SB-0960, As Passed Senate, April 24, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of natural

 

resources for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; and to

 

provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of natural

 

resources for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, from the

 

following funds:

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,146.5

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    334,331,400

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         2,027,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    332,304,200

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................        66,603,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total private revenues.................................         7,239,200

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       241,724,100

 

    State general fund/general purpose schedule:

 

   Ongoing state general fund/general

 

    purpose................................... 14,641,700

 

   One-time state general fund/general

 

    purpose.................................... 2,096,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     16,737,900

 

FUND SOURCE SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,146.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    334,331,400

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, land acquisition services to work orders..........           436,500

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............         1,579,400

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................            11,300

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         2,027,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    332,304,200

 


   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................        66,603,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................        66,603,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................         7,206,600

 

Private - Mann house trust fund........................            32,600

 

Total private revenues.................................         7,239,200

 

Aircraft fees..........................................           301,400

 

Cervidae licensing and inspection fees.................           132,300

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund.........................            28,200

 

Commercial forest fund.................................            52,100

 

Forest development fund................................        36,136,100

 

Forest land user charges...............................           573,500

 

Forest recreation account..............................         2,173,800

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        63,225,500

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...         2,574,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...           934,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....         1,648,200

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........           116,800

 

Game and fish - wildlife resource protection fund......         1,140,100

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach fund..................            57,100

 

History fees fund......................................           311,400

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................         5,874,400

 

Local public recreation facilities fund................           858,400

 

Mackinac Island state park fund........................           187,500

 

Mackinac Island state park operation fund..............         1,784,400

 


Marine safety fund.....................................         4,016,200

 

Michigan heritage publications fund....................            52,200

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................         1,217,300

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................        26,920,600

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................        20,303,500

 

Michigan trailways fund................................            25,600

 

Museum operations fund.................................           575,100

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................           687,400

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................           324,800

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................         3,633,200

 

Park improvement fund..................................        43,018,500

 

Permanent snowmobile trail easement fund...............           700,000

 

Public use and replacement deed fees...................            52,400

 

Recreation improvement account.........................         1,276,700

 

Recreation passport fees...............................         7,853,900

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................         1,670,900

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         9,745,700

 

Sportsmen against hunger fund..........................            30,300

 

State restricted revenues..............................         1,509,100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       241,724,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     16,737,900

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 11.6

 

Natural resources commission........................... $         77,100

 

Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions...............           303,200

 

Executive direction--11.6 FTE positions................         2,038,900

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,419,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Forest development fund................................           326,700

 

Forest land user charges...............................             6,600

 

Forest recreation account..............................            12,500

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         1,001,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...            26,700

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            15,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........               200

 

Game and fish protection fund - wildlife resource

 

   protection fund......................................            12,300

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................            14,200

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            23,300

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................             1,400

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           126,200

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           148,400

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................             5,200

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................            41,200

 

Park improvement fund..................................           354,800

 

Recreation improvement account.........................             3,500

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            10,300

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................            22,400

 

Sportsmen against hunger fund..........................               100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        265,900

 

   Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES

 

Great Lakes restoration initiative..................... $       5,500,000

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,500,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         5,500,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 104. DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 111.2

 

Finance and operations--107.2 FTE positions............ $     15,640,600

 

Accounting service center..............................         1,377,100

 

Legal services--4.0 FTE positions......................           556,300

 

Building occupancy charges.............................         2,961,900

 

Rent - privately owned property........................           488,400

 

Gifts and bequests.....................................         5,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     26,024,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, land acquisition services to work orders..........           436,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................           225,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................         5,000,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund.........................            28,200

 

Commercial forest fund.................................               100

 

Forest development fund................................         2,633,900

 

Forest land user charges...............................            26,000

 

Forest recreation account..............................            45,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         4,863,500

 


Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...           242,200

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....           156,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........               800

 

Game and fish protection fund - wildlife resource

 

   protection fund......................................            33,100

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach fund..................               100

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................         5,749,500

 

Local public recreation facilities fund................            87,100

 

Marine safety fund.....................................           352,900

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................         1,194,900

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           453,900

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           534,000

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            16,200

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................            38,300

 

