implement a system

 

for monitoring the local federal aid project review process.

 

     Sec. 361. The department will notify the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director of any changes

 

to the services or function of the multi-modal transportation

 

services program as approved by the state transportation

 

commission.

 

     Sec. 363. From the funds appropriated in part 1, sufficient

 

funds shall be granted to Michigan Technological University to

 

complete a study of the distribution and nature of log truck


 

accidents and the characteristics of log trucks and log loads. The

 

study shall consider alternative designs for log trucks and

 

trailers, including crib vehicles on which logs are loaded

 

lengthwise. The findings of this study shall be forwarded to the

 

house and senate appropriations committees, the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 365. No funds appropriated in part 1 may be expended for

 

the development of design plans or for the construction of either

 

Practical Alternative 5 or Practical Alternative 5 modified, as

 

identified in US-131 Improvement Study in St. Joseph County. It is

 

the intention of the legislature that the department proceed with

 

the construction of a full limited access freeway development

 

within the US-131 planning corridor from the Indiana state line to

 

north of the city of Three Rivers to Lovers Lane. The highway

 

location must be determined with public input and using Practical

 

Alternative numbers 1 through 4.

 

     Sec. 370. The department shall develop a complaint process

 

pertaining to charter service prohibitions that allows written or

 

electronic complaints from private operators of potential

 

violations of 49 CFR, part 604. The department shall maintain

 

records of these complaints and shall forward them in an

 

expeditious manner to the Federal Transit Administration. At the

 

time complaints are forwarded to the Federal Transit

 

Administration, the department shall also notify the relevant

 

eligible authority or eligible governmental agency that a complaint

 

has been received and potential violations have been reported to

 

the Federal Transit Administration. The department shall request an


 

eligible authority or eligible governmental agency respond in

 

writing within 30 days upon notification from the department a

 

complaint has been received. The department shall forward this

 

response to the Federal Transit Administration. The department

 

shall notify the relevant eligible authority or eligible

 

governmental agency and complainant of pertinent information

 

regarding disposal of the complaint by the Federal Transit

 

Administration in an expeditious manner.

 

     Sec. 374. The department shall not spend any of the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 for printing employee newsletters, except to

 

meet the needs of employees with disabilities. The department shall

 

produce and distribute all employee newsletters electronically.

 

     Sec. 375. The department is prohibited from reimbursing

 

contractors or consultants for costs associated with groundbreaking

 

ceremonies, receptions, open houses, or press conferences related

 

to transportation projects funded, in whole or in part, by revenue

 

appropriated in part 1.

 

     Sec. 376. No later than October 15, 2005, the department shall

 

report to the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation on the status of the 17 projects

 

that were initially deferred in the department's 5-year plan in

 

2003 and subsequently restored.

 

     Sec. 378. No funds appropriated in part 1 shall be used to pay

 

for food or beverages provided at in-house training conducted by

 

departmental staff.

 

     Sec. 379. The department shall not spend any comprehensive

 

transportation fund revenue appropriated in part 1 on operational


 

planning for an eligible authority or eligible governmental agency

 

in accordance with section 10b(3) of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660b.

 

     Sec. 380. The department only shall use those appropriations

 

contained in sections 114 and 115 to support the operations of the

 

multi-modal transportation services bureau. The department is

 

prohibited from charging any costs associated with the multi-modal

 

transportation services bureau to any appropriation in part 1,

 

other than the appropriations contained in sections 114 and 115,

 

regardless of their funding source without an approved legislative

 

transfer or an enacted supplemental appropriations bill.

 

     Sec. 381. No funds appropriated in part 1 shall be used to pay

 

for the costs associated with the production or airing of a

 

television program by the department, unless the program addresses

 

traffic or safety advisories.

 

     Sec. 383. The department, with assistance from the departments

 

of state police, natural resources, and military affairs, shall

 

prepare a quarterly report on all travel by executive branch

 

employees on state-owned, noncombat aircraft. The report shall

 

include, by department, the name of the traveler, the travel

 

origination location, the travel destination location, type of

 

aircraft, and the total estimated costs associated with the air

 

travel. This section does not apply to travel by the governor,

 

attorney general, or the secretary of state.

 

 

 

FEDERAL

 

     Sec. 401. When the department receives authorization from the

 

federal government to commit transportation funds pursuant to


 

federal appropriations, it shall present to the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations transportation subcommittees and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, the federal amounts and

 

categories authorized and the department's recommendation for

 

distribution of these funds. If a recommendation or recommendations

 

are not disapproved within 60 business days by either the senate or

 

house of representatives appropriations transportation

 

subcommittees, then the recommendation or recommendations shall be

 

considered as approved. If either the senate or house of

 

representatives appropriations transportation subcommittees

 

disapproves the proposed distribution, then the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations transportation subcommittees and the

 

department shall hold a joint meeting to develop a final

 

distribution. If no agreement is reached between the parties, the

 

department's distribution shall stand.

 

     Sec. 402. (1) Twenty-three to twenty-seven percent of the DOT-

 

FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction federal funds

 

appropriated in part 1 shall be allocated to programs administered

 

by local jurisdictions after deduction of the following:

 

     (a) Funds that are specifically allocated at the federal level

 

to the state or local jurisdictions.

 

     (b) Funds allocated by the department to the state and to

 

local jurisdictions through a competitive process.

 

     (2) Federal aid excluded from the calculation of funding

 

allocated to programs administered by local jurisdictions in

 

subsection (1) includes, but is not limited to, congestion

 

mitigation and air quality funds, federal bridge funds,


 

transportation enhancement funds, funds distributed at the

 

discretion of the United States secretary of transportation, and

 

congressionally designated funds.

 

     (3) The funds shall be distributed to eligible local agencies

 

for transportation purposes in a manner consistent with state and

 

federal law.

 

     (4) Federal aid to highways allocated to local jurisdictions

 

in subsection (1) shall be distributed in a manner that produces a

 

25% average allocation of applicable funds to programs for local

 

jurisdictions in each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006. The average allocation of applicable federal

 

aid to highway funds to programs for local jurisdictions shall be

 

the average of the amount distributed to local jurisdictions under

 

subsection (1) and similarly calculated distributions in each

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     (5) The allocation percentage described in subsection (1)

 

shall be adjusted to reflect any voluntary agreements made by the

 

department with local jurisdictions regarding the transfer of

 

federal aid eligible roadways or the state buyout of local federal

 

aid.

 

     (6) The department shall not borrow against the critical

 

bridge fund for the first 9 months of the fiscal year.

 

     (7) The federal funds appropriated in part 1 for local federal

 

aid and road and bridge construction, to eligible local road

 

agencies, may be transferred through a voluntary buyout agreement

 

made between eligible local road agencies.

 

 


 

MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 501. The money received under the motor carrier act, 1933

 

PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43, and not appropriated to the department

 

of labor and economic growth or the department of state police is

 

deposited in the Michigan transportation fund.

 

     Sec. 502. The department of treasury shall perform audits and

 

make investigations of the disposition of all state funds received

 

by county road commissions or county boards of commissioners, as

 

applicable, and cities and villages for transportation purposes to

 

determine compliance with the terms and conditions of 1951 PA 51,

 

MCL 247.651 to 247.675. County road commissions or county boards of

 

commissioners, as applicable, and cities and villages shall make

 

available to the department of treasury the pertinent records for

 

the audit.

 

     Sec. 503. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

economic development and local bridge programs shall not lapse at

 

the end of the fiscal year but shall carry forward each fiscal year

 

for the purposes for which appropriated in accordance with 1987 PA

 

231, MCL 247.901 to 247.913, and section 10(5) of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660.

 

     (2) Interest earned in the department of transportation

 

economic development fund and local bridge fund shall remain in the

 

respective funds and shall be allocated to the respective programs

 

based on actual interest earned at the end of each fiscal year.

 

     (3) The department of transportation economic development fund

 

and local bridge fund may receive and expend federal, local, or

 

private funds or restricted source funds such as interest earnings


 

for projects that are consistent with the programmatic mission of

 

the respective funds in addition to funds appropriated in part 1.

 

     (4) None of the funds statutorily dedicated to the

 

transportation economic development fund and local bridge fund

 

shall be diverted to other projects.

 

     Sec. 504. (1) Funds from the Michigan transportation fund

 

(MTF) shall be distributed to the comprehensive transportation fund

 

(CTF), the economic development fund (EDF), the recreation

 

improvement fund (RIF), and the state trunkline fund (STF), in

 

accordance with this article and part 711 of the natural resources

 

and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.71101 to

 

324.71108, and may only be used as specified in this article, 1951

 

PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675, and part 711 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.71101 to 324.71108.

 

     (2) The amounts appropriated and transferred to various state

 

agencies from part 1 shall be expended from the transportation

 

funds pursuant to annual contracts between the department and state

 

agencies providing tax and fee collection and other services

 

applicable to transportation funds. The contracts shall be executed

 

prior to the transfer of these funds. The contracts shall provide,

 

but are not limited to, the following data applicable to each state

 

agency:

 

     (a) Estimated costs to be recovered from transportation funds.

 

     (b) Description of services financed with transportation

 

funds.

 

     (c) Detailed cost allocation methods that are appropriate to


 

the type of services being provided and the activities financed

 

with transportation funds.

 

     (3) Two months after publication of the state of Michigan

 

comprehensive annual financial report, each state agency receiving

 

an interdepartment and statutory contract from the department shall

 

submit a written report to the department, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies stating by

 

spending authorization account the amount of estimated funds

 

contracted with the department, the amount of funds expended, the

 

amount of funds returned to the transportation funds, and any

 

unreimbursed transportation-related costs incurred but not billed

 

to transportation funds. A copy of the report shall be submitted to

 

the auditor general and the report shall be subject to audit by the

 

auditor general.

 

 

 

STATE TRUNKLINE FUND

 

     Sec. 601. The department shall work with the road construction

 

industry and engineering consulting community to develop

 

performance and road construction warranties for construction

 

contracts. The development of warranties shall include warranties

 

on materials, workmanship, performance criteria, and design/build

 

projects. The department will report by September 30 of each

 

calendar year to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the status of

 

efforts to develop performance and road construction warranties.

 

     Sec. 602. If the department uses manufactured pipe for road


 

construction drainage, the department shall require that pipe used

 

under certain load-bearing conditions beneath the roadway meets the

 

standards established by the American society for testing and

 

materials (ASTM) or American association of state highway and

 

transportation officials (AASHTO). The department may also use the

 

mandrel test for manufactured pipe 60 days after installation and

 

provide a summary of the results of these inspections to the house

 

of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation and house and senate fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall use traffic congestion as 1 of

 

the criteria in determining the priorities for designating which

 

roads shall be remediated in its 5-year road plan, which must be

 

submitted on or before February 1, 2006. Criteria for evaluating

 

traffic congestion shall include, but not be limited to,

 

coordination with local, county, and regional planning, improvement

 

in traffic operations, improvement in physical roadway conditions,

 

accident reduction, and coordination with area public

 

transportation planning.

 

     Sec. 607. Funding shall be made available for the remediation

 

of unsafe pedestrian crossings on state highways. Funds from this

 

appropriation may be expended only as matching funds for up to 50%

 

of project cost with additional project funding to be provided by

 

local units of government or through private contributions.

 

Selected projects shall require the approval of the transportation

 

commission. Maintenance of pedestrian overpasses constructed from

 

funds made available through this appropriation shall be the

 

responsibility of a local unit of government or public or private


 

institutions of higher education.

 

     Sec. 608. From the amounts appropriated in part 1 for forest

 

roads from the transportation economic development fund, $40,000.00

 

shall be used for the purpose of establishing 2 additional truck

 

inspection stations. The department shall work directly with

 

representatives of the timber industry to educate truck drivers on

 

the use of the stations. The department shall report on the status

 

of this program.

 

     Sec. 610. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department have as a priority the removal of dead deer and other

 

large animal remains from the traveled portion and shoulder of

 

state highways. The department, and counties that perform state

 

highway maintenance under contract, shall remove animal remains,

 

wherever practicable, away from the traveled portion and shoulder

 

of state highways.

 

     Sec. 611. From the appropriations in part 1, the department

 

shall use high-quality pavement marking materials for all state

 

trunkline projects with a design life of 10 years or greater. The

 

department shall coordinate with material suppliers, equipment

 

manufacturers, and application contractors to ensure cost-effective

 

improvements in durability and retro-reflectivity. The department

 

shall identify pilot projects for demonstration of wet reflective

 

characteristics. The department shall submit a report to both the

 

house and senate appropriations committees and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies by January 31, 2006, that provides information on

 

the wet reflective pilot projects and the use of high-quality

 

pavement marking materials in coordination with material suppliers,


 

equipment manufacturers, and application contractors.

 

     Sec. 612. The department shall establish guidelines governing

 

incentives and disincentives provided under contracts for state

 

trunkline projects. The guidelines shall include specific financial

 

information concerning incentives and disincentives. On or before

 

January 1, 2006, the department shall prepare a report for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year regarding contract incentives and

 

disincentives. This report shall include a list, by project, of the

 

contractors that received contract incentives and/or disincentives,

 

the amount of the incentives and/or disincentives, and the number

 

of days that each project was completed either ahead or past the

 

contracted completion date. This report shall be provided to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on transportation,

 

the senate and house standing committees on transportation, and the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 621. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall install a traffic light on US-31 at the

 

intersection with Bay Harbor in Emmet County.

 

     Sec. 622. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall proceed with the construction of improvements to

 

the M-37 corridor between 100th Street and 84th Street in Caledonia

 

Township, Kent County, as recommended in the department's corridor

 

traffic study. The improvements shall include traffic signalization

 

at the intersections of M-37 and Glengarry Drive, and M-37 and

 

100th Street, and the construction of a turning lane along the

 

length of the corridor.

 

     Sec. 623. Upon passage of House Bill No. 4564 of the 93rd


 

Legislature, there is appropriated from the funds in section 111

 

for state trunkline federal aid and road and bridge construction

 

$137,500.00 for the costs associated with the removal of a

 

barricade on Tienken Road in Oakland County. The department shall

 

make these funds available for this project only if each city,

 

Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills, provides a 50% match to the

 

amount of state funding for this project.

