EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
February 28, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Hammel and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to make appropriations for the department of labor and
economic growth, and certain other state purposes for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2008; to provide for the expenditure of
those appropriations; to provide for the imposition of certain
fees; to provide for the disposition of fees and other income
received by the state agencies; to provide for reports to certain
persons; and to prescribe powers and duties of certain state
departments and certain state and local agencies and officers.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. The amounts listed in this part are appropriated
for the department of labor and economic growth subject to the
conditions set forth in this bill, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2008, from the funds identified in this part. The
following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 58.5
Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,306.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,345,147,400
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 34,472,800
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,310,674,600
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 837,855,300
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 15,884,700
Total private revenues................................. 2,314,300
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 355,515,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 99,105,100
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 58.5
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 179.0
Unclassified salaries.................................. $ 5,349,400
Executive director programs--53.0 FTE positions........ 6,922,100
Regulatory efficiency improvements/backlog reduction
initiative........................................... 665,600
Property management.................................... 10,519,200
Rent................................................... 17,215,600
Worker's compensation.................................. 1,381,000
Special project advances............................... 940,000
HR optimization charges................................ 259,700
Administrative services--126.0 FTE positions........... 13,299,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 56,552,100
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of community health................ 300,000
Federal revenues:
DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational
rehabilitation of state grants....................... 4,902,300
DOE-OEERE, multiple grants............................. 9,300
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 13,570,600
DOL-ETA, workforce investment act...................... 882,100
DOL, federal funds..................................... 2,334,500
DOL, multiple grants for safety and health............. 776,900
Federal revenues....................................... 918,000
HHS, temporary assistance for needy families........... 347,000
HHS, titles XVIII and XIX.............................. 34,100
Special revenue funds:
Private - special project advances..................... 940,000
Local revenues......................................... 131,300
Bank fees.............................................. 540,800
Boiler fees............................................ 254,000
Construction code fund................................. 1,071,700
Consumer finance fees.................................. 177,600
Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......... 861,400
Contingent fund, regular penalty and interest.......... 4,100
Corporation fees....................................... 5,216,800
Credit union fees...................................... 350,800
Elevator fees.......................................... 268,600
Fees and collections/asbestos.......................... 76,200
Fire service fees...................................... 792,500
Insurance licensing and regulation fees................ 1,910,800
Insurance regulatory fees.............................. 1,098,400
Land sales fees........................................ 15,000
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 822,600
Liquor license revenue................................. 100,000
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 6,042,000
Mobile home code fund.................................. 263,600
Michigan state housing development authority fees
and charges.......................................... 4,021,500
Motor carrier fees..................................... 185,200
Public utility assessments............................. 2,171,300
Private occupational school license fees............... 14,000
Rehabilitation services fees........................... 90,300
Safety education and training fund..................... 572,100
Second injury fund..................................... 257,000
Securities fees........................................ 2,409,700
Self-insurers security fund............................ 87,300
Silicosis and dust disease fund........................ 111,300
Tax tribunal fees...................................... 189,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,430,100
Sec. 103. OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 288.0
Administration--21.0 FTE positions..................... $ 4,162,400
Policy conduct and consumer assistance--86.0 FTE
positions............................................ 14,177,900
Financial evaluation--181.0 FTE positions.............. 27,073,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 45,413,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal regulatory project revenue..................... 50,400
Special revenue funds:
Bank fees.............................................. 7,469,200
Consumer finance fees.................................. 4,891,500
Credit union fees...................................... 5,404,000
Deferred presentment service transaction fees.......... 1,307,400
Insurance continuing education fees.................... 903,400
Insurance licensing and regulation fees................ 3,912,600
Insurance regulatory fees.............................. 19,231,000
Multiple employer welfare arrangement.................. 72,300
Securities fees........................................ 2,171,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 104. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 170.0
Administration, planning and regulation--159.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 21,797,600
Energy office--9.0 FTE positions....................... 5,342,100
Children's protection registry administration--2.0
FTE positions........................................ 271,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 27,410,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOE-OEERE, multiple grants............................. 4,828,100
DOT-RSPA, gas pipeline safety.......................... 984,900
Special revenue funds
Private - oil overcharge............................... 30,000
Children's protection registry fund.................... 271,200
Motor carrier fees..................................... 2,220,100
Public utility assessments............................. 18,076,600
Video franchise assessments............................ 1,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 105. LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 152.0
Management support services--28.0 FTE positions........ $ 3,403,100
Liquor licensing and enforcement--124.0 FTE positions.. 12,175,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,578,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Liquor license revenue................................. 6,362,200
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 9,215,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 106. MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 266.0
Payments on behalf of tenants.......................... $ 140,000,000
Housing and rental assistance program--266.0 FTE
positions............................................ 34,956,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 174,956,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
HUD, lower income housing assistance program........... 140,000,000
Special revenue funds:
Michigan state housing development authority fees
and charges.......................................... 34,956,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 107. OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 420.0
Boiler inspection program--25.0 FTE positions.......... $ 2,764,400
Bureau of fire services--57.0 FTE positions............ 6,524,900
Code enforcement--120.0 FTE positions.................. 13,036,700
Commercial services--155.0 FTE positions............... 16,281,200
Elevator inspection program--30.0 FTE positions........ 2,938,800
Local manufactured housing communities inspections..... 250,000
Manufactured housing and land resources program--22.0
FTE positions........................................ 3,191,800
Property development group--11.0 FTE positions......... 1,569,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 46,557,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of community health, inspection
contract............................................. 68,500
IDG from department of state police, homeland security. 754,300
Federal revenues:
FEMA................................................... 28,000
DOT.................................................... 47,000
HHS, titles XVIII and XIX.............................. 700,000
Special revenue funds:
Accountancy enforcement fund........................... 103,600
Boiler fee revenue..................................... 3,166,300
Construction code fund................................. 12,930,600
Corporation fees....................................... 4,537,900
Elevator fees.......................................... 3,313,000
Fire alarm fees........................................ 99,000
Fire service fees...................................... 1,706,600
Homeowner construction lien recovery fund.............. 1,537,900
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 10,000,100
Liquor license revenue................................. 3,121,500
Mobile home code fund.................................. 2,771,800
Michigan boxing fund................................... 45,000
Property development fees.............................. 282,900
Real estate appraiser continuing education fund........ 47,000
Real estate education fund............................. 272,100
Remonumentation fees................................... 709,500
Security business fund................................. 314,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 229.0
Occupational safety and health--229.0 FTE positions.... $ 26,198,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 26,198,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL, multiple grants for safety and health............. 12,197,000
Special revenue funds:
Corporation fees....................................... 2,279,600
Fees and collections/asbestos.......................... 863,300
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 1,174,800
Safety education and training fund..................... 7,848,700
Securities fees........................................ 1,834,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 109. BUREAU OF WORKER'S AND UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,251.0
Administration--96.6 FTE positions..................... $ 9,896,800
Board of magistrates and appellate commission--19.4
FTE positions........................................ 3,520,900
Wage and hour division--35.0 FTE positions............. 3,090,100
Insurance funds administration--28.0 FTE positions..... 4,590,200
Supplemental benefit fund.............................. 1,300,000
Unemployment programs--1,002.7 FTE positions........... 90,640,500
Advocacy assistance program............................ 1,500,000
Special audit and collections program--34.0 FTE
positions............................................ 2,879,700
Training program for agency staff--2.1 FTE positions... 1,807,300
Expanded fraud control program--33.2 FTE positions..... 3,184,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 122,410,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL-ETA, employment and training administration........ 677,400
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 93,347,500
Federal Reed act funds................................. 4,487,500
Special revenue funds:
Corporation fees....................................... 2,711,200
Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......... 10,759,400
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 789,700
Second injury fund..................................... 2,471,200
Securities fees........................................ 2,711,900
Self-insurers security fund............................ 1,168,300
Silicosis and dust disease fund........................ 950,700
Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.... 2,335,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 110. STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
AND RULES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 163.0
Administrative hearings and rules--163.0 FTE positions. $ 21,788,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 21,788,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of community health................ 1,704,200
IDG from department of corrections..................... 3,801,800
IDG from department of education....................... 1,064,200
IDG from department of environmental quality........... 522,000
IDG from department of human services.................. 3,338,000
IDG from department of management and budget........... 42,000
Federal revenues:
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 6,336,700
DOL, multiple grants for safety and health............. 202,700
Special revenue funds:
Construction code fund................................. 292,900
Corporation fees....................................... 365,700
Insurance regulatory fees.............................. 347,000
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 1,074,000
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 119,800
Mobile home code fund.................................. 143,300
Public utility assessments............................. 1,272,800
Safety education and training fund..................... 195,600
Securities fees........................................ 888,600
Tax tribunal fees...................................... 76,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 111. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 42,899,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 42,899,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 21,091,700
DOL, multiple grants for safety and health............. 273,700
Federal revenues....................................... 5,977,400
HHS, temporary assistance for needy families........... 176,300
Special revenue funds:
Bank fees.............................................. 487,100
Boiler fee revenue..................................... 327,200
Construction code fund................................. 944,600
Consumer finance fees.................................. 198,700
Corporation fees....................................... 1,797,300
Credit union fees...................................... 274,600
Elevator fees.......................................... 259,700
Fees and collections/asbestos.......................... 11,000
Fire service fees...................................... 520,700
Insurance regulatory fees.............................. 711,500
Land bank fast track fund.............................. 204,500
Licensing and regulation fees.......................... 1,168,000
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 3,212,000
Mobile home code fund.................................. 74,200
Michigan state housing development authority fees
and charges.......................................... 2,038,000
Motor carrier fees..................................... 118,600
Public utility assessments............................. 890,900
Safety education and training fund..................... 352,700
Second injury fund..................................... 149,200
Securities fees........................................ 1,509,200
Self-insurers security fund............................ 70,100
Silicosis and dust disease fund........................ 60,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 965.5
