FY 2014-15 JUDICIARY BUDGET S.B. 771 (S-1): SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC.
Senate Bill 771 (S-1 as reported) Throughout this document Senate means Appropriations Committee
Committee: Appropriations
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$284,814,100 |
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1. Regionalization and Expansion of Drug and DWI Courts. Governor and Senate recognized the ability to access funding for Federal grants to increase the number of drug courts and DWI/sobriety courts with $0 GF/GP. Total funding for FY 2014-15 would be $1,375,000 and would also be used to encourage the regionalization of DWI/sobriety courts. |
725,000 |
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2. Expand Mental Health Diversion Program. Funding would provide for a mental health program which would use a multi-agency approach to improve outcomes for persons with serious mental illness. The added resources would seek to prevent repeated hospitalizations or incarceration of these individuals. Senate added $1,150,000; the Governor had requested $1,730,000. |
1,100,000 |
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3. Trial Court Performance Innovations Fund. The Fund, $1.0 million GF/GP in FY 2013-14, provides incentives to courts to become early adopters of best practices such as performance indicators and provides seed money for projects that improve court efficiency. The Governor maintained the FY 2013-14 amount, but moved it to an individual one-time line item. Senate removed this funding. |
(1,000,000) |
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4. Implementation of Case Management System. SCAO is leading the implementation of a new unified case management information system called Michigan Court System (MiCS). Governor moved $3.5 million out of one-time and added $634,300, resulting in $4.1 million in ongoing funding. Senate revised the increase requested by the Governor and moved the funding back to a one-time item for annual review purposes. |
9,300 |
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5. State Appellate Defender Office (SADO). Governor and Senate replaced Federal grant funding for 3.0 FTEs with $350,000 GF/GP, to enable the office to continue these positions. |
0 |
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6. Judgeship Attrition Savings. In accordance with the 2011 Judicial Resource Recommendation, the Legislature passed a package of bills reducing approximately 40 judgeships by attrition; associated with these reductions the Governor and Senate reflected GF/GP savings that will be achieved by the attrition of 5.0 judgeships. |
(563,000) |
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7. Align State with Federal Court Interpretation Rules. Governor proposed investing $245,000 GF/GP to make certain the State complies with court interpretation for those with limited English ability. Senate rejected this recommendation. |
0 |
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8. Indigent Defense Commission. Governor and Senate increased funding for administrative staffing from $750,000 to $1,000,000 GF/GP. |
250,000 |
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9. Economic Adjustments. Includes $278,900 reduction in Gross and $226,500 reduction in GF/GP for OPEB and $1,926,600 increase in Gross and $1,631,800 increase in GF/GP for other economic adjustments. Senate concurred with the Governor's recommendation. |
1,647,700 |
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10. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. Senate is $2,500,000 Gross and GF/GP under the Governor. |
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$2,169,000 |
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FY 2014-15 Senate Appropriations Committee Gross Appropriation............................................ |
$286,983,100 |
FY 2014-15 JUDICIARY BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
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Changes from FY 2013-14 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Deletions. In keeping with the condensed structure of the Governor's budget, the following current-year language sections were not included: 204, 212, 306, 309, 310, 312, 321, 323, 1201, and 1202. Senate rejected these deletions and restored all of the boilerplate sections. |
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2. Definitions. Governor eliminated a number of definitions for Federal agencies as well as some terms specific to appropriations. Senate rejected these deletions and restored all of the definitions. (Sec. 11-203) |
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3. Out-of-State Travel. Governor revised the section regarding out-of-state travel reporting; the language changes are mainly technical. Senate concurred with this change. (Sec. 11-215) |
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4. Legacy Costs Reporting. Governor proposed a new section stating the total legacy costs as well as the separately stated legacy pension and retiree health care costs. Senate concurred with this new section. (Sec. 11-224) |
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5. Court of Claims Funding Identification. Governor revised the section detailing the amount the Judiciary has identified for the reimbursement to the Court of Claims. Senate concurred with this new section. (Sec. 11-303) |
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6. Mental Health Diversion Council. Governor proposed a new section stating the amounts appropriated for mental health courts and diversion services is intended to be used upon the recommendations from the Mental Health Diversion Council. Senate revised the amount in this section to $1,150,000. (Sec. 11-307) |
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7. Swift-and-Sure Sanctions – Revise. Governor's proposed revision would no longer see the court which receives funding provide the report on the Swift-and-Sure Sanction program. Instead, the Governor proposed that the State Court Administrative Office provide the report. Senate concurred with this revision. (Sec. 11-320(2)) |
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8. Foster Parents and Foster Care Process. Senate proposed three new sections dealing foster parents and foster care processes. (Secs. 11-205, 206, 207) |
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9. Juvenile Justice Vision 20/20. Senate proposed new section establishing funding for the juvenile justice 20/20 program. (Sec. 11-209) |
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10. Sexual Abuse Prevention Taskforce. Senate proposed new section for providing resources for a sexual abuse prevention taskforce. (Sec. 11-210) |
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11. Michigan Rehabilitative Services/Swift-and-Sure. Senate proposed language which will establish an interagency collaboration with Department of Human Services which will expand the swift-and-sure probation and parole program. (Sec. 11-211) |
Date Completed: 4-24-14 Fiscal Analyst: John Maxwell
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.