SB-0184, As Passed Senate, April 26, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 184

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of state

 

police and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2012; to provide anticipated appropriations 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 2011-2012

 

     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, 2012, 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.......... 2.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,745.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    524,482,600

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        23,546,200

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    500,936,400

 

Total federal revenues.................................       106,251,500

 

Total local revenues...................................         6,456,700

 

Total private revenues.................................           216,100

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       126,336,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    261,676,000

 

   Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION

 

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

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 38.5

 

Executive direction.................................... $       5,083,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,083,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................            31,300


 

State restricted revenues..............................          483,600

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,568,800

 

   Sec. 103. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING BUREAU

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 459.5

 

Science, technology and training bureau................ $     100,259,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    100,259,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................         5,458,300

 

Federal revenues.......................................         9,332,800

 

Local revenues.........................................         2,913,000

 

State restricted revenues..............................        48,379,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     34,176,100

 

   Sec. 104. FIELD SERVICES BUREAU

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,993.0

 

Field services bureau.................................. $     270,391,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    270,391,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................        16,680,500

 

Federal revenues.......................................        18,354,300

 

Local revenues.........................................         3,484,400

 

Private revenues.......................................           216,100

 

State restricted revenues..............................        47,139,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    184,516,900

 

   Sec. 105. SUPPORT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 254.0

 

Support services....................................... $     148,747,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    148,747,400


 

    Appropriated from:

 

Interdepartmental grant revenues.......................         1,376,100

 

Federal revenues.......................................        78,564,400

 

Local revenues.........................................            59,300

 

State restricted revenues..............................        30,333,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     38,414,200

 

 

 

 

 

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 $388,012,100.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2011-2012 is $19,056,000.00. 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.............. $      4,591,000

 

   Support services..................................... $      14,465,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $     19,056,000

 

     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 state police.

 

     (b) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.

 

     (c) "DTMB" means the department of technology, management, and

 

budget.

 

     (d) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.

 

     (e) "LEIN" means the law enforcement information network.

 

     (f) "MCOLES" means Michigan commission on law enforcement

 

standards.

 

     (g) "MPSCS" means Michigan public safety communications

 

system.

 

     Sec. 204. (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. 205. It is the intent of the legislature that of the

 

appropriations in part 1, the following shall constitute the

 

appropriations for interdepartmental grant funds received by the

 

department from sources outside the department: $2,505,200.00 from

 

training academy charges; $167,100.00 from the department of

 

corrections contract; $332,000.00 from the department of state;

 

$10,586,900.00 from the department of transportation--state

 

trunkline funds; $5,190,800.00 from casino gaming fees; $585,800.00

 

from the department of treasury--emergency telephone fund

 

coordinator; and $628,900.00 from the department of treasury--

 

emergency telephone fund operations.

 

     Sec. 206. It is the intent of the legislature that of the

 

appropriations in part 1, the following shall constitute the

 

appropriations for interdepartmental grant funds made from the

 

department to other departments: $916,800.00 to the department of

 

environmental quality--radiological emergency preparedness;

 

$307,600.00 to the department of attorney general--justice training

 

competitive grant; $423,500.00 to the judiciary--justice training

 

competitive grant; $1,800,000.00 to the judiciary--Byrne justice

 

assistance grant for drug treatment courts; $900,000.00 to the


 

department of military and veterans affairs--homeland security

 

grant; $18,701,700.00 to DTMB--information technology services and

 

projects; and $13,060,800.00 to DTMB--Michigan public safety

 

communications systems.

 

     Sec. 207. 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 should 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. 208. 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. 209. (1) The department shall improve its budgetary

 

efficiency pertaining to the delivery of core services delineated

 

in section 213 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. 210. Any unused general fund/general purpose funds for

 

this fiscal year created through efficiencies and identified by the

 

department as potential lapsed funds shall be designated as

 

follows: 10% of unused funds shall be allocated to a workforce

 

investment fund to be used in a manner that provides direct benefit

 

to department employees or their families, 40% of unused funds

 

shall be allocated as work project funds to be used at the

 

discretion of the department for projects designed to improve

 

service delivery, and the remaining 50% of the unused funds shall

 

be lapsed to the general fund/general purpose fund.

 

     Sec. 211. (1) The department shall be available to meet on a

 

quarterly basis before the appropriate senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees.

 

     (2) The department shall provide all information necessary to

 

validate that the service metrics required in this part have been

 

achieved.

 

     (3) The department shall provide a corrective action plan for

 

any service metrics that do not meet requirements. The department

 

shall provide a status of correction action plans at the next


 

quarterly review.

 

     (4) The department shall provide the following data to the

 

appropriate senate and house appropriations subcommittees:

 

     (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.

 

     Sec. 212. The department shall provide the following data to

 

the appropriate senate and house appropriations subcommittees on an

 

annual basis:

 

     (a) Bridge card enforcement as described section 306(4) of

 

this part.

 

     (b) 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.

 

     (c) 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.

 

     Sec. 213. 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, sex

 

offender registry and enforcement, specialty teams, regional

 

communication centers, 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,

 

establishing and monitoring law enforcement standards, and grants

 

administration.

 

     Sec. 214. (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. 215. The department shall inspect its worksites annually

 

to ensure internal control and quality of service.

 

     Sec. 216. The department shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs and the house and senate 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. 217. 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. 218. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.


 

     Sec. 219. 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. 220. 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. 221. 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.

 

     Sec. 222. 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.

 

 

 

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING BUREAU

 

     Sec. 301. (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 define and implement improved methods

 

with the intent of reaching an average 55-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.

 

     Sec. 302. (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.

 

     Sec. 303. (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 99% passing rate from

 

academy programs without lowering academic standards to achieve

 

this rate.

 

     (4) The appropriations in part 1 include grant funding for

 

mental health awareness training and coordination, which shall be

 

expended for training law enforcement officers, mental health

 

practitioners, and other criminal justice personnel in effective

 

and safe ways of assisting people with mental illness and directing

 

people with mental disorders to treatment.

 

     Sec. 304. (1) The department shall maintain a criminal history

 

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 through outreach

 

targeted to criminal justice agencies.

 

     Sec. 305. (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. 306. (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 department shall work cooperatively with the

 

department of human services to coordinate the functions of the

 

state police LEIN system and the department of human services

 

bridges case management system to provide obtainable data that will

 

allow authorized users of the bridges case management system to

 

identify those persons who may be ineligible to receive certain

 

assistance services due to their law enforcement status.

 

     (5) The department shall implement procedures by which all

 

probation information is placed on the LEIN system and provide for

 

the following:

 

     (a) The LEIN system shall include information on each

 

probationer, including any probation conditions placed on a

 

probationer and the name of the probation officer assigned to the

 

probationer. The LEIN system shall also include any nonstandard

 

probation terms.

 

     (b) If the department determines that amendments to the code

 

of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, are

 

required to include all probation information on the LEIN system,

 

the department shall deliver to members of the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs amendments to the code of criminal procedure, 1927

 

PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, that, in the department's view, are

 

necessary to accomplish this goal. These proposed amendments shall

 

be delivered to subcommittee members not later than December 1,

 

2011.

 

     (6) The appropriations in part 1 do not contain any funding


 

from LEIN user fees for services rendered in fiscal year 2011-2012.

 

If the department chooses to propose such a fee for fiscal year

 

2011-2012, the department shall do each of the following:

 

     (a) Notify the senate and house appropriations subcommittees

 

on state police and military and veterans affairs 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.

 

 

 

FIELD SERVICES BUREAU

 

     Sec. 401. (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.

 

     (3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources

 

necessary to continually work to enhance traffic safety throughout

 

the state.

 

     (4) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources

 

necessary to annually inspect at least 75,000 commercial vehicles.

 

     (5) 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. 402. (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 work with the department of community

 

health, the Michigan health and hospital association, the Michigan

 

state medical society, and the Michigan nurses association to

 

ensure that the recommendations included in the "Standard

 

Recommended Procedure for the Emergency Treatment of Sexual Assault

 

Victims" are followed in the collection of evidence.

 

     (5) The appropriations in part 1 include funding from the

 

potential receipt of $3,000,000.00 in tobacco tax revenue. If these

 

funds become available for expenditure by the department, the

 

department shall utilize them only for costs associated with an

 

increased effort to enforce tobacco tax laws, including the

 

deployment of additional tobacco tax enforcement personnel.

 

     Sec. 403. (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.

 

     Sec. 404. (1) The department shall provide specialty services

 

to citizens of this state.

 

     (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) Specialty teams shall be available for call out statewide

 

100% of the time.

 

     (4) 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. 405. (1) The department shall operate and maintain

 

regional communication centers.

 

     (2) The department shall maintain staffing and resources

 

necessary to provide communication to Michigan state police law

 

enforcement through the regional communication centers by

 

maintaining 47,000 radio contacts per dispatcher.

 

     (3) The department shall improve its budgetary and operational

 

efficiency by consolidating at least 1 regional communication

 

center.

 

     Sec. 406. (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 may develop a phased approach for improving

 

security at the capitol building.

 

     Sec. 407. (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. 408. The department shall develop a law enforcement

 

delivery of service model in conjunction with each state police

 

post area in the state. In the development of this model, the

 

department shall coordinate with local and county law enforcement

 

to ensure the efficient delivery of services without duplication.

 

 

 

SUPPORT SERVICES

 

     Sec. 501. (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. 502. (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. 503. (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) The department shall relocate the state's emergency

 

operations center from its present site at Collins Road to another

 

suitable facility.

 

     (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 house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and

 

veterans affairs and the house and senate 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. 504. (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.

 

     (3) Based on available grants, the department shall attempt to

 

identify a trained child passenger safety technician in each county

 

in this state.

 

     Sec. 505. (1) The department shall administer various public

 

safety grants to state, local, and private entities within this

 

state.

 

     (2) The department shall comply with all federal and state

 

guidelines pertaining to grant distributions.

 

     (3) The department shall seek new grant funding to support

 

public safety.

 

 

 

 


 

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.