 

     Sec. 626. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall provide funding to the city of Cheboygan for the

 

construction of a bridge to replace the current bridge over the

 

Cheboygan River at Lincoln Avenue in the city of Cheboygan.

 

     Sec. 628. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used to

 

transfer investment management functions from the Mackinac Bridge

 

Authority to the state treasurer. All bridge operating functions

 

currently performed by the Mackinac Bridge Authority remain within

 

the Mackinac Bridge Authority established under section 2 of 1950

 

(Ex Sess) PA 21, MCL 254.302. The legislature concurs with the

 

finding of the Governor's Mackinac Bridge Task Force established

 

under Executive Order No. 1986-14 that the Mackinac Bridge

 

Authority remain in existence and continue to operate and maintain

 

the bridge in the future.

 

     Sec. 629. The department shall allow the city of Port Huron to

 

close business route M-25 in October 2005 for happy apple days

 

festival. The department shall not impose restrictions on the city

 

for the street closing permit beyond those required in prior years.

 

     Sec. 633. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall install a traffic signal on M-99 at the


 

intersection with Spicerville highway in Eaton County.

 

     Sec. 634. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall install traffic signals at the intersection of Ann

 

Arbor Road and McClumpha Road in Plymouth Township, Wayne County,

 

and at the intersection of King Road and Telegraph Road in

 

Brownstown Township, Wayne County.

 

     Sec. 635. From the funds appropriated, the department shall

 

continue to use steady-burn or other warning lights on all

 

channelizing devices and plastic drums during hours of darkness on

 

all road and bridge improvement projects. Steady-burn or other

 

warning lights are part of a systems approach to improving motorist

 

and worker safety through effective advance warning and enhanced

 

delineation under all field and weather conditions.

 

     Sec. 641. From the funds appropriated in part 1, sufficient

 

funds are appropriated to match any federal congressional high-

 

priority projects which may be designated for the completion of 2

 

segments of US-127 from Ithaca to St. Johns to a limited access

 

freeway.

 

     Sec. 642. From the funds appropriated in part 1, sufficient

 

funds are appropriated to match any federal congressional high-

 

priority projects which may be designated for interchange

 

improvements on I-96 at Latson Road in Livingston County.

 

     Sec. 643. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall reduce congestion on I-75 from 8 Mile Road to M-

 

24/Lapeer Road.

 

     Sec. 644. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall extend the exit deceleration lanes on I-75 at exit


 

72 (Crooks Road) in the city of Troy.

 

     Sec. 645. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall complete safety and intersection improvements at

 

Woodward and Lincoln Street in the city of Birmingham.

 

     Sec. 646. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall complete improvements to the median of Square Lake

 

Road between Franklin and Woodward in Bloomfield Township.

 

     Sec. 647. From the funds appropriated in part 1, $500,000.00

 

is appropriated for the preservation and maintenance for roads and

 

trails under the authority of the Mackinac state park commission.

 

     Sec. 648. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall proceed with the construction of intersection

 

improvements, including lane widening and construction of turning

 

lanes on US-2 at County Road 521 in Delta County.

 

     Sec. 649. Upon completion of reconstruction of the interchange

 

on I-96 at Beck Road, the department shall proceed with the

 

reconstruction of the interchange on I-96 at Wixom Road in Oakland

 

County.

 

     Sec. 650. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall complete safety and intersection improvements at

 

Ford Road and Beck Road in Canton Township.

 

     Sec. 651. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall construct additional traffic lanes on both

 

eastbound and westbound M-59 from Crooks Road in Rochester Hills to

 

Ryan Road in Macomb County.

 

     Sec. 652. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall proceed with the construction of an interchange on


 

I-75 at Milbocker and McCoy Roads in the city of Gaylord and the

 

construction of a bridge over I-75 connecting Van Tyle Road and S.

 

Wisconsin Avenue in the city of Gaylord.

 

     Sec. 653. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall proceed with the replacement of the Flint River

 

bridge on M-13 in Albee Township, Saginaw County.

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 701. Except as otherwise provided for in this section,

 

money that is received by the state as a lease payment for state-

 

owned intercity bus equipment is not money to be deposited in the

 

comprehensive transportation fund under section 10b of 1951 PA 51,

 

MCL 247.660b, but is money that is deposited in an intercity bus

 

equipment fund for appropriation for the purchase and repair of

 

intercity bus equipment. Proceeds received by the state from the

 

sale of intercity bus equipment are deposited in an intercity bus

 

equipment fund for appropriation for the purchase and repair of

 

intercity bus equipment. For the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006, $200,000.00 from the unreserved fund balance shall be

 

transferred from the intercity bus equipment fund and deposited in

 

the comprehensive transportation fund. Security deposits from the

 

lease of state-owned intercity bus equipment not returned to the

 

lessee of the equipment under terms of the lease agreement are

 

deposited in an intercity bus equipment fund for appropriation for

 

the repair of intercity bus equipment. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any funds remaining in the intercity bus equipment fund shall

 

remain in the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding


 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 702. Money that is received by the state as repayment for

 

loans made for rail or water freight capital projects, and as a

 

result of the sale of property or equipment used or projected to be

 

used for rail or water freight projects shall be deposited in the

 

fund created by section 17 of the state transportation preservation

 

act of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.67. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any funds remaining in the rail preservation fund shall

 

remain in the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 703. After receiving notification from a railroad company

 

pursuant to section 8 of the state transportation preservation act

 

of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.58, the department shall immediately

 

notify the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation and the state budget office that

 

the railroad company has filed with the appropriate governmental

 

agencies for abandonment of a line.

 

     Sec. 704. The department shall submit a report to both the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation,

 

the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director

 

by March 1 of each year outlining its efforts to develop a high-

 

speed rail program as well as efforts to obtain funding for this

 

purpose. The report shall include recommendations on self-

 

sustaining revenue sources to increase awareness and include

 

efforts to increase ridership.

 

     Sec. 705. Funds appropriated in part 1 for the rail

 

infrastructure loan program shall be credited to the rail


 

infrastructure loan fund established in section 15a of the state

 

transportation preservation act of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.65a.

 

     Sec. 706. The Detroit/Wayne County port authority shall issue

 

a complete operations assessment and a financial disclosure

 

statement. The operations assessment shall include operational

 

goals for the next 5 years and recommendations to improve land

 

acquisition and development efficiency. The report shall be

 

completed and submitted to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by February 15

 

of each fiscal year for the prior fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 707. (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006,

 

each eligible authority and each eligible governmental agency which

 

provides public transportation services in urbanized areas with a

 

Michigan population of less than or equal to 100,000 and

 

nonurbanized areas under section 5311 of title 49 of the United

 

States Code, 49 USC 5311, shall receive a grant of up to 60% of its

 

eligible operating expenses. Each eligible authority and each

 

eligible government agency which provides public transportation

 

services in urbanized areas with a Michigan population of greater

 

than 100,000 under section 5307 of title 49 of the United States

 

Code, 49 USC 5307, shall receive a grant of up to 50% of its

 

eligible operating expenses.

 

     (2) If the department determines that the Detroit

 

transportation corporation is an eligible governmental agency as

 

defined in section 10c(c) of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660c, and is

 

eligible for operating grants under section 10e of 1951 PA 51, MCL


 

247.660e, the Detroit transportation corporation shall receive an

 

operating grant not to exceed the amount of the distribution it

 

received for eligible operating expenses for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 1997 as provided in section 10e(4)(a)(v) of 1951 PA

 

51, MCL 247.660e. The funding plan for capital construction costs

 

of the Detroit people mover project as described and provided under

 

1984 PA 243, 1985 PA 111, 1986 PA 207, 1987 PA 136, 1988 PA 271,

 

1989 PA 54, and 1990 PA 202 represents the only funding plan for

 

cost overruns and there is no provision or expectation of other

 

state money of any nature or character whatsoever for the

 

construction or operation of the project.

 

     (3) No funds appropriated in part 1 of this article or in part

 

1 of 2004 PA 361 may be distributed, expended, or encumbered for

 

operating or capital assistance to the Detroit transportation

 

corporation prior to a resolution by the regional transit

 

coordinating council established under the metropolitan

 

transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to

 

124.426, indicating how such funds would be treated in relation to

 

article V of the regional transit coordinating council bylaws.  Any

 

state operating assistance for which the Detroit transportation

 

corporation has applied which has not been distributed or expended

 

by September 30, 2005 may not be encumbered for the Detroit

 

transportation corporation but shall be redistributed to other

 

eligible authorities and eligible governmental agencies in

 

accordance with section 10e of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660e.

 

     Sec. 708. If funds appropriated in part 1 are used to provide

 

state-owned or state-leased buses to private intercity bus


 

carriers, the department shall charge not less than $1,000.00 per

 

bus per year for their use.

