SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 184

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the state transportation

 

department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014; and to

 

provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the state transportation

 

department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, from the

 

following funds:

 

STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

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

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,912.3

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  3,598,616,700

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         3,625,100

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  3,594,991,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................        44,710,000

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.     1,072,497,500

 

DOT, federal railroad administration...................         3,100,000

 

DOT, federal aviation administration...................        78,578,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................     1,198,885,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local revenues.........................................        50,177,100

 

Private revenues.......................................           100,000

 

Total local and private revenues.......................        50,277,100

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        46,212,700

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       281,674,500

 

Economic development fund..............................        42,477,500

 

IRS debt service rebate................................         6,868,800

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................           140,000

 

Local bridge fund......................................        23,787,900

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................       989,713,600

 

Roads and risks reserve fund...........................       115,000,000

 

Rail freight fund......................................         2,000,000

 

State aeronautics fund.................................        14,955,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................       701,698,700

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     2,224,529,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    121,300,000

 


   State general fund/general purpose schedule:

 

Ongoing state general fund/general

 

    purpose............................................. 0

 

One-time state general fund/general

 

    purpose.................................. 121,300,000

 

   Sec. 102. DEBT SERVICE

 

State trunkline........................................ $    199,738,200

 

Economic development...................................        10,003,400

 

Local bridge fund......................................         2,406,300

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,962,500

 

Airport safety and protection plan.....................         3,892,200

 

Comprehensive transportation...........................        19,318,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    242,321,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        45,912,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,962,500

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        19,318,500

 

Economic development fund..............................        10,003,400

 

Local bridge fund......................................         2,406,300

 

IRS debt service rebate................................         6,868,800

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         3,892,200

 

State trunkline fund...................................       146,957,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 103. COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER AGENCY

 

SUPPORT SERVICES

 


MTF grant to department of environmental quality....... $      1,285,700

 

MTF grant to department of state for collection of

 

   revenue and fees.....................................        20,000,000

 

MTF grant to department of treasury....................         2,500,000

 

MTF grant to legislative auditor general...............           296,000

 

STF grant to department of attorney general............         2,387,000

 

STF grant to civil service commission..................         5,697,000

 

STF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................         1,324,200

 

STF grant to department of state police................        11,258,700

 

STF grant to department of treasury....................           129,700

 

STF grant to legislative auditor general...............           687,600

 

SAF grant to department of attorney general............           174,400

 

SAF grant to civil service commission..................           150,000

 

SAF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................            40,000

 

SAF grant to department of treasury....................            71,600

 

SAF grant to legislative auditor general...............            28,300

 

CTF grant to department of attorney general............           200,900

 

CTF grant to civil service commission..................           200,000

 

CTF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................            46,000

 

CTF grant to department of treasury....................            12,200

 

CTF grant to legislative auditor general...............            36,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     46,525,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Comprehensive transportation fund......................           495,500

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................        24,081,700

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           464,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................        21,484,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 104. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION

 

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

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 29.3

 

Unclassified salaries.................................. $        707,000

 

Asset management council...............................         1,626,400

 

Commission audit--29.3 FTE positions...................         3,298,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,631,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,626,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................         4,005,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 105. BUSINESS SUPPORT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 76.5

 

Business support services--67.5 FTE positions.......... $      9,427,700

 

Economic development and enhancement programs--9.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,426,200

 

Property management....................................         8,068,700

 

Worker's compensation..................................         2,013,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,935,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Comprehensive transportation fund......................         1,369,700

 

Economic development fund..............................           378,700

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................           760,500

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           625,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................        17,801,300

 

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

 

   Sec. 106. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      31,119,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     31,119,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.           520,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................            53,100

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           215,600

 

Economic development fund..............................            37,200

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................           284,700

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           168,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................        29,840,300

 

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

 

   Sec. 107. FINANCE, CONTRACTS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 186.0

 

Finance, contracts, and support services--186.0 FTE

 

    positions........................................... $      20,896,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,896,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 


IDG for accounting service center user charges.........         3,625,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,677,000

 

State trunkline fund...................................        15,594,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 108. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 141.0

 

Transportation planning--141.0 FTE positions........... $     37,794,600

 

Grants to regional planning councils...................           488,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     38,283,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        20,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           610,500

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         6,941,300

 

State aeronautics fund.................................            15,000

 

State trunkline fund...................................        10,716,600

 

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

 

   Sec. 109. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,500.8

 

Engineering services--701.1 FTE positions.............. $     69,781,400

 

Program services--737.7 FTE positions..................        59,563,000

 

Intelligent transportation systems operations--12.0

 

   FTE positions........................................        10,712,900

 

Welcome center operations--50.0 FTE positions..........         4,403,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    144,461,200

 


    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        23,529,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         8,216,800

 

State trunkline fund...................................       112,714,600

 

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

 

   Sec. 110. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 808.7

 

State trunkline operations--808.7 FTE positions........ $     275,689,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    275,689,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State trunkline fund...................................       275,689,500

 

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

 

   Sec. 111. ROAD AND BRIDGE PROGRAMS

 

State trunkline federal aid and road and bridge

 

   construction......................................... $    868,193,500

 

Local federal aid and road and bridge construction.....       240,443,000

 

Grants to local programs...............................        33,000,000

 

Rail grade crossing....................................         3,000,000

 

Local bridge program...................................        21,381,600

 

County road commissions................................       583,032,000

 

Cities and villages....................................       325,066,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  2,074,116,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.       982,535,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................        30,000,000

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        32,907,300

 

Local bridge fund......................................        21,381,600

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................       944,098,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................        63,194,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 112. BLUE WATER BRIDGE

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 41.0

 

Blue Water Bridge operations--41.0 FTE positions....... $       6,289,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,289,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,289,800

 

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

 

   Sec. 113. TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

Forest roads........................................... $      5,000,000

 

Rural county urban system..............................         2,500,000

 

Target industries/economic redevelopment...............         8,029,000

 

Urban county congestion................................         8,264,600

 

Rural county primary...................................         8,264,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     32,058,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Economic development fund..............................        32,058,200

 

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

 


   Sec. 114. AERONAUTICS SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 54.0

 

Aviation services--54.0 FTE positions.................. $      7,354,700

 

Air service program....................................           301,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,655,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         7,655,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 115. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 36.0

 

Passenger transportation services--36.0 FTE positions.. $       5,662,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,662,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................           972,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................         4,651,800

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................            38,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 116. BUS TRANSIT DIVISION: STATUTORY OPERATING

 

Local bus operating.................................... $    166,624,000

 

Discretionary state operating..........................         5,400,000

 

Nonurban operating/capital.............................        25,187,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    197,211,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOT, federal transit administration....................        23,187,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       172,024,000

 

Local funds............................................         2,000,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 117. INTERCITY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Office of rail--39.0 FTE positions..................... $      6,293,700

 

Freight property management............................         1,000,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           468,200

 

Intercity services.....................................         5,940,000

 

Rail operations and infrastructure.....................        26,092,000

 

Rail passenger service/Wolverine.......................        19,333,000

 

Marine passenger service...............................           400,000

 

Terminal development...................................           461,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     59,987,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................         4,500,000

 

DOT, federal railroad administration...................         3,100,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................           150,000

 

Private funds..........................................           100,000

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        47,309,900

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................           140,000

 

Rail freight fund......................................         2,000,000

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,987,900

 


State trunkline fund...................................           700,100

 

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

 

   Sec. 118. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

 

Specialized services................................... $     18,028,800

 

Transit capital........................................        32,145,300

 

Van pooling............................................           807,000

 

Service initiatives....................................         1,682,900

 

Transportation to work.................................         4,700,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     57,364,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................        16,050,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................         5,635,000

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        35,679,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 119. CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

   (1) BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

 

Special maintenance, remodeling, and additions......... $      3,001,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,001,500

 

Appropriated from:

 

State trunkline fund...................................         3,001,500

 

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

 

   (2) AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

 

Airport safety, protection and improvement program..... $      93,104,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     93,104,300

 

Appropriated from:

 


   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal aviation administration...................        78,578,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................        12,392,100

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         2,134,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 120. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY

 

Priority roads investment program...................... $    115,000,000

 

Federal aid match for state trunkline road and bridge

 

   construction......................................... $    121,300,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    236,300,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Roads and risks reserve fund...........................       115,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    121,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014

 

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 2013-2014 is $2,345,829,000.00 and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $1,208,687,600.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

Grants to regional planning councils................... $        488,800

 

Grants to local programs...............................        33,000,000

 

Rail grade crossing....................................         3,000,000

 

Local bridge program...................................        21,381,600

 

Grants to county road commissions......................       583,032,000

 

Grants to cities and villages..........................       325,066,400

 

Economic development fund..............................        32,058,200

 

Air service program....................................           301,200

 

Local bus operating....................................       166,624,000

 

Discretionary state operating..........................         5,400,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           468,200

 

Marine passenger service...............................           400,000

 

Terminal development...................................           461,000

 

Specialized services...................................         3,943,800

 

Municipal credit program...............................                 0

 

Transit capital........................................        25,895,300

 

Service initiatives....................................           332,900

 

Transportation to work.................................         4,700,000

 

Airport safety, protection, and improvement

 

 program...............................................         2,134,200

 

Total payments to local units of government............ $  1,208,687,600

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

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

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "AMTRAK" means the national railroad passenger

 


corporation.

 

     (b) "CTF" means comprehensive transportation fund.

 

     (c) "Department" means the state transportation department.

 

     (d) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (e) "DOT-FHWA" means DOT, federal highway administration.

 

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

 

     (g) "IRS" means the internal revenue service.

 

     (h) "MTF" means Michigan transportation fund.

 

     (i) "SAF" means state aeronautics fund.

 

     (j) "STF" means state trunkline fund.

 

     Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $200,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $40,000,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $1,000,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 


pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $1,000,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 

pursuant to section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 207. The department shall cooperate with the department

 

of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable

 

website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is

 

not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.

 

     (b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.

 

     (c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,

 

including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and

 

payment description.

 

     (d) The number of active department employees by job

 

classification.

 

     (e) Job specifications and wage rates.

 

     Sec. 208. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this act. 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. 209. 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 shall be given to

 

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

 

businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality. In addition, preference shall be given to goods or

 

services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 210. 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.

 

Each 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. 212. The department and agencies receiving appropriations

 

in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded

 

from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for

 

short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.

 

The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless

 

otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.

 

     Sec. 215. A department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 228. Not later than November 30, the state budget office

 

shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of

 

the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the

 


close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall summarize the

 

projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation

 

lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The report

 

shall be transmitted to the office of the state budget, the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 

     Sec. 229. Within 14 days after the release of the executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the

 

state budget office to provide the state budget director, the

 

senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, respectively, and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual report on

 

estimated state restricted fund balances, state restricted fund

 

projected revenues, and state restricted fund expenditures for the

 

fiscal years ending September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2014.

 

     Sec. 233. Not later than April 1, the department shall prepare

 

and transmit a report that provides detail regarding the

 

department's expenditures for administration and planning

 

associated with local units of government. The report shall list

 

the portion of all the expenditures from part 1 that are allocated

 

for administration and planning that are associated with the

 

disbursement of all local funds. The report shall be transmitted to

 

the office of the state budget, the senate and house appropriations

 

chairs, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, respectively, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 


     Sec. 235. The department shall maintain, on a publicly

 

accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,

 

and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and

 

improve the agency's performance.

 

     Sec. 260. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state

 

travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel

 

report shall be a listing of 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 senate and house appropriations committees, the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

The report shall include the following information:

 

     (a) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (b) 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.

 

     Sec. 262. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire

 

a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of

 

the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal

 

services for bonding activities and for those activities that the

 

attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 263. (1) The department shall report no later than April

 


1, 2014 on each specific policy change made to implement a public

 

act affecting the department that took effect during the prior

 

calendar year to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees

 

on the budget for the department, the joint committee on

 

administrative rules, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by the

 

department to adopt a rule that will apply to a small business and

 

that will have a disproportionate economic impact on small

 

businesses because of the size of those businesses if the

 

department fails to reduce the disproportionate economic impact of

 

the rule on small businesses as provided under section 40 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.240.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Rule" means that term as defined under section 7 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207.

 

     (b) "Small business" means that term as defined under section

 

7a of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.207a.

 

     Sec. 270. In order to reduce costs and maintain quality, it is

 

the intent of the legislature that, excluding the fleet of motor

 

vehicles for the department of state police, the department will

 

prioritize the utilization of remanufactured parts as the primary

 

means of maintenance and repair for the state of Michigan's fleet

 

of motor vehicles.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The department may establish a fee schedule and

 


collect fees sufficient to cover the costs to issue the permits

 

that the department is authorized by law to issue upon request,

 

unless otherwise stipulated by law. All permit fees are

 

nonrefundable application fees and shall be credited to the

 

appropriate fund to recover the direct and indirect costs of

 

receiving, reviewing, and processing the requests.

 

     (2) A bridge authority shall hold 3 public hearings on an

 

increase in any toll charged by the authority at least 30 days

 

before the toll change will become effective. Two of the hearings

 

shall be held within 5 miles of the bridge over which the bridge

 

authority has jurisdiction. One hearing shall be held in Lansing.

 

Public hearings held under this section shall be conducted in

 

accordance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to

 

15.275, and shall be conducted so as to provide a reasonable

 

opportunity for public comment, including both spoken and written

 

comments.

 

     Sec. 303. On request, the department shall provide to a

 

legislator, in writing, a report on the amount of money to be

 

received by each city and village and the county road commission of

 

each county, that is included in whole or in part within the

 

legislator's legislative district.

 

     Sec. 304. If, as a requirement of bidding on a highway

 

project, the department requires a contractor to submit financial

 

or proprietary documentation as to how the bid was calculated, that

 

bid documentation shall be kept confidential and shall not be

 

disclosed other than to a department representative without the

 

contractor's written consent. The department may disclose the bid

 


documentation if necessary to address or defend a claim by a

 

contractor.

 

     Sec. 305. (1) The department may permit space on public

 

passenger transportation properties to be occupied by public or

 

private tenants on a competitive market rate basis. The department

 

shall require that revenue from the tenants be placed in an account

 

to be used to pay the costs to maintain and improve the property.

 

     (2) The department shall charge public transit agencies and

 

intercity bus carriers equal rates per square foot for leasing

 

space in state-owned intermodal facilities.

 

     Sec. 306. (1) The amounts appropriated in part 1 to support

 

tax and fee collection, law enforcement, and other program services

 

provided to the department and to transportation funds by other

 

state departments shall be expended from transportation funds

 

pursuant to annual contracts between the department and those other

 

state departments. The contracts shall be executed prior to the

 

expenditure or obligation of those funds. The contracts shall

 

provide, but are not limited to, the following data applicable to

 

each state department:

 

     (a) Estimated costs to be recovered from transportation funds.

 

     (b) Description of services provided to the department and/or

 

transportation funds and financed with transportation funds.

 

     (c) Detailed cost allocation methods appropriate to the type

 

of services being provided and the activities financed with

 

transportation funds.

 

     (2) Not later than 2 months after publication of the state of

 

Michigan comprehensive annual financial report, each state

 


department receiving funding pursuant to an interdepartment

 

contract with the department shall submit a written report to the

 

department, the state budget director, and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies stating by spending authorization account the

 

amount of estimated funds contracted with the department, the

 

amount of funds expended, the amount of funds returned to the

 

transportation funds, and any unreimbursed transportation-related

 

costs incurred but not billed to transportation funds. A copy of

 

the report shall be submitted to the auditor general, and the

 

report shall be subject to audit by the auditor general as provided

 

in subsection (3).

 

     (3) Biennially, in each even-numbered fiscal year, the auditor

 

general shall conduct an audit of charges to transportation funds

 

by state departments for the 2 preceding fiscal years. The audit

 

shall include both charges governed by interdepartmental contracts

 

as well as miscellaneous charges from other state departments not

 

governed by contracts. The auditor general shall prepare a detailed

 

report, with recommendations and conclusions, including a summary

 

of charges and related services to transportation funds by

 

department, the appropriateness of those charges, the cost

 

allocation methodologies used in determining the level of funding,

 

and any unreimbursed transportation-related costs, if any. The

 

report shall be provided to the senate and house of representatives

 

committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,

 

and the state budget director 9 months after publication of the

 

state of Michigan comprehensive annual financial report.

 

     Sec. 307. Before March 1 of each year, the department will

 


provide to the legislature, the state budget office, and the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies its rolling 5-year plan listing by

 

county or by county road commission all highway construction

 

projects for the fiscal year and all expected projects for the

 

ensuing fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 308. (1) As prescribed in subsection (2), the department

 

shall submit reports to the state budget director, the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation, and the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies on department activities related

 

to the prequalification of construction contractors under 1933 PA

 

170, MCL 123.501 to 123.508, and related administrative rules. The

 

report shall be submitted on or before December 1, 2013.

 

     (2) The report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) A description of the department's processes and procedures

 

for evaluating construction contractor performance on capital

 

construction projects administered by the department including

 

state trunkline projects, rail infrastructure projects, local

 

agency federal-aid highway projects, and airport improvement

 

projects.

 

     (b) Criteria that would cause the department to rate

 

contractor performance as unsatisfactory.

 

     (c) The impact, if any, on a contractor's prequalification if

 

given an unsatisfactory performance rating by the department.

 

     (d) A description of all department actions related to

 

unsatisfactory contractor performance ratings and restrictions on

 

contractor prequalification during the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2013.

 


     Sec. 310. The department shall provide in a timely manner

 

copies of the agenda and approved minutes of monthly transportation

 

commission meetings to the members of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 311. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall work with the Michigan economic development

 

corporation and local stakeholders to update a 1992 study of a

 

proposed Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac Straits

 

area museum. The study update shall include a discussion of funding

 

alternatives.

