SB-0238, As Passed House, September 6, 2007
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 238
A bill to make appropriations for the department of state
police and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2008; 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, 2008, 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.......... 0.0
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 0
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
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 0.0
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Unclassified positions................................. $ 0
Executive direction--0.0 FTE positions................. 0
Auto theft prevention program--0.0 FTE positions....... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Motor carrier fees..................................... 0
Auto theft prevention fund............................. 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Special maintenance and utilities...................... $ 0
Rent and building occupancy charges.................... 0
Worker's compensation.................................. 0
Fleet leasing.......................................... 0
In-service training - law enforcement distribution..... 0
In-service training - competitive...................... 0
Narcotics investigation funds.......................... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, Michigan justice training fund.................... 0
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
DHS.................................................... 0
Federal narcotics investigation revenues............... 0
Special revenue funds:
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 0
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 0
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 0
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 0
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 0
Michigan justice training fund......................... 0
Motor carrier fees..................................... 0
Highway safety fund.................................... 0
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 0
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Human resources--0.0 FTE positions..................... $ 0
Human resources optimization user charges.............. 0
Management services--0.0 FTE positions................. 0
Training administration--0.0 FTE positions............. 0
Communications--0.0 FTE positions...................... 0
Budget and financial services--0.0 FTE positions....... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, truck safety fund................................. 0
IDT, auto theft funds.................................. 0
IDG-MDOS............................................... 0
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 0
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 0
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 0
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund coordinator......... 0
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund operations.......... 0
IDG-MDOC, contract..................................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Local - LEIN fees...................................... 0
Local - MPSCS subscriber fees.......................... 0
Local - school bus revenue............................. 0
Highway safety fund.................................... 0
Auto theft prevention fund............................. 0
Drunk driving prevention and training fund............. 0
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 0
Michigan justice training fund......................... 0
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 0
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 0
Truck driver safety fund............................... 0
Precision driving track fees........................... 0
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 0
Reimbursed services.................................... 0
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 0
Motor carrier fees..................................... 0
Forensic science reimbursement fee..................... 0
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
State program planning and administration--0.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 0
Secondary road patrol program--0.0 FTE positions....... 0
Truck safety program--0.0 FTE positions................ 0
Federal highway traffic safety coordination--0.0 FTE
positions............................................ 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
DOJ.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Truck driver safety fund............................... 0
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 106. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Criminal justice information center division--0.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 0
Criminal records improvement--0.0 FTE positions........ 0
Traffic safety--0.0 FTE positions...................... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDOS............................................... 0
IDG-MDCH, crime victims rights fund.................... 0
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 0
DOT.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Traffic crash revenue.................................. 0
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 0
Sex offender registration fund......................... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 107. FORENSIC SCIENCES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Laboratory operations--0.0 FTE positions............... $ 0
DNA analysis program--0.0 FTE positions................ 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, crime victims rights fund.................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 0
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
STANDARDS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Standards and training--0.0 FTE positions.............. $ 0
Training only to local units--0.0 FTE positions........ 0
Concealed weapons enforcement training................. 0
Officer's survivor tuition program..................... 0
Public safety officers benefit program................. 0
Justice training grants--0.0 FTE positions............. 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 0
Concealed weapons enforcement fee...................... 0
Michigan justice training fund......................... 0
Licensing fees......................................... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 109. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Emergency management planning and administration--0.0
FTE positions........................................ $ 0
Grants to local government............................. 0
FEMA program assistance--0.0 FTE positions............. 0
Nuclear power plant emergency planning--0.0 FTE
positions............................................ 0
Hazardous materials programs--0.0 FTE positions........ 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
DHS.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 0
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 110. POST UNIFORM SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Uniform services--0.0 FTE positions.................... $ 0
Security guards--0.0 FTE positions..................... 0
Reimbursed services.................................... 0
At-post troopers--0.0 FTE positions.................... 0
Michigan international speedway traffic control........ 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDMB, building occupancy charges................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Highway safety fund.................................... 0
State police service fees.............................. 0
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 0
Liquor license revenue................................. 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 111. STATEWIDE FIELD OPERATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Operational support--0.0 FTE positions................. $ 0
Traffic services--0.0 FTE positions.................... 0
Aviation program--0.0 FTE positions.................... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDOC, contract..................................... 0
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 0
IDG-MDCH, crime victims rights fund.................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Private donations...................................... 0
Rental of department aircraft.......................... 0
Drunk driving prevention and training fund............. 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Criminal investigations--0.0 FTE positions............. $ 0
Federal antidrug initiatives--0.0 FTE positions........ 0
Reimbursed services, materials, and equipment.......... 0
Auto theft prevention--0.0 FTE positions............... 0
Casino gaming oversight--0.0 FTE positions............. 0
Fire investigation--0.0 FTE positions.................. 0
Fire investigation training to locals.................. 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, auto theft funds.................................. 0
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 0
IDG-MDCH, tobacco tax.................................. 0
Federal revenues:
Federal investigations - reimbursed services........... 0
DOJ.................................................... 0
Federal narcotics investigation revenues............... 0
Special revenue funds:
Local - reimbursed services............................ 0
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 0
Forfeiture funds....................................... 0
Liquor license revenue................................. 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 113. MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions............ 0.0
Motor carrier enforcement--0.0 FTE positions........... $ 0
Truck safety enforcement team operations--0.0 FTE
positions............................................ 0
Safety inspections--0.0 FTE positions.................. 0
School bus inspections--0.0 FTE positions.............. 0
Safety projects--0.0 FTE positions..................... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, truck safety fund................................. 0
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Local - school bus revenue............................. 0
Motor carrier fees..................................... 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 114. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 0
Michigan public safety communications system........... 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 0
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grants revenues:
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 0
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 0
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 0
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund coordinator......... 0
IDG-MDOS............................................... 0
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 0
DOJ.................................................... 0
DHS.................................................... 0
Special revenue funds:
Local - LEIN fees...................................... 0
Local - AFIS fees...................................... 0
Local - MPSCS subscriber fees.......................... 0
Local - school bus revenue............................. 0
Auto theft prevention fund............................. 0
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 0
Drunk driving prevention and training fund............. 0
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 0
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 0
Liquor license revenue................................. 0
Michigan justice training fund......................... 0
Motor carrier fees..................................... 0
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 0
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 0
Precision driving track fees........................... 0
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 0
Sex offender registration fund......................... 0
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 0
State police service fees.............................. 0
Truck driver safety fund............................... 0
Reimbursed services.................................... 0
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 2007-2008 is $0 and state spending
from state resources to be paid to local units of government for
fiscal year 2007-2008 is $0. 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.......................... $ 0
MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS
Training only to local units........................... $ 0
Justice training grants................................ 0
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Fire investigation training for locals................. 0
SUPPORT SERVICES
Communications......................................... $ 0
Total.................................................. $ 0
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.
