EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
February 24, 2009, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to make appropriations for the department of state
police and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2010; to provide for the expenditure of those
appropriations; to provide for certain reports and the
consideration of those reports; to provide for the disposition of
other income received by the various state agencies; to provide for
certain emergency powers; and to provide for the powers and duties
of certain committees, certain state agencies, and certain
employees.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this bill,
the amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department
of state police for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 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........ 2,859.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 538,528,000
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 26,718,400
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 511,809,600
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 93,839,000
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 8,545,500
Total private revenues................................. 273,300
Total state restricted revenues........................ 130,677,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 278,474,500
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 3.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 43.5
Unclassified positions................................. $ 366,100
Executive direction--22.0 FTE positions................ 2,678,200
Special operations and events--17.5 FTE positions...... 2,106,200
Auto theft prevention program--4.0 FTE positions....... 8,022,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 13,173,300
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, truck safety fund................................. 22,700
Special revenue funds:
Auto theft prevention fund............................. 8,022,800
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 47,600
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 24,700
Highway safety fund.................................... 32,900
Motor carrier fees..................................... 32,000
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 128,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,862,500
Sec. 103. DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Special maintenance and utilities...................... $ 447,600
Rent and building occupancy charges.................... 12,899,000
Worker's compensation.................................. 3,151,300
Fleet leasing.......................................... 15,184,100
In-service training - law enforcement distribution..... 450,000
In-service training - competitive...................... 1,000,000
Narcotics investigation funds.......................... 265,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 33,397,100
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 277,500
IDT, Michigan justice training fund.................... 1,450,000
Federal revenues:
DHS.................................................... 173,700
DOT.................................................... 24,700
Federal narcotics investigation revenues............... 95,000
Special revenue funds:
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 195,200
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 98,500
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 102,900
Highway safety fund.................................... 7,800
Michigan justice training fund......................... 29,200
Motor carrier fees..................................... 7,300
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 170,100
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 17,500
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 98,500
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 15,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 30,633,800
Sec. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 192.5
Management services--136.0 FTE positions............... $ 13,646,600
Training administration--33.0 FTE positions............ 6,808,000
Budget and financial services--23.5 FTE positions...... 2,419,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................. $ 22,873,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 3,272,400
IDG-MDOC, contract..................................... 1,100,000
IDG-MDOS............................................... 2,000
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 4,200
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 63,400
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund coordinator......... 520,400
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund operations.......... 477,800
IDT, auto theft funds.................................. 3,800
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 473,200
Special revenues funds:
Local - LEIN fees...................................... 2,800
Local - MPSCS subscriber and maintenance fees.......... 27,100
Local - school bus revenue............................. 1,700
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 681,600
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 7,800
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 5,100
Highway safety fund.................................... 202,400
Michigan justice training fund......................... 1,600
Motor carrier fees..................................... 19,200
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 33,800
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 20,800
Precision driving track fees........................... 287,200
Reimbursed services.................................... 1,253,200
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 414,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 13,998,100
Sec. 105. HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING
Full-time equated classified positions........... 30.0
State program planning and administration--8.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 1,236,200
Secondary road patrol program--2.0 FTE positions....... 14,034,500
Truck safety program--1.0 FTE position................. 3,005,700
Federal highway traffic safety coordination--19.0
FTE positions........................................ 10,568,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 28,844,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 576,900
DOT.................................................... 10,716,300
Special revenue funds:
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 14,034,500
Truck driver safety fund............................... 3,005,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 511,000
Sec. 106. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 136.0
Criminal justice information center division--116.0
FTE positions........................................ $ 10,745,700
Criminal records improvement--1.0 FTE position......... 2,244,000
Traffic safety--19.0 FTE positions..................... 1,879,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,868,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, crime victim's rights fund................... 483,600
IDG-MDOS............................................... 329,500
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 854,500
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 2,244,000
DOT.................................................... 507,000
Special revenue funds:
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 9,414,900
Motor carrier fees..................................... 109,900
Sex offender registration fund......................... 61,400
Traffic crash revenue.................................. 78,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 785,800
Sec. 107. FORENSIC SCIENCES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 239.5
Laboratory operations--182.0 FTE positions............. $ 29,745,200
DNA analysis program--57.5 FTE positions............... 7,970,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 37,715,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, crime victim's rights fund................... 443,300
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 4,117,700
DOT.................................................... 634,000
Federal narcotics investigation revenues............... 493,200
Special revenue funds:
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 319,400
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 1,455,000
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 1,648,000
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 1,733,000
State services fee fund................................ 9,283,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 17,589,100
Sec. 108. MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
STANDARDS
Full-time equated classified positions........... 26.0
