EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
March 8, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Pscholka and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to make appropriations for various state departments and agencies; the
judicial branch, and the legislative branch for the fiscal years ending September 30,
2017; to provide anticipated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2018; to provide a nonbinding schedule of programs; to provide for certain conditions
on appropriations; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
For Fiscal For Fiscal
Year Ending Year Ending
Sept. 30, 2017 Sept. 30, 2018
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 38,711,935,000 $ 38,272,050,300
Total interdepartmental grants and
intradepartmental transfers........................... 867,312,100 864,462,100
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 37,844,622,900 $ 37,407,588,200
Total federal revenues.................................. 20,586,209,100 20,298,418,600
Total local revenues.................................... 220,598,300 215,598,300
Total private revenues.................................. 174,703,200 174,703,200
Total other state restricted revenues................... 8,462,277,600 8,487,385,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 8,400,834,700 $ 8,231,482,400
Article 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of agriculture and rural development are
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated
in this part. The following is a summary of the appropriations and anticipated
appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 473.0 473.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 91,591,300 $ 91,591,300
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 323,200 323,200
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 91,268,100 $ 91,268,100
Total federal revenues.................................. 10,471,200 10,471,200
Total private revenues.................................. 130,700 130,700
Total other state restricted revenues................... 32,629,300 31,429,300
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 48,036,900 $ 49,236,900
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 48,036,900 49,236,900
One-time state general fund/general purpose......... 0 0
Sec. 1-102. DEPARTMENTWIDE
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 32.0 32.0
Commissions and boards.................................. $ 23,800 $ 23,800
Unclassified positions.................................. 545,900 545,900
Executive direction-9.0 FTE positions................... 1,413,500 1,413,500
Operational services-19.0 FTE positions................. 1,882,700 1,882,700
Statistical reporting services-1.0 FTE position......... 153,600 153,600
Emergency management-3.0 FTE positions.................. 614,600 614,600
Accounting service center............................... 1,141,600 1,141,600
Building occupancy charges.............................. 631,200 631,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 6,406,900 $ 6,406,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
HHS, multiple grants.................................... 331,900 331,900
Special revenue funds:
Private-commodity group revenue......................... 79,100 79,100
Agricultural preservation fund.......................... 15,200 15,200
Agriculture licensing and inspection fees............... 263,900 263,900
Commodity inspection fees............................... 1,100 1,100
Dairy and food safety fund.............................. 416,900 416,900
Feed control fund....................................... 38,900 38,900
Fertilizer control fund................................. 24,000 24,000
Freshwater protection fund.............................. 67,500 67,500
Gasoline inspection and testing fund.................... 80,000 80,000
Grain dealers fee fund.................................. 7,900 7,900
Industry support funds.................................. 54,300 54,300
Migratory labor housing fund............................ 28,600 28,600
Nonretail liquor fees................................... 28,100 28,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 4,969,500 $ 4,969,500
Sec. 1-103. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects............ $ 1,768,500 $ 1,768,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,768,500 $ 1,768,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from LARA, liquor quality testing fees.............. 3,200 3,200
Special revenue funds:
Agricultural preservation fund.......................... 200 200
Agriculture licensing and inspection fees............... 93,800 93,800
Dairy and food safety fund.............................. 61,200 61,200
Freshwater protection fund.............................. 100 100
Gasoline inspection and testing fund.................... 31,800 31,800
Nonretail liquor fees................................... 500 500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,577,700 $ 1,577,700
Sec. 1-104. FOOD AND DAIRY
Full-time equated classified positions................ 123.0 123.0
Food safety and quality assurance-93.0 FTE positions.... $ 14,755,400 $ 14,755,400
Milk safety and quality assurance-30.0 FTE positions.... 4,260,100 4,260,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 19,015,500 $ 19,015,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 136,300 136,300
HHS, multiple grants.................................... 1,193,800 1,193,800
Special revenue funds:
Consumer and industry food safety education fund........ 355,400 355,400
Dairy and food safety fund.............................. 4,434,500 4,434,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 12,895,500 $ 12,895,500
Sec. 1-105. ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Full-time equated classified positions................ 60.0 60.0
Animal disease prevention and response-60.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 9,054,500 $ 9,054,500
Indemnification – livestock depredation................. 50,000 50,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 9,104,500 $ 9,104,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 527,900 527,900
Department of interior.................................. 50,800 50,800
HHS, multiple grants.................................... 46,600 46,600
Special revenue funds:
Private-commodity group revenue......................... 30,500 30,500
Agriculture licensing and inspection fees............... 59,300 59,300
Animal welfare fund..................................... 193,300 193,300
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 8,196,100 $ 8,196,100
Sec. 1-106. PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions................ 92.0 92.0
Pesticide and plant pest management–86.0 FTE positions.. $ 13,672,000 $ 13,672,000
Producer security/grain dealers–6.0 FTE positions....... 653,500 653,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 14,325,500 $ 14,325,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 843,800 843,800
Department of interior.................................. 101,700 101,700
EPA, multiple grants.................................... 533,100 533,100
HHS, multiple grants.................................... 325,000 325,000
Special revenue funds:
Private-slow-the-spread foundation...................... 21,100 21,100
Agriculture licensing and inspection fees............... 3,611,600 3,611,600
Commodity inspection fees............................... 514,900 514,900
Feed control fund....................................... 948,600 948,600
Fertilizer control fund................................. 738,600 738,600
Freshwater protection fund.............................. 153,900 153,900
Grain dealers fee fund.................................. 607,100 607,100
Horticulture fund....................................... 38,800 38,800
Industry support funds.................................. 246,400 246,400
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 5,640,900 $ 5,640,900
Sec. 1-107. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Full-time equated classified positions................ 55.0 55.0
MAEAP - environmental stewardship–23.0 FTE positions.... $ 9,146,800 $ 9,146,800
Farmland and open space preservation–7.0 FTE positions.. 1,422,100 1,422,100
Qualified forest program–9.0 FTE positions.............. 2,582,700 2,582,700
Migrant labor housing–9.0 FTE positions................. 1,199,400 1,199,400
Right-to-farm–3.0 FTE positions......................... 577,600 577,600
Intercounty drain–4.0 FTE positions..................... 484,400 484,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 15,413,000 $ 15,413,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDEQ, biosolids................................ 103,100 103,100
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 922,300 922,300
Department of interior.................................. 121,300 121,300
EPA, multiple grants.................................... 608,300 608,300
Special revenue funds:
Agricultural preservation fund.......................... 594,400 594,400
Freshwater protection fund.............................. 6,179,800 6,179,800
Migratory labor housing fund............................ 139,200 139,200
Private forestland enhancement fund..................... 288,200 288,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 6,456,400 $ 6,456,400
Sec. 1-108. LABORATORY PROGRAM
Full-time equated classified positions................ 96.0 96.0
Laboratory services–42.0 FTE positions.................. $ 6,611,000 $ 6,611,000
USDA monitoring–13.0 FTE positions...................... 1,616,500 1,616,500
Consumer protection program–41.0 FTE positions.......... 6,637,400 6,637,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 14,864,900 $ 14,864,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from LARA, liquor quality testing fees.............. 216,900 216,900
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 1,617,400 1,617,400
EPA, multiple grants.................................... 171,700 171,700
HHS, multiple grants.................................... 623,300 623,300
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture licensing and inspection fees............... 78,800 78,800
Dairy and food safety fund.............................. 71,200 71,200
Feed control fund....................................... 147,700 147,700
Gasoline inspection and testing fund.................... 1,878,400 1,878,400
Refined petroleum fund.................................. 2,373,200 1,173,200
Testing fees............................................ 293,100 293,100
Weights and measures regulation fees.................... 793,500 793,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 6,599,700 $ 7,799,700
Sec. 1-109. AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Full-time equated classified positions................ 15.0 15.0
Agriculture development–11.0 FTE positions.............. $ 3,604,300 $ 3,604,300
Grape and wine program–3.0 FTE positions................ 921,000 921,000
Rural development fund grant program-1.0 FTE position... 2,000,000 2,000,000
Value-added grants...................................... 500,000 500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 7,025,300 $ 7,025,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
USDA, multiple grants................................... 2,316,000 2,316,000
Special revenue funds:
Industry support funds.................................. 132,600 132,600
Nonretail liquor fees................................... 875,600 875,600
Rural development fund.................................. 2,000,000 2,000,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,701,100 $ 1,701,100
Sec. 1-110. FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS
Fairs and racing........................................ $ 256,600 $ 256,600
Purses and supplements - fairs/licensed tracks.......... 708,300 708,300
Licensed tracks - light horse racing.................... 40,300 40,300
Light horse racing – breeders’ awards................... 20,000 20,000
Standardbred breeders’ awards........................... 345,900 345,900
Standardbred purses and supplements-licensed tracks..... 671,800 671,800
Standardbred sire stakes................................ 275,000 275,000
Thoroughbred supplements - licensed tracks.............. 601,900 601,900
Thoroughbred breeders’ awards........................... 368,600 368,600
Thoroughbred sire stakes................................ 378,800 378,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 3,667,200 $ 3,667,200
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Agriculture equine industry development fund............ 3,667,200 3,667,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 0 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1-201. 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 2016-2017
is $80,666,200.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $4,750,000.00. The itemized statement below
identifies appropriations from which spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
MAEAP - environmental stewardship..................................... $ 3,250,000
Qualified forest program.............................................. 1,500,000
TOTAL $ 4,750,000
Sec. 1-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 1-203. As used in this article:
(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) "FDA" means United States food and drug administration.
(e) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(f) "HHS" means the United States department of health and human services.
(g) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(h) "LARA" means the Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(i) "MAEAP" means Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program.
(j) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental quality.
(k) "MOU" means memorandum of understanding.
(l) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.
Sec. 1-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 1-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 1-206. The director 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. Each director shall strongly encourage firms with which
the department contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 1-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 1-208. 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 outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 1-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 1-210. (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 article 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 article 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 article 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 article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 1-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 1-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 1-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 1-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 is $11,911,300.00. From
this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $6,604,500.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care legacy
costs are estimated at $5,306,800.00.
DEPARTMENTWIDE
Sec. 1-301. (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 subcommittees and the 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) The department shall post on its website a list of 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. Notification of the location of the report on
the website shall be sent to the subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and state budget
office by February 1 each year.
Sec. 1-303. It is the intent of the legislature that the department use revenue
from licensing and inspection fees to increase the use of technology in licensing and
inspection activities to make licensing and inspection functions, including reporting,
more efficient. The department shall work to ensure that all license and registration
applications can be completed online through a secure web portal.
FOOD AND DAIRY
Sec. 1-402. The department shall provide information on significant food-borne
outbreaks and emergencies, including any enforcement actions taken related to food
safety during the immediately preceding fiscal year in the food and dairy annual
report and post that report on the department’s website no later than April 1. The
department shall provide electronic notification of where the report can be found on
the department’s website to the appropriation subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and
state budget office.
Sec. 1-403. The department will establish an on-farm food safety program to
assist farmers impacted by the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
requirements. The purpose of this new program is to create a state and local
partnership to provide training, education and technical assistance to Michigan
farmers in order for them to be compliant with these federal requirements. The
department will track the outcomes of the program to determine the number of farmers
that were provided assistance and the number of farms that complete a food safety plan
as a result of this program.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Sec. 1-453. (1) From 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.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for indemnification – livestock
depredation, the department may provide for indemnity as provided for pursuant to the
wildlife depredations indemnification act, 2012 PA 487, MCL 285.361 to 285.365.
Sec. 1-457. The animal industry division shall include in their annual report the
department’s progress toward meeting the USDA requirements as outlined in the March
2014 bovine tuberculosis program MOU with USDA. Notification as to the location of
that report on the website shall be sent to the senate and house agriculture
committees, the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget office.
Sec. 1-458. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for animal industry, the
department shall provide inspection and testing of aquaculture facilities and
aquaculture researchers as provided under section 7 of the Michigan aquaculture
development act, 1996 PA 199, MCL 286.877.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Sec. 1-601. The funds appropriated in part 1 for MAEAP-environmental stewardship
shall be used to support department agriculture pollution prevention programs,
including groundwater and freshwater protection programs under part 87 of the Michigan
natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8701 to
324.8717, and technical assistance in implementing conservation grants available under
the federal farm bill of 2014.
Sec. 1-604. (1) Federal revenues authorized by and available from the federal
government in excess of the appropriation in part 1 under section 107 are appropriated
and may be received and expended by the department for purposes authorized under state
law and subject to federal requirements.
(2) The department shall notify the subcommittees and fiscal agencies prior to
expending federal revenues received and appropriated under subsection (1).
Sec. 1-608. (1) The appropriations in part 1 for the qualified forest affidavit
program are for the purpose of increasing the knowledge of nonindustrial private
forestland owners of sound forest management practices and increasing the amount of
commercial timber production from those lands.
(2) The department shall work in partnership with stakeholder groups and other
state and federal agencies to increase the active management of nonindustrial private
forestland to foster the growth of Michigan’s timber product industry.
LABORATORY PROGRAM
Sec. 1-701. The program will increase turnaround times in the Geagley laboratory
from 30-50% to 75-80% and implement a risk based inspection program on devices and
package content in the consumer protection program in the current fiscal year. The
purpose of these programs is to ensure the protection of consumers from economic harm
due to labeling or measurement fraud and to ensure the safety of the food supply. The
department will track the outcome of the program by measuring sample analysis
turnaround times and the percentage of compliant measurement devices inspected in the
fiscal year.
AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 1-801. (1) The department shall establish and administer a value-added grant
program. The program shall promote the expansion of value-added agricultural
production, processing, and access within the state.