(s) "MPSCS" means the Michigan public safety communications
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) 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
quality.
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, 2008, 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 2006-2007:
(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 2007-2008 with the goal of maintaining
at-post trooper strength of at least 1,075 on September 30, 2008.
(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, 2007,
March 1, 2008, June 1, 2008, and September 1, 2008 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. 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,
2008 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. 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, continue 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. The department of state police, in cooperation with
the department of information technology and others, shall take
steps to encourage the development of state, local, and regional
tactical interoperable communication plans with the ultimate goal
being to ensure that effective and efficient communication
interoperability between radio communication systems of local,
regional, state, and federal agencies is established in every area
of the state. The department shall provide a written report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police and
military and veterans affairs no later than April 1, 2008 on the
current status of reaching this objective. The report shall include
an accounting of exactly where within the state desired
interoperability has been achieved and what cooperative measures
and use of technology were used to achieve this interoperability,
and which areas of the state have not yet achieved such status. The
report shall also include a description of what strategies need to
be employed to ensure that the remaining areas of the state, and
the state as a whole, will have a communication system with
efficient and effective interoperability, particularly on occasions
when a multijurisdictional response to an emergency is warranted.
Sec. 227. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of state police is prohibited from transporting
employees of institutions of higher education on state-owned
aircraft.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department is
prohibited from transporting legislators or legislative staff on
state-owned aircraft without prior approval from the senate
majority leader or the speaker of the house of representatives, or
both.
(3) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department is
prohibited from transporting local government employees on state-
owned aircraft.
(4) It is the intent of the legislature that state elected
officials use commercial or other private air service, unless air
travel on state-owned aircraft is part of official state business.
(5) This section shall not apply to transportation that is
related to law enforcement or homeland security activities.
Sec. 228. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act 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 $100,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 232. The department shall place emphasis on recruiting
MCOLES certified police officers for any trooper recruit schools
conducted during fiscal year 2007-2008. Emphasis shall be given in
the hiring process to those officers who are on layoff and possess
valid MCOLES certification. Any emphasis given in the recruiting
and selection process shall be consistent with the department's
hiring standards and in accordance with civil service rules. The
department shall report to the chairpersons of the senate and house
of representatives standing committees on appropriations the
results of its recruitment and selection process, including the
actual number of certified officers selected for the recruit school
by September 30, 2008.
Sec. 237. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall maintain, for the full 2007-2008 fiscal year,
either the operation of each Michigan state police post which was
Senate Bill No. 238 (H-6) as amended September 6, 2007 (1 of 2)
in operation as of April 2, 2007, or an alternative work station in
the vicinity of a current Michigan state police post.
Sec. 239. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall maintain, for the full 2007-2008 fiscal year, a
post in the Calumet area as close in proximity to the current post
as reasonably possible.
[Sec. 240. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall implement continuous improvement efficiency mechanisms in the programs administered by the department. The continuous improvement efficiency mechanisms shall identify changes made in programs to increase efficiency and reduce expenditures in the programs. On March 31, 2008 and September 30, 2008, the department shall report to the state budget director, the senate and house appropriation subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the progress made toward increased efficiencies in departmental programs. At a minimum, each report shall include information on the program review process, the type of improvement mechanisms implemented, and actual and projected expenditure savings as a result of the increased program efficiencies.]
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, 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 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, 2008.
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, 2007.
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, 2008, 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.
Sec. 308. The department of state police shall report any LEIN
fee increase to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on state police and military and veterans affairs 60 days prior to
the effective date of that increase. The report shall contain the
following information: the current fee structure and the total
revenue earned each year; the new fee structure and the total
revenue it is expected to earn annually; the total annual cost of
the LEIN system; and the total amount of LEIN fees paid by the
department under both the old and the new structure.
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.
Sec. 603. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the
Michigan commission on law enforcement standards, up to $500,000
may be used to provide training for motor carrier officers and
capitol security officers for the purpose of qualifying them for
MCOLES certification.
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.
POST 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.
STATEWIDE FIELD 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.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 1101. (1) There is sufficient money appropriated in part
1 to special 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. Special 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. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for special
investigations, the department shall provide a report to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations no later than April 1, 2008 concerning
methamphetamine-related criminal activities.
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, 2008 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 2007:
(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.