Standards and training--20.0 FTE positions............. $ 1,726,900
Justice training grants--4.0 FTE positions............. 7,948,600
Concealed weapons enforcement training................. 240,000
Training only to local units--2.0 FTE positions........ 618,900
Mental health awareness training....................... 100,000
Officer's survivor tuition program..................... 48,500
Public safety officers benefit program................. 150,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 10,832,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDOC............................................... 100,000
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 175,000
Special revenue funds:
Concealed weapons enforcement fee...................... 240,000
Licensing fees......................................... 9,100
Michigan justice training fund......................... 7,948,600
Secondary road patrol and training fund ............... 618,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,741,300
Sec. 109. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions........... 87.5
Emergency management planning and
administration--56.0 FTE positions................... $ 5,276,900
Grants to local government............................. 2,482,100
FEMA program assistance--6.0 FTE positions............. 1,936,100
Nuclear power plant emergency planning--6.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,529,300
Hazardous materials programs--19.5 FTE positions....... 51,079,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 62,303,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DHS.................................................... 56,161,600
DOT.................................................... 583,800
Special revenue funds:
Hazardous materials training center fees............... 1,507,600
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 1,529,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,521,200
Sec. 110. POST UNIFORM SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,485.0
Uniform services--385.0 FTE positions.................. $ 46,361,300
Reimbursed services--11.0 FTE positions................ 1,812,700
At-post troopers--1,089.0 FTE positions................ 146,503,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 194,677,900
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 760,300
Highway safety fund.................................... 15,421,800
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 1,000,000
State police service fees.............................. 1,812,700
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 29,098,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 146,585,000
Sec. 111. STATEWIDE FIELD OPERATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions........... 61.0
Operational support--54.0 FTE positions................ $ 6,858,100
Aviation program--7.0 FTE positions.................... 1,478,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,336,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, crime victim's rights fund................... 126,400
IDG-MDOC, contract..................................... 101,600
Special revenue funds:
Private donations...................................... 273,300
Rental of department aircraft.......................... 51,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,783,100
Sec. 112. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 329.0
Criminal investigations—217.0 FTE positions............ $ 31,688,400
Federal antidrug initiatives--49.5 FTE positions....... 6,650,100
Reimbursed services, materials, and equipment--3.5
FTE positions........................................ 2,669,200
Auto theft prevention--13.0 FTE positions.............. 1,794,800
Casino gaming oversight--32.0 FTE positions............ 4,564,900
Fire investigation--14.0 FTE positions................. 1,662,900
Fire investigation training to locals.................. 50,000
Parole absconder sweeps................................ 10,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 49,090,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 4,564,900
IDG-MDCH, tobacco tax.................................. 610,000
IDT, auto theft funds.................................. 1,409,000
Federal revenues:
DOJ.................................................... 3,611,700
Federal investigations - reimbursed services........... 758,400
Federal narcotics investigation revenues............... 483,000
Special revenue funds:
Local - reimbursed services............................ 1,910,800
Forfeiture funds....................................... 557,600
Narcotics investigation revenues....................... 694,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 34,490,900
Sec. 113. TRAFFIC SAFETY
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 229.0
Motor carrier enforcement--106.0 FTE positions......... $ 10,568,100
Safety inspections--63.0 FTE positions................. 8,283,200
Safety projects--18.0 FTE positions.................... 2,165,000
School bus inspections--15.0 FTE positions............. 1,432,900
Traffic services--17.0 FTE positions................... 5,233,900
Truck safety enforcement team operations--10.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,345,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 29,029,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 8,706,900
IDT, truck safety fund................................. 1,345,900
Federal revenues:
DOT.................................................... 10,748,100
Special revenue funds:
Local - school bus revenue............................. 1,432,900
Drunk driving prevention and training fund............. 1,344,800
Motor carrier fees..................................... 3,911,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,539,300
Sec. 114. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 20,627,200
Michigan public safety communications system........... 12,757,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 33,384,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, training academy charges.......................... 31,300
IDG-MDOS............................................... 4,500
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 242,400
IDG-MDTR, casino gaming fees........................... 88,800
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund coordinator......... 1,800
IDG-MDTR, emergency telephone fund operations.......... 64,100
IDT, auto theft funds.................................. 8,300
IDT, truck safety fund................................. 7,400
Federal revenues:
DHS.................................................... 570,100
DOJ.................................................... 518,400
DOT.................................................... 173,200
Special revenue funds:
Local - AFIS fees...................................... 39,200
Local - LEIN fees...................................... 3,565,800
Local - MPSCS subscriber and maintenance fees.......... 1,563,300
Local - school bus revenue............................. 1,900
Commercial mobile radio service fees................... 5,000,000
Criminal justice information center service fees....... 4,095,300
Forensic science reimbursement fees.................... 84,800
Highway safety fund.................................... 42,700
Michigan justice training fund......................... 38,800
Motor carrier fees..................................... 583,600
Narcotics investigation revenue........................ 900
Nuclear plant emergency planning reimbursement......... 4,900
Precision driving track fees........................... 300
Reimbursed services.................................... 156,000
Secondary road patrol and training fund................ 387,400
Sex offender registration fund......................... 210,900
State forensic laboratory fund......................... 162,700
Traffic crash revenue.................................. 225,500
Traffic law enforcement and safety fund................ 77,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 15,433,400
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 2009-2010 is $409,151,800.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2009-2010 is $20,366,500.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
SUPPORT SERVICES
Management services.................................... $ 477,800
HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING
Secondary road patrol program.......................... $ 13,894,200
MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS
Training only to local units........................... $ 410,800
Justice training grants................................ 5,533,700
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Fire investigation training for locals................. $ 50,000
Total.................................................. $ 20,366,500
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) "AFIS" means the automated fingerprint identification
system.
(b) "Department" means the department of state police.
(c) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland
security.
(d) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.
(e) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.
(f) "DOT" means the United States department of
transportation.
(g) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.
(h) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(i) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(j) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(k) "LEIN" means law enforcement information network.
(l) "MCOLES" means the Michigan commission on law enforcement
standards.
(m) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(n) "MDMB" means the Michigan department of management and
budget.
(o) "MDOC" means the Michigan department of corrections.
(p) "MDOS" means the Michigan department of state.
(q) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(r) "MDTR" means the Michigan department of treasury.
(s) "MPSCS" means the Michigan public safety communications
system.
Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments
and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the charges
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. 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 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 should be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 210. The director shall take all reasonable steps to
ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for
and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The
director 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. 218. Funds appropriated in part 1 for at-post troopers
shall only be expended for trooper salaries, wages, benefits,
retirement, equipment, supplies, and other expenses directly
related to state troopers assigned to general law enforcement
duties at a department post, detachment, satellite office, or a
resident trooper function.
Sec. 223. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this
state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010 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) 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 senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations, the senate and house 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. 234. 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. 240. (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 bill 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 bill 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 bill
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 bill
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 301. The money appropriated in part 1 for computer
services shall be funded by LEIN user fees sufficient to pay 1/3 of
the state's service and contract maintenance costs of the LEIN.
Sec. 302. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
information technology, departments and agencies 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 departments and
agencies and the department of information technology.
HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANNING
Sec. 401. On a bi-annual basis, the department shall report to
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on state police
and military affairs on the status of assessments collected and
authorized under section 629e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.629e, for the purposes of supporting the secondary
road patrol grant program. Each bi-annual report shall contain
updated information on collection levels, revised projected grant
allotments to counties for the year, a comparison of projected
collections and grant distribution levels with the funds
appropriated in part 1 for the secondary road patrol program, and
the extent collection levels have exceeded or failed to meet
appropriated levels for the current fiscal year or expenditure
levels from the previous fiscal year.
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Sec. 501. When changes are made to the department’s protocol
for retaining and purging DNA analysis samples and records, the
department shall distribute an updated copy to every police agency
in the state.
MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS
Sec. 601. The money appropriated to the MCOLES for maintenance
and delivery of training to locals is provided in accordance with a
state reimbursement policy in which 100% of the determined state
reimbursement rate shall be distributed upon certification by the
MCOLES.
Sec. 603. The appropriation in part 1 for mental health
awareness training and coordination shall be expended for training
law enforcement officers, mental health practitioners, and other
criminal justice personnel in effective and safe ways of assisting
people with mental disorders and directing people with mental
disorders to treatment programs.
Sec. 604. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the
Michigan commission on law enforcement standards funds may be used
to provide training for motor carrier officers and capitol security
officers for the purpose of qualifying them for MCOLES
certification.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Sec. 801. (1) The state director of emergency management may
expend money appropriated under this bill 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.
(2) In addition to the money appropriated in this bill, 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 house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on state police and military and
veterans affairs and the house and senate fiscal agencies within 10
days after the approval. The notification shall include the amount
and source of the additional authorization, the date of its
approval, and the projected use of funds to be expended under the
authorization.
POST UNIFORM SERVICES
Sec. 901. State police 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.
STATEWIDE FIELD OPERATIONS
Sec. 1002. 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.