SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 962
A bill to make appropriations for the department of state
police and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2013; to provide for the expenditure of those
appropriations; to provide for certain reports and the
consideration of those reports; to provide for the disposition of
other income received by the various state agencies; to provide for
certain emergency powers; to provide for the powers and duties of
certain committees, certain state agencies, and certain employees;
and to provide for the acquisition and disposition of certain real
and personal property.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
amounts listed in this part for the department of state police are
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, from
the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the
appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,881.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 577,982,700
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 25,238,500
Schedule of interdepartmental grant revenue sources:
IDG, training academy charges............... 2,601,300
IDG-MDOC, contract............................ 176,800
IDG-MDOS...................................... 353,700
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund............. 11,217,900
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees................ 5,694,600
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund
coordinator.................................. 647,200
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund
operations................................... 693,300
IDT, auto theft funds......................... 685,200
IDT, Michigan justice training fund......... 1,450,000
IDT, truck safety fund...................... 1,549,800
Interdepartmental grant revenues.............. 168,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 552,744,200
Total federal revenues................................. 104,911,000
Schedule of federal revenue sources:
DHS........................................ 55,453,300
DOJ........................................ 15,536,500
DOJ interest bearing........................ 8,139,400
DOT........................................ 23,868,800
Federal investigations - reimbursed
services................................... 1,043,900
Federal narcotics investigation revenues...... 619,400
Federal revenues.............................. 249,700
Total local revenues................................... 6,869,400
Schedule of local revenue sources:
Local - AFIS fees.............................. 80,500
Local - LEIN fees........................... 1,209,800
Local - MPSCS subscriber and maintenance
fees....................................... 1,924,800
Local - reimbursed services................. 1,980,500
Local - school bus revenue.................. 1,634,900
Local revenues................................. 38,900
Total private revenues................................. 231,300
Schedule of private revenue sources:
Private donations............................. 229,600
Private revenues................................ 1,700
Total state restricted revenues........................ 123,218,700
Schedule of restricted revenue sources:
Auto theft prevention fund.................. 6,772,000
Criminal justice information center
service fees.............................. 17,759,900
Concealed weapons enforcement fee............. 100,000
Drunk driving prevention and training
fund....................................... 1,363,500
Forensic science reimbursement fees......... 1,445,600
Forfeiture funds............................... 89,500
Hazardous materials training center fees.... 1,461,000
Highway safety fund........................ 12,242,700
Licensing fees.................................. 9,100
Michigan justice training fund.............. 8,404,100
Michigan merit award trust fund............... 716,200
Motor carrier fees.......................... 4,660,300
Narcotics investigation revenues............ 1,030,800
Nuclear plant emergency planning
reimbursement.............................. 2,120,500
Precision driving track fees.................. 300,500
Reimbursed services........................... 944,000
Rental of department aircraft.................. 56,100
Secondary road patrol and training fund.... 15,236,100
Sex offender registration fund................ 295,800
State forensic laboratory fund.............. 1,861,000
State police service fees................... 2,162,500
State services fee fund.................... 11,254,400
Tobacco tax revenue......................... 4,000,000
Traffic crash revenue......................... 328,300
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund.... 24,912,100
Trooper school recruitment fund................. 1,100
Truck driver safety fund.................... 3,015,800
State restricted revenues..................... 675,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 317,513,800
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 312,654,900
One-time state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 4,858,900
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 38.0
Unclassified positions................................. $ 700,000
Executive direction.................................... 5,195,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,895,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 40,900
State restricted revenues.............................. 767,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,087,400
Schedule of programs:
Executive direction......................... 2,894,300
Special operations and events............... 2,301,100
Sec. 103. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING BUREAU
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 198.0
Science, technology, and training bureau............... $ 73,317,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 73,317,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 6,103,900
Federal revenues....................................... 5,279,100
Local revenues......................................... 3,170,500
State restricted revenues.............................. 27,966,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 30,797,800
Schedule of programs:
Criminal justice information center
division.................................. 12,442,000
Criminal records improvement................ 1,268,200
Traffic safety.............................. 2,122,400
Standards and training/justice training
grants..................................... 9,061,000
Concealed weapons enforcement training........ 100,000
Training only to local units.................. 631,300
Public safety officers benefit program........ 149,600
Training administration..................... 5,409,900
Information technology services and
projects.................................. 21,258,700
Michigan public safety communications
system.................................... 14,099,300
In-service training - law enforcement
