FY 2014-15 STATE POLICE BUDGET S.B. 776: GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION
Senate Bill 776 (as introduced) Vehicle for Governor’s Recommendation line items is Senate Bill 837
Committee: Appropriations
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$606,819,000 |
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1. New Trooper School. Governor recommended $13.5 million gross, $12.6 million GF/GP for costs of a new trooper school to graduate 100 new troopers in 2015. Funding includes $5.7 million in one-time costs and $7.8 million in ongoing costs. Target is to increase At-Post Trooper strength from a projected October 1, 2014, of 1,084 to 1,184 on October 1, 2014. |
13,500,000 |
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2. FY 2013-14 Trooper School – 2nd Year Costs. Governor recommended $2.7 million GF/GP to pay for ongoing salary and other costs associated with the full year fiscal impact of 107 graduates from a trooper school to graduate in May, 2014. |
2,694,400 |
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3. New Motor Carrier Officer School. Governor’s budget included $5.2 million GF/GP to fund a motor carrier officer school expected to graduate 31 officers. Funding includes $2.0 million in one-time costs and $3.2 million in ongoing costs. |
5,232,300 |
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4. New Helicopter Purchase. Governor recommended adding $5.2 million GF/GP for the purchase of a new Bell 407 helicopter, the purpose of which is to allow MSP to double its patrol efforts in distressed cities and allow greater coverage of outstate Michigan with the other two helicopters in its fleet. Funding includes $246,000 in ongoing costs and $4.9 million in one-time costs. |
5,178,000 |
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5. Emergency Support Team Vehicle Replacement. Governor included $225,000 GF/GP for a one-time expenditure to replace a 1981 Dodge Peacemaker with a new armored Lenco Bearcat. |
225,000 |
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6. LEIN Initiatives. Governor recommended Restricted fund support for disaster recovery costs ($312,800) and a programing language upgrade to XML ($350,000 one-time). |
662,800 |
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7. Local Public Safety Initiative. Governor recommended adding $5.0 million GF/GP for a one-time grant program to locals which are to have a focus in school safety. |
5,000,000 |
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8. Automated Fingerprint Identification System Maintenance/Upgrade. Restricted funds. |
2,187,200 |
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9. New Electric Warrant System. Governor added $800,000 GF/GP for a new electronic warrant system. Funding includes $750,000 in one-time costs and $50,000 in ongoing costs. |
800,000 |
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10. Saginaw Area Records Management System. Governor added $1,528,000 GF/GP and 8.0 FTEs for an MSP takeover of Saginaw area records management system. |
1,528,000 |
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11. Laboratory Operations Fund Shift. Governor recommended shifting $118,000 in expired Federal funding and $4.0 million in State Services Fee Fund revenue to GF/GP in order to continue full support of lab operations. |
0 |
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12. Removal of One-Time GF/GP Appropriations for FY 2013-14. |
(6,561,900) |
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13. Technical Shift of Public Safety Communications System Funding to DTMB Budget. |
(16,340,900) |
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14. Reductions to Reflect Actual Revenues Received. |
(369,700) |
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15. Economic Adjustments. Includes a negative $295,000 Gross and a negative $47,100 GF/GP for OPEB and $19,063,800 Gross and $13,873,900 GF/GP for other economic adjustments. |
18,768,800 |
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$32,504,000 |
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FY 2014-15 Governor's Recommendation........................................................................... |
$639,323,000 |
The changes show the differences between the schedule of programs proposed by the Governor and the prior-year line items.
FY 2014-15 STATE POLICE BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
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Changes from FY 2013-14 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Incoming IDGs. Governor struck language listing all incoming IDGs to the MSP budget. (Sec. 204) |
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2. Outgoing IDGs. Governor struck language listing all outgoing IDGs from the MSP budget. (Sec. 205) |
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3. Buy American. Governor struck language requiring giving preference to small businesses and removed definitions for "small business" and "veterans." (Sec. 209) |
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4. Retain Reports. Governor eliminated requirement for all reports to be kept and retained by MSP. (Sec. 212) |
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5. Disciplinary Action. Governor eliminated language prohibiting action against employee who communicates with Legislature. (Sec. 215) |
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6. Schedule of Programs. Governor struck subsection (2) stating that revenue resources in part 1 may or may not be received from the funding entities listed and subsection (3) provides that Secondary Road Patrol Grants are ruled by existing statute. |
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7. Efficiencies. Governor removed language outlining priorities for finding MSP budgetary efficiencies. (Sec. 217) |
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8. Quarterly Reports. Governor removed requirement for detailed MSP quarterly reports. (Sec. 219) |
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9. Post Closure/Consolidation. Governor struck requirement for MSP to give a 90-day notice prior to recommending a post closure or consolidation. (Sec. 222) |
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10. Privatization. Governor struck requirement for MSP to give 60-day notice prior to effort to privatize, with an evaluation report. (Sec. 223) |
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11. Unclassified Positions Listing. Governor removed language listing unclassified positions and requiring notice when a new position is created. (Sec. 250) |
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12. Executive Direction. Governor struck section requiring effective and efficient administrative leadership be provided. (Sec. 251) |
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13. Special Operations and Events. Governor removed section requiring effective protection for Governor and visiting dignitaries. (Sec. 252) |
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14. Legacy Costs. Governor added NEW language which states the legacy costs for pensions and health care within the appropriations in part 1. (Sec. 254) |
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15. Training. Governor removed a subsection (5) which required that MSP place an emphasis on recruiting MCOLES certified officers as candidates for trooper schools. (Sec. 302) |
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16. Criminal History Systems. Governor removed subsection (12) which required a report defining a list of options to reduce the LEIN budget by 5% without adversely affecting services to customers and subsection (15) which required the sex offender registry unit to follow up on tips assigned to law enforcement within 10 working days. (Sec. 304) |
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17. Traffic Safety and Enforcement. Governor added language to subsection (3) to require 4,000 patrol hours be committed to Belle Isle Park and removed subsection (6) (c) which required a statistical report on the number of law enforcement officers employed by the cities in distress and the number of prosecutions from those locations and removed subsection (8) which required the use of funds for security at events to support for show-of-force, enforcement, or traffic safety efforts during major public events. (Sec. 501) |
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18. Criminal Investigations. Governor changed within subsection (2) the reference standard metric for hours of crime investigation from that of FY2010-11 to FY 2012-13 and changed to date due for a required report in subsection (6) from October 1 to December 1. (Sec. 602) |
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19. Support Services. Governor removed a subsection required that administrative support be provided for Department operations and that guidelines for accounting and fiscal controls be followed. (Sec. 701) |
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20. State Emergency Operations Center and Preparedness. Governor removed subsection (9) which specified that $500,000 from part 1 shall be spent to support the Urban Search and Rescue Taskforce. (Sec. 703) |
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21. Highway Safety Planning and Awareness. Governor removed a requirement that the Department shall provide highway safety information and awareness to the public and other interested parties. (Sec. 705) |
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22. Secondary Road Patrol Program. Governor removed language providing guidelines for GF/GP one-time grant and provision for a review of the program. (Sec. 801) |
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23. Trooper Recruits. Governor removed requirement to have staff and resources to train at least 107 trooper recruits. (Sec. 802) |
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24. Grand Rapids Crime Lab. Governor removed language specifying that one-time appropriation be used for special maintenance at the lab. (Sec. 803) |
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25. Emergency Response Team. Governor removed language specifying that one-time appropriation be used to purchase two specialized vehicles for the emergency response team. (Sec. 804) |
Date Completed: 2-21-14 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker
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.