Act No. 159
Public Acts of 2005
Approved by the Governor
September 30, 2005
Filed with the Secretary of State
September 30, 2005
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 2005
STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
Introduced by Senators Clarke and Emerson
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 280
AN ACT 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
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 2,897.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 550,810,100
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 20,736,300
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 530,073,800
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues 182,821,000
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues 5,597,900
Total private revenues 11,200
Total state restricted revenues 106,282,100
State general fund/general purpose $ 235,361,600
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 3,438,800
Auto theft prevention program--5.0 FTE positions 7,133,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 10,810,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Auto theft prevention fund 7,133,500
Michigan justice training fund 126,700
State general fund/general purpose $ 3,550,400
Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Special maintenance and utilities $ 447,600
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 $ 26,629,300
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 $ 24,837,500
Sec. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 129.0
Human resources--26.0 FTE positions $ 1,964,200
Human resources optimization user charges 88,600
Management services--35.0 FTE positions 2,436,300
Training administration--37.0 FTE positions 4,432,700
Communications--8.0 FTE positions 4,311,900
Budget and financial services--23.0 FTE positions 1,814,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 15,048,100
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 32,000
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 $ 10,937,000
Sec. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING
Full-time equated classified positions 26.0
State program planning and administration--14.0 FTE positions $ 1,169,100
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 $ 28,739,500
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 $ 510,000
Sec. 106. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER
Full-time equated classified positions 95.0
Criminal justice information center division--78.0 FTE positions $ 7,667,500
Criminal records improvement--1.0 FTE position 4,741,700
Traffic safety--16.0 FTE positions 2,560,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 14,970,000
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
Sex offender registration fund 256,400
Criminal justice information center service fees 6,386,200
State general fund/general purpose $ 1,291,100
Sec. 107. FORENSIC SCIENCES
Full-time equated classified positions 220.0
Laboratory operations--180.0 FTE positions $ 18,523,200
DNA analysis program--40.0 FTE positions 8,660,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 27,184,000
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 $ 19,036,800
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS
Full-time equated classified positions 28.0
Standards and training--22.0 FTE positions $ 2,337,400
Justice training grants--4.0 FTE positions 9,078,300
Concealed weapons enforcement training 140,000
Training only to local units--2.0 FTE positions 839,000
Officer's survivor tuition program 48,500
Public safety officers benefit program 150,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 12,593,200
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 $ 198,500
Sec. 110. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions 72.0
Emergency management planning and administration--55.0 FTE positions $ 4,364,400
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 121,702,900
Disaster assistance 12,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 143,394,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOT 582,600
DHS 138,226,900
Special revenue funds:
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement 1,266,500
Hazardous materials training center fees 1,339,000
State general fund/general purpose $ 1,979,200
Sec. 111. UNIFORM SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions 1,662.0
Uniform services--506.0 FTE positions $ 46,790,100
Security guards--15.0 FTE positions 992,500
Reimbursed services 2,173,200
At-post troopers--1,141.0 FTE positions 121,088,200
Commercial mobile radio service projects 800,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 171,844,000
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:
Narcotics investigation revenues $ 45,900
Highway safety fund 15,451,400
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund 31,303,000
State police service fees 2,173,200
State general fund/general purpose $ 119,766,300
Sec. 112. SPECIAL OPERATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions 49.0
Operational support--34.0 FTE positions $ 2,907,100
Traffic services--10.0 FTE positions 3,541,100
Aviation program--5.0 FTE positions 1,097,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 7,545,200
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 $ 4,414,300
Sec. 113. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions 363.0
Criminal investigations--258.0 FTE positions $ 30,558,600
Federal antidrug initiatives--62.0 FTE positions 10,740,200
Reimbursed services, materials, and equipment 2,583,400
Auto theft prevention--9.0 FTE positions 1,511,300
Casino gaming oversight--32.0 FTE positions 3,948,700
Fire investigation--2.0 FTE positions 184,000
Fire investigation training to locals 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 49,576,200
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 $ 31,768,700
Sec. 114. MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT
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 1,284,800
Safety projects--18.0 FTE positions 1,975,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 21,946,700
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 $ 1,284,800
Sec. 115. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects $ 20,529,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 20,529,100
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
State general fund/general purpose $ 15,787,000
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 $341,643,700.00 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 part1 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. The department of state police may pursue entering into an agreement with Calhoun County to build a new facility in Marshall which would serve as a new state police post to replace the current state police post in Battle Creek.
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.
Sec. 225. It is the intent of the legislature that the administration, working with the MCOLES, shall take steps during the fiscal year 2005-2006 to restore the long-held practice that all revenue made available to the department from the Michigan justice training fund be used solely for costs directly related to the delivery of Michigan justice training fund grants, so that in the future, eligible entities as provided under 1982 PA 302, MCL 18.421 to 18.429, will have a stable and accurate source of training funds.
Sec. 226. Pursuant to the executive budget recommendation, after December 1, 2005, no funds appropriated under part 1 shall be spent for operations or rent and building occupancy charges for the state police posts in Groveland Township, Grand Haven, and Iron River.
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 communicationssystem. 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 and veterans affairs on the status of assessments collected and authorized under section629e 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, cost of enhancing and maintaining existing aircraft, pilot training cost, and reimbursement for use of other state agency 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.
Sec. 1102. It is the intent of the legislature that the administration, during fiscal year 2005-2006, shall make every effort to identify needed resources to restore the former statewide fire investigation unit and to staff the unit with a sufficient number of career arson investigation specialists so that the highest quality of arson investigation services continue to be available to every area in the state.
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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor