Coordinator: Al Valenzio

Phone:  373-8080

Date:  December 13, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS

  1.  Receipt of Federal Funds

Additional federal funds to support departmental operations.

Gross

Federal

$443,200

443,200

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  1.  State Parks Court Settlement

This appropriation covers the balance of a settlement against the State ofMichigan for an accidental death at a state park.  The initial $1.0 million was paid by the Department of Management and Budget from the contingency fund maintained for court judgments against the State.

Gross

Restricted

$375,000

375,000

   2.  Payments in Lieu of Taxes

This shift is for county revenue sharing payments replaces revenue lost by 20 counties due to calendar issues with property tax collections and payments.

Gross

Restricted

$0

0

Budgetary Issues FY 2005-06:

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

  1.  Baldwin Prison

Associated boilerplate directs department to first utilize beds at the Youth Correctional Facility rather than expand any other existing prison.

Gross

GF/GP

$100

100

HIGHER EDUCATION

    1.  Veterans Tuition Grant Program

Program has been statutorily shifted from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget.  This appropriation will cover estimated winter 2006 tuition payments of eligible children of disabled and deceased veterans.

Gross

GF/GP

$500,000

$500,000

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

  1.  Barry County Domestic Violence Services

Appropriation is related to boilerplate which allocates federal funds toBarryCounty to support domestic violence programming.

Gross

Federal

$100

100

2.  Pilot Indigent Burial Program

Appropriation is related to boilerplate allowing the DHS to establish a pilot program for indigent burials.

Gross

Federal

$100

100

3.  Out-of-State Child Placement

Appropriation is related to revised boilerplate which limits the placement of foster children in out-of-state facilities.

Gross

Federal

$100

100

4.  Child Support Incentive Payments

Appropriation is related to revised boilerplate providing guidelines for the use of federal child support incentive payment funding.

Gross

Federal

$100

100

LEGISLATURE

    1.  Legislative Council, Special Study

Authorizes the Council to hire a private firm to evaluate the management, efficiency, and effectiveness of the state's prison system.

Gross

GF/GP

$500,000

$500,000

    2.  Legislative Council, Redistricting Project

To begin establishing a database.

Gross

GF/GP

$208,000

$208,000

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

   1.  Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool

Tie-bars the appropriation for the $500,000 water withdrawal assessment tool to passage of Senate Bills 850 and 851 (water withdrawal regulatory bills currently in the Senate creating the groundwater conservation advisory council).

Gross

Restricted

$500,000

500,000

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

  1.  Tobacco Securitization Economic Development

This is for a private drug research institute that has received a specific federal appropriation prior to 2005 for the creation of a good manufacturing facility.

Gross

Restricted

$1,000,000

1,000,000

   2.  State Sports Tourism

Provide grants for security for the Super Bowl game activities.

Gross

Restricted

$1,000,000

1,000,000

   3.  Agricultural Development Fund

Provide grants and loans pursuant to statute.

Gross

Restricted

$5,000,000

5,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  1.  Sec.  1101.  PILT Allocations

Describes the purpose of the payments to selected counties adversely affected by the enactment of the single payment provision of the revenue sharing act.

Included  

Boilerplate Issues FY 2005-06:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

1.  Sec.  231.  Medicare Part D Complaints

Directs department to keep a record of all constituent complaints regarding this new federal program.

Included  

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

1.  Sec.  241. Baldwin Prison

Directs department to first utilize beds at the Youth Correctional Facility rather than expand any other existing prison.

Included  

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

1.  Sec. 251.BarryCounty Domestic Violence

Allocates $75,000 in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding toBarryCounty to support domestic violence programming.

Included  

2.  Sec. 252.  Pilot Indigent Burial Program

Allows the DHS to conduct a pilot indigent burial program in selected counties.  The indigent burial program provides state support to cover funeral and burial expenses for deceased low-income individuals.  The pilot program would not be subject to the payment caps currently contained in Section 613 of the FY 2006 DHS budget act.  These caps provide maximum payments to funeral directors ($579), cemeteries/crematoriums ($192), and vault providers ($138).

Included  

3.  Sec. 253.  Out-of-State Child Placement

Replaces current boilerplate language which limits state-funded placements of children in out-of-state facilities.  Section 513 of the FY 2006 DHS budget act establishes four conditions which must be met for a child to be placed out-of-state.  One of those conditions is that no available appropriateMichigan placement is available within 100 miles of the child's home, while an out-of-state placement does exist within 100 miles of the child's home.  The replacement language revises the condition to require that no appropriate placement be available anywhere withinMichigan.

Included  

4.  Sec. 254.  Child Support Incentive Payments

Revises current boilerplate language in Section 901 of the FY 2006 DHS budget act which provides guidelines for the use of federal child support incentive funds.  The new language reinserts a provision from the FY 2005 budget that counties receive an allocation from federal incentive payments no less than the total amount paid for FY 2001.

Included  

LEGISLATURE

  1.   Sec.  301.  Legislative Council, Special Study

 Authorizes the Council to hire a private firm to evaluate the management, efficiency, and effectiveness of the state's prison system.

Included  

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  1.  Sec.  401.  Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool

Tie-bars the appropriation for the $500,000 water withdrawal assessment tool to passage of Senate Bills 850 and 851 (water withdrawal regulatory bills currently in the Senate creating the groundwater conservation advisory council).

Included  

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

1.  Sec.  501.  Super Bowl Game Security.

Directs funds.

Included  

2.  Sec.  502.  Tobacco Securitization Economic Development

This is for a private drug research institute that has received a specific federal appropriation prior to 2005 for the creation of a good manufacturing facility.

Included  

3.  Sec.  503.  Agricultural Development Fund

Directs loans and grants to be made pursuant to statute and that Part 1 funds are to be combined with funds appropriated under PA 270 of 1984.

Included  

REPEALERS

1.  1201.  Repealers

Sections 513 and 901 from the Department of Human Services budget act are repealed.

Included