Employment services--246.0 FTE positions............... $ 48,523,600
Jobs education training pilot--31.0 FTE positions...... 9,401,100
Jobs education training statewide expansion--62.0 FTE
positions............................................ 13,476,700
Labor market information--52.0 FTE positions........... 6,340,200
Michigan rehabilitation services--513.5 FTE positions.. 70,737,800
Workforce programs administration--61.0 FTE positions.. 12,749,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 161,228,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of human services.................. 22,877,800
Federal revenues:
DAG, employment and training........................... 178,700
DED-OPSE, multiple grants.............................. 1,222,900
DED-OSERS, centers for independent living.............. 58,200
DED-OSERS, rehabilitation long-term training........... 316,900
DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational
rehabilitation of state grants....................... 53,247,500
DED-OSERS, state grants for technical related
assistance........................................... 56,000
DOL-ETA, workforce investment act...................... 7,539,200
DOL, federal funds..................................... 48,273,400
DOL, ODEP.............................................. 225,000
HHS-SSA, supplemental security income.................. 3,763,300
HHS, temporary assistance for needy families........... 3,320,200
Special revenue funds:
Private - gifts, bequests, and donations............... 816,000
Local revenue.......................................... 4,269,600
Local vocational rehabilitation match.................. 3,054,000
Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......... 1,809,900
Rehabilitation services fees........................... 1,347,000
Second injury fund..................................... 51,500
Student fees........................................... 308,000
Training materials fees................................ 256,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 8,237,300
Sec. 113. CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Full-time equated classified positions........... 55.0
Career and technical education--25.0 FTE positions..... $ 3,880,100
Postsecondary education--14.0 FTE positions............ 2,691,200
Adult education--16.0 FTE positions.................... 2,494,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 9,065,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DED, Perkins act....................................... 288,400
Federal revenues....................................... 6,704,300
Special revenue funds:
Private occupational school license fees............... 432,800
Defaulted loan collection fees......................... 100,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,540,100
Sec. 114. DEPARTMENT GRANTS
Adult basic education.................................. $ 20,000,000
Carl D. Perkins grants................................. 47,500,000
Focus: HOPE............................................ 5,860,200
Gear-up program grants................................. 3,000,000
Workforce training programs subgrantees................ 213,937,800
Personal assistance services........................... 459,500
Vocational rehabilitation client services/facilities... 55,549,500
Vocational rehabilitation independent living........... 3,079,700
Welfare-to-work programs............................... 107,798,600
Fire protection grants................................. 10,910,500
Low-income energy efficiency assistance................ 60,000,000
Liquor law enforcement grants.......................... 6,100,000
Remonumentation grants................................. 14,000,000
Michigan nursing corps................................. 15,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 563,195,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DAG, employment and training........................... 7,000,000
DED-OESE, gear-up...................................... 3,000,000
DED-OSERS, centers for independent living.............. 450,200
DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services, vocational
rehabilitation of state grants....................... 35,797,900
DED-OSERS, rehabilitation services facilities.......... 2,272,500
DED-OSERS, supported employment........................ 1,541,300
DED-OSERS, state grants for technical related
assistance........................................... 2,240,800
DED-OVAE, adult education.............................. 20,000,000
DED-OVAE, basic grants to states....................... 47,500,000
DOL-ETA, workforce investment act...................... 166,602,700
DOL, federal funds..................................... 17,985,100
HHS, temporary assistance for needy families........... 72,299,000
HHS-SSA, supplemental security income.................. 3,480,600
Special revenue funds:
Private - gifts, bequests, and donations............... 400,000
Local vocational rehabilitation match.................. 6,630,500
Local vocational rehabilitation facilities match....... 1,278,300
Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......... 1,000,000
Fire protection fund................................... 5,300,000
Liquor license revenue................................. 8,000,000
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 3,710,500
Low-income energy efficiency fund...................... 60,000,000
Remonumentation fees................................... 14,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 82,706,400
Sec. 115. BOARDS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 168.0
MES board of review program--18.0 FTE positions........ $ 2,307,500
Rights-of-way oversight authority--5.0 FTE positions... 560,500
Land bank fast track authority--6.0 FTE positions...... 1,431,300
Commission on Spanish-speaking affairs--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 251,700
Commission on disability concerns--7.0 FTE positions... 1,068,900
Commission for the blind--94.0 FTE positions........... 19,830,900
Utility consumer representation........................ 950,000
Youth low vision program............................... 241,800
Tax tribunal--15.0 FTE positions....................... 2,006,900
Employment relations--21.0 FTE positions............... 3,243,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 31,893,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues....................................... 14,992,600
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 2,307,500
EEOC, federal funds.................................... 10,000
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues....................................... 128,300
Local revenues......................................... 521,000
Corporation fees....................................... 220,500
Land bank fast track fund.............................. 1,431,300
METRO authority fund................................... 560,500
Securities fees........................................ 3,533,200
State restricted revenues.............................. 560,200
Tax tribunal fees...................................... 1,487,000
Utility consumer representation fund................... 950,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,191,200
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
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 2007-2008 is $454,620,300.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2007-2008 is $51,470,500.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to units of local government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Fire protection grants................................. $ 10,910,500
Liquor law enforcement................................. 6,100,000
Local manufactured housing inspections................. 250,000
Remonumentation grants................................. 14,000,000
Bureau of fire services................................ 1,710,400
Welfare-to-work program................................ 18,499,600
Total department of labor and economic growth.......... $ 51,470,500
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this bill are
subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this bill:
(a) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.
