HOUSE BILL No. 4382

 

 

                           Executive Budget Bill

 

 

 

 

February 23, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Whitmer and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

   A bill to make appropriations for the department of

 

environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006; to provide for the expenditure of those appropriations; to

 

create certain funds and accounts; to require certain reports; to

 

prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and

 

officials; to authorize certain transfers by certain state

 

agencies; and to provide for the disposition of fees and other

 

income received by the various state agencies.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

   Sec. 101.  Subject to the conditions set forth in this bill, the

 


amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of

 

environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006, from the funds indicated in this part.  The following is a

 

summary of the appropriations in this part:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,562.2

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    373,306,000

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        17,096,900

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    356,209,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       142,995,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................           450,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       182,253,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     30,510,300

 

FUND SOURCE SUMMARY:

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,562.2

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    373,306,000

 

   Interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers:

 

IDG-MDCH, local public health operations...............        10,472,500

 

IDG, MDSP..............................................           690,100

 

IDG, Michigan transportation fund......................           986,600

 


IDT, interdivisional charges...........................         2,053,400

 

IDT, laboratory services...............................         2,894,300

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................        17,096,900

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    356,209,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................         1,092,100

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         3,506,200

 

DOD, federal...........................................           508,200

 

DOI, federal...........................................           555,000

 

EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............         1,000,000

 

EPA, multiple..........................................       136,334,200

 

Total federal revenues.................................       142,995,700

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           450,000

 

Total private revenues.................................           450,000

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................           794,400

 

Air emissions fees.....................................        13,119,900

 

Campground fund........................................           224,400

 

Clean Michigan initiative - administration.............         3,169,600

 

Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund...........         3,187,100

 

Clean Michigan initiative – pollution prevention

 

   activities ..........................................            50,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........            44,900

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        15,774,600

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Environmental education fund...........................           203,700

 


Environmental pollution prevention fund................         1,839,700

 

Environmental protection fund..........................           615,100

 

Environmental response fund............................        11,188,100

 

Fees and collections...................................           614,600

 

Financial instruments..................................         5,000,000

 

Great Lakes protection fund............................         2,517,100

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,956,600

 

Hazardous materials transportation permit fund.........           218,800

 

Laboratory data quality recognition fund...............            15,400

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         5,946,500

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            52,100

 

Manufacturing housing commission fees..................           633,300

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           250,400

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............            69,400

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................           231,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................         3,437,700

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         9,660,300

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         2,029,600

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           510,700

 

Public utility assessments.............................           806,600

 

Public water supply fees...............................         4,619,200

 

Publication revenue....................................           112,700

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        34,327,800

 

Retired engineers technical assistance fund............         1,500,000

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        11,400,000

 

Saginaw Bay and river restoration revenue..............           165,300

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................           194,000

 


Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         5,957,500

 

Septage waste contingency fund.........................            35,600

 

Septage waste program fund.............................         2,070,400

 

Settlement funds.......................................         3,317,000

 

Sewage sludge land application fee.....................           838,700

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           108,300

 

Solid waste program fees...............................         4,356,000

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,867,600

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............        10,010,700

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................         4,493,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................         4,671,900

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           177,400

 

Water analysis fees....................................         3,404,800

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................         3,050,200

 

Water quality protection fund..........................            25,000

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           138,000

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       182,253,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     30,510,300

 

    Sec. 102.  EXECUTIVE

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 16.0

 

Unclassified salaries.................................. $        482,600

 

Executive direction--9.0 FTE positions.................         1,138,600

 

Office of the Great Lakes--7.0 FTE positions...........          895,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,517,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOI, federal...........................................           130,900

 

EPA, multiple..........................................           198,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Environmental education fund...........................           203,700

 

Environmental response fund............................           160,400

 

Great Lakes protection fund............................           547,100

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................            96,500

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           218,500

 

Settlement funds.......................................           231,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        730,000

 

    Sec. 103.  DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 67.0

 

Administrative hearings--4.0 FTE positions............. $        401,700

 

Automated data processing..............................         2,053,400

 

Environmental support projects.........................         5,000,000

 

Field operations support--20.0 FTE positions...........         1,476,100

 

Financial and business services--32.0 FTE positions....         1,694,800

 

Human resources optimization user charges..............            59,100

 

Personnel--11.0 FTE positions..........................           704,400

 

Building occupancy charges.............................         7,850,900

 

Rent-privately owned property..........................        1,836,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     21,077,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Intradepartmental transfers:

