SB-0185, As Passed Senate, April 24, 2013
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 185
A bill to make appropriations for the department of state
police 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. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
amounts listed in this part for the department of state police are
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, from
the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the
appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,914.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 600,601,700
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers........................................... 25,219,700
Schedule of interdepartmental grant revenue sources:
IDG, training academy charges............... 2,711,600
IDG-MDOC, contract............................ 183,900
IDG-MDOS...................................... 360,700
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund............. 11,258,700
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees................ 5,956,900
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund
coordinator.................................. 665,400
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund
operations................................... 721,200
IDT, auto theft funds......................... 716,600
IDT, Michigan justice training fund......... 1,050,000
IDT, truck safety fund...................... 1,594,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 575,382,000
Total federal revenues................................. 98,846,100
Schedule of federal revenue sources:
DHS........................................ 51,755,800
DOJ........................................ 13,909,000
DOJ interest bearing........................ 8,139,400
DOT........................................ 23,467,100
Federal investigations – reimbursed
services................................... 1,060,800
Federal narcotics investigation revenues...... 514,000
Total local revenues................................... 6,967,500
Schedule of local revenue sources:
Local - AFIS fees.............................. 81,400
Local - LEIN fees........................... 1,016,600
Local - MPSCS subscriber and
maintenance fees........................... 2,183,000
Local - reimbursed services................. 2,012,500
Local - school bus revenue.................. 1,674,000
Total private revenues................................. 239,700
Schedule of private revenue sources:
Private donations............................. 239,700
Total state restricted revenues........................ 121,554,400
Schedule of state restricted revenues:
Auto theft prevention fund.................. 7,289,400
Criminal justice information center
service fees.............................. 18,333,800
Concealed weapons enforcement fee............. 100,000
Drunk driving prevention and training fund.. 1,402,200
Forensic science reimbursement fees......... 1,483,300
Forfeiture funds............................... 93,500
Hazardous materials training center fees.... 1,167,100
Highway safety fund........................ 12,906,800
Licensing fees.................................. 9,100
Michigan justice training fund.............. 8,459,300
Michigan merit award trust fund............... 750,000
Motor carrier fees.......................... 4,616,900
Narcotics investigation revenues.............. 791,600
Nuclear plant emergency planning
reimbursement.............................. 2,129,700
Precision driving track fees.................. 311,700
Reimbursed services........................... 640,600
Rental of department aircraft.................. 57,600
Secondary road patrol and training fund.... 12,261,200
Sex offender registration fund................ 300,900
State forensic laboratory fund.............. 1,721,300
State police service fees................... 2,197,900
State services fee fund.................... 11,666,600
Tobacco tax revenue......................... 4,190,700
Traffic crash revenue......................... 332,900
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund.... 26,321,600
Trooper school recruitment fund................. 1,100
Truck driver safety fund.................... 2,017,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 347,774,300
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 342,412,400
One-time state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 5,361,900
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 37.0
Unclassified positions................................. $ 707,000
Executive direction.................................... 5,399,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 6,106,100
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 43,400
State restricted revenues.............................. 847,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,215,000
Schedule of programs:
Executive direction......................... 2,969,100
Special operations and events............... 2,430,000
Sec. 103. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING BUREAU
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 200.0
Science, technology, and training bureau............... $ 75,769,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 75,769,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 5,581,500
Federal revenues....................................... 4,828,000
Local revenues......................................... 3,239,600
State restricted revenues.............................. 28,501,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 33,618,800
Schedule of programs:
Training................................... 11,923,700
Establishing and maintaining law enforcement
standards................................. 10,030,100
Criminal history systems................... 16,016,600
Information technology services and
projects.................................. 23,160,900
Michigan public safety communications
system.................................... 14,637,700
Sec. 104. FORENSIC SCIENCES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 265.0
Forensic sciences...................................... $ 43,027,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 43,027,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues....................................... 5,168,100
State restricted revenues.............................. 14,588,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 23,270,700
Schedule of programs:
Forensics.................................. 43,027,000
Sec. 105. UNIFORM SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,543.0
Uniform services....................................... $ 220,003,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 220,003,400
Appropriated from:
State restricted revenues.............................. 41,081,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 178,922,400
Schedule of programs:
Traffic safety and enforcement............ 219,266,800
Capitol security guards....................... 736,600
Sec. 106. SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 699.0
Specialized services................................... $ 107,927,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 107,927,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 18,688,300
Federal revenues....................................... 14,076,800
Local revenues......................................... 3,663,400
Private revenues....................................... 239,700
State restricted revenues.............................. 10,489,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 60,769,600
Schedule of programs:
Specialty teams............................ 25,737,300
Criminal investigations.................... 56,366,700
Fire investigations......................... 1,978,900
Motor carrier enforcement.................. 23,844,500
Sec. 107. SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 170.0
Support services....................................... $ 142,406,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 142,406,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 906,500
Federal revenues....................................... 74,773,200
Local revenues......................................... 64,500
State restricted revenues.............................. 26,046,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 40,615,900
Schedule of programs:
Support services........................... 56,577,600
State emergency center operations and
preparedness.............................. 58,677,200
Highway safety planning and awareness...... 16,087,900
Secondary road patrol program.............. 11,064,200
Sec. 108. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
At-post troopers - trooper school...................... 3,461,900
Emergency response team vehicle replacement............ 350,000
Rent and building occupancy charges.................... 750,000
Michigan international speedway traffic control........ 800,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,361,900
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,361,900
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 $469,328,700.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $15,537,600.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
Science, technology, and training bureau............... $ 3,930,700
Schedule of programs:
Justice training grants................................ 3,747,600
Training only to local units........................... 183,100
Specialized services................................... 653,300
Schedule of programs:
Operational support.................................... 653,300
Support services....................................... 10,953,600
Schedule of programs:
Secondary road patrol.................................. 10,953,600
TOTAL.................................................. $ 15,537,600
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) "AFIS" means the automated fingerprint identification
system.
(b) "CJIC" means the criminal justice information center.
(c) "C.J.I.S." means the criminal justice information systems.
(d) "Department" means the department of state police.
(e) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland
security.
(f) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.
(g) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.
(h) "DOT" means the United States department of
transportation.
(i) "DTMB" means the department of technology, management, and
budget.
(j) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.
(k) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(l) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(m) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(n) "LEIN" means the law enforcement information network.
(o) "MCL" means Michigan Compiled Laws.
(p) "MCOLES" means Michigan commission on law enforcement
standards.
(q) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(r) "MDOC" means the Michigan department of corrections.
(s) "MDOS" means the Michigan department of state.
(t) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(u) "MDTR" means the Michigan department of treasury.
(v) "MPSCS" means Michigan public safety communications
system.
(w) "PA" means public act.
(x) "Work project" means a group of activities featuring a
fixed duration, budget, and scope that is expected to cause a
measurable change in the delivery, efficiency, or effectiveness of
1 or more operations.
Sec. 204. The following shall constitute the appropriations
from part 1 for interdepartmental grant funds received by the
department from sources outside the department: $2,711,600.00 from
training academy charges; $183,900.00 from the department of
corrections contract; $360,700.00 from the department of state;
$11,258,700.00 from the department of transportation - state
trunkline funds; $5,956,900.00 from casino gaming fees; $665,400.00
from the department of treasury - emergency telephone fund
coordinator; and $721,200.00 from the department of treasury -
emergency telephone fund operations.
Sec. 205. (1) The following shall constitute the
appropriations from part 1 for interdepartmental grant funds made
from the department to other departments: $1,484,800.00 to the
department of environmental quality; $150,100.00 to the department
of attorney general - justice training competitive grant;
$800,500.00 to the judiciary - justice training competitive grant;
$352,700.00 to the department of attorney general - operations;
$650,000.00 to the department of military and veterans affairs -
homeland security grant; $23,028,800.00 to DTMB - information
technology services and projects; and $14,637,700.00 to DTMB -
Michigan public safety communications systems.
(2) Based on the availability of federal funding and the
demonstrated need as indicated by applications submitted to the
state court administrative office, the department shall provide
$1,500,000.00 in Byrne justice assistance grant program funding to
the judiciary by interdepartmental grant.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this article under 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 $3,500,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this article under 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 this
article under 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 $200,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this
article under 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 that is 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 department 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 department 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, for
the department. The director of the department shall strongly
encourage firms with which the department contracts to subcontract
with certified businesses in depressed and deprived communities for
services or supplies, or both.