Park improvement fund..................................         1,161,000

 

Public use and replacement deed fees...................            52,400

 

Recreation improvement account.........................            17,000

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            62,600

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................           196,600

 

Sportsmen against hunger...............................               400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,415,800

 

   Sec. 105. COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 127.3

 

Marketing and outreach--77.3 FTE positions............. $     13,528,700

 

Historical administration and services--35.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         3,700,600

 


Archives--8.0 FTE positions............................           837,100

 

Museum stores--6.0 FTE positions.......................           575,100

 

Special programs (Mann house)--1.0 FTE positions.......            43,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,684,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         2,146,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           377,300

 

Private - Mann house trust fund........................            32,600

 

Forest development fund................................           126,900

 

Forest recreation account..............................            15,900

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         8,212,400

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach fund..................            51,600

 

History fees fund......................................           311,400

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................            44,200

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            62,300

 

Michigan heritage publications fund....................            52,200

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................            85,400

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           140,900

 

Museum operations fund.................................           575,100

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            10,400

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................            63,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................            19,600

 

Park improvement fund..................................         2,491,900

 

Recreation passport fees...............................            22,800

 


Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            67,500

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................            43,500

 

Sportsmen against hunger fund..........................            29,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,701,900

 

   Sec. 106. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 205.5

 

Wildlife management--196.5 FTE positions............... $     29,547,700

 

Natural resources heritage--9.0 FTE positions..........         1,145,700

 

State game and wildlife area maintenance...............           750,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     31,443,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................        15,964,400

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           180,800

 

Cervidae licensing and inspection fees.................            81,600

 

Forest development fund................................            74,300

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         9,264,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...         2,130,000

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....         1,387,300

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........           113,600

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................           611,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,635,200

 

   Sec. 107. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 221.0

 

Aquatic resource mitigation--2.0 FTE positions......... $        934,800

 

Fish production--59.0 FTE positions....................         9,115,000

 


Fisheries resource management--160.0 FTE positions.....        19,074,800

 

Cormorant population mitigation program................           100,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     29,224,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................        11,105,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           129,200

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................       16,954,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - fisheries settlement...           934,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        100,000

 

   Sec. 108. LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 228.0

 

General law enforcement--228.0 FTE positions........... $      29,018,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     29,018,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         5,634,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Cervidae licensing and inspection fees.................            50,700

 

Forest development fund................................            42,900

 

Forest recreation account..............................            68,800

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................        17,308,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - wildlife resource

 

   protection fund......................................         1,044,900

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         1,513,000

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................            67,500

 


Michigan state waterways fund..........................            20,300

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................            92,300

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................           959,000

 

Park improvement fund..................................            68,800

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................           861,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,285,400

 

   Sec. 109. RECREATION DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 809.9

 

MacMullan conference center--15.0 FTE positions........ $      1,579,400

 

Recreational boating--163.5 FTE positions..............        16,550,100

 

State parks--631.4 FTE positions.......................        56,055,000

 

State parks improvement revenue bonds - debt service...         1,157,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     75,341,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MacMullan conference center revenue...............         1,579,400

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         3,145,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           405,800

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................        18,482,200

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................        13,539,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................           198,400

 

Park improvement fund..................................        37,733,100

 

Recreation passport fees...............................           258,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 110. MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION

 


   Full-time equated classified positions........... 37.0

 

Historical facilities system--15.0 FTE positions....... $      1,784,400

 

Mackinac Island state park operations--22.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           187,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,971,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Mackinac Island state park fund........................           187,500

 

Mackinac Island state park operation fund..............         1,784,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 111. FOREST MANAGEMENT DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 395.0

 

Adopt-a-forest program................................. $         25,000

 

Cooperative resource programs--12.0 FTE positions......         1,207,300

 

Forest management and timber market

 

   development--177.0 FTE positions.....................        25,353,900

 

Forest fire equipment..................................           431,500

 

Wildfire protection--122.0 FTE positions...............        12,753,700

 

Forest management initiatives--10.0 FTE positions......           987,600

 

Forest recreation--48.0 FTE positions..................         5,553,300

 

Minerals management--26.0 FTE positions................         3,200,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     49,512,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         2,987,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           998,000

