SECONDARY ROAD PATROL GRANT WAIVER H.C.R. 25:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-ADOPTED
RESOLUTION IN COMMITTEE
House Concurrent Resolution 25 (as adopted by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Aaron Miller
House Committee: Appropriations
Senate Committee: Appropriations
CONTENT
The resolution would exercise an option under Public Act 416 of 1978 that permits the Legislature to declare that counties applying for Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for sheriff's patrols do not have to meet statutory law enforcement maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements in order to receive funding, due to cuts in general services related to economic conditions, and that cities and villages do not have to meet MOE requirements to be eligible for road patrol services by county sheriff's departments under the same circumstances. The resolution would exercise this option for fiscal year 2016-17.
FISCAL IMPACT
The resolution would have no overall impact on State expenditures. It would allow those counties (currently Branch, Shiawassee, and Wayne, with others anticipated upon receipt of their applications) that are not able to meet the maintenance of effort standard for normal receipt of Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for FY 2016-17 to receive them. Otherwise, those funds, distributed on a percentage basis to eligible counties from a total amount of $9.3 million, garnered from a $10 surcharge on moving violations, would be redistributed to counties that meet the MDE standard.
The Legislature has passed similar waiver resolutions for the past several years, including most recently HCR 14 of 2015.
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.