SB-0169, As Passed Senate, April 26, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of

 

agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2012; to provide for the expenditure of the

 

appropriations; to provide anticipated appropriations for the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; to create funds; to provide

 

for the imposition of fees; to require reports, audits, and plans;

 

to authorize certain transfers by certain state agencies; and to

 

provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by

 

certain state agencies.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012


 

     Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the

 

amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of

 

agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2012, from the funds indicated in this part. The

 

following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 2.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 433.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     71,819,300

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDELEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fees..........           197,600

 

IDG-MDEQ, biosolids....................................           100,000

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................           297,600

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     71,521,700

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA, multiple grants..................................        10,873,300

 

EPA, multiple grants...................................         1,635,700

 

HHS-FDA................................................         1,203,900

 

United States department of labor......................           471,800

 

Total federal revenues.................................        14,184,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Private - slow the spread foundation...................            83,300

 

Private - commodity group revenue......................            88,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           171,300


 

Agriculture preservation fund..........................         2,031,100

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........         3,773,300

 

Agriculture pollution prevention fund..................               100

 

Animal welfare fund....................................           144,500

 

Commodity inspection fees..............................           832,400

 

Consumer and industry food safety education fund.......           290,200

 

Dairy and food safety fund.............................         3,006,600

 

Freshwater protection fund.............................         5,094,100

 

Gasoline inspection and testing fund...................         2,747,800

 

Horticulture fund......................................            72,800

 

Industry support funds.................................           535,300

 

Licensing and inspection fee...........................         4,188,800

 

Migrant housing inspection fee.........................           114,200

 

Migrant labor housing fund.............................            29,000

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................           716,800

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,870,900

 

Testing fees...........................................           447,500

 

Grain dealer's fee fund................................           522,500

 

Weights and measures regulation fees...................           745,100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        29,163,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     28,002,700

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 2.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 10.0

 

Commissions and boards................................. $         23,700

 

Unclassified positions.................................           213,400

 

Executive direction--8.0 FTE positions.................         1,050,400


 

Emergency management--2.0 FTE positions................           243,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,531,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Industry support funds.................................            40,500

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................             8,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,481,900

 

   Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTWIDE

 

Full-time equated classified positions............. 16.0

 

Rent and building occupancy charges.................... $        991,800

 

Operational services--15.0 FTE positions...............           981,200

 

Statistical reporting service--1.0 FTE positions.......           158,200

 

Accounting service center..............................           878,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,009,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................           224,600

 

EPA - multiple grants..................................           174,100

 

HHS-FDA................................................            43,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - commodity group..............................            88,000

 

Agriculture preservation fund..........................            22,700

 

Freshwater protection fund.............................            33,500

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................           156,800

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................            28,800

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           315,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,922,800


 

   Sec. 104. FOOD AND DAIRY

 

Full-time equated classified positions............ 101.0

 

Food safety and quality assurance--81.0 FTE positions.. $      9,931,500

 

Milk safety and quality assurance--20.0 FTE positions..         3,037,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,969,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................           234,900

 

HHS-FDA................................................           451,600

 

   Special revenues funds:

 

Consumer and industry food safety education fund.......           290,200

 

Dairy and food safety fund.............................         3,006,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      8,986,100

 

   Sec. 105. ANIMAL INDUSTRY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 64.0

 

Animal disease prevention and response--64.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $       9,039,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,039,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         1,233,500

 

HHS-FDA................................................            40,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Animal welfare fund....................................           144,500

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................           113,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,507,800

 

   Sec. 106. PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT


 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 99.0

 

Pesticide and plant pest management--88.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     10,612,700

 

Emerald ash borer control program--7.0 FTE positions...         1,822,500

 

Producer security/grain dealers--4.0 FTE positions.....           543,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,978,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         2,942,100

 

EPA - multiple grants..................................           738,800

 

HHS-FDA................................................           109,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private - slow the spread foundation...................            83,300

 

Commodity inspection fees..............................           832,400

 

Horticulture fund......................................            72,800

 

Industry support funds.................................           336,300

 