 


Aircraft fees..........................................           301,400

 

Commercial forest fund.................................            47,500

 

Forest development fund................................        31,268,700

 

Forest land user charges...............................           486,500

 

Forest recreation account..............................         1,977,600

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         1,808,300

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................         2,507,300

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           501,800

 

Michigan trailways fund................................            25,500

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................             7,100

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................           616,000

 

Recreation improvement account.........................           317,500

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            15,000

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         1,874,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,772,000

 

   Sec. 112. GRANTS

 

Dam management grant program........................... $        350,000

 

Deer habitat improvement partnership initiative........            50,000

 

Federal - clean vessel act grants......................           400,000

 

Federal - forest stewardship grants....................         3,125,000

 

Federal - land and water conservation fund payments....         2,566,900

 

Federal - rural community fire protection..............           300,000

 

Federal - urban forestry grants........................         3,024,000

 

Game and nongame wildlife fund grants..................             8,900

 

Grants to communities - federal oil, gas, and timber

 

   payments.............................................         3,450,000

 

Grant to counties - marine safety......................         3,647,400

 


National recreational trails...........................         3,900,000

 

Off-road vehicle safety training grants................           150,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement grants..............         1,742,200

 

Recreation improvement fund grants.....................           918,900

 

Recreation passport local grants.......................           771,300

 

Snowmobile law enforcement grants......................           604,800

 

Snowmobile local grants program........................         7,489,400

 

Trail easements........................................           700,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     33,198,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................        18,333,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           100,000

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...            50,000

 

Local public recreation facilities fund................           771,300

 

Marine safety fund.....................................         1,980,000

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................             8,900

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................           150,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................         1,742,200

 

Permanent snowmobile trail easement fund...............           700,000

 

Recreation improvement account.........................           918,900

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................           604,800

 

Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................         7,489,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        350,000

 

   Sec. 113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       9,723,400

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,723,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Commercial forest fund.................................             4,500

 

Forest development fund................................         1,662,700

 

Forest land user charges...............................            54,400

 

Forest recreation account..............................            54,000

 

Game and fish protection fund..........................         3,811,600

 

Game and fish protection fund - deer habitat reserve...           125,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - turkey permit fees.....            88,500

 

Game and fish protection fund - waterfowl fees.........             2,200

 

Game and fish protection fund - wildlife resource

 

   protection fund......................................            49,800

 

Game and fish protection fund - youth hunting and

 

   fishing education and outreach fund..................             5,400

 

Land exchange facilitation fund........................            66,500

 

Marine safety fund.....................................            84,700

 

Michigan natural resources trust fund..................            21,000

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................           645,000

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................           468,500

 

Michigan trailways fund................................               100

 

Nongame wildlife fund..................................            35,100

 

Off-road vehicle safety education fund.................            12,400

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement fund................            18,500

 

Park improvement fund..................................         1,208,900

 

Recreation improvement account.........................            19,800

 

Snowmobile registration fee revenue....................            48,900

 


Snowmobile trail improvement fund......................           119,000

 

Sportsmen against hunger fund..........................               600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,115,500

 

   Sec. 114. CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

   (a) STATE PARK AND FOREST AREA IMPROVEMENTS

 

State parks repair and maintenance..................... $      12,125,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,125,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan state parks endowment fund....................         4,553,100

 

Recreation passport fees...............................         7,572,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   (b) WATERWAYS BOATING PROGRAM

 

Infrastructure improvements - local projects........... $        737,000

 

State infrastructure improvement and land acquisition..         2,091,400

 

Port Austin state harbor, Huron County, dredging,

 

   utilities, and replacement of docks and piers,

 

   phase III (total authorized cost is increased from

 

   $5,000,000 to $7,283,600; federal share $1,100,000;

 

   state share is increased from $3,900,000 to

 

   $6,183,600)..........................................         2,283,600

 

Presque Isle, Marquette County, removal and

 

   reconstruction of boat launch, phase I (total

 

   authorized cost is $402,400; state share is

 

   $201,200; local share is $201,200)...................           201,200

 

