SB-0280, As Passed Senate, June 15, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of state

 

police and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2006; to provide for the expenditure of those

 

appropriations; to provide for certain reports and the

 

consideration of those reports; to provide for the disposition of

 

other income received by the various state agencies; to provide for

 

certain emergency powers; and to provide for the powers and duties

 

of certain committees, certain state agencies, and certain

 

employees.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1


Senate Bill No. 280 as amended June 15, 2005

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, 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........ 2,906.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<543,575,100>>

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        20,295,700

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ <<523,279,400>>

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       170,821,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................        5,597,900

 

Total private revenues.................................            11,200

 

Total state restricted revenues........................       112,782,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<234,067,200>>

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions ......... 3.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Unclassified positions................................. $        238,300

 

Executive direction--34.0 FTE positions................         3,493,200


 

Auto theft prevention program--5.0 FTE positions.......         7,133,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,865,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Auto theft prevention fund.............................         7,133,500

 

Michigan justice training fund.........................           126,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,604,800

 

   Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS

 

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:

 

IDG, training academy charges..........................           227,500

 

IDT, Michigan justice training fund....................           850,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal narcotics investigation revenues...............            95,000

 

DOJ....................................................            40,400

 

DOT....................................................            20,200

 

DHS....................................................             9,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Forensic science reimbursement fee.....................            80,800

 

Narcotics investigation revenues.......................           170,000


 

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

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     24,869,300

 

   Sec. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES

 

Full-time equated classified positions............ 129.0

 

Human resources--26.0 FTE positions.................... $      2,026,100

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            88,600

 

Management services--35.0 FTE positions................         2,563,400

 

Training administration--37.0 FTE positions............         4,450,900

 

Communications--8.0 FTE positions......................         4,339,000

 

Budget and financial services--23.0 FTE positions......         1,902,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     15,370,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, auto theft funds..................................            23,800

 

IDG, training academy charges..........................         3,005,700

 

IDT, truck safety fund.................................             4,600

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................            30,000

 

IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees...........................            31,000

 

   Special revenues funds:

 

Local - LEIN fees......................................            36,100


 

Highway safety fund....................................           127,200

 

Auto theft prevention fund.............................             4,600

 

Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement.........             3,300

 

Precision driving track fees...........................           287,900

 

Criminal justice information center service fees.......           146,500

 

Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................           220,100

 

Reimbursed services....................................            47,200

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................           141,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     11,261,400

 

   Sec. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 26.0

 

State program planning and administration--14.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      1,187,200

 

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.................................... $     28,757,600

 

    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 ....................           528,100


 

   Sec. 106. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 95.0

 

Criminal justice information center division--78.0

 

FTE positions........................................ $      7,677,700

 

Criminal records improvement--1.0 FTE position.........         4,741,700

 

Traffic safety--16.0 FTE positions.....................         2,557,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     14,976,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDOS...............................................           315,900

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................           347,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................         4,741,700

 

DOT....................................................         1,413,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local - LEIN fees......................................           205,100

 

Sex offender registration fund.........................           256,400

 

Criminal justice information center service fees.......         6,386,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,310,300

 

   Sec. 107. FORENSIC SCIENCES

 

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

 

Laboratory operations--180.0 FTE positions............. $     18,844,100

 

DNA analysis program--40.0 FTE positions...............         8,720,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     27,564,700

 

    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..................... $     19,417,500

 

   Sec. 108. MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

STANDARDS

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 28.0

 

Standards and training--22.0 FTE positions............. $      2,305,500

 

Justice training grants--4.0 FTE positions.............        10,247,600

 

Concealed weapons enforcement training.................           140,000

 

Training only to local units--2.0 FTE positions........           839,000

 

Officer's survivor tuition program.....................            48,800

 

Public safety officers benefit program.................           150,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,730,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................           391,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Secondary road patrol and training fund................           839,000

 

Michigan justice training fund.........................        10,970,200

 

Licensing fees.........................................            54,300

 

Concealed weapons enforcement fee......................           140,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,336,200

 

   Sec. 110. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 72.0

 

Emergency management planning and


 

   administration--55.0 FTE positions................... $      4,397,900

 

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 position...           582,600

 

Hazardous materials programs--7.0 FTE positions........       121,703,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    131,428,200

 

    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..................... $      2,013,200

 

   Sec. 111. UNIFORM SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,662.0

 

Uniform services--506.0 FTE positions.................. $     47,444,000

 

Security guards--15.0 FTE positions....................         1,014,200

 

Reimbursed services....................................         2,173,200

 

At-post troopers--1,141.0 FTE positions................       121,232,500

 

Commercial mobile radio service projects...............           800,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    172,663,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDMB, building occupancy charges...................           610,100


 

IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund coordinator.........           400,000

 

IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund operations..........           400,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOJ....................................................         1,694,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Narcotic investigation revenues........................            45,900

 

Highway safety fund....................................        21,951,400

 

Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................        31,303,000

 

State police service fees..............................         2,173,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    114,086,200

 

   Sec. 112. SPECIAL OPERATIONS

 

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

 

Operational support--34.0 FTE positions................ $      2,935,600

 

Traffic services--10.0 FTE positions...................         3,543,400

 

Aviation program--5.0 FTE positions....................         1,110,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,589,400

 

    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.............         1,197,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,458,500

 

   Sec. 113. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS


 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 372.0

 

Criminal investigations--258.0 FTE positions........... $     30,553,900

 

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

 

Fire investigation--11.0 FTE positions.................         1,496,600

 

Fire investigation training to locals..................            50,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     50,901,900

 

    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..................... $     33,094,400

 

   Sec. 114. MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 214.0

 

Motor carrier enforcement--106.0 FTE positions......... $      9,399,200

 

Truck safety enforcement team operations--10.0 FTE


Senate Bill No. 280 as amended June 15, 2005

   positions............................................         1,244,100

 

Safety inspections--64.0 FTE positions.................         7,616,800

 

School bus inspections--16.0 FTE positions.............         1,238,100

 

Safety projects--18.0 FTE positions....................         1,975,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,473,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDT, truck safety fund.................................         1,244,100

 

IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund.........................         6,816,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT....................................................         8,088,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Motor carrier fees.....................................         4,087,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,238,100

 

   Sec. 115. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $ <<21,591,300>>

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<21,591,300>>

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant 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


Senate Bill No. 280 as amended June 15, 2005

State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<16,849,200>>

 

 

 

 

 

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 <<$346,849,300.00>> and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $20,518,700.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to units of local 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................................        5,538,100

 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

 

Fire investigation training for locals.................            50,500

 

UNIFORM SERVICES

 

Commercial mobile radio service projects............... $         400,000

 

Total.................................................. $    20,518,700

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

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

 

to 18.1594.


 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (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

 

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 act.

 

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

 

department. 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 act 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. The notification shall include

 

a local and state impact study of the proposed post closure or

 

consolidation.

 

     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 act 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 act, 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

 

     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.

 

 

 

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.