distribution................................. 450,000
In-service training - competitive........... 1,000,000
Traffic services............................ 5,325,500
Sec. 104. FORENSIC SCIENCES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 265.0
Forensic sciences...................................... $ 41,826,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 41,826,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues....................................... 5,027,700
State restricted revenues.............................. 14,290,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 22,508,800
Schedule of programs:
Laboratory operations...................... 31,900,200
DNA analysis program........................ 9,926,500
Sec. 105. UNIFORM SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,486.0
Uniform services....................................... $ 201,690,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 201,690,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues....................................... 2,077,900
State restricted revenues.............................. 39,063,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 160,549,100
Schedule of programs:
Uniform services........................... 47,354,100
Capitol security guards....................... 712,200
At-post troopers.......................... 133,692,200
Reimbursed services......................... 2,162,500
Law enforcement enhancement................ 15,000,000
Public safety initiative.................... 2,769,900
Sec. 106. SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 646.0
Specialized services................................... $ 96,174,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 96,174,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 17,428,100
Federal revenues....................................... 14,217,800
Local revenues......................................... 3,600,000
Private revenues....................................... 229,600
State restricted revenues.............................. 9,926,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 50,772,300
Schedule of programs:
Narcotics investigation funds................. 265,100
Operational support........................ 16,049,400
Aviation program............................ 1,614,700
Criminal investigations.................... 31,726,800
Federal antidrug initiatives............... 11,154,200
Reimbursed services, materials, and
equipment.................................. 3,024,400
Auto theft prevention program............... 1,128,800
Casino gaming oversight..................... 5,519,300
Fire investigations......................... 1,899,000
Parole absconder sweeps........................ 12,700
Motor carrier enforcement.................. 12,347,400
Truck safety enforcement team operations.... 1,511,400
Safety inspections.......................... 6,790,400
School bus inspections...................... 1,619,500
Safety projects............................. 1,511,300
Sec. 107. SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 248.0
Support services....................................... $ 153,083,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 153,083,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 1,496,900
Federal revenues....................................... 78,058,800
Local revenues......................................... 60,000
State restricted revenues.............................. 30,528,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 42,939,500
Schedule of programs:
Auto theft prevention program............... 6,754,400
Special maintenance and utilities............. 402,800
Rent and building occupancy charges......... 8,309,500
Worker's compensation....................... 3,031,500
Fleet leasing.............................. 15,630,700
Management services........................ 14,182,600
Budget and financial services............... 1,780,700
Office of justice program grants............ 8,537,800
Accounting service center................... 1,150,400
State program planning and administration... 1,149,400
Secondary road patrol program.............. 14,060,200
Truck safety program........................ 3,014,000
Federal highway traffic safety
coordination.............................. 12,836,400
Emergency management planning and
administration............................. 6,090,300
Grants to local government.................. 2,482,100
FEMA program assistance..................... 5,341,000
Nuclear power plant emergency planning...... 2,076,800
Hazardous materials programs............... 46,253,000
Interdepartmental grant to legislature............ 100
Sec. 108. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Michigan international speedway traffic control........ $ 800,000
At-post troopers – replace outdated equipment.......... 1,623,700
Rent and building occupancy charges.................... 350,000
State employee lump-sum payments....................... 3,220,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,993,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 168,700
Federal revenues....................................... 249,700
Local revenues......................................... 38,900
Private revenues....................................... 1,700
State restricted revenues.............................. 675,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,858,900
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 $440,732,500.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2012-2013 is $18,728,700.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
Science, technology, and training bureau............... $ 4,178,400
Schedule of programs:
Justice training grants................................ 4,054,400
Training only to local units........................... 124,000
Support services....................................... 14,550,300
Schedule of programs:
Secondary road patrol.................................. 13,920,300
Management services.................................... 630,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 18,728,700
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) "AFIS" means the automated fingerprint identification
system.
(b) "CJIC" means the criminal justice information center.
(c) "C.J.I.S." means the criminal justice information systems.
(d) "Department" means the department of state police.
(e) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland
security.
(f) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.
(g) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.
(h) "DOT" means the United States department of
transportation.
(i) "DTMB" means the department of technology, management, and
budget.
(j) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.
(k) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(l) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(m) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(n) "LEIN" means the law enforcement information network.
(o) "MCL" means Michigan Compiled Laws.
(p) "MCOLES" means Michigan commission on law enforcement
standards.
(q) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(r) "MDOC" means the Michigan department of corrections.
(s) "MDOS" means the Michigan department of state.
(t) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(u) "MDTR" means the Michigan department of treasury.
(v) "MPSCS" means Michigan public safety communications
system.
(w) "PA" means public act.
(x) "Work project" means a group of activities featuring a
fixed duration, budget, and scope that is expected to cause a
measurable change in the delivery, efficiency, or effectiveness of
1 or more operations.
Sec. 204. The following shall constitute the appropriations
from part 1 for interdepartmental grant funds received by the
department from sources outside the department: $2,601,300.00 from
training academy charges; $176,800.00 from the department of
corrections contract; $353,700.00 from the department of state;
$11,217,900.00 from the department of transportation - state
trunkline funds; $5,692,200.00 from casino gaming fees; $646,900.00
from the department of treasury - emergency telephone fund
coordinator; and $693,300.00 from the department of treasury -
emergency telephone fund operations.
Sec. 205. (1) The following shall constitute the
appropriations from part 1 for interdepartmental grant funds made
from the department to other departments: $1,157,100.00 to the
department of environmental quality - radiological emergency
preparedness; $150,100.00 to the department of attorney general -
justice training competitive grant; $779,100.00 to the judiciary -
justice training competitive grant; $352,700.00 to the department
of attorney general - operations; $900,000.00 to the department of
military and veterans affairs - homeland security grant;
$21,258,700.00 to DTMB - information technology services and
projects; and $14,099,300.00 to DTMB - Michigan public safety
communications systems.
(2) Based on the availability of federal funding and the
demonstrated need as indicated by applications submitted to the
state court administrative office, the department shall provide
$1,800,000.00 in Byrne justice assistance grant program funding to
the judiciary by interdepartmental grant.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 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 $3,500,000.00 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 $1,000,000.00 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 $200,000.00 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 provide the data necessary for
the department of technology, management, and budget to maintain a
searchable website that is accessible by the public at no cost that
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(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. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this act. This requirement may include
transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients
identified for each reporting requirement, or it may include
placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.
Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference 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. 210. 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, for
the department. The director of the department shall strongly
encourage firms with which the department contracts to subcontract
with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for
services or supplies, or both.
Sec. 212. The department 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. 216. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act,
the schedule of programs in part 1 lists programs which may, but
are not required to be, funded under this act.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the
schedule of revenue sources in part 1 may or may not be received
from the funding entities listed.
(3) The secondary road patrol funding is not subject to
funding flexibility and shall be funded in accordance with section
629e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.629e.
(4) Any funding required by statute is not subject to funding
flexibility and shall be funded in accordance with that statute.
Sec. 217. The department shall improve its budgetary
efficiency pertaining to the delivery of core services delineated
in section 221 by doing all of the following:
(a) Prioritizing personnel over buildings in budgetary
efficiency considerations.
(b) Pursuing the physical or virtual consolidation of support
service functions such as information technology, human resources,
and accounting as a means of improving standardization and
efficiency.
(c) Seeking expenditure reductions whenever possible through
the streamlining of existing service delivery activities.
(d) Identifying efficiencies that can be gained via the
reduction or elimination of programs, policies, and practices which
have outlived their usefulness.
Sec. 218. The department 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. 219. (1) The department shall provide quarterly reports,
beginning October 1, to the appropriate senate and house
appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal
agencies, which provide the following data:
(a) A list of major work projects, including the status of
each project.
(b) The department's financial status, featuring a report of
budgeted versus actual expenditures by part 1 line item including a
year-end projection of budget requirements. If projected department
budget requirements exceed the allocated budget, the report shall
include a plan to reduce overall expenses while still satisfying
specified service level requirements.
(c) Forensic laboratory system staffing levels and vacancies
and backlogs in all disciplines.
(2) The department shall provide all information necessary to
validate that the requirements of this part have been achieved.
(3) The department shall provide a corrective action plan
within 30 days of a quarterly report under this section for any
requirements of this part that have not been achieved. The
department shall provide a monthly status of correction action
plans.
(4) The department shall provide a summary of fund shifts,
that have been approved by the state budget office, that have
occurred between items listed in the schedule of programs mentioned
in part 1 on a quarterly basis to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs
and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 220. The department shall provide the following data to
the appropriate senate and house appropriations subcommittees and
the senate and house fiscal agencies on an annual basis:
(a) As it pertains to inspections conducted by the traffic
safety division, all of the following:
(i) The number of buses and vehicles inspected by the
department.
(ii) The number of buses and vehicles passing and failing
inspection.
(iii) The estimated number of buses and vehicles not inspected.
(b) A report on the status of assessments collected and
authorized under section 629e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.629e, for the purpose of supporting the secondary road
patrol grant program. The report shall contain updated information
on collection levels, revised projected grant allotments to
counties for the year, a comparison of projected collections and
grant distribution levels with the funds appropriated in part 1 for
the secondary road patrol program, and the extent collection levels
have exceeded or failed to meet appropriated levels for the current
fiscal year or expenditure levels from the previous fiscal year.
(c) A report regarding the department's activities related to
casino gaming oversight. The report shall contain the following:
(i) The amount of money received and expended.
(ii) The nature and structure of the casino gaming oversight
unit.
(iii) The positions and classifications of employees assigned.
(iv) The number of full-time and part-time employees and the
aggregate number of FTEs.
(v) The duties and responsibilities of the assigned employees.
Sec. 221. The appropriations in part 1 are for the core
services, support services, and work projects of the department,
including, but not limited to, the following core services: traffic
safety and enforcement, complaint and criminal investigations, fire
investigation, sex offender registry and enforcement, specialty
teams, civil disorder response – mobilization, capitol security,
hazardous materials response training, intelligence gathering and
dissemination, state emergency operations center, criminal history
system, fingerprint and background checks, the law enforcement
information network, forensics, training and recruiting, public
awareness campaigns, and establishing and monitoring law
enforcement standards.
Sec. 222. The department shall notify the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and
veterans affairs and the senate and house fiscal agencies not less
than 90 days before recommending to close or consolidate any state
police posts. The notification shall include a local and state
impact study of the proposed post closure or consolidation.
Sec. 223. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to
privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to
the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan shall include the
criteria under which the privatization initiative will be
evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees and the senate and
house fiscal agencies within 30 months.
Sec. 224. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by
the department 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. 226. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the
department shall not provide any subsidy for contractual services
it provides.
(2) When the department provides contractual services to a
local unit of government, the department shall be reimbursed for
all costs incurred in providing the services, including, but not
limited to, retirement and overtime costs.
(3) The department shall define service cost models for those
services requiring reimbursement.
(4) Contractual services provided to an entity other than a
local unit of government may be provided by department personnel,
but only on an overtime basis outside the normal work schedule of
the personnel.
(5) This section does not apply to state agencies.
Sec. 227. The department shall define interoperability
standards to ensure effective communication between state, local,
regional, and federal agencies under public safety scenarios. The
department shall monitor compliance with these interoperability
standards by the agencies and notify the legislature and pertinent
agency management of noncompliance within 30 days of this
determination.
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 appropriations lapses at the
close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected
year-end general fund/general purpose appropriations 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 standing committees on appropriations, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees, 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 state police and
military and veterans affairs, 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. 230. The department may pursue entering into an agreement
with Calhoun County to build a new facility in that county which
would serve as the new state police post for region 4 of district
5, as identified by the department.
Sec. 231. The department, in keeping with its role as the
general law enforcement agency of the state and as the law
enforcement agency of last resort for communities that are either
without local law enforcement resources or are seriously
underserved by local law enforcement resources, shall provide
general law enforcement assistance to those communities until
adequate law enforcement services can be provided to those
communities by other means.
Sec. 232. The department shall serve as an active liaison
between the department of technology, management, and budget and
local public safety agencies to facilitate the use of the MPSCS
towers by those local public safety agencies that have an interest
in using the towers as a part of their communication system.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Sec. 250. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
funding to support unclassified employee positions as authorized by
section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963. These
positions include the following: department director, chief
administrative officer, and executive director of the Michigan
commission on law enforcement standards.
(2) Not less than 30 days prior to the department submitting a
request for an additional unclassified employee position from the
civil service commission, or for any substantive change to the
duties of an existing unclassified employee position, the
department shall notify the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on state police and military affairs and the senate
and house fiscal agencies.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING BUREAU
Sec. 301. (1) The department shall develop and deliver
professional, innovative, and quality training that supports the
enforcement and public safety efforts of the criminal justice
community.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide educational opportunities for personal and
professional growth to a minimum of 10,000 state and local law
enforcement employees and other public safety partners.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide educational opportunities for personal and
professional growth to a minimum of 3,000 community members.
(4) The department shall define and implement methods with a
goal of reducing the cost of training services delivery by 20%.
These methods may include the pursuit of technology to reach
students throughout the state utilizing distance learning.
(5) The department shall place emphasis on recruiting MCOLES-
certified police officers for the trooper recruit school. Emphasis
shall be given in the hiring process to those officers who are on
layoff and possess valid MCOLES certification. Any emphasis given
in the recruiting and selection process shall be consistent with
the department's hiring standards and in accordance with civil
service rules.
(6) The department shall develop and provide a service
delivery cost model for its training activities.
(7) The department shall place emphasis on recruiting and
hiring veterans, particularly for any trooper recruit school
convened. Any emphasis given in the recruiting and selection
process shall be consistent with the department's hiring standards
and in accordance with civil service rules. Beginning October 1,
the department shall submit a report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs
within 60 days of the conclusion of any trooper recruit school. The
report shall include the following:
(a) The number of veterans who commenced that trooper recruit
school.
(b) The number of veterans who concluded that trooper recruit
school.
(c) The devices or campaigns that were used to specifically
recruit veterans for that trooper recruit school.
Sec. 302. (1) MCOLES shall establish standards for the
selection, employment, training, education, licensing, and
revocation of all law enforcement officers.
(2) MCOLES shall maintain the staffing and resources necessary
to provide the basic law enforcement training curriculum for 20
academy programs statewide.
(3) MCOLES shall maintain a minimum 98% passing rate from the
MCOLES licensing exam without lowering academic standards to
achieve this rate.
Sec. 303. (1) The department shall maintain a criminal history
system and the state accident data collection system in the support
of public safety and law enforcement communities in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to adhere to 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.241 to 28.248.
(3) The department shall improve the accuracy, timeliness, and
completeness of criminal history information by conducting 30
outreach activities targeted to criminal justice agencies.
(4) The department shall maintain the state accident data
collection system and make this information available to the public
at a reasonable cost. For bulk access to the accident records in
which the vehicle identification number has been collected and
computerized, the department shall make those records available to
the public at cost, provided that the name and address have been
excluded.
Sec. 304. (1) The department shall provide fingerprint and
background check services in support of public safety and law
enforcement communities in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to process fingerprint and background check services
commensurate with fiscal year 2009-2010.
(3) The department shall maintain resources and educational
outreach for the electronic submission of fingerprint information
from local law enforcement agencies and maintain at least a 97%
submission rate.
(4) The department shall define and maintain a cost model
pertaining to providing fingerprint check services and provide for
the following:
(a) Fingerprint service fees shall be commensurate with the
actual costs of delivering this service.
(b) The department shall pursue means of reducing the expenses
associated with delivering this service.
Sec. 305. (1) The department shall maintain the law
enforcement information network in support of public safety and law
enforcement communities in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to adhere to the C.J.I.S. policy council act, 1974 PA
163, MCL 28.211 to 28.215.
(3) The department shall audit criminal justice agencies as
required by federal guidelines.
(4) The appropriations in part 1 do not contain any funding
from LEIN user fees for services rendered in fiscal year 2012-2013.
If the department chooses to propose such a fee for fiscal year
2012-2013, the department shall do each of the following:
(a) Notify the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on state police and military and veterans affairs and the senate
and house fiscal agencies no less than 90 days prior to
establishing the fee.
(b) Define and maintain a cost model pertaining to the
provision of LEIN administration services. LEIN service fees shall
be commensurate with the actual costs of delivering this service.
The department shall pursue means of reducing the expenses
associated with delivering this service.
Sec. 306. (1) The department shall oversee the sex offender
registry and its enforcement in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staff and resources
necessary to enforce the provision of the sex offenders
registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.736.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to perform activities to maintain a 93% compliance rate
for reporting by registered sex offenders.
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Sec. 401. (1) The department shall provide forensic testing
services to aid in criminal investigations.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide forensic evidence with an average turnaround
time of 82 days assuming an annual caseload volume commensurate
with that received in fiscal year 2009-2010.
(3) The department shall hire and train 20 additional forensic
employees with the intent of reaching an average 30-day turnaround
for forensic evidence.
(4) If changes are made to the department's protocol for
retaining and purging DNA analysis samples and records, the
department shall post a copy of the protocol changes on the
department's website.
UNIFORM SERVICES
Sec. 501. (1) The department shall oversee traffic safety and
enforcement in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to make traffic contacts per patrol hours commensurate
with the service level and contact areas exhibited in fiscal year
2010-2011. There shall be no degradation of road patrol services to
any region of this state.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to continually work to enhance traffic safety throughout
the state.
Sec. 502. Department enlisted personnel who are employed to
enforce traffic laws as provided in section 629e of the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.629e, shall not be prohibited
from responding to crimes in progress or other emergency situations
and are responsible for protecting every citizen of this state from
harm.
Sec. 503. The department shall dedicate a minimum of 23,374
patrol hours in distressed cities in this state.
Sec. 504. The department shall hire and train 180 troopers.
Sec. 505. (1) The department shall provide security services
at the state capitol building.
(2) The department shall maintain the staff and resources
necessary to respond to emergencies at the house office building,
Farnum building, capitol parking lot, Townsend parking ramp, and
Roosevelt parking ramp.
(3) The department shall pursue federal grants to improve the
security at the capitol building.
(4) The department may develop a phased approach for improving
security at the capitol building.
Sec. 506. The department shall submit a report on or before
April 1 to the appropriate senate and house appropriations
subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies regarding
the cities in distress public safety initiative and any measures
relative to the law enforcement enhancement scheduled program
contained in part 1. The report shall include, but is not limited
to, the following information for the prior 6 months:
(a) Statistics regarding relevant trooper schools, including
the number of applications, the number of troopers graduated, and
the cities or posts in which each of these troopers is assigned or
stationed.
(b) Statistics regarding criminal activity, including the
number of arrests made by troopers assigned to the cities in
distress, the number of traffic stops made by troopers assigned to
cities in distress, the number of parole or probation violators
arrested by troopers assigned to cities in distress, the number of
violent and assaultive crimes committed in the cities in distress,
the number of illegal drug and narcotic crimes committed in the
cities in distress, and the number of property crimes committed in
the cities in distress.
(c) Where reasonably available, statistics regarding the
number of local law enforcement officers employed by the cities in
distress and the number of criminal prosecutions in the counties in
which the cities in distress are located.
Sec. 507. The department shall submit a report on or before
April 1 to the appropriate senate and house appropriations
subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies regarding
transition by the department to the regional policing model. The
report shall include, but is not limited to, information on costs
and savings associated with the termination of lease agreements,
costs associated with maintenance and fuel usage resulting from
increased mileage on patrol vehicles, and costs and savings
associated with shifting personnel from traditional office
assignments to road patrol assignments.
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Sec. 601. (1) The department shall provide specialty services
to citizens of this state in accordance with all applicable state
and federal laws and regulations.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide training to maintain readiness to respond
appropriately to at least the number of requests for specialty
services which occurred in fiscal year 2009-2010.
(3) The canine unit shall be available for call out statewide
100% of the time.
(4) The bomb squad unit shall be available for call out
statewide 100% of the time.
(5) The emergency support teams shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time.
(6) The underwater recovery unit shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time.
(7) Aviation services shall be available for call out
statewide 100% of the time, unless prohibited by weather or
unexpected mechanical breakdowns.
(8) Money privately donated to the department is appropriated
under part 1 to be used for the purposes designated by the donor of
the money. Money privately donated to the department's canine unit
shall be used to purchase equipment and other items to enhance the
operation of the canine unit.
Sec. 602. (1) The department shall identify and apprehend
criminals through criminal investigations in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to devote a comparable number of hours investigating
crimes as those performed in fiscal year 2009-2010.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to annually meet or exceed a case clearance rate of 56%.
(4) The department shall provide protection to this state, its
economy, welfare, and vital state-sponsored programs through the
prevention and suppression of organized smuggling of untaxed
tobacco products in the state, through enforcement of the tobacco
products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436, and other
laws pertaining to combating criminal activity in this state, by
maintaining a tobacco tax enforcement unit that will dedicate a
minimum of 8,320 hours to tobacco tax enforcement.