Munising, Alger County, east breakwall extension,

 

   phase I (total authorized cost is $874,800; state

 


   share is $437,400; local share is $437,400)..........           437,400

 

Manistique, Schoolcraft County, floating docks, and

 

   replacement of bin-walls, phase II (total

 

   authorized cost is increased from $1,660,000 to

 

   $2,660,000; state share is increased from $830,000

 

   to $1,330,000; local share is increased from

 

   $830,000 to $1,330,000)..............................           500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $       6,250,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         1,300,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan state waterways fund..........................         4,950,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 115. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS

 

State employee lump-sum payments....................... $      1,892,600

 

Dam management program.................................         2,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,892,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................            11,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................          260,500

 

   Special revenue funds

 

Private funds..........................................            15,500

 

State restricted revenues..............................         1,509,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      2,096,200

 


 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013

 

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 2012-2013 is $258,462,000.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2012-2013 is $6,116,700.00. The itemized

 

statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to

 

local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 

GRANTS

 

Dam Management grant program........................... $        175,000

 

Grants to counties – marine safety.....................        1,980,000

 

Off-road vehicle safety training grants................           150,000

 

Off-road vehicle trail improvement grants..............           450,000

 

Recreation improvement fund grants.....................            91,900

 

Recreation passport local grants.......................           771,300

 

Snowmobile law enforcement grants......................           604,800

 

CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

Waterways boating program.............................. $      1,875,600

 

TOTAL.................................................. $      6,116,700

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 


to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Commission" means the natural resources commission.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (e) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.

 

     Sec. 205. 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. 206. Appropriations of state restricted game and fish

 

protection funds have been made in the following amounts to the

 

following departments and agencies in their respective

 

appropriation acts:

 

Legislative auditor general............................ $         25,800

 

Attorney general.......................................           838,000

 

Department of technology, management, and budget.......           475,500

 

Department of treasury.................................         1,205,500

 

     Sec. 207. Pursuant to section 43703(3) of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.43703, there is appropriated from the game and fish protection

 

trust fund to the game and fish protection account of the Michigan

 

conservation and recreation legacy fund, $6,000,000.00 for the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

 


     Sec. 210. 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 should 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. The director of the department 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. The director shall strongly encourage firms

 

with which the department contracts to subcontract with certified

 

businesses in depressed and deprived communities for services,

 

supplies, or both.

 

     Sec. 212. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 214. 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 activities that the

 

attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 215. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 


there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 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 $10,000,000.00 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 $1,000,000.00 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. 217. 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. 220. Not later than November 30, 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. 222. 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 natural resources,

 

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, 2012 and

 

September 30, 2013.

 

     Sec. 223. Before January 31, 2013, the department, in

 

cooperation with the Michigan state waterways commission, shall

 

provide to the state budget director, the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on natural resources, and the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies a list of projects completed by the

 

commission in fiscal year 2011-2012, including the county and

 

municipality in which each project is located.

 


     Sec. 233. On a quarterly basis, the department shall report on

 

the number of FTEs in pay status by civil service classification to

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural

 

resources and environment and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 301. The department may charge the appropriations

 

contained in part 1, including all special maintenance and capital

 

projects appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2013, for engineering services provided, a standard percentage fee

 

to recover actual costs. The department may use the revenue derived

 

to support the engineering services charges provided for in part 1.

 

     Sec. 302. The department may charge land acquisition projects

 

appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for

 

prior fiscal years, a standard percentage fee to recover actual

 

costs, and may use the revenue derived to support the land

 

acquisition service charges provided for in part 1.

 

     Sec. 303. As appropriated in part 1, the department may charge

 

both application fees and transaction fees related to the exchange

 

or sale of state-owned land or rights in land authorized by part 21

 

of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.2101 to 324.2162. The fees shall be set by the

 

director of the department at a rate which allows the department to

 

recover its costs for providing these services.

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICES

 

     Sec. 404. For the purposes of administering the museum store

 


as provided in section 7a of 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.7a, the

 

department is exempt from section 261 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1261.

 

     Sec. 405. As appropriated in part 1, proceeds in excess of

 

costs incurred in the conduct of auctions, sales, or transfers of

 

artifacts no longer considered suitable for the collections of the

 

state historical museum may be expended upon receipt for additional

 

material for the collection. The department shall notify the

 

chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and minority vice chairpersons of

 

the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural

 

resources 1 week prior to any auctions or sales. Any unexpended

 

funds may be carried forward into the next succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 406. As appropriated in part 1, funds collected by the

 

department for historical markers; document reproduction and

 

services; conferences, admissions, workshops, and training classes;

 

and the use of specialized equipment, facilities, exhibits,

 

collections, and software shall be used for expenses necessary to

 

provide the required services. The department may charge fees for

 

the aforementioned services, including admission fees. It is the

 

intent of the legislature that if sufficient revenues are

 

available, as a condition of the expenditure of revenue from

 

admission fees to the Michigan historical museum, admission to the

 

museum shall be free for children under 18 years of age. The

 

department may accept voluntary admissions contributions of $2.00

 

for children under 18 years of age. Any unexpended funds may be

 

carried forward into the next succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 408. By October 21, 2012, the department shall submit to

 


the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural

 

resources a report on all land transactions approved by the

 

commission in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. For each

 

land transaction, the report shall include the size of the parcel,

 

the county and municipality in which the parcel is located, the

 

dollar amount of the transaction, the fund source affected by the

 

transaction, and whether the transaction is by purchase, public

 

auction, transfer, exchange, or conveyance.

 

     Sec. 409. By January 1, 2013, the department shall produce a

 

report identifying active oil and gas leases entered into before

 

July 1995 which are larger than 160 acres in size and where the

 

acreage held in a producing unit is less than or equal to 1/4 of

 

the total lease acreage.

 

 

 

WILDLIFE DIVISION

 

     Sec. 502. It is the intent of the legislature that, from the

 

funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall reimburse the

 

department of agriculture and rural development for costs incurred

 

for indemnification payments for livestock losses caused by wolves,

 

coyotes, or cougars under the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL

 

287.701 to 287.746.

 

     Sec. 503. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall produce a report detailing any efforts undertaken

 

to enforce the invasive species order on swine raised under the

 

husbandry of residents of this state. The report shall include fund

 

sources used and the amount of expenditures and shall be submitted

 

to the legislature by December 31, 2012.

 


     Sec. 504. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall provide a report to the legislature on the use of

 

registration fees collected from privately owned cervid operations.

 

Appropriations in part 1 from cervidae licensing and inspection

 

fees shall not be used for anything other than work directly

 

related to the regulation of privately owned cervids in this state.

 

     Sec. 506. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall report to the legislature by November 30 on the

 

use of game and fish protection fund – turkey permit fees in the

 

previous fiscal year. The report shall include the following

 

information on turkey habitat that was created: the number of

 

projects, the number of acres and locations of projects, the work

 

that was actually done to create the habitat, and the cost of each

 

project. The report shall also include the following information on

 

turkey habitat that was maintained: the number of projects, the

 

number of acres and locations of projects, the work actually done

 

to maintain turkey habitat, and the cost of each project.

 

 

 

FISHERIES DIVISION

 

     Sec. 601. (1) From the appropriation in part 1 for aquatic

 

resource mitigation, not more than $758,000.00 shall be allocated

 

for grants to watershed councils, resource development councils,

 

soil conservation districts, local governmental units, and other

 

nonprofit organizations for stream habitat stabilization and soil

 

erosion control.

 

     (2) The fisheries division in the department shall develop

 

priority and cost estimates for all projects recommended for grants

 


Senate Bill No. 960 as amended April 24, 2012               (1 of 2)

 

under subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 602. As a condition of expenditure of fisheries

 

management appropriations under part 1, the department of natural

 

resources shall not impede the certification process for water

 

control structures on Michigan waterways. The department of natural

 

resources shall fund from funds appropriated in part 1 all non-

 

water-quality studies or requirements that the department requests

 

of either of the following:

 

     (a) The department of environmental quality as a condition for

 

issuance of a certification under section 401 of the federal water

 

pollution control act, 33 USC 1341.

 

     (b) The federal energy regulatory commission as a condition of

 

licensing under the federal power act, 16 USC 791a to 825r.

