SB0792: SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE REC. (Date Completed: 3-24-16)

FY 2016-17 JUDICIARY BUDGET S.B. 792 (S-1, Draft 1): SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE REC.

Senate Bill 792 (S-1, Draft 1 as reported) Throughout this document Senate means Subcommittee.

Committee: Appropriations

			CHANGES FROM FY 2015-16 YEAR-TO-DATE
FULL-TIME EQUATED (FTE) CLASSIFIED POSITIONS/FUNDING SOURCE	FY 2015-16 YEAR-TO-DATE	FY 2016-17 SENATE SUBCOMM.	AMOUNT	PERCENT
FTE Positions..............................................................	489.0	510.0	21.0	4.3
GROSS.........................................................................	284,851,400	297,411,400	12,560,000	4.4
Less:
Interdepartmental Grants Received.....................	2,362,900	1,550,000	(812,900)	(34.4)
ADJUSTED GROSS..................................................	282,488,500	295,861,400	13,372,900	4.7
Less:
Federal Funds..........................................................	6,428,600	6,433,500	4,900	0.1
Local and Private....................................................	8,171,900	8,307,100	135,200	1.7
TOTAL STATE SPENDING.......................................	267,888,000	281,120,800	13,232,800	4.9
Less:
Other State Restricted Funds................................	84,245,800	92,786,000	8,540,200	10.1
GENERAL FUND/GENERAL PURPOSE..............	183,642,200	188,334,800	4,692,600	2.6
PAYMENTS TO LOCALS..........................................	137,073,400	138,768,300	1,694,900	1.2

FY 2015-16 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation.....................................................................

$284,851,400

Changes from FY 2015-16 Year-to-Date:
1. Statewide Electronic Filing System. Senate increased spending authority from the electronic filing fund.	8,500,000
2. Criminal Justice Reform Initiative. Senate increased funding for the Swift-and-Sure Sanctions Program to allow the Supreme Court to appoint a judge to oversee a specialty court for the Swift-and-Sure Sanctions program in any county that had at least 325 individuals sentenced to prison in the previous calendar year.	800,000
3. Michigan Indigent Defense Commission. Senate increased the total number of staff to implement minimum standards, rules, and procedures to guarantee the right of indigent defendants to the assistance of proficient counsel, collect data from indigent defense systems and attorneys, and monitor and audit county compliance plans.	800,000
4. State Appellate Defender Office staff. Senate added staff to help ensure compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Louisiana regarding juvenile life sentences.	700,000
5. Veteran's Courts. Senate added one-time funding for more veteran's courts.	250,000
6. Medication-Assisted Treatment Pilot. Senate appropriated one-time funds for a medication-assisted treatment pilot program within existing drug treatment courts.	500,000
7. Michigan Legal Self-Help Website and Centers. Senate increased funding to the Michigan Legal Self-Help program.	300,000
8. Court of Claims. Senate recommended an ongoing appropriation to cover additional caseloads due to P.A. 79 of 2015.	200,000
9. Michigan Judicial Institute. Senate recognized the loss of a $56,500 Federal Department of Justice, victim's assistance grant, and the loss of a $339,200 interdepartmental grant from the Michigan State Police, Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.	(395,700)
10. Replace Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Revenue. Senate added $167,000 General Fund to the State Appellate Indigent Defense Office to recognize discontinuance of interdepartmental grants in the same amount from the Michigan State Police and also removed excess spending authorization of $306,700.	(306,700)
11. Judgeship Net Savings by Attrition. Senate recognized elimination of judgeships through attrition and retirements, and increases due to restoration and new elections.	(259,700)
12. Removal of One-Time Funding. Senate removed the one-time funding to the Court of Claims for P.A. 79 of 2015 and recommended it be replaced with an ongoing appropriation.	(200,000)
13. Removal of Five-Year Early-Out Deferred Sick Leave Payments. Department obligations will be satisfied as of FY 2015-16 for employees who opted into the 2010 early retirement program, which deferred sick leave payments over five years.	(58,800)
14. Economic Adjustments. Includes $324,000 Gross and $272,100 GF/GP for OPEB and $1,407,000 Gross and $1,214,700 GF/GP for other economic adjustments.	1,731,000
15. Other Changes. Governor removed the revenue placeholder for the e-file system.	(100)
16. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $850,000 Gross and $850,000 GF/GP under the Governor.

Total Changes.....................................................................................................................	$12,560,000
FY 2016-17 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation..............................	$297,411,400

Boilerplate Changes from FY 2015-16 Year-to-Date:

1. Definitions. One definition was added to the bill: SADO means "State Appellate Defender Office".

2. New Sections. Senate added new Sections related to the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (Sec. 10-324) and the State Appellate Defender Office (Sec. 10-402).

3. Criminal Justice Reform Initiative. Senate added language to Sec. 10-320 to set up and to set restrictions on the expansion of the Swift-and-Sure Sanctions program described above.

4. Court of Claims. Senate increased the allocation from $511,900 to $711,900 for Circuit Court reimbursement under P.A. 16 of 1978, for costs associated with the Court of Claims. (Sec. 10-303)

5. Section Names. Senate added "One-Time Appropriations" Section. (Sec. 10-110)

6. Updated Amounts for Total Legacy Costs. Senate updated total legacy costs Section. The pension-related costs are $7,820,600 and the retiree health care costs are $6,284,000. (Sec. 10-224)

Date Completed: 3-24-16 Fiscal Analyst: Ryan M. Bergan

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.