Grain dealer's fee fund................................           522,500

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................         3,808,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,532,500

 

   Sec. 107. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Michigan agricultural environmental assurance program--3.0 FTE

 

positions............................................... $        264,700

 

Groundwater and freshwater protection program--18.0

 

   FTE positions........................................         5,421,600

 

Farmland and open space preservation--9.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           958,300


 

Agriculture pollution prevention program...............         1,000,000

 

Local conservation districts...........................               100

 

Migrant labor housing--6.0 FTE positions...............         1,162,400

 

Right-to-farm--3.0 FTE positions.......................           518,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      9,326,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDEQ, biosolids....................................           100,000

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         1,000,000

 

EPA - multiple grants..................................           361,200

 

United states department of labor......................           471,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture preservation fund..........................           958,200

 

Agriculture pollution prevention fund..................               100

 

Freshwater protection fund.............................         5,060,500

 

Migrant housing inspection fees........................           114,200

 

Migratory labor housing fund...........................            29,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,231,000

 

   Sec. 108. LABORATORY PROGRAM

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 94.0

 

Laboratory services--42.0 FTE positions................ $      5,564,700

 

USDA monitoring program--13.0 FTE positions............         2,451,900

 

Consumer protection program--39.0 FTE positions........         5,571,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     13,588,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:


 

IDG-MDELEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fees..........           194,800

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         2,474,700

 

EPA - multiple grants..................................           361,600

 

HHS-FDA................................................           559,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........           557,800

 

Gasoline inspection and testing fund...................         2,720,400

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................            81,900

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,555,900

 

Testing fees...........................................           447,500

 

Weights and measures regulation fees...................           745,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,889,100

 

   Sec. 109. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 7.0

 

Agricultural development--4.0 FTE positions............ $      1,915,200

 

Grape and wine program--3.0 FTE positions..............           736,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,651,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         1,513,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Industry support funds.................................           158,500

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................           678,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        300,900

 

   Sec. 110. FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 3.0


 

Fairs and racing--3.0 FTE positions.................... $        331,200

 

Purses - fairs/licensed tracks.........................           611,500

 

Licensed tracks - light horse racing...................            34,000

 

Standardbred breeders' awards..........................           250,100

 

Standardbred supplements - licensed tracks.............           461,500

 

Standardbred sire stakes...............................           209,100

 

Standardbred training and stabling.....................             9,200

 

Thoroughbred owners' awards............................            32,000

 

Thoroughbred supplements - licensed tracks.............           309,500

 

Thoroughbred breeders' awards..........................           309,700

 

Thoroughbred sire stakes...............................           214,000

 

Distribution of outstanding winning tickets............           350,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,121,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........         3,121,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 111. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       1,303,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      1,303,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-DELEG (LCC), liquor quality testing fee............             2,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture preservation fund..........................               200

 

Agriculture equine industry development fund...........            93,600

 

Gasoline inspection testing fund.......................            27,400


 

Freshwater protection fund.............................               100

 

Licensing and inspection fees..........................            28,300

 

Nonretail liquor fees..................................               500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,150,600

 

   Sec. 112. CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

Farmland and open space development acquisition........ $       2,300,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,300,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

USDA - multiple grants.................................         1,250,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Agriculture preservation fund..........................         1,050,000

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012

 

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 2011-2012 is $57,165,700.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2011-2012 is $1,500,000.00. The itemized

 

statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to

 

local units of government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT


 

Environmental protection............................... $       1,500,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $      1,500,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

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

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural

 

development.

 

     (b) "Director" means the director of the department.

 

     (c) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

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

 

     (e) "HHS-FDA" means the United States department of health and

 

human services - food and drug administration.

 

     (f) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (g) "MDELEG" means the Michigan department of energy, labor,

 

and economic growth.

 

     (h) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (i) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.

 

     Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments

 

and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the charges

 

authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of

 

1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by

 

the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

     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. 212. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may provide for indemnity as provided for pursuant to

 

the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 to 287.746, not

 

to exceed $100,000.00 per order from any line item for the fiscal

 

year ending September 30, 2012. Before the department provides for

 

an indemnification under this section, the department shall report

 

the reason for the indemnification, the amount of the

 

indemnification, and to whom the indemnification is to be paid. The

 

report shall be given to each member of the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and to the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies and to the state budget director.

 

     (2) The department of agriculture and rural development shall

 

make an indemnification payment for the fair market value of

 

livestock killed by a wolf, coyote, or cougar, if the kill is

 

verified by the department of natural resources. The fair market

 

value of the livestock shall be determined pursuant to the

 

indemnification procedures prescribed in the animal industry act,

 

1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 to 287.745. In addition to the funds

 

appropriated in part 1, the department of agriculture and rural


 

development is authorized to expend the funds received from the

 

department of natural resources to reimburse the department of

 

agriculture and rural development for all indemnification payments

 

made pursuant to this subsection.

 

     Sec. 214. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 that are other

 

than line-item grants, the department shall not provide grants to

 

local government agencies, institutions of higher education, or

 

nonprofit organizations unless the department provides notice of

 

the grant to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture at least 10 days before the grant is issued. The grants

 

shall be used to support research or other related activities for

 

the purpose of enhancing the agricultural industries in this state.

 

     Sec. 215. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall use an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 to develop,

 

post, and maintain, on a publicly accessible Internet site, all

 

expenditures made by the agency within a fiscal year. The posting

 

must include the purpose for which each expenditure is made. The

 

department shall not be required to hire additional employees to

 

comply with this section.

 

     Sec. 220. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of technology, management, and budget. Funds designated

 

in this manner are not available for expenditure until approved as

 

work projects under section 451a of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

     Sec. 228. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,


 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in this act

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

     Sec. 302. (1) Pursuant to the appropriations in part 1, the

 

department may receive and expend revenue and use that revenue to


 

cover necessary expenses related to publications, audit and

 

licensing functions, livestock sales, certification of nursery

 

stock, and laboratory analyses as specified in the following:

 

     (a) Management services publications.

 

     (b) Management services audit and licensing functions.

 

     (c) Pesticide and plant pest management propagation and

 

certification of virus-free foundation stock.

 

     (d) Pesticide and plant pest management grading services.

 

     (e) Laboratory support testing for testing horses in draft

 

horse pulling contests at county fairs when local jurisdictions

 

request state assistance.

 

     (f) Laboratory support analyses to determine foreign

 

substances in horses engaged in racing or pulling contests at

 

tracks.

 

     (g) Laboratory support analyses of food, livestock, and

 

agricultural products for disease, foreign products for disease,

 

toxic materials, foreign substances, and quality standards.

 

     (h) Laboratory support test samples for other agencies and

 

organizations.

 

     (i) Fruit and vegetable inspection at shipping and termination

 

points and processing plants.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and

 

house fiscal agencies 30 days prior to proposing changes in fees

 

authorized under this section or under section 5 of 1915 PA 91, MCL

 

285.35.

 

     (3) Annually, before February 1, the department shall provide


 

a report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture and the senate and house fiscal agencies detailing all

 

the fees charged by the department under the authorization provided

 

in this section, including, but not limited to, rates, number of

 

individuals paying each fee, and the revenue generated by each fee

 

in the previous fiscal year.

 

 

 

FOOD AND DAIRY

 

     Sec. 401. The department shall monitor restaurant inspection

 

and licensing functions carried out by local health departments to

 

ensure uniform application and enforcement of minimum program

 

requirements.

 

     Sec. 402. Not later than April 1, 2012, the department shall

 

provide a report to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies describing significant food-borne outbreaks and

 

emergencies, including any enforcement actions taken related to

 

food safety during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

 

 

 

ANIMAL INDUSTRY

 

     Sec. 450. From the funds appropriated in section 105 for the

 

bovine tuberculosis program, the department shall reimburse the

 

department of natural resources for those costs associated with

 

monitoring and testing wildlife for bovine tuberculosis that are

 

necessary to support the department goals and are jointly agreed to

 

by the department and the department of natural resources to be in

 

excess of efforts necessary to effectively plan and execute the


 

eradication of bovine tuberculosis from Michigan's wild free-

 

ranging deer herd.

 

     Sec. 451. From the funds appropriated in section 105 for

 

bovine tuberculosis, the department shall pay for all whole herd

 

testing costs and individual animal testing costs in the modified

 

accredited zone to maintain split-state status requirements. These

 

costs include indemnity and compensation for injury causing death

 

or downer to animals.

 

     Sec. 452. The department shall apply for all federal and

 

private funds for which it is eligible that can be used to support

 

the bovine tuberculosis program.

 

     Sec. 454. The department shall use its resources to

 

collaborate with the United States department of agriculture to

 

obtain TB-free status for the area of the Lower Peninsula that is

 

zoned as modified accredited advanced. The department shall also

 

aggressively work toward eradicating bovine TB in the modified

 

accredited zone.

 

     Sec. 456. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, no funds shall

 

be used to enforce the mandatory electronic animal identification

 

program for any domestic animals other than cattle until specific

 

procedures and guidelines for electronic animal identification are

 

outlined in statute.

 

     Sec. 457. On or before October 15, 2011, and on a quarterly

 

basis thereafter, the department shall report to the senate and

 

house agriculture committees, the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies on the department's progress toward meeting the USDA


 

requirements as outlined in the March 2007 bovine TB program

 

review. The report shall include, but is not limited to,

 

information and data on: wildlife risk mitigation plan

 

implementation in the modified accredited zone; implementation of a

 

movement certificate process; progress toward annual surveillance

 

test requirements set out in the June 2007 MOU; compliance efforts

 

and rates for animals crossing the Mackinac Bridge; efforts to work

 

with slaughter facilities in Michigan, as well as those that

 

slaughter a significant number of animals from Michigan;

 

educational programs and information for Michigan's livestock

 

community; any other item the legislature should be aware of that

 

will promote or hinder efforts to achieve bovine TB-free status for

 

Michigan.

 

     Sec. 458. From the funds appropriated in section 105 for

 

animal industry, the department shall provide inspection and

 

testing of aquaculture facilities and aquaculture researchers as

 

provided under the Michigan aquaculture development act, 1996 PA

 

199, MCL 286.877. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department shall work with aquaculture facilities and aquaculture

 

researchers to identify, contain, and eradicate viral hemorrhagic

 

septicemia in this state.

 

     Sec. 459. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 205, the

 

department is authorized to fill open positions in the bovine

 

tuberculosis program.

 

 

 

PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT

 

     Sec. 551. It is the intent of the legislature that the


 

department work with the fruit and vegetable industry to ensure the

 

development of a sustainable system of third-party inspections of

 

fruits and vegetables.

 

     Sec. 553. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for pesticide

 

and plant pest management, not less than $200,000.00 shall be used

 

for the purpose to ensure that Michigan commodities receive

 

departmental inspections required by other governments to ship

 

commodities out of Michigan. The department shall devise a plan to

 

provide these required government inspections in a timely manner.

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall apply for all federal funds for

 

which it is eligible that can be used to support the migrant labor

 

housing program.

 

     Sec. 606. The department shall actively search for all

 

possible funding sources to be used to match federal funds in the

 

USDA environmental quality incentives program.

 

     Sec. 607. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department continue its activities in support of intercounty

 

drainage districts as provided in chapter 5 of the drain code of

 

1956, 1956 PA 40, MCL 280.101 to 280.106.

 

 

 

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

 

     Sec. 706. Not later than April 1, 2012, the department shall

 

provide a report to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies describing the department's agriculture development and


 

export market development activities. The report shall identify

 

grants awarded during the prior fiscal year, including a

 

description of federal or private funds made available as a result

 

of department activities.

 

     Sec. 709. (1) Not later than April 1, 2012, the department

 

shall provide a report to the senate and house appropriations

 

subcommittees on agriculture and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies describing the activities of the grape and wine industry

 

council established under section 303 of the Michigan liquor

 

control act of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1303.

 

     (2) The report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) Council activities and accomplishments for the previous

 

fiscal year.