 

     Sec. 709. (1) The following bus routes are designated as an

 

essential corridor in Michigan:

 

   Between St. Ignace and Escanaba      US-2

 

   Between Escanaba and Duluth          US-2 through Ironwood to the

 

                                           state line

 

   Between Calumet and Escanaba         US-41

 

   Between Escanaba and Milwaukee       US-41 through Menominee to

 

                                           the state line

 

   Between St. Ignace and              

 

     Sault Ste. Marie                   I-75

 

   Between Detroit and Chicago          I-94 from Detroit to the    

 

                                           state line

 

   Between Detroit and Muskegon         I-96

 

   Between Grand Rapids, Holland,      

 

     and Benton Harbor                  I-196 to I-94

 

   Between Muskegon and Grand          

 

     Rapids                             US-31, I-96

 

   Between Detroit and Bay City         I-75

 

   Between Bay City and Mount          

 

     Pleasant                           US-10, M-20

 

   Between Jackson and Traverse         US-127, US-27, I-75,

 

     City                                 Grayling, Gaylord,

 

                                           M-72 to Traverse City

 

   Between Jackson and                  I-69, I-94 to the state line

 

     Indianapolis                         through Albion, Marshall,


 

                                           and Coldwater

 

   Between Houghton Lake and           

 

     Cadillac                           M-55 and M-66

 

   Between Detroit and Toledo           I-75 to the state line

 

   Between the Indiana state line      

 

     and Traverse City                  US-31 and I-196

 

   Between Detroit and Port Huron       I-375 and I-94

 

   Between Toledo and Bay City          US-23, I-75, and I-675, I-75

 

   Between Bay City and Chicago         I-75, Flint, I-69, I-94,

 

                                          Battle Creek, I-94 to the

 

                                          state line

 

   Between Flint and Lansing            I-69, M-21, Owosso, M-52,

 

                                           I-69

 

   Between Bay City and St. Ignace      I-75, US-23

 

   Between Grand Rapids and             US-131, Cadillac, M-115,

 

     St. Ignace                           Mesick, M-37 to Traverse

 

                                          City, US-31, Acme, M-72,

 

                                          Kalkaska, US-131, Boyne

 

                                          Falls, M-75, Walloon Lake,

 

                                          US-131, Petoskey, US-31,

 

                                          I-75, St. Ignace

 

   Between Kalamazoo and Grand         

 

     Rapids                             US-131

 

     (2) Any changes to the essential corridor list in subsection

 

(1) shall be approved by the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation.

 

     (3) No entity shall receive operating assistance for a


 

scheduled regular route service which is competing with another

 

private or public carrier over the same route.

 

     Sec. 711. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 from the

 

comprehensive transportation fund for rail passenger service, the

 

department shall negotiate with a rail carrier to provide rail

 

service between Grand Rapids and Chicago and between Port Huron and

 

Chicago on a 7-day basis, consistent with the other provisions of

 

this section.

 

     (2) Any state subsidy for rail passenger service between Grand

 

Rapids and Chicago and between Port Huron and Chicago shall be

 

limited to 50% of the portion of the cost not eligible for

 

reimbursement by the federal government and shall not exceed

 

$6,100,000.00.

 

     (3) The rail carrier shall, as a condition to receiving a

 

state operating subsidy, establish a system to monitor, collect,

 

and resolve customer complaints and shall make the information

 

available to the department, the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation, and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies.

 

     (4) The department shall submit a report to both the house and

 

senate appropriations committees and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies by January 1, 2006 that provides a 5-year history on

 

services, ridership, and subsidies.

 

     (5) Future state support for the service between Grand Rapids

 

and Chicago and Port Huron and Chicago is dependent on the

 

department's ability to provide a plan and a contract for services

 

that increase ridership and revenue, reduce operating costs, and


 

improve on-time performance. The department shall include a section

 

in the report required in subsection (4) detailing efforts to

 

reduce the dependence on state operating subsidies and projected

 

operating expenses for the next 2 years, and recommending service

 

alternatives, for the Grand Rapids to Chicago service and the Port

 

Huron to Chicago service.

 

     (6) No state subsidy shall be provided from the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 if the chosen rail carrier is Amtrak and

 

Amtrak discontinued service or any portion of the service between

 

Port Huron and Chicago or Grand Rapids and Chicago during the

 

preceding fiscal year, unless the discontinuance of service was for

 

track maintenance or was caused by acts of God.

 

     (7) If the federal government reduces or eliminates support

 

for Amtrak, no funds from the appropriations in part 1 may be used

 

to continue or supplement service on rail passenger lines in

 

Michigan previously operated as part of Amtrak's core service.

 

     Sec. 714. (1) The department, in cooperation with local

 

transit agencies, shall work to ensure that demand-response

 

services are provided throughout Michigan. The department shall

 

continue to work with local units of government to address the

 

unmet transit needs in Michigan.

 

     (2) The department shall report by March 1, 2006 on its

 

efforts to implement this section over the past 2 years.

 

     Sec. 715. (1) On or before January 27, 2006, the department,

 

together with the house and senate fiscal agencies and the

 

department of management and budget, shall estimate the unreserved

 

and unencumbered closing balance of the comprehensive


 

transportation fund (CTF) for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2005. The estimate shall consider lapsed appropriations from the

 

CTF and revised estimates of state restricted transportation

 

revenue.