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall provide a quarterly report to

 

the legislature on use of funding provided for cormorant

management. The department shall use general fund/general purpose

revenue for this purpose and submit revenue appropriated in this

act for cormorant management to the United States department of

agriculture animal and plant health inspection service to allow for

increased taking of cormorants and their nests.

     <<Sec. 604. (1) As a condition on the appropriations in part 1 for

fish production, the department shall review its plans to stock walleye

spring fingerlings in accordance with regional Lake States Standards in

the inland waters of Dickinson and Iron Counties.

     (2)  In reviewing its plans, the department shall consider the

minimum accepted stocking rate shall be 50 spring fingerling (1.75 to 2

inches in length) walleyes per surface acre except as specified by the

following:

     (a)  Dickinson County: Carney and Sawyer Lakes shall be stocked at

a minimum rate of 50 fingerlings per acre. Lake Antoine shall be stocked

at a  minimum rate of 75 spring fingerlings per acre. Groveland West,

Groveland East, and Groveland South shall be stocked at a minimum rate of

100 fingerlings per acre.

     (b)  Iron County: Bone, Chicagon, Crystal Falls Impoundment, Emily,

Hagerman, First Fortune, Second Fortune, Iron, Ottawa, and Stager,

Sunset, and Swan Lakes shall be stocked at a minimum rate of 50 spring

walleye fingerlings per acre. Lakes Mary and Indian shall be stocked at a

minimum rate of 100 spring walleye fingerlings per acre.

     (c)  Menominee County: Cedar River location of Green Bay may be

stocked at past rates.

     (3)  The department shall present its findings to the standing

committees that consider natural resources issues not later than October

1, 2012.>>

 

 

 

RECREATION DIVISION

 

     Sec. 702. The department shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on natural resources and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies if it intends to reduce operations or reduce

 

recreation opportunities in any state park or recreation area.

 

 

 


FOREST MANAGEMENT DIVISION

 

     Sec. 801. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

$350,000.00 is appropriated to the department to cover costs

 

related to any declared emergency involving the collapse of any

 

abandoned mine shaft located on state land. This appropriation

 

shall not be expended unless the state budget director recommends

 

the expenditure and the department notifies the house and senate

 

committees on appropriations.

 

     Sec. 802. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall, subject to the forest certification process, prescribe

 

treatment on 79,000 acres, prepare appropriate treatment for not

 

less than 67,500 acres at the current average rate of 12.5 to 15

 

cords per acre, and offer those cords for sale in the 2012-2013

 

fiscal year, provided that the department shall take into

 

consideration the impact of timber harvesting on wildlife habitat

 

and recreation uses. The department shall, subject to the forest

 

certification process, increase marking or treatment of hardwood

 

timber for sale and harvest by 10% over 2011-2012 fiscal year

 

levels. In addition, the department shall take into consideration

 

silvicultural analysis and report annually to the legislature on

 

plans and efforts to address factors limiting management of timber.

 

The department shall increase the number of prepared acres if it

 

appears that regional market demand requires increased volumes of

 

harvested timber. The department shall provide quarterly reports on

 

the number of acres treated, pursuant to this section, to the

 

senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources

 

and the standing committees of the senate and house of

 


representatives with primary responsibility for natural resources

 

issues. The department shall complete and deliver these reports no

 

later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal quarter.

 

     Sec. 803. In addition to the money appropriated in this act,

 

the department may receive and expend money from federal sources

 

for the purpose of providing response to wildfires as required by a

 

compact with the federal government. If additional expenditure

 

authorization is required, the department shall notify the state

 

budget office that expenditure under this section is required. The

 

department shall notify the house and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on natural resources and the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies of the expenditures under this section by November 1,

 

2013.

 

     Sec. 804. The department shall continue to work cooperatively

 

with horseback riding interests to maximize riding opportunities in

 

the state.

 

     Sec. 805. The department shall spend amounts appropriated in

 

part 1 for forest-related activities to employ or contract for

 

sufficient foresters to mark timber, pursuant to section 802.

 

     Sec. 806. It is the intent of the legislature that forest

 

campgrounds proposed for closure by the department will be open and

 

accessible to the general public.