 

IDT, interdivisional charges...........................         2,053,400

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................            63,900

 


   Special revenue funds:

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................            28,200

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           793,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative - administration.............           179,700

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................         1,124,300

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................            62,600

 

Environmental response fund............................         1,078,600

 

Fees and collections...................................            98,800

 

Financial instruments..................................         5,000,000

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................            49,700

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           111,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................            90,300

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         1,335,500

 

Public utility assessments.............................            12,200

 

Public water supply fees...............................           542,100

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,815,900

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................           102,800

 

Settlement funds.......................................           189,700

 

Sewage sludge land application fee.....................            38,700

 

Solid waste program fees...............................            69,300

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................           220,700

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................           205,800

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................            54,500

 

Water analysis fees....................................           373,100

 

Water use reporting fees...............................             8,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,375,000

 

    Sec. 104.  AIR QUALITY

 


   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 242.0

 

Air quality programs--242.0 FTE positions.............. $     23,632,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     23,632,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         5,161,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emissions fees.....................................        11,115,300

 

Environmental response fund............................            98,900

 

Fees and collections...................................           380,000

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           100,000

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,065,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,711,700

 

    Sec. 105.  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 184.0

 

Environmental services--27.5 FTE positions............. $      2,848,700

 

Laboratory services--68.0 FTE positions................         6,929,900

 

Municipal assistance--35.5 FTE positions...............         5,130,800

 

Pollution prevention and technical assistance--53.0

 

   FTE positions........................................         5,154,200

 

Pollution prevention outreach..........................           300,000

 

Retired engineers technical assistance program.........         1,500,000

 

Revitalization revolving loan program..................        1,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     22,863,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Intradepartmental transfers:

 

IDT, laboratory services...............................         2,894,300

 


   Federal revenues:

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................           333,200

 

EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............         1,000,000

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         3,866,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           300,000

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           712,700

 

Clean Michigan initiative - administration.............           164,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........            44,900

 

Environmental protection fund..........................            64,700

 

Environmental response fund............................           625,300

 

Laboratory data quality recognition fund...............            15,400

 

Public water supply fees...............................           237,300

 

Retired engineers technical assistance fund............         1,500,000

 

Settlement funds.......................................           395,300

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................            91,200

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............           210,700

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................         4,332,600

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           177,400

 

Water analysis fees....................................         2,872,400

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................         2,282,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        743,800

 

    Sec. 106.  OFFICE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 66.0

 

Coal and sand dune management--3.0 FTE positions....... $        612,300

 

Metallic mine reclamation--1.0 FTE position............            69,400

 

Mineral wells management--3.0 FTE positions............           231,200

 


Orphan well--2.0 FTE positions.........................         2,029,600

 

Services to oil and gas--57.0 FTE positions............        7,226,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     10,168,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOI, federal...........................................           418,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............            69,400

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................           231,200

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         7,113,600

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         2,029,600

 

Publication revenue....................................           112,700

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................           194,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

    Sec. 107.  LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

 

   Full time equated classified positions.......... 124.0

 

Program direction--8.0 FTE positions................... $        904,500

 

Field permitting and project assistance--68.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................         6,565,700

 

Great Lakes shorelands--28.0 FTE positions.............         2,644,200

 

Water management--19.5 FTE positions...................        2,361,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     12,475,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, Michigan transportation fund......................           935,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................           842,500

 


DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         1,389,700

 

EPA, multiple..........................................           505,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         5,271,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      3,531,200

 

    Sec. 108.  REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 297.5

 

Contaminated site investigation, cleanup, and

 

   revitalization--230.5 FTE positions.................. $     22,046,300

 

Federal cleanup project management--67.0 FTE positions.         7,882,200

 

Emergency cleanup actions..............................         4,000,000

 

Refined petroleum product cleanup program..............        22,000,000

 

State cleanup 451......................................         3,027,900

 

Superfund cleanup......................................        4,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     62,956,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOD, federal...........................................           498,300

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         9,168,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           150,000

 

Clean Michigan initiative - administration.............         2,251,600

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        13,551,400

 

Environmental protection fund..........................           550,400

 

Environmental response fund............................         8,426,500

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            52,100

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        26,319,000

 


Settlement funds.......................................         1,989,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

    Sec. 109.  WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 183.5

 

Aboveground storage tank program--8.0 FTE positions.... $        766,200

 

Hazardous waste management program--61.0 FTE positions.         5,918,900

 

Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE positions 790,200

 

Medical waste program..................................           250,400

 

Radiological protection program--16.5 FTE positions....         1,504,300

 

Scrap tire regulatory program--11.0 FTE positions......         1,005,200

 

Solid waste management program--50.0 FTE positions.....         4,294,200

 

Underground storage tank program--35.0 FTE positions...        4,362,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     18,891,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, MDSP..............................................           690,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         3,648,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aboveground storage tank fees..........................           766,200

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................         1,777,100

 

Hazardous materials transportation permit fund.........           218,800

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           250,400

 

Public utility assessments.............................           790,200

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         1,005,200

 

Solid waste program fees...............................         4,225,200

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................         4,109,200

 


Waste reduction fee revenue............................            69,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,342,100

 

    Sec. 110.  WATER

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 360.2

 

Drinking water and environmental health--114.2 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     16,789,000

 

Fish contaminant monitoring............................           316,100

 

Groundwater discharge--22.0 FTE positions..............         2,038,600

 

NPDES nonstormwater program--121.4 FTE positions.......        10,486,400

 

Sewage sludge land application program--6.5 FTE

 

   positions............................................           800,000

 

Surface water--96.1 FTE positions......................       15,270,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     45,701,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

EPA, multiple..........................................        18,256,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Campground fund........................................           224,400

 

Clean Michigan initiative - administration.............           574,300

 

Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund...........         3,187,100

 

Environmental response fund............................           158,000

 

Fees and collections...................................           135,800

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,906,900

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           454,500

 

Manufacturing housing commission fees..................           633,300

 

NPDES fees.............................................         3,347,400

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           510,700

 


Public water supply fees...............................         2,167,900

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           825,700

 

Saginaw Bay and river restoration revenue..............           165,300

 

Septage waste contingency fund.........................            35,600

 

Septage waste program fund.............................           545,400

 

Sewage sludge land application fee.....................           800,000

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           108,300

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,555,700

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           631,400

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           129,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      8,347,300

 

    Sec. 111.  CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 22.0

 

Environmental investigations--22.0 FTE positions....... $      2,159,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,159,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................           232,300

 

EPA, multiple..........................................           143,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Environmental response fund............................           123,600

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           339,200

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................           266,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      1,054,600

 

    Sec. 112.  GRANTS

 

Coastal management grants.............................. $      2,000,000

 

Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants......           700,000

 


Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants.......         6,500,000

 

Grants to counties--air pollution......................            83,700

 

Household hazardous waste collection program...........            50,000

 

Radon grants...........................................            90,000

 

Water pollution control and drinking water revolving

 

   fund.................................................       113,053,500

 

Drinking water revolving fund implementation...........         1,330,000

 

Great Lakes research and protection grants.............         1,970,000

 

Local health department operations.....................        10,472,500

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................         1,400,000

 

Pollution prevention local grants......................           250,000

 

Septage waste compliance grants........................         1,525,000

 

Scrap tire grants......................................         4,500,000

 

Volunteer river, stream, and creek cleanup.............           25,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    143,949,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-MDCH, local public health operations...............        10,472,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................         1,700,000

 

EPA, multiple..........................................        93,920,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Clean Michigan initiative – pollution prevention

 

   activities...........................................            50,000

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Great Lakes protection fund............................         1,970,000

 

Public water supply fees...............................         1,400,000

 


Refined petroleum fund.................................            83,700

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        11,400,000

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         4,500,000

 

Septage waste program fund.............................         1,525,000

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............         9,800,000

 

Water quality protection fund..........................            25,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      6,853,500

 

    Sec. 113.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      6,913,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,913,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG, Michigan transportation fund......................            51,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DHS, federal...........................................            17,300

 

DOC-NOAA, federal......................................            83,300

 

DOD, federal...........................................             9,900

 

DOI, federal...........................................             5,800

 

EPA, multiple..........................................         1,402,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emissions fees.....................................           498,900

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................         1,098,900

 

Environmental response fund............................           516,800

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           109,400

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           675,500

 

Public utility assessments.............................             4,200

 

Public water supply fees...............................           271,900

 


Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................            83,400

 

Settlement funds.......................................           511,600

 

Solid waste program fees...............................            61,500

 

Underground storage tank fees..........................           178,200

 

Waste reduction fee revenue............................           215,800

 

Water analysis fees....................................           159,300

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           136,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        821,100

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

    Sec. 201.  Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $212,763,400.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $4,575,000.00.  The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to units of local government will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

Radiological protection program........................ $         25,000

 

GRANTS

 

Household hazardous waste collection program...........            50,000

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................         1,400,000

 

Septage waste compliance program.......................         1,525,000

 


Scrap tire grants......................................        1,575,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $      4,575,000

 

   Sec. 202.  The appropriations authorized under this bill are

 

subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101

 

to 18.1594.