 

     (2) On or before February 3, 2006, the department shall

 

request a legislative transfer in accordance with section 393 of

 

the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, to

 

appropriate any estimated unreserved and unencumbered CTF fund

 

balance in excess of $1,000,000.00. The appropriations included in

 

the transfer request shall be in accordance with the statutory

 

requirements of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675. At the same

 

time the department makes its transfer request, the department

 

shall submit copies of the transfer request to the house of

 

representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation and the house and senate fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 719. The department may provide advances to local road

 

authorities from the rail grade crossing account pursuant to

 

section 11(1)(g) of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661, for the construction

 

of grade separations. Money that is received by the state as a

 

repayment of the advance, including interest on the advance, shall

 

be returned to the rail grade crossing account and be available for

 

the local grade crossing program for advances for the construction

 

of grade separations pursuant to section 11(1)(g) of 1951 PA 51,

 

MCL 247.661.

 

     Sec. 721. For federal transit administration bus acquisition

 

capital grants matched with CTF funds appropriated in part 1,

 

transit agencies shall have 4 years from the federal approval date


 

to carry out their projects. Contract line items unobligated 4

 

years after the federal approval date may be matched with CTF funds

 

only up to 15% in the fifth and subsequent years. "Unobligated"

 

means any line item in the contract that is not committed to a

 

third party or purchase order. A waiver shall be granted by the

 

department for an additional year with documented justification

 

from the transit agency accompanied by a resolution from the board

 

or authority seeking a waiver. If a transit agency does not carry

 

out a line item activity in a specific authorization and the

 

transit agency requests funds in a new authorization for that same

 

activity, the line item shall be matched at up to 15%. This section

 

applies only to bus acquisition capital grants. Lapsed funds under

 

this section shall remain in the CTF.

 

     Sec. 722. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

transportation to work from the CTF, sufficient funds shall be used

 

as a match for job access reverse commute grants for local transit

 

agencies.

 

     Sec. 728. From the funds appropriated in section 117 for

 

freight preservation and development, $250,000.00 shall be used for

 

crossing upgrades and bridge deck replacement on the Huron

 

subdivision of the Lake State Rail Company.

 

     Sec. 729. From the funds appropriated in section 117 for

 

intercity bus service development, $100,000.00 shall be used for

 

lost ridership support and/or marketing efforts to increase

 

awareness of intercity bus service, increase ridership on intercity

 

bus carriers, and improve coordination of intercity bus service in

 

Michigan.


 

     Sec. 730. The department shall sell all state-owned intercity

 

bus equipment within 6 months of termination of lease agreements

 

with intercity bus carriers. The proceeds from the sale of state-

 

owned intercity bus equipment under this section shall be deposited

 

in the intercity bus equipment fund, consistent with section 701.

 

     Sec. 731. The department shall charge public transit agencies

 

and intercity bus carriers equal rates for leasing similar space in

 

state-owned intermodal facilities.

 

     Sec. 732. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for local

 

bus operating, eligible authorities and eligible governmental

 

agencies receiving grants under section 10e of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660e, shall equip vehicles with necessary operational lifts and

 

ramps and certify to the department, in a format specified by the

 

department, that those lifts and ramps are maintained and cycled on

 

a regularly scheduled basis to ensure operability consistent with

 

authority granted to the department under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651

 

to 247.675.

 

     (2) By October 29, 2005, eligible authorities and eligible

 

governmental agencies shall forward to the department, the senate

 

and house appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the

 

senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director a

 

report on the status of their fleet with respect to operational

 

lifts and ramps pursuant to subsection (1). Eligible authorities

 

and eligible governmental agencies shall specifically include

 

information in the report on the number and percentage of the fleet

 

with operational lifts and ramps, and the number and percentage of

 

the fleet with operational lifts and ramps that are not in working


 

order.

 

     (3) An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency that

 

reports, pursuant to subsection (2) that vehicles currently

 

eligible for or in active service have lifts or ramps that are not

 

operational, shall certify to the department by December 31, 2005

 

that the nonoperational lifts and ramps have been repaired or

 

replaced and are operational.

 

     (4) By April 1, 2006, the department director shall certify,

 

in writing, to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director that the information provided by each eligible

 

authority or eligible governmental agency under subsections (2) and

 

(3) is accurate to the best of the director's knowledge. In the

 

event that the department director finds that the information

 

provided by each eligible authority or eligible governmental agency

 

under subsections (2) and (3) is inaccurate, the director shall

 

notify the eligible authority or eligible governmental agency of

 

the inaccuracies and require submission of a corrected report.

 

     (5) Eligible authorities and eligible governmental agencies

 

who report, pursuant to subsection (2), nonoperational lifts and

 

ramps on vehicles currently eligible for or in active service, and

 

who are unable to certify, pursuant to subsection (3), that lifts

 

and ramps have been repaired or replaced by December 31, 2005,

 

shall not receive 25% of their monthly local bus operating grant,

 

beginning January 1, 2006. Persons 65 years of age or older and

 

persons with disabilities shall be exempt from fare box charges for

 

the period an eligible authority or eligible governmental agency


 

has funds withheld pursuant to this subsection.

 

     (6) If the eligible authority or eligible governmental agency

 

certifies on or before April 30, 2006 that lifts and ramps reported

 

as nonoperational pursuant to subsections (3) and (4) are now

 

operational, funds withheld during the period subsequent to

 

December 31, 2005 shall be forwarded to the applicable eligible

 

authority or eligible governmental agency. If the applicable lifts

 

and ramps are not operational by April 30, 2006, funds withheld

 

pursuant to subsection (4) shall be forfeited and deposited to the

 

comprehensive transportation fund.

 

     (7) The department shall report to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on September 30,

 

2006, regarding actions taken with respect to implementation of

 

this section.

 

     (8) The department shall ensure that transit agencies have

 

adequate wheelchair lifts and ramps available on demand response

 

vehicles to meet the needs of persons with disabilities.

 

     Sec. 734. (1) The department will work to ensure that public

 

transit agencies that receive funds under this article meet the

 

following service performance measures:

 

     (a) Transportation services are efficient, cost-effective,

 

safe, well-maintained, reliable, customer-drive.

 

     (b) Agency provides a quality work environment that fulfills

 

employee performance, productivity, and development standards.

 

     (c) Agency identifies and captures all available funding,

 

creates cost-effective programs to eliminate debt, and maintains a


 

balanced budget.

 

     (d) Agency maintains sufficient local and community funding.

 

     (e) Agency supports business development by providing

 

transportation to areas of employment and commerce, emerging or

 

established businesses, and health care facilities.

 

     (2) The department shall inform agencies of deficiencies

 

meeting these performance measures and shall inform agencies that

 

failure to address deficiencies jeopardizes future state funding.

 

     (3) The department shall report deficiencies noted in meeting

 

performance measures to the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies by April 1, 2006.

 

     Sec. 735. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department proceed with the construction of a Birmingham/Troy

 

intermodal passenger facility.

 

     Sec. 736. From the funds appropriated in part 1, freight

 

preservation and development, the department shall resurface state-

 

owned rail track from mile post 65.8 in Owosso to mile post 74.2 in

 

Oakley and shall perform track rehabilitation from mile post 74.2

 

in Oakley to mile post 78.2 in Chesaning.

 

     Sec. 738. From the appropriation in part 1 for specialized

 

services, there is appropriated $500,000.00 from the comprehensive

 

transportation fund to support targeted transportation programs for

 

the elderly and persons with disabilities administered by the area

 

agency on aging 1-b. This appropriation shall be in addition to the

 

grants which the area agency on aging 1-b would have normally

 

received under the specialized services program.


 

     Sec. 739. Eligible authorities and eligible governmental

 

agencies receiving grants from funds appropriated in this article

 

shall not assign buses longer than 40 feet to fixed route service

 

if a reasonable estimate of ridership does not warrant the use of

 

such large-capacity vehicles.

 

 

 

AERONAUTICS FUND

 

     Sec. 801. At the close of the fiscal year, any unobligated and

 

unexpended balance in the state aeronautics fund created in the

 

aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.1

 

to 259.208, shall lapse to the state aeronautics fund and be

 

appropriated by the legislature in the immediately succeeding

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 805. State aeronautics funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

airport safety and protection plan debt service are transferred to

 

the comprehensive transportation fund and are appropriated for the

 

purpose of reimbursing comprehensive transportation fund debt

 

service obligations for the airport safety and protection plan

 

program.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 18

 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 19

 

MISCELLANEOUS


House Bill No. 4831 (H-1) as amended June 9, 2005

PART 1

 

     [Sec. 101. 1976 PA 174, MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253, is repealed.

     Sec. 501. As used in this act:

     (a) "Effective government" means government is effective, efficient, and accountable.

     (b) "Health" means people are healthy.

     (c) "Kids succeeding" means kids are succeeding in school.

     (d) "Mobility" means people and goods move around the state quickly and efficiently.

     (e) "Prepared for jobs" means people are prepared for jobs and the new economy.

     (f) "Resource conservation" means our natural resources are conserved and protected.

     (g) "Safety" means people are safe where they live, work, and play.

     (h) "Thriving economy" means the economy is thriving and people are working.

     (i) "Vulnerable" means the most vulnerable live free from harm and as self-sufficiently as possible.]