 

     Sec. 313. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may increase a state infrastructure bank program and

 

grant or loan funds in accordance with regulations of the state

 

infrastructure bank program of the United States department of

 

transportation. The state infrastructure bank is to be administered

 

by the department for the purpose of providing a revolving, self-

 

sustaining resource for financing transportation infrastructure

 

projects.

 

     (2) In addition to funds provided in subsection (1), money

 

received by the state as federal grants, repayment of state

 

infrastructure bank loans, or other reimbursement or revenue

 

received by the state as a result of projects funded by the program

 

and interest earned on that money shall be deposited in the

 

revolving state infrastructure bank fund and shall be available for

 

transportation infrastructure projects. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any unencumbered funds remaining in the state infrastructure

 


bank fund shall remain in the fund and be carried forward into the

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     (3) The department shall submit a report to the state budget

 

director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the

 

status of the state infrastructure bank. The report shall be

 

submitted on or before December 1, 2013. The report shall include

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) The balance in the state infrastructure bank at September

 

30, 2013, including a breakdown of the balance by cash and cash

 

equivalents, outstanding loans, and balance available for loan to

 

local agencies.

 

     (b) A breakdown of the state infrastructure loan balance by

 

amounts designated as originating from federal sources and the

 

amounts originating from nonfederal sources.

 

     (c) A list of outstanding loans by agency, original loan

 

amount, project description, loan term, and amount outstanding.

 

     Sec. 319. The department shall post signs at each rest area to

 

identify the agency or contractor responsible for maintenance of

 

the rest area. The signs shall include a department telephone

 

number and shall indicate that unsafe or unclean conditions at the

 

rest area may be reported to that telephone number.

 

     Sec. 353. The department shall review its contractor payment

 

process and ensure that all prime contractors are paid promptly.

 

The department shall ensure that prime contractors are in

 

compliance with special provision 109.10 regarding the prompt

 

payment of subcontractors.

 


     Sec. 357. When presented with complete local federal aid

 

project submittals, the department shall complete all necessary

 

reviews and inspections required to let local federal aid projects

 

within 120 days of receipt. The department shall implement a system

 

for monitoring the local federal aid project review process.

 

     Sec. 375. The department is prohibited from reimbursing

 

contractors or consultants for costs associated with groundbreaking

 

ceremonies, receptions, open houses, or press conferences related

 

to transportation projects funded, in whole or in part, by revenue

 

appropriated in part 1.

 

     Sec. 381. The department shall require as a condition of each

 

contract or subcontract for construction, maintenance, or

 

engineering services that the prequalified contractor or

 

prequalified subcontractor agree to use the E-Verify system to

 

verify that all persons hired during the contract term by the

 

contractor or subcontractor are legally present and authorized to

 

work in the United States. The department may verify this

 

information directly or may require contractors and subcontractors

 

to verify the information and submit a certification to the

 

department. The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations committees and the house and senate fiscal agencies

 

by March 1, 2014 describing the processes it has developed and

 

implemented under provisions of this section. As used in this

 

section, "E-Verify" means an Internet-based system operated by the

 

department of homeland security, U.S. citizenship and immigration

 

services in partnership with the social security administration.

 

     Sec. 382. In administering a contract with a county road

 


commission, city, or village that allocates costs of construction

 

or reconstruction of highways, roads, and streets as provided in

 

section 18d of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.668d, the department shall

 

submit the final cost-sharing bill to the county road commission,

 

city, or village not later than 2 years after the date of the final

 

contract payment to the construction contractor.

 

     Sec. 383. (1) The department shall prepare an annual report on

 

all travel by executive branch employees, and others including

 

local public officials, university employees, and other public

 

employees on department-owned aircraft. The report shall include,

 

by department, the name of the traveler, the travel origination

 

location, the travel destination location, type of aircraft, and

 

the total estimated costs associated with the air travel.

 

     (2) The report shall be submitted to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies no later than July 1.

 

     (3) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department is

 

prohibited from transporting legislators or legislative staff on

 

state-owned aircraft without prior approval from the senate

 

majority leader or the speaker of the house of representatives and

 

only when the aircraft is already scheduled by state employees on

 

related official state business.

 

     (4) The department shall maintain a system for recovering the

 

cost of operating department-owned aircraft through charges to

 

aircraft users.

 

     Sec. 384. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),

 

the department shall not obligate the state to expend any state

 


transportation revenue for construction planning or construction of

 

the Detroit River International Crossing or a renamed successor. In

 

addition, except as provided in subsection (2), the department

 

shall not commit the state to any new contract related to the

 

construction planning or construction of the Detroit River

 

International Crossing or a renamed successor that would obligate

 

the state to expend any state transportation revenue. An

 

expenditure for staff resources used in connection with project

 

activities, which expenditure is subject to full and prompt

 

reimbursement from Canada, shall not be considered an expenditure

 

of state transportation revenue.

 

     (2) If the legislature enacts specific enabling legislation

 

for the construction of the Detroit River International Crossing or

 

a renamed successor, subsection (1) does not apply once the

 

enabling legislation goes into effect.

 

     Sec. 385. (1) The department shall submit reports to the state

 

budget director, the speaker of the house, the house minority

 

leader, the senate majority leader, the senate minority leader, the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation,

 

and the house and senate fiscal agencies on department activities

 

related to all nonconstruction or construction planning activities

 

related to the Detroit River International Crossing or a renamed

 

successor. The initial report shall be submitted on or before

 

December 1, 2013 and shall cover the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2013.

 

     (2) The initial report shall include, at a minimum, all of the

 

following:

 


     (a) Department costs incurred in the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2013, including employee salaries, wages, benefits,

 

travel, and contractual services, and what activities those costs

 

were related to.

 

     (b) Costs of other executive branch agencies incurred in the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, including employee salaries,

 

wages, benefits, travel, and contractual services, and what

 

activities those costs were related to.

 

     (c) A breakdown of the source of funds used for the activities

 

described in subdivisions (a) and (b).

 

     (d) A breakdown of reimbursements made by Canada under section

 

384(1) to the state for expenditures for staff resources used in

 

connection with project activities.

 

     (e) A narrative description of the status of the Detroit River

 

International Crossing or a renamed successor, including efforts

 

undertaken to implement provisions of the crossing agreement

 

executed June 15, 2012 by representatives of the Canadian

 

government and this state.

 

     (3) After submission of the initial report, a subsequent

 

report shall be submitted on March 1, 2014, June 1, 2014, and

 

September 1, 2014 and shall include the same information described

 

in subsection (2) for the applicable previous fiscal quarter.

 

 

 

FEDERAL

 

     Sec. 401. Within 30 days of receiving the applicable fiscal

 

year authorization from the federal government to commit

 

transportation funds, the department shall notify local agency

 


representatives, the senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations transportation subcommittees, the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the amount

 

of federal aid for categorical allocations to state and local

 

agency programs not specifically allocated in either federal or

 

state law.

 

     Sec. 402. A portion of the federal DOT-FHWA highway research,

 

planning, and construction funds made available to this state shall

 

be allocated to transportation programs administered by local

 

jurisdictions in accordance with section 10o of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660o. A local road agency, with respect to a project approved

 

for federal aid funding in a state transportation improvement

 

program, may enter into a voluntary buyout agreement with the

 

department or with another local road agency to exchange the

 

federal aid with state restricted transportation funds as agreed to

 

by the respective parties. The state restricted transportation

 

funds received in exchange for federal aid funds shall be used for

 

the same purpose as the federal aid funds were originally intended.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 501. The money received under the motor carrier act, 1933

 

PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43, and not appropriated to the department

 

of licensing and regulatory affairs or the department of state

 

police is deposited in the Michigan transportation fund.

 

     Sec. 503. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

economic development and local bridge programs shall not lapse at

 

the end of the fiscal year but shall carry forward each fiscal year

 


for the purposes for which appropriated in accordance with 1987 PA

 

231, MCL 247.901 to 247.913, and section 10(5) of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660.

 

     (2) Interest earned in the department of transportation

 

economic development fund and local bridge fund shall remain in the

 

respective funds and shall be allocated to the respective programs

 

based on actual interest earned at the end of each fiscal year.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of transportation economic development fund and local

 

bridge fund may receive federal, local, or private funds or

 

restricted source funds such as interest earnings. These funds are

 

appropriated for projects that are consistent with the purposes of

 

the respective funds.

 

     (4) None of the funds statutorily dedicated to the

 

transportation economic development fund and local bridge fund

 

shall be diverted to other projects.

 

     Sec. 504. Funds from the Michigan transportation fund shall be

 

distributed to the comprehensive transportation fund, the economic

 

development fund, the recreation improvement fund, and the state

 

trunkline fund, in accordance with this act and part 711 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.71101 to 324.71108, and may only be used as specified in

 

this act, 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675, and part 711 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.71101 to 324.71108.

 

 

 

STATE TRUNKLINE FUND

 


     Sec. 601. The department shall work with the road construction

 

industry and engineering consulting community to develop

 

performance and road construction warranties for construction

 

contracts. The development of warranties shall include warranties

 

on materials, workmanship, performance criteria, and design/build

 

projects. The department will report by September 30 of each

 

calendar year to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the status of

 

efforts to develop performance and road construction warranties.