(2) The department shall award grants on a competitive basis from the funds
appropriated in part 1 for value-added grants. Grantees will be required to provide a
cash match and identify measurable project outcomes. Eligible grantees may include,
but are not limited to, individuals, partnerships, cooperatives, private or public
corporations, and local units of government. Grantees will be required to identify
measurable project outcomes.
(3) A joint evaluation committee shall be selected by the director with
representatives with agriculture, business, and economic development expertise. The
joint evaluation committee shall identify criteria, evaluate applications, and provide
recommendations to the director for final approval of grant awards.
(4) The department may expend money from the funds appropriated in part 1 for
value-added grants for administering the program.
(5) The unexpended portion of the value-added grant program is considered a work
project appropriation in accordance with the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
(6) The department shall make available on the agency’s website a list of the
grantees, award amount, match funding, and project outcomes. The department shall
electronically notify the appropriations subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and the state
budget office of the location of this list.
Sec. 1-802. The department will work with the rural development fund board to
establish a process and criteria for funding projects as well as establishing metrics
and measurable outcomes for the program. The funds appropriated from the rural
development fund must be used in accordance with the provisions outlined in PA 411 of
2012.
FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS
Sec. 1-902. All appropriations from the agriculture equine industry development
fund, except for the Michigan gaming control board’s regulatory expenses and the
department’s expenses to administer horse racing programs, shall be reduced
proportionately if revenues to the agriculture equine industry development fund
decline during the preceding fiscal year to a level lower than the amounts
appropriated in part 1.
Article 2
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 2-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of attorney general are appropriated for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated in this part. The
following is a summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in this
part:
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 527.0 522.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 95,185,800 $ 94,485,800
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 28,989,700 28,989,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 66,196,100 $ 65,496,100
Total federal revenues.................................. 9,476,700 9,476,700
Total local revenues.................................... 0 0
Total private revenues.................................. 0 0
Total other state restricted revenues................... 17,578,900 17,578,900
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 39,140,500 $ 38,440,500
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 38,440,500 38,440,500
One-time general fund/general purpose............... 700,000 0
Sec. 2-102. ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 522.5 522.5
Attorney general........................................ $ 112,500 $ 112,500
Unclassified positions-5.0 FTE positions................ 754,000 754,000
Attorney general operations-479.5 FTE positions......... 83,800,000 83,800,000
Child support enforcement-25.0 FTE positions............ 3,503,800 3,503,800
Prosecuting attorneys coordinating council-12.0 FTE
positions............................................. 2,142,600 2,142,600
Public safety initiative-1.0 FTE position............... 905,800 905,800
Sexual assault law enforcement-5.0 FTE positions........ 1,713,500 1,713,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 92,932,200 $ 92,932,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDHHS, health policy........................... 206,900 206,900
IDG from MDHHS, medical services administration......... 691,200 691,200
IDG from MDHHS, WIC..................................... 152,500 152,500
IDG from department of corrections...................... 660,300 660,300
IDG from MDE............................................ 595,600 595,600
IDG from MDEQ........................................... 2,009,000 2,009,000
IDG from MDHHS, human services.......................... 5,932,500 5,932,500
IDG from MDIFS, financial and insurance services........ 1,213,000 1,213,000
IDG from TED, workforce development agency.............. 89,600 89,600
IDG from MDLARA, fireworks safety fund.................. 83,000 83,000
IDG from MDLARA, health professions..................... 3,037,400 3,037,400
IDG from MDLARA, licensing and regulation fees.......... 335,600 335,600
IDG from MDLARA, Michigan occupational safety and health
administration........................................ 107,700 107,700
IDG from MDLARA, remonumentation fees................... 106,100 106,100
IDG from MDLARA, securities fees........................ 188,300 188,300
IDG from MDLARA, unlicensed builders.................... 334,700 334,700
IDG from MDMVA.......................................... 164,900 164,900
IDG from MDOS, children’s protection registry........... 45,000 45,000
IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund........ 204,500 204,500
IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund................... 177,600 177,600
IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund..................... 2,429,200 2,429,200
IDG from MDSP........................................... 257,300 257,300
IDG from DTMB........................................... 463,800 463,800
IDG from DTMB, civil service commission................. 305,900 305,900
IDG from DTMB, risk management revolving fund........... 1,468,400 1,468,400
IDG from Michigan state housing development authority... 676,600 676,600
IDG from treasury....................................... 6,874,000 6,874,000
IDG from TED, strategic fund............................ 179,100 179,100
Federal revenues:
DAG, state administrative match grant/food stamps....... 137,000 137,000
Federal funds........................................... 3,145,100 3,145,100
HHS, medical assistance, medigrant...................... 384,800 384,800
HHS-OS, state Medicaid fraud control units.............. 5,688,600 5,688,600
National criminal history improvement program........... 121,200 121,200
Special revenue funds:
Antitrust enforcement collections....................... 762,600 762,600
Attorney general’s operations fund...................... 767,000 767,000
Auto repair facilities fees............................. 327,400 327,400
Franchise fees.......................................... 382,400 382,400
Game and fish protection fund........................... 751,100 751,100
Human trafficking commission fund....................... 390,000 390,000
Liquor purchase revolving fund.......................... 1,459,200 1,459,200
Manufactured housing fees............................... 250,600 250,600
Merit award trust fund.................................. 495,700 495,700
Michigan employment security act – administrative fund.. 2,241,500 2,241,500
Prisoner reimbursement.................................. 625,200 625,200
Prosecuting attorneys training fees..................... 411,500 411,500
Public utility assessments.............................. 2,077,300 2,077,300
Real estate enforcement fund............................ 100,700 100,700
Reinstatement fees...................................... 257,700 257,700
Retirement funds........................................ 1,042,200 1,042,200
Second injury fund...................................... 821,700 821,700
Self-insurers security fund............................. 571,200 571,200
Silicosis and dust disease fund......................... 225,700 225,700
State building authority revenue........................ 120,900 120,900
State casino gaming fund................................ 1,861,900 1,861,900
State lottery fund...................................... 345,100 345,100
Utility consumers fund.................................. 780,800 780,800
Waterways fund.......................................... 140,000 140,000
Worker’s compensation administrative revolving fund..... 369,500 369,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 36,886,900 $ 36,886,900
Sec. 2-103. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology service and projects............. $ 1,553,600 $ 1,553,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,553,600 $ 1,553,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,553,600 $ 1,553,600
Sec. 2-104. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions................ 4.5 0.0
Prescription drug abuse enforcement..................... $ 700,000 $ 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 700,000 $ 0
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 700,000 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 2-201. 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 2016-2017
is $56,719,400.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $0.00.
Sec. 2-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 2-203. As used in this article:
(a) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.
(b) "Department" means the department of attorney general.
(c) "DTMB" means the department of technology, management and budget.
(d) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(e) "HHS" means the United States department of health and human services.
(f) "HHS-OS" means the HHS – office of the secretary.
(g) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(h) "MDE" means the Michigan department of education.
(i) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental quality.
(j) "MDHHS" means the Michigan department of health and human services.
(k) "MDIFS" means the Michigan department of insurance and financial services.
(l) "MDLARA" means the Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(m) "MDMVA" means the Michigan department of military and veterans affairs.
(n) "MDOS" means the Michigan department of state.
(o) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(p) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
(q) "TED" means the department of talent and economic development.
(r) "WIC" means women, infants and children.
Sec. 2-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 2-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 2-206. The director of each department receiving appropriations in part 1
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. Each director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department contracts
to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for
services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 2-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 2-208. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a principal
executive department, state agency, or authority to hire a person to provide legal
services that are the responsibility of the attorney general. This prohibition does
not apply to legal services for bonding activities and for those activities that the
attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 2-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 2-210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $ 1,500,000.00 for federal contingency funds.
These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to
another line item in this article 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 $ 1,500,000.00 for state restricted contingency funds. These
funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another
line item in this article 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 article 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 article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 2-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 2-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 2-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 2-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 are $18,361,000.00. From
this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $10,096,700.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $8,264,300.00.
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
Sec. 2-302. (1) The attorney general shall perform all legal services, including
representation before courts and administrative agencies rendering legal opinions and
providing legal advice to a principal executive department or state agency. A
principal executive department or state agency shall not employ or enter into a
contract with any other person for services described in this section.
(2) The attorney general shall defend judges of all state courts if a claim is
made or a civil action is commenced for injuries to persons or property caused by the
judge through the performance of the judge’s duties while acting within the scope of
his or her authority as a judge.
(3) The attorney general shall perform the duties specified in 1846 RS 12, MCL
14.28 to 14.35, and 1919 PA 232, MCL 14.101 to 14.102, and as otherwise provided by
law.
Sec. 2-303. The attorney general may sell copies of the biennial report in excess
of the 350 copies that the attorney general may distribute on a gratis basis. Gratis
copies shall not be provided to members of the legislature. Electronic copies of
biennial reports shall be made available on the department of attorney general’s
website. The attorney general shall sell copies of the report at not less than the
actual cost of the report and shall deposit the money received into the general fund.
Sec. 2-304. The department of attorney general is responsible for the legal
representation for state of Michigan state employee worker’s disability compensation
cases. The risk management revolving fund revenue appropriation in part 1 is to be
satisfied by billings from the department of attorney general for the actual costs of
legal representation, including salaries and support costs.
Sec. 2-305. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, not more than
$400,000.00 shall be reimbursed per fiscal year for food stamp fraud cases heard by
the third circuit court of Wayne County that were initiated by the department of
attorney general pursuant to the existing contract between the department of human
services, the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan, and the department of
attorney general. The source of this funding is money earned by the department of
attorney general under the agreement after the allowance for reimbursement to the
department of attorney general for costs associated with the prosecution of food stamp
fraud cases. It is recognized that the federal funds are earned by the department of
attorney general for its documented progress on the prosecution of food stamp fraud
cases according to the United States department of agriculture regulations and that,
once earned by this state, the funds become state funds.
Sec. 2-306. Any proceeds from a lawsuit initiated by or settlement agreement
entered into on behalf of this state against a manufacturer of tobacco products by the
attorney general are state funds and are subject to appropriation as provided by law.
Sec. 2-307. (1) In addition to the antitrust revenues in part 1, antitrust,
securities fraud, consumer protection or class action enforcement revenues, or
attorney fees recovered by the department, not to exceed $250,000.00, are appropriated
to the department for antitrust, securities fraud, and consumer protection or class
action enforcement cases.
(2) Any unexpended funds from antitrust, securities fraud, or consumer protection
or class action enforcement revenues at the end of the fiscal year, including
antitrust funds in part 1, may be carried forward for expenditure in the following
fiscal year up to the maximum authorization of $250,000.00.
Sec. 2-308. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated up to $1,500,000.00 from litigation expense reimbursements awarded to the
state.
(2) The funds may be expended for the payment of court judgments, settlements,
arbitration awards or other administrative and litigation decisions, attorney fees,
and litigation costs, assessed against the office of the governor, the department of
the attorney general, the governor, or the attorney general when acting in an official
capacity as the named party in litigation against the state. The funds may also be
expended for the payment of state costs incurred under section 16 of chapter X of the
code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 770.16.
(3) Unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year may be carried forward for
expenditure in the following year, up to a maximum authorization of $1,500,000.00.
Sec. 2-309. From the prisoner reimbursement funds appropriated in part 1, the
department may spend up to $625,200.00 on activities related to the state correctional
facility reimbursement act, 1935 PA 253, MCL 800.401 to 800.406. In addition to the
funds appropriated in part 1, if the department collects in excess of $1,131,000.00 in
gross annual prisoner reimbursement receipts provided to the general fund, the excess,
up to a maximum of $1,000,000.00, is appropriated to the department of attorney
general and may be spent on the representation of the department of corrections and
its officers, employees, and agents, including, but not limited to, the defense of
litigation against the state, its departments, officers, employees, or agents in civil
actions filed by prisoners.
Sec. 2-310. (1) For the purposes of providing title IV-D child support
enforcement funding, the department of human services, as the state IV-D agency, shall
maintain a cooperative agreement with the attorney general for federal IV-D funding to
support the child support enforcement activities within the office of the attorney
general.
(2) The attorney general or his or her designee shall, to the extent allowable
under federal law, have access to any information used by the state to locate parents
who fail to pay court-ordered child support.
Sec. 2-312. The department of attorney general shall not receive and expend funds
in addition to those authorized in part 1 for legal services provided specifically to
other state departments or agencies except for costs for expert witnesses, court
costs, or other nonsalary litigation expenses associated with a pending legal action.
Sec. 2-313. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for attorney general
operations, the department shall allocate $600,000.00 for the investigation and
prosecution of mortgage fraud.
Article 3
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 3-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of civil rights are appropriated for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2018 from the funds indicated in this part. The following is
a summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 132.0 129.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 16,721,900 $ 16,371,900
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 293,600 293,600
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 16,428,300 $ 16,078,300
Total federal revenues.................................. 2,763,000 2,763,000
Total private revenues.................................. 18,700 18,700
Total other state restricted revenues................... 151,900 151,900
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 13,494,700 $ 13,144,700
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 13,144,700 13,144,700
One-time state general fund/general purpose......... 350,000 0
Sec. 3-102. CIVIL RIGHTS OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 129.0 129.0
Unclassified positions-6.0 FTE positions................ $ 660,300 $ 660,300
Civil rights operations-121.0 FTE positions............. 13,831,700 13,831,700
Division on deaf and hard of hearing-6.0 FTE positions.. 798,600 798,600
Hispanic/Latino commission of Michigan-1.0 FTE position. 261,000 261,000
Asian Pacific American affairs commission-1.0 FTE
position.............................................. 112,400 112,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 15,664,000 $ 15,664,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from DTMB........................................... 293,600 293,600
Federal revenues:
EEOC, state and local antidiscrimination agency
contracts............................................. 1,211,500 1,211,500
HUD grant............................................... 1,536,500 1,536,500
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues........................................ 18,700 18,700
Division on deafness fund............................... 93,400 93,400
State restricted indirect funds......................... 58,500 58,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 12,451,800 $ 12,451,800
Sec. 3-103. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects............ $ 707,900 $ 707,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 707,900 $ 707,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EEOC, state and local antidiscrimination agency
contracts............................................. 15,000 15,000
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 692,900 $ 692,900
Sec. 3-104. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions................ 3.0 0.0
Civil rights operations-2.0 FTE positions............... $ 250,000 $ 0
Commission on Middle Eastern American affairs-1.0 FTE
position.............................................. 100,000 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 350,000 $ 0
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 350,000 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 3-201. 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 2016-2017
is $13,646,600.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $0.