 

   Sec. 203.  As used in this bill:

 

   (a)  "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

 

   (b)  "DHS" means the United States department of homeland

 

security.

 

   (c)  "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.

 

   (d)  "DOC-NOAA" means the DOC national oceanic and atmospheric

 

administration.

 

   (e)  "DOD" means the United States department of defense.

 

   (f)  "DOI" means the United States department of interior.

 

   (g)  "EPA" means the United States environmental protection

 

agency.

 

   (h)  "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

   (i)  "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

   (j)  "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.

 

   (k)  "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.

 

   (l)  "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.

 

   (m)  "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination

 

system.

 

   Sec. 204.  The department of civil service shall bill

 

departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for

 

the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state

 

constitution of 1963.  Payments shall be made for the total amount

 


of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.

 

   Sec. 205.  (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state

 

classified civil service.  State departments and agencies are

 

prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil

 

service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state

 

classified civil service positions.  This hiring freeze does not

 

apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position

 

to another within a department.

 

   (2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this

 

hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the

 

hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency

 

unable to deliver basic services, cause a loss of revenue to the

 

state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal

 

funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any

 

savings from maintaining a vacancy.  The state budget director

 

shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house

 

of representatives standing committees on appropriations the number

 

of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous

 

quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.

 

   Sec. 206.  Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use

 

the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this bill. 

 

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. 207.  Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 


competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available.  Preference should be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality.

 

   Sec. 208.  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. 

 

The 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. 209.  From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology, departments and agencies shall pay user fees to the

 

department of information technology for technology-related

 

services and projects.  Such user fees shall be subject to

 

provisions of an interagency agreement between the departments and

 

agencies and the department of information technology.

 

   Sec. 210.  Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information

 

technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward

 

to support technology projects under the direction of the

 

department of information technology.  Funds designated in this

 

manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work

 

projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.

 

   Sec. 211.  (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this

 

state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the

 


following conditions apply:

 

   (a)  The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

   (b)  The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

   (c)  The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

   (d)  The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

   (e)  The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

   (f)  The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

   (2)  If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or

 

more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director

 

may grant an exception to allow the travel.  Any exceptions granted

 

by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis

 

to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations.

 

   (3)  Not later than January 1 of each year, each department

 

shall prepare a travel report listing 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 chairs and members of the senate and house of

 


representatives standing committees on appropriations, the fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director.  The report shall include

 

the following information:

 

   (a)  The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

   (b)  The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

   (c)  The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

   (d)  A brief statement of the reason for each travel occurrence.

 

   (e)  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.

 

   (f)  A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

   Sec. 212.  (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 bill under section 393(2) of the department of 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 bill under section 393(2) of the department of 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 bill

 

under section 393(2) of the department of 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 bill

 

under section 393(2) of the department of management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

   Sec. 213.  (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, 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 sites that would qualify as brownfields that

 

were 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. 214.  (1) The department of environmental quality is

 


authorized to 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 and the leaking underground storage tank cleanup program.

 

   (2)  Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund

 

contained in 2003 PA 173, are appropriated for expenditure for any

 

site listed in this bill and any site listed in the public acts

 

referenced in this section.

 

   (3)  Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the cleanup and redevelopment fund and

 

unclaimed bottle deposits fund contained in 2003 PA 171, 2003 PA

 

173, 2003 PA 237, and 2004 PA 350 are appropriated for expenditure

 

for any site listed in this bill and any site listed in the public

 

acts referenced in this section.

 

   (4)  Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the clean Michigan initiative fund - response

 

activities contained in 2000 PA 52, 2001 PA 120, 2003 PA 173, 2003

 

PA 237, 2004 PA 350, and 2004 PA 309 are appropriated for

 

expenditure for any site listed in this bill and any site listed in

 

the public acts referenced in this section.

 

   (5)  Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the environmental protection fund contained in

 

2001 PA 43, 2002 PA 520, 2003 PA 171, and 2004 PA 350 are

 

appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this bill and

 

any site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.

 

REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT

 


   Sec. 701.  The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

emergency cleanup actions 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, 2010.