SB-0201, As Passed Senate, April 24, 2013
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 201
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2014; and to provide for the expenditure of the
appropriations.
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
agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2014, from the funds indicated in this part. The
following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 429.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 79,143,300
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from LARA (LCC), liquor quality testing fees....... 214,100
IDG from MDNR, forest development fund................. 200,000
IDG from MDEQ, biosolids............................... 110,200
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 524,300
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 78,619,000
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 5,814,900
EPA, multiple grants................................... 1,601,800
HHS-FDA................................................ 2,304,200
Total federal revenues................................. 9,720,900
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Private – slow-the-spread foundation................... 20,400
Private - commodity group revenue...................... 76,500
Total private revenues................................. 96,900
Agriculture preservation fund.......................... 1,624,500
Agriculture equine industry development fund........... 3,855,500
Animal welfare fund.................................... 214,900
Commodity inspection fees.............................. 432,000
Consumer and industry food safety education fund....... 314,800
Dairy and food safety fund............................. 3,329,600
Freshwater protection fund............................. 5,173,000
Gasoline inspection and testing fund................... 2,723,700
Grain dealer fee fund.................................. 696,900
Horticulture fund...................................... 37,900
Industry support funds................................. 443,600
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 4,075,000
Migrant labor housing fund............................. 162,600
Nonretail liquor fees.................................. 797,700
Refined petroleum fund................................. 4,012,000
Renewable fuels fund................................... 51,200
Testing fees........................................... 285,000
Weights and measures regulation fees................... 791,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 29,020,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 39,780,300
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 37,180,300
One-time state general fund/general
purpose..................................... 2,500,000
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTWIDE
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 27.0
Commissions and boards................................. $ 23,800
Unclassified positions................................. 707,000
Executive direction--9.0 FTE positions................. 1,360,200
Management services--15.0 FTE positions................ 1,041,700
Statistical reporting service--1.0 FTE positions....... 148,700
Emergency management--2.0 FTE positions................ 800,700
Accounting service center.............................. 948,400
Rent and building occupancy............................ 1,061,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 6,092,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 240,400
EPA, multiple grants................................... 186,300
HHS-FDA................................................ 574,500
Special revenue funds:
Private - commodity group revenue...................... 76,500
Agriculture preservation fund.......................... 24,300
Freshwater protection fund............................. 35,900
Industry support funds................................. 52,200
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 181,600
Nonretail liquor fees.................................. 39,600
Refined petroleum fund................................. 320,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,360,500
Sec. 103. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 1,444,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,444,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from LARA (LCC), liquor quality testing fees....... 3,100
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture preservation fund.......................... 200
Agriculture equine industry development fund........... 83,700
Freshwater protection fund............................. 100
Gasoline inspection testing fund....................... 30,900
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 31,900
Nonretail liquor fees.................................. 500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,294,300
Sec. 104. FOOD AND DAIRY
Full-time equated classified positions............ 101.0
Food safety and quality assurance--75.0 FTE positions.. $ 10,881,200
Milk safety and quality assurance--26.0 FTE positions.. 3,821,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,702,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 318,800
HHS-FDA................................................ 961,400
Special revenues funds:
Consumer and industry food safety education fund....... 314,800
Dairy and food safety fund............................. 3,329,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 9,777,900
Sec. 105. ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Full-time equated classified positions........... 60.0
Animal disease prevention and response--60.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 8,706,100
Indemnification - livestock depredation................ 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,756,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 513,400
HHS-FDA................................................ 45,400
Special revenue funds:
Animal welfare fund.................................... 214,900
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 11,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,970,700
Sec. 106. PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions........... 86.0
Pesticide and plant pest management--81.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 10,876,300
Producer security/grain dealers--5.0 FTE positions..... 736,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 11,613,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 822,200
EPA, multiple grants................................... 719,400
HHS-FDA................................................ 116,900
Special revenue funds:
Private - slow-the-spread foundation................... 20,400
Commodity inspection fees.............................. 432,000
Grain dealers fee fund................................. 696,900
Horticulture fund...................................... 37,900
Industry support funds................................. 240,300
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 3,773,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,753,700
Sec. 107. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Full-time equated classified positions........... 50.0
Environmental stewardship--18.0 FTE positions.......... $ 6,020,400
Michigan agriculture environmental assurance
program--7.0 FTE positions........................... 1,668,800
Farmland and open space preservation--9.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,300,000
Private forest development program..................... 200,000
Local conservation districts........................... 100
Migrant labor housing--9.0 FTE positions............... 1,198,500
Right-to-farm--3.0 FTE positions....................... 571,400
Agriculture drain registration......................... 100,000
Intercounty drains--4.0 FTE positions.................. 468,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 11,527,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDNR, forest development fund................. 200,000
IDG from MDEQ, biosolids............................... 110,200
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 912,500
EPA, multiple grants................................... 304,100
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture preservation fund.......................... 1,300,000
Freshwater protection fund............................. 5,137,000
Migratory labor housing fund........................... 162,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,401,100