Sec. 3-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 3-203. As used in this article:
(a) "Department" means the department of civil rights.
(b) "Director" means the director of the department of civil rights.
(c) "DTMB" means the department of technology, management and budget.
(d) "EEOC" means the United States equal employment opportunity commission.
(e) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(f) "HUD" means the United States department of housing and urban development.
(g) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
Sec. 3-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 3-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 3-206. The director of each department receiving appropriations in part 1
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. Each director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department contracts
to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for
services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 3-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 3-208. 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 outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 3-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 3-210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for federal contingency funds.
These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to
another line item in this article 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 $750,000.00 for private contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 3-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 3-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 3-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 3-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 is $3,062,000.00. From this
amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$1,697,800.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care legacy costs are
estimated at $1,364,200.00.
CIVIL RIGHTS OPERATIONS
Sec. 3-402. (1) In addition to the appropriations contained in part 1, the
department of civil rights may receive and expend funds from local or private sources
for all of the following purposes:
(a) Developing and presenting training for employers on equal employment
opportunity law and procedures.
(b) The publication and sale of civil rights related informational material.
(c) The provision of copy material made available under freedom of information
requests.
(d) Other copy fees, subpoena fees, and witness fees.
(e) Developing, presenting, and participating in mediation processes for certain
civil rights cases.
(f) Workshops, seminars, and recognition or award programs consistent with the
programmatic mission of the individual unit sponsoring or coordinating the programs.
(g) Staffing costs for all activities included in this subsection.
(2) The department of civil rights shall annually report to the state budget
director, the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the amount of funds received
and expended for purposes authorized under this section.
Sec. 3-403. The department of civil rights may contract with local units of
government to review equal employment opportunity compliance of potential contractors
and may charge for and expend amounts received from local units of government for the
purpose of developing and providing these contractual services.
Article 4
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 4-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of corrections are appropriated for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated in this part. The following
is a summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Average population.................................... 44,493 44,493
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 16.0 16.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 14,049.6 14,049.6
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,029,386,100 $ 2,019,898,700
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 0 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 2,029,386,100 $ 2,019,898,700
Total federal revenues.................................. 5,523,700 5,523,700
Total local revenues.................................... 8,692,800 8,692,800
Total private revenues.................................. 0 0
Total other state restricted revenues................... 35,711,700 35,711,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,979,457,900 $ 1,969,970,500
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 1,969,970,500 1,969,970,500
One-time state general fund/general purpose......... 9,487,400 0
Sec. 4-102. EXECUTIVE
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 16.0 16.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 20.0 20.0
Unclassified positions-16.0 FTE positions .............. $ 1,793,800 $ 1,793,800
Executive direction–20.0 FTE positions.................. 4,208,600 4,208,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 6,002,400 $ 6,002,400
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 6,002,400 $ 6,002,400
Sec. 4-103. PRISONER RE-ENTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions................ 343.4 343.4
Prisoner re-entry local service providers............... $ 13,208,600 $ 13,208,600
Prisoner re-entry MDOC programs......................... 9,124,100 9,124,100
Prisoner re-entry federal grants........................ 750,000 750,000
Public safety initiative................................ 4,500,000 4,500,000
Re-entry services-70.0 FTE positions.................... 21,755,100 21,755,100
Education program-273.4 FTE positions................... 36,555,500 36,555,500
Community corrections comprehensive plans and services.. 12,158,000 12,158,000
Felony drunk driver jail reduction and community
treatment program..................................... 1,440,100 1,440,100
Residential services.................................... 15,475,500 15,475,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 114,966,900 $ 114,966,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ, prisoner reintegration............................. 250,000 250,000
DOJ, second chance act reentry initiative............... 500,000 500,000
Federal education funding............................... 1,757,300 1,757,300
Special revenue funds:
Program and special equipment fund...................... 5,213,200 5,213,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 107,246,400 $ 107,246,400
Sec. 4-104. BUDGET AND OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 247.0 247.0
Budget and operations administration–185.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 24,696,700 $ 24,696,700
Prison industries operations-62.0 FTE positions......... 9,837,400 9,837,400
New custody staff training.............................. 9,216,500 9,216,500
Compensatory buyout and union leave bank................ 100 100
Worker’s compensation................................... 14,171,300 14,171,300
Rent .................................................. 2,349,100 2,349,100
Equipment and special maintenance....................... 1,559,700 1,559,700
Administrative hearings officers........................ 3,407,100 3,407,100
Judicial data warehouse user fees....................... 50,000 50,000
Sheriffs’ coordinating and training office.............. 100,000 100,000
Prosecutorial and detainer expenses..................... 5,001,000 5,001,000
County jail reimbursement program....................... 13,597,100 13,597,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 83,986,000 $ 83,986,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ, prison rape elimination act grant.................. 674,700 674,700
Special revenue funds:
Jail reimbursement program fund......................... 5,900,000 5,900,000
Local corrections officer training fund................. 100,000 100,000
Correctional industries revolving fund.................. 10,451,800 10,451,800
Program and special equipment fund...................... 100 100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 66,859,400 $ 66,859,400
Sec. 4-105. FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 2,194.6 2,194.6
Field operations–1,881.9 FTE positions.................. $ 213,669,400 $ 213,669,400
Detroit detention center-63.1 FTE positions............. 8,487,400 8,487,400
Detroit re-entry center-216.6 FTE positions............. 27,073,900 27,073,900
Parole board operations–33.0 FTE positions.............. 3,812,000 3,812,000
Parole/probation services............................... 940,000 940,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 253,982,700 $ 253,982,700
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Local – community tether program reimbursement.......... 205,400 205,400
Local revenues.......................................... 8,487,400 8,487,400
Re-entry center offender reimbursements................. 24,300 24,300
Parole and probation oversight fees..................... 4,428,600 4,428,600
Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside........... 940,000 940,000
Tether program participant contributions................ 2,480,900 2,480,900
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 237,416,100 $ 237,416,100
Sec. 4-106. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 319.0 319.0
Correctional facilities administration–21.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 5,046,600 $ 5,046,600
Prison food service..................................... 54,455,900 54,455,900
Transportation–211.0 FTE positions...................... 25,113,200 25,113,200
Central records–52.0 FTE positions...................... 6,015,600 6,015,600
Inmate legal services................................... 790,900 790,900
Housing inmates in federal institutions................. 611,000 611,000
Prison store operations–35.0 FTE positions.............. 3,372,600 3,372,600
Leased beds and alternatives to leased beds............. 100 100
Cost-effective housing initiative....................... 100 100
Public works programs................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
Inmate housing fund..................................... 100 100
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 96,406,100 $ 96,406,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ-BOP, federal prisoner reimbursement................. 411,000 411,000
SSA-SSI, incentive payment.............................. 272,000 272,000
Special revenue funds:
Correctional industries revolving fund.................. 569,000 569,000
Public works user fees.................................. 1,000,000 1,000,000
Resident stores......................................... 3,372,600 3,372,600
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 90,781,500 $ 90,781,500
Sec. 4-107. HEALTH CARE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 1,491.9 1,491.9
Prisoner health care services........................... $ 71,380,400 $ 71,380,400
Vaccination program..................................... 691,200 691,200
Interdepartmental grant to human services, eligibility
specialists........................................... 100,000 100,000
Substance abuse testing and treatment services-8.0 FTE
positions............................................. 22,340,600 22,340,600
Healthy Michigan plan administration-12.0 FTE positions. 1,100,700 1,100,700
Clinical and mental health services and support-1,471.9
FTE positions......................................... 232,759,700 232,759,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 328,372,600 $ 328,372,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues and reimbursements..................... 373,700 373,700
DOJ, office of justice programs, RSAT................... 250,200 250,200
Special revenue funds:
Prisoner health care copayments......................... 257,200 257,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 327,491,500 $ 327,491,500
Sec. 4-108. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Average population.................................... 44,493 44,493
Full-time equated classified positions.............. 9,433.7 9,433.7
Alger correctional facility – Munising-260.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 30,602,300 $ 30,602,300
Baraga correctional facility – Baraga-294.8 FTE
positions............................................. 35,306,500 35,306,500
Bellamy Creek correctional facility – Ionia-390.2
FTE positions......................................... 43,850,900 43,850,900
Earnest C. Brooks correctional facility – Muskegon-
440.9 FTE positions................................... 50,797,100 50,797,100
Carson City correctional facility – Carson City-
425.4 FTE positions................................... 46,557,100 46,557,100
Central Michigan correctional facility – St. Louis-
391.6 FTE positions................................... 46,105,600 46,105,600
Chippewa correctional facility – Kincheloe-435.1 FTE
positions............................................. 50,450,800 50,450,800
Cooper Street correctional facility – Jackson-263.1
FTE positions......................................... 29,792,800 29,792,800
G. Robert Cotton correctional facility – Jackson-
392.3 FTE positions................................... 44,232,800 44,232,800
Charles E. Egeler correctional facility – Jackson-
374.6 FTE positions................................... 43,525,500 43,525,500
Richard A. Handlon correctional facility – Ionia-
252.7 FTE positions................................... 29,843,400 29,843,400
Gus Harrison correctional facility – Adrian-442.6
FTE positions......................................... 49,475,100 49,475,100
Ionia correctional facility – Ionia-286.3 FTE . positions 33,696,600 33,696,600
Kinross correctional facility – Kincheloe-268.1 FTE
positions............................................. 33,170,000 33,170,000
Lakeland correctional facility – Coldwater-279.4 FTE
positions............................................. 33,339,500 33,339,500
Macomb correctional facility – New Haven-294.8 FTE
positions............................................. 34,675,200 34,675,200
Marquette branch prison – Marquette-321.7 FTE positions. 38,109,600 38,109,600
Michigan reformatory – Ionia-311.7 FTE positions........ 35,442,700 35,442,700
Muskegon correctional facility – Muskegon-205.0 FTE
positions............................................. 25,467,100 25,467,100
Newberry correctional facility – Newberry-200.1 FTE
positions............................................. 24,402,400 24,402,400
Oaks correctional facility – Eastlake-290.4 FTE
positions............................................. 34,091,800 34,091,800
Ojibway correctional facility – Marenisco-203.1 FTE
positions............................................. 23,545,600 23,545,600
Parnall correctional facility – Jackson-260.0 FTE
positions............................................. 28,461,800 28,461,800
Pugsley correctional facility – Kingsley-209.9 FTE
positions............................................. 24,996,100 24,996,100
Saginaw correctional facility – Freeland-274.9 FTE
positions............................................. 32,952,700 32,952,700
Special alternative incarceration program – (Camp
Cassidy Lake)-119.0 FTE positions..................... 13,733,700 13,733,700
St. Louis correctional facility – St. Louis-303.6 FTE
positions............................................. 36,687,100 36,687,100
Thumb correctional facility – Lapeer-283.6 FTE
positions............................................. 33,052,400 33,052,400
Women’s Huron Valley correctional complex – Ypsilanti-
501.9 FTE positions................................... 59,117,400 59,117,400
Woodland correctional facility – Whitmore Lake-284.9
FTE positions......................................... 33,279,200 33,279,200
Northern region administration and support-48.0 FTE
positions............................................. 4,509,900 4,509,900
Southern region administration and support-124.0 FTE
positions............................................. 24,098,000 24,098,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,107,368,700 $ 1,107,368,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ, state criminal alien assistance program............ 1,034,800 1,034,800
Special revenue funds:
State restricted revenues and reimbursements.......... 102,100 102,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,106,231,800 $ 1,106,231,800
Sec. 4-109. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects............ $ 28,813,300 $ 28,813,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 28,813,300 $ 28,813,300
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Correctional industries revolving fund.................. 177,100 177,100
Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside........... 694,800 694,800
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 27,941,400 $ 27,941,400
Sec. 4-110. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
New custody training staff-one-time..................... $ 8,506,100 $ 0
Ballistic vests-one-time................................ 981,300 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 9,487,400 $ 0
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 9,487,400 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 4-201. 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 2016-2017
is $2,015,169,600.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units
of government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $110,420,700.00. The itemized statement
below identifies appropriations from which spending to local units of government will
occur:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Field operations – assumption of county probation staff............... $ 61,749,900
Community corrections comprehensive plans and services................ 12,158,000
Re-entry services - intensive detention re-entry program.............. 1,500,000
Residential services.................................................. 15,475,500
County jail reimbursement program..................................... 13,597,100
Felony drunk driver jail reduction and community treatment program.... 1,440,100
Leased beds and alternatives to leased beds........................... 100
Public safety initiative.............................................. 4,500,000
TOTAL $ 110,420,700
Sec. 4-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 4-203. As used in this article:
(a) "Administrative segregation" means confinement for maintenance of order or
discipline to a cell or room apart from accommodations provided for inmates who are
participating in programs of the facility.
(b) "Department" or "MDOC" means the Michigan department of corrections.
(c) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.
(d) "DOJ-BOP" means the DOJ bureau of prisons.
(e) "EPIC program" means the department’s effective process improvement and
communication program.
(f) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(g) "Goals" means the intended or projected result of a comprehensive corrections
plan or community corrections program to reduce repeat offending, criminogenic and
high-risk behaviors, prison commitment rates, to reduce the length of stay in a jail,
or to improve the utilization of a jail.
(h) "Jail" means a facility operated by a local unit of government for the
physical detention and correction of persons charged with or convicted of criminal
offenses.
(i) "MDHHS" means the Michigan department of health and human services.
(j) "Objective risk and needs assessment" means an evaluation of an offender’s
criminal history; the offender’s noncriminal history; and any other factors relevant
to the risk the offender would present to the public safety, including, but not
limited to, having demonstrated a pattern of violent behavior, and a criminal record
that indicates a pattern of violent offenses.
(k) "Offender eligibility criteria" means particular criminal violations, state
felony sentencing guidelines descriptors, and offender characteristics developed by
advisory boards and approved by local units of government that identify the offenders
suitable for community corrections programs funded through the office of community
corrections.
(l) "Offender target populations" means felons or misdemeanants who would likely
be sentenced to imprisonment in a state correctional facility or jail, who would not
likely increase the risk to the public safety based on an objective risk and needs
assessment that indicates that the offender can be safely treated and supervised in
the community.
(m) "Offender who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment" means either of the
following:
(i) A felon or misdemeanant who receives a sentencing disposition that appears to
be in place of incarceration in a state correctional facility or jail, according to
historical local sentencing patterns.
(ii) A currently incarcerated felon or misdemeanant who is granted early release
from incarceration to a community corrections program or who is granted early release
from incarceration as a result of a community corrections program.
(n) "RSAT" means residential substance abuse treatment.
(o) "Serious emotional disturbance" means that term as defined in section 100d(2)
of the mental health code, 1974 PA 328, MCL 330.1100d.
(p) "Serious mental illness" means that term as defined in section 100d(3) of the
mental health code, 1974 PA 328, MCL 330.1100d.
(q) "SSA" means the United States Social Security Administration.
(r) "SSA-SSI" means SSA supplemental security income.
Sec. 4-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 4-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 4-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 4-208. 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 outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 4-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 4-210. (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 article under section 393(2) of the management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is appropriated an
amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for state restricted contingency funds. These
funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another
line item in this article 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 $2,000,000.00 for local contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article 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 $2,000,000.00 for private contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 4-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 4-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 4-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 4-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 is $337,858,200.00. From
this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $187,327,100.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $150,531,100.00.
Sec. 4-215. The department may charge fees and collect revenues in excess of
appropriations in part 1 not to exceed the cost of offender services and programming,
employee meals, parolee loans, academic/vocational services, custody escorts,
compassionate visits, union steward activities, and public works programs and services
provided to local units of government or private nonprofit organizations. The revenues
and fees collected are appropriated for all expenses associated with these services
and activities.
Sec. 4-216. (1) Any contract for prisoner telephone services entered into after
the effective date of this section shall include a condition that fee schedules for
prisoner telephone calls, including rates and any surcharges other than those
necessary to meet program and special equipment costs, be the same as fee schedules
for calls placed from outside of correctional facilities.
(2) Revenues appropriated and collected for program and special equipment funds
shall be considered state restricted revenue. Funding will be used for prisoner
programming and special equipment and security projects. Unexpended funds remaining at
the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but shall be carried
forward and be available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal years.
(3) The department shall submit a report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the legislative
corrections ombudsman, and the state budget director by February 1 outlining revenues
and expenditures from program and special equipment funds. The report shall include
all of the following:
(a) A list of all individual projects and purchases financed with program and
special equipment funds in the immediately preceding fiscal year, the amounts expended
on each project or purchase, and the name of each vendor the products or services were
purchased from.
(b) A list of planned projects and purchases to be financed with program and
special equipment funds during the current fiscal year, the amounts to be expended on
each project or purchase, and the name of each vendor for which the products or
services were purchased.
(c) A review of projects and purchases planned for future fiscal years from
program and special equipment funds.
EXECUTIVE
Sec. 4-301. For 3 years after a felony offender is released from the department’s
jurisdiction, the department shall maintain the offender’s file on the offender
tracking information system and make it publicly accessible in the same manner as the
file of the current offender. However, the department shall immediately remove the
offender’s file from the offender tracking information system upon determination that
the offender was wrongfully convicted and the offender’s file is not otherwise
required to be maintained on the offender tracking information system.
Sec. 4-304. The department shall maintain a staff savings initiative program in
conjunction with the EPIC program for employees to submit suggestions for efficiencies
for the department. The department shall consider each suggestion in a timely manner.
The department shall report by March 1 to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections ombudsman, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on process improvements that were
implemented based on suggestions that were recommended for the implementation from the
staff savings initiative and EPIC programs.
PRISONER RE-ENTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Sec. 4-401. The department shall submit 3-year and 5-year prison population
projection updates concurrent with submission of the executive budget to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections
ombudsman, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The
report shall include explanations of the methodology and assumptions used in
developing the projection updates.
Sec. 4-405. By March 1, the department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections ombudsman,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on substance abuse
testing and treatment program objectives, outcome measures, and results, including
program impact on offender success and programmatic success.
Sec. 4-407. By June 30, the department shall place the statistical report from
the immediately preceding calendar year on an Internet site. The statistical report
shall include, but not be limited to, the information as provided in the 2004
statistical report.
Sec. 4-408. The department shall measure the recidivism rates of offenders.
Sec. 4-410. (1) The funds included in part 1 for community corrections
comprehensive plans and services are to encourage the development through technical
assistance grants, implementation, and operation of community corrections programs
that enhance offender success and that also may serve as an alternative to
incarceration in a state facility or jail. The comprehensive corrections plans shall
include an explanation of how the public safety will be maintained, the goals for the
local jurisdiction, offender target populations intended to be affected, offender
eligibility criteria for purposes outlined in the plan, and how the plans will meet
the following objectives, consistent with section 8(4) of the community corrections
act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.408:
(a) Reduce admissions to prison of offenders who would likely be sentenced to
imprisonment, including probation violators.
(b) Improve the appropriate utilization of jail facilities, the first priority of
which is to open jail beds intended to house otherwise prison-bound felons, and the
second priority being to appropriately utilize jail beds so that jail crowding does
not occur.
(c) Open jail beds through the increase of pretrial release options.
(d) Reduce the readmission to prison of parole violators.
(e) Reduce the admission or readmission to prison of offenders, including
probation violators and parole violators, for substance abuse violations.
(f) Contribute to offender success.
(2) The award of community corrections comprehensive plans and residential
services funds shall be based on criteria that include, but are not limited to, the
prison commitment rate by category of offenders, trends in prison commitment rates and
jail utilization, historical trends in community corrections program capacity and
program utilization, and the projected impact and outcome of annual policies and
procedures of programs on offender success, prison commitment rates, and jail
utilization.
(3) Funds awarded for residential services in part 1 shall provide for a per diem
reimbursement of not more than $47.50 for nonaccredited facilities, or of not more
than $48.50 for facilities that have been accredited by the American corrections
association or a similar organization as approved by the department.
Sec. 4-411. The comprehensive corrections plans shall also include, where
appropriate, descriptive information on the full range of sanctions and services that
are available and utilized within the local jurisdiction and an explanation of how
jail beds, residential services, the special alternative incarceration program,
probation detention centers, the electronic monitoring program for probationers, and
treatment and rehabilitative services will be utilized to support the objectives and
priorities of the comprehensive corrections plans and the purposes and priorities of
section 8(4) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.408, that
contribute to the success of offenders. The plans shall also include, where
appropriate, provisions that detail how the local communities plan to respond to
sentencing guidelines found in chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA
175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69, and use the county jail reimbursement program under section
414. The state community corrections board shall encourage local community corrections
advisory boards to include in their comprehensive corrections plans strategies to
collaborate with local alcohol and drug treatment agencies of the MDHHS for the
provision of alcohol and drug screening, assessment, case management planning, and
delivery of treatment to alcohol- and drug-involved offenders.
Sec. 4-414. (1) The department shall administer a county jail reimbursement
program from the funds appropriated in part 1 for the purpose of reimbursing counties
for housing in jails certain felons who otherwise would have been sentenced to prison.
(2) The county jail reimbursement program shall reimburse counties for convicted
felons in the custody of the sheriff if the conviction was for a crime committed on or
after January 1, 1999 and 1 of the following applies:
(a) The felon’s sentencing guidelines recommended range upper limit is more than
18 months, the felon’s sentencing guidelines recommended range lower limit is 12
months or less, the felon’s prior record variable score is 35 or more points, and the
felon’s sentence is not for commission of a crime in crime class G or crime class H or
a nonperson crime in crime class F under chapter XVII of the code of criminal
procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69.
(b) The felon’s minimum sentencing guidelines range minimum is more than 12
months under the sentencing guidelines described in subdivision (a).
(c) The felon was sentenced to jail for a felony committed while he or she was on
parole and under the jurisdiction of the parole board and for which the sentencing
guidelines recommended range for the minimum sentence has an upper limit of more than
18 months.
(3) State reimbursement under this subsection shall be $60.00 per diem per
diverted offender for offenders with a presumptive prison guideline score, $50.00 per
diem per diverted offender for offenders with a straddle cell guideline for a group 1
crime, and $35.00 per diem per diverted offender for offenders with a straddle cell
guideline for a group 2 crime. Reimbursements shall be paid for sentences up to a 1-
year total.
(4) As used in this subsection:
(a) "Group 1 crime" means a crime in 1 or more of the following offense
categories: arson, assault, assaultive other, burglary, criminal sexual conduct,
homicide or resulting in death, other sex offenses, robbery, and weapon possession as
determined by the department of corrections based on specific crimes for which
counties received reimbursement under the county jail reimbursement program in fiscal
year 2007 and fiscal year 2008, and listed in the county jail reimbursement program
document titled "FY 2007 and FY 2008 Group One Crimes Reimbursed", dated March 31,
2009.
(b) "Group 2 crime" means a crime that is not a group 1 crime, including larceny,
fraud, forgery, embezzlement, motor vehicle, malicious destruction of property,
controlled substance offense, felony drunk driving, and other nonassaultive offenses.
(c) "In the custody of the sheriff" means that the convicted felon has been
sentenced to the county jail and is either housed in the county jail or has been
released from jail and is being monitored through the use of the sheriff’s electronic
monitoring system.
(5) County jail reimbursement program expenditures shall not exceed the amount
appropriated in part 1 for the county jail reimbursement program. Payments to counties
under the county jail reimbursement program shall be made in the order in which
properly documented requests for reimbursements are received. A request shall be
considered to be properly documented if it meets MDOC requirements for documentation.
By October 15, the department shall distribute the documentation requirements to all
counties.
(6) Any county that receives funding under this section for the purpose of
housing in jails certain felons who otherwise would have been sentenced to prison
shall, as a condition of receiving the funding, report by September 30 an annual
average jail capacity and annual average jail occupancy for the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
Sec. 4-416. Allowable uses for the felony drunk driver jail reduction and
community treatment program funding shall include reimbursing counties for
transportation, treatment costs, and housing felony drunk drivers during a period of
assessment for treatment and case planning. Reimbursements for housing during the
assessment process shall be at the rate of $43.50 per day per offender, up to a
maximum of 5 days per offender.
Sec. 4-418. (1) The department shall collaborate with the state court
administrative office on facilitating changes to Michigan court rules that would
require the court to collect at the time of sentencing the state operator’s license,
state identification card, or other documentation used to establish the identity of
the individual to be admitted to the department. The department shall maintain those
documents in the prisoner’s personal file.
(2) The department shall cooperate with MDHHS to create and maintain a process by
which prisoners can obtain their Michigan birth certificates if necessary. The
department shall describe a process for obtaining birth certificates from other
states, and in situations where the prisoner’s effort fails, the department shall
assist in obtaining the birth certificate.
(3) The department shall collaborate with the department of military and veterans
affairs to create and maintain a process by which prisoners can obtain a copy of their
DD Form 214 or other military discharge documentation if necessary.
Sec. 4-419. (1) The department shall provide monthly electronic mail reports to
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative
corrections ombudsman, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director on prisoner populations by security levels by facility, prison facility
capacities, and parolee and probationer populations.
(2) The department shall provide quarterly electronic mail reports to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections
ombudsman, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The
reports shall include information on end-of-month prisoner populations in county
jails, the net operating capacity according to the most recent certification report,
identified by date, and end-of-month data, year-to-date data, and comparisons to the
prior year for the following:
(a) Community residential program populations, separated by centers and
electronic monitoring.
(b) Parole populations.
(c) Probation populations, with identification of the number in special
alternative incarceration.
(d) Prison and camp populations, with separate identification of the number in
special alternative incarceration and the number of lifers.
(e) Prisoners classified as past their earliest release date.
(f) Parole board activity, including the numbers and percentages of parole grants
and parole denials.
(g) Prisoner exits, identifying transfers to community placement, paroles from
prisons and camps, paroles from community placement, total movements to parole, prison
intake, prisoner deaths, prisoners discharging on the maximum sentence, and other
prisoner exits.
(h) Prison intake and returns, including probation violators, new court
commitments, violators with new sentences, escaper new sentences, total prison intake,
returns from court with additional sentences, community placement returns, technical
parole violator returns, and total returns to prison and camp.
BUDGET AND OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 4-501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prosecutorial and detainer
expenses, the department shall reimburse counties for housing and custody of parole
violators and offenders being returned by the department from community placement who
are available for return to institutional status and for prisoners who volunteer for
placement in a county jail.
Sec. 4-502. Funds included in part 1 for the sheriffs’ coordinating and training
office are appropriated for and may be expended to defray costs of continuing
education, certification, recertification, decertification, and training of local
corrections officers, the personnel and administrative costs of the sheriffs’
coordinating and training office, the local corrections officers advisory board, and
the sheriffs’ coordinating and training council under the local corrections officers
training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL 791.531 to 791.546.
FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 4-603. (1) All prisoners, probationers, and parolees involved with the
curfew monitoring program shall reimburse the department for costs associated with
their participation in the program. The department may require community service work
reimbursement as a means of payment for those able-bodied individuals unable to pay
for the costs of the equipment.
(2) Program participant contributions and local program reimbursement for the
curfew monitoring program appropriated in part 1 are related to program expenditures
and may be used to offset expenditures for this purpose.
(3) Included in the appropriation in part 1 is adequate funding to implement the
curfew monitoring program to be administered by the department. The curfew monitoring
program is intended to provide sentencing judges and county sheriffs in coordination
with local community corrections advisory boards access to the state’s curfew
monitoring program to reduce prison admissions and improve local jail utilization. The
department shall determine the appropriate distribution of the curfew monitor units
throughout the state based upon locally developed comprehensive corrections plans
under the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.401 to 791.414.
(4) For a fee determined by the department, the department shall provide counties
with the curfew monitor equipment, replacement parts, administrative oversight of the
equipment’s operation, notification of violators, and periodic reports regarding
county program participants. Counties are responsible for curfew monitor equipment
installation and service. For an additional fee as determined by the department, the
department shall provide staff to install and service the equipment. Counties are
responsible for the coordination and apprehension of program violators.
(5) Any county with curfew monitor charges outstanding over 60 days shall be
considered in violation of the community curfew monitor program agreement and lose
access to the program.
Sec. 4-615. The department shall submit a report containing a list detailing the
number of prisoners who have received life imprisonment sentences with the possibility
of parole and who are currently eligible for parole to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the
legislative corrections ombudsman, and the state budget director by January 1.
Sec. 4-616. The parole board shall review its policies related to the review and
parole of those offenders serving a parolable life sentence with consideration given
to those that do not pose an ongoing risk to society.
HEALTH CARE
Sec. 4-804. The department shall report quarterly to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections ombudsman,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on prisoner health
care utilization. The report shall include the number of inpatient hospital days,
outpatient visits, emergency room visits, and prisoners receiving off-site inpatient
medical care in the previous quarter, by facility.
Sec. 4-805. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for substance abuse testing and
treatment services, the department shall implement the living in recovery program
serving at least 500 offenders in the current fiscal year. The purpose of this new
program is to cost effectively target relapse prevention and help develop sobriety
support systems to deter further criminal behavior and recidivism. The department will
track the outcome of the program to determine the number of participants that
succeeded, the number that failed and were returned to prison, and the number that
failed, but were not returned to prison.
Sec. 4-806. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for clinical and mental health
services and support, the department shall expand its mental health treatment and sex
offender treatment programs. The purpose of this enhancement is to address increased
caseloads, reduce the number of prisoners on the waiting list of prisoners who are
past their earliest release date, and reduce the percentage of prisoners readmitted to
mental health programs at their previous level of care.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 4-906. Any local unit of government or private nonprofit organization that
contracts with the department for public works services shall be responsible for
financing the entire cost of such an agreement.
Sec. 4-907. The department shall report by March 1 to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the legislative corrections ombudsman,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on academic and
vocational programs. The report shall provide information relevant to an assessment of
the department’s academic and vocational programs, including, but not limited to, all
of the following:
(a) The number of instructors and the number of instructor vacancies, by program
and facility.
(b) The number of prisoners enrolled in each program, the number of prisoners
completing each program, the number of prisoners transferred to another facility while
enrolled in a program and the reason for transfer, the number of prisoners enrolled
who repeat the program, and the number of prisoners on waiting lists for each program,
all itemized by facility.
(c) The steps the department has undertaken to improve programs, track records,
accommodate transfers and prisoners with health care needs, and reduce waiting lists.
(d) The number of prisoners paroled without a high school diploma and the number
of prisoners paroled without a high school equivalency.
(e) An explanation of the value and purpose of each program, for example, to
improve employability, reduce recidivism, reduce prisoner idleness, or some
combination of these and other factors.
(f) An identification of program outcomes for each academic and vocational
program.
(g) An explanation of the department’s plans for academic and vocational
programs.
(h) The number of prisoners not paroled at their earliest release date due to
lack of a high school equivalency, and the reason those prisoners have not obtained a
high school equivalency.
Sec. 4-910. The department shall allow the Michigan Braille transcribing fund
program to operate at its current location. The donation of the building by the
Michigan Braille transcribing fund at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in
Jackson is acknowledged and appreciated. The department shall continue to encourage
the Michigan Braille transcribing fund program to produce high-quality materials for
use by the visually impaired.
Sec. 4-913. (1) Any prisoner required to complete a violence prevention program,
sexual offender program, or other program as a condition of parole shall be
transferred to a facility where that program is available in order to accomplish
timely completion of that program prior to the expiration of his or her minimum
sentence and eligibility for parole. Nothing in this section should be deemed to make
parole denial appealable in court.
(2) The department shall submit a biannual report to the members of the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, the state budget director, and the legislative corrections ombudsman
detailing enrollment in sex offender programming, assaultive offender programming,
violent offender programming, and thinking for change. At a minimum, the report shall
include the following:
(a) A full accounting of the number of individuals who are required to complete
the programming, but have not yet done so.
(b) The number of individuals who have reached their earliest release date, but
who have not completed required programming.
(c) A plan of action for addressing any waiting lists or backlogs for programming
that may exist.
Sec. 4-924. The department shall evaluate all prisoners at intake for substance
abuse disorders, serious developmental disorders, serious mental illness, and other
mental health disorders. Prisoners with serious mental illness or serious
developmental disorders shall not be removed from the general population as a punitive
response to behavior caused by their serious mental illness or serious developmental
disorder. Due to persistent high violence risk or severe disruptive behavior that is
unresponsive to treatment, prisoners with serious mental illness or serious
developmental disorders may be placed in secure residential housing programs that will
facilitate access to institutional programming and ongoing mental health services. A
prisoner with serious mental illness or serious developmental disorder who is confined
in these specialized housing programs shall be evaluated or monitored by a medical
professional at a frequency of not less than every 12 hours.
Sec. 4-925. By March 1, the department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the
legislative corrections ombudsman, and the state budget director on the annual number
of prisoners in administrative segregation between October 1, 2016 and September 30,
2017, and the annual number of prisoners in administrative segregation between October
1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 who at any time during the current or prior prison term
were diagnosed with serious mental illness or have a developmental disorder and the
number of days each of the prisoners with serious mental illness or a developmental
disorder have been confined to administrative segregation.
Sec. 4-929. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of
the following:
(a) Ensure that any inmate care and control staff in contact with prisoners less
than 18 years of age are adequately trained with regard to the developmental and
mental health needs of prisoners less than 18 years of age. By April 1, the department
shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the training
curriculum used and the number and types of staff receiving annual training under that
curriculum.
(b) Provide appropriate placement for prisoners less than 18 years of age who
have serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental
disorder and need to be housed separately from the general population. Prisoners less
than 18 years of age who have serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance,
or a serious developmental disorder shall not be removed from an existing placement as
a punitive response to behavior caused by their serious mental illness, serious
emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental disorder. Due to persistent high
violence risk or severe disruptive behavior that is unresponsive to treatment,
prisoners less than 18 years of age with serious emotional disturbance, serious mental
illness, or serious developmental disorders may be placed in secure residential
housing programs that will facilitate access to institutional programming and ongoing
mental health services. A prisoner less than 18 years of age with serious mental
illness, serious emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental disorder who is
confined in these specialized housing programs shall be evaluated or monitored by a
medical professional at a frequency of not less than every 12 hours.
(c) Implement a specialized re-entry program that recognizes the needs of
prisoners less than 18 years old for supervised re-entry.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 4-1000. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information technology
services and projects, the department shall expand bandwidth in 27 correctional
facilities and 113 field operations offices. The purpose of this bandwidth expansion
is to support critical information technology systems that provide platforms for
several mandated programs and department cost savings efforts.
ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 4-1100. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for new custody staff
training, the department will increase the training capacity for new custody staff by
350 officers. The purpose of this academy is to address higher than normal attrition
of correction officers and decrease overtime costs.
Article 5
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 5-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of education and certain state purposes related
to education are appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and are
anticipated to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the
funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the appropriations and
anticipated appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 596.5 596.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 316,917,400 $ 308,367,300
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 0 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 316,917,400 $ 308,367,300
Total federal revenues.................................. 225,164,100 217,114,100
Total local revenues.................................... 5,557,200 5,557,200
Total private revenues.................................. 2,034,200 2,034,200
Total other state restricted revenues................... 7,780,700 7,780,600
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 76,381,200 $ 75,881,200
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose............ 75,881,200 75,881,200
One-time state general fund/general purpose........... 500,000 0
Sec. 5-102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 10.0 10.0
State board of education, per diem payments............. $ 24,400 $ 24,400
Unclassified positions-6.0 FTE positions................ 827,200 827,200
State board/superintendent operations-10.0 FTE
positions............................................. 1,888,700 1,888,700
Education commission of the states...................... 120,800 120,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,861,100 $ 2,861,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 227,000 227,000
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations..................................... 28,100 28,100
Certification fees...................................... 771,400 771,400
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,834,600 $ 1,834,600
Sec. 5-103. CENTRAL SUPPORT
Full-time equated classified positions................ 23.6 23.6
Central support operations-23.6 FTE positions........... $ 6,686,700 $ 6,686,700
Worker’s compensation................................... 24,300 24,300
Building occupancy charges – property management
services.............................................. 3,196,200 3,196,200
Training and orientation workshops...................... 150,000 150,000
Terminal leave payments................................. 353,300 353,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 10,410,500 $ 10,410,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 3,690,100 3,690,100
Federal indirect funds.................................. 2,430,700 2,430,700
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 399,300 399,300
Teacher testing fees.................................... 4,000 4,000
Training and orientation workshop fees.................. 150,000 150,000
Private foundations..................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 2,736,400 $ 2,736,400
Sec. 5-104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Information technology operations....................... $ 4,192,600 $ 4,192,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 4,192,600 $ 4,192,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 616,900 616,900
Federal indirect funds.................................. 1,824,300 1,824,300
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 397,500 397,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,353,900 $ 1,353,900
Sec. 5-105. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.............. 47.0 47.0
Special education operations-47.0 FTE positions......... $ 9,320,500 $ 9,320,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 9,320,500 $ 9,320,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 8,544,000 8,544,000
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations..................................... 110,100 110,100
Certification fees...................................... 44,700 44,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 621,700 $ 621,700
Sec. 5-106. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Full-time equated classified positions................ 77.0 77.0
Michigan schools for the deaf and blind operations-76.0
FTE positions......................................... $ 12,812,700 $ 12,812,700
Camp Tuhsmeheta-1.0 FTE position........................ 296,000 296,000
Private gifts – blind................................... 200,000 200,000
Private gifts – deaf.................................... 150,000 150,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 13,458,700 $ 13,458,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 7,048,600 7,048,600
Special revenue funds:
Local cost sharing (schools for blind/deaf)............. 5,233,000 5,233,000
Local school district service fees...................... 312,500 312,500
Gifts, bequests, and donations.......................... 646,000 646,000
Student insurance revenue............................... 218,600 218,600
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 0 $ 0
Sec. 5-107. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 33.0 33.0
Professional preparation operations-33.0 FTE positions.. $ 5,653,900 $ 5,653,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 5,653,900 $ 5,653,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 1,464,100 1,464,100
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 3,602,000 3,602,000
Teacher testing fees.................................... 364,100 364,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 223,700 $ 223,700
Sec. 5-108. MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
Full-time equated classified positions................ 66.0 66.0
Office of great start operations-65.0 FTE positions..... $ 23,177,400 $ 23,177,400
Child development and care external support............. 27,182,800 27,182,800
Head start collaboration office-1.0 FTE position........ 309,900 309,900
Child development and care public assistance............ 124,200,000 124,200,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 174,870,100 $ 174,870,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 136,964,800 136,964,800
Special revenue funds:
Private foundations..................................... 250,000 250,000
Certification fees...................................... 64,600 64,600
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 37,590,700 $ 37,590,700
Sec. 5-109. STATE AID AND SCHOOL FINANCE SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 11.5 11.5
State aid and school finance operations-11.5 FTE
positions............................................. $ 1,638,600 $ 1,638,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,638,600 $ 1,638,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,638,600 $ 1,638,600
Sec. 5-110. AUDIT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 4.5 4.5
Audit operations-4.5 FTE positions...................... $ 612,500 $ 612,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 612,500 $ 612,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal indirect funds.................................. 486,800 486,800
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 62,300 62,300
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 63,400 $ 63,400
Sec. 5-111. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 2.0 2.0
Administrative law operations-2.0 FTE positions......... $ 1,364,300 $ 1,364,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,364,300 $ 1,364,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 564,200 564,200
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 701,500 701,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 98,600 $ 98,600
Sec. 5-112. ACCOUNTABILITY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 64.6 64.6
Accountability services operations-64.6 FTE positions... $ 14,619,400 $ 14,619,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 14,619,400 $ 14,619,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 13,476,200 13,476,200
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,143,200 $ 1,143,200
Sec. 5-113. SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 83.6 83.6
School support services operations-83.6 FTE positions... $ 15,495,200 $ 15,495,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 15,495,200 $ 15,495,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 14,455,700 14,455,700
Special revenue funds:
Local school district service fees...................... 11,700 11,700
Certification fees...................................... 86,900 86,900
Commodity distribution fees............................. 71,700 71,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 869,200 $ 869,200
Sec. 5-114. FIELD SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 45.0 45.0
Field services operations-45.0 FTE positions............ $ 9,349,200 $ 9,349,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 9,349,200 $ 9,349,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 8,599,200 8,599,200
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 37,300 37,300
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 712,700 $ 712,700
Sec. 5-115. EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 49.7 49.7
Educational improvement and innovation operations-49.7
FTE positions......................................... $ 9,689,900 $ 9,689,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 9,689,900 $ 9,689,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 6,596,600 6,596,600
Special revenue funds:
Certification fees...................................... 565,100 565,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 2,528,200 $ 2,528,200
Sec. 5-116. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 29.0 29.0
Career and technical education operations-29.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 5,220,800 $ 5,220,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 5,220,800 $ 5,220,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 3,887,400 3,887,400
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,333,400 $ 1,333,400
Sec. 5-117. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Full-time equated classified positions................ 33.0 33.0
Library of Michigan operations-31.0 FTE positions....... $ 4,497,400 $ 4,497,400
Library services and technology program-1.0 FTE
position.............................................. 5,610,100 5,610,100
State aid to libraries.................................. 9,876,000 9,876,000
Michigan eLibrary-1.0 FTE position...................... 1,752,300 1,752,300
Renaissance zone reimbursements......................... 5,300,000 5,300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 27,035,800 $ 27,035,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 5,610,100 5,610,100
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 21,425,700 $ 21,425,700
Sec. 5-118. EDUCATOR TALENT AND POLICY COORDINATION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 17.0 17.0
Educator talent and policy coordination operations-17.0
FTE positions......................................... $ 2,574,200 $ 2,574,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,574,200 $ 2,574,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 627,400 627,400
Certification fees...................................... 239,600 239,600
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,707,200 $ 1,707,200
Sec. 5-119. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Certification fees subsidy.............................. $ 500,000 $ 0
Flint declaration of emergency.......................... 8,050,100 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 8,550,100 $ 0
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues........................................ 8,050,000 0
Special revenue funds:
Flint emergency reserve fund............................ 100 0
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 500,000 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 5-201. 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 2016-2017
is $84,161,900.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $15,176,000.00. The itemized statement below
identifies appropriations from which spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State aid to libraries................................................ $ 9,876,000
Renaissance zone reimbursements....................................... 5,300,000
TOTAL $ 15,176,000
Sec. 5-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 5-203. As used in this article:
(a) "Department" means the Michigan department of education.
(b) "District" means a local school district as defined in section 6 of the
revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, or a public school academy as defined in
section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(c) "FTE" means full-time equated.
Sec. 5-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 5-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 5-206. The state superintendent of public instruction shall take all
reasonable steps to ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete
for and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The state
superintendent of public instruction shall strongly encourage firms with which the
department contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 5-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 5-208. 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 outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 5-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 5-210. (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 article 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 $700,000.00 for state restricted contingency funds. These funds
are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line
item in this article 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 $250,000.00 for local contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article 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 $3,000,000.00 for private contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 5-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 5-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 5-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 5-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 is $16,971,500.00. From
this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $9,410,700.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care legacy
costs are estimated at $7,560,800.00.
Sec. 5-215. The department shall provide through the Internet the state board of
education agenda and all supporting documents, and shall notify the state budget
director and the senate and house fiscal agencies that the agenda and supporting
documents are available on the Internet, at the time the agenda and supporting
documents are provided to state board of education members.
Sec. 5-216. To the extent the state continues to identify schools as meeting
proficiency targets, before publishing a list of schools or districts determined to
have failed to make adequate yearly progress as required by the no child left behind
act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, the department shall allow a school or district to
appeal that determination. Those appeals shall be addressed before designations may be
published.
Sec. 5-217. The department may assist the department of health and human
services, other departments, and local school districts to secure reimbursement for
eligible services provided in Michigan schools from the federal Medicaid program. The
department may submit reports of direct expenses related to this effort to the
department of health and human services for reimbursement.
Sec. 5-218. The department shall not seek a federal waiver from the no child left
behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, or an amendment to the federal waiver, until
after notification of the content to both the house and senate appropriations
committees and the state budget director.
Sec. 5-219. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall ensure
that kindergarten benchmark data includes a method for information to be provided
regarding a child’s participation in the great start readiness program.
Sec. 5-220. The department shall post on its website a link to the federal
Institute of Education Sciences’ What Works Clearinghouse. The department also shall
work to disseminate knowledge about the What Works Clearinghouse to districts and
intermediate districts so that it may be used to improve reading proficiency for
pupils in grades K to 3.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION/OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Sec. 5-301. (1) The appropriations in part 1 may be used for per diem payments to
the state board for meetings at which a quorum is present or for performing official
business authorized by the state board. The per diem payments shall be at a rate as
follows:
(a) State board of education - president - $110.00 per day.
(b) State board of education - member other than president - $100.00 per day.
(2) A state board of education member shall not be paid a per diem for more than
30 days per year.
Sec. 5-302. From the amount appropriated in part 1 to the state board of
education, not more than $35,000.00 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017
shall be expended for in-state travel and out-of-state travel directly related to the
duties of the state board of education.
MICHIGAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
Sec. 5-401. The employees at the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind who work
on a school year basis are considered annual employees for purposes of service
credits, retirement, and insurance benefits.
Sec. 5-402. For each student enrolled at the Michigan schools for the deaf and
blind, the department shall assess the intermediate school district of residence 100%
of the cost of operating the student's instructional program. The amount shall exclude
room and board related costs and the cost of weekend transportation between the school
and the student's home.
Sec. 5-406. (1) The Michigan schools for the deaf and blind may promote its
residential program as a possible appropriate option for children who are deaf or hard
of hearing or who are blind or visually impaired. The Michigan schools for the deaf
and blind shall distribute information detailing its services to all intermediate
school districts in the state.
(2) Upon knowledge of or recognition by an intermediate school district that a
child in the district is deaf or hard of hearing or blind or visually impaired, the
intermediate school district shall provide to the parents of the child the literature
distributed by the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind to intermediate school
districts under subsection (1).
(3) Parents will continue to have a choice regarding the educational placement of
their deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
Sec. 5-407. Revenue received by the Michigan schools for the deaf and blind from
gifts, bequests, donations and local district service fees that is unexpended at the
end of the state fiscal year may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year and
shall not revert to the general fund.
Sec. 5-408. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the funds collected
by the Michigan schools for the deaf and the low incidence outreach program for
document reproduction and services; conferences, workshops, and training classes; and
the use of specialized equipment, facilities, and software are appropriated for all
expenses necessary to provide the required services. These funds are available for
expenditure when they are received and may be carried forward into the next succeeding
fiscal year.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION SERVICES
Sec. 5-501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for professional preparation
services, the department shall maintain certificate revocation/felony conviction files
of educational personnel.
Sec. 5-506. Revenue received from teacher testing fees that is unexpended at the
end of the state fiscal year may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year and
shall not revert to the general fund.
FIELD SERVICES
Sec. 5-701. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for field services
operations, the department shall produce a report detailing the progress made by
districts with grades K-3 receiving at-risk funding under section 31a of the state aid
act, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1631a in implementing multi-tiered systems of supports in the
prior school fiscal year.
(2) The report shall include, at a minimum:
(a) A description of the training, coaching, and technical assistance offered by
the department to districts to support the implementation of effective multi-tiered
systems of supports.
(b) A list of district determined by the department to have successfully
implemented multi-tiered systems of supports.
(c) A list of best practices that the department has identified that may be used
by districts to implement multi-tiered systems of supports.
(d) Other information the department determines would be useful to understanding
the status of districts’ implementation of effective multi-tiered systems of supports.
(3) The report shall be provided to the state budget director, the house and
senate subcommittees that oversee the department of education and school aid budgets,
and the house and senate fiscal agencies by September 30, 2017.
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Sec. 5-801. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the funds collected
by the department for document reproduction and services; conferences, workshops, and
training classes; and the use of specialized equipment, facilities, and software are
appropriated for all expenses necessary to provide the required services. These funds
are available for expenditure when they are received and may be carried forward into
the next succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 5-804. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for renaissance zone
reimbursements shall be used to reimburse public libraries under section 12 of the
Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2692, for taxes levied in 2016.
The allocations shall be made not later than 60 days after the department of treasury
certifies to the department and to the state budget director that the department of
treasury has received all necessary information to properly determine the amounts due
to each eligible recipient.
(2) If the amount appropriated under this section is not sufficient to fully pay
obligations under this section, payments shall be prorated on an equal basis among all
eligible public libraries.
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Sec. 5-901. From the increased funds in part 1 for special education operations,
the department shall perform the following activities:
(a) Design and distribute information about federal and state mandates regarding
the rights and protections of students with disabilities including but not limited to
individualized education programs to ensure that parents and legal guardians are fully
informed about laws, rules, procedural safeguards, problem-solving options and any
other information the department determines is necessary so that parents and legal
guardians may be able to provide meaningful input in collaboration with districts to
develop and implement an individualized education program.
(b) Train mediators who are knowledgeable about the dispute resolution system and
state and federal mandates pertaining to the rights and protections of students with
disabilities outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the
Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education. This annual training will include
coursework, resources and materials.
MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
Sec. 5-1007. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and
care - external support, the department shall create progress reports that shall
include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Both the on-site and off-site activities that are intended to improve child
care provider quality and the number of times those activities are performed by the
licensing consultants.
(b) How many on-site visits a single licensing consultant has made since the
start of the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
(c) The types of on-site visits and the number of visits for each type that a
single consultant has made since the start of fiscal year 2016-2017.
(d) The number of providers that have improved their quality rating since the
start of fiscal year 2016-2017 compared to the same time period in fiscal year 2015-
2016.
(e) The types of activities that are intended to improve licensing consultant
performance and child care provider quality and the number of times those activities
are performed by the managers and administrators.
(2) The progress reports shall be sent to the state budget director, the house
and senate subcommittees that oversee the department of education, and the house and
senate fiscal agencies by April 1, 2017 and September 30, 2017.
ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 5-1101. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the Flint declaration
of emergency, the department shall allocate funding to address the childcare needs in
the city in which a declaration of emergency was issued on January 5, 2016. Funds
shall be used to support the following activities in the city:
(a) Pilot the expansion of child development and care eligibility to children
ages birth to three for half-day childcare services by removing household income as a
determinate of eligibility.
(b) Provide information to childcare providers on identification and intervention
services for children demonstrating potential developmental delays associated with
exposure to lead.
(2) The department shall amend definitions and eligibility requirements in the
child care and development fund state plan as necessary to implement this section.
Article 6
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 6-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of environmental quality are appropriated for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated in this part. The
following is a summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in this
part:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 1,232.0 1,222.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 513,499,400 $ 486,749,300
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 9,225,700 9,225,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 504,273,700 $ 477,523,600
Total federal revenues.................................. 138,687,200 138,687,200
Total local revenues.................................... 0 0
Total private revenues.................................. 555,300 555,300
Total other state restricted revenues................... 317,344,800 302,944,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 47,686,400 $ 35,336,400
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 35,336,400 35,366,400
One-time general fund/general purpose .............. 12,350,000 0
Sec. 6-102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 13.0 13.0
Unclassified salaries................................... $ 754,000 $ 754,000
Executive direction-13.0 FTE positions.................. 2,099,400 2,099,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,853,400 $ 2,853,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues........................................ 27,600 27,600
State restricted revenues............................... 1,317,500 1,317,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 1,508,300 $ 1,508,300
Sec. 6-103. OFFICE OF THE GREAT LAKES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 12.0 12.0
Office of the Great Lakes-12.0 FTE positions............ $ 2,170,700 $ 2,170,700
Coastal management grants............................... 1,250,000 1,250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 3,420,700 $ 3,420,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues........................................ 2,037,900 2,037,900
State restricted revenues............................... 483,100 483,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 899,700 $ 899,700
Sec. 6-104. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 6.0 6.0
Great Lakes restoration initiative-6.0 FTE positions.... $ 15,090,700 $ 15,090,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 15,090,700 $ 15,090,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues........................................ 15,090,700 15,090,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 0 $ 0
Sec. 6-105. DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 34.0 34.0
Central support services-34.0 FTE positions............. $ 4,147,800 $ 4,147,800
Accounting service center............................... 1,391,400 1,391,400
Administrative hearings................................. 381,200 381,200
Automated data processing............................... 2,053,400 2,053,400
Building occupancy charges.............................. 4,582,800 4,582,800
Environmental support projects.......................... 5,000,000 5,000,000
Rent .................................................. 2,240,600 2,240,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 19,797,200 $ 19,797,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 2,266,800 2,266,800
State restricted revenues............................... 15,441,600 15,441,600
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 2,088,800 $ 2,088,800
Sec. 6-106. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 38.0 38.0
Office of environmental assistance-38.0 FTE positions... $ 6,257,700 $ 6,257,700
Pollution prevention local grants....................... 250,000 250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 6,507,700 $ 6,507,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues........................................ 704,800 704,800
Private revenues........................................ 364,200 364,200
State restricted revenues............................... 2,571,200 2,571,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 2,867,500 $ 2,867,500
Sec. 6-107. WATER RESOURCE DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 316.0 316.0
Land and water interface permit programs-82.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 11,659,600 $ 11,659,600
Program direction and project assistance-27.0 FTE
positions............................................. 3,030,700 3,030,700
Water withdrawal assessment programs-4.0 FTE positions.. 1,423,500 1,423,500
Expedited water/wastewater permits-1.0 FTE position..... 50,900 50,900
Fish contaminant monitoring............................. 316,100 316,100
Groundwater discharge permit program-22.0 FTE positions. 3,215,900 3,215,900
Aquatic nuisance control program-6.0 FTE positions...... 913,200 913,200
NPDES nonstormwater program-83.0 FTE positions.......... 13,003,900 13,003,900
Surface water-86.0 FTE positions........................ 15,871,800 15,871,800
Water quality and use initiative-5.0 FTE positions...... 1,645,700 1,645,700
Real-time beach monitoring program...................... 500,000 500,000
Wetlands program........................................ 1,000,000 1,000,000
Federal – Great Lakes remedial action plan grants....... 583,800 583,800
Federal – nonpoint source water pollution grants........ 4,083,300 4,083,300
Contaminated lake and river sediment cleanup program.... 1,565,000 1,565,000
Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control project
program............................................... 2,000,000 2,000,000
Wetland mitigation banking grants and loans............. 3,000,000 3,000,000
Water quality protection grants......................... 100,000 100,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 63,963,400 $ 63,963,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 1,249,000 1,249,000
Federal revenues........................................ 19,479,100 19,479,100
State restricted revenues............................... 25,039,200 25,039,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 18,196,100 $ 18,196,100
Sec. 6-108. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 14.0 14.0
Environmental investigations-14.0 FTE positions......... $ 2,837,200 $ 2,837,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,837,200 $ 2,837,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 15,800 15,800
Federal revenues........................................ 575,700 575,700
State restricted revenues............................... 1,675,700 1,675,700
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 570,000 $ 570,000
Sec. 6-109. AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 188.0 188.0
Air quality programs-188.0 FTE positions................ $ 27,231,500 $ 27,231,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 27,231,500 $ 27,231,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues........................................ 7,450,200 7,450,200
State restricted revenues............................... 15,377,000 15,377,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 4,404,300 $ 4,404,300
Sec. 6-110. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 305.0 305.0
Drinking water and environmental health-106.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 14,901,900 $ 14,901,900
Hazardous waste management program-45.0 FTE positions... 6,946,100 6,946,100
Low-level radioactive waste authority-2.0 FTE positions. 232,600 232,600
Medical waste program-2.0 FTE positions................. 302,300 302,300
Municipal assistance-29.0 FTE positions................. 4,800,500 4,800,500
Radiological protection program-12.0 FTE positions...... 1,966,500 1,966,500
Recycling initiative-3.0 FTE positions.................. 1,008,700 1,008,700
Scrap tire regulatory program-10.0 FTE positions........ 1,334,700 1,334,700
Oil, gas and mineral services-59.0 FTE positions........ 6,794,800 6,794,800
Solid waste management program-37.0 FTE positions....... 5,026,400 5,026,400
Scrap tire grants....................................... 3,500,000 3,500,000
Drinking water program grants........................... 830,000 830,000
Noncommunity water grants............................... 2,000,000 2,000,000
Septage waste compliance grants......................... 275,000 275,000
Strategic water quality initiative grants and loans..... 97,000,000 97,000,000
Water pollution control and drinking water revolving fund 84,993,000 84,993,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 231,912,500 $ 231,912,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 1,658,600 1,658,600
Federal revenues........................................ 86,027,300 86,027,300
State restricted revenues............................... 139,860,500 139,860,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 4,366,100 $ 4,366,100
Sec. 6-111. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions................ 291.0 291.0
Contaminated site investigation, cleanup, and
revitalization-127.0 FTE positions.................... $ 13,859,200 $ 13,859,200
Federal cleanup project management-40.0 FTE positions... 6,934,500 6,934,500
Laboratory services-39.0 FTE positions.................. 6,175,300 6,175,300
Emergency cleanup actions............................... 4,000,000 4,000,000
Environmental cleanup support........................... 1,840,000 1,840,000
Environmental cleanup and redevelopment program......... 29,900,000 15,000,000
Refined petroleum product cleanup program-85.0 FTE
positions............................................. 34,475,700 35,675,700
Superfund cleanup....................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 98,184,700 $ 84,484,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 3,858,800 3,858,800
Federal revenues........................................ 6,305,400 6,305,400
Private revenues........................................ 191,100 191,100
State restricted revenues............................... 87,829,400 74,129,400
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 0 $ 0
Sec. 6-112. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions................ 5.0 5.0
Underground storage tank cleanup program-5.0 FTE
position.............................................. $ 20,011,400 $ 20,011,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 20,011,400 $ 20,011,400
Appropriated from:
State restricted revenues............................... 20,011,400 20,011,400
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 0 $ 0
Sec. 6-113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects............ $ 8,638,900 $ 8,638,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 8,638,900 $ 8,638,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues........................ 176,700 176,700
Federal revenues........................................ 988,500 988,500
State restricted revenues............................... 7,038,100 7,038,100
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 435,600 $ 435,600
Sec. 6-114. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions................ 10.0 0.0
Contaminated lake and river sediment cleanup program
(one-time)............................................ $ 700,000 $ 0
Flint declaration of emergency-10.0 FTE positions....... 5,400,100 0
Oil, gas and mineral services (one-time)................ 4,000,000 0
Water pollution control and drinking water revolving
fund.................................................. 2,950,000 0
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 13,050,100 $ 0
Appropriated from:
State restricted revenues............................... 700,100 0
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 12,350,000 $ 0
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 6-201. 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 2016-2017
is $365,031,200.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units
of government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $3,750,000.00. The itemized statement below
identifies appropriations from which spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Drinking water and environmental health............................... $ 212,000
Drinking water program grants......................................... 157,000
Emergency cleanup actions............................................. 106,000
Noncommunity water grants............................................. 1,700,000
Scrap tire grants..................................................... 500,000
Pollution prevention local grants..................................... 250,000
Real-time beach monitoring program.................................... 500,000
Septage waste compliance grants....................................... 100,000
Solid waste management program........................................ 65,000
Surface water......................................................... 160,000
TOTAL $ 3,750,000
Sec. 6-202. The appropriations authorized under this article are subject to the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 6-203. As used in this article:
(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.
(b) "Director" means the director of the department.
(c) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(d) "NPDES" means national pollution discharge elimination system.
Sec. 6-204. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
use the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this article. 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. 6-205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the purchase of
foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively priced and of comparable quality
American goods or services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to goods
or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be
given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of
comparable quality.
Sec. 6-206. The director 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. Each director shall strongly encourage firms with which
the department contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 6-207. The departments and agencies receiving appropriations in part 1 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 senate and house appropriations
committees, 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 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. 6-208. 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 outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 6-209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office shall prepare and
transmit a report that provides for estimates of the total general fund/general
purpose appropriation lapses at the close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall
summarize the projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by
major departmental program or program areas. The report shall be transmitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 6-210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 for federal contingency funds.
These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to
another line item in this article 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 $5,000,000.00 for state restricted contingency funds. These funds
are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line
item in this article 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 article 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 $500,000.00 for private contingency funds. These funds are not
available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this article under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 6-211. The department shall cooperate with the department of technology,
management and budget to maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each department or
agency:
(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. 6-212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive budget
recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the state budget office to provide
the senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees chairs, 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, 2016
and September 30, 2017.
Sec. 6-213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a
department scorecard that identifies, tracks and regularly updates key metrics that
are used to monitor and improve the agency’s performance.
Sec. 6-214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for
legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 is $33,238,200.00. From
this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are
estimated at $18,429,800.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $14,808,400.00.
Sec. 6-216. (1) The department shall report all of the following information
relative to allocations made from appropriations for the environmental cleanup and
redevelopment program, state cleanup, emergency actions, superfund cleanup, the
revitalization revolving loan program, the brownfield grants and loans program, the
leaking underground storage tank cleanup program, the contaminated lake and river
sediments cleanup program, the refined petroleum product cleanup program, and the
environmental protection bond projects under section 19508(7) of the natural resources
and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19508, to the state budget
director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality,
and the senate and house fiscal agencies:
(a) The name and location of the site for which an allocation is made.
(b) The nature of the problem encountered at the site.
(c) A brief description of how the problem will be resolved if the allocation is
made for a response activity.
(d) The estimated date that site closure activities will be completed.
(e) The amount of the allocation, or the anticipated financing for the site.
(f) A summary of the sites and the total amount of funds expended at the sites at
the conclusion of the fiscal year.
(g) The number of brownfield projects that were successfully redeveloped.
(2) The report prepared under subsection (1) shall also include all of the
following:
(a) The status of all state-owned facilities that are on the list compiled under
part 201 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.20101 to 324.20142.
(b) The report shall include the total amount of funds expended during the fiscal
year and the total amount of funds awaiting expenditure.
(c) The total amount of bonds issued for the environmental protection bond
program pursuant to part 193 of the natural resources and environmental protection
act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19301 to 324.19306, and bonds issued pursuant to the clean
Michigan initiative act, 1998 PA 284, MCL 324.95101 to 324.95108.
(3) The report shall be made available by March 31 of each year.
Sec. 6-217. (1) The department may expend amounts remaining from the current and
prior fiscal year appropriations to meet funding needs of legislatively approved sites
for the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, the refined petroleum product
cleanup program, brownfield grants and loans, waterfront grants, and the environmental
bond site reclamation program.
(2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from appropriations from the
environmental protection bond fund contained in 2003 PA 173, 2005 PA 109, 2006 PA 343,
2011 PA 63, and 2012 PA 236 are appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in
this part and part 1 and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this
section.
(3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from appropriations from the
clean Michigan initiative fund - response activities contained in 2000 PA 52, 2004 PA
309, 2005 PA 11, 2006 PA 343, 2007 PA 121, 2011 PA 63, 2013 PA 59, 2014 PA 252 and
2015 PA 84 are appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this part and part
1 and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.
(4) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from appropriations from the
refined petroleum fund activities contained in 2007 PA 121, 2008 PA 247, 2009 PA 118,
2010 PA 189, 2012 PA 200, 2013 PA 59, 2014 PA 252 and 2015 PA 84 are appropriated for
expenditure for any site listed in this part and part 1 and any site listed in the
public acts referenced in this section.
(5) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from the appropriations from
the strategic water quality initiatives fund contained in 2011 PA 50, 2011 PA 63, 2012
PA 200, 2013 PA 59, 2014 PA 252 and 2015 PA 84 are appropriated for expenditure for
any site listed in this part and part 1 and any site listed in the public acts
referenced in this section.
Sec. 6-219. Unexpended settlement revenues at the end of the fiscal year may be
carried forward into the settlement fund in the succeeding fiscal year up to a maximum
carryforward of $2,500,000.00.
REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Sec. 6-301. Revenues remaining in the interdepartmental transfers, laboratory
services at the end of the fiscal year shall carry forward into the succeeding fiscal
year.
Sec. 6-302. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for emergency cleanup
actions, the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, and the refined
petroleum product cleanup program are considered work project appropriations and any
unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to provide contaminated
site cleanup.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is identified in each line-item
appropriation.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2021.
Sec. 6-303. Effective October 1, 2016, surplus funds not to exceed $1,000,000.00
in the cleanup and redevelopment trust fund are appropriated to the environmental
protection fund created in section 503a of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.503a.
Sec. 6-304. Effective October 1, 2016, surplus funds not to exceed $1,000,000.00
in the community pollution prevention fund created in section 3f of 1976 initiated law
1, MCL 445.573f, are appropriated to the environmental protection fund created in
section 503a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,
MCL 324.503a.
Sec. 6-310. (1) Upon approval by the state budget director, the department may
expend from the general fund of the state an amount to meet the cash-flow requirements
of projects funded under any of the following that are financed from bond proceeds and
for which bonds have been authorized but not yet issued:
(a) Part 52 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.5201 to 324.5206.
(b) Part 193 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.19301 to 324.19306.
(c) Part 196 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.19601 to 324.19616.
(2) Upon the sale of bonds for projects described in subsection (1), the
department shall credit the general fund of the state an amount equal to that expended
from the general fund.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Sec. 6-405. If a certified health department does not exist in a city, county, or
district or does not fulfill its responsibilities under part 117 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11701 to 324.11720,
then the department may spend funds appropriated in part 1 under the septage waste
compliance program in accordance with section 11716 of the natural resources and
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11716.
Sec. 6-407. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the contaminated lake
and river sediment cleanup program are considered work project appropriations and any
unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to provide contaminated
sediment cleanup.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $2,265,000.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2021.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY
Sec. 6-701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the underground
storage tank cleanup program are considered work project appropriations and any
unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to provide contaminated
site cleanup.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $20,000,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2021.
ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 6-801. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the Flint declaration of
emergency, the department shall allocate funds to address needs related to the
declaration of emergency issued on January 5, 2016. These funds may support, but are
not limited to the following activities:
(a) Funding to keep Flint on Detroit water system.
(b) Staff, lab and testing, and contract costs.
Article 7
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 7-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the executive office are appropriated for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a
summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in this part:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 10.0 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 74.2 74.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 5,636,300 $ 5,636,300
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 0 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 5,636,300 $ 5,636,300
Total federal revenues.................................. 0 0
Total local revenues.................................... 0 0
Total private revenues.................................. 0 0
Total other state restricted revenues................... 0 0
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 5,636,300 $ 5,636,300
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 5,636,300 5,636,300
One-time state general fund/general purpose......... 0 0
Sec. 7-102. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 10.0 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 74.2 74.2
Governor................................................ $ 159,300 $ 159,300
Lieutenant governor..................................... 111,600 111,600
Executive office-74.2 FTE positions..................... 4,108,100 4,108,100
Unclassified positions-8.0 FTE positions................ 1,257,300 1,257,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 5,636,300 $ 5,636,300
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 5,636,300 $ 5,636,300
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 7-201. 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 2016-2017
is $5,636,300.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2016-2017 is $0.00.
Article 8
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS AND ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 8-101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this article, the amounts
listed in this part for the department of health and human services are appropriated
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and are anticipated to be appropriated
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, from the funds indicated in this part.
The following is a summary of the appropriations and anticipated appropriations in
this part:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated classified positions................ 15,554.5 15,553.5
Unclassified positions................................ 6.0 6.0
Total full-time equated positions..................... 15,560.5 15,559.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 24,707,967,700 $ 24,434,360,300
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................. 13,513,700 13,513,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION............................ $ 24,694,454,000 $ 24,420,846,600
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 556,929,300 533,947,800
Federal supplemental security income.................... 8,588,600 8,588,600
Total other federal revenues............................ 17,169,165,700 16,923,106,700
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues.................................. 156,279,300 156,279,300
Total local revenues.................................... 123,892,300 123,892,300
Total other state restricted revenues................... 2,328,831,500 2,362,899,800
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 4,350,767,300 $ 4,312,132,100
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general purpose.......... 4,310,548,100 4,312,132,100
One-time general fund/general purpose............... 40,219,200 0
Sec. 8-102. DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.............. 6.0 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions................ 714.2 714.2
Director and other unclassified-6.0 FTE positions....... $ 1,119,300 $ 1,119,300
Departmental administration and management-520.2 FTE
positions............................................. 82,269,600 82,269,600
Demonstration projects—7.0 FTE positions................ 6,905,100 6,905,100
Developmental disabilities council and projects-10.0
FTE positions......................................... 3,067,000 3,067,000
Information technology projects and services............ 158,998,300 158,998,300
Michigan Medicaid information system.................... 50,634,400 50,634,400
Office of inspector general—177.0 FTE positions......... 21,633,000 21,633,000
Rent and state office facilities........................ 62,783,800 62,783,800
State office of administrative hearings and rules....... 11,140,300 11,140,300
Terminal pay and other employee costs................... 5,686,100 5,686,100
Worker’s compensation program........................... 7,956,500 7,956,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 412,193,400 $ 412,193,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of education........................ 2,979,000 2,979,000
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 33,546,800 33,546,800
Total other federal revenues............................ 192,558,400 192,558,400
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues.................................... 16,400 16,400
Total private revenues.................................. 23,842,000 23,842,000
Total other state restricted revenues................... 2,836,300 2,836,300
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 156,414,500 $ 156,414,500
Sec. 8-103. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions................ 185.7 185.7
Child support enforcement operations—179.7 FTE
positions............................................. $ 22,151,300 $ 22,151,300
Legal support contracts................................. 113,359,100 113,359,100
Child support incentive payments........................ 24,409,600 24,409,600
State disbursement unit—6.0 FTE positions............... 8,101,700 8,101,700
Child support automation................................ 41,877,600 41,877,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 209,899,300 $ 209,899,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total other federal revenues............................ 175,393,000 175,393,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 34,506,300 $ 34,506,300
Sec. 8-104. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND OUTREACH
Full-time equated classified positions................ 70.6 70.6
Bureau of community services and outreach—16.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 2,103,700 $ 2,103,700
Community services block grants......................... 25,840,000 25,840,000
Weatherization assistance............................... 16,340,000 16,340,000
School success partnership program...................... 450,000 450,000
Homeless programs....................................... 15,721,900 15,721,900
Domestic violence prevention and treatment-14.6 FTE
positions............................................. 15,766,200 15,766,200
Rape prevention and services-0.5 FTE position........... 5,097,300 5,097,300
Child advocacy centers-0.5 FTE position................. 2,000,000 2,000,000
Michigan community service commission-15.0 FTE
positions............................................. 11,621,300 11.621,300
Housing and support services............................ 13,031,000 13,031,000
Grants administration services-13.0 FTE positions....... 2,165,100 2,165,100
Justice assistance grants............................... 59,279,300 59,279,300
Crime victim rights services grants..................... 16,870,000 16,870,000
Community services and outreach administration-11.0
FTE positions......................................... 1,459,100 1,459,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 187,744,900 $ 187,744,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 11,673,100 11,673,100
Total other federal revenues............................ 142,139,000 142,139,000
Special revenue funds:
Private - collections................................... 44,100 44,100
Child advocacy centers fund............................. 2,000,000 2,000,000
Sexual assault victims’ prevention and treatment fund... 3,000,000 3,000,000
Compulsive gambling prevention fund..................... 1,043,100 1,043,100
Crime victims rights fund............................... 15,327,200 15,327,200
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 12,518,400 $ 12,518,400
Sec. 8-105. CHILDREN’S SERVICES AGENCY – CHILD WELFARE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 3,848.2 3,848.2
Children’s services administration-169.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 19,513,200 $ 19,513,200
Title IV-E compliance and accountability office-4.0
FTE positions......................................... 421,300 421,300
Child welfare field staff - caseload compliance-
2,511.0 FTE positions................................. 230,862,600 230,862,600
Child welfare field staff – noncaseload compliance-
320.0 FTE positions................................... 33,671,400 33,671,400
Education planners-15.0 FTE positions................... 1,521,100 1,521,100
Peer coaches-45.5 FTE positions......................... 5,702,100 5,702,100
Child welfare first line supervisors-578.0 FTE
positions............................................. 72,313,800 72,313,800
Second line supervisors and technical staff-54.0 FTE
positions............................................. 8,833,600 8,833,600
Permanency resources managers-28.0 FTE positions........ 3,170,200 3,170,200
Contractual services, supplies, and materials........... 9,280,000 9,280,000
Settlement monitor...................................... 1,885,800 1,885,800
Foster care payments.................................... 184,213,500 184,213,500
Guardianship assistance program......................... 11,966,500 11,966,500
Child care fund......................................... 180,201,700 180,201,700
Child care fund administration-4.2 FTE positons......... 592,900 592,900
Adoption subsidies...................................... 223,365,400 223,365,400
Adoption support services-10.0 FTE positions............ 26,926,700 26,926,700
Youth in transition-4.5 FTE positions................... 15,021,900 15,021,900
Child welfare medical/psychiatric evaluations........... 10,435,500 10,435,500
Psychotropic oversight.................................. 618,200 618,200
Performance based funding implementation-3.0 FTE
positions............................................. 1,778,900 1,778,900
Family support subsidy.................................. 16,951,400 16,951,400
Interstate compact...................................... 179,600 179,600
Strong families/safe children........................... 12,350,100 12,350,100
Family preservation programs-23.0 FTE positions......... 38,872,800 38,872,800
Family preservation and prevention services
administration—9.0 FTE positions...................... 1,291,300 1,291,300
Child abuse and neglect – children’s justice act—1.0
FTE position.......................................... 621,800 621,800
Children’s trust fund-12.0 FTE positions................ 3,323,400 3,323,400
Attorney general contract............................... 4,321,800 4,321,800
Prosecuting attorney contracts.......................... 3,061,700 3,061,700
Child protection........................................ 800,300 800,300
Child welfare licensing-57.0 FTE positions.............. 6,549,800 6,549,800
Child welfare administration travel..................... 375,000 375,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 1,130,995,300 $ 1,130,995,300
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of education........................ 90,200 90,200
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 312,560,100 312,560,100
Total other federal revenues............................ 365,783,600 365,783,600
Special revenue funds:
Private – collections................................... 2,424,000 2,424,000
Local funds – county chargeback......................... 14,194,000 14,194,000
Children’s trust fund................................... 2,090,500 2,090,500
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 433,852,900 $ 433,852,900
Sec. 8-106. CHILDREN’S SERVICES AGENCY – JUVENILE JUSTICE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 111.5 111.5
W.J. Maxey training school.............................. $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,0000
Bay pines center-42.0 FTE positions..................... 4,933,300 4,933,300
Shawono center-42.0 FTE positions....................... 5,021,400 5,021,400
County juvenile officers................................ 3,904,300 3,904,300
Community support services-3.0 FTE positions............ 2,110,500 2,110,500
Juvenile justice, administration and maintenance-22.0
FTE positions......................................... 3,543,700 3,543,700
Committee on juvenile justice administration-2.5 FTE
positions............................................. 350,700 350,700
Committee on juvenile justice grants.................... 3,000,000 3,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 23,863,900 $ 23,863,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total other federal revenues............................ 8,028,400 8,028,400
Special revenue funds:
Local funds – state share education funds............... 1,324,200 1,324,200
Local funds – county chargeback......................... 4,512,000 4,512,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 9,999,300 $ 9,999,300
Sec. 8-107. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Full-time equated classified positions................ 8.0 8.0
Family independence program............................. $ 115,224,600 $ 115,224,600
State disability assistance payments.................... 12,353,900 12,353,900
Food assistance program benefits........................ 2,348,117,400 2,348,117,400
State supplementation................................... 63,357,400 63,357,400
State supplementation administration.................... 2,381,100 2,381,100
Low-income home energy assistance program............... 174,951,600 174,951,600
Food bank funding....................................... 1,795,000 1,795,000
Multicultural integration funding....................... 13,303,800 13,303,800
Indigent burial......................................... 4,300,000 4,300,000
Emergency services local office allocations............. 10,357,500 10,357,500
Michigan energy assistance program—1.0 FTE position..... 50,000,000 50,000,000
Refugee assistance program—7.0 FTE positions............ 27,986,100 27,986,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 2,824,128,400 $ 2,824,128,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 69,267,600 69,267,600
Total other federal revenues............................ 2,545,749,600 2,545,749,600
Special revenue funds:
Child support collections............................... 10,863,700 10,863,700
Supplemental security income recoveries................. 5,470,900 5,470,900
Public assistance recoupment revenue.................... 6,290,000 6,290,000
Low-income energy assistance fund....................... 50,000,000 50,000,000
Michigan merit award trust fund......................... 30,100,000 30,100,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 106,386,600 $ 106,386,600
Sec. 8-108. FIELD OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 6,546.5 6,546.5
Public assistance field staff-5,349.5 FTE positions..... $ 533,255,500 $ 533,255,500
Contractual services, supplies, and materials........... 16,282,000 16,282,000
Medical/psychiatric evaluations......................... 1,420,100 1,420,100
Donated funds positions-538.0 FTE positions............. 60,878,700 60,878,700
Training and program support-65.0 FTE positions......... 10,252,400 10,252,400
Volunteer services and reimbursement.................... 942,400 942,400
Field policy and administration-66.0 FTE positions...... 10,262,400 10,262,400
Nutrition education-2.0 FTE positions................... 23,042,700 23,042,700
Employment and training support services................ 4,219,100 4,219,100
Michigan rehabilitation services-526.0 FTE
positions............................................. 131,171,800 131,171,800
Independent living...................................... 12,031,600 12,031,600
Electronic benefit transfer (EBT)....................... 8,509,000 8,509,000
Elder law of Michigan MiCAFE contract................... 350,000 350,000
Field staff travel...................................... 8,103,900 8,103,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 820,721,600 $ 820,721,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of corrections...................... 101,200 101,200
IDG from department of education........................ 7,678,800 7,678,800
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 102,539,700 102,539,700
Federal supplemental security income.................... 8,588,600 8,588,600
Total other federal revenues............................ 410,322,600 410,322,600
Special revenue funds:
Local funds – donated funds............................. 11,137,600 11,137,600
Local vocational rehabilitation match................... 6,534,600 6,534,600
Private funds – donated funds........................... 18,440,200 18,440,200
Private funds – gifts, bequests, and donations.......... 1,854,600 1,854,600
Rehabilitation service fees............................. 400,000 400,000
Second injury fund...................................... 40,000 40,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 253,083,700 $ 253,083,700
Sec. 8-109. DISABILITY DETERMINATION SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 587.4 587.4
Disability determination operations—583.3 FTE
positions............................................. $ 111,392,700 $ 111,392,700
Retirement disability determination—4.1 FTE
positions............................................. 602,900 602,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 111,995,600 $ 111,995,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from DTMB – office of retirement services........... 778,300 778,300
Federal revenues:
Total other federal revenues............................ 107,784,000 107,784,000
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 3,433,300 $ 3,433,300
Sec. 8-110. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
Full-time equated classified positions................ 100.0 100.0
Behavioral health program administration—99.0 FTE
positions............................................. $ 60,084,200 $ 60,084,200
Gambling addiction—1.0 FTE position..................... 3,005,900 3,005,900
Protection and advocacy services support................ 194,400 194,400
Federal and other special projects...................... 2,535,600 2,535,600
Office of recipient rights.............................. 2,700,000 2,700,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION..................................... $ 68,520,100 $ 68,520,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families.............................................. 180,500 180,500
Total other federal revenues............................ 36,493,600 36,493,600
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues.................................. 1,004,700 1,004,700
Total other state restricted revenues................... 3,005,900 3,005,900
State general fund/general purpose...................... $ 27,835,400 $ 27,835,400
Sec. 8-111. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions................ 9.5 9.5
Medicaid mental health services......................... $ 2,287,190,100 $ 2,287,190,100
Community mental health non-Medicaid services........... 117,050,400 117,050,400
Medicaid substance abuse disorder services.............. 49,964,500 49,964,500
Civil service charges................................... 1,499,300 1,499,300
Federal mental health block grant—2.5 FTE positions..... 15,454,600 15,454,600
State disability assistance program substance use
disorder services..................................... 2,018,800 2,018,800