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall use traffic congestion as 1 of

 

the criteria in determining the priorities for designating which

 

roads shall be remediated in its 5-year road plan, which must be

 

submitted on or before March 1 of each year. Criteria for

 

evaluating traffic congestion shall include, but not be limited to,

 

coordination with local, county, and regional planning, improvement

 

in traffic operations, improvement in physical roadway conditions,

 

accident reduction, and coordination with area public

 

transportation planning.

 

     Sec. 604. At the close of the fiscal year, any unencumbered

 

and unexpended balance in the state trunkline fund shall remain in

 

the state trunkline fund and shall carry forward and is

 

appropriated for federal aid road and bridge programs for projects

 

contained in the annual state transportation program.

 

     Sec. 610. The department shall have as a priority the removal

 

of dead deer and other large animal remains from the traveled

 

portion and shoulder of state highways. The department, and

 


counties that perform state highway maintenance under contract,

 

shall remove animal remains, wherever practicable and when funds

 

are available, away from the traveled portion and shoulder of state

 

highways.

 

     Sec. 612. The department shall establish guidelines governing

 

incentives and disincentives provided under contracts for state

 

trunkline projects. The guidelines shall include specific financial

 

information concerning incentives and disincentives. On or before

 

January 1 of each year, the department shall prepare a report for

 

the immediately preceding fiscal year regarding contract incentives

 

and disincentives. This report shall include a list, by project, of

 

the contractors that received contract incentives and/or

 

disincentives, the amount of the incentives and/or disincentives,

 

and the number of days that each project was completed either ahead

 

or past the contracted completion date. This report shall be

 

provided to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, the senate and house standing committees on

 

transportation, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 660. (1) The legislature encourages the department to

 

examine the use of alternative road surface materials, including

 

recycled materials, and to develop criteria and specifications for

 

their use in both department-managed and contracted projects.

 

     (2) The department shall evaluate the use of a bituminous mix

 

which incorporates crumb rubber from scrap tires.

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 701. The department shall establish an intercity bus

 


equipment and facility fund as a subsidiary fund within the

 

comprehensive transportation fund created under section 10b of 1951

 

PA 51, MCL 247.660b. Proceeds received by this state from the sale

 

of state-owned intercity bus equipment shall be credited to the

 

intercity bus equipment facility fund for the purchase and repair

 

of intercity bus equipment, as appropriated. Security deposits not

 

returned to a lessee of state-owned intercity bus equipment under

 

terms of the lease agreement shall be credited to the intercity bus

 

equipment fund for the repair of intercity bus equipment, as

 

appropriated. Money received by the department from lease payments

 

for state-owned intercity bus equipment, and facility maintenance

 

charges under terms of leases of state-owned intercity facilities,

 

shall be credited to the intercity bus equipment facility fund for

 

the purchase and repair of intercity bus equipment or for the

 

maintenance and rehabilitation of state-owned intercity facilities,

 

as appropriated. At the close of the fiscal year, any funds

 

remaining in the intercity bus equipment facility fund shall remain

 

in the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 702. Money that is received by this state as repayment

 

for loans made for rail or water freight capital projects, and as a

 

result of the sale of property or equipment used or projected to be

 

used for rail or water freight projects shall be deposited in the

 

fund created by section 17 of the state transportation preservation

 

act of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.67. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any funds remaining in the rail freight fund shall remain in

 

the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 703. After receiving notification from a railroad company

 


pursuant to section 8 of the state transportation preservation act

 

of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.58, the department shall immediately

 

notify the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation and the state budget office that

 

the railroad company has filed with the appropriate governmental

 

agencies for abandonment of a line.

 

     Sec. 706. The Detroit/Wayne County port authority shall issue

 

a complete operations assessment and a financial disclosure

 

statement. The operations assessment shall include operational

 

goals for the next 5 years and recommendations to improve land

 

acquisition and development efficiency. The report shall be

 

completed and submitted to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by February 15

 

of each fiscal year for the prior fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 711. (1) As prescribed in subsection (2), the department

 

shall submit reports to the state budget director, the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation, and the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies on rail passenger service provided

 

by AMTRAK under a contractual agreement with the department. The

 

report shall be submitted on or before May 1, 2014.

 

     (2) The report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) Passenger counts for the preceding fiscal year for each of

 

the 3 AMTRAK routes in Michigan.

 

     (b) Revenue and operating expenses by AMTRAK route.

 

     (c) Total state operating payments to AMTRAK in the preceding

 

fiscal year by AMTRAK route.

 


     (d) A discussion of major factors affecting route costs and

 

revenue and net state costs in the preceding fiscal year, and

 

factors affecting route costs and revenue and net state costs

 

anticipated in the current and future fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 735. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, the

 

appropriation to a street railway pursuant to section 10e(22) of

 

1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660e, is $0.

 

     Sec. 736. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for rail

 

operations and infrastructure, $1,500,000.00 shall be allocated for

 

a pilot project to test traffic control devices at rail grade

 

crossings on railroad tracks that are federally designated as a

 

high-speed rail corridor under 49 USC 26106. Any pilot project

 

entered into under this section shall be done using a competitive

 

bidding process.

 

     Sec. 740. The department shall report by March 1 of each year

 

to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director the encumbered and

 

unencumbered balances of the comprehensive transportation fund.

 

 

 

AERONAUTICS FUND

 

     Sec. 801. Except as otherwise provided in section 903 for

 

capital outlay, at the close of the fiscal year, any unobligated

 

and unexpended balance in the state aeronautics fund created in the

 

aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.1

 

to 259.208, shall lapse to the state aeronautics fund and be

 

appropriated by the legislature in the immediately succeeding

 


fiscal year.

 

 

 

CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

     Sec. 901. (1) From federal-state-local project appropriations

 

contained in part 1 for the purpose of assisting political entities

 

and subdivisions of this state in the construction and improvement

 

of publicly used airports and landing fields within this state, the

 

state transportation department may permit the award of contracts

 

on behalf of units of local government for the authorized locations

 

not to exceed the indicated amounts, of which the state allocated

 

portion shall not exceed the amount appropriated in part 1.

 

     (2) Political entities and subdivisions shall provide not less

 

than 5% of the cost of any project under this section, unless a

 

total nonfederal share greater than 10% is otherwise specified in

 

federal law. State money shall not be allocated until local money

 

is allocated. State money for any 1 project shall not exceed 1/3 of

 

the total appropriation in part 1 from state funds for airport

 

improvement programs.

 

     (3) The Michigan aeronautics commission may take those steps

 

necessary to match federal money available for airport construction

 

and improvement within this state and to meet the matching

 

requirements of the federal government. Whether acting alone or

 

jointly with another political subdivision or public agency or with

 

this state, a political subdivision or public agency of this state

 

shall not submit to any agency of the federal government a project

 

application for airport planning or development unless it is

 

authorized in this act and the project application is approved by

 


the governing body of each political subdivision or public agency

 

making the application and by the Michigan aeronautics commission.

 

     Sec. 902. Before the end of each fiscal year, the state

 

transportation department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies on the status of airport improvement

 

projects funded in part 1 with the estimated dollars allocated for

 

each project. If there has to be a delay in reporting, the state

 

transportation department shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation in writing of the

 

date the report will be received.

 

     Sec. 903. The appropriations in part 1 for capital outlay

 

shall be carried forward at the end of the fiscal year consistent

 

with the provisions of section 248 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1248.

 

 

 

ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 1001. The appropriation in part 1 of $121,300,000.00 from

 

the state general fund is appropriated to the state trunkline

 

federal aid and road and bridge construction program and is

 

intended to ensure that the state is able to match all available

 

federal-aid highway funds.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2A

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015

 

GENERAL SECTIONS


 

 

     Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2015 for

 

the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2014-2015

 

appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal

 

year 2013-2014, except that the line items will be adjusted for

 

changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,

 

economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be

 

determined after the January 2014 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference.