(5) The department shall submit an annual report on or by
October 15 to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
state police and military and veterans affairs, the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on general government, and the
senate and house fiscal agencies, which details expenditures
related to tax enforcement activities for the prior fiscal year.
Sec. 603. (1) The department shall provide fire investigation
services to citizens of this state through investigative assistance
to local law enforcement agencies.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to maintain readiness to respond appropriately to at
least the number of requests for service which occurred in fiscal
year 2009-2010.
(3) The fire investigation unit shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time.
Sec. 604. The department shall inspect all black and yellow
school buses annually.
Sec. 605. The department shall maintain the staffing and
resources necessary to annually inspect at least 53,000 commercial
vehicles.
SUPPORT SERVICES
Sec. 701. (1) The department shall respond to civil disorders
and natural disasters.
(2) The department shall, at a minimum, maintain readiness
including training and equipment to respond to civil disorders and
natural disasters commensurate with the capabilities of fiscal year
2009-2010.
Sec. 702. (1) The department shall operate the Michigan
intelligence operation center as the state's federally recognized
fusion center.
(2) The department shall ensure public safety through the
emergency management and homeland security division by providing
public and private sector partners with timely and accurate
information and regarding critical information key resources
threats as reported to or discovered by the Michigan intelligence
operations center and increase public awareness on how to report
suspicious activity through website or telephone communications.
(3) The department shall seek to increase the number of public
and private sector contacts which receive vital homeland security
information and intelligence in order to enhance the safety and
security for citizens of this state.
Sec. 703. (1) The department shall provide hazardous materials
response training.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to serve approximately 110 local emergency management
preparedness programs and 88 local emergency planning committees in
this state.
(3) The department shall conduct a minimum of 3 training
sessions to enhance safe response in the event of natural or
manmade incidents, emergencies, or disasters.
(4) The department's emergency management division shall make
every effort to ensure both of the following:
(a) That homeland security grants offered by the federal
government and channeled through the department are allocated to
first responder entities in the highest percentage possible.
(b) That homeland security grants awarded to the city of
Detroit shall not be used to supplant city general funds designated
to support first responder operations.
Sec. 704. (1) The department shall operate and maintain the
state's emergency operations center and provide command and control
in support of emergency response services.
(2) The department shall maintain readiness, including
training and equipment to respond to civil disorders and natural
disasters.
(3) By September 30, 2013, the department shall begin
construction or renovation of a state emergency operations center
to facilitate relocation from its current site at Collins Road.
(4) The state director of emergency management may expend
money appropriated under this act to call upon any agency or
department of the state or any resource of the state to protect
life or property or to provide for the health or safety of the
population in any area of the state in which the governor proclaims
a state of emergency or state of disaster under 1945 PA 302, MCL
10.31 to 10.33, or under the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390,
MCL 30.401 to 30.421. The state director of emergency management
may expend the amounts the director considers necessary to
accomplish these purposes. The director shall submit to the state
budget director as soon as possible a complete report of all
actions taken under the authority of this section. The report shall
contain, as a separate item, a statement of all money expended that
is not reimbursable from federal money. The state budget director
shall review the expenditures and submit recommendations to the
legislature in regard to any possible need for a supplemental
appropriation.
(5) In addition to the money appropriated in this act, the
department may receive and expend money from local, private,
federal, or state sources for the purpose of providing emergency
management training to local or private interests and for the
purpose of supporting emergency preparedness, response, recovery,
and mitigation activity. If additional expenditure authorization in
the Michigan administrative information network is approved by the
state budget office under this section, the department and the
state budget office shall notify the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and
veterans affairs and the senate and house fiscal agencies within 10
days after the approval. The notification shall include the amount
and source and the additional authorization, the date of its
approval, and the projected use of funds to be expended under the
authorization.
Sec. 705. (1) The department shall conduct public awareness
campaigns regarding various public safety issues.
(2) The department shall provide resources and technical
assistance to train child passenger safety technicians to promote
public education and awareness to parents.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1201. (1) 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, excluding appropriations designated as 1-time
appropriations and adjusting 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.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the 180 troopers
hired during fiscal year 2012-2013 shall be used to reduce crime
rates in this state's most distressed cities once fully deployed.
(3) It is the intent of the legislature that the 20 additional
forensic employees hired during fiscal year 2012-2013 shall be used
to reach an average 30-day turnaround for forensic evidence once
fully trained.