FY 2014-15 JUDICIARY BUDGET S.B. 771 (CR-1): CONFERENCE REPORT
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$284,814,100 |
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Items Included by the Senate and House |
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1. Regionalization and Expansion of Drug and DWI Courts. Governor, Senate, and House 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. State Appellate Defender Office (SADO). Governor, Senate, and House 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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3. Judgeship Attrition Savings. In accordance with the 2011 Judicial Resource Recommendation, the Legislature passed a package of bills reducing judgeships through attrition; associated with these reductions the Governor, Senate, and House reflected GF/GP savings that will be achieved by the attrition of 12.0 judgeships. |
(1,528,500) |
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4. Indigent Defense Commission. Governor, Senate, and House increased funding for administrative staffing from $750,000 to $1,000,000 GF/GP. |
250,000 |
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5. 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 and House concurred with the Governor's recommendation. |
1,647,700 |
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Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
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6. 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. Governor and House added $1,730,000 Gross and GF/GP. Senate included $1,100,000. Conference concurred with House. |
1,730,000 |
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7. Trial Court Performance Innovations Fund. Governor and House recommended $1.0 million GF/GP for incentives to courts to improve efficiency. Senate did not include. Conference reduced funding by $625,000 Gross and GF/GP. |
(625,000) |
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8. Implementation of Case Management System. SCAO is leading the implementation of a new unified case management information system called Michigan Court System (MiCS). Governor and House moved $3.5 million from one-time and added $634,300, resulting in $4.1 million in ongoing funding. Senate did not include increase or funds movement. Conference concurred with House. |
634,300 |
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9. Align State with Federal Court Interpretation Rules. Governor and Hose proposed $245,000 GF/GP for access for court interpretation for those with limited English ability. Senate did not include. Conference agreed on increase of $120,000 Gross and GF/GP. |
120,000 |
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$2,953,500 |
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FY 2014-15 Conference Report Ongoing/One-Time Gross Appropriation............................ |
$287,767,600 |
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Amount Over/(Under) GF/GP Target: $0 |
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FY 2014-15 JUDICIARY BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
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Changes from FY 2013-14 Year-to-Date: |
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Items Included by the Senate and House |
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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 and House 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 and House restored all of the definitions. (Sec. 11-203) |
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3. 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 and House concurred with this new section. (Sec. 11-224) |
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4. 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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Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
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5. Out-of-State Travel –REVISE. Governor revised the section regarding out-of-state travel reporting; the language changes are mainly technical. Conference concurred with this change. (Sec. 11-215) |
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6. Legal Self-Help Website –REVISE. House revised language to streamline the reporting requirement for SCAO on the costs and usage data on the website. Senate did not include revision. Conference concurred with the House version. (Sec. 11-321) |
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7. Foster Parents and Foster Care Process –NEW. Senate added two new sections dealing with legislative intent for foster parents in dealing with the foster care process. House did not include. Conference concurred with Senate. (Secs. 11-205 & 207) |
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8. Juvenile Justice Vision 20/20 –NEW. Senate added new section expressing legislative intent for the implementing the juvenile justice 20/20 program. House did not include. Conference revised language to implement if funding becomes available. (Sec. 11-209) |
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9. Michigan Rehabilitation Services/Swift-and-Sure –NEW. Conference added language which will establish an interagency collaboration with Department of Human Services which will expand the swift-and-sure probation program and allow for parolees to participate if pending legislation is enacted. (Sec. 11-211) |
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10. Performance Measures. –NEW. House included performance measure language to detail benchmarks to determine return on taxpayer investment. Governor and Senate did not include. Conference concurred with House. (Sec. 11-225) |
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11. Mental Health Diversion Council –NEW. Governor and House agreed on 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 in the amount of $1,730,000. Senate included language, but amount was $1,100,000. Conference concurred with House. (Sec. 11-307) |
Date Completed: 6-6-14 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.