 

     (b) Council expenditures for the previous fiscal year by

 

category of administration, industry support, research and

 

education grants, and promotion and consumer education.

 

     (c) Grants awarded during the prior fiscal year and the

 

results of research grant projects completed during the prior

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 711. In accordance with chapter 8B of the Michigan

 

strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2089 to 125.2089d, it is

 

the intent of the legislature that the Michigan strategic fund, its

 

employees, contract employees, and individuals working on its

 

behalf collaborate with the Michigan department of agriculture and

 

rural development to promote business development of Michigan

 

agricultural products to achieve outcomes that include, but are not

 

limited to, increases in export sales, increases in the number of


 

retailers carrying Michigan commodities both within and outside of

 

this state, and increased sales of Michigan products at chain

 

grocers.

 

 

 

FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

 

     Sec. 801. All appropriations from the agricultural equine

 

industry development fund shall be spent on equine-related

 

purposes. No funds from the agriculture equine industry development

 

fund shall be expended for nonequine-related purposes without prior

 

approval of the legislature.

 

     Sec. 802. All appropriations from the agriculture equine

 

industry development fund, except for the racing commission and

 

laboratory analysis program appropriations, shall be reduced

 

proportionately if revenues to the agriculture equine industry

 

development fund decline during the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2011 to a level lower than the amounts appropriated in section

 

108.

 

     Sec. 803. In the event there is no live thoroughbred race meet

 

in 2011 or 2012, all purse money and program money appropriated for

 

the thoroughbred industry in fiscal year 2010-2011 and fiscal year

 

2011-2012 shall be held in escrow for a period not to exceed 18

 

months, or until a thoroughbred race meet license is applied for

 

and granted by the Michigan gaming control board. In the event

 

there is no thoroughbred meet in 2011 or 2012, the purse pool

 

distribution order to be issued by the Michigan gaming control

 

board in 2012 that delineates distribution between the thoroughbred

 

meet that has been held at pinnacle race course and the joint


 

thoroughbred/quarterhorse meet held in Mt. Pleasant shall be the

 

same distribution formula as issued in 2011, with the thoroughbred

 

portion being held in escrow.

 

     Sec. 804. The Michigan gaming control board shall use actual

 

expenditure data in determining the actual regulatory costs of

 

conducting racing dates and shall provide that data to the senate

 

and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on

 

agriculture and general government and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies. The Michigan gaming control board shall not be reimbursed

 

for more than the actual regulatory cost of conducting race dates.

 

If a certified horsemen's organization funds more than the actual

 

regulatory cost, the balance shall remain in the agriculture equine

 

industry development fund to be used to fund subsequent race dates

 

conducted by race meeting licensees with which the certified

 

horsemen's organization has contracts. If a certified horsemen's

 

organization funds less than the actual regulatory costs of the

 

additional horse racing dates, the Michigan gaming control board

 

shall reduce the number of future race dates conducted by race

 

meeting licensees with which the certified horsemen's organization

 

has contracts. Prior to the reduction in the number of authorized

 

race dates due to budget deficits, the executive director of the

 

Michigan gaming control board shall provide notice to the certified

 

horsemen's organizations with an opportunity to respond with

 

alternatives. In determining actual costs, the Michigan gaming

 

control board shall take into account that each specific breed may

 

require different regulatory mechanisms.

 

 


 

CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

     Sec. 1002. (1) The director shall allocate lump-sum

 

appropriations 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. 1003. The appropriations in part 1 for capital outlay

 

shall be carried forward at the end of the fiscal year consistent

 

with the provisions of section 248 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1248.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2A

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

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

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2013 for


 

the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2012-2013

 

appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal

 

year 2011-2012, 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 2012 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference. The January 2012 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference shall include estimates for fiscal year 2011-2012,

 

fiscal year 2012-2013, and fiscal year 2013-2014 for the following:

 

     (a) State revenue.

 

     (b) Prison population and correction expenditures.

 

     (c) Annual percentage growth in the school aid basic

 

foundation allowance.

 

     (d) Medicaid expenditures.

 

     (e) Human service caseloads and expenditures.