(b) "DED" means the United States department of education.
(c) "DED-OESE" means the DED office of elementary and
secondary education.
(d) "DED-OPSE" means the DED office of postsecondary
education.
(e) "DED-OSERS" means the DED office of special education
rehabilitation services.
(f) "DED-OVAE" means the DED office of vocational and adult
education.
(g) "Department" means the department of labor and economic
growth.
(h) "Director" means the director of the department of labor
and economic growth.
(i) "DOE" means the United States department of energy.
(j) "DOE-OEERE" means the DOE office of energy efficiency and
renewable energy.
(k) "DOL" means the United States department of labor.
(l) "DOL-ETA" means the DOL employment and training
administration.
(m) "DOL-ODEP" means the DOL office of disability employment
policy.
(n) "DOT" means the United States department of
transportation.
(o) "DOT-RSPA" means the DOT research and special programs
administration.
(p) "EEOC" means equal employment opportunity commission.
(q) "FEMA" means federal emergency management agency.
(r) "Fiscal agencies" means Michigan house fiscal agency and
Michigan senate fiscal agency.
(s) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(t) "HHS" means the United States department of health and
human services.
(u) "HHS-SSA" means HHS social security administration.
(v) "HUD" means the United States department of housing and
urban development.
(w) "MES" means Michigan employment security.
(x) "MIOSHA" means Michigan occupational safety and health
administration.
(y) "Subcommittees" means all members of the subcommittees of
the house and senate appropriations committees with jurisdiction
over the budget for the department.
Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill
departments and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for
the 1% charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state
constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount
of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.
Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state
classified civil service. State departments and agencies are
prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil
service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state
classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not
apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position
to another within a department.
(2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this
hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the
hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency
unable to deliver basic services, cause a loss of revenue to the
state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal
funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any
savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director
shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house
of representatives standing committees on appropriations the number
of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous
month and the reasons to justify the exception.
Sec. 208. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this bill. 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 the 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 should be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses 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.
The 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. 211. The department shall establish and maintain
affirmative action programs based on the guidelines developed by
the state equal opportunity workforce planning council which was
created by Executive Order No. 1996-13 in order to receive general
fund/general purpose dollars.
Sec. 213. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the
department of information technology for technology-related
services and projects. Such user fees shall be subject to
provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and
the department of information technology.
Sec. 214. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information
technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward
to support technology projects under the direction of the
department of information technology. Funds designated in this
manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work
projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984
PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this
state, out-of-state travel shall be limited to situations in which
1 or more of the following conditions apply:
(a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or
for law enforcement purposes.
(b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of
Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar
circumstances.
(c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to
increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal
funds or securing additional federal funds.
(d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal
requirements.
(e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for
staff that is not available within this state.
(f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate
funds.
(2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or
more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director
may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted
by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis
to the house and senate appropriations committees.
(3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department
shall prepare a travel report listing 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 chairs and members of the house and senate
appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The report shall include the following
information:
(a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel
outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.
(b) The destination of each travel occurrence.
(c) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel
occurrence.
(e) 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.
(f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the
immediately preceding fiscal year.
Sec. 218. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $30,500,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this bill under section 393(2) of the department of 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 $13,200,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this bill under section 393(2) of the department of 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 $8,180,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill
under section 393(2) of the department of 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 $550,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill
under section 393(2) of the department of management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 220. The department may carry into the succeeding fiscal
year unexpended federal pass-through funds to local institutions
and governments that do not require additional state matching
funds. Federal pass-through funds to local institutions and
governments that are received in amounts in addition to those
included in part 1 and that do not require additional state
matching funds are appropriated for the purposes intended.
REGULATORY
Sec. 301. The appropriation in part 1 for fire protection
grants from the liquor purchase revolving fund and the fire
protection fund shall be appropriated to cities, villages, and
townships with state-owned facilities for fire services, instead of
taxes, in accordance with 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956.
Sec. 302. The funds collected by the office of financial and
insurance services in connection with a conservatorship pursuant to
section 32 of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers
licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1682, shall be appropriated for
all expenses necessary to provide for the required services. Funds
are available for expenditure when they are received by the
department of treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at
the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 303. The funds collected by the department from
corporations being liquidated pursuant to the insurance code of
1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302, shall be appropriated
for all expenses necessary to provide for the required services.
Funds are available for expenditure when they are received by the
department of treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at
the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 304. The department may make available to interested
entities otherwise unavailable customized listings of
nonconfidential information in its possession, such as names and
addresses of licensees, and charge for this information as follows:
base fee for 1 to 1,000 records at the cost to the department;
1,001 to 10,000 records at 2.5 cents per record; and 10,001 or more
records at .5 cents per record. The revenue received from this
service may be used to offset expenses of programs as appropriated
in part 1. The balance of this revenue collected and unexpended at
the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the appropriate
restricted revenue account or fund or, in absence of such an
account or fund, to the general fund.
Sec. 308. The funds collected by the department for licenses,
permits, and other elevator regulation fees set forth in R 408.8151
of the Michigan administrative code and as determined under section
8 of 1976 PA 333, MCL 338.2158, and section 16 of 1967 PA 227, MCL
408.816, that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall
carry forward to the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 310. Money appropriated under this bill for the bureau of
fire services shall not be expended unless, in accordance with
section 2c of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.2c,
inspection and plan review fees will be charged according to the
following schedule:
Operation and maintenance inspection fee
Facility type Facility size Fee
Hospitals Any $8.00 per bed
Plan review and construction inspection fees for
hospitals and schools
Project cost range Fee
$101,000.00 or less minimum fee of $155.00
$101,001.00 to $1,500,000.00 $1.60 per $1,000.00
$1,500,001.00 to $10,000,000.00 $1.30 per $1,000.00
$10,000,001.00 or more $1.10 per $1,000.00
or a maximum fee of $60,000.00
Sec. 313. If the revenue collected by the department from
licensing and regulation fees collected by the office of commercial
services exceeds the amount appropriated in part 1, the revenue may
be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year. The revenue
carried forward under this section shall be used as the first
source of funds in the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 314. Funds earned or authorized by the United States
department of labor in excess of the gross appropriation in part 1
for the unemployment insurance agency and the employment service
agency from the United States department of labor are appropriated
and may be expended for staffing and related expenses incurred in
the operation of its programs. These funds may be spent after the
department notifies the state budget director and the subcommittees
of the purpose and amount of each grant award.
Sec. 315. The department shall sell documents at a price not
to exceed the cost of production and distribution. Money received
from the sale of these documents shall revert to the department.
The funds are available for expenditure when they are received by
the department of treasury and may only be used for costs directly
related to the continued updating and distribution of the documents
pursuant to this section. This section applies only for the
following documents:
(a) Corporation and securities division documents, reports,
and papers required or permitted by law pursuant to section 1060(5)
of the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.2060.
(b) The subdivision control manual, the state boundary
commission operations manual, and other local government assistance
manuals.
(c) The Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL
436.1101 to 436.2303.
(d) The mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2301
to 125.2349; the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL
450.1101 to 450.2098; the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162,
MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192; and the uniform securities act, 1964 PA
265, MCL 451.501 to 451.818.
(e) Labor law books.
(f) Worker's compensation health care services rules.
(g) Construction code manuals.
(h) Copies of transcripts from administrative law hearings.
Sec. 317. The department, MIOSHA, shall provide an annual
report by February 1 of each year to the state budget director, the
fiscal agencies, and the subcommittees on the number of individuals
killed and the number of individuals injured on the job within
industries regulated by the bureau during the most recent year for
which data are available.
Sec. 326. (1) The appropriation in part 1 for the Michigan
commission for the blind includes funds for case services. These
funds may be used for tuition payments for blind clients.
(2) Revenue collected by the Michigan commission for the blind
from private and local sources that is unexpended at the end of the
fiscal year may carry forward to the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 350. (1) The department shall allocate funds to promote
awareness of the right of a policyholder, subscriber, member,
enrollee, or other individual participating in a health benefit
plan, after the covered person has exhausted the health carrier's
internal grievance process provided for by law, to request an
external review for an adverse determination.
(2) As used in this section, "covered person" means that term
as defined in section 3 of the patient's right to independent
review act, 2000 PA 251, MCL 550.1903.
Sec. 352. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
unclassified salaries, the department shall provide funding for 5
worker's compensation appellate commissioners and 26 worker's
compensation board of magistrates. Expenditures shall be made so
that the 2 bodies shall decide worker's compensation cases in a
timely manner.
Sec. 356. The Michigan commission for the blind shall work
collaboratively with service organizations to identify qualified
match dollars to maximize use of available federal funds.
Sec. 357. The department may resume printing the real estate
law and rules book (red book). The red book shall include, but is
not limited to, real estate laws and regulations and related
statutes. The red book will be provided at no charge to actively
licensed real estate brokers, associate brokers, and salespersons.
Any other party seeking a copy of the red book may purchase the
book from the bureau of commercial services at the bureau's cost to
produce the book or they may print the bureau's Internet version of
the red book at no cost.
Sec. 358. The real estate education fund created in section 37
of the state license fee act, 1979 PA 152, MCL 338.2237, and
administered by the department shall allow prelicensure and
postlicensure education to be delivered through on-line courses by
a community college, university, or private school, after licensure
and approval by the department. Expenditures from this fund may
also be made to support department grants for educational providers
to establish on-line courses that would be made available to
students throughout the year.
Sec. 361. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1
for the administration of the land bank fast track authority, the
authority may expend revenues received under the land bank fast
track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774, for the purposes
authorized by the act including, but not limited to, the
acquisition, lease, management, demolition, maintenance, or
rehabilitation of real or personal property, payment of debt
service for notes or bonds issued by the authority, and other
expenses to clear or quiet title property held by the authority.
Sec. 362. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
department, $200,000.00 may be used for administration and
enforcement of boxing regulation in Michigan.
Sec. 368. Funds collected by the department under sections 55,
57, 58, and 59 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969
PA 306, MCL 24.255, 24.257, 24.258, and 24.259, and section 203 of
the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1203, are
appropriated for all expenses necessary to provide for the cost of
publication and distribution. The funds appropriated under this
section are allotted for expenditure when they are received by the
department of treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at
the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 369. The video franchise assessment fund is created and
shall exist in the state treasury and shall receive revenue as
provided in the uniform video services local franchise act, MCL
484.3314. All interest and earnings of the fund may be retained by
the fund per direction by the State Treasurer. Money in the fund
at the close of the fiscal year may carry forward to the new fiscal
year and be used as the first source of funds in the subsequent
fiscal year.
Sec. 370. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for Michigan
state housing development authority programs, $6,250,000.00 is
appropriated for the first year of the cities of promise blight
elimination program which will allocate a total of $25,000,000.00
over four years to address abandoned property and blight in the
designated cities of promise to prepare areas for economic
redevelopment. In addition, $6,250,000.00 is appropriated in
matching resources from private and local sources, subject to the
availability of funds.
WORKFORCE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 401. The Michigan career and technical institute may
receive equipment and in-kind contributions for the direct support
of staff services through the Pine Lake fund, the Delton-Kellogg
school district or other local or intermediate school district, or
any combination of local or intermediate school districts in
addition to those authorized in part 1.
Sec. 402. The Michigan rehabilitation service shall make every
effort to ensure that all sources of matching funds in this state
are used to obtain federal vocational rehabilitation funds. All
sources include, but are not limited to, privately raised funds to
support public nonprofit rehabilitation centers as permitted by the
rehabilitation act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, 29 USC 701 to 718,
720 to 751, 760 to 765, 771 to 776, 780 to 785, 791 to 794e, 795 to
795n, and 796 to 796l.
Sec. 404. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for
vocational rehabilitation independent living, all general
fund/general purpose revenue not used to match federal funds shall
be used for the support of centers for independent living which are
in compliance with federal standards for such centers, for
technical assistance to centers, and for projects to build capacity
of centers to deliver independent living services. Applications
for such funds shall be reviewed in accordance with criteria and
procedures established by the statewide independent living council,
the Michigan rehabilitation services unit within the department,
and the Michigan commission for the blind. Funds must be used in a
manner consistent with the priorities established in the state plan
for independent living. The department is directed to work with the
Michigan association of centers for independent living and the
local workforce development boards to identify other competitive
sources of funding.
(2) As a condition of receipt of funds appropriated in part 1,
the statewide independent living council and the Michigan
association of centers for independent living shall jointly produce
a report providing the following information:
(a) Results in terms of enhanced statewide access to
independent living services to individuals who do not have access
to such services through other existing public agencies, including
measures by which these results can be monitored over time. These
measures shall include:
(i) Total number of persons assisted by the centers and a
comparison to the number assisted in the previous year.
(ii) Number of persons moved out of nursing homes into
independent living situations and a comparison to the number
assisted in the previous year.
(iii) Number of persons for whom accommodations were provided
to enable independent living or access to employment and a
comparison to the number assisted in the previous year.
(iv) The total number of disabled individuals served by
personal care attendants and the number of personal care attendants
provided through the use of any funds appropriated in part 1
administered by a center for independent living and a comparison to
the number served in the previous year.
(b) Information from each center for independent living
receiving funding through appropriations in part 1 detailing their
total budget for their most recently completed fiscal year as well
as the amount within that budget funded through the vocational
rehabilitation independent living grant program referenced in part
1, the total amount funded through other state agencies, the amount
funded through federal sources, and the amount funded through local
and private sources.
(c) Savings to state taxpayers in other specific areas that
can be shown to be the direct result of activities funded from the
vocational rehabilitation independent living grant program during
the most recently completed state fiscal year.
(3) The report required in subsection (2) shall be submitted
to the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director on or before January 30.
Sec. 405. The department shall administer the work first
program in accordance with the requirements of the social security
act, title IV, section 407(d), the state social welfare act, 1939
PA 280, as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations.
Sec. 406. (1) Using all relevant state data sources, the
department shall conduct a 3-year longitudinal study of all former
work first participants, whose department of human services program
cases closed due to earnings during fiscal year 1999 and in
succeeding fiscal years. The data will include the following:
(a) The number and percentage employed.
(b) The average hourly wage of those employed.
(c) The current hourly wage of those employed.
(d) The range of wages earned by those employed.
(e) The number of individuals that earned each wage amount.
(f) The number and percentage receiving health care benefits
from their employer.
(g) The number and percentage receiving tuition reimbursement
from their employer.
(h) The number and percentage receiving training benefits from
their employer.
(i) The type of jobs obtained by former participants in
general categories.
(j) The length of time former participants have retained their
jobs, or if participants have had more than 1 job, the length of
time employed at each job.
(k) The number and percentage continuing to receive any type
of public assistance.
(l) If the former recipient has children, whether the children
are enrolled in and attending school.
(m) The extent to which the former participant feels that they
and their family are better off now than when they were on cash
assistance with regard to household income, housing, food and
nutritional needs, child health care, and access to health
insurance coverage.
(2) The department shall notify the subcommittees, fiscal
agencies, and state budget director electronically by March 15 of
the location of the Internet site where the report containing the
identified data is located.
(3) The department shall cooperate with the department of
human services in formulating and acquiring the identified data.
(4) The department may retain a third party to conduct the
studies to obtain the data identified under this section.
Sec. 407. State and federal funds allocated to local workforce
development boards for disbursement shall not be expended unless
the local workforce development boards maintain a partnership with
governmental agencies, public school districts, and public colleges
located within the local service delivery area. Each board shall
appoint an education advisory group made up of high-level
administrators within local educational institutions, workforce
development board members, other employers, labor, academic
educators, and parents of public school pupils.
Sec. 410. (1) The department shall make available, in person
or by telephone, a disabled veterans outreach program specialist or
local veterans employment representative to Michigan works! service
centers as resources permit during regular hours of operation.
(2) The department shall ensure that each Michigan works!
service center shall have the necessary equipment to allow the
disabled veterans outreach specialist or local veterans employment
representative to perform his or her duties.
(3) The department shall require each Michigan works! service
center to have an employee available to ask each individual who
requires intensive services beyond core services, as defined by
section 134 of the workforce investment act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2864), whether that individual is a veteran and to refer each
veteran to the disabled veterans outreach program specialist or
local veterans employment representative on duty at the time.
(4) The department shall require that each Michigan works!
service center shall have posted in a conspicuous place within the
office a notice advising veterans that a disabled veterans outreach
program specialist or a local veterans employment representative is
available to assist him or her.
(5) The department shall require each Michigan works! service
center to provide free mediated services to employers wishing to
hire a veteran.
(6) The department shall continue to make the appropriate
placement of veterans and disabled veterans a priority.
Sec. 415. Of the amounts appropriated in part 1 for
postsecondary education, private occupational school license fees
shall fund related administrative costs of the proprietary schools
oversight unit within the department.
Sec. 417. The department is appropriated an amount not to
exceed $100,000.00 from collection of defaulted loans under the
future faculty program in the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cesar
Chavez - Rosa Parks programs to offset costs of administering the
loan collections.
Sec. 418. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
postsecondary education, the department shall compile data from
each university that receives funding for the future faculty
program within the King-Chavez-Parks initiative on employment
outcomes for program participants. The report shall be distributed
to the house and senate appropriations committees, the fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director by February 1 of each year.
The report shall include data from each participating university
covering the most recently completed fiscal year. The data shall
include all of the following:
(a) The number of participants receiving support under the
program.
(b) The number of participants obtaining full-time employment.
(c) The number of participants obtaining full-time employment
in college faculty positions.
(d) The number of participants obtaining full-time employment
in college faculty positions within the university through which
they received future faculty program support for graduate studies.
Sec. 421. The King-Chavez-Parks initiative shall be marketed
by the department to Michigan parents and high school and college
students, to promote the benefits and the availability of the
college day, select student support services, college/university
partnership, visiting professors, Morris Hood, Jr. educator
development, and future faculty programs. The department shall
provide electronic notification of the location of the report on
the Internet to the subcommittees annually, identifying all efforts
taken to market these programs, including, but not limited to, the
amount of funding allocated for this purpose, the fund source and
any expenditures or encumbrances relating to this marketing effort.
Sec. 425. The department shall work cooperatively with the
department of civil service to identify state employees who will
lose their jobs as a result of an agency or program being
reorganized, modified, or eliminated and shall develop training
programs and provide training to these individuals that will
provide them an opportunity and skills necessary to secure new
employment within state government or the private sector. It shall
be a priority of the department to provide training and employment
opportunities to these individuals through their employment service
locations.
Sec. 427. The youth low-vision program is considered the payer
of last resort. Other available public or private insurance
coverage, including Medicaid or MIChild, and special education
funds, shall be exhausted prior to using any funds appropriated in
part 1 to purchase low-vision devices or equipment for an
individual.
Sec. 429. (1) As a condition for receipt of the funds
appropriated in part 1, Focus: HOPE shall submit a report on the
use of the grant's funds appropriated in part 1 to the chairs of
the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget office
that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) Detailed expenditures for administration including
salaries and wages of employees.
(b) Amount allocated for education and training programs
including number of students served by each program.
(c) Amount allocated for job search assistance and career
planning including the number of students served by each program.
(d) Detailed expenditures for any contracts entered into with
the use of these funds.
(e) Detailed expenditures for any program enhancements
including number of new hires and capital expenditures.
(2) The report shall be submitted on or before January 31.
Sec. 430. Funding in part 1 for the jobs, education and
training (JET) statewide expansion in fiscal year 2008 shall not be
allotted and released by the state budget director until savings
are achieved and documented from the fiscal year 2007 JET program
implementation in fifty percent of the state. The method for
documenting JET savings for fiscal year 2007 shall be proposed by
the department of human services and approved by the state budget
director.
Sec. 431. (1) From the appropriation in part 1 for the
Michigan nursing corps, grants shall be awarded to Michigan
universities and community colleges with existing, accredited
nursing baccalaureate and masters education programs for the
purpose of accelerated nursing education programs that increase the
capacity of nursing faculty and add new nurses to the workforce.
Awards shall be made in a manner and form as determined by the
department, in collaboration with the department of community
health.
(2) One or more grants may be awarded to educational
institutions for nursing education programs that meet one or more
of the following:
(a) Preparation of masters degreed nursing faculty in a
nationally accredited, accelerated program. Grants for this
program may include program tuition, a stipend for student living
expenses, and other educational related costs.
(b) Preparation of doctoral degreed nursing faculty in an
accelerated program within an existing, accredited doctor of
philosophy in nursing program. Participants must be currently
enrolled doctoral students who will be able to complete their
doctoral degree program within two years. Grants for this program
may include program tuition, a stipend for student living expenses,
and other educational related costs.
(c) Preparation of clinical instructors for nursing education
programs. A common statewide curriculum will be developed by a
consortium of the grantee institutions. The program shall include
classroom instruction, plus a practicum with students and patients.
This program shall require collaborative agreements between nursing
education programs and hospitals. It is expected that each
graduate will provide clinical instruction for at least one cohort
of nursing students per year.
(d) Preparation of registered nurses in accredited,
accelerated bachelor’s in nursing education programs. This program
shall be targeted toward Michigan workers who have been displaced
from employment and who possess a bachelor’s degree in a science-
related area. Grants for this program may include program tuition,
a stipend for student living expenses, and other educational
related costs.
(3) Students eligible to participate in the programs funded
under this section must be registered nurses willing to participate
full-time in accredited programs and be employed in Michigan for a
minimum of years, as determined by the department of community
health, upon completion of the program. The department of
community health shall establish procedures for recovery of funds
from students who do not remain in Michigan for the prescribed time
period.
(4) Program management, data management, and evaluation for
these projects shall be the responsibility of the department of
community health, in collaboration with the department of labor and
economic growth.
(5) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the Michigan nursing
corps are designated as work project appropriations and shall not
lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Any unencumbered and
unexpended funds shall continue to be available for the expenditure
of grants until the project has been completed. The total cost is
estimated at $15,000,000.00 and the tentative completion date is
September 30, 2009.
Sec. 432. (1) Of the funding appropriated for workforce
training program subgrantees, $77,000,000.00 is appropriated for
the no worker left behind free tuition program. No worker left
behind is a commitment to provide opportunities to accelerate the
transition of displaced workers to new jobs, new careers, and new
opportunities through the award of tuition for two years of
training.
(2) These funds are designated as work project appropriations
and shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Any
unencumbered and unexpended funds shall continue to be available
for the expenditure of grants until the project has been completed.
The total cost is estimated at $77,000,000.00 and the tentative
completion date is September 30, 2009.