 

     Sec. 1202. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department identify the amounts for normal retirement costs and

 

legacy retirement costs for the fiscal year ending on September 30,

 

2015 for the line items listed in part 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 184

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the state transportation

 

department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014; and to

 

provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the state transportation

 

department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, from the

 

following funds:

 

STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

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

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,912.3

 


GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  3,598,616,700

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         3,625,100

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $  3,594,991,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................        44,710,000

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.     1,072,497,500

 

DOT, federal railroad administration...................         3,100,000

 

DOT, federal aviation administration...................        78,578,000

 

Total federal revenues.................................     1,198,885,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local revenues.........................................        50,177,100

 

Private revenues.......................................           100,000

 

Total local and private revenues.......................        50,277,100

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        46,212,700

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       281,674,500

 

Economic development fund..............................        42,477,500

 

IRS debt service rebate................................         6,868,800

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................           140,000

 

Local bridge fund......................................        23,787,900

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................       989,713,600

 

Roads and risks reserve fund...........................       115,000,000

 

Rail freight fund......................................         2,000,000

 

State aeronautics fund.................................        14,955,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................       701,698,700

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................     2,224,529,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    121,300,000

 


   State general fund/general purpose schedule:

 

Ongoing state general fund/general

 

    purpose............................................. 0

 

One-time state general fund/general

 

    purpose.................................. 121,300,000

 

   Sec. 102. DEBT SERVICE

 

State trunkline........................................ $    199,738,200

 

Economic development...................................        10,003,400

 

Local bridge fund......................................         2,406,300

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,962,500

 

Airport safety and protection plan.....................         3,892,200

 

Comprehensive transportation...........................        19,318,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    242,321,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        45,912,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,962,500

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        19,318,500

 

Economic development fund..............................        10,003,400

 

Local bridge fund......................................         2,406,300

 

IRS debt service rebate................................         6,868,800

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         3,892,200

 

State trunkline fund...................................       146,957,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 103. COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER AGENCY

 

SUPPORT SERVICES

 


MTF grant to department of environmental quality....... $      1,285,700

 

MTF grant to department of state for collection of

 

   revenue and fees.....................................        20,000,000

 

MTF grant to department of treasury....................         2,500,000

 

MTF grant to legislative auditor general...............           296,000

 

STF grant to department of attorney general............         2,387,000

 

STF grant to civil service commission..................         5,697,000

 

STF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................         1,324,200

 

STF grant to department of state police................        11,258,700

 

STF grant to department of treasury....................           129,700

 

STF grant to legislative auditor general...............           687,600

 

SAF grant to department of attorney general............           174,400

 

SAF grant to civil service commission..................           150,000

 

SAF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................            40,000

 

SAF grant to department of treasury....................            71,600

 

SAF grant to legislative auditor general...............            28,300

 

CTF grant to department of attorney general............           200,900

 

CTF grant to civil service commission..................           200,000

 

CTF grant to department of technology, management, and

 

   budget...............................................            46,000

 

CTF grant to department of treasury....................            12,200

 

CTF grant to legislative auditor general...............            36,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     46,525,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Comprehensive transportation fund......................           495,500

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................        24,081,700

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           464,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................        21,484,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 104. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION

 

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

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 29.3

 

Unclassified salaries.................................. $        707,000

 

Asset management council...............................         1,626,400

 

Commission audit--29.3 FTE positions...................         3,298,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,631,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,626,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................         4,005,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 105. BUSINESS SUPPORT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 76.5

 

Business support services--67.5 FTE positions.......... $      9,427,700

 

Economic development and enhancement programs--9.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         1,426,200

 

Property management....................................         8,068,700

 

Worker's compensation..................................         2,013,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,935,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 


Comprehensive transportation fund......................         1,369,700

 

Economic development fund..............................           378,700

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................           760,500

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           625,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................        17,801,300

 

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

 

   Sec. 106. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $      31,119,700

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     31,119,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.           520,500

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................            53,100

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           215,600

 

Economic development fund..............................            37,200

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................           284,700

 

State aeronautics fund.................................           168,300

 

State trunkline fund...................................        29,840,300

 

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

 

   Sec. 107. FINANCE, CONTRACTS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 186.0

 

Finance, contracts, and support services--186.0 FTE

 

    positions........................................... $      20,896,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,896,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 


IDG for accounting service center user charges.........         3,625,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,677,000

 

State trunkline fund...................................        15,594,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 108. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 141.0

 

Transportation planning--141.0 FTE positions........... $     37,794,600

 

Grants to regional planning councils...................           488,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     38,283,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        20,000,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................           610,500

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         6,941,300

 

State aeronautics fund.................................            15,000

 

State trunkline fund...................................        10,716,600

 

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

 

   Sec. 109. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,500.8

 

Engineering services--701.1 FTE positions.............. $     69,781,400

 

Program services--737.7 FTE positions..................        59,563,000

 

Intelligent transportation systems operations--12.0

 

   FTE positions........................................        10,712,900

 

Welcome center operations--50.0 FTE positions..........         4,403,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    144,461,200

 


    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.        23,529,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         8,216,800

 

State trunkline fund...................................       112,714,600

 

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

 

   Sec. 110. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 808.7

 

State trunkline operations--808.7 FTE positions........ $     275,689,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    275,689,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State trunkline fund...................................       275,689,500

 

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

 

   Sec. 111. ROAD AND BRIDGE PROGRAMS

 

State trunkline federal aid and road and bridge

 

   construction......................................... $    868,193,500

 

Local federal aid and road and bridge construction.....       240,443,000

 

Grants to local programs...............................        33,000,000

 

Rail grade crossing....................................         3,000,000

 

Local bridge program...................................        21,381,600

 

County road commissions................................       583,032,000

 

Cities and villages....................................       325,066,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $  2,074,116,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOT-FHWA, highway research, planning, and construction.       982,535,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................        30,000,000

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................        32,907,300

 

Local bridge fund......................................        21,381,600

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................       944,098,400

 

State trunkline fund...................................        63,194,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 112. BLUE WATER BRIDGE

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 41.0

 

Blue Water Bridge operations--41.0 FTE positions....... $       6,289,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      6,289,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Blue Water Bridge fund.................................         6,289,800

 

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

 

   Sec. 113. TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

Forest roads........................................... $      5,000,000

 

Rural county urban system..............................         2,500,000

 

Target industries/economic redevelopment...............         8,029,000

 

Urban county congestion................................         8,264,600

 

Rural county primary...................................         8,264,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     32,058,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Economic development fund..............................        32,058,200

 

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

 


   Sec. 114. AERONAUTICS SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 54.0

 

Aviation services--54.0 FTE positions.................. $      7,354,700

 

Air service program....................................           301,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,655,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         7,655,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 115. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 36.0

 

Passenger transportation services--36.0 FTE positions.. $       5,662,800

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      5,662,800

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................           972,100

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................         4,651,800

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................            38,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 116. BUS TRANSIT DIVISION: STATUTORY OPERATING

 

Local bus operating.................................... $    166,624,000

 

Discretionary state operating..........................         5,400,000

 

Nonurban operating/capital.............................        25,187,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    197,211,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 


DOT, federal transit administration....................        23,187,900

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................       172,024,000

 

Local funds............................................         2,000,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 117. INTERCITY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0

 

Office of rail--39.0 FTE positions..................... $      6,293,700

 

Freight property management............................         1,000,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           468,200

 

Intercity services.....................................         5,940,000

 

Rail operations and infrastructure.....................        26,092,000

 

Rail passenger service/Wolverine.......................        19,333,000

 

Marine passenger service...............................           400,000

 

Terminal development...................................           461,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     59,987,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................         4,500,000

 

DOT, federal railroad administration...................         3,100,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................           150,000

 

Private funds..........................................           100,000

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        47,309,900

 

Intercity bus equipment fund...........................           140,000

 

Rail freight fund......................................         2,000,000

 

Michigan transportation fund...........................         1,987,900

 


State trunkline fund...................................           700,100

 

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

 

   Sec. 118. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

 

Specialized services................................... $     18,028,800

 

Transit capital........................................        32,145,300

 

Van pooling............................................           807,000

 

Service initiatives....................................         1,682,900

 

Transportation to work.................................         4,700,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     57,364,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal transit administration....................        16,050,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................         5,635,000

 

Comprehensive transportation fund......................        35,679,000

 

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

 

   Sec. 119. CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

   (1) BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

 

Special maintenance, remodeling, and additions......... $      3,001,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,001,500

 

Appropriated from:

 

State trunkline fund...................................         3,001,500

 

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

 

   (2) AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

 

Airport safety, protection and improvement program..... $      93,104,300

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     93,104,300

 

Appropriated from:

 


   Federal revenues:

 

DOT, federal aviation administration...................        78,578,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Local funds............................................        12,392,100

 

State aeronautics fund.................................         2,134,200

 

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

 

   Sec. 120. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY

 

Priority roads investment program...................... $    115,000,000

 

Federal aid match for state trunkline road and bridge

 

   construction......................................... $    121,300,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    236,300,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

Roads and risks reserve fund...........................       115,000,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $    121,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014

 

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 2013-2014 is $2,345,829,000.00 and

 

state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $1,208,687,600.00. The

 

itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which

 

spending to local units of government will occur:

 


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

Grants to regional planning councils................... $        488,800

 

Grants to local programs...............................        33,000,000

 

Rail grade crossing....................................         3,000,000

 

Local bridge program...................................        21,381,600

 

Grants to county road commissions......................       583,032,000

 

Grants to cities and villages..........................       325,066,400

 

Economic development fund..............................        32,058,200

 

Air service program....................................           301,200

 

Local bus operating....................................       166,624,000

 

Discretionary state operating..........................         5,400,000

 

Detroit/Wayne County port authority....................           468,200

 

Marine passenger service...............................           400,000

 

Terminal development...................................           461,000

 

Specialized services...................................         3,943,800

 

Municipal credit program...............................                 0

 

Transit capital........................................        25,895,300

 

Service initiatives....................................           332,900

 

Transportation to work.................................         4,700,000

 

Airport safety, protection, and improvement

 

 program...............................................         2,134,200

 

Total payments to local units of government............ $  1,208,687,600

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are

 

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

 

to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "AMTRAK" means the national railroad passenger

 


corporation.