 

 

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

     Sec. 901. The appropriation in part 1 for snowmobile law

 

enforcement grants shall be used by the department to provide

 

grants to county law enforcement agencies to enforce part 821 of

 


the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.82101 to 324.82160, including rules promulgated under

 

that part and ordinances enacted pursuant to that part. The

 

department shall consider the number of enforcement hours and the

 

number of miles of snowmobile trails in each county in allocating

 

these grants. Any funds not distributed to counties revert back to

 

the snowmobile registration fee subaccount created under section

 

82111 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82111. Counties shall provide semiannual

 

reports to the department on the use of grant money received under

 

this section.

 

     Sec. 902. The department shall provide a report on the marine

 

safety grant program to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on natural resources and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies by December 1, 2012. The report shall include the

 

following information for the preceding year: the total amount of

 

revenue received for watercraft registrations, the amount deposited

 

into the marine safety fund, and the expenditures made from the

 

marine safety fund, including the amounts expended for department

 

administration, other state agencies, the law enforcement division,

 

and grants to counties. The report shall also include the

 

distribution methodology used by the department to distribute the

 

marine safety grants and a list of the grants and the amounts

 

awarded by county.

 

     Sec. 903. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall adopt a standard operating procedure for

 

conservation officers for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 


2013. The standard operating procedure adopted shall require

 

conservation officers to issue a verbal or written warning and not

 

issue citations to individuals who park in state forest campgrounds

 

or in lots at the trailheads of nonmotorized trailways motor

 

vehicles whose registration tab or sticker or temporary

 

registration plate is not marked to show that the recreation

 

passport fee has been paid.

 

 

 

GRANTS

 

     Sec. 1001. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions

 

and governments that are received in amounts in addition to those

 

included in part 1 for grants to communities - federal oil, gas,

 

and timber payments and that do not require additional state

 

matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended. By

 

November 30, 2012, the department shall report to the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources, the senate

 

and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on all

 

amounts appropriated under this section during the fiscal year

 

ending September 30, 2012.

 

     Sec. 1002. Subject to part 811 of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81101 to

 

324.81150, from the funds appropriated in part 1 for off-road

 

vehicle trail improvements grants, not less than $980,000.00 shall

 

be spent on the development of new trails in accordance with the

 

off-road vehicle trail expansion plan submitted to the legislature

 

pursuant to section 807 of article 14 of 2005 PA 154.

 

     Sec. 1003. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 


dam management grant program are considered work project

 

appropriations, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are

 

carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year. The following is

 

in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to

 

provide for maintenance, repair, and/or removal of dams.

 

     (b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $2,000,000.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2017.

 

 

 

CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

     Sec. 1101. The appropriation made in this article for the

 

harbors and docks program is for the purpose of participating with

 

the federal government and assisting local units of government,

 

public colleges and universities, or other governmental entities in

 

this state with the construction and improvement of recreational

 

boating facilities within this state. Subject to the approval of

 

the state administrative board, this money shall be allocated by

 

the department to the federal government, or to the governmental

 

entities involved in the particular projects. An allocation shall

 

not exceed the state portion as listed with each project

 

description. The department shall take the steps necessary to match

 

federal money available for the construction and improvement of

 

recreational boating facilities within the state, and to meet

 

requirements of the federal government.

 

     Sec. 1102. (1) The director of the department shall allocate

 


lump-sum appropriations to the department made in this act

 

consistent with statutory provisions and the purposes for which

 

funds were appropriated. Lump-sum allocations shall address

 

priority program or facility needs and may include, but are not

 

limited to, design, construction, remodeling and addition, special

 

maintenance, major special maintenance, energy conservation, and

 

demolition.

 

     (2) The state budget director may authorize that funds

 

appropriated for lump-sum appropriations shall be available for no

 

more than 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the

 

original appropriation was made. Any remaining balance from

 

allocations made in this section shall lapse to the fund from which

 

it was appropriated pursuant to the lapsing of funds as provided in

 

the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 1103. 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.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2A

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2014 for

 

the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2013-2014

 


appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal

 

year 2012-2013, 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 2013 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference.