SECONDARY ROAD PATROL GRANT WAIVER H.C.R. 14:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-ADOPTED RESOLUTION
House Concurrent Resolution 14 (as passed the House)
Sponsor: Representative Sarah Lightner
House Committee: Appropriations
Senate Committee: Committee of the Whole
The resolution would exercise an option under Public Act 416 of 1978 that permits the Legislature to declare that counties applying for Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for sheriff's patrols do not have to meet statutory law enforcement maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements in order to receive funding, due to cuts in general services related to economic conditions, and that cities and villages do not have to meet MOE requirements to be eligible for road patrol services by county sheriff's departments under the same circumstances. The resolution would exercise this option for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22.
The resolution would have no overall impact on State expenditures. It would allow those counties (Branch, Iosco, Shiawassee, and Wayne) that are not currently able to meet the MOE standard for normal receipt of Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for FY 2021-22 to receive them. Otherwise, those funds (totaling $11.4 million for FY 2021-22), distributed on a percentage basis to eligible counties, garnered from a $10 surcharge on moving violations, would be redistributed to counties that meet the MOE standard. The grant distribution to these counties would be made available to them if HCR 14 were adopted by both chambers of the Legislature, and would make possible grant payments of $85,405 to Branch County, $71,571 to Iosco County, $104,841 to Shiawassee County, and $1,647,152 to Wayne County. The House adopted HCR 14 on December 2, 2021.
The Legislature has passed similar waiver resolutions for the past several years, including most recently HCR 30 of 2020.
Date Completed: 12-7-21 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.