 

     (b) "CTF" means comprehensive transportation fund.

 

     (c) "Department" means the state transportation department.

 

     (d) "DOT" means the United States department of

 

transportation.

 

     (e) "DOT-FHWA" means DOT, federal highway administration.

 

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

 

     (g) "IRS" means the internal revenue service.

 

     (h) "MTF" means Michigan transportation fund.

 

     (i) "SAF" means state aeronautics fund.

 

     (j) "STF" means state trunkline fund.

 

     Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $200,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $40,000,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $1,000,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 


pursuant to section 393(2) of the 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 $1,000,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 

pursuant to section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984

 

PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 207. The department shall cooperate with the department

 

of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable

 

website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is

 

not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.

 

     (b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.

 

     (c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,

 

including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and

 

payment description.

 

     (d) The number of active department employees by job

 

classification.

 

     (e) Job specifications and wage rates.

 

     Sec. 208. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this act. 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. 209. 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 shall be given to

 

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

 

businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality. In addition, preference shall be given to goods or

 

services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 210. 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.

 

Each 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. 212. The department and agencies receiving appropriations

 

in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded

 

from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for

 

short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.

 

The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless

 

otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.

 

     Sec. 215. A department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 228. Not later than November 30, the state budget office

 

shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of

 

the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the

 


close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall summarize the

 

projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation

 

lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The report

 

shall be transmitted to the office of the state budget, the

 

chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing

 

committees on appropriations, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 

     Sec. 229. Within 14 days after the release of the executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the

 

state budget office to provide the state budget director, the

 

senate and house appropriations chairs, the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, respectively, and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual report on

 

estimated state restricted fund balances, state restricted fund

 

projected revenues, and state restricted fund expenditures for the

 

fiscal years ending September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2014.

 

     Sec. 233. Not later than April 1, the department shall prepare

 

and transmit a report that provides detail regarding the

 

department's expenditures for administration and planning

 

associated with local units of government. The report shall list

 

the portion of all the expenditures from part 1 that are allocated

 

for administration and planning that are associated with the

 

disbursement of all local funds. The report shall be transmitted to

 

the office of the state budget, the senate and house appropriations

 

chairs, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, respectively, and the senate and house fiscal

 

agencies.

 


     Sec. 235. The department shall maintain, on a publicly

 

accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,

 

and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and

 

improve the agency's performance.

 

     Sec. 260. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state

 

travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel

 

report shall be a listing of 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 senate and house appropriations committees, the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

The report shall include the following information:

 

     (a) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (b) 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.

 

     Sec. 262. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire

 

a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of

 

the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal

 

services for bonding activities and for those activities that the

 

attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 263. (1) The department shall report no later than April

 


1, 2014 on each specific policy change made to implement a public

 

act affecting the department that took effect during the prior

 

calendar year to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees

 

on the budget for the department, the joint committee on

 

administrative rules, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     (2) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by the

 

department to adopt a rule that will apply to a small business and

 

that will have a disproportionate economic impact on small

 

businesses because of the size of those businesses if the

 

department fails to reduce the disproportionate economic impact of

 

the rule on small businesses as provided under section 40 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.240.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Rule" means that term as defined under section 7 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207.

 

     (b) "Small business" means that term as defined under section

 

7a of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.207a.

 

     Sec. 270. In order to reduce costs and maintain quality, it is

 

the intent of the legislature that, excluding the fleet of motor

 

vehicles for the department of state police, the department will

 

prioritize the utilization of remanufactured parts as the primary

 

means of maintenance and repair for the state of Michigan's fleet

 

of motor vehicles.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL SECTIONS

 

     Sec. 301. (1) The department may establish a fee schedule and

 


collect fees sufficient to cover the costs to issue the permits

 

that the department is authorized by law to issue upon request,

 

unless otherwise stipulated by law. All permit fees are

 

nonrefundable application fees and shall be credited to the

 

appropriate fund to recover the direct and indirect costs of

 

receiving, reviewing, and processing the requests.

 

     (2) A bridge authority shall hold 3 public hearings on an

 

increase in any toll charged by the authority at least 30 days

 

before the toll change will become effective. Two of the hearings

 

shall be held within 5 miles of the bridge over which the bridge

 

authority has jurisdiction. One hearing shall be held in Lansing.

 

Public hearings held under this section shall be conducted in

 

accordance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to

 

15.275, and shall be conducted so as to provide a reasonable

 

opportunity for public comment, including both spoken and written

 

comments.

 

     Sec. 303. On request, the department shall provide to a

 

legislator, in writing, a report on the amount of money to be

 

received by each city and village and the county road commission of

 

each county, that is included in whole or in part within the

 

legislator's legislative district.

 

     Sec. 304. If, as a requirement of bidding on a highway

 

project, the department requires a contractor to submit financial

 

or proprietary documentation as to how the bid was calculated, that

 

bid documentation shall be kept confidential and shall not be

 

disclosed other than to a department representative without the

 

contractor's written consent. The department may disclose the bid

 


documentation if necessary to address or defend a claim by a

 

contractor.

 

     Sec. 305. (1) The department may permit space on public

 

passenger transportation properties to be occupied by public or

 

private tenants on a competitive market rate basis. The department

 

shall require that revenue from the tenants be placed in an account

 

to be used to pay the costs to maintain and improve the property.

 

     (2) The department shall charge public transit agencies and

 

intercity bus carriers equal rates per square foot for leasing

 

space in state-owned intermodal facilities.

 

     Sec. 306. (1) The amounts appropriated in part 1 to support

 

tax and fee collection, law enforcement, and other program services

 

provided to the department and to transportation funds by other

 

state departments shall be expended from transportation funds

 

pursuant to annual contracts between the department and those other

 

state departments. The contracts shall be executed prior to the

 

expenditure or obligation of those funds. The contracts shall

 

provide, but are not limited to, the following data applicable to

 

each state department:

 

     (a) Estimated costs to be recovered from transportation funds.

 

     (b) Description of services provided to the department and/or

 

transportation funds and financed with transportation funds.

 

     (c) Detailed cost allocation methods appropriate to the type

 

of services being provided and the activities financed with

 

transportation funds.

 

     (2) Not later than 2 months after publication of the state of

 

Michigan comprehensive annual financial report, each state

 


department receiving funding pursuant to an interdepartment

 

contract with the department shall submit a written report to the

 

department, the state budget director, and the house and senate

 

fiscal agencies stating by spending authorization account the

 

amount of estimated funds contracted with the department, the

 

amount of funds expended, the amount of funds returned to the

 

transportation funds, and any unreimbursed transportation-related

 

costs incurred but not billed to transportation funds. A copy of

 

the report shall be submitted to the auditor general, and the

 

report shall be subject to audit by the auditor general as provided

 

in subsection (3).

 

     (3) Biennially, in each even-numbered fiscal year, the auditor

 

general shall conduct an audit of charges to transportation funds

 

by state departments for the 2 preceding fiscal years. The audit

 

shall include both charges governed by interdepartmental contracts

 

as well as miscellaneous charges from other state departments not

 

governed by contracts. The auditor general shall prepare a detailed

 

report, with recommendations and conclusions, including a summary

 

of charges and related services to transportation funds by

 

department, the appropriateness of those charges, the cost

 

allocation methodologies used in determining the level of funding,

 

and any unreimbursed transportation-related costs, if any. The

 

report shall be provided to the senate and house of representatives

 

committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,

 

and the state budget director 9 months after publication of the

 

state of Michigan comprehensive annual financial report.

 

     Sec. 307. Before March 1 of each year, the department will

 


provide to the legislature, the state budget office, and the house

 

and senate fiscal agencies its rolling 5-year plan listing by

 

county or by county road commission all highway construction

 

projects for the fiscal year and all expected projects for the

 

ensuing fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 308. (1) As prescribed in subsection (2), the department

 

shall submit reports to the state budget director, the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation, and the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies on department activities related

 

to the prequalification of construction contractors under 1933 PA

 

170, MCL 123.501 to 123.508, and related administrative rules. The

 

report shall be submitted on or before December 1, 2013.

 

     (2) The report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) A description of the department's processes and procedures

 

for evaluating construction contractor performance on capital

 

construction projects administered by the department including

 

state trunkline projects, rail infrastructure projects, local

 

agency federal-aid highway projects, and airport improvement

 

projects.

 

     (b) Criteria that would cause the department to rate

 

contractor performance as unsatisfactory.

 

     (c) The impact, if any, on a contractor's prequalification if

 

given an unsatisfactory performance rating by the department.

 

     (d) A description of all department actions related to

 

unsatisfactory contractor performance ratings and restrictions on

 

contractor prequalification during the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2013.

 


     Sec. 310. The department shall provide in a timely manner

 

copies of the agenda and approved minutes of monthly transportation

 

commission meetings to the members of the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

     Sec. 311. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall work with the Michigan economic development

 

corporation and local stakeholders to update a 1992 study of a

 

proposed Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac Straits

 

area museum. The study update shall include a discussion of funding

 

alternatives.

 

     Sec. 313. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department may increase a state infrastructure bank program and

 

grant or loan funds in accordance with regulations of the state

 

infrastructure bank program of the United States department of

 

transportation. The state infrastructure bank is to be administered

 

by the department for the purpose of providing a revolving, self-

 

sustaining resource for financing transportation infrastructure

 

projects.

 

     (2) In addition to funds provided in subsection (1), money

 

received by the state as federal grants, repayment of state

 

infrastructure bank loans, or other reimbursement or revenue

 

received by the state as a result of projects funded by the program

 

and interest earned on that money shall be deposited in the

 

revolving state infrastructure bank fund and shall be available for

 

transportation infrastructure projects. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any unencumbered funds remaining in the state infrastructure

 


bank fund shall remain in the fund and be carried forward into the

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     (3) The department shall submit a report to the state budget

 

director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the

 

status of the state infrastructure bank. The report shall be

 

submitted on or before December 1, 2013. The report shall include

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) The balance in the state infrastructure bank at September

 

30, 2013, including a breakdown of the balance by cash and cash

 

equivalents, outstanding loans, and balance available for loan to

 

local agencies.

 

     (b) A breakdown of the state infrastructure loan balance by

 

amounts designated as originating from federal sources and the

 

amounts originating from nonfederal sources.

 

     (c) A list of outstanding loans by agency, original loan

 

amount, project description, loan term, and amount outstanding.

 

     Sec. 319. The department shall post signs at each rest area to

 

identify the agency or contractor responsible for maintenance of

 

the rest area. The signs shall include a department telephone

 

number and shall indicate that unsafe or unclean conditions at the

 

rest area may be reported to that telephone number.

 

     Sec. 353. The department shall review its contractor payment

 

process and ensure that all prime contractors are paid promptly.

 

The department shall ensure that prime contractors are in

 

compliance with special provision 109.10 regarding the prompt

 

payment of subcontractors.

 


     Sec. 357. When presented with complete local federal aid

 

project submittals, the department shall complete all necessary

 

reviews and inspections required to let local federal aid projects

 

within 120 days of receipt. The department shall implement a system

 

for monitoring the local federal aid project review process.

 

     Sec. 375. The department is prohibited from reimbursing

 

contractors or consultants for costs associated with groundbreaking

 

ceremonies, receptions, open houses, or press conferences related

 

to transportation projects funded, in whole or in part, by revenue

 

appropriated in part 1.

 

     Sec. 381. The department shall require as a condition of each

 

contract or subcontract for construction, maintenance, or

 

engineering services that the prequalified contractor or

 

prequalified subcontractor agree to use the E-Verify system to

 

verify that all persons hired during the contract term by the

 

contractor or subcontractor are legally present and authorized to

 

work in the United States. The department may verify this

 

information directly or may require contractors and subcontractors

 

to verify the information and submit a certification to the

 

department. The department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations committees and the house and senate fiscal agencies

 

by March 1, 2014 describing the processes it has developed and

 

implemented under provisions of this section. As used in this

 

section, "E-Verify" means an Internet-based system operated by the

 

department of homeland security, U.S. citizenship and immigration

 

services in partnership with the social security administration.

 

     Sec. 382. In administering a contract with a county road

 


commission, city, or village that allocates costs of construction

 

or reconstruction of highways, roads, and streets as provided in

 

section 18d of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.668d, the department shall

 

submit the final cost-sharing bill to the county road commission,

 

city, or village not later than 2 years after the date of the final

 

contract payment to the construction contractor.

 

     Sec. 383. (1) The department shall prepare an annual report on

 

all travel by executive branch employees, and others including

 

local public officials, university employees, and other public

 

employees on department-owned aircraft. The report shall include,

 

by department, the name of the traveler, the travel origination

 

location, the travel destination location, type of aircraft, and

 

the total estimated costs associated with the air travel.

 

     (2) The report shall be submitted to the senate and house

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies no later than July 1.

 

     (3) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department is

 

prohibited from transporting legislators or legislative staff on

 

state-owned aircraft without prior approval from the senate

 

majority leader or the speaker of the house of representatives and

 

only when the aircraft is already scheduled by state employees on

 

related official state business.

 

     (4) The department shall maintain a system for recovering the

 

cost of operating department-owned aircraft through charges to

 

aircraft users.

 

     Sec. 384. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),

 

the department shall not obligate the state to expend any state

 


transportation revenue for construction planning or construction of

 

the Detroit River International Crossing or a renamed successor. In

 

addition, except as provided in subsection (2), the department

 

shall not commit the state to any new contract related to the

 

construction planning or construction of the Detroit River

 

International Crossing or a renamed successor that would obligate

 

the state to expend any state transportation revenue. An

 

expenditure for staff resources used in connection with project

 

activities, which expenditure is subject to full and prompt

 

reimbursement from Canada, shall not be considered an expenditure

 

of state transportation revenue.

 

     (2) If the legislature enacts specific enabling legislation

 

for the construction of the Detroit River International Crossing or

 

a renamed successor, subsection (1) does not apply once the

 

enabling legislation goes into effect.

 

     Sec. 385. (1) The department shall submit reports to the state

 

budget director, the speaker of the house, the house minority

 

leader, the senate majority leader, the senate minority leader, the

 

house and senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation,

 

and the house and senate fiscal agencies on department activities

 

related to all nonconstruction or construction planning activities

 

related to the Detroit River International Crossing or a renamed

 

successor. The initial report shall be submitted on or before

 

December 1, 2013 and shall cover the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2013.

 

     (2) The initial report shall include, at a minimum, all of the

 

following:

 


     (a) Department costs incurred in the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2013, including employee salaries, wages, benefits,

 

travel, and contractual services, and what activities those costs

 

were related to.

 

     (b) Costs of other executive branch agencies incurred in the

 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, including employee salaries,

 

wages, benefits, travel, and contractual services, and what

 

activities those costs were related to.

 

     (c) A breakdown of the source of funds used for the activities

 

described in subdivisions (a) and (b).

 

     (d) A breakdown of reimbursements made by Canada under section

 

384(1) to the state for expenditures for staff resources used in

 

connection with project activities.

 

     (e) A narrative description of the status of the Detroit River

 

International Crossing or a renamed successor, including efforts

 

undertaken to implement provisions of the crossing agreement

 

executed June 15, 2012 by representatives of the Canadian

 

government and this state.

 

     (3) After submission of the initial report, a subsequent

 

report shall be submitted on March 1, 2014, June 1, 2014, and

 

September 1, 2014 and shall include the same information described

 

in subsection (2) for the applicable previous fiscal quarter.

 

 

 

FEDERAL

 

     Sec. 401. Within 30 days of receiving the applicable fiscal

 

year authorization from the federal government to commit

 

transportation funds, the department shall notify local agency

 


representatives, the senate and house of representatives

 

appropriations transportation subcommittees, the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the amount

 

of federal aid for categorical allocations to state and local

 

agency programs not specifically allocated in either federal or

 

state law.

 

     Sec. 402. A portion of the federal DOT-FHWA highway research,

 

planning, and construction funds made available to this state shall

 

be allocated to transportation programs administered by local

 

jurisdictions in accordance with section 10o of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660o. A local road agency, with respect to a project approved

 

for federal aid funding in a state transportation improvement

 

program, may enter into a voluntary buyout agreement with the

 

department or with another local road agency to exchange the

 

federal aid with state restricted transportation funds as agreed to

 

by the respective parties. The state restricted transportation

 

funds received in exchange for federal aid funds shall be used for

 

the same purpose as the federal aid funds were originally intended.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 501. The money received under the motor carrier act, 1933

 

PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43, and not appropriated to the department

 

of licensing and regulatory affairs or the department of state

 

police is deposited in the Michigan transportation fund.

 

     Sec. 503. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

economic development and local bridge programs shall not lapse at

 

the end of the fiscal year but shall carry forward each fiscal year

 


for the purposes for which appropriated in accordance with 1987 PA

 

231, MCL 247.901 to 247.913, and section 10(5) of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.660.

 

     (2) Interest earned in the department of transportation

 

economic development fund and local bridge fund shall remain in the

 

respective funds and shall be allocated to the respective programs

 

based on actual interest earned at the end of each fiscal year.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department of transportation economic development fund and local

 

bridge fund may receive federal, local, or private funds or

 

restricted source funds such as interest earnings. These funds are

 

appropriated for projects that are consistent with the purposes of

 

the respective funds.

 

     (4) None of the funds statutorily dedicated to the

 

transportation economic development fund and local bridge fund

 

shall be diverted to other projects.

 

     Sec. 504. Funds from the Michigan transportation fund shall be

 

distributed to the comprehensive transportation fund, the economic

 

development fund, the recreation improvement fund, and the state

 

trunkline fund, in accordance with this act and part 711 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.71101 to 324.71108, and may only be used as specified in

 

this act, 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675, and part 711 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.71101 to 324.71108.

 

 

 

STATE TRUNKLINE FUND

 


     Sec. 601. The department shall work with the road construction

 

industry and engineering consulting community to develop

 

performance and road construction warranties for construction

 

contracts. The development of warranties shall include warranties

 

on materials, workmanship, performance criteria, and design/build

 

projects. The department will report by September 30 of each

 

calendar year to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the status of

 

efforts to develop performance and road construction warranties.

 

     Sec. 603. The department shall use traffic congestion as 1 of

 

the criteria in determining the priorities for designating which

 

roads shall be remediated in its 5-year road plan, which must be

 

submitted on or before March 1 of each year. Criteria for

 

evaluating traffic congestion shall include, but not be limited to,

 

coordination with local, county, and regional planning, improvement

 

in traffic operations, improvement in physical roadway conditions,

 

accident reduction, and coordination with area public

 

transportation planning.

 

     Sec. 604. At the close of the fiscal year, any unencumbered

 

and unexpended balance in the state trunkline fund shall remain in

 

the state trunkline fund and shall carry forward and is

 

appropriated for federal aid road and bridge programs for projects

 

contained in the annual state transportation program.

 

     Sec. 610. The department shall have as a priority the removal

 

of dead deer and other large animal remains from the traveled

 

portion and shoulder of state highways. The department, and

 


counties that perform state highway maintenance under contract,

 

shall remove animal remains, wherever practicable and when funds

 

are available, away from the traveled portion and shoulder of state

 

highways.

 

     Sec. 612. The department shall establish guidelines governing

 

incentives and disincentives provided under contracts for state

 

trunkline projects. The guidelines shall include specific financial

 

information concerning incentives and disincentives. On or before

 

January 1 of each year, the department shall prepare a report for

 

the immediately preceding fiscal year regarding contract incentives

 

and disincentives. This report shall include a list, by project, of

 

the contractors that received contract incentives and/or

 

disincentives, the amount of the incentives and/or disincentives,

 

and the number of days that each project was completed either ahead

 

or past the contracted completion date. This report shall be

 

provided to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

 

transportation, the senate and house standing committees on

 

transportation, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 660. (1) The legislature encourages the department to

 

examine the use of alternative road surface materials, including

 

recycled materials, and to develop criteria and specifications for

 

their use in both department-managed and contracted projects.

 

     (2) The department shall evaluate the use of a bituminous mix

 

which incorporates crumb rubber from scrap tires.

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION FUND

 

     Sec. 701. The department shall establish an intercity bus

 


equipment and facility fund as a subsidiary fund within the

 

comprehensive transportation fund created under section 10b of 1951

 

PA 51, MCL 247.660b. Proceeds received by this state from the sale

 

of state-owned intercity bus equipment shall be credited to the

 

intercity bus equipment facility fund for the purchase and repair

 

of intercity bus equipment, as appropriated. Security deposits not

 

returned to a lessee of state-owned intercity bus equipment under

 

terms of the lease agreement shall be credited to the intercity bus

 

equipment fund for the repair of intercity bus equipment, as

 

appropriated. Money received by the department from lease payments

 

for state-owned intercity bus equipment, and facility maintenance

 

charges under terms of leases of state-owned intercity facilities,

 

shall be credited to the intercity bus equipment facility fund for

 

the purchase and repair of intercity bus equipment or for the

 

maintenance and rehabilitation of state-owned intercity facilities,

 

as appropriated. At the close of the fiscal year, any funds

 

remaining in the intercity bus equipment facility fund shall remain

 

in the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 702. Money that is received by this state as repayment

 

for loans made for rail or water freight capital projects, and as a

 

result of the sale of property or equipment used or projected to be

 

used for rail or water freight projects shall be deposited in the

 

fund created by section 17 of the state transportation preservation

 

act of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.67. At the close of the fiscal

 

year, any funds remaining in the rail freight fund shall remain in

 

the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 703. After receiving notification from a railroad company

 


pursuant to section 8 of the state transportation preservation act

 

of 1976, 1976 PA 295, MCL 474.58, the department shall immediately

 

notify the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation and the state budget office that

 

the railroad company has filed with the appropriate governmental

 

agencies for abandonment of a line.

 

     Sec. 706. The Detroit/Wayne County port authority shall issue

 

a complete operations assessment and a financial disclosure

 

statement. The operations assessment shall include operational

 

goals for the next 5 years and recommendations to improve land

 

acquisition and development efficiency. The report shall be

 

completed and submitted to the house of representatives and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation, the state budget

 

director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies by February 15

 

of each fiscal year for the prior fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 711. (1) As prescribed in subsection (2), the department

 

shall submit reports to the state budget director, the house and

 

senate appropriations subcommittees on transportation, and the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies on rail passenger service provided

 

by AMTRAK under a contractual agreement with the department. The

 

report shall be submitted on or before May 1, 2014.

 

     (2) The report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) Passenger counts for the preceding fiscal year for each of

 

the 3 AMTRAK routes in Michigan.

 

     (b) Revenue and operating expenses by AMTRAK route.

 

     (c) Total state operating payments to AMTRAK in the preceding

 

fiscal year by AMTRAK route.

 


     (d) A discussion of major factors affecting route costs and

 

revenue and net state costs in the preceding fiscal year, and

 

factors affecting route costs and revenue and net state costs

 

anticipated in the current and future fiscal years.

 

     Sec. 735. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, the

 

appropriation to a street railway pursuant to section 10e(22) of

 

1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660e, is $0.

 

     Sec. 736. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for rail

 

operations and infrastructure, $1,500,000.00 shall be allocated for

 

a pilot project to test traffic control devices at rail grade

 

crossings on railroad tracks that are federally designated as a

 

high-speed rail corridor under 49 USC 26106. Any pilot project

 

entered into under this section shall be done using a competitive

 

bidding process.

 

     Sec. 740. The department shall report by March 1 of each year

 

to the house of representatives and senate appropriations

 

subcommittees on transportation, the house and senate fiscal

 

agencies, and the state budget director the encumbered and

 

unencumbered balances of the comprehensive transportation fund.

 

 

 

AERONAUTICS FUND

 

     Sec. 801. Except as otherwise provided in section 903 for

 

capital outlay, at the close of the fiscal year, any unobligated

 

and unexpended balance in the state aeronautics fund created in the

 

aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.1

 

to 259.208, shall lapse to the state aeronautics fund and be

 

appropriated by the legislature in the immediately succeeding

 


fiscal year.

 

 

 

CAPITAL OUTLAY

 

     Sec. 901. (1) From federal-state-local project appropriations

 

contained in part 1 for the purpose of assisting political entities

 

and subdivisions of this state in the construction and improvement

 

of publicly used airports and landing fields within this state, the

 

state transportation department may permit the award of contracts

 

on behalf of units of local government for the authorized locations

 

not to exceed the indicated amounts, of which the state allocated

 

portion shall not exceed the amount appropriated in part 1.

 

     (2) Political entities and subdivisions shall provide not less

 

than 5% of the cost of any project under this section, unless a

 

total nonfederal share greater than 10% is otherwise specified in

 

federal law. State money shall not be allocated until local money

 

is allocated. State money for any 1 project shall not exceed 1/3 of

 

the total appropriation in part 1 from state funds for airport

 

improvement programs.

 

     (3) The Michigan aeronautics commission may take those steps

 

necessary to match federal money available for airport construction

 

and improvement within this state and to meet the matching

 

requirements of the federal government. Whether acting alone or

 

jointly with another political subdivision or public agency or with

 

this state, a political subdivision or public agency of this state

 

shall not submit to any agency of the federal government a project

 

application for airport planning or development unless it is

 

authorized in this act and the project application is approved by

 


the governing body of each political subdivision or public agency

 

making the application and by the Michigan aeronautics commission.

 

     Sec. 902. Before the end of each fiscal year, the state

 

transportation department shall report to the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation and the house and

 

senate fiscal agencies on the status of airport improvement

 

projects funded in part 1 with the estimated dollars allocated for

 

each project. If there has to be a delay in reporting, the state

 

transportation department shall notify the house and senate

 

appropriations subcommittees on transportation in writing of the

 

date the report will be received.

 

     Sec. 903. The appropriations in part 1 for capital outlay

 

shall be carried forward at the end of the fiscal year consistent

 

with the provisions of section 248 of the management and budget

 

act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1248.

 

 

 

ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 1001. The appropriation in part 1 of $121,300,000.00 from

 

the state general fund is appropriated to the state trunkline

 

federal aid and road and bridge construction program and is

 

intended to ensure that the state is able to match all available

 

federal-aid highway funds.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2A

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015

 

GENERAL SECTIONS


 

 

     Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide

 

appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2015 for

 

the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2014-2015

 

appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal

 

year 2013-2014, except that the line items will be adjusted for

 

changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,

 

economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be

 

determined after the January 2014 consensus revenue estimating

 

conference.

 

     Sec. 1202. It is the intent of the legislature that the

 

department identify the amounts for normal retirement costs and

 

legacy retirement costs for the fiscal year ending on September 30,

 

2015 for the line items listed in part 1.