Sec. 108. LABORATORY PROGRAM
Full-time equated classified positions........... 90.0
Laboratory services--36.0 FTE positions................ $ 5,571,300
USDA monitoring--13.0 FTE positions.................... 1,586,000
Consumer protection program--41.0 FTE positions........ 6,016,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 13,173,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from LARA (LCC), liquor quality testing fees....... 211,000
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 1,586,900
EPA, multiple grants................................... 392,000
HHS-FDA................................................ 606,000
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture equine industry development fund........... 604,600
Gasoline inspection and testing fund................... 2,692,800
Licensing and inspection fees.......................... 76,500
Refined petroleum fund................................. 3,691,700
Renewable fuels fund................................... 51,200
Testing fees........................................... 285,000
Weights and measures regulation fees................... 791,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,184,700
Sec. 109. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0
Agricultural development--11.0 FTE positions........... $ 2,732,600
Grape and wine program--3.0 FTE positions.............. 802,600
Food and agriculture industry growth initiative........ 1,000,000
Rural development value-added grants................... 1,050,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,585,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants.................................. 1,420,700
Special revenue funds:
Industry support funds................................. 151,100
Nonretail liquor fees.................................. 757,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,255,800
Sec. 110. FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 1.0
Fairs and racing--1.0 FTE position..................... $ 356,600
County fairs capital improvement grants................ 281,600
Purses and supplements - fairs/licensed tracks......... 708,300
Licensed tracks - light horse racing................... 40,300
Light horse racing - breeders awards................... 20,000
Standardbred breeders' awards.......................... 285,900
Standardbred purses and supplements - licensed tracks.. 527,800
Standardbred sire stakes............................... 239,000
Thoroughbred supplements - licensed tracks............. 385,900
Thoroughbred breeders' awards.......................... 358,600
Thoroughbred sire stakes............................... 244,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,448,800
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture equine industry development fund........... 3,167,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 281,600
Sec. 111. CAPITAL OUTLAY
Farmland and open space development acquisition........ $ 300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 300,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture preservation fund.......................... 300,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Private forestry program............................... $ 600,000
Ottawa County water resources study.................... 200,000
Qualified forest affidavit program..................... 1,700,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,500,000
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,500,000
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014
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 2013-2014 is $68,801,200.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $3,500,000.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Environmental stewardship.............................. $ 3,500,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 3,500,000
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) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural
development.
(b) "Director" means the director of the department.
(c) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection
agency.
(d) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(e) "HHS-FDA" means the United States department of health and
human services - food and drug administration.
(f) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(g) "LARA" means the Michigan department of licensing and
regulatory affairs.
(h) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental
quality.
(i) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.
Sec. 206. (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 $6,000,000.00 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. 207. The department shall cooperate with the department
of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable
website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is
not limited to, all of the following for each department or agency:
(a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.
(b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
(c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,
including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and
payment description.
(d) The number of active department employees by job
classification.
(e) Job specifications and wage rates.
Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the departments 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 shall be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality. In addition, preference shall be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 211. 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 technology, management, and budget. 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. 212. The department and agencies receiving appropriations
in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded
from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for
short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.
The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless
otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.
Sec. 215. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 218. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state
travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel
report shall be a listing of 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 house and senate standing committees on
appropriations, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The report shall include the following
information:
(a) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(b) The total 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.
Sec. 228. Not later than November 15, the department shall
prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of the
total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the
close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected
year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by major
departmental program or program areas. The report shall be
transmitted to the office of the state budget, the chairpersons of
the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 229. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the department shall provide the state
budget director, the senate and house appropriations chairs, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and
rural development, respectively, and the senate and house fiscal
agencies with an annual report on estimated state restricted fund
balances, state restricted fund projected revenues, and state
restricted fund expenditures for the fiscal years ending September
30, 2013 and September 30, 2014.
Sec. 230. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a
principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire
a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of
the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal
services for bonding activities and for those outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 231. The department shall maintain, on a publicly
accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,
and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and
improve the agency's performance.
EXECUTIVE
Sec. 301. (1) Pursuant to the appropriations in part 1, the
department may receive and expend revenue and use that revenue to
cover necessary expenses related to publications, audit and
licensing functions, livestock sales, certification of nursery
stock, and laboratory analyses as specified in the following:
(a) Management services publications.
(b) Management services audit and licensing functions.
(c) Pesticide and plant pest management propagation and
certification of virus-free foundation stock.
(d) Pesticide and plant pest management grading services.
(e) Laboratory support testing for testing horses in draft
horse pulling contests at county fairs when local jurisdictions
request state assistance.
(f) Laboratory support analyses to determine foreign
substances in horses engaged in racing or pulling contests at
tracks.
(g) Laboratory support analyses of food, livestock, and
agricultural products for disease, foreign products for disease,
toxic materials, foreign substances, and quality standards.
(h) Laboratory support test samples for other agencies and
organizations.
(i) Fruit and vegetable inspection at shipping and termination
points and processing plants.
(2) The department shall notify the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and rural development
and the senate and house fiscal agencies 30 days prior to proposing
changes in fees authorized under this section or under section 5 of
1915 PA 91, MCL 285.35.
(3) Annually, before February 1, the department shall provide
a report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
agriculture and rural development and the senate and house fiscal
agencies detailing all the fees charged by the department under the
authorization provided in this section, including, but not limited
to, rates, number of individuals paying each fee, and the revenue
generated by each fee in the previous fiscal year.
FOOD AND DAIRY
Sec. 402. Not later than April 1, 2014, the department shall
provide a report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on agriculture and rural development and the senate
and house fiscal agencies describing significant food-borne
outbreaks and emergencies, including any enforcement actions taken
related to food safety during the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Sec. 451. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for bovine
tuberculosis, the department shall pay for all whole herd testing
costs and individual animal testing costs in the modified
accredited zone to maintain split-state status requirements. These
costs include indemnity and compensation for injury causing death
or downer to animals.
Sec. 454. The department shall use its resources to
collaborate with the United States department of agriculture and
rural development to obtain TB-free status for the area of the
Lower Peninsula that is zoned as modified accredited advanced. The
department shall also aggressively work toward eradicating bovine
TB in the modified accredited zone. The department shall also
convene a workgroup to work toward eradicating bovine TB in the
modified accredited zone.
Sec. 456. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, no funds shall
be used to enforce the mandatory electronic animal identification
program for any domestic animals other than cattle until specific
procedures and guidelines for electronic animal identification are
outlined in statute.
Sec. 457. On or before October 15, 2013, the department shall
report to the senate and house agriculture committees, the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and rural
development, and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the
department's progress toward meeting the USDA requirements as
outlined in the March 2007 bovine TB program review. The report
shall include, but is not limited to, information and data on:
wildlife risk mitigation plan implementation in the modified
accredited zone; implementation of a movement certificate process;
progress toward annual surveillance test requirements set out in
the June 2007 MOU; efforts to work with slaughter facilities in
Michigan, as well as those that slaughter a significant number of
animals from Michigan; educational programs and information for
Michigan's livestock community; any other item the legislature
should be aware of that will promote or hinder efforts to achieve
bovine TB-free status for Michigan.
Sec. 458. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for animal
industry, the department shall provide inspection and testing of
aquaculture facilities and aquaculture researchers as provided
under section 7 of the Michigan aquaculture development act, 1996
PA 199, MCL 286.877. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department shall work with aquaculture facilities and aquaculture
researchers to identify, contain, and eradicate viral hemorrhagic
septicemia in this state.
PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT
Sec. 551. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the
department work with the fruit and vegetable industry to ensure the
development of a sustainable system of third-party inspections of
fruits and vegetables.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for pesticide and
plant pest management, not less than $200,000.00 shall be used for
the purpose to ensure that Michigan commodities receive
departmental inspections required by other governments to ship
commodities out of Michigan. The department shall devise a plan to
provide these required government inspections in a timely manner.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Sec. 601. The part 1 appropriation line item environmental
stewardship shall be used to support department agriculture
pollution prevention programs, including groundwater and freshwater
protection programs under part 87 of the Michigan natural resources
and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8701 to
324.8717, and technical assistance in implementing conservation
grants available under the federal farm bill of 2008.
Sec. 607. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the
department continue its activities in support of intercounty
drainage districts as provided in chapter 5 of the drain code of
1956, 1956 PA 40, MCL 280.101 to 280.106.
(2) The department shall work with representatives of
intercounty drainage districts to develop a mutually agreeable
method of funding department costs associated with the intercounty
drainage program.
AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 701. (1) The department shall establish and administer a
rural development value-added grant program. The program shall
promote the expansion of value-added agricultural production,
processing, and access within the state.
(2) The department shall award grants on a competitive basis
from the funds appropriated in part 1 for rural development value-
added grants. Grantees will be required to provide a cash match and
identify measurable project outcomes. Eligible grantees may
include, but are not limited to, individuals, partnerships,
cooperatives, private or public corporations, and local units of
government.
(3) A joint evaluation committee shall be selected by the
director with representatives with agriculture, business, and
economic development expertise. The joint evaluation committee
shall identify criteria, evaluate applications, and provide
recommendations to the director for final approval of grant awards.
(4) The department may expend money from the funds
appropriated in part 1 for the rural development value-added grants
for administering the program.
(5) The department shall provide an interim report no later
than March 15, 2014 and year-end report no later than September 30,
2014 to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
agriculture and rural development and the senate and house fiscal
agencies, including the grantees, award amount, match funding, and
project outcomes.
Sec. 702. (1) The department shall establish and administer
the food and agriculture industry growth initiative. The program
shall use a grant process to support research, education, and
technical assistance efforts focused on removing barriers and
leveraging opportunities identified by those in the food and
agriculture industry as critical to business development and growth
within the state.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of agriculture and rural development may receive and
expend up to $2,000,000.00 in funds received from the Michigan
strategic fund or the Michigan economic development corporation for
the food and agriculture industry growth initiative.
(3) The director shall establish a consortium of interested
parties including those involved in the food and agriculture
industry sector to develop the program priorities described in
subsection (1).
(4) The department shall award grants from the funds
appropriated in part 1 or received from the Michigan strategic fund
or the Michigan economic development corporation under subsection
(2) for food and agriculture industry growth initiative grants.
Grantees will be required to identify measurable project outcomes.
Senate Bill No. 201 as amended April 24, 2013
(5) A joint evaluation committee selected by the director
shall evaluate applications and provide recommendations to the
director for final approval of grant awards.
(6) The department may expend money from the funds
appropriated in part 1 for the food and agriculture industry growth
initiative for administering the program.
<<Sec. 703. (1) Not later than April 1, the department shall
provide a report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on agriculture and rural development and the senate and house fiscal
agencies describing the activities of the grape and wine industry
council established under section 303 of the Michigan liquor control
act of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1303.
(2) The report shall include all of the following:
(a) Council activities and accomplishments for the previous
fiscal year.
(b) Council expenditures for the previous fiscal year by
category of administration, industry support, research and education
grants, and promotion and consumer education.
(c) Grants awarded during the prior fiscal year and the results
of research grant projects completed during the prior fiscal year.>>
FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS
Sec. 802. All appropriations from the agriculture equine
industry development fund, except for the racing commission and
laboratory analysis program appropriations, shall be reduced
proportionately if revenues to the agriculture equine industry
development fund decline during the fiscal year ending September
30, 2013 to a level lower than the amounts appropriated in section
108.
Sec. 805. (1) The department shall establish and administer a
county fairs capital improvement grant program. The program shall
assist in the promotion of building improvements or other capital
improvements at county fairgrounds of the state.
(2) The department shall award grants on a competitive basis
to county fair organizations from the funds appropriated in part 1
for county fairs capital improvements grants. Grantees will be
required to provide a dollar-for-dollar cash match with grant
awards and identify measurable project outcomes.
(3) The department shall identify criteria, evaluate
applications, and provide recommendations to the director for final
approval of grant awards.
(4) The department may expend money from the funds
appropriated in part 1 for the county fairs capital improvement
grants for administering the program.
(5) The department shall provide an interim report no later
than March 15, 2014 and a year-end report no later than September
30, 2014 to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
agriculture and rural development and the senate and house fiscal
agencies, including the grantees, award amount, match funding, and
project outcomes.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Sec. 1003. The appropriations in part 1 for capital outlay
shall be carried forward at the end of the fiscal year consistent
with the provisions of section 248 of the management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1248.
ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1103. (1) The appropriations in part 1 for private
forestry program is for the purpose of increasing the knowledge of
nonindustrial private forestland owners of sound forest management
practices and increasing the amount of commercial timber production
from those lands.
(2) The department shall work in partnership with stakeholder
groups and other state and federal agencies to increase the active
management of nonindustrial private forestland to foster the growth
of Michigan's timber product industry.
Sec. 1104. The appropriations in part 1 for an Ottawa County
water resources study shall include test well monitoring of glacial
and bedrock aquifers for quantity and quality, and precise,
calibrated flow models of glacial and bedrock aquifers, modeling of
different impact scenarios based on usage, climate, and policies,
and solutions to address declining groundwater levels with the
findings to be made available to both the department and the MDEQ.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2015 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2014-2015
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2013-2014, except that the line items will be adjusted for
changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,
economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be
determined after the January 2014 consensus revenue estimating
conference.
Sec. 1202. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department identify the amounts for normal retirement costs and
legacy retirement costs for the fiscal year ending on September 30,
2015 for the line items listed in part 1.