FY 2002-03 STATE POLICE BUDGET - H.B. 5650 (S-1): COMMITTEE SUMMARY

House Bill 5650 (S-1 as reported)

Committee: Appropriations

FY 2001-02 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation $410,333,800
Changes from FY 2001-02 Year-to-Date:
1. DNA Analysis Program. The bill provides for additional restricted revenue to reflect recent legislation allowing for costs of lab services to be obtained from convicted persons. 1,600,000
2. Emergency Management. The bill provides additional Federal funds related to anti-terrorism efforts. 2,750,100
3. Reimbursed Services. The bill provides for increased reimbursement for State Police services, including $500,000 from Grand Rapids to run the City's dispatch services. 745,300
4. Concealed Weapons Law Implementation. The bill eliminates funds appropriated under PA 381 of 2000 which had been used to implement the new concealed weapons law. (1,000,000)
5. Motor Carrier Enforcement. The Governor and House removed $1.4 million in unspent State Trunkline funds and 13.0 FTEs. The Senate continued the appropriation. 0
6. Security Regulation. The Senate removed the office regulating security guards, private detectives, alarm contractors, and railroad police and recommends its transfer (with 6.0 FTEs) to CIS. (450,000)
7. Firefighter Training. The Senate added GF/GP funds to be earmarked to M.S.U. for firefighter training. The House and Senate did not include this grant. 400,000
8. City of Detroit Grant. The Governor recommended elimination, but the Senate and House included the $721,100 GF/GP current-year grant. 0
9. Lump Sum Payments/Position Reductions. The bill removes $375 lump sum payments made to State employees in the current year and eliminates 40 vacant positions to offset economic adjustments. (4,629,800)
10. Secondary Road Patrol. The bill includes a full-year phase-in of increased traffic fine revenue to support the program. Included is an increase of $6.1 million in restricted funds and a reduction of $1.6 million GF/GP. 4,500,000
11. Information Technology. The bill transfers $22,668,600 in funds for appropriation for information technology functions to a new unit and 157.0 FTEs to a new department. 0
12. Economic Adjustments. 5,811,000
13. Other Changes. (412,700)
14. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The bill is $3,203,200 Gross and $1,121,100 GF/GP over the Governor's Recommendation.
Total Changes $9,313,900
FY 2002-03 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Gross Appropriation $419,647,700

FY 2002-03 STATE POLICE BUDGET - BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
Changes from FY 2001-02 Year to Date:
1. Ticket Quotas. The bill eliminates language prohibiting traffic citations issued being used for promotion or assignment.
2. School Violence Hotline. The bill eliminates a requirement that funds should be spent for a school violence telephone hotline.
3. Sex Offenders Website. The bill eliminates language requiring the establishment of a sex offenders website featuring photos.
4. Privatization. The bill eliminates language that would require a privatization report 60 days before beginning any effort to privatize.
5. Aircraft Report. The bill eliminates language requiring an aircraft-use report.
6. Community Policing. The bill eliminates language requiring the development of a community policing curriculum by the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.
7. Alcohol Checklanes. The bill removes language prohibiting the use of alcohol checklanes.
8. Maximum Troopers. The bill removes language requiring the maximum number of troopers on the road as possible.
9. Private Security Guard Licensing. The bill eliminates receipt and expenditure of restricted funds for the private security licensing program.
10. Trooper Levels. The bill replaces language requiring steps be taken to obtain a trooper count of 1,349 to language requiring trooper graduations of a minimum of 110 with a status report due on 11/15/02. (Sec. 222)
11. LEIN Probation Information. The bill replaces existing language which calls for a study of feasibility of police officer access to probation information on the LEIN system to language requiring its placement on LEIN. (Sec. 307)
12. Grant to City of Detroit. The bill adds language to existing boilerplate stating legislative intent that the City of Detroit take effective steps to obtain accreditation and CODIS certification for its police laboratory. (Sec. 701)
13. Evidence Collection. The bill replaces existing language requiring a study of faulty evidence collection to new language requiring adherence to certain evidence collection procedures in sexual assault cases. (Sec. 703)
14. School Bus Inspections. The bill adds to language that requires annual school bus inspection by adding a report requirement. (Sec. 1401)
15. Secondary Road Patrol Funding. The bill removes language allowing receipt and expenditure of additional restricted funds for the secondary road patrol program and instead requires report on status of restricted fund receipts. (Sec. 401)
16. Police Post Notification. The bill includes new language requiring 180 days notice prior to closing or consolidating a State Police Post. (Sec. 224)
17. Early Retirement. Language is included which provides for procedures to transfer early retirement savings to new early retirement savings line. (Sec. 261)
18. Feasibility Study. The bill includes a requirement to complete a feasibility study to coordinate facility and law enforcement efforts with Jackson County, the City of Jackson, and the Department. (Sec. 262)
19. Information Technology. The bill includes language requiring the Department to pay for information technology to new department and to allow for designation of information technology appropriation as a work project. (Sec. 303, 304)
20. Fire Safety Grant. The bill includes language requiring $400,000 to go to Michigan State University to train fire fighters in the State. (Sec. 902)
21. Aeronautics Officer. The language would require one-third fund support for an aeronautics safety officer within MDOT. (Sec. 1202)
22. Recovery Boats. The language would require the stationing of a minimum of one State Police recovery boat in the Upper Peninsula. (Sec. 1203)

Date Completed: 5-07-02 - Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker