FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
Senate Bill No. 122, entitled
Recommends:
First: That the House recede from the Substitute of the House as passed by the House.
Second: That the Senate and House agree to the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate, amended to read as follows:
(attached)
Third: That the Senate and House agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:
A bill to make appropriations for the legislature, the executive, the department of attorney general, the department of state, the department of treasury, the department of technology, management, and budget, the department of talent and economic development, the department of civil rights, and certain state purposes related thereto for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; to
provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the state agencies; and to declare the effect of this act.
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Jim Stamas Laura Cox
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Mike Nofs Earl Poleski
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Coleman Young II Fred Durhal III
Conferees for the Senate Conferees for the House
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 122
A bill to make appropriations for the legislature, the
executive, the department of attorney general, the department of
state, the department of treasury, the department of technology,
management, and budget, the department of talent and economic
development, the department of civil rights, and certain state
purposes related thereto for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2016; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; to
provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by
the state agencies; and to declare the effect of this act.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the legislature, the
executive, the department of attorney general, the department of
state, the department of treasury, the department of technology,
management, and budget, the department of talent and economic
development, the department of civil rights, and certain state
purposes related thereto, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2016, from the following funds:
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 50.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 8,667.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 4,859,628,300
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 742,192,600
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 4,117,435,700
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 825,221,900
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 17,050,900
Total private revenues................................. 6,253,300
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 2,092,887,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,176,022,600
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................ 1,094,067,600
One-time state general fund/general
purpose................................... 81,955,000
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 518.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 92,107,600
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 28,533,900
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 63,573,700
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 9,278,600
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 0
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 17,281,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 37,013,400
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................... 37,013,400
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 518.5
Attorney general....................................... $ 112,500
Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions.............. 735,600
Attorney general operations--475.5 FTE positions....... 81,501,200
Child support enforcement--25.0 FTE positions.......... 3,434,300
Prosecuting attorneys coordinating council--12.0 FTE
positions............................................ 2,265,500
Public safety initiative--1.0 FTE position............. 904,100
Sexual assault law enforcement--5.0 FTE positions...... 1,700,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 90,653,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDHHS, health policy.......................... 202,500
IDG from MDHHS, medical services administration........ 676,400
IDG from MDHHS, WIC.................................... 149,300
IDG from department of corrections..................... 646,400
IDG from MDE........................................... 583,000
IDG from MDEQ.......................................... 1,966,100
IDG from MDHHS, human services......................... 5,806,000
IDG from MSF, workforce development agency............. 87,700
IDG from MDIFS, financial and insurance services....... 1,187,100
IDG from MDLARA, fireworks safety fund................. 81,200
IDG from MDLARA, health professions.................... 2,972,600
IDG from MDLARA, licensing and regulation fees......... 328,500
IDG from MDLARA, Michigan occupational safety and
health administration................................ 105,400
IDG from MDLARA, remonumentation fees.................. 103,900
IDG from MDLARA, securities fees....................... 184,300
IDG from MDLARA, unlicensed builders................... 327,600
IDG from MDTMB......................................... 453,900
IDG from MDTMB, civil service commission............... 299,400
IDG from MDTMB, risk management revolving fund......... 1,437,000
IDG from MDMVA......................................... 161,300
IDG from MDOS, children's protection registry.......... 44,100
IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund....... 200,100
IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund.................. 173,800
IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund.................... 2,377,300
IDG from MDSP, Michigan justice training fund.......... 162,400
IDG from MDSP.......................................... 251,800
IDG from Michigan state housing development authority.. 662,200
IDG from treasury...................................... 6,727,400
IDG from treasury, strategic fund...................... 175,200
Federal revenues:
DAG, state administrative match grant/food stamps...... 134,000
Federal funds.......................................... 3,081,700
HHS, medical assistance, medigrant..................... 376,700
HHS-OS, state Medicaid fraud control units............. 5,567,300
National criminal history improvement program.......... 118,900
Special revenue funds:
Antitrust enforcement collections...................... 746,400
Attorney general's operations fund..................... 1,207,900
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 320,500
Franchise fees......................................... 374,300
Game and fish protection fund.......................... 735,100
Liquor purchase revolving fund......................... 1,428,300
Manufactured housing fees.............................. 245,300
Merit award trust fund................................. 485,200
Michigan employment security act - administrative fund. 2,193,700
Prisoner reimbursement................................. 611,900
Prosecuting attorneys training fees.................... 404,000
Public utility assessments............................. 2,033,100
Real estate enforcement fund........................... 98,600
Reinstatement fees..................................... 252,200
Retirement funds....................................... 1,020,000
Second injury fund..................................... 804,200
Self-insurers security fund............................ 559,100
Silicosis and dust disease fund........................ 220,800
State building authority revenue....................... 118,300
State casino gaming fund............................... 1,822,100
State hospital authority............................... 337,800
Utility consumers fund................................. 764,200
Waterways fund......................................... 137,000
Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.... 361,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 35,559,000
(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 1,454,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,454,400
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,454,400
Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 129.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 16,128,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 286,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 15,842,000
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 2,721,700
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 18,700
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 151,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 12,949,700
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................... 12,949,700
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
(2) CIVIL RIGHTS OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 129.0
Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions.............. $ 644,200
Civil rights operations--121.0 FTE positions........... 13,660,000
Division on deaf and hard of hearing--6.0 FTE
positions............................................ 784,300
Hispanic/Latino commission of Michigan--1.0 FTE
position............................................. 254,800
Asian Pacific American affairs commission--1.0 FTE
position............................................. 110,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,454,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from DTMB.......................................... 286,700
Federal revenues:
EEOC, state and local antidiscrimination agency
contracts............................................ 1,192,300
HUD, grant............................................. 1,514,400
Special revenue funds:
Private revenues....................................... 18,700
Division on deafness fund.............................. 93,400
State restricted revenues.............................. 58,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 12,290,200
(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 674,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 674,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EEOC, state and local antidiscrimination agency
contracts............................................ 15,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 659,500
Sec. 104. EXECUTIVE OFFICE
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,531,100
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 5,531,100
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 0
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 0
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 0
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,531,100
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 5,531,100
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
(2) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 74.2
Governor............................................... $ 159,300
Lieutenant governor.................................... 111,600
Executive office--74.2 FTE positions................... 4,002,900
Unclassified positions--8.0 FTE positions.............. 1,257,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,531,100
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,531,100
Sec. 105. LEGISLATURE
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 159,304,800
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 5,392,800
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 153,912,000
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 0
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 400,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 6,179,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 147,332,400
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 147,332,400
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
(2) LEGISLATURE
Senate................................................. $ 33,275,900
Senate automated data processing....................... 2,592,400
Senate fiscal agency................................... 3,705,500
House of representatives............................... 51,176,800
House automated data processing........................ 2,058,200
House fiscal agency.................................... 3,705,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 96,514,300
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 96,514,300
(3) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Legislative council.................................... $ 11,396,300
Legislative service bureau automated data processing... 1,398,600
Worker's compensation.................................. 148,400
National association dues.............................. 445,800
Legislative corrections ombudsman...................... 714,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,104,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Private - gifts and bequests revenues.................. 400,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 13,704,000
(4) LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
General nonretirement expenses......................... $ 4,865,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 4,865,500
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Court fees............................................. 1,132,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,733,500
(5) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Cora Anderson building................................. $ 11,040,300
Farnum building and other properties................... 2,755,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 13,795,700
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 13,795,700
(6) STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE
General operations..................................... $ 4,124,800
Restoration, renewal and maintenance................... 3,060,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 7,184,800
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Capitol historic site fund............................. 3,060,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,124,800
(7) OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
Unclassified positions................................. $ 329,400
Field operations....................................... 22,511,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 22,840,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDHHS, human services......................... 30,000
IDG from MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund....... 38,200
IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............ 309,600
IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund.................. 29,700
IDG from MDOT, state trunkline fund.................... 719,100
IDG, single audit act.................................. 2,856,000
IDG, commercial mobile radio system emergency
telephone fund....................................... 36,100
IDG, contract audit administration fees................ 40,600
IDG, deferred compensation funds....................... 53,300
IDG, Michigan finance authority........................ 324,300
IDG, Michigan economic development corporation......... 94,400
IDG, Michigan education trust fund..................... 69,400
IDG, Michigan justice training commission fund......... 40,100
IDG, Michigan strategic fund........................... 165,800
IDG, office of retirement services..................... 214,100
IDG, other restricted funding sources.................. 372,100
Special revenue funds:
21st century jobs fund................................. 94,400
Brownfield development fund............................ 27,600
Clean Michigan initiative implementation bond fund..... 53,400
Game and fish protection fund.......................... 30,700
Legislative retirement system.......................... 28,600
MDTMB, civil service commission........................ 162,900
MDLARA, liquor purchase revolving fund................. 28,100
Michigan state housing development authority fees...... 111,300
Michigan veterans' trust fund.......................... 34,800
Motor transport revolving fund......................... 7,300
Office services revolving fund......................... 9,800
State disbursement unit, office of child support....... 56,300
State services fee fund................................ 1,331,300
Waterways fund......................................... 11,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 15,460,100
Sec. 106. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,587.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 225,256,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 20,000,000
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 205,256,700
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 1,460,000
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 100
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 186,635,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 17,161,500
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................... 17,161,500
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 30.0
Secretary of state..................................... $ 112,500
Unclassified positions--5.0 FTE positions.............. 613,500
Operations--30.0 FTE positions......................... 4,547,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,273,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 68,700
Children's protection registry fund.................... 270,700
Driver fees............................................ 276,000
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 211,400
Expedient service fees................................. 66,300
Parking ticket court fines............................. 9,200
Personal identification card fees...................... 32,100
Reinstatement fees - operator licenses................. 248,900
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 2,488,800
Vehicle theft prevention fees.......................... 40,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,560,600
(3) DEPARTMENT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 156.0
Operations--156.0 FTE positions........................ $ 29,562,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 29,562,200
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Abandoned vehicle fees................................. 481,100
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 1,605,800
Driver fees............................................ 1,575,900
Driver improvement course fund......................... 308,600
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 545,200
Expedient service fees................................. 273,600
Marine safety fund..................................... 84,200
Personal identification card fees...................... 191,300
Reinstatement fees - operator licenses................. 1,287,700
Scrap tire fund........................................ 77,200
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 21,437,500
Vehicle theft prevention fees.......................... 628,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,065,300
(4) LEGAL SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0
Operations--39.0 FTE positions......................... $ 8,983,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,983,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 1,444,200
Driver education provider and instructor fund.......... 25,400
Driver fees............................................ 931,700
Driver responsibility fees............................. 1,000,000
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 90,500
Personal identification card fees...................... 60,800
Reinstatement fees - operator licenses................. 713,900
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 4,240,900
Vehicle theft prevention fees.......................... 463,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 11,800
(5) CUSTOMER DELIVERY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,317.0
Branch operations--922.0 FTE positions................. $ 83,462,100
Central operations--376.0 FTE positions................ 47,916,300
Commemorative license plates--14.0 FTE positions....... 1,897,300
Motorcycle safety education administration--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 329,200
Motorcycle safety education grants..................... 1,800,000
Credit and debit assessment services................... 6,000,000
Specialty license plates--3.0 FTE positions............ 750,000
Organ donor program.................................... 129,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 142,284,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............ 20,000,000
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 1,460,000
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 100
Abandoned vehicle fees................................. 204,500
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 1,731,600
Child support clearance fees........................... 363,600
Credit and debit assessment service fees............... 6,000,000
Driver education provider and instructor fund.......... 49,600
Driver fees............................................ 25,772,300
Driver improvement course fund......................... 1,246,200
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 7,679,100
Expedient service fees................................. 2,603,600
Marine safety fund..................................... 1,392,300
Michigan state police auto theft fund.................. 123,700
Mobile home commission fees............................ 507,500
Motorcycle safety fund................................. 1,829,200
Off-road vehicle title fees............................ 167,000
Parking ticket court fines............................. 1,629,800
Personal identification card fees...................... 2,274,700
Recreation passport fee................................ 1,000,000
Reinstatement fees - operator licenses................. 2,358,000
Snowmobile registration fee revenue.................... 390,000
Thomas Daley gift of life fund......................... 50,000
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 59,296,800
Vehicle theft prevention fees.......................... 742,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,412,200
(6) ELECTION REGULATION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 45.0
Election administration and services--45.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 7,062,200
County clerk education and training fund............... 100,000
Fees to local units.................................... 109,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 7,272,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Notary education and training fund..................... 100,000
Notary fee fund........................................ 343,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 6,828,500
(7) DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Building occupancy charges/rent........................ $ 9,540,700
Worker's compensation.................................. 396,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 9,937,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 133,200
Driver fees............................................ 727,400
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 26,000
Parking ticket court fines............................. 441,500
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 5,890,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,718,500
(8) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 21,945,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 21,945,300
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Administrative order processing fee.................... 11,700
Auto repair facilities fees............................ 190,000
Driver fees............................................ 787,400
Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card fund.................... 269,500
Expedient service fees................................. 1,085,100
Parking ticket court fines............................. 87,600
Personal identification card fees...................... 171,700
Reinstatement fees - operator licenses................. 592,300
Transportation administration collection fund.......... 17,004,400
Vehicle theft prevention fees.......................... 181,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,564,600
Sec. 107. DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND
BUDGET
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,844.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,263,223,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 678,478,500
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 584,745,200
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 7,997,300
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 3,587,700
Total private revenues................................. 190,100
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 95,771,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 477,198,200
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 472,593,200
One-time state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 4,605,000
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 12.0
Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions.............. $ 977,000
Executive operations--12.0 FTE positions............... 2,316,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,293,500
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from building occupancy and parking charges........ 218,900
IDG from technology user fees.......................... 1,965,500
Special revenue funds:
Special revenue, internal service, and pension trust
funds................................................ 292,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 816,200
(3) DEPARTMENT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 714.5
Administrative services--132.5 FTE positions........... $ 17,362,900
Budget and financial management--135.0 FTE positions... 17,620,800
Office of the state employer--23.0 FTE positions....... 3,362,400
Design and construction services--40.0 FTE positions... 6,375,600
Business support services--97.0 FTE positions.......... 11,276,700
Building operation services--210.0 FTE positions....... 91,946,300
Building occupancy charges, rent, and utilities........ 7,627,000
Motor vehicle fleet--35.0 FTE positions................ 74,181,300
Information technology services and projects........... 29,613,800
Bureau of labor market information and
strategies--42.0 FTE positions....................... 5,376,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 264,743,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from accounting service centers user charges....... 2,671,400
IDG from building occupancy and parking charges........ 94,034,600
IDG from MDLARA........................................ 100,000
IDG from motor transport fund.......................... 74,181,300
IDG from MDHHS, community health....................... 481,900
IDG from MDHHS, human services......................... 212,600
IDG from user fees..................................... 6,695,100
IDG from technology user fees.......................... 7,429,200
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 4,934,700
Special revenue funds:
Local - MPSCS subscriber and maintenance fees.......... 60,100
Deferred compensation.................................. 2,600
Health management funds................................ 2,219,200
MAIN user charges...................................... 4,434,900
Pension trust funds.................................... 7,413,800
Special revenue, internal service, and pension trust
funds................................................ 17,115,100
State restricted indirect funds........................ 3,392,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 39,364,500
(4) TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,479.5
Education services--29.0 FTE positions................. $ 4,100,200
Health and human services--617.5 FTE positions......... 282,038,800
Public protection--154.5 FTE positions................. 51,772,600
Resources services--146.5 FTE positions................ 19,694,900
Transportation services--89.5 FTE positions............ 30,831,400
General services--329.5 FTE positions.................. 93,717,000
Enterprisewide information technology investment
projects............................................. 11,672,400
General government and public safety information
technology investment projects....................... 13,683,400
Health and human services information technology
investment projects.................................. 5,033,900
MAIN system replacement information technology
investment projects.................................. 32,610,300
Cyber security information technology investment
projects............................................. 2,000,000
Homeland security initiative/cyber security--13.0
FTE positions........................................ 9,063,500
Michigan public safety communications system--100.0
FTE positions........................................ 39,842,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 596,060,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from technology user fees.......................... 482,154,900
Special revenue funds:
Local - MPSCS subscriber and maintenance fees.......... 2,209,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 111,696,000
(5) STATEWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Professional development fund - MPE, SEIU,
scientific and engineering unit...................... $ 150,000
Professional development fund - NEREs.................. 250,000
Professional development fund - UAW.................... 702,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,102,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from employer contributions........................ 1,102,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(6) SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 192.0
Building occupancy charges - property management
services for executive/legislative building
occupancy............................................ $ 1,096,700
Retirement services--162.0 FTE positions............... 27,209,000
Office of children's ombudsman--14.0 FTE positions..... 1,767,300
Public private partnership............................. 1,500,000
Regional prosperity grants............................. 2,500,000
Office of urban initiatives--5.0 FTE positions......... 2,500,000
School reform office operations--11.0 FTE positions.... 2,280,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 38,853,900
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Deferred compensation.................................. 2,800,000
Pension trust funds.................................... 19,164,200
Public private partnership investment fund............. 1,500,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 15,389,700
(7) STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY RENT
State building authority rent - state agencies......... $ 52,265,800
State building authority rent - department of
corrections.......................................... 36,829,900
State building authority rent - universities........... 135,995,300
State building authority rent - community colleges..... 29,479,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 254,570,600
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 254,570,600
(8) CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 446.0
Agency services--74.0 FTE positions.................... $ 11,975,900
Executive direction--40.0 FTE positions................ 9,778,700
Employee benefits--16.0 FTE positions.................. 5,667,300
Training............................................... 1,300,000
Human resources operations--316.0 FTE positions........ 35,878,600
Information technology services and projects........... 3,293,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 67,894,100
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, training charges.................................. 1,300,000
IDG, 1% special funds.................................. 3,330,500
Federal revenues:
Federal funds 1%....................................... 3,062,600
Special revenue funds:
Local funds 1%......................................... 1,317,700
Private funds 1%....................................... 190,100
State restricted funds 1%.............................. 21,197,900
State restricted indirect funds........................ 7,681,300
State sponsored group insurance........................ 2,737,200
State sponsored group insurance, flexible spending
accounts and COBRA................................... 5,820,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 21,256,200
(9) CAPITAL OUTLAY
Major special maintenance, remodeling, and additions
for state agencies................................... $ 2,000,000
Enterprisewide special maintenance for state
facilities........................................... 29,500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 31,500,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from building occupancy charges.................... 2,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 29,500,000
(10) ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Legal services......................................... $ 1,000,000
Technology services funding............................ 600,000
Treasury - technology services......................... 3,000,000
Cost study of 2014 PA 555.............................. 500,000
Special projects....................................... 105,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,205,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 600,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,605,000
Sec. 108. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,901.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,945,052,200
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,500,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,935,551,500
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenue.................................. 39,661,500
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 9,029,700
Total private revenues................................. 25,400
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 1,606,455,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 280,379,300
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 250,479,300
One-time state general fund/general
purpose................................... 29,900,000
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 10.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 24.0
Unclassified positions--10.0 FTE positions............. $ 971,200
Executive direction and operations--24.0 FTE positions. 4,863,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,835,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DED-OPSE, federal lenders allowance.................... 20,000
DED-OPSE, higher education act of 1965, insured loans.. 45,000
Special revenue funds:
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 1,318,200
State lottery fund..................................... 282,500
State services fee fund................................ 321,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,848,400
(3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 113.0
Supervision of the general property tax law--88.0
FTE positions........................................ $ 14,899,500
Property tax assessor training--4.0 FTE positions...... 1,031,100
Local finance--21.0 FTE positions...................... 2,565,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 18,495,700
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Local - assessor training fees......................... 1,031,100
Local - audit charges.................................. 808,600
Local - equalization study chargebacks................. 40,000
Local - revenue from local government.................. 100,000
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 1,493,200
Land reutilization fund................................ 1,996,200
Municipal finance fees................................. 533,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 12,493,000
(4) DEPARTMENTWIDE APPROPRIATIONS
Rent and building occupancy charges - property
management services.................................. $ 5,937,600
Worker's compensation insurance premium................ 36,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,974,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 2,848,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,125,900
(5) TAX PROGRAMS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 793.0
Tax compliance--345.0 FTE positions.................... $ 44,826,700
Tax and economic policy--85.0 FTE positions............ 13,442,900
Tax processing--335.0 FTE positions.................... 36,880,300
Health insurance claims fund--15.0 FTE positions....... 2,029,200
Home heating assistance................................ 3,019,000
Bottle act implementation.............................. 250,000
Tobacco tax enforcement--13.0 FTE positions............ 1,475,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 101,923,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............ 2,300,000
IDG from MDOT, state aeronautics fund.................. 70,900
Federal revenues:
HHS-SSA, low-income energy assistance.................. 3,019,000
Special revenue funds:
Bottle deposit fund.................................... 250,000
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 70,135,700
Emergency 911 fund..................................... 155,600
Health insurance claims assessment fund................ 2,029,200
Tobacco tax revenue.................................... 4,023,100
Waterways fund......................................... 105,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 19,835,200
(6) FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 383.0
Departmental services--89.0 FTE positions.............. $ 9,015,800
Unclaimed property--29.0 FTE positions................. 4,765,800
Office of collections--203.0 FTE positions............. 26,084,500
Office of accounting services--24.0 FTE positions...... 2,434,800
Office of financial services--38.0 FTE positions....... 4,386,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 46,687,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from accounting service center user charges........ 482,900
IDG from MDHHS, title IV-D............................. 763,900
IDG, levy/warrant cost assessment fees................. 2,000,000
IDG, state agency collection fees...................... 2,946,900
IDG, data/collection services fees..................... 330,300
Special revenue funds:
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 26,990,700
Escheats revenue....................................... 4,765,800
Garnishment fees....................................... 2,484,000
Justice system fund.................................... 418,300
State restricted indirect funds........................ 272,200
Treasury fees.......................................... 46,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,186,100
(7) FINANCIAL PROGRAMS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 210.5
Investments--82.0 FTE positions........................ $ 20,270,400
John R. Justice grant program.......................... 287,700
Common cash and debt management--21.5 FTE positions.... 1,629,300
Dual enrollment payments............................... 1,505,100
Student financial assistance programs--25.5 FTE
positions............................................ 2,687,100
Michigan finance authority - bond finance
programs--72.5 FTE positions......................... 38,686,200
Financial independence team--9.0 FTE positions......... 3,694,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 68,759,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, fiscal agent service fees......................... 205,800
Federal revenues:
DED-OPSE, federal lenders allowance.................... 10,615,200
DED-OPSE, higher education act of 1965, insured loans.. 25,055,800
Federal - John R. Justice grant........................ 287,700
Special revenue funds:
Defined contribution administrative fee revenue........ 100,000
MFA, bond and loan program revenue..................... 3,015,200
Michigan merit award trust fund........................ 1,139,800
Retirement funds....................................... 18,717,000
School bond fees....................................... 835,400
Treasury fees.......................................... 1,665,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,123,000
(8) DEBT SERVICE
Quality of life bond................................... $ 75,959,000
Clean Michigan initiative.............................. 63,961,000
Great Lakes water quality bond......................... 16,529,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 156,449,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 156,449,000
(9) GRANTS
Convention facility development distribution........... $ 90,950,000
Senior citizen cooperative housing tax exemption
program.............................................. 10,520,000
Emergency 911 payments................................. 27,000,000
Health and safety fund grants.......................... 9,000,000
Chaldean community foundation.......................... 250,000
Urban search and rescue taskforce...................... 300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 138,020,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Emergency 911 fund..................................... 27,000,000
Convention facility development fund................... 90,950,000
Health and safety fund................................. 9,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 11,070,000
(10) BUREAU OF STATE LOTTERY
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 183.0
Lottery operations--183.0 FTE positions................ $ 24,323,400
Lottery information technology services and projects... 5,205,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 29,528,900
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State lottery fund..................................... 29,528,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(11) CASINO GAMING
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 141.0
Michigan gaming control board.......................... $ 50,000
Casino gaming control administration--131.0 FTE
positions............................................ 25,750,800
Casino gaming information technology services and
projects............................................. 1,979,500
Racing commission--10.0 FTE positions.................. 1,677,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 29,457,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Casino gambling agreements............................. 804,100
Equine development fund................................ 1,800,000
Laboratory fees........................................ 700,000
State services fee fund................................ 26,153,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(12) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
Commercial forest reserve.............................. $ 3,207,700
Purchased lands........................................ 8,023,900
Swamp and tax reverted lands........................... 14,862,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 26,094,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 25,400
Game and fish protection fund.......................... 2,780,700
Michigan natural resources trust fund.................. 1,909,100
Michigan state waterways fund.......................... 241,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 21,137,800
(13) REVENUE SHARING
Constitutional state general revenue sharing grants.... $ 783,866,100
City, village, and township revenue sharing............ 243,040,000
County incentive program............................... 42,940,000
County revenue sharing................................. 171,760,000
Financially distressed cities, villages, or townships.. 5,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,246,606,100
Appropriated from:
Sales tax.............................................. 1,246,606,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(14) STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions............ 4.0
State building authority--4.0 FTE positions............ $ 711,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 711,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State building authority revenue....................... 711,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(15) CITY INCOME TAX ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
Full-time equated classified positions........... 50.0
City income tax administration--50.0 FTE positions..... $ 5,850,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,850,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Local - city income tax fund........................... 5,850,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(16) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Treasury operations information technology services
and projects......................................... $ 28,959,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 28,959,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from MDOT, Michigan transportation fund............ 400,000
Federal revenues:
DED-OPSE, federal lenders allowance.................... 618,800
Special revenue funds:
Local - city income tax fund........................... 1,200,000
Delinquent tax collection revenue...................... 15,644,900
Tobacco tax revenue.................................... 127,500
Retirement funds....................................... 757,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 10,210,900
(17) ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
City, village, and township revenue sharing............ $ 5,800,000
Personal property tax reform........................... 19,300,000
Online business portal................................. 600,000
Presidential primary................................... 10,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 35,700,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Sales tax.............................................. 5,800,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 29,900,000
Sec. 109. DEPARTMENT OF TALENT AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,613.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,153,023,500
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,153,023,500
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 764,102,800
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 4,433,500
Total private revenues................................. 5,619,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 180,411,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 198,457,000
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose.................................. 151,007,000
One-time state general fund/general
purpose................................... 47,450,000
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions............ 1.0
Unclassified positions--6.0 FTE positions.............. $ 875,500
Executive direction and operations--1.0 FTE position... 795,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 1,671,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL, federal funds..................................... 247,600
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 931,600
Special revenue funds:
Michigan state housing development authority fees
and charges.......................................... 394,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 97,800
(3) MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 172.0
Administrative services--34.0 FTE positions............ $ 5,692,500
Job creation services--125.0 FTE positions............. 17,080,500
Pure Michigan.......................................... 33,000,000
Entrepreneurship eco-system............................ 21,400,000
Business attraction and community revitalization....... 96,700,000
Community ventures--7.0 FTE positions.................. 9,800,000
Michigan film office--6.0 FTE positions................ 653,800
Community development block grants..................... 47,000,000
Arts and cultural program.............................. 10,150,000
Community college skilled trades equipment program..... 4,600,000
Facility for rare isotope beams........................ 7,300,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 253,376,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance........................ 287,000
DOL, federal funds..................................... 2,326,300
NFAH-NEA, promotion of the arts, partnership
agreements........................................... 1,050,000
HUD-CPD, community development block grant............. 49,773,300
Special revenue funds:
Private - special project advances..................... 250,000
Private - Michigan council for the arts fund........... 100,000
Industry support fees.................................. 5,500
Michigan film promotion fund........................... 653,800
MSHDA fees and charges................................. 52,300
21st century jobs trust fund........................... 75,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 123,878,600
(4) TALENT INVESTMENT AGENCY
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,087.0
Executive direction--7.0 FTE positions................. $ 1,157,400
Workforce program administration--225.0 FTE positions.. 33,074,300
Workforce development programs......................... 391,196,400
Skilled trades training program........................ 25,600,000
Unemployment insurance agency--855.0 FTE positions..... 139,604,900
Information technology services and projects........... 22,363,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 612,996,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOL-ETA unemployment insurance......................... 140,045,800
DAG, employment and training........................... 3,499,400
DED-OESE, GEAR-UP...................................... 4,730,700
DED-OVAE, adult education.............................. 20,000,000
DED-OVAE, basic grants to states....................... 19,000,000
DOL-ETA, workforce investment act...................... 173,988,600
DOL, federal funds..................................... 109,523,500
Federal funds.......................................... 5,940,200
Social security act, temporary assistance to needy
families............................................. 64,898,800
Special revenue funds:
Local revenues......................................... 4,433,500
Private funds.......................................... 5,269,000
Contingent fund, penalty and interest.................. 38,436,100
Default loan collection................................ 149,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 23,080,600
(5) LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions............ 6.0
Land bank fast track authority--6.0 FTE positions...... $ 5,247,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 5,247,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 1,000,000
Special revenue funds:
Land bank fast track fund.............................. 297,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,950,000
(6) MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 347.0
Payments on behalf of tenants.......................... $ 166,860,000
Housing and rental assistance--347.0 FTE positions..... 57,709,600
Lighthouse preservation program........................ 307,500
Rent and administrative support........................ 3,847,900
Michigan state housing development authority
technology services and projects..................... 3,556,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 232,281,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
HUD, lower income housing assistance................... 166,860,000
Special revenue funds:
Michigan state housing development authority fees
and charges.......................................... 65,114,200
Michigan lighthouse preservation fund.................. 307,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
(7) ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Film incentives........................................ $ 25,000,000
Business attraction and community revitalization....... 17,300,000
Special grants......................................... 5,150,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 47,450,000
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 47,450,000
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. (1) 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 2015-2016 is
$3,268,909,600.00 and state spending from state resources to be
paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2015-2016 is
$1,474,560,300.00. The itemized statement below identifies
appropriations from which spending to local units of government
will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Fees to local units.................................... $ 109,800
Motorcycle safety grants............................... 1,162,300
Subtotal............................................... $ 1,272,100
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Senior citizen cooperative housing tax exemption....... $ 10,520,000
Health and safety fund grants.......................... 9,000,000
Constitutional state general revenue sharing grants.... 783,866,100
City, village, and township revenue sharing............ 248,840,000
Convention facility development fund distribution...... 90,950,000
Emergency 9-1-1 payments............................... 24,700,000
Financially distressed cities, villages, or townships.. 5,000,000
County incentive program............................... 42,940,000
County revenue sharing payments........................ 171,760,000
Airport parking distribution pursuant to section 909... 19,093,200
Payments in lieu of taxes.............................. 26,094,100
Personal property tax reform........................... 19,300,000
Presidential primary................................... 10,000,000
Subtotal............................................... $ 1,462,063,400
DEPARTMENT OF TALENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Welfare-to-work programs............................... $ 11,224,800
Subtotal............................................... $ 11,224,800
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT............................... $ 1,474,560,300
(2) Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources for
fiscal year 2015-2016 is estimated at $29,942,670,500.00 in the
2015-2016 appropriations acts and total state spending from state
sources paid to local units of government for fiscal year 2015-2016
is estimated at $16,692,508,200.00. The state-local proportion is
estimated at 55.7% of total state spending from state resources.
(3) If payments to local units of government and state
spending from state sources for fiscal year 2015-2016 are different
than the amounts estimated in subsection (2), the state budget
director shall report the payments to local units of government and
state spending from state sources that were made for fiscal year
2015-2016 to the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations within 30 days after the final book-
closing for fiscal year 2015-2016.
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this part and
part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this part and part 1:
(a) "ATM" means automated teller machine.
(b) "COBRA" means the consolidated omnibus budget
reconciliation act of 1985, Public Law 99-272, 100 Stat 82.
(c) "DAG" means the United States Department of Agriculture.
(d) "DED" means the United States Department of Education.
(e) "DED-OESE" means the DED Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
(f) "DED-OPSE" means the DED Office of Postsecondary
Education.
(g) "DED-OVAE" means the DED Office of Vocational and Adult
Education.
(h) "DOE-OEERE" means the United States Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
(i) "DOL" means the United States Department of Labor.
(j) "DOL-ETA" means the United States Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration.
(k) "EEOC" means the United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
(l) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(m) "Fund" means the Michigan strategic fund.
(n) "GEAR-UP" means gaining early awareness and readiness for
undergraduate programs.
(o) "GED" means a general educational development certificate.
(p) "GF/GP" means general fund/general purpose.
(q) "HHS" means the United States Department of Health and
Human Services.
(r) "HHS-OS" means the HHS Office of the Secretary.
(s) "HHS-SSA" means the HHS Social Security Administration.
(t) "HUD" means the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
(u) "HUD-CPD" means the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development - Community Planning and Development.
(v) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(w) "JCOS" means the joint capital outlay subcommittee.
(x) "MAIN" means the Michigan administrative information
network.
(y) "MCL" means the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(z) "MDE" means the Michigan department of education.
(aa) "MDLARA" means the Michigan department of licensing and
regulatory affairs.
(bb) "MDEQ" means the Michigan department of environmental
quality.
(cc) "MDHHS" means the Michigan department of health and human
services.
(dd) "MDMVA" means the Michigan department of military and
veterans affairs.
(ee) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(ff) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
(gg) "MDTMB" means the Michigan department of technology,
management, and budget.
(hh) "MEDC" means the Michigan economic development
corporation, which is the public body corporate created under
section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the
urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to
124.512, by contractual interlocal agreement effective April 5,
1999, between local participating economic development corporations
formed under the economic development corporations act, 1974 PA
338, MCL 125.1601 to 125.1636, and the Michigan strategic fund.
(ii) "MFA" means the Michigan finance authority.
(jj) "MPE" means the Michigan public employees.
(kk) "MSF" means the Michigan strategic fund.
(ll) "MSHDA" means the Michigan state housing development
authority.
(mm) "NERE" means nonexclusively represented employees.
(nn) "NFAH-NEA" means the National Foundation of the Arts and
the Humanities - National Endowment for the Arts.
(oo) "PA" means public act.
(pp) "PATH" means Partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope.
(qq) "RFP" means a request for a proposal.
(rr) "SEIU" means Service Employees International Union.
(ss) "WDA" means the workforce development agency.
(tt) "WIC" means women, infants, and children.
Sec. 206. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall cooperate with the department of
technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable website
that is updated at least quarterly and that is accessible by the
public at no cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the
following for each department or agency:
(a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.
(b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
(c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,
including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and
payment description.
(d) The number of active department employees by job
classification.
(e) Job specifications and wage rates.
Sec. 207. In addition to the metrics required under section
447 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1447, for
each new program or program enhancement for which funds in excess
of $500,000.00 are appropriated in part 1, the department shall
provide not later than November 1, 2015 a list of program-specific
metrics intended to measure its performance based on a return on
taxpayer investment. The department shall deliver the program-
specific metrics to members of the senate and house subcommittees
that have subject matter jurisdiction for this budget, fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director. The department shall
provide an update on its progress in tracking program-specific
metrics and the status of program success at an appropriations
subcommittee meeting called for by the subcommittee chair.
Sec. 208. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this part. 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 of each department and agency receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure
businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and
perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. Each
director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department
contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 211. (1) Pursuant to section 352 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1352, which provides for a transfer
of state general fund revenue into or out of the countercyclical
budget and economic stabilization fund, the calculations required
by section 352 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1352, are determined as follows:
2014 2015 2016
Michigan personal income (millions). $401,901 $420,388 $438,886
less: transfer payments........... 87,481 92,555 96,998
Subtotal ......................... $314,420 $327,833 $341,888
Divided by: Detroit Consumer Price
Index for 12 months ending June 30 2.210 2.206 2.230
Equals: real adjusted Michigan
personal income................... $142,247 $148,583 $153,343
Percentage change................... N/A 4.5% 3.2%
Growth rate in excess of 2%?........ N/A 2.5% 1.2%
Equals: countercyclical budget and
economic stabilization fund pay-in
calculation for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016 (millions)..... N/A $243.1 N/A
Growth rate less than 0%?........... N/A NO NO
Equals: countercyclical budget and
economic stabilization fund pay-out
calculation for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016 (millions)..... N/A N/A $0.0
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), there is appropriated for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, from GF/GP revenue for
deposit into the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization
fund the sum of $95,000,000.00.
Sec. 212. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all
reports funded from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state
guidelines for short-term and long-term retention of records shall
be followed. The department may electronically retain copies of
reports unless otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.
Sec. 213. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by
this state, a department, an agency, or an authority of this state
to purchase an ownership interest in a casino enterprise or a
gambling operation as those terms are defined in the Michigan
gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.
Sec. 215. A department or state agency shall not take
disciplinary action against an employee for communicating with a
member of the legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 216. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state
travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel
report shall be a listing of all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the house and senate standing committees on
appropriations, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The report shall include the following
information:
(a) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(b) The total transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state GF/GP
revenues, the proportion funded with state restricted revenues, the
proportion funded with federal revenues, and the proportion funded
with other revenues.
Sec. 219. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall maintain, on a publicly accessible
website, a department or agency scorecard that identifies, tracks,
and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and
improve the department's or agency's performance.
Sec. 221. Each department and agency shall report no later
than April 1 on each specific policy change made to implement a
public act affecting the department that took effect during the
prior calendar year to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government, the joint committee on administrative rules, and the
senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 226. 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. 227. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall cooperate with the state budget
director to provide the chairs of the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations, the chairs
of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government, and the senate
and house fiscal agencies with an annual report on estimated state
restricted fund balances, state restricted fund projected revenues,
and state restricted fund expenditures for the fiscal years ending
September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2016.
Sec. 228. Not later than November 30, the state budget office
shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of
the total GF/GP appropriation lapses at the close of the prior
fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected year-end
GF/GP appropriation lapses by major departmental program or program
areas. The report shall be transmitted to the chairpersons of the
senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 229. If the office of the auditor general has identified
an initiative or made a recommendation that is related to savings
and efficiencies in an audit report for an executive branch
department or agency, the department or agency shall report within
6 months of the release of the audit on their efforts and progress
made toward achieving the savings and efficiencies identified in
the audit report. The report shall be submitted to the chairs of
the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, the chairs of the senate and house of
representatives standing committees with jurisdiction over matters
relating to the department that is audited, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 233. In addition to the GF/GP appropriations for special
maintenance, remodeling, and addition - state facilities in part 1,
there is also appropriated related federal and state restricted
funds up to the amounts that will be earned based upon the
initiatives undertaken with the funds in part 1. The state budget
director shall determine and authorize the appropriate manner for
implementing this section.
Sec. 234. In addition to the GF/GP appropriations for
enterprisewide information technology investments in part 1, there
is also appropriated related federal and state restricted funds up
to the amounts that will be earned based upon the initiatives
undertaken with the funds in part 1. The state budget director
shall determine and authorize the appropriate manner for
implementing this section.
Sec. 235. By April 1, the state budget director shall submit a
report to the senate and house appropriations committees and the
senate and house fiscal agencies. The report shall recommend a
contingency plan for each federal funding source included in the
state budget of $10,000,000.00 or more in the event that the
federal government reduces funding to the state through that source
by 10% or greater.
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
Sec. 301. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $1,500,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $100,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
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 $100,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 302. (1) The attorney general shall perform all legal
services, including representation before courts and administrative
agencies rendering legal opinions and providing legal advice to a
principal executive department or state agency. A principal
executive department or state agency shall not employ or enter into
a contract with any other person for services described in this
section.
(2) The attorney general shall defend judges of all state
courts if a claim is made or a civil action is commenced for
injuries to persons or property caused by the judge through the
performance of the judge's duties while acting within the scope of
his or her authority as a judge.
(3) The attorney general shall perform the duties specified in
1846 RS 12, MCL 14.28 to 14.35, and 1919 PA 232, MCL 14.101 to
14.102, and as otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 303. The attorney general may sell copies of the biennial
report in excess of the 350 copies that the attorney general may
distribute on a gratis basis. Gratis copies shall not be provided
to members of the legislature. Electronic copies of biennial
reports shall be made available on the department of attorney
general's website. The attorney general shall sell copies of the
report at not less than the actual cost of the report and shall
deposit the money received into the general fund.
Sec. 304. The department of attorney general is responsible
for the legal representation for state of Michigan state employee
worker's disability compensation cases. The risk management
revolving fund revenue appropriation in part 1 is to be satisfied
by billings from the department of attorney general for the actual
costs of legal representation, including salaries and support
costs.
Sec. 305. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, not
more than $400,000.00 shall be reimbursed per fiscal year for food
stamp fraud cases heard by the third circuit court of Wayne County
that were initiated by the department of attorney general pursuant
to the existing contract between the department of human services,
the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, and the
department of attorney general. The source of this funding is money
earned by the department of attorney general under the agreement
after the allowance for reimbursement to the department of attorney
general for costs associated with the prosecution of food stamp
fraud cases. It is recognized that the federal funds are earned by
the department of attorney general for its documented progress on
the prosecution of food stamp fraud cases according to the United
States Department of Agriculture regulations and that, once earned
by this state, the funds become state funds.
Sec. 306. Any proceeds from a lawsuit initiated by or
settlement agreement entered into on behalf of this state against a
manufacturer of tobacco products by the attorney general are state
funds and are subject to appropriation as provided by law.
Sec. 307. (1) In addition to the antitrust revenues in part 1,
antitrust, securities fraud, consumer protection or class action
enforcement revenues, or attorney fees recovered by the department,
not to exceed $250,000.00, are appropriated to the department for
antitrust, securities fraud, and consumer protection or class
action enforcement cases.
(2) Any unexpended funds from antitrust, securities fraud, or
consumer protection or class action enforcement revenues at the end
of the fiscal year, including antitrust funds in part 1, may be
carried forward for expenditure in the following fiscal year up to
the maximum authorization of $250,000.00.
Sec. 308. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated up to $500,000.00 from litigation expense
reimbursements awarded to the state.
(2) The funds may be expended for the payment of court
judgments, settlements, arbitration awards or other administrative
and litigation decisions, attorney fees, and litigation costs,
assessed against the office of the governor, the department of the
attorney general, the governor, or the attorney general when acting
in an official capacity as the named party in litigation against
the state. The funds may also be expended for the payment of state
costs incurred under section 16 of chapter X of the code of
criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 770.16.
(3) Unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year may be
carried forward for expenditure in the following year, up to a
maximum authorization of $500,000.00.
Sec. 309. From the prisoner reimbursement funds appropriated
in part 1, the department may spend up to $611,900.00 on activities
related to the state correctional facility reimbursement act, 1935
PA 253, MCL 800.401 to 800.406. In addition to the funds
appropriated in part 1, if the department collects in excess of
$1,131,000.00 in gross annual prisoner reimbursement receipts
provided to the general fund, the excess, up to a maximum of
$1,000,000.00, is appropriated to the department of attorney
general and may be spent on the representation of the department of
corrections and its officers, employees, and agents, including, but
not limited to, the defense of litigation against the state, its
departments, officers, employees, or agents in civil actions filed
by prisoners.
Sec. 310. (1) For the purposes of providing title IV-D child
support enforcement funding, the department of health and human
services, as the state IV-D agency, shall maintain a cooperative
agreement with the attorney general for federal IV-D funding to
support the child support enforcement activities within the office
of the attorney general.
(2) The attorney general or his or her designee shall, to the
extent allowable under federal law, have access to any information
used by the state to locate parents who fail to pay court-ordered
child support.
Sec. 312. The department of attorney general shall not receive
and expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 for
legal services provided specifically to other state departments or
agencies except for costs for expert witnesses, court costs, or
other nonsalary litigation expenses associated with a pending legal
action.
Sec. 315. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $17,778,100.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$10,007,000.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $7,771,100.00.
Sec. 316. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for sexual
assault law enforcement efforts, the department shall use the funds
for testing of backlogged sexual assault kits across the state. The
funding provided in part 1 shall be distributed in the following
order of priority:
(a) To eliminate all county sexual assault kit backlogs
outside of Wayne County.
(b) To assist local prosecutors with investigations and
prosecutions of viable cases.
(c) To provide victim services.
(2) The department of attorney general shall provide a
detailed work and spending plan outlining anticipated litigation
action and expenditures resulting from findings of the sexual
assault kit testing. The spending plan shall be transmitted to the
state budget office, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government. The
appropriation shall not be available for expenditure until the work
plan is approved by the state budget director. The state budget
office shall notify the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government at least 15 days prior to release of the funds.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Sec. 401. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $750,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 402. (1) In addition to the appropriations contained in
part 1, the department of civil rights may receive and expend funds
from local or private sources for all of the following purposes:
(a) Developing and presenting training for employers on equal
employment opportunity law and procedures.
(b) The publication and sale of civil rights related
informational material.
(c) The provision of copy material made available under
freedom of information requests.
(d) Other copy fees, subpoena fees, and witness fees.
(e) Developing, presenting, and participating in mediation
processes for certain civil rights cases.
(f) Workshops, seminars, and recognition or award programs
consistent with the programmatic mission of the individual unit
sponsoring or coordinating the programs.
(g) Staffing costs for all activities included in this
subsection.
(2) The department of civil rights shall annually report to
the state budget director, the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations, and the senate and house
fiscal agencies the amount of funds received and expended for
purposes authorized under this section.
Sec. 403. The department of civil rights may contract with
local units of government to review equal employment opportunity
compliance of potential contractors and may charge for and expend
amounts received from local units of government for the purpose of
developing and providing these contractual services.
Sec. 404. (1) The department of civil rights shall prepare and
transmit a detailed report that includes, but is not limited to,
the following information for the most recent fiscal year:
(a) A detailed description of the department operations.
(b) A detailed description of all subunits within the
department, including FTE positions associated with each subunit,
responsibilities of each subunit, and all revenues and expenditures
for each subunit.
(c) The number of complaints by type of complaint.
(d) The average cost of, and time expended, investigating
complaints.
(e) The percentage of complaints that are meritorious and
worthy of investigation or settlement and the percentage of
complaints that have no merit.
(f) A listing of amounts awarded to claimants.
(g) Expenditures associated with complaint investigation and
enforcement.
(h) A listing of complaint investigations closed per FTE
position for each of the past 5 years.
(i) A listing of complaint evaluations completed per FTE
position for each of the past 5 years.
(j) Productivity projections for the current fiscal year,
including investigations closed per FTE, complaint evaluations
completed per FTE, and average time expended investigating
complaints.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall be posted
online and transmitted electronically not later than November 30 to
the state budget director, the chairpersons of the senate and house
of representatives standing committees on appropriations, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on general
government, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 405. The department of civil rights shall notify the
office of the state budget, senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations, and senate and house fiscal
agencies prior to submitting a report or complaint to the United
States Commission on Civil Rights or other federal departments.
Sec. 410. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $2,997,500.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$1,701,400.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $1,296,100.00.
LEGISLATURE
Sec. 600. The senate, the house of representatives, or an
agency within the legislative branch may receive, expend, and
transfer funds in addition to those authorized in part 1.
Sec. 601. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 to an entity within
the legislative branch shall not be expended or transferred to
another account without written approval of the authorized agent of
the legislative entity. If the authorized agent of the legislative
entity notifies the state budget director of its approval of an
expenditure or transfer before the year-end book-closing date for
that legislative entity, the state budget director shall
immediately make the expenditure or transfer. The authorized
legislative entity agency shall be designated by the speaker of the
house of representatives for house entities, the senate majority
leader for senate entities, and the legislative council for
legislative council entities.
(2) Funds appropriated within the legislative branch, to a
legislative council component, shall not be expended by any agency
or other subgroup included in that component without the approval
of the legislative council.
Sec. 602. The senate may charge rent and assess charges for
utility costs. The amounts received for rent charges and utility
assessments are appropriated to the senate for the renovation,
operation, and maintenance of the Farnum Building and other
properties.
Sec. 603. The appropriation contained in part 1 for national
association dues is to be distributed by the legislative council.
Sec. 604. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the Michigan
state capitol historic site includes funds to operate the
legislative parking facilities in the capitol area. The Michigan
state capitol commission shall establish rules regarding the
operation of the legislative parking facilities.
(2) The Michigan state capitol commission shall collect a fee
from state employees and the general public using certain
legislative parking facilities. The revenues received from the
parking fees shall be allocated by the Michigan state capitol
commission.
Sec. 605. The appropriation in part 1 to the legislative
council for publication of the Michigan manual is a work project
account. The unexpended portion remaining on September 30 shall not
lapse and shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year
for use in paying the associated biennial costs of publication of
the Michigan manual.
Sec. 606. The appropriations in part 1 to the legislative
branch, for property management, shall be used to purchase
equipment and services for building maintenance in order to ensure
a safe and productive work environment. These funds are designated
as work project appropriations and shall not lapse at the end of
the fiscal year, and shall continue to be available for expenditure
until the project has been completed. The total cost is estimated
at $500,000.00, and the tentative completion date is September 30,
2020.
Sec. 607. The appropriations in part 1 to the legislative
branch, for automated data processing, shall be used to purchase
equipment, software, and services in order to support and implement
data processing requirements and technology improvements. These
funds are designated as work project appropriations in accordance
with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1451a, and shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year,
and shall continue to be available for expenditure until the
project has been completed. The total cost is estimated at
$500,000.00, and the tentative completion date is September 30,
2020.
Sec. 608. In addition to funds appropriated in part 1, the
Michigan capitol committee publications save the flags fund account
may accept contributions, gifts, bequests, devises, grants, and
donations. Those funds that are not expended in the fiscal year
ending September 30 shall not lapse at the close of the fiscal
year, and shall be carried forward for expenditure in the following
fiscal years.
Sec. 615. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $28,034,000.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$15,465,300.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $12,568,700.00.
Sec. 618. It is the intent of the legislature that all
administrative functions and associated funding for the Michigan
legislative retirement system shall be transferred from the
legislative council to the department of technology, management,
and budget before the end of the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR GENERAL
Sec. 620. Pursuant to section 53 of article IV of the state
constitution of 1963, the auditor general shall conduct audits of
the judicial branch. The audits may include the supreme court and
its administrative units, the court of appeals, and trial courts.
Sec. 621. (1) The auditor general shall take all reasonable
steps to ensure that certified minority- and women-owned and
operated accounting firms, and accounting firms owned and operated
by persons with disabilities participate in the audits of the
books, accounts, and financial affairs of each principal executive
department, branch, institution, agency, and office of this state.
(2) The auditor general shall strongly encourage firms with
which the auditor general contracts to perform audits of the
principal executive departments and state agencies to subcontract
with certified minority- and women-owned and operated accounting
firms, and accounting firms owned and operated by persons with
disabilities.
(3) The auditor general shall compile an annual report
regarding the number of contracts entered into with certified
minority- and women-owned and operated accounting firms, and
accounting firms owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
The auditor general shall deliver the report to the state budget
director and the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government by
November 1 of each year.
Sec. 622. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the
legislative auditor general, the auditor general's salary and the
salaries of the remaining 2.0 FTE unclassified positions shall be
set by the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate
majority leader, the house of representatives minority leader, and
the senate minority leader.
Sec. 623. Any audits, reviews, or investigations requested of
the auditor general by the legislature or by legislative
leadership, legislative committees, or individual legislators shall
include an estimate of the additional costs involved and, when
those costs exceed $50,000.00, should provide supplemental funding.
The auditor general shall determine whether to perform those
activities in keeping with Audit Directive No. 29, which describes
the office of the auditor general's policy on responding to
legislative requests.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 701. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $7,500,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $50,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
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 $100,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 703. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of state shall sell copies of records including, but not
limited to, records of motor vehicles, off-road vehicles,
snowmobiles, watercraft, mobile homes, personal identification
cardholders, drivers, and boat operators and shall charge $8.00 per
record sold only as authorized in section 208b of the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.208b, section 7 of 1972 PA 222,
MCL 28.297, and sections 80130, 80315, 81114, and 82156 of the
natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,
MCL 324.80130, 324.80315, 324.81114, and 324.82156. The revenue
received from the sale of records shall be credited to the
transportation administration collection fund created under section
810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b.
Sec. 704. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the secretary
of state may enter into agreements with the department of
corrections for the manufacture of vehicle registration plates 15
months before the registration year in which the registration
plates will be used.
Sec. 705. (1) The department of state may accept gifts,
donations, contributions, and grants of money and other property
from any private or public source to underwrite, in whole or in
part, the cost of a departmental publication that is prepared and
disseminated under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL
257.1 to 257.923. A private or public funding source may receive
written recognition in the publication and may furnish a traffic
safety message, subject to departmental approval, for inclusion in
the publication. The department may reject a gift, donation,
contribution, or grant. The department may furnish copies of a
publication underwritten, in whole or in part, by a private source
to the underwriter at no charge.
(2) The department of state may sell and accept paid
advertising for placement in a departmental publication that is
prepared and disseminated under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. The department may charge and receive a
fee for any advertisement appearing in a departmental publication
and shall review and approve the content of each advertisement. The
department may refuse to accept advertising from any person or
organization. The department may furnish a reasonable number of
copies of a publication to an advertiser at no charge.
(3) Pending expenditure, the funds received under this section
shall be deposited in the Michigan department of state publications
fund created by section 211 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.211. Funds given, donated, or contributed to the
department from a private source are appropriated and allocated for
the purpose for which the revenue is furnished. Funds granted to
the department from a public source are allocated and may be
expended upon receipt. The department shall not accept a gift,
donation, contribution, or grant if receipt is conditioned upon a
commitment of state funding at a future date. Revenue received from
the sale of advertising is appropriated and may be expended upon
receipt.
(4) Any unexpended revenues received under this section shall
be carried over into subsequent fiscal years and shall be available
for appropriation for the purposes described in this section.
(5) On March 1 of each year, the department of state shall
file a report with 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 all of the
following information:
(a) The amount of gifts, contributions, donations, and grants
of money received by the department under this section for the
prior fiscal year.
(b) A listing of the expenditures made from the amounts
received by the department as reported in subdivision (a).
(c) A listing of any gift, donation, contribution, or grant of
property other than funding received by the department under this
section for the prior year.
(d) The total revenue received from the sale of paid
advertising accepted under this section and a statement of the
total number of advertising transactions.
(6) In addition to copies delivered without charge as the
secretary of state considers necessary, the department of state may
sell copies of manuals and other publications regarding the sale,
ownership, or operation or regulation of motor vehicles, with
amendments, at prices to be established by the secretary of state.
As used in this subsection, the term "manuals and other
publications" includes videos and proprietary electronic
publications. All funds received from sales of these manuals and
other publications shall be credited to the Michigan department of
state publications fund.
Sec. 707. Funds collected by the department of state under
section 211 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.211,
are appropriated for all expenses necessary to provide for the
costs of the publication. Funds 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. 708. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of state shall use available balances at the end of the
state fiscal year to provide payment to the department of state
police in the amount of $332,000.00 for the services provided by
the traffic accident records program as first appropriated in 1990
PA 196 and 1990 PA 208.
Sec. 709. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of state may restrict funds from miscellaneous revenue
to cover cash shortages created from normal branch office
operations. This amount shall not exceed $50,000.00 of the total
funds available in miscellaneous revenue.
Sec. 710. (1) Commemorative and specialty license plate fee
revenue collected by the department of state and deposited into the
transportation administration collection fund created in section
810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b, is
authorized for expenditure up to the amount of revenue collected
but not to exceed the amount appropriated to the department of
state in part 1 to administer commemorative and specialty license
plate programs.
(2) Commemorative and specialty license plate fee revenue
collected by the department of state and deposited in the
transportation administration collection fund created in section
810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b, in
addition to the amount appropriated in part 1 to the department of
state, shall remain in the transportation administration collection
fund created in section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.810b, and be available for future appropriation.
Sec. 711. Collector plate and fund-raising registration plate
revenues collected by the department of state are appropriated and
allotted for distribution to the recipient university or public or
private agency overseeing a state-sponsored goal when received.
Distributions shall occur on a quarterly basis or as otherwise
authorized by law. Any revenues remaining at the end of the fiscal
year shall not lapse to the general fund but shall remain available
for distribution to the university or agency in the next fiscal
year.
Sec. 712. The department of state may produce and sell copies
of a training video designed to inform registered automotive repair
facilities of their obligations under Michigan law. The price shall
not exceed the cost of production and distribution. The money
received from the sale of training videos shall revert to the
department of state and be placed in the auto repair facility
account.
Sec. 713. (1) The department of state, in collaboration with
the gift of life transplantation society or its successor federally
designated organ procurement organization, may develop and
administer a public information campaign concerning the Michigan
organ donor program.
(2) The department of state may solicit funds from any private
or public source to underwrite, in whole or in part, the public
information campaign authorized by this section. The department may
accept gifts, donations, contributions, and grants of money and
other property from private and public sources for this purpose. A
private or public funding source underwriting the public
information campaign, in whole or in substantial part, shall
receive sponsorship credit for its financial backing.
(3) Funds received under this section, including grants from
state and federal agencies, shall not lapse to the general fund at
the end of the fiscal year but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes described in this section.
(4) Funding appropriated in part 1 for the organ donor program
shall be used for producing a pamphlet to be distributed with
driver licenses and personal identification cards regarding organ
donations. The funds shall be used to update and print a pamphlet
that will explain the organ donor program and encourage people to
become donors by marking a checkoff on driver license and personal
identification card applications.
(5) The pamphlet shall include a return reply form addressed
to the gift of life organization. Funding appropriated in part 1
for the organ donor program shall be used to pay for return postage
costs.
(6) In addition to the appropriations in part 1, the
department of state may receive and expend funds from the organ and
tissue donation education fund for administrative expenses.
Sec. 714. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection
(2), at least 180 days before closing a branch office or
consolidating a branch office and at least 60 days before
relocating a branch office, the department of state shall inform
members of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations and legislators who represent affected
areas regarding the details of the proposal. The information
provided shall be in written form and include all analyses done
regarding criteria for changes in the location of branch offices,
including, but not limited to, branch transactions, revenue, and
the impact on citizens of the affected area. The impact on citizens
shall include information regarding additional distance to branch
office locations resulting from the plan. The written notice
provided by the department of state shall also include detailed
estimates of costs and savings that will result from the overall
changes made to the branch office structure and the same level of
detail regarding costs for new leased facilities and expansions of
current leased space.
(2) If the consolidation of a branch office is with another
branch office that is located within the same local unit of
government or the relocation of a branch office is to another
location that is located within the same local unit of government,
the department of state is not required to provide the notification
or written information described in subsection (1).
(3) As used in this section, "local unit of government" means
a city, village, township, or county.
Sec. 715. (1) Any service assessment collected by the
department of state from the user of a credit or debit card under
section 3 of 1995 PA 144, MCL 11.23, may be used by the department
for necessary expenses related to that service and may be remitted
to a credit or debit card company, bank, or other financial
institution.
(2) The service assessment imposed by the department of state
for credit and debit card services may be based either on a
percentage of each individual credit or debit card transaction, or
on a flat rate per transaction, or both, scaled to the amount of
the transaction. However, the department shall not charge any
amount for a service assessment which exceeds the costs billable to
the department for service assessments.
(3) If there is a balance of service assessments received from
credit and debit card services remaining on September 30, the
balance may be carried forward to the following fiscal year and
appropriated for the same purpose.
(4) As used in this section, "service assessment" means and
includes costs associated with service fees imposed by credit and
debit card companies and processing fees imposed by banks and other
financial institutions.
Sec. 716b. The department of state shall provide a report that
calculates the total amount of funds expended for the business
application modernization project to date from the inception of the
program. The report shall contain information on the original start
and completion dates for the project, the original cost to complete
the project, and a listing of all revisions to project completion
dates and costs. The report shall include the total amount of funds
paid to the state by the contract provider for penalties. 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 by January
1.
Sec. 717. (1) The department of state may accept nonmonetary
gifts, donations, or contributions of property from any private or
public source to support, in whole or in part, the operation of a
departmental function relating to licensing, regulation, or safety.
The department may recognize a private or public contributor for
making the contribution. The department may reject a gift,
donation, or contribution.
(2) The department of state shall not accept a gift, donation,
or contribution under subsection (1) if receipt of the gift,
donation, or contribution is conditioned upon a commitment of
future state funding.
(3) On March 1 of each year, the department of state shall
file a report with the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director. The report shall list any gift,
donation, or contribution received by the department under
subsection (1) for the prior calendar year.
Sec. 718. From the funds appropriated in part 1 to the
department of state, branch operations, the department shall
maintain a full service secretary of state branch office in Buena
Vista Township.
Sec. 721. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of state may collect ATM commission fees from companies
that have ATMs located in secretary of state branch offices. The
commission received from the use of these ATMs shall be credited to
the transportation administration collection fund created under
section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL
257.810b.
Sec. 722. The department shall participate in a workgroup to
investigate means of minimizing fraud in the MIBridges benefits
programs. The members of the workgroup shall include, but are not
limited to, the department of state, the department of health and
human services, and the department of state police and members of
the house of representatives and the senate. The workgroup shall,
at a minimum, address the following possibilities and make
recommendations on the implementation of any of the following items
considered feasible:
(a) Whether the department of health and human services'
policies concerning the replacement of lost bridge cards
sufficiently deter improper use of those cards.
(b) What technologies may exist to deter the sale or other
improper use of bridge cards.
(c) Whether a state driver license or state identification
card might be used to replace the existing bridge cards.
(d) What federal policies exist that may inhibit or enhance
adoption of fraud minimization actions.
Sec. 725. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $31,253,000.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$17,739,100.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $13,513,900.00.
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND BUDGET
Sec. 801. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $8,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $150,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
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 $100,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 802. Proceeds in excess of necessary costs incurred in
the conduct of transfers or auctions of state surplus, salvage, or
scrap property made pursuant to section 267 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1267, are appropriated to the
department of technology, management, and budget to offset costs
incurred in the acquisition and distribution of federal surplus
property. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall provide consolidated Internet auction services through the
state's contractors for all local units of government.
Sec. 803. (1) The department of technology, management, and
budget may receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized
by part 1 for maintenance and operation services provided
specifically to other principal executive departments or state
agencies, the legislative branch, the judicial branch, or private
tenants, or provided in connection with facilities transferred to
the operational jurisdiction of the department of technology,
management, and budget.
(2) The department of technology, management, and budget may
receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized by part 1
for real estate, architectural, design, and engineering services
provided specifically to other principal executive departments or
state agencies, the legislative branch, or the judicial branch.
(3) The department of technology, management, and budget may
receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1
for mail pickup and delivery services provided specifically to
other principal executive departments and state agencies, the
legislative branch, or the judicial branch.
(4) The department of technology, management, and budget may
receive and expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1
for purchasing services provided specifically to other principal
executive departments and state agencies, the legislative branch,
or the judicial branch.
Sec. 804. (1) The source of financing in part 1 for statewide
appropriations shall be funded by assessments against longevity and
insurance appropriations throughout state government in a manner
prescribed by the department of technology, management, and budget.
Funds shall be used as specified in joint labor/management
agreements or through the coordinated compensation hearings
process. Any deposits made under this subsection and any
unencumbered funds are restricted revenues, may be carried over
into the succeeding fiscal years, and are appropriated.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 for
statewide appropriations, the department of technology, management,
and budget may receive and expend funds in such additional amounts
as may be specified in joint labor/management agreements or through
the coordinated compensation hearings process in the same manner
and subject to the same conditions as prescribed in subsection (1).
Sec. 805. To the extent a specific appropriation is required
for a detailed source of financing included in part 1 for the
department of technology, management, and budget appropriations
financed from special revenue and internal service and pension
trust funds, or MAIN user charges, the specific amounts are
appropriated within the special revenue internal service and
pension trust funds in portions not to exceed the aggregate amount
appropriated in part 1.
Sec. 806. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 to
the department of technology, management, and budget, the
department may receive and expend funds from other principal
executive departments and state agencies to implement
administrative leave bank transfer provisions as may be specified
in joint labor/management agreements. The amounts may also be
transferred to other principal executive departments and state
agencies under the joint agreement and any amounts transferred
under the joint agreement are authorized for receipt and
expenditure by the receiving principal executive department or
state agency. Any amounts received by the department of technology,
management, and budget under this section and intended, under the
joint labor/management agreements, to be available for use beyond
the close of the fiscal year and any unencumbered funds may be
carried over into the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 807. The source of financing in part 1 for the Michigan
administrative information network shall be funded by proportionate
charges assessed against the respective state funds benefiting from
this project in the amounts determined by the department.
Sec. 808. (1) Deposits against the interdepartmental grant
from building occupancy and parking charges appropriated in part 1
shall be collected, in part, from state agencies, the legislative
branch, and the judicial branch based on estimated costs associated
with maintenance and operation of buildings managed by the
department of technology, management, and budget. To the extent
excess revenues are collected due to estimates of building
occupancy charges exceeding actual costs, the excess revenues may
be carried forward into succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of
returning funds to state agencies.
(2) Appropriations in part 1 to the department of technology,
management, and budget, for management and budget services from
building occupancy charges and parking charges, may be increased to
return excess revenue collected to state agencies.
Sec. 809. On a quarterly basis, the department of technology,
management, and budget shall notify the chairpersons of the senate
and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations
and the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government on any revisions that increase or decrease current
contracts by more than $500,000.00 for computer software
development, hardware acquisition, or quality assurance.
Sec. 810. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall maintain an Internet website that contains notice of all
invitations for bids and requests for proposals over $50,000.00
issued by the department or by any state agency operating under
delegated authority. The department shall not accept an invitation
for bid or request for proposal in less than 14 days after the
notice is made available on the Internet website, except in
situations where it would be in the best interest of the state and
documented by the department. In addition to the requirements of
this section, the department may advertise the invitations for bids
and requests for proposals in any manner the department determines
appropriate, in order to give the greatest number of individuals
and businesses the opportunity to make bids or requests for
proposals.
Sec. 811. The department of technology, management, and budget
may receive and expend funds from the Vietnam veterans memorial
monument fund as provided in the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial
act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1051 to 35.1057. Funds are appropriated
and allocated when received and may be expended upon receipt.
Sec. 812. The Michigan veterans' memorial park commission may
receive and expend money from any source, public or private,
including, but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations of money,
and government appropriations, for the purposes described in
Executive Order No. 2001-10. Funds are appropriated and allocated
when received and may be expended upon receipt. Any deposits made
under this section and unencumbered funds are restricted revenues
and may be carried over into succeeding fiscal years.
Sec. 813. (1) Funds in part 1 for motor vehicle fleet are
appropriated to the department of technology, management, and
budget for administration and for the acquisition, lease,
operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and disposal of state
motor vehicles.
(2) The appropriation in part 1 for motor vehicle fleet shall
be funded by revenue from rates charged to principal executive
departments and agencies for utilizing vehicle travel services
provided by the department. Revenue in excess of the amount
appropriated in part 1 from the motor transport fund and any
unencumbered funds are restricted revenues and may be carried over
into the succeeding fiscal year.
(3) Pursuant to the department of technology, management, and
budget's authority under sections 213 and 215 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1213 and 18.1215, the department
shall maintain a plan regarding the operation of the motor vehicle
fleet. The plan shall include the number of vehicles assigned to,
or authorized for use by, state departments and agencies, efforts
to reduce travel expenditures, the number of cars in the motor
vehicle fleet, the number of miles driven by fleet vehicles, and
the number of gallons of fuel consumed by fleet vehicles. The plan
shall include a calculation of the amount of state motor vehicle
fuel taxes that would have been incurred by fleet vehicles if fleet
vehicles were required by law to pay motor fuel taxes. The plan
shall include a description of fleet garage operations, the goods
sold and services provided by the fleet garage, the cost to operate
the fleet garage, the number of fleet garage locations, and the
number of employees assigned to each fleet garage. The plan may be
adjusted during the fiscal year based on needs and cost savings to
achieve the maximum value and efficiency from the state motor
fleet. Within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year, the
department shall provide a report to the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations and the
senate and house fiscal agencies detailing the current plan and
changes made to the plan during the fiscal year.
(4) The department of technology, management, and budget may
charge state agencies for fuel cost increases that exceed $3.04 per
gallon of unleaded gasoline. The department shall notify state
agencies, in writing or by electronic mail, at least 30 days before
implementing additional charges for fuel cost increases. Revenues
received from these charges are appropriated upon receipt.
(5) The state budget director, upon notification to the senate
and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations,
may adjust spending authorization and the IDG from motor transport
fund in the department of technology, management, and budget in
order to ensure that the appropriations for motor vehicle fleet in
the department budget equal the expenditures for motor vehicle
fleet in the budgets for all executive branch agencies.
Sec. 814. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall develop a plan regarding the use of the funds appropriated in
part 1 for the enterprisewide information technology investment
projects. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, a
description of proposed information technology investment projects,
the time frame for completion of the information technology
investment projects, the proposed cost of the information
technology investment projects, the number of employees assigned to
implement each information technology investment project, the
contracts entered into for each information technology investment
project, and any other information the department deems necessary.
The plan shall be distributed to the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees
on general government, as well as the senate and house fiscal
agencies on a quarterly basis. The submitted plan shall also
include anticipated spending reductions or overages for each of the
proposed information technology investment projects. The department
of technology, management, and budget shall notify the senate and
house of representatives standing committees on appropriations
subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal
agencies when a project funded under an information technology
investment project line item in part 1 is expected to require a
transfer of dollars from another project in excess of $500,000.00.
Sec. 814a. The funds appropriated in part 1 for information
technology investment projects shall be used for the modernization
of state information technology systems, improvement of the state's
cyber security framework, and to achieve efficiencies.
Sec. 816. An RFP issued for the purpose of privatization shall
include all factors used in evaluating and determining price.
Sec. 818. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of technology, management, and budget may receive and
expend money from the Michigan law enforcement officers memorial
monument fund as provided in the Michigan law enforcement officers
memorial act, 2004 PA 177, MCL 28.781 to 28.787.
Sec. 819. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of technology, management, and budget may receive and
expend money from the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund
as provided in the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund
commission act, 2004 PA 489, MCL 399.261 to 399.266.
Sec. 820. The department shall make available to the public a
list of all parcels of real property owned by the state that are
available for purchase. The list shall be posted on the Internet
through the department's website.
Sec. 821. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall annually update the office space consolidation project plan,
including the use of the funds appropriated pursuant to
2012 PA 200 for the space consolidation fund. By February 15, the
department shall report to the senate and house of representatives
committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government
and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the revised plan and
plan implementation. The report shall include, but is not limited
to, the description of the proposed office space to be
consolidated, the time frame for completion of the office space
consolidation, the proposed itemized cost of the office space
consolidation, the number of employees assigned to implement the
office space consolidation, the contracts entered into for the
office space consolidation, information on completed projects,
anticipated savings, savings achieved, and any other information
the department deems necessary.
Sec. 822. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall compile a report by January 1 pertaining to the salaries of
unclassified employees, as well as gubernatorial appointees, within
all state departments and agencies. The report shall enumerate each
unclassified employee and gubernatorial appointee and his or her
annual salary individually. The report shall be distributed to the
chairs of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government,
as well as the senate and house fiscal agencies and be made
available electronically.
Sec. 822b. (1) A public-private partnership investment fund is
created in MDTMB. Subject to subsections (2) and (3), public-
private partnership investments shall include, but are not limited
to, all of the following:
(a) Capital asset improvements including buildings, land, or
structures.
(b) Energy resource exploration, extraction, generation, and
sales.
(c) Financial and investment incentive opportunities.
(d) Infrastructure construction, maintenance, and operation.
(e) Public-private sector joint ventures that provide economic
benefit to an area or to the state.
(2) Public-private investments shall not include projects,
consultant expenses, staff effort, or any other activity related to
the development, financing, construction, operation, or
implementation of the Detroit River International Crossing or any
successor project unless the project is approved by the legislature
and signed into law.
(3) The state budget director shall determine whether or not a
specific public-private partnership investment opportunity
qualifies for funding under subsection (1).
(4) Investment development revenue, including a portion of the
proceeds from the sale of any public-private partnership investment
designated in subsection (1), shall be deposited into the fund
created in subsection (1) and shall be available for
administration, development, financing, marketing, and operating
expenditures associated with public-private partnerships, unless
otherwise provided by law. Public-private partnership investments
authorized in subsection (1) are authorized for public or private
operation or sale consistent with state law. Expenditures from the
fund are authorized for investment purposes as designated in
subsection (1) to enhance the marketable value of each investment.
The unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of the
fiscal year may be carried forward for appropriation in future
years.
(5) An annual report shall be transmitted to the senate and
house of representatives standing committees on appropriations, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office not
later than December 31 of each year. This report shall detail both
of the following:
(a) The revenue and expenditure activity in the fund for the
preceding fiscal year.
(b) Public-private partnership investments as identified under
subsection (1).
(6) MDTMB shall monitor the revenue deposited in the public-
private partnership investment fund created in subsection (1). If
the revenue in the fund is insufficient to pay the amount
appropriated in part 1 for public-private partnership investment,
then MDTMB shall propose a legislative transfer to fund the line
from the appropriations in part 1.
Sec. 822c. The funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used
to support any staff effort, projects, consultant expenses, or any
other activity related to the development, financing, construction,
operation, or implementation of the Detroit River International
Crossing or any successor project unless the project is approved by
the legislature and signed into law.
Sec. 822d. By December 31, 2015, the department shall provide
a report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
general government and the senate and house fiscal agencies that
identifies fee and rate schedules to be used by state departments
and agencies for services, including information technology,
provided by the department during fiscal year 2016-2017. The report
shall also identify changes from fees and rates charged in fiscal
year 2015-2016 and include an explanation of the factors that
justify each fee and rate increase.
Sec. 822e. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $76,745,400.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$43,527,000.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $33,218,400.00.
Sec. 822f. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the
regional prosperity initiative are to be used as competitive grants
to eligible regional planning organizations qualifying for funding
as a regional prosperity collaborative, a regional prosperity
council, or a regional prosperity board. A regional planning
organization may not qualify for funding under more than 1 category
in the same state fiscal year. As used in this section:
(a) "Eligible regional planning organization" means any of the
following:
(i) An existing regional planning commission created pursuant
to 1945 PA 281, MCL 125.11 to 125.25.
(ii) An existing regional economic development commission
created pursuant to 1966 PA 46, MCL 125.1231 to 125.1237.
(iii) An existing metropolitan area council formed pursuant to
the metropolitan councils act, 1989 PA 292, MCL 124.651 to 124.729.
(iv) A Michigan metropolitan planning organization established
pursuant to the moving ahead for progress in the 21st century act,
Public Law 112-141.
(b) "Open meetings act" means the open meetings act, 1976 PA
267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(c) "Regional prosperity board" means a regional body with
representation from private, public, and nonprofit entities engaged
in joint decision-making practices for the purpose of creating a
phase three: regional prosperity plan.
(d) "Regional prosperity collaborative" means any committee
developed by a regional planning organization or a metropolitan
planning organization that serves to bring organizational
representation together from private, public, and nonprofit
entities within a region for the purpose of creating a phase one:
regional prosperity plan.
(e) "Regional prosperity council" means a regional body with
representation from private, public, and nonprofit entities with
shared administrative services and an executive governing entity,
as demonstrated by a formal local agreement or agreements for the
purpose of creating a phase two: regional prosperity plan.
(2) Regional planning organizations may qualify to receive not
more than $250,000.00 of incentive-based funding as a regional
prosperity collaborative subject to meeting all of the following
requirements:
(a) The regional prosperity collaborative has created a phase
one: regional prosperity plan, as follows:
(i) The regional prosperity collaborative must include
regional representatives from adult education, workforce
development, community development, economic development,
transportation, and higher education organizations.
(ii) The plan is required, at a minimum, to include a 5-year
plan focused on economic growth and vitality for the region, as
well as a performance dashboard and measurable annual goals to
support the 5-year plan.
(iii) The 5-year plan shall address regional strategies
related to adult education, workforce development, economic
development, transportation, higher education, and business
development.
(iv) The regional prosperity collaborative shall adopt the
plan by a minimum 2/3 majority vote of its members.
(b) The regional prosperity collaborative adheres to
accountability and transparency measures required in the open
meetings act.
(c) The regional prosperity collaborative convenes monthly
meetings, open to the public, to consider and discuss issues
leading to a common vision of economic prosperity for the region,
including, but not limited to, community development, economic
development, talent, and infrastructure opportunities.
(d) The regional prosperity collaborative makes available on
the grant recipient's publicly accessible Internet site pertinent
documents, including, but not limited to, monthly meeting agendas,
minutes of monthly meetings, voting records, and the regional
prosperity plan and performance dashboard.
(e) The regional prosperity collaborative keeps a status
report detailing the spending associated with previous regional
prosperity initiative grants. Organizations that have successfully
received grant awards in previous fiscal years shall be required to
make available to the department and on a publicly accessible
Internet site information regarding the use of those grant dollars.
(3) Regional planning organizations eligible to receive a
payment as a regional prosperity collaborative under subsection (2)
may qualify to receive a 1-time grant of not more than $75,000.00
to produce a plan to transform the regional prosperity
collaborative into a regional prosperity council or regional
prosperity board, including necessary local formal agreements, to
make recommendations that eliminate duplicative efforts and
administrative functions, and to leverage resources through
cooperation, collaboration, and consolidations of organizations or
programs throughout the region. Plans produced to transform the
regional prosperity collaborative into a regional prosperity
council or regional prosperity board shall be made available on the
grant recipient's publicly accessible Internet site.
(4) Regional planning organizations may qualify to receive not
more than $375,000.00 of incentive-based funding as a regional
prosperity council subject to meeting all of the following
requirements:
(a) The regional prosperity council has created a phase two:
regional prosperity plan, as follows:
(i) The regional prosperity council must include regional
representatives from adult education, workforce development,
community development, economic development, transportation, and
higher education organizations.
(ii) The regional prosperity council shall identify
opportunities for shared administrative services and decision-
making among the private, public, and nonprofit entities within the
region and shall continue collaboration with regional prosperity
council members, including, but not limited to, representatives
from adult education providers, workforce development agencies,
community development agencies, economic development agencies,
transportation service providers, and higher education
institutions.
(iii) The plan is required to include, but is not limited to,
all of the following:
(A) A status report of the approved 5-year plan.
(B) The addition of a 10-year plan for the region which builds
upon prior work and is focused on economic growth and vitality in
the region.
(C) A prioritized list of regional projects.
(D) A performance dashboard with measurable annual goals.
(iv) The regional prosperity council shall adopt the plan by a
minimum 2/3 vote of its members.
(b) The regional prosperity council adheres to accountability
and transparency measures required in the open meetings act.
(c) The regional prosperity council convenes monthly meetings,
open to the public, to consider and discuss issues leading to a
common vision of economic prosperity for the region, including, but
not limited to, community development, economic development,
talent, and infrastructure opportunities.
(d) The regional prosperity council makes available on the
grant recipient's publicly accessible Internet site pertinent
documents, including, but not limited to, monthly meeting agendas,
minutes of monthly meetings, voting records, and the regional
prosperity plan and performance dashboard.
(e) The regional prosperity council keeps a status report
detailing the spending associated with previous regional prosperity
initiative grants. Organizations that have successfully received
grant awards in previous fiscal years shall be required to make
available to the department and on a publicly accessible Internet
site information regarding the use of those grant dollars.
(5) Regional planning organizations eligible to receive a
payment as a regional prosperity council under subsection (4) may
qualify to receive a 1-time grant of not more than $75,000.00 to
produce a plan to transform the regional prosperity council into a
regional prosperity board, including a singular private/public
governance structure that comports with federal guidelines for
governance under the workforce investment act, Public Law 105-220,
the moving ahead for progress in the 21st century act, Public Law
112-141, the economic development administration and Appalachian
regional development reform act of 1998, Public Law 105-393, and
recommendations to eliminate duplicative efforts, administrative
functions, and leverage resources through cooperation,
collaboration, and consolidations of organizations or programs
throughout the region.
(6) Regional planning organizations may qualify to receive not
more than $500,000.00 of incentive-based funding as a regional
prosperity board subject to meeting all of the following
requirements:
(a) The regional prosperity board has created a phase three:
regional prosperity plan, as follows:
(i) The regional prosperity board, at a minimum, must
demonstrate the consolidation of regional metropolitan planning
organization boards, state designated regional planning agency
boards, workforce development boards, and federally designated
economic development districts within a region.
(ii) The regional prosperity board shall create a regional
services recommendations report prioritizing the list of state-
funded services and programs provided to the region, and
recommendations for state-regional partnerships to support the
adopted regional prosperity plan.
(iii) The plan is required to include a status report of the
approved 10-year plan for the creation of an updated regional
prosperity plan.
(iv) The regional prosperity board shall adopt the plan by a
minimum 2/3 vote of its members.
(b) The regional prosperity board adheres to accountability
and transparency measures required in the open meetings act.
(c) The regional prosperity board convenes monthly meetings,
open to the public, to consider and discuss issues leading to a
common vision of economic prosperity for the region, including, but
not limited to, community development, economic development,
talent, and infrastructure opportunities.
(d) The regional prosperity board makes available on the grant
recipient's publicly accessible Internet site pertinent documents,
including, but not limited to, monthly meeting agendas, minutes of
monthly meetings, voting records, and the regional prosperity plan
and performance dashboard.
(7) Regional planning organizations eligible to receive a
payment as a regional prosperity board under subsection (6) may
qualify to receive not more than $125,000.00, to implement the
prioritized regional prosperity plan projects.
(8) Regional planning organizations eligible to receive a
payment as a regional prosperity collaborative, board, or council
may partner with other eligible regional planning organizations to
submit joint applications. In the instance of a joint application,
1 regional planning organization shall be utilized as the overall
applicant. The department may award a joint application award of no
greater than the sum of potential application dollars which would
have otherwise been available through individual applications.
(9) The department shall develop an application process and
method of grant distribution for the regional prosperity
initiative. Funding applications from regional planning
organizations shall be due to the department by December 1, 2015.
The department shall notify regional planning organizations of
grant application status by January 1, 2016. The department shall
ensure that processes are established to verify that qualifying
regional planning organizations meet the requirements under
subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), as applicable.
(10) Unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the regional
prosperity initiative are designated as work project
appropriations, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds shall not
lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be available for
expenditure for regional prosperity initiative projects under this
section until the projects have been completed. The following is in
compliance with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984
PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the projects is to provide incentive-based
grants to recipients under this section.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by grants to qualified
regional planning organizations.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $2,500,000.00.
(d) The estimated completion date is September 30, 2020.
Sec. 822g. The department of technology, management, and
budget shall report by April 1 to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on general government and the senate
and house fiscal agencies on legal service fund expenditures. The
report shall itemize expenditures by case, purpose, and department
involved.
Sec. 822h. The department of technology, management, and
budget shall report by April 15 to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on general government and the senate
and house fiscal agencies on the expenditures for the office of
urban initiatives. The report shall provide information detailing
the economic impact and job growth initiatives for each urban and
metropolitan area receiving funds under part 1. The report shall
also provide information detailing the initiatives undertaken in
each urban or metropolitan area receiving funds under part 1,
including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Transportation and infrastructure.
(b) Public services.
(c) Land use and sustainability.
(d) Housing.
(e) Workforce and economic development.
Sec. 822i. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall assure all of the following:
(a) That public schools that are placed in the state school
reform/redesign school district or under a chief executive officer
under section 1280c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.1280c, remain in compliance with all applicable state and
federal law concerning special education.
(b) That students at public schools described in subdivision
(a) with individualized education programs are afforded special
education services in accordance with applicable state and federal
law concerning special education.
(2) The department shall report to the legislature on the
number of students in public schools described in subsection (1)(a)
who have an individualized education program and the performance
results of those students after the change in governance of the
public school.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 823. (1) The department of technology, management, and
budget may sell and accept paid advertising for placement on any
state website under its jurisdiction. The department shall review
and approve the content of each advertisement. The department may
refuse to accept advertising from any person or organization or
require modification to advertisements based upon criteria
determined by the department. Revenue received under this
subsection shall be used for operating costs of the department and
for future technology enhancements to state of Michigan e-
government initiatives. Funds received under this subsection shall
be limited to $250,000.00. Any funds in excess of $250,000.00 shall
be deposited in the state general fund.
(2) The department of technology, management, and budget may
accept gifts, donations, contributions, bequests, and grants of
money from any public or private source to assist with the
underwriting or sponsorship of state webpages or services offered
on those webpages. A private or public funding source may receive
recognition in the webpage. The department of technology,
management, and budget may reject any gift, donation, contribution,
bequest, or grant.
(3) Funds accepted by the department of technology,
management, and budget under subsection (1) are appropriated and
allotted when received and may be expended upon approval of the
state budget director. The state budget office shall notify the
senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government and the senate
and house fiscal agencies within 10 days after the approval is
given.
Sec. 824. The department of technology, management, and budget
may enter into agreements to supply spatial information and
technical services to other principal executive departments, state
agencies, local units of government, and other organizations. The
department of technology, management, and budget may receive and
expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 for
providing information and technical services, publications, maps,
and other products. The department of technology, management, and
budget may expend amounts received for salaries, supplies, and
equipment necessary to provide informational products and technical
services. Prior to December 1 of each year, the department shall
provide a report to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government, detailing the sources of funding and expenditures made
under this section.
Sec. 825. The legislature shall have access to all historical
and current data contained within MAIN pertaining to state
departments. State departments shall have access to all historical
and current data contained within MAIN.
Sec. 826. When used in this part and part 1, "information
technology services" means services involving all aspects of
managing and processing information, including, but not limited to,
all of the following:
(a) Application and mobile development and maintenance.
(b) Desktop computer support and management.
(c) Cyber security.
(d) Social media.
(e) Mainframe computer support and management.
(f) Server support and management.
(g) Local area network support and management, including, but
not limited to, wired and wireless network build-out, support, and
management.
(h) Information technology project management.
(i) Information technology planning and budget management.
(j) Telecommunication services, infrastructure, and support.
Sec. 827. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for the Michigan
public safety communications system shall be expended upon approval
of an expenditure plan by the state budget director.
(2) The department of technology, management, and budget shall
assess all subscribers of the Michigan public safety communications
system reasonable access and maintenance fees.
(3) All money received by the department of technology,
management, and budget under this section shall be expended for the
support and maintenance of the Michigan public safety
communications system.
(4) The department of technology, management, and budget shall
provide a report to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director on April 15, indicating the
amount of revenue collected under this section and expended for
support and maintenance of the Michigan public safety
communications system for the immediately preceding 6-month period.
Any deposits made under this section and unencumbered funds are
restricted revenues and shall be carried forward into succeeding
fiscal years.
Sec. 828. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall submit a report for the immediately preceding fiscal year
ending September 30 to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government and the senate and house fiscal agencies by March 1. The
report shall include the following:
(a) The total amount of funding appropriated for information
technology services and projects, by funding source, for all
principal executive departments and agencies.
(b) A listing of the expenditures made from the amounts
received by the department of technology, management, and budget as
reported in subdivision (a).
Sec. 829. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall provide a report that analyzes and makes recommendations on
the life-cycle of information technology hardware and software. The
report shall be submitted to the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees
on general government and the senate and house fiscal agencies by
March 1.
Sec. 830. By December 31, the department shall provide a
report that lists all information technology-related change orders
and follow-on contracts, greater than $50,000.00, whether they are
bid, exercise options, or no-bid, and the amount of each change
order or contract extension contract entered into by the department
to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
Sec. 831. (1) The information, communications, and technology
innovation fund, established pursuant to 2011 PA 63, 2012 PA 200,
and 2013 PA 59, shall be administered by the department of
technology, management, and budget for the purpose of providing a
revolving, self-sustaining resource for financing information,
communications, and technology innovation projects. From the funds
appropriated to the information, communications, and technology
innovation fund by 2011 PA 63, 2012 PA 200, and 2013 PA 59, or
received by the information, communications, and technology
innovation fund under subsections (2) and (3), the department of
technology, management, and budget may issue loans to state
agencies, local units of government, colleges and universities in
this state, school districts, other public entities that provide
public sector services, and nonprofit organizations that provide
public sector services, as determined by the department of
technology, management, and budget in support of information,
communications, and technology innovation projects.
(2) In addition to funds appropriated by 2011 PA 63, 2012 PA
200, and 2013 PA 59, the information, communications, and
technology innovation fund may accept contributions, gifts,
bequests, devises, grants, and donations.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated by 2011 PA 63, 2012
PA 200, and 2013 PA 59, money received by the department of
technology, management, and budget as repayment of information,
communications, and technology innovation project loans, or other
reimbursement or revenue received by the department of technology,
management, and budget as a result of information, communications,
and technology innovation project loans, interest earned on that
money, or subsection (2) revenue, shall be deposited in the
information, communications, and technology innovation fund and is
appropriated for information, communications, and technology
innovation fund projects described in subsection (1). At the close
of the fiscal year, any unencumbered funds remaining in the
information, communications, and technology innovation fund shall
remain in the fund and be carried forward into the succeeding
fiscal year.
(4) This section is not effective if legislation is enacted
that creates and provides for the administration and use of the
information, communications, and technology innovation fund.
Sec. 832. (1) The department of technology, management, and
budget shall inform the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal
agencies within 30 days of any potential or actual penalties
assessed by the federal government for failure of the Michigan
child support enforcement system to achieve certification by the
federal government.
(2) If potential penalties are assessed by the federal
government, the department of technology, management, and budget
shall submit a report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on general government and the senate and house fiscal
agencies within 90 days specifying the department's plans to avoid
actual penalties and ensure federal certification of the Michigan
child support enforcement system.
Sec. 833. (1) The state budget director, upon notification to
the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, may adjust spending authorization and user fees in
the department of technology, management, and budget in order to
ensure that the appropriations for information technology in the
department budget equal the appropriations for information
technology in the budgets for all executive branch agencies.
(2) If during the course of the fiscal year a transfer or
supplemental to or from the information technology line item within
an agency budget is made under section 393 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, there is appropriated an
equal amount of user fees in the department of technology,
management, and budget budget to accommodate an increase or
decrease in spending authorization.
Sec. 834. (1) Revenue collected from licenses issued under the
antenna site management project shall be deposited into the antenna
site management revolving fund created for this purpose in the
department of technology, management, and budget. The department
may receive and expend money from the fund for costs associated
with the antenna site management project, including the cost of a
third-party site manager. Any excess revenue remaining in the fund
at the close of the fiscal year shall be proportionately
transferred to the appropriate state restricted funds as designated
in statute or by constitution.
(2) An antenna shall not be placed on any site pursuant to
this section without complying with the respective local zoning
codes and local unit of government processes.
Sec. 835. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
funds collected by the department for supplying census-related
information and technical services, publications, statistical
studies, population projections and estimates, and other
demographic products are appropriated for all expenses necessary to
provide the required services. These funds are available for
expenditure when they are received and may be carried forward into
the next succeeding fiscal year.
STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY RENT
Sec. 842. (1) The state building authority rent appropriations
in part 1 may also be expended for the payment of required premiums
for insurance on facilities owned by the state building authority
or payment of costs that may be incurred as the result of any
deductible provisions in such insurance policies.
(2) If the amount appropriated in part 1 for state building
authority rent is not sufficient to pay the rent obligations and
insurance premiums and deductibles identified in subsection (1) for
state building authority projects, there is appropriated from the
general fund of the state the amount necessary to pay such
obligations.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Sec. 850. (1) In accordance with section 5 of article XI of
the state constitution of 1963, all restricted funds shall be
assessed a sum not less than 1% of the total aggregate payroll paid
from those funds for financing the civil service commission on the
basis of actual 1% restricted sources total aggregate payroll of
the classified service for the preceding fiscal year. This
includes, but is not limited to, restricted funds appropriated in
part 1 of any appropriations act. Unexpended 1% appropriated funds
shall be returned to each 1% fund source at the end of the fiscal
year.
(2) The appropriations in part 1 are estimates of actual
charges based on payroll appropriations. With the approval of the
state budget director, the commission is authorized to adjust
financing sources for civil service charges based on actual payroll
expenditures, provided that such adjustments do not increase the
total appropriation for the civil service commission.
(3) The financing from restricted sources shall be credited to
the civil service commission by the end of the second fiscal
quarter.
Sec. 851. Except where specifically appropriated for this
purpose, financing from restricted sources shall be credited to the
civil service commission. For restricted sources of funding within
the general fund that have the legislative authority for carryover,
if current spending authorization or revenues are insufficient to
accept the charge, the shortage shall be taken from carryforward
balances of that funding source. Restricted revenue sources that do
not have carryforward authority shall be utilized to satisfy
commission operating deducts first and civil service obligations
second. General fund dollars are appropriated for any shortfall,
pursuant to approval by the state budget director.
Sec. 852. The appropriation in part 1 to the civil service
commission, for state-sponsored group insurance, flexible spending
accounts, and COBRA, represents amounts, in part, included within
the various appropriations throughout state government for the
current fiscal year to fund the flexible spending account program
included within the civil service commission. Deposits against
state-sponsored group insurance, flexible spending accounts, and
COBRA for the flexible spending account program shall be made from
assessments levied during the current fiscal year in a manner
prescribed by the civil service commission. Unspent employee
contributions to the flexible spending accounts may be used to
offset administrative costs for the flexible spending account
program, with any remaining balance of unspent employee
contributions to be lapsed to the general fund.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Sec. 860. As used in sections 861 through 867:
(a) "Board" means the state administrative board.
(b) "Community college" does not include a state agency or
university.
(c) "Department" means the department of technology,
management, and budget.
(d) "Director" means the director of the department of
technology, management, and budget.
(e) "Fiscal agencies" means the senate fiscal agency and the
house fiscal agency.
(f) "State agency" means an agency of state government. State
agency does not include a community college or university.
(g) "State building authority" means the authority created
under 1964 PA 183, MCL 830.411 to 830.425.
(h) "University" means a 4-year university supported by the
state. University does not include a community college or a state
agency.
Sec. 861. Each capital outlay project authorized in this part
and part 1 or any previous capital outlay act shall comply with the
procedures required by the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 862. (1) The department shall provide the JCOS, state
budget director, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with
reports as considered necessary relative to the status of each
planning or construction project financed by the state building
authority, by this part and part 1, or by previous acts.
(2) Before the end of each fiscal year, the department shall
report to the JCOS, state budget director, and the senate and house
fiscal agencies for each capital outlay project other than lump
sums all of the following:
(a) The account number and name of each construction project.
(b) The balance remaining in each account.
(c) The date of the last expenditure from the account.
(d) The anticipated date of occupancy if the project is under
construction.
(e) The appropriations history for the project.
(f) The professional service contractor.
(g) The amount of the project financed with federal funds.
(h) The amount of the project financed through the state
building authority.
(i) The total authorized cost for the project and the state
authorized share if different than the total.
(3) Before the end of each fiscal year, the department shall
report the following for each project by a state agency,
university, or community college that is authorized for planning
but is not yet authorized for construction:
(a) The name of the project and account number.
(b) Whether a program statement is approved.
(c) Whether schematics are approved by the department.
(d) Whether preliminary plans are approved by the department.
(e) The name of the professional service contractor.
(4) As used in this section, "project" includes appropriation
line items made for purchase of real estate.
Sec. 864. The appropriations in part 1 for capital outlay
shall be carried forward at the end of the fiscal year consistent
with the provisions of section 248 of the management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1248.
Sec. 865. (1) A site preparation economic development fund is
created in the department. As used in this section, "economic
development sites" means those state-owned sites declared as
surplus property pursuant to section 251 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1251, that would provide economic
benefit to the area or to the state. The Michigan economic
development corporation board and the state budget director shall
determine whether or not a specific state-owned site qualifies for
inclusion in the fund created under this subsection.
(2) Proceeds from the sale of any sites designated in
subsection (1) shall be deposited into the fund created in
subsection (1) and shall be available for site preparation
expenditures, unless otherwise provided by law. The economic
development sites authorized in subsection (1) are authorized for
sale consistent with state law. Expenditures from the fund are
authorized for site preparation activities that enhance the
marketable sale value of the sites. Site preparation activities
include, but are not limited to, demolition, environmental studies
and abatement, utility enhancement, and site excavation.
(3) A cash advance in an amount of not more than
$25,000,000.00 is authorized from the general fund to the site
preparation economic development fund.
(4) An annual report shall be transmitted to the senate and
house of representatives standing committees on appropriations not
later than December 31 of each year. This report shall detail both
of the following:
(a) The revenue and expenditure activity in the fund for the
preceding fiscal year.
(b) The sites identified as economic development sites under
subsection (1).
Sec. 867. Proceeds from the sale of the Farnum Building shall
be subsequently appropriated to the department in accordance with
any legislation enacted that authorizes the sale of that property.
If the net proceeds from the sale of the Farnum Building are less
than the $7,000,000.00 authorized for senate relocation costs in
section 896 of article VIII of 2014 PA 252, an amount equal to the
difference between the net sale proceeds and $7,000,000.00 shall be
appropriated by the legislature to the department.
CAPITAL OUTLAY - UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Sec. 873. (1) This section applies only to projects for
community colleges.
(2) State support is directed towards the remodeling and
additions, special maintenance, or construction of certain
community college buildings. The community college shall obtain or
provide for site acquisition and initial main utility installation
to operate the facility. Funding shall be composed of local and
state shares and not more than 50% of a capital outlay project, not
including a lump-sum special maintenance project or remodeling and
addition project, for a community college shall be appropriated
from state and federal funds, unless otherwise appropriated by the
legislature.
(3) An expenditure under this part and part 1 is authorized
when the release of the appropriation is approved by the board upon
the recommendation of the director. The director may recommend to
the board the release of any appropriation in part 1 only after the
director is assured that the legal entity operating the community
college to which the appropriation is made has complied with this
part and part 1 and has matched the amounts appropriated as
required by this part and part 1. A release of funds in part 1
shall not exceed 50% of the total cost of planning and construction
of any project, not including lump-sum remodeling and additions and
special maintenance, unless otherwise appropriated by the
legislature. Further planning and construction of a project
authorized by this part and part 1 or applicable sections of the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594,
shall be in accordance with the purpose and scope as defined and
delineated in the approved program statements and planning
documents. This part and part 1 are applicable to all projects for
which planning appropriations were made in previous acts.
(4) The community college shall take the steps necessary to
secure available federal construction and equipment money for
projects funded for construction in this part and part 1 if an
application was not previously made. If there is a reasonable
expectation that a prior year unfunded application may receive
federal money in a subsequent year, the college shall take whatever
action necessary to keep the application active.
Sec. 874. If university and community college matching
revenues are received in an amount less than the appropriations for
capital projects contained in this part and part 1, the state funds
shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of matching revenue
received.
Sec. 875. (1) The director may require that community colleges
and universities that have an authorized project listed in part 1
submit documentation regarding the project match and governing
board approval of the authorized project not more than 60 days
after the beginning of the fiscal year.
(2) If the documentation required by the director under
subsection (1) is not submitted, or does not adequately
authenticate the availability of the project match or board
approval of the authorized project, the authorization may
terminate. The authorization terminates 30 days after the director
notifies the JCOS of the intent to terminate the project unless the
JCOS convenes to extend the authorization.
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
OPERATIONS
Sec. 901. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $10,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $200,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
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 $40,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 902. (1) Amounts needed to pay for interest, fees,
principal, mandatory and optional redemptions, arbitrage rebates as
required by federal law, and costs associated with the payment,
registration, trustee services, credit enhancements, and issuing
costs in excess of the amount appropriated to the department of
treasury in part 1 for debt service on notes and bonds that are
issued by the state under sections 14, 15, and 16 of article IX of
the state constitution of 1963 as implemented by 1967 PA 266, MCL
17.451 to 17.455, are appropriated.
(2) In addition to the amount appropriated to the department
of treasury for debt service in part 1, there is appropriated an
amount for fiscal year cash-flow borrowing costs to pay for
interest on interfund borrowing made under 1967 PA 55, MCL 12.51 to
12.53.
(3) In addition to the amount appropriated to the department
of treasury for debt service in part 1, there is appropriated all
repayments received by the state on loans made from the school bond
loan fund not required to be deposited in the school loan revolving
fund by or pursuant to section 4 of 1961 PA 112, MCL 388.984, to
the extent determined by the state treasurer, for the payment of
debt service, including, without limitation, optional and mandatory
redemptions, on bonds, notes or commercial paper issued by the
state pursuant to 1961 PA 112, MCL 388.981 to 388.985.
Sec. 902a. The department of treasury shall notify the senate
and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office
not more than 30 days after a refunding or restructuring bond issue
is sold. The notification shall compare the annual debt service
prior to the refinancing or restructuring, the annual debt service
after the refinancing or restructuring, the change in the principal
and interest over the duration of the debt, and the projected
change in the present value of the debt service due to the
refinancing and restructuring.
Sec. 903. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of treasury may contract with private collection
agencies and law firms to collect taxes and other accounts due this
state. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1 to the
department of treasury, there are appropriated amounts necessary to
fund collection costs and fees not to exceed 25% of the collections
or 2.5% plus operating costs, whichever amount is prescribed by
each contract. The appropriation to fund collection costs and fees
for the collection of taxes or other accounts due this state are
from the fund or account to which the revenues being collected are
recorded or dedicated. However, if the taxes collected are
constitutionally dedicated for a specific purpose, the
appropriation of collection costs and fees are from the general
purpose account of the general fund.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department of
treasury may contract with private collections agencies and law
firms to collect defaulted student loans and other accounts due the
Michigan guaranty agency. In addition to the amounts appropriated
in part 1 to the department of treasury, there are appropriated
amounts necessary to fund collection costs and fees not to exceed
24.34% of the collection or a lesser amount as prescribed by the
contract. The appropriation to fund collection costs and fees for
the auditing and collection of defaulted student loans due the
Michigan guaranty agency is from the fund or account to which the
revenues being collected are recorded or dedicated.
(3) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the state
budget director and the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations not later than November 30
stating the agencies or law firms employed, the amount of
collections for each, the costs of collection, and other pertinent
information relating to determining whether this authority should
be continued.
Sec. 904. (1) The department of treasury, through its bureau
of investments, may charge an investment service fee against the
applicable retirement funds. The fees may be expended for necessary
salaries, wages, contractual services, supplies, materials,
equipment, travel, worker's compensation insurance premiums, and
grants to the civil service commission and state employees'
retirement funds. Service fees shall not exceed the aggregate
amount appropriated in part 1. The department of treasury shall
maintain accounting records in sufficient detail to enable the
retirement funds to be reimbursed periodically for fee revenue that
is determined by the department of treasury to be surplus.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 from the
retirement funds to the department of treasury, there is
appropriated from retirement funds an amount sufficient to pay for
the services of money managers, investment advisors, investment
consultants, custodians, and other outside professionals, the state
treasurer considers necessary to prudently manage the retirement
funds' investment portfolios. The state treasurer shall report
annually to the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations and the state budget office concerning
the performance of each portfolio by investment advisor.
Sec. 904a. (1) There is appropriated an amount sufficient to
recognize and pay expenditures for financial services provided by
financial institutions as provided under section 1 of 1861 PA 111,
MCL 21.181.
(2) The appropriations under subsection (1) shall be funded by
restricting revenues from common cash interest earnings and
investment earnings in an amount sufficient to record these
expenditures.
Sec. 905. A revolving fund known as the municipal finance fee
fund is created in the department of treasury. Fees are established
under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101
to 141.2821, and the fees collected shall be credited to the
municipal finance fee fund and may be carried forward for future
appropriation.
Sec. 906. (1) The department of treasury shall charge for
audits as permitted by state or federal law or under contractual
arrangements with local units of government, other principal
executive departments, or state agencies. However, the charge shall
not be more than the actual cost for performing the audit. A report
detailing audits performed and audit charges for the immediately
preceding fiscal year shall be submitted to the state budget
director and the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than
November 30.
(2) A revolving fund known as the audit charges fund is
created in the department of treasury. The contractual charges
collected shall be credited to the audit charges fund and may be
carried forward for future appropriation.
Sec. 907. A revolving fund known as the assessor certification
and training fund is created in the department of treasury. The
assessor certification and training fund shall be used to organize
and operate a property assessor certification and training program.
Each participant certified and trained shall pay to the department
of treasury examination fees not to exceed $50.00 per examination
and certification fees not to exceed $175.00. Training courses
shall be offered in assessment administration. Each participant
shall pay a fee to cover the expenses incurred in offering the
optional programs to certified assessing personnel and other
individuals interested in an assessment career opportunity. The
fees collected shall be credited to the assessor certification and
training fund.
Sec. 908. The amount appropriated in part 1 to the department
of treasury, home heating assistance program, is to cover the
costs, including data processing, of administering federal home
heating credits to eligible claimants and to administer the
supplemental fuel cost payment program for eligible tax credit and
welfare recipients.
Sec. 909. Revenue from the airport parking tax act, 1987 PA
248, MCL 207.371 to 207.383, is appropriated and shall be
distributed under section 7a of the airport parking tax act, 1987
PA 248, MCL 207.377a.
Sec. 910. The disbursement by the department of treasury from
the bottle deposit fund to dealers as required by section 3c(2) of
1976 IL 1, MCL 445.573c, is appropriated.
Sec. 911. (1) There is appropriated an amount sufficient to
recognize and pay refundable income tax credits as provided by the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
(2) The appropriations under subsection (1) shall be funded by
restricting income tax revenue in an amount sufficient to record
these expenditures.
Sec. 912. A plaintiff in a garnishment action involving this
state shall pay to the state treasurer 1 of the following:
(a) A fee of $6.00 at the time a writ of garnishment of
periodic payments is served upon the state treasurer, as provided
in section 4012 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,
MCL 600.4012.
(b) A fee of $6.00 at the time any other writ of garnishment
is served upon the state treasurer, except that the fee shall be
reduced to $5.00 for each writ of garnishment for individual income
tax refunds or credits filed by magnetic media.
Sec. 913. (1) The department of treasury may contract with
private firms to appraise and, if necessary, appeal the assessments
of senior citizen cooperative housing units. Payment for this
service shall be from savings resulting from the appraisal or
appeal process.
(2) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 to the department of
treasury for the senior citizens' cooperative housing tax exemption
program, a portion may be utilized for a program audit of the
program. The department of treasury shall forward copies of any
audit report completed to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government and to the state budget office. The department of
treasury may utilize up to 1% of the funds for program
administration and auditing.
Sec. 914. The department of treasury may provide a $200.00
annual prize from the Ehlers internship award account in the gifts,
bequests, and deposit fund to the runner-up of the Rosenthal prize
for interns. The Ehlers internship award account is interest
bearing.
Sec. 915. Pursuant to section 61 of the Michigan campaign
finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.261, there is appropriated from
the general fund to the state campaign fund an amount equal to the
amounts designated for tax year 2014. Except as otherwise provided
in this section, the amount appropriated shall not revert to the
general fund and shall remain in the state campaign fund. Any
amounts remaining in the state campaign fund in excess of
$10,000,000.00 on December 31 shall revert to the general fund.
Sec. 916. The department of treasury may make available to
interested entities otherwise unavailable customized unclaimed
property listings of nonconfidential information in its possession.
The charge for this information is as follows: 1 to 100,000 records
at 2.5 cents per record and 100,001 or more records at .5 cents per
record. The revenue received from this service shall be deposited
to the appropriate revenue account or fund. The department shall
submit an annual report on or before June 1 to the state budget
director and the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations that states the amount of revenue
received from the sale of information.
Sec. 917. (1) There is appropriated for write-offs and
advances an amount equal to total write-offs and advances for
departmental programs, but not to exceed current year
authorizations that would otherwise lapse to the general fund.
(2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and
the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than November 30
stating the amounts appropriated for write-offs and advances under
subsection (1).
Sec. 918. In addition to funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of treasury may receive and expend funds for conducting
tax orientation workshops and seminars. Funds received may not
exceed costs incurred in conducting the workshops and seminars.
Sec. 919. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of treasury may contract with private auditing firms to
audit for and collect unclaimed property due this state in
accordance with the uniform unclaimed property act, 1995 PA 29, MCL
567.221 to 567.265. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part
1 to the department of treasury, there are appropriated amounts
necessary to fund auditing and collection costs and fees not to
exceed 12% of the collections, or a lesser amount as prescribed by
the contract. The appropriation to fund collection costs and fees
for the auditing and collection of unclaimed property due this
state is from the fund or account to which the revenues being
collected are recorded or dedicated.
(2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the state
budget director and the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations not later than November 30
stating the auditing firms employed, the amount of collections for
each, the costs of collection, and other pertinent information
relating to determining whether this authority should be continued.
(3) During fiscal year 2015-2016, the department of treasury
shall complete a review of its unclaimed property audit procedures
in an effort to streamline the process. The department of treasury
shall seek input from interested parties involved in the unclaimed
property process. The department of treasury shall meet with
businesses to discuss and propose an expedited audit procedure that
allows Michigan residents and businesses the opportunity to regain
their property but expedites the audit timeline and minimizes the
impact on businesses that are subject to an unclaimed property
audit. The department of treasury has 6 months to complete this
review and evaluate the feasibility of developing expedited audit
procedures as an alternative to current audit process. The audit
process shall include at a minimum the option for business to
choose whether to use the streamlined process or the existing audit
procedure. By March 31, 2016, the department shall issue a report
to the state budget director, the house and senate subcommittees
that oversee general government, and the house and senate fiscal
agencies. The department shall present the findings of the report
before a joint meeting of the house and senate subcommittees on
general government.
Sec. 924. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
the department of treasury may receive and expend principal
residence audit fund revenue for administration of principal
residence audits under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,
MCL 211.1 to 211.155.
(2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and
the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than December 31
stating the amount of exemptions denied and the revenue received
under the program.
Sec. 926. Unexpended appropriations of the John R. Justice
grant program are designated as work project appropriations and
shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall continue to
be available for expenditure until the project has been completed.
The following is in compliance with section 451a of the management
and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to provide student loan
forgiveness to qualified public defenders and prosecutors.
(b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing state
employees or contracts with private vendors, or both.
(c) The total estimated cost of the project is $287,700.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2016.
Sec. 927. The department of treasury shall submit annual
progress reports to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government and the senate and house fiscal agencies, regarding
personal property tax audits. The report shall include the number
of audits, revenue generated, and number of complaints received by
the department related to the audits.
Sec. 928. The department of treasury may provide receipt,
warrant and cash processing, data, collection, investment, fiscal
agent, levy and warrant cost assessment, writ of garnishment, and
other user services on a contractual basis for other principal
executive departments and state agencies. Funds for the services
provided are appropriated and shall be expended for salaries and
wages, fees, supplies, and equipment necessary to provide the
services. Any unobligated balance of the funds received shall
revert to the general fund of this state as of September 30.
Sec. 930. (1) The department of treasury shall provide
accounts receivable collections services to other principal
executive departments and state agencies under 1927 PA 375, MCL
14.131 to 14.134. The department of treasury shall deduct a fee
equal to the cost of collections from all receipts except
unrestricted general fund collections. Fees shall be credited to a
restricted revenue account and appropriated to the department of
treasury to pay for the cost of collections. The department of
treasury shall maintain accounting records in sufficient detail to
enable the respective accounts to be reimbursed periodically for
fees deducted that are determined by the department of treasury to
be surplus to the actual cost of collections.
(2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year to the state budget director and
the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than November 30
stating the principal executive departments and state agencies
served, funds collected, and costs of collection under subsection
(1).
Sec. 931. (1) The appropriation in part 1 to the department of
treasury for treasury fees shall be assessed against all restricted
funds that receive common cash earnings or other investment income.
Treasury fees include all costs, including administrative overhead,
relating to the investment of each restricted fund. The fee
assessed against each restricted fund will be based on the size of
the restricted fund (the absolute value of the average daily cash
balance plus the market value of investments in the prior fiscal
year) and the level of effort necessary to maintain the restricted
fund as required by each department. The department of treasury
shall provide a report to the state budget director, the senate and
house of representatives standing committees on appropriations
subcommittees on general government, and the senate and house
fiscal agencies by November 30 of each year identifying the fees
assessed against each restricted fund and the methodology used for
assessment.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of treasury may receive and expend investment fees
relating to new restricted funding sources that participate in
common cash earnings or other investment income during the current
fiscal year. When a new restricted fund is created starting on or
after October 1, that restricted fund shall be assessed a fee using
the same criteria identified in subsection (1).
Sec. 932. Revenue received under the Michigan education trust
act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390.1421 to 390.1442, may be expended by the
board of directors of the Michigan education trust for necessary
salaries, wages, supplies, contractual services, equipment,
worker's compensation insurance premiums, and grants to the civil
service commission and state employees' retirement fund.
Sec. 934. (1) The department of treasury may expend revenues
received under the hospital finance authority act, 1969 PA 38, MCL
331.31 to 331.84, the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL
141.1051 to 141.1076, the higher education facilities authority
act, 1969 PA 295, MCL 390.921 to 390.934, the Michigan public
educational facilities authority, Executive Reorganization Order
No. 2002-3, MCL 12.192, the Michigan tobacco settlement finance
authority act, 2005 PA 226, MCL 129.261 to 129.279, the land bank
fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774, part 505 of
the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.50501 to 324.50522, the state housing development
authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c, and
the Michigan finance authority, Executive Reorganization Order No.
2010-2, MCL 12.194, for necessary salaries, wages, supplies,
contractual services, equipment, worker's compensation insurance
premiums, grants to the civil service commission and state
employees' retirement fund, and other expenses as allowed under
those acts.
(2) The department of treasury shall report by January 31 to
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the amount
and purpose of expenditures made under subsection (1) from funds
received in addition to those appropriated in part 1. The report
shall also include a listing of reimbursement of revenue, if any.
The report shall cover the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
Sec. 935. The funds appropriated in part 1 for dual enrollment
payments for an eligible student enrolled in a state-approved
nonpublic school shall be distributed as provided under the
postsecondary enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 to
388.524, and the career and technical preparation act, 2000 PA 258,
MCL 388.1901 to 388.1913, in a form and manner as determined by the
department of treasury.
Sec. 944. If the department of treasury hires a pension plan
consultant using any of the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall retain any report provided to the department by
that consultant and shall make that report available upon request
to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
Sec. 945. The assessment and certification division of the
department of treasury shall conduct a review of local unit
assessment administration practices, procedures, and records, also
known as the audit of minimal assessing requirements, in at least 1
assessment jurisdiction per county.
Sec. 946. Revenue collected in the convention facility
development fund is appropriated and shall be distributed under
sections 8 and 9 of the state convention facility development act,
1985 PA 106, MCL 207.628 and 207.629.
Sec. 947. Financial independence teams shall cooperate with
the office of fiscal responsibility to coordinate and streamline
efforts in identifying and addressing fiscal emergencies in school
districts and intermediate school districts.
Sec. 948. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $46,551,300.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$26,428,100.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $20,129,200.00.
Sec. 949. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department of treasury may contract with private agencies to
prevent the disbursement of fraudulent tax refunds. In addition to
the amounts appropriated in part 1 to the department of treasury,
there are appropriated amounts necessary to pay contract costs or
fund operations designed to reduce fraudulent income tax refund
payments not to exceed $1,600,000.00 of the refunds identified as
potentially fraudulent and for which payment of the refund is
denied. The appropriation to fund fraud prevention efforts is from
the fund or account to which the revenues being collected are
recorded or dedicated.
(2) The department of treasury shall submit a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the state
budget director and the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations not later than November 30
stating the number of refund claims denied due to the fraud
prevention operations, the amount of refunds denied, the costs of
the fraud prevention operations, and other pertinent information
relating to determining whether this authority should be continued.
Sec. 949a. (1) From the increased funds appropriated in part 1
for personal property tax reform, the department of treasury shall
establish personal property tax payments in the current fiscal
year. The purpose of these increased funds is to continue payment
to municipalities for lost debt and tax increment financing
personal property taxes as required by the local community
stabilization authority act, 2014 PA 86, MCL 123.1341 to 123.1362.
(2) The department of treasury shall identify specific
outcomes and performance measures for this initiative, including,
but not limited to, the treasury's ability to establish the
technical and administrative support needed to ensure the payment
information provided to LCSA is accurate and timely.
Sec. 949b. (1) From the increased funds appropriated in part 1
for the city income tax administration program, the department of
treasury shall establish the city income tax administration program
in the current year. The purpose of this new program is to
minimalize revenue loss through improved accuracy of e-filed
returns.
(2) The department of treasury shall identify specific
outcomes and performance measures for this initiative, including,
but not limited to, the treasury's ability to track and reduce
fraudulent returns by expanding compliance and enforcement
services. This will benefit cities in this state by allowing the
taxpayer to e-file the city return as part of the state return.
Sec. 949c. (1) From the increased funds appropriated in part 1
for treasury operations information technology services and
projects, the department shall increase treasury operations
information technology services and projects in the current fiscal
year. The purpose of this increase is to establish a treasury
online business portal to allow businesses online access to do
electronic business tax registration, tax returns, and tax
payments.
(2) The department shall identify specific outcomes and
performance measures for this initiative, including, but not
limited to, the number of Michigan businesses that take advantage
of the opportunity for electronic business tax registration,
authentication of taxpayers, and tax filing through the online
business portal.
Sec. 949d. (1) From the increased funds appropriated in part 1
for financial review commission, the department shall expand
financial review commission efforts in the current fiscal year. The
purpose of this expansion is to provide ongoing costs associated
with the operation of the commission.
(2) The department shall identify specific outcomes and
performance measures for this initiative, including, but not
limited to, the department's ability to perform a critical fiscal
review to ensure the city of Detroit does not reenter distress
following its exit from bankruptcy.
Sec. 949e. From the increased funds appropriated in part 1 for
the state essential services assessment program, the department of
treasury shall establish the state essential services assessment
program in the current year. The purpose of the new program will
provide the department the ability to collect the new state
essential services assessment which is a phased-in replacement of
locally collected personal property taxes on eligible manufacturing
personal property.
Sec. 949f. Revenue from the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA
327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436, related to counties with a 2000
population of more than 2,000,000 is appropriated and shall be
distributed under section 12(4)(d) of the tobacco products tax act,
1993 PA 327, MCL 205.432.
Sec. 949g. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for urban
search and rescue task force, $300,000.00 shall be expended to
support the urban search and rescue task force. In distributing
funds under this section, the department of treasury shall require
the task force to provide to the department the following
information:
(a) A final year-end report providing information on all
revenue received by source and expenditures by categories, with the
funds distributed to the task force under section 606(9) of article
XVI of 2014 PA 252 discretely presented.
(b) Detail on the proposed expenditure of the funds
distributed under this section.
(c) A final year-end report providing information on all
revenue received by source and expenditures by categories, with the
funds distributed under this section discretely presented.
REVENUE SHARING
Sec. 950. The funds appropriated in part 1 for constitutional
revenue sharing shall be distributed by the department of treasury
to cities, villages, and townships, as required under section 10 of
article IX of the state constitution of 1963. Revenue collected in
accordance with section 10 of article IX of the state constitution
of 1963 in excess of the amount appropriated in part 1 for
constitutional revenue sharing is appropriated for distribution to
cities, villages, and townships, on a population basis as required
under section 10 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 952. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for city,
village, and township revenue sharing are for grants to cities,
villages, and townships such that, subject to fulfilling the
requirements under subsection (3), each city, village, or township
is eligible to receive 100% of its eligible payment under section
952 of article VIII of 2014 PA 252. For purposes of this
subsection, any city, village, or township that completely merges
with another city, village, or township will be treated as a single
entity, such that when determining the eligible payment under
section 952 of article VIII of 2014 PA 252 for the combined single
entity, the amount each of the merging local units was eligible to
receive under section 952 of article VIII of 2014 PA 252 is summed.
For purposes of this subsection, population is determined in the
same manner as under section 3 of the Glenn Steil state revenue
sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.903. In addition, any
city or village that according to the 2010 federal decennial census
is determined to have population in more than 1 county shall be
treated as a single entity when determining the eligible payment
under section 952 of article VIII of 2014 PA 252.
(2) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the county incentive
program are to be used for grants to counties such that each county
is eligible to receive an amount equal to the amount by which the
balance in its revenue sharing reserve fund under section 44a of
the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.44a, for the
county's most recent fiscal year that ends prior to the January 1
of the state's fiscal year is less than the amount calculated under
section 44a(14) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL
211.44a, for the county fiscal year that begins in the state's
fiscal year. The amount calculated under this subsection shall be
adjusted as necessary to reflect partial county fiscal years and
prorated based on the total amount appropriated for distribution to
all eligible counties. Except as otherwise provided under this
subsection, payments under this subsection will be distributed to
an eligible county subject to the county's fulfilling the
requirements under subsection (3).
(3) For purposes of accountability and transparency, each
eligible city, village, township, or county shall certify by
December 1, or the first day of a payment month, that it has
produced a citizen's guide of its most recent local finances,
including a recognition of its unfunded liabilities; a performance
dashboard; a debt service report containing a detailed listing of
its debt service requirements, including, at a minimum, the
issuance date, issuance amount, type of debt instrument, a listing
of all revenues pledged to finance debt service by debt instrument,
and a listing of the annual payment amounts until maturity; and a
projected budget report, including, at a minimum, the current
fiscal year and a projection for the immediately following fiscal
year. The projected budget report shall include revenues and
expenditures and an explanation of the assumptions used for the
projections. Each eligible city, village, township, or county shall
include in any mailing of general information to its citizens the
Internet website address location for its citizen's guide,
performance dashboard, debt service report, and projected budget
report or the physical location where these documents are available
for public viewing in the city, village, township, or county
clerk's office. Each city, village, township, and county applying
for a payment under this subsection shall submit a copy of the
citizen's guide, a copy of the performance dashboard, a copy of the
debt service report, and a copy of the projected budget report to
the department of treasury. The department of treasury shall
develop detailed guidance for a city, village, township, or county
to follow to meet the requirements of this subsection. The detailed
guidance shall be posted on the department of treasury website and
distributed to cities, villages, townships, and counties by October
1.
(4) City, village, and township revenue sharing payments and
county incentive program payments are subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The city, village, township, or county shall certify to
the department that it has met the required criteria for subsection
(3) and submitted the required citizen's guide, performance
dashboard, debt service report, and projected budget report as
required by subsection (3). A department of treasury review of the
citizen's guide, dashboard, or reports is not required in order for
a city, village, township, or county to receive a payment under
subsection (1) or (2). The department shall develop a certification
process and method for cities, villages, townships, and counties to
follow.
(b) Subject to subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), if a city,
village, township, or county meets the requirements of subsection
(3), the city, village, township, or county shall receive its full
potential payment under this section.
(c) Cities, villages, and townships eligible to receive a
payment under subsection (1) shall receive 1/6 of their eligible
payment on the last business day of October, December, February,
April, June, and August. Payments under subsection (1) shall be
issued to cities, villages, and townships until the specified due
date for subsection (3). After the specified due date for
subsection (3), payments shall be made to a city, village, or
township only if that city, village, or township has complied with
subdivision (a).
(d) Payments under subsection (2) shall be issued to counties
until the specified due date for subsection (3). After the
specified due date for subsection (3), payments shall be made to a
county only if that county has complied with subdivision (a).
(e) If a city, village, township, or county does not provide
the required certification or fails to submit the required
citizen's guide, performance dashboard, debt service report, and
projected budget report by the first day of a payment month, the
city, village, township, or county shall forfeit the payment in
that payment month.
(f) Any city, village, township, or county that falsifies
certification documents shall forfeit any future city, village, and
township revenue sharing payments or county incentive program
payments and shall repay to this state all payments it has received
under this section.
(g) City, village, and township revenue sharing payments and
county incentive program payments under this section shall be
distributed on the last business day of October, December,
February, April, June, and August.
(h) Payments distributed under this section may be withheld
pursuant to sections 17a and 21 of the Glenn Steil state revenue
sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.917a and 141.921.
(5) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for city,
village, and township revenue sharing and the county incentive
program shall be available for expenditure under the program for
financially distressed cities, villages, or townships after the
approval of transfers by the legislature pursuant to section 393(2)
of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 955. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for county
revenue sharing shall be distributed by the department of treasury
to eligible counties pursuant to the Glenn Steil state revenue
sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.901 to 141.921.
(2) The department of treasury shall annually certify to the
state budget director the amount each county is authorized to
expend from its revenue sharing reserve fund.
Sec. 956. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for financially
distressed cities, villages, and townships shall be granted by the
department of treasury to cities, villages, and townships that have
1 or more conditions that indicate probable financial distress, as
determined by the department of treasury. A city, village, or
township with 1 or more conditions that indicate probable financial
distress may apply in a manner determined by the department of
treasury for a grant to pay for specific projects or services that
move the city, village, or township toward financial stability.
Grants are to be used for specific projects or services that move
the city, village, or township toward financial stability. The
city, village, or township may use, but is not limited to using,
the grants under this section to make payments to reduce unfunded
accrued liability; to repair or replace critical infrastructure and
equipment owned or maintained by the city, village, or township; to
reduce debt obligations; or for costs associated with a transition
to shared services with another jurisdiction. The department of
treasury shall award no more than $2,000,000.00 to any city,
village, or township under this section.
(2) The department of treasury shall provide a report to the
senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on
general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
state budget office by March 31. The report shall include a list by
grant recipient of the date each grant was approved, the amount of
the grant, and a description of the project or projects that will
be paid by the grant.
(3) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for
financially distressed cities, villages, and townships are
designated as a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or
unallotted funds shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and
shall be available for expenditure for projects under this section
until the projects have been completed. The following is in
compliance with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984
PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to provide assistance to
financially distressed cities, villages, and townships under this
section.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by grants to cities,
villages, and townships approved by the department of treasury.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $5,000,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2020.
Sec. 957. It is the intent of the legislature that a
legislative workgroup that includes representatives from the
executive office shall meet to explore revisions to the
distribution of nonconstitutional revenue sharing payments for
cities, villages, and townships.
BUREAU OF STATE LOTTERY
Sec. 960. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1 to
the bureau of state lottery, there is appropriated from state
lottery fund revenues the amount necessary for, and directly
related to, implementing and operating lottery games under the
McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL
432.1 to 432.47, and activities under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-
Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA 382, MCL 432.101 to 432.120, including
expenditures for contractually mandated payments for vendor
commissions, contractually mandated payments for instant tickets
intended for resale, the contractual costs of providing and
maintaining the online system communications network, and incentive
and bonus payments to lottery retailers.
Sec. 963. The bureau of state lottery shall inform all lottery
retailers that the cash side of MDHHS bridge cards cannot be used
to purchase lottery tickets.
Sec. 964. For the bureau of the state lottery, there is
appropriated 1% of the lottery's prior fiscal year's gross sales or
$23,000,000.00, whichever is less, for promotion and advertising.
CASINO GAMING
Sec. 971. From the revenue collected by the Michigan gaming
control board regarding the total annual assessment of each casino
licensee, $2,000,000.00 is appropriated and shall be deposited in
the compulsive gaming prevention fund as described in section
12a(5) of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1,
MCL 432.212a.
Sec. 973. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for local
government programs may be used to provide assistance to a local
revenue sharing board referenced in an agreement authorized by the
Indian gaming regulatory act, Public Law 100-497.
(2) A local revenue sharing board described in subsection (1)
shall comply with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to
15.275, and the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231
to 15.246.
(3) A county treasurer is authorized to receive and administer
funds received for and on behalf of a local revenue sharing board.
Funds appropriated in part 1 for local government programs may be
used to audit local revenue sharing board funds held by a county
treasurer. This section does not limit the ability of local units
of government to enter into agreements with federally recognized
Indian tribes to provide financial assistance to local units of
government or to jointly provide public services.
(4) A local revenue sharing board described in subsection (1)
shall comply with all applicable provisions of any agreement
authorized by the Indian gaming regulatory act, Public Law 100-497,
in which the local revenue sharing board is referenced, including,
but not limited to, the disbursal of tribal casino payments
received under applicable provisions of the tribal-state class III
gaming compact in which those funds are received.
(5) The director of the department of state police and the
executive director of the Michigan gaming control board are
authorized to assist the local revenue sharing boards in
determining allocations to be made to local public safety
organizations.
(6) The Michigan gaming control board shall submit a report by
September 30 to the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations and the state budget director on the
receipts and distribution of revenues by local revenue sharing
boards.
Sec. 974. If revenues collected in the state services fee fund
are less than the amounts appropriated from the fund, available
revenues shall be used to fully fund the appropriation in part 1
for casino gaming regulation activities before distributions are
made to other state departments and agencies. If the remaining
revenue in the fund is insufficient to fully fund appropriations to
other state departments or agencies, the shortfall shall be
distributed proportionally among those departments and agencies.
Sec. 976. The executive director of the Michigan gaming
control board may pay rewards of not more than $5,000.00 to a
person who provides information that results in the arrest and
conviction on a felony or misdemeanor charge for a crime that
involves the horse racing industry. A reward paid pursuant to this
section shall be paid out of the appropriation in part 1 for the
racing commission.
Sec. 977. All appropriations from the Michigan agriculture
equine industry development fund, except for the racing commission
and laboratory analysis program appropriations, shall be reduced
proportionately if revenues to the Michigan agriculture equine
industry development fund decline during the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016 to a level lower than the amount appropriated in
part 1.
Sec. 978. The Michigan gaming control board shall use actual
expenditure data in determining the actual regulatory costs of
conducting racing dates and shall provide that data to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on agriculture and general
government and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The Michigan
gaming control board shall not be reimbursed for more than the
actual regulatory cost of conducting race dates. If a certified
horsemen's organization funds more than the actual regulatory cost,
the balance shall remain in the agriculture equine industry
development fund to be used to fund subsequent race dates conducted
by race meeting licensees with which the certified horsemen's
organization has contracts. If a certified horsemen's organization
funds less than the actual regulatory costs of the additional horse
racing dates, the Michigan gaming control board shall reduce the
number of future race dates conducted by race meeting licensees
with which the certified horsemen's organization has contracts.
Prior to the reduction in the number of authorized race dates due
to budget deficits, the executive director of the Michigan gaming
control board shall provide notice to the certified horsemen's
organizations with an opportunity to respond with alternatives. In
determining actual costs, the Michigan gaming control board shall
take into account that each specific breed may require different
regulatory mechanisms.
Sec. 979. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
Michigan gaming control board may receive and expend state lottery
fund revenue in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00 for necessary
expenses incurred in the licensing and regulation of millionaire
parties pursuant to Executive Order No. 2012-4. In accordance with
section 8 of the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA
382, MCL 432.108, the amount of necessary expenses shall not exceed
the amount of revenue received under that act. The Michigan gaming
control board shall provide a report to the senate and house of
representatives appropriations subcommittees on general government,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office
by April 15. The report shall include, but not be limited to, total
expenditures related to the licensing and regulating of millionaire
parties, steps taken to ensure charities are receiving revenue due
to them, progress on promulgating rules to ensure compliance with
the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA 382, MCL 432.101
to 432.120, and any enforcement actions taken.
DEPARTMENT OF TALENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 980. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $10,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 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 $2,000,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
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 $2,000,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 981. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016 are $36,701,100.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$20,831,400.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $15,869,700.00.
MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND - HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 990. MSHDA shall annually present a report to the state
budget office and the subcommittees on the status of the
authority's housing production goals under all financing programs
established or administered by the authority. The report shall give
special attention to efforts to raise affordable multifamily
housing production goals.
Sec. 991. MSHDA shall report to the subcommittees, the state
budget director, and the fiscal agencies by December 1 on the
status of the loans entered into by the Michigan broadband
development authority.
Sec. 994. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the
funds collected by state historic preservation programs for
document reproduction and services and application fees are
appropriated for all expenses necessary to provide the required
services. These funds are available for expenditure when they are
received and may be carried forward into the succeeding fiscal
year.
Sec. 995. In addition to the amounts appropriated in part 1,
the land bank fast track 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.
MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND
Sec. 1005. In addition to the appropriations in part 1, Travel
Michigan may receive and expend private revenue related to the use
of "Pure Michigan" and all other copyrighted slogans and images.
This revenue may come from the direct licensing of the name and
image or from the royalty payments from various merchandise sales.
Revenue collected is appropriated for the marketing of the state as
a travel destination. The funds are available for expenditure when
they are received by the department of treasury. The fund shall
provide a report that lists the revenues by source received from
the use of "Pure Michigan" and all other copyrighted slogans and
images. The report shall provide a detailed list of expenditures of
revenues received under this section. The report shall be provided
to the appropriations subcommittees on general government, the
fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by June 1.
Sec. 1007. (1) The fund shall provide reports to the relevant
subcommittees, the state budget director, and the fiscal agencies
concerning the activities of the MEDC grants and investment
programs financed from the fund using investment, Indian gaming
revenues, or other revenues. The report shall provide a list of
individual grants, loans, and investments made from the fund or by
the MEDC from the funds appropriated in part 1 and shall include
the name of the recipient, the amount awarded to the recipient, and
the purpose of the grant. The activities report shall also include,
but not be limited to, the following programs funded in part 1:
(a) Travel Michigan, including any expenditures authorized
under section 89b of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270,
MCL 125.2089b, to supplement the Michigan promotion program or Pure
Michigan programs. The report shall include the number of
commercials produced, the types of media purchased, and the target
of tourism promotion used in Michigan tourism promotion material.
(b) Business attraction, retention, and growth, including any
expenditures authorized under section 89b of the Michigan strategic
fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2089b, to supplement the Michigan
business marketing program. The report shall include the number of
commercials produced, the markets in which media buys have been
made, and any web-based products that were created as a result of
this appropriation.
(c) Business services.
(d) Community development block grants.
(e) Strategic fund administration.
(f) Renaissance zones.
(g) 21st century investment program.
(h) Business and clean air ombudsman.
(i) Michigan business development program.
(j) Community revitalization program.
(k) Film incentives.
(l) Any other programs of the fund.
(2) As a condition of the expenditure of funds appropriated in
part 1 for business attraction and community revitalization and
film incentives, the fund shall submit a report to the chairpersons
of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, the chairpersons of the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees
on general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and
the state budget office that provides performance metrics for the
Michigan business development program, community revitalization
program, and film incentives. The report shall include, but is not
limited to, all of the following for all appropriated funds that
are available during the fiscal year:
(a) Total verified jobs created, as required by statute,
compared to total committed jobs.
(b) Total actual private investment compared to total
projected private investment.
(c) An estimate of the return on investment to the state as a
result of the incentives.
(d) A listing of projects previously awarded incentives that
were revoked and the reason for revocation.
(e) A listing of projects that had incentive contracts amended
by the fund or MEDC. The listing shall include a detailed listing
of the amendments made to the contract.
(3) The reports in subsections (1) and (2) shall be submitted
by February 15. The report for each program in subsection (1)(a)
through (l) shall include details on all revenue sources, actual
expenditures, and number of FTEs for that program for the previous
fiscal year.
Sec. 1008. As a condition of receiving funds under part 1, any
interlocal agreement entered into by the fund shall include
language which states that if a local unit of government has a
contract or memorandum of understanding with a private economic
development agency, the MEDC will work cooperatively with that
private organization in that local area.
Sec. 1009. (1) Of the funds appropriated to the fund or
through grants to the MEDC, no funds shall be expended for the
purchase of options on land or the purchase of land unless at least
1 of the following conditions applies:
(a) The land is located in an economically distressed area.
(b) The land is obtained through a purchase or exercise of an
option at the invitation of the local unit of government and local
economic development agency.
(2) Consideration may be given to purchases where the proposed
use of the land is consistent with a regional land use plan, will
result in the redevelopment of an economically distressed area, can
be supported by existing infrastructure, and will not cause shifts
in population away from the area's population centers.
(3) As used in this section, "economically distressed area"
means an area in a city, village, or township that has been
designated as blighted; a city, village, or township that shows
negative population change from 1970 and a poverty rate and
unemployment rate greater than the statewide average; or an area
certified as a neighborhood enterprise zone under the neighborhood
enterprise zone act, 1992 PA 147, MCL 207.771 to 207.786.
Sec. 1010. As a condition for receiving funds in part 1, not
later than February 15, the fund shall provide a report for the
immediately preceding fiscal year on the jobs for Michigan
investment fund, created in section 88h of the Michigan strategic
fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2088h. The report shall be submitted
to the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations, the chairpersons of the
senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office. The report
shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) A detailed listing of revenues, by fund source, to the
jobs for Michigan investment fund. The listing shall include the
manner and reason for which the funds were appropriated to the jobs
for Michigan investment fund.
(b) A detailed listing of expenditures, by project, from the
jobs for Michigan investment fund.
(c) A fiscal year-end balance of the jobs for Michigan
investment fund.
Sec. 1011. (1) From the appropriations in part 1 to the fund
and granted or transferred to the MEDC, any unexpended or
unencumbered balance shall be disposed of in accordance with the
requirements in the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1101 to 18.1594, unless carryforward authorization has been
otherwise provided for.
(2) Any encumbered funds shall be used for the same purposes
for which funding was originally appropriated in this part and part
1.
Sec. 1012. (1) As a condition of receiving funds under part 1,
the fund shall ensure that the MEDC and the fund comply with all of
the following:
(a) The freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to
15.246.
(b) The open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(c) Annual audits of all financial records by the auditor
general or his or her designee.
(d) All reports required by law to be submitted to the
legislature.
(2) If the MEDC is unable for any reason to perform duties
under this part, the fund may exercise those duties.
Sec. 1013. As a condition for receiving the appropriations in
part 1, any staff of the MEDC involved in private fund-raising
activities shall not be party to any decisions regarding the
awarding of grants, incentives, or tax abatements from the fund,
the MEDC, or the Michigan economic growth authority.
Sec. 1014. (1) All funds received from repayment of loans,
unused grants, revenues received from sales or cash flow
participation agreements, guarantees, or any combination of these
or accrued interest originally distributed as part of the core
communities fund, created by 2000 PA 291, shall be received, held,
and applied by the fund for the purposes described in 2000 PA 291.
(2) The fund shall provide an annual report on the status of
this fund which includes information that details the awards made.
The report shall be provided to the appropriations subcommittees on
general government, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget
office by February 15.
Sec. 1020. 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. The fund
may carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year unexpended
federal pass-through funds to local institutions and governments
that do not require additional state matching funds. The fund shall
report the amount and source of the funds to the senate
appropriation subcommittee on economic development, the house
appropriation subcommittee on general government, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office within 10
business days after receiving any additional pass-through funds.
Sec. 1024. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for business
attraction and community revitalization, not less than
$20,000,000.00 shall be granted by the fund board for brownfield
redevelopment and historic preservation projects under the
community revitalization program authorized by chapter 8C of the
Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2090 to
125.2090d.
Sec. 1031. The fund shall report to the senate and house of
representatives appropriations subcommittees on general government,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office
by April 15 on the spending plan for the line items for
entrepreneurship eco-system and business attraction and community
revitalization. If the spending plan for the fiscal year is changed
after that date, the fund shall notify the report recipients listed
previously within 10 business days.
Sec. 1032. (1) The Michigan film office shall report to the
subcommittees, the state budget director, and the fiscal agencies
on the status of the film incentives at the same time as it submits
the annual report required under section 455 of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455. The department of
treasury and the fund shall provide the Michigan film office with
the data necessary to prepare the report. Incentives included in
the report shall include all of the following:
(a) The tax credit provided under section 455 of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455.
(b) The tax credit provided under section 457 of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1457.
(c) The tax credit provided under section 459 of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1459.
(d) The amount of any tax credit claimed under former section
367 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281.
(e) Any tax credits provided for film and digital media
production under the Michigan economic growth authority act, 1995
PA 24, MCL 207.801 to 207.810.
(f) Loans to an eligible production company or film and
digital media private equity fund authorized under section 88d(3),
(4), and (5) of the Michigan strategic fund act, 2005 PA 225, MCL
125.2088d.
(g) Any spending or activities supported by the appropriations
in part 1 for film incentives.
(2) The report shall include all of the following information:
(a) For each tax credit, the number of contracts signed, the
projected expenditures qualifying for the credit, and the estimated
value of the credits. For loans, the number of loans made under
each section, the interest rate of those loans, the loan amount,
the percent of the projected budget of each production financed by
those loans, and the estimated interest earnings from the loan. For
each film incentive awarded, including any program to support and
promote a qualified facility and other film infrastructure as
defined in section 29h of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA
270, MCL 125.2029h, the total funding awarded for each of the
following:
(i) Direct production expenditures.
(ii) Michigan personnel expenditures.
(iii) Crew personnel expenditures.
(iv) Qualified personnel expenditures.
(v) Postproduction expenditures.
(vi) Qualified facility or infrastructure expenditures.
(vii) Spending for program administration.
(b) For credits authorized under section 455 of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455, for productions
completed by December 31, the expenditures of each production
eligible for the credit that has filed a request for certificate of
completion with the film office, broken down into expenditures for
goods, services, or salaries and wages and showing separately
expenditures in each local unit of government, including
expenditures for personnel, whether or not they were made to a
Michigan entity, and whether or not they were taxable under the
laws of this state. For loans, the report shall include the number
of loans that have been fully repaid, with principal and interest
shown separately, and the number of loans that are delinquent or in
default, and the amount of principal that is delinquent or is in
default.
(c) For each of the tax credit incentives, loan incentives,
and film incentives listed in subsection (1), a breakdown for each
project or production showing each of the following:
(i) The number of temporary jobs created.
(ii) The number of permanent jobs created.
(iii) The number of persons employed in Michigan as a result
of the incentive, on a full-time equated basis.
(3) For any information not included in the report due to the
provisions of section 455(6), 457(6), or 459(6) of the Michigan
business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455, 208.1457, and 208.1459,
the report shall do all of the following:
(a) Indicate how the information would describe the commercial
and financial operations or intellectual property of the company.
(b) Attest that the information has not been publicly
disseminated at any time.
(c) Describe how disclosure of the information may put the
company at a competitive disadvantage.
(4) Any information not disclosed due to the provisions of
section 455(6), 457(6), or 459(6) of the Michigan business tax act,
2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455, 208.1457, and 208.1459, shall be
presented at the lowest level of aggregation that would no longer
describe the commercial and financial operations or intellectual
property of the company.
Sec. 1033. The Michigan film office shall report to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government,
the state budget director, and the senate and house fiscal agencies
on the status of the film incentives approved under section 29h of
the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2029h, not
later than 30 days following the end of each quarter of the fiscal
year. The report shall include all of the following:
(a) Direct economic impacts in this state attributable to the
assistance.
(b) Direct job creation in this state attributable to the
assistance.
(c) Direct private investment in this state attributable to
the assistance.
(d) The name of each eligible production company and the
amount of each incentive disbursed for each state certified
qualified production.
Sec. 1033b. For funds appropriated in part 1 from the GF/GP
revenue and used for the purpose of the Michigan strategic fund -
film incentive program, the applicable percentage of the state
certified qualified production expenditures provided in section
29h(3)(d) of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL
125.2029h, shall be determined based on the effective date of the
agreement.
Sec. 1034. Each business incubator or accelerator that
received an award from the fund shall maintain and update a
dashboard of indicators to measure the effectiveness of the
business incubator and accelerator programs. Indicators shall
include the direct jobs created, new companies launched as a direct
result of business incubator or accelerator involvement, businesses
expanded as a direct result of business incubator or accelerator
involvement, direct investment in client companies, private equity
financing obtained by client companies, grant funding obtained by
client companies, and other measures developed by the recipient
business incubators and accelerators in conjunction with the MEDC.
Dashboard indicators shall be reported for the prior fiscal year
and cumulatively, if available. Each recipient shall submit a copy
of their dashboard indicators to the fund by March 1. The fund
shall transmit the local reports to the senate and house of
representatives appropriations subcommittees on general government,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office
by March 15.
Sec. 1035. (1) From the appropriation in part 1, the Michigan
council for arts and cultural affairs shall administer an arts and
cultural grant program that maintains an equitable geographic
distribution of funding and utilizes past arts and cultural grant
programs as a guideline for administering this program. The council
shall do all of the following:
(a) On or before October 1, the fund shall publish proposed
application criteria, instructions, and forms for use by eligible
applicants. The fund shall provide at least a 2-week period for
public comment before finalizing the application criteria,
instructions, and forms.
(b) A nonrefundable application fee may be assessed for each
application. Application fees shall be deposited in the council for
the arts fund and are appropriated for expenses necessary to
administer the programs. These funds are available for expenditure
when they are received and may be carried forward to the following
fiscal year.
(c) Grants are to be made to public and private arts and
cultural entities.
(d) Within 1 business day after the award announcements, the
council shall provide to each member of the legislature and the
fiscal agencies a list of all grant recipients and the total award
given to each recipient, sorted by county.
(2) The appropriation in part 1 for arts and cultural program
shall not be used for the administration of the grant program.
Sec. 1036. (1) The general fund/general purpose funds
appropriated in part 1 to the fund for the programs listed below
shall be transferred to the specific funds designated by statute
for those programs as follows:
(a) The business attraction and community revitalization funds
shall be transferred to the 21st century jobs trust fund per
section 90b(3) of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL
125.2090b.
(b) The film incentives program funds shall be transferred to
the Michigan film promotion fund established in the Michigan
strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2029d.
(2) Funds transferred to the 21st century jobs trust fund or
Michigan film promotion fund under subsection (1) are appropriated
and available for allocation as authorized in the Michigan
strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2001 to 125.2094.
Sec. 1037. (1) Bond proceeds may only be spent to reimburse
costs incurred by Michigan State University in the construction of
the facility for rare isotope beams project up to an amount not to
exceed $90,960,100.00. All construction costs for the project in
excess of this amount are the responsibility of Michigan State
University. The fund is not responsible for operating costs of the
project facility. Prior to reimbursement, the fund and Michigan
State University shall enter into an agreement providing for the
terms of reimbursement, allowable costs, financial reporting, and
any other requirements necessary to complete the transaction.
(2) The state budget director retains the authority and
fiduciary responsibility normally associated with the maintenance
of the public's financial and policy interests relative to state-
financed construction projects. The state budget director may take
appropriate action to protect the public's financial and policy
interests, including, but not limited to, rescinding subsection (2)
reimbursement payments for construction of the facility for rare
isotope beams project should Michigan State University or the
United States Department of Energy not provide the necessary
resources to complete the project. The state budget director shall
provide notification to the senate and house appropriations
committees, senate fiscal agency, house fiscal agency, and the fund
within 10 days of exercising the authority under this subsection.
(3) The department of technology, management, and budget may
assist the fund with implementation of this program for purposes of
administrative efficiency.
Sec. 1040. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1, the
department of talent and economic development shall utilize MAIN,
or a successor MDTMB-administered administrative information system
used across state government, as an appropriation and expenditure
reporting system to track all financial transactions with
individual vendors, contractual partners, grantees, recipients of
business incentives, and recipients of other economic assistance.
Encumbrances and expenditures shall be reported in a timely manner.
Sec. 1041. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for business
attraction and community revitalization, the fund shall request the
transfer by the state treasurer of not more than 60% of the funds
prior to April 1.
Sec. 1042. For the funds appropriated in part 1 for business
attraction and community revitalization, the fund shall report
quarterly on the amount of funds considered appropriated, pre-
encumbered, encumbered, and expended. The report shall also include
a listing of appropriations for business attraction and community
revitalization, or a predecessor, in 2011 PA 63, 2012 PA 200, 2013
PA 59, and 2014 PA 252, that were considered appropriated, pre-
encumbered, encumbered, or expended that have lapsed back to the
fund for any purpose. The report shall be submitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations, the chairpersons of the senate and
house of representatives standing committees on appropriations
subcommittees on general government, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget office.
Sec. 1050. (1) The department of talent and economic
development shall publish the "activities classification structure
data book" for Michigan community colleges on or before March 1.
(2) The department of talent and economic development shall
compile information received from community colleges on North
American Indian tuition waivers granted pursuant to 1976 PA 174,
MCL 390.1251 to 390.1253, and shall submit this compilation to the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community
colleges, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by
March 1.
(3) The department of talent and economic development shall
compile information received from community colleges on the number
and types of associate degrees and other certificates awarded
during the previous fiscal year and shall submit this compilation
to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community
colleges, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by
March 1.
(4) The department of talent and economic development shall
place the reports required in this section on a publicly available
website.
Sec. 1053. The fund shall provide a report to the senate and
house of representatives appropriations general government
subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director no later than April 15 on the status of projects by
award recipient in an annual report to the legislature as required
in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2001 to
125.2094.
Sec. 1055. (1) From the one-time funds appropriated in part 1
for business attraction and community revitalization, the MSF shall
continue with strategic investments that create jobs and support
community redevelopment to grow Michigan's economy.
(2) The MSF shall identify specific outcomes and performance
metrics for this initiative, including, but not limited to, the
following:
(a) Monthly total jobs
(b) Private investment for community projects.
Sec. 1056. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for MSF, film
incentives, the department of talent and economic development shall
make a total payment of $19,050,000.00 to the Michigan public
school employees' retirement system, Michigan state employees'
retirement system, Michigan state police retirement system, and
Michigan judges retirement system which shall be utilized to
immediately retire obligations purchased or guaranteed or payments
made by the Michigan public school employees' retirement system,
Michigan state employees' retirement system, Michigan state police
retirement system, and Michigan judges retirement system for the
financing, construction, or operation of a qualified facility as
defined under section 29h(16)(j) of the Michigan strategic fund
act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2029h.
TALENT INVESTMENT AGENCY
Sec. 1060. The talent investment agency shall administer the
PATH training program in accordance with the requirements of
section 407(d) of title IV of the social security act, 42 USC 607,
the state social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b,
and all other applicable laws and regulations.
Sec. 1061. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for workforce
programs subgrantees, the talent investment agency may allocate
funding for grants to nonprofit organizations that offer programs
pursuant to the workforce investment act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to
2945, or the workforce innovation and opportunity act, 29 USC 3101
to 3361, eligible youth focusing on pre-apprenticeship and
apprenticeship activities, entrepreneurship, work-readiness skills,
job shadowing, and financial literacy. Organizations eligible for
funding under this section must have the capacity to provide
similar programs in urban areas, as determined by the United States
Bureau of the Census according to the most recent federal decennial
census. Additionally, programs eligible for funding under this
section must include the participation of local business partners.
The fund shall develop other appropriate eligibility requirements
to ensure compliance with applicable federal rules and regulations.
Sec. 1062. The talent investment agency shall make available,
in person or by telephone, 1 disabled veterans outreach program
specialist or local veterans employment representative to Michigan
Works! service centers, as resources permit, during hours of
operation, and shall continue to make the appropriate placement of
veterans and disabled veterans a priority.
Sec. 1063. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part
1, any unencumbered and unrestricted federal workforce investment
act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to 2945, workforce innovation and
opportunity act, 29 USC 3101 to 3361, or trade adjustment
assistance funds available from prior fiscal years are appropriated
for the purposes originally intended.
(2) The talent investment agency shall report by February 15
to the subcommittees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget
office on the amount by fiscal year of federal workforce investment
act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to 2945, workforce innovation and
opportunity act, 29 USC 3101 to 3361, funds appropriated under this
section.
Sec. 1064. As a condition of receiving the funds appropriated
in part 1 for workforce program administration and workforce
development programs, the talent investment agency shall provide a
report by September 30 to the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general
government, the state budget director, and the senate and house
fiscal agencies on the status of each discrete workforce
development agency program supported by funds appropriated in part
1 for workforce program administration and workforce development
programs. The status report shall include, at a minimum, actual
revenues received by the fund source and funds appropriated for
each discrete workforce development program area.
Sec. 1065. The talent investment agency shall provide a report
by February 15 to the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government,
the state budget director, and the fiscal agencies on the status of
the skilled trades training program funded in part 1. The report
shall include the following:
(a) The number of awardees participating in the program and
the names of those awardees organized by major industry group.
(b) The amount of funding received by each awardee under the
program.
(c) Amount of funding leveraged from each awardee or other
funding source for each awardee project.
(d) Training models established by each awardee.
(e) The number of individuals enrolled in a skilled trades
training program by awardee.
(f) The number of individuals who completed the program and
were hired by awardee.
(g) The number of applications received and the number of
applications approved for each region.
Sec. 1066. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1 for the
skilled trades training program, the talent investment agency shall
administer the program as follows:
(a) The talent investment agency shall work cooperatively with
grantees to maximize the amount of funds from part 1 that are
available for direct training.
(b) The talent investment agency, workforce development
partners, including regional Michigan Works! agencies, and
employers shall collaborate and work cooperatively to prioritize
and streamline the expenditure of the funds appropriated in part 1.
The talent investment agency shall ensure that the skilled trades
training program provides a collaborative statewide network of
workforce and employee skill development partners that addresses
the employee talent needs throughout the state.
(c) The talent investment agency shall ensure that grants are
utilized for individual skill enhancement for employees of Michigan
businesses including the development of additional opportunities
for apprenticeship programs and more advance-tech training
programs. Funds shall not be distributed to program and process
centered training organization employers.
(d) The talent investment agency shall develop program goals
and detailed guidance for prospective participants to follow to
qualify under the program. The program goals and detailed guidance
shall be posted on the talent investment agency website and
distributed to workforce development partners, including local
Michigan Works! agencies, by October 1. Periodic assessments of
employer and employee needs shall be evaluated on a regional basis,
and the talent investment agency shall identify solutions and goals
to be implemented to satisfy those needs. The talent investment
agency shall notify the senate and house of representatives
standing committees on appropriations, the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees
on general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and
the state budget office on any program goal, solution, or guidance
changes not fewer than 14 days prior to the finalization and
publication of the changes. Revenue received by the talent
investment agency for the skilled trades training program may be
expended for the purpose of those programs.
(e) Up to $5,000,000.00 of the funds may be expended to match
federal funds when a Michigan company has utilized its favored
status designation from the investing in manufacturing communities
partnership to receive an award from the federal government.
Advance Michigan is the multijurisdictional collaborative working
with this partnership. The intent of Advance Michigan is to assist
businesses in securing federal funding opportunities and provide
matching funds in support of advancing Michigan as a global center
for advanced automotive manufacturing. The intent of these funds
will involve improving and increasing the skill level of employees
in skilled trades in the automotive industry and the manufacturing
processes within the changing manufacturing environment.
Sec. 1068. (1) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
workforce training programs, the talent investment agency shall
provide a report by February 15 to the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees
on general government, the state budget director, and the fiscal
agencies on the status of the workforce training programs. The
report shall include the following:
(a) The amount of funding allocated to each Michigan Works!
agency and the total funding allocated to the workforce training
programs statewide by fund source.
(b) The number of participants enrolled in education or
training programs by each Michigan Works! agency.
(c) The average duration of training for training program
participants by each Michigan Works! agency.
(d) The number of participants enrolled in remedial education
programs and the number of participants enrolled in literacy
programs.
(e) The number of participants enrolled in programs at 2-year
institutions.
(f) The number of participants enrolled in 4-year
institutions.
(g) The number of participants enrolled in proprietary schools
or other technical training programs.
(h) The number of participants that have completed education
or training programs.
(i) The number of participants who secured employment in
Michigan within 1 year of completing a training program.
(j) The number of participants who completed a training
program and secured employment in a field related to their
training.
(k) The average wage earned by participants who completed a
training program and secured employment within 1 year.
(2) Data collection for the report shall be for the prior
state fiscal year.
Sec. 1069. (1) The funds appropriated in article VIII of 2014
PA 252 for the GED-to-school program are for the purpose of funding
the cost of GED testing and certification as provided by this
section. The workforce development agency shall administer a
Michigan GED-to-school program, which shall cover the cost of
providing the GED test free of charge to individuals who meet all
of the following requirements:
(a) The individual has not previously been administered a GED
test free of charge under this section.
(b) The individual meets at least 1 of the following
requirements:
(i) Prior to taking the GED test, the individual successfully
completed a WDA-approved GED preparation program.
(ii) Prior to taking the GED test, the individual completes
the official GED practice test and the individual's score indicates
that he or she is likely to pass.
(2) A WDA-approved GED preparation program shall include all
of the following:
(a) Instructional and tutorial assistance.
(b) GED test practice.
(c) Required attendance at program instructional sessions.
(d) A curriculum that prepares students for opportunities in
postsecondary education and the job market.
(e) Information on potential postsecondary and career
pathways.
(f) Counseling on preparing for and applying to college.
(g) Personal and job readiness skills development.
(h) Comprehensive information on college costs and financial
aid.
(i) College and career assessments.
(j) Computer-based instruction, practice, or remediation.
(3) By January 1, 2016, the workforce development agency shall
post online an announcement of the Michigan GED-to-school program,
minimum standards for GED preparation program approval, and
approval procedures.
(4) By April 1, 2016, the workforce development agency shall
do all of the following:
(a) Develop procedures consistent with this section under
which individuals can take the GED test without charge.
(b) Provide program information for educators and students on
the workforce development agency website, including explanations of
the procedures developed under subdivisions (a) and (b), and
contact information for questions about the program.
(c) Provide an estimate of the full-year cost of the program
to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on general
government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director.
(5) By September 30, 2016, the workforce development agency
shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and
the state budget director on utilization of the GED incentive
program, including numbers of GED certifications issued by
location, year-to-date expenditures, and numbers of participants
qualifying under subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii), or both.
(6) The unexpended funds appropriated in article VIII of 2014
PA 252 for the GED-to-school program are designated as a work
project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds
shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be
available for expenditures for projects under this section until
the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance
with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to fund the cost of GED
testing and certification for certain individuals as provided by
this section.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by utilizing state
employees or contracts with private vendors, or both.
(c) The total estimated cost of the project is $500,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2020.
Sec. 1070. Unless already provided in fiscal year 2014-2015,
the department of talent and economic development shall submit to
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on general
government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the senate and
house policy offices, and the state budget office by December 1 of
the current fiscal year a report on the recommendations of the
workgroup established in section 1070 of article VIII of 2014 PA
252 on aligning spending on Michigan Works! job readiness programs
with the declining family assistance program caseload. The report
shall include, but is not limited to, the proposed amount of
temporary assistance for needy families funding provided to
Michigan Works!
Sec. 1076. The unemployment insurance agency shall provide the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on general
government, senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget
office with quarterly status reports on the implementation of and
improvements to the agency's integrated system project. The
quarterly status reports shall include, but not be limited to, a
summary of the expenditures for the project, a summary of the tasks
completed, and a summary of the tasks anticipated to be completed
in the subsequent quarter.
Sec. 1077. The department of talent and economic development
shall report quarterly to the members of the house and senate
committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director on the percentage of unemployment
claimants that meet the certification requirements for receiving
benefits by using the Internet Michigan web account manager system
or any application developed for that purpose. The department of
talent and economic development shall implement improvements to the
Internet Michigan web account manager system that promote greater
ease of access and security with a goal of reaching 75% of users
certifying by using the Internet Michigan web account manager
system or another system that reduces staff face time and Michigan
automated response voice interactive network telephone system
usage.
Sec. 1078. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
unemployment insurance agency, the department of talent and
economic development shall maintain customer service standards for
employers and claimants making use of the various means by which
they can access the system.
(2) The department of talent and economic development shall
identify specific outcomes and performance metrics for this
initiative, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Unemployment benefit fund balance.
(b) Process improvement – fiscal integrity.
(c) Process improvement – determination timeliness.
(d) Process improvement – determination quality.
Sec. 1079. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
career technology and skilled trades training programs, the
department of talent and economic development shall expand
workforce training and re-employment services to better connect
workers to in-demand jobs.
(2) The department shall identify specific outcomes and
performance metrics for this initiative, including, but not limited
to, the following:
(a) New apprenticeships.
(b) The jobs created, jobs retained, training completion rate,
employment retention rate at 6 months, and hourly wage rate at 6
months for the skilled trades training program.
STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY
Sec. 1100. (1) Subject to section 242 of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1242, and upon the approval of the
state building authority, the department of treasury may expend
from the general fund of the state during the fiscal year an amount
to meet the cash flow requirements of those state building
authority projects solely for lease to a state agency identified in
both part 1 and this section, and for which state building
authority bonds or notes have not been issued, and for the sole
acquisition by the state building authority of equipment and
furnishings for lease to a state agency as permitted by 1964 PA
183, MCL 830.411 to 830.425, for which the issuance of bonds or
notes is authorized by a legislative appropriation act that is
effective for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. Any
general fund advances for which state building authority bonds have
not been issued shall bear an interest cost to the state building
authority at a rate not to exceed that earned by the state
treasurer's common cash fund during the period in which the
advances are outstanding and are repaid to the general fund of the
state.
(2) Upon sale of bonds or notes for the projects identified in
part 1 or for equipment as authorized by a legislative
appropriation act and in this section, the state building authority
shall credit the general fund of the state an amount equal to that
expended from the general fund plus interest, if any, as defined in
this section.
(3) For state building authority projects for which bonds or
notes have been issued and upon the request of the state building
authority, the state treasurer shall make advances without interest
from the general fund as necessary to meet cash flow requirements
for the projects, which advances shall be reimbursed by the state
building authority when the investments earmarked for the financing
of the projects mature.
(4) In the event that a project identified in part 1 is
terminated after final design is complete, advances made on behalf
of the state building authority for the costs of final design shall
be repaid to the general fund in a manner recommended by the
director.
Sec. 1102. (1) State building authority funding to finance
construction or renovation of a facility that collects revenue in
excess of money required for the operation of that facility shall
not be released to a university or community college unless the
institution agrees to reimburse that excess revenue to the state
building authority. The excess revenue shall be credited to the
general fund to offset rent obligations associated with the
retirement of bonds issued for that facility. The auditor general
shall annually identify and present an audit of those facilities
that are subject to this section. Costs associated with the
administration of the audit shall be charged against money
recovered pursuant to this section.
(2) As used in this section, "revenue" includes state
appropriations, facility opening money, other state aid, indirect
cost reimbursement, and other revenue generated by the activities
of the facility.
Sec. 1103. The state building authority shall provide to the
JCOS and senate and house fiscal agencies a report relative to the
status of construction projects associated with state building
authority bonds as of September 30 of each year, on or before
October 15, or not more than 30 days after a refinancing or
restructuring bond issue is sold. The report shall include, but is
not limited to, the following:
(a) A list of all completed construction projects for which
state building authority bonds have been sold, and which bonds are
currently active.
(b) A list of all projects under construction for which sale
of state building authority bonds is pending.
(c) A list of all projects authorized for construction or
identified in an appropriations act for which approval of
schematic/preliminary plans or total authorized cost is pending
that have state building authority bonds identified as a source of
financing.
REVENUE STATEMENT
Sec. 1201. Pursuant to section 18 of article V of the state
constitution of 1963, fund balances and estimates are presented in
the following statement:
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BY OPERATING FUNDS
(Amounts in millions)
Fiscal Year 2015-2016
Beginning
Available Estimated Ending
Fund Balance Revenue Balance
OPERATING FUNDS
General fund/general purpose 0110 204.9 9,974.6 14.3
General fund/special purpose 612.5 26,410.4 10.6
Special Revenue Funds:
Countercyclical budget and
economic stabilization 0111 498.3 114.0 612.3
Game and fish protection 0112 3.3 82.9 3.1
Michigan employment security act
administration 0113 0.0 37.4 0.0
State aeronautics 0114 2.3 12.6 0.0
Michigan veterans' benefit
trust 0115 3.5 3.5 3.5
State trunkline 0116 0.0 809.6 0.0
Michigan state waterways 0117 5.4 26.6 4.3
Blue Water Bridge 0118 0.0 24.0 0.0
Michigan transportation 0119 0.0 1,981.3 0.0
Comprehensive transportation 0120 5.1 267.3 0.0
School aid 0122 140.5 14,267.9 50.0
Game and fish protection trust 0124 0.0 16.6 0.0
State park improvement 0125 4.7 55.7 4.1
Forest development 0126 7.7 35.9 6.9
Michigan natural resources
trust 0129 27.4 33.7 32.1
Michigan state parks endowment 0130 12.5 48.4 10.2
Safety education and training 0131 5.2 9.8 3.8
Bottle deposit 0136 10.8 13.3 3.3
State construction code 0138 1.0 13.0 4.4
Children's trust 0139 1.5 3.1 1.8
State casino gaming 0140 0.7 0.2 0.9
Michigan nongame fish and
wildlife 0143 0.4 0.5 0.3
Michigan merit award trust 0154 75.7 100.2 75.0
Outdoor recreation legacy 0162 0.4 2.6 0.3
Off-road vehicle account 0163 4.6 6.7 4.1
Snowmobile account 0164 4.5 9.9 3.3
Silicosis dust disease
and logging 0870 1.4 0.7 0.9
Utility consumer representation 0893 2.1 1.2 1.9
TOTALS $1,636.4 $54,363.6 $851.4
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1301. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2017 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2016-2017
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2015-2016, except that the line items will be adjusted for
changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,
economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be
determined after the January 2016 consensus revenue estimating
conference.