Sec. 212. The department 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. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 216. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act,
the schedule of programs in part 1 lists programs which may, but
are not required to be, funded under this act.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the
schedule of revenue sources in part 1 may or may not be received
from the funding entities listed.
(3) The secondary road patrol funding is not subject to
funding flexibility and shall be funded in accordance with section
629e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.629e.
(4) Any funding required by statute is not subject to funding
flexibility and shall be funded in accordance with that statute.
Sec. 217. The department shall improve its budgetary
efficiency pertaining to the delivery of core services delineated
in section 221 by doing all of the following:
(a) Prioritizing personnel over buildings in budgetary
efficiency considerations.
(b) Pursuing the physical or virtual consolidation of support
service functions such as information technology, human resources,
and accounting as a means of improving standardization and
efficiency.
(c) Seeking expenditure reductions whenever possible through
the streamlining of existing service delivery activities.
(d) Identifying efficiencies that can be gained via the
reduction or elimination of programs, policies, and practices which
have outlived their usefulness.
Sec. 218. 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 house and senate standing committees on
appropriations, 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 total 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. 219. (1) The department shall provide quarterly reports,
beginning October 1, to the appropriate senate and house
appropriations subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal
agencies, which provide the following data:
(a) A list of major work projects, including the status of
each project.
(b) The department's financial status, featuring a report of
budgeted versus actual expenditures by part 1 line item including a
year-end projection of budget requirements. If projected department
budget requirements exceed the allocated budget, the report shall
include a plan to reduce overall expenses while still satisfying
specified service level requirements.
(c) A report on the performance metrics cited in this act.
(2) The department shall provide all information necessary to
validate that the requirements of this part have been achieved.
(3) The department shall provide a corrective action plan
within 30 days of a quarterly report under this section for any
requirements of this part that have not been achieved. The
department shall provide a monthly status of correction action
plans.
(4) The department shall provide a summary of fund shifts,
that have been approved by the state budget office, that have
occurred between items listed in the schedule of programs mentioned
in part 1 on a quarterly basis to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military affairs
and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 221. The appropriations in part 1 are for the core
services, support services, and work projects of the department,
including, but not limited to, the following core services: traffic
safety and enforcement, criminal investigations, fire
investigation, specialty teams, capitol security, state emergency
operations center and preparedness, criminal history systems,
highway safety planning and awareness, motor carrier enforcement,
forensics, training, and establishing and monitoring law
enforcement standards.
Sec. 222. The department shall notify the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and
veterans affairs and the senate and house fiscal agencies not less
than 90 days before recommending to close or consolidate any state
police posts. The notification shall include a local and state
impact study of the proposed post closure or consolidation.
Sec. 223. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to
privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to
the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan shall include the
criteria under which the privatization initiative will be
evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees and the senate and
house fiscal agencies within 30 months.
Sec. 224. 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. 226. (1) When the department provides contractual
services to a local unit of government, the department shall be
reimbursed for all costs incurred in providing the services,
including, but not limited to, retirement and overtime costs.
(2) The department shall define service cost models for those
services requiring reimbursement.
(3) Contractual services provided to an entity other than a
local unit of government may be provided by department personnel,
but only on an overtime basis outside the normal work schedule of
the personnel.
(4) This section does not apply to state agencies.
Sec. 228. Not later than November 15, the state budget office
shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of
the total general fund/general purpose appropriations lapses at the
close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected
year-end general fund/general purpose appropriations 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 standing committees on appropriations, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 229. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the department shall provide the state
budget director, the senate and house appropriations chairs, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police and
military and veterans affairs, 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. 230. 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 department's performance.
Sec. 231. The department, in keeping with its role as the
general law enforcement agency of the state and as the law
enforcement agency of last resort for communities that are either
without local law enforcement resources or are seriously
underserved by local law enforcement resources, shall provide
general law enforcement assistance to those communities until
adequate law enforcement services can be provided to those
communities by other means.
Sec. 232. The department shall serve as an active liaison
between the department of technology, management, and budget and
local public safety agencies to facilitate the use of the MPSCS
towers by those local public safety agencies that have an interest
in using the towers as a part of their communication system and
report user issues to the department of technology, management, and
budget.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Sec. 250. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
funding to support unclassified employee positions as authorized by
section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963. These
positions include the following: department director, chief
administrative officer, and executive director of the Michigan
commission on law enforcement standards.
(2) Not less than 30 days prior to the department submitting a
request for an additional unclassified employee position from the
civil service commission, or for any substantive change to the
duties of an existing unclassified employee position, the
department shall notify the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on state police and military and veterans affairs and
the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 251. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for executive
direction, effective and efficient administrative leadership shall
be provided to the department.
Sec. 252. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for special
operations and events, the department shall provide effective
protection for the governor and visiting dignitaries to the state.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING BUREAU
Sec. 301. (1) The department shall develop and deliver
professional, innovative, and quality training that supports the
enforcement and public safety efforts of the criminal justice
community.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide educational opportunities for personal and
professional growth to a minimum of 10,000 state and local law
enforcement employees and other public safety partners.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide educational opportunities for personal and
professional growth to a minimum of 3,000 community members.
(4) The department shall seek to increase its classroom
occupancy rate at the training academy with the goal of reaching
55% on an annual basis.
(5) The department shall place emphasis on recruiting MCOLES-
certified police officers for the trooper recruit school. Emphasis
shall be given in the hiring process to those officers who are on
layoff and possess valid MCOLES certification. Any emphasis given
in the recruiting and selection process shall be consistent with
the department's hiring standards and in accordance with civil
service rules.
(6) The department shall distribute and review course
evaluations to ensure quality training is provided.
(7) Beginning October 1, the department shall submit a report
to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state
police and military and veterans affairs within 60 days of the
conclusion of any trooper recruit school. The report shall include
the following:
(a) The number of veterans who commenced that trooper recruit
school.
(b) The number of veterans who concluded that trooper recruit
school.
(c) The devices or campaigns that were used to specifically
recruit veterans for that trooper recruit school.
Sec. 302. (1) MCOLES shall establish standards for the
selection, employment, training, education, licensing, and
revocation of all law enforcement officers.
(2) MCOLES shall maintain the staffing and resources necessary
to provide the basic law enforcement training curriculum for 20
academy programs statewide.
(3) MCOLES shall maintain staffing and resources necessary to
update law enforcement standards within 30 days of the effective
date of any new legislation.
Sec. 303. (1) In accordance with applicable state and federal
laws and regulations, the department shall maintain a criminal
history system and the state accident data collection system in the
support of public safety and law enforcement communities in this
state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to adhere to 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.241 to 28.248.
(3) The department shall improve the accuracy, timeliness, and
completeness of criminal history information by conducting a
minimum of 30 outreach activities targeted to criminal justice
agencies.
(4) The department shall maintain the state accident data
collection system and make this information available to the public
at a reasonable cost. For bulk access to the accident records in
which the vehicle identification number has been collected and
computerized, the department shall make those records available to
the public at cost, provided that the name and address have been
excluded.
(5) The department shall provide fingerprint and background
check services in support of public safety and law enforcement
communities in this state.
(6) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to process fingerprint and background check services
commensurate with fiscal year 2010-2011.
(7) The department shall maintain resources and educational
outreach for the electronic submission of fingerprint information
from local law enforcement agencies and maintain at least a 97%
submission rate.
(8) The department shall define and maintain a cost model
pertaining to providing fingerprint check services and provide that
fingerprint service fees shall be commensurate with the actual
costs of delivering this service.
(9) The department shall maintain the law enforcement
information network in support of public safety and law enforcement
communities in this state.
(10) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to adhere to the C.J.I.S. policy council act, 1974 PA
163, MCL 28.211 to 28.215.
(11) The department shall audit criminal justice agencies as
required by federal guidelines.
(12) The department shall prepare a report to the legislature
defining a list of options to reduce the LEIN budget by 5% without
adversely impacting services to customers.
(13) The department shall oversee the sex offender registry
and its enforcement in this state.
(14) The department shall maintain the staff and resources
necessary to enforce the provision of the sex offenders
registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.736.
(15) The sex offender registry unit shall follow up on tips
assigned to law enforcement agencies within 10 working days.
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Sec. 401. (1) The department shall provide forensic testing
services to aid in criminal investigations.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide forensic evidence with an average turnaround
time of 55 days assuming an annual caseload volume commensurate
with that received in fiscal year 2010-2011.
(3) The department shall ensure its ability to maintain
accreditation by the American society of crime laboratory
directors/laboratory accreditation board (ASCLD/LAB).
(4) The department shall implement improved methods with the
intent of reaching an average 30-day turnaround for forensic
evidence.
(5) If changes are made to the department's protocol for
retaining and purging DNA analysis samples and records, the
department shall post a copy of the protocol changes on the
department's website.
UNIFORM SERVICES
Sec. 501. (1) The department shall oversee traffic safety and
enforcement in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to make traffic contacts per patrol hours commensurate
with the service level and contact areas exhibited in fiscal year
2010-2011. There shall be no degradation of road patrol services to
any region of this state.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to continually work to enhance traffic safety throughout
the state and shall dedicate a minimum of 300,000 hours to
statewide patrol, of which a minimum of 23,000 shall be committed
to distressed cities in this state.
(4) Department enlisted personnel who are employed to enforce
traffic laws as provided in section 629e of the Michigan vehicle
code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.629e, shall not be prohibited from
responding to crimes in progress or other emergency situations and
are responsible for protecting every citizen of this state from
harm.
(5) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to perform activities to maintain a 93% compliance rate
for reporting by registered sex offenders.
(6) The department shall submit a report on or before April 1
to the appropriate senate and house appropriations subcommittees
and the senate and house fiscal agencies regarding the cities in
distress public safety initiative. The report shall include, but
is not limited to, the following information for the prior 6
months:
(a) Statistics regarding relevant trooper schools, including
the number of applications, the number of troopers graduated, and
the cities or posts in which each of these troopers is assigned or
stationed.
(b) Statistics regarding criminal activity, including the
number of arrests made by troopers assigned to the cities in
distress, the number of traffic stops made by troopers assigned to
cities in distress, the number of parole or probation violators
arrested by troopers assigned to cities in distress, the number of
violent and assaultive crimes committed in the cities in distress,
the number of illegal drug and narcotic crimes committed in the
cities in distress, and the number of property crimes committed in
the cities in distress.
(c) Where reasonably available, statistics regarding the
number of local law enforcement officers employed by the cities in
distress and the number of criminal prosecutions in the counties in
which the cities in distress are located.
Sec. 505. (1) The department shall provide security services
at the state capitol building.
(2) The department shall maintain the staff and resources
necessary to respond to emergencies at the house office building,
Farnum building, capitol parking lot, Townsend parking ramp, and
Roosevelt parking ramp.
(3) The department shall pursue federal grants to improve the
security at the capitol building.
(4) The department may develop a phased approach for improving
security at the capitol building.
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Sec. 601. (1) The department shall provide specialty services
to citizens of this state in accordance with all applicable state
and federal laws and regulations.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to provide training to maintain readiness to respond
appropriately to at least the number of requests for specialty
services which occurred in fiscal year 2010-2011.
(3) The canine unit shall be available for call out statewide
100% of the time.
(4) The bomb squad unit shall be available for call out
statewide 100% of the time.
(5) The emergency support teams shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time and shall strive to achieve
acceptable response times.
(6) The underwater recovery unit shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time.
(7) Aviation services shall be available for call out
statewide 100% of the time, unless prohibited by weather or
unexpected mechanical breakdowns.
(8) Money privately donated to the department is appropriated
under part 1 to be used for the purposes designated by the donor of
the money. Money privately donated to the department's canine unit
shall be used to purchase equipment and other items to enhance the
operation of the canine unit.
(9) The department shall operate the Michigan intelligence
operation center as the state's federally recognized fusion center.
(10) The department shall seek to increase the number of
public and private sector contacts which receive vital homeland
security information and intelligence in order to enhance the
safety and security for citizens of this state.
Sec. 602. (1) The department shall identify and apprehend
criminals through criminal investigations in this state.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to devote a comparable number of hours investigating
crimes as those performed in fiscal year 2010-2011.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to annually meet or exceed a case clearance rate of 56%.
(4) The department shall provide protection to this state, its
economy, welfare, and vital state-sponsored programs through the
prevention and suppression of organized smuggling of untaxed
tobacco products in the state, through enforcement of the tobacco
products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436, and other
laws pertaining to combating criminal activity in this state, by
maintaining a tobacco tax enforcement unit that will dedicate a
minimum of 16,600 hours to tobacco tax enforcement.
(5) The department shall annually provide 4 training
opportunities to local law enforcement partners with the goal of
increasing their knowledge of gambling laws, trends, and legal
issues.
(6) The department shall submit an annual report on or by
October 15 to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
state police and military and veterans affairs, the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on general government, and the
senate and house fiscal agencies, that details expenditures related
to tax enforcement activities for the prior fiscal year.
Sec. 603. (1) The department shall provide fire investigation
services to citizens of this state through investigative assistance
to local law enforcement agencies.
(2) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to maintain readiness to respond appropriately to at
least the number of requests for service that occurred in fiscal
year 2010-2011.
(3) The fire investigation unit shall be available for call
out statewide 100% of the time.
Sec. 604. (1) The department shall maintain the staffing and
resources necessary to enforce the motor carrier safety laws and
regulations of the state.
(2) The department shall inspect all black and yellow school
buses annually.
(3) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to annually inspect at least 53,000 commercial vehicles.
SUPPORT SERVICES
Sec. 701. (1) The department shall respond to civil disorders
and natural disasters.
(2) The department shall, at a minimum, maintain readiness
including training and equipment to respond to civil disorders and
natural disasters commensurate with the capabilities of fiscal year
2010-2011.
(3) The department shall ensure public safety through the
emergency management and homeland security division by providing
public and private sector partners with timely and accurate
information and regarding critical information key resources
threats as reported to or discovered by the Michigan intelligence
operations center and increase public awareness on how to report
suspicious activity through website or telephone communications.
(4) The department shall foster, promote, and maintain
partnerships to protect this state and homeland from all hazards.
(5) The department shall maintain the staffing and resources
necessary to do all of the following:
(a) Serve approximately 105 local emergency management
preparedness programs and 88 local emergency planning committees in
this state.
(b) Operate and maintain the state's emergency operations
center and provide command and control in support of emergency
response services.
(c) Maintain readiness, including training and equipment to
respond to civil disorders and natural disasters.
(d) Perform hazardous materials response training.
(6) The department shall conduct a minimum of 3 training
sessions to enhance safe response in the event of natural or
manmade incidents, emergencies, or disasters.
(7) The state director of emergency management may expend
money appropriated under this act to call upon any agency or
department of the state or any resource of the state to protect
life or property or to provide for the health or safety of the
population in any area of the state in which the governor proclaims
a state of emergency or state of disaster under 1945 PA 302, MCL
10.31 to 10.33, or under the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390,
MCL 30.401 to 30.421. The state director of emergency management
may expend the amounts the director considers necessary to
accomplish these purposes. The director shall submit to the state
budget director as soon as possible a complete report of all
actions taken under the authority of this section. The report shall
contain, as a separate item, a statement of all money expended that
is not reimbursable from federal money. The state budget director
shall review the expenditures and submit recommendations to the
legislature in regard to any possible need for a supplemental
appropriation.
(8) In addition to the money appropriated in this act, the
department may receive and expend money from local, private,
federal, or state sources for the purpose of providing emergency
management training to local or private interests and for the
purpose of supporting emergency preparedness, response, recovery,
and mitigation activity. If additional expenditure authorization in
the Michigan administrative information network is approved by the
state budget office under this section, the department and the
state budget office shall notify the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and
veterans affairs and the senate and house fiscal agencies within 10
days after the approval. The notification shall include the amount
and source and the additional authorization, the date of its
approval, and the projected use of funds to be expended under the
authorization.
Sec. 705. The department shall provide highway safety
information and awareness to the public and other interested
parties.
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, excluding appropriations designated as 1-time
appropriations and adjusting 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.