FY 2017-18 ATTORNEY GENERAL BUDGET S.B. 142 (S-2): SENATE-PASSED
Senate Bill 142 (S-2 as passed by the Senate)
Committee: Appropriations
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$101,485,800 |
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1. Removal of FY 2016-17 One-Time Appropriation. Governor: Removed GF/GP funding of $4.4 million provided as follows: $3.0 million for legal defense costs; $700,000 for Prescription Drug Abuse program; and $700,000 for the Juvenile Life Without Parole litigation costs. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
(4,400,000) |
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2. Removal of FY 2016-17 Lump Sum Payments. Governor: Removed funding totaling $618,000 ($245,700 GF/GP) for the 1.5% lump sum payments received by all State classified employees as part of negotiated contracts for FY 2016-17. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
(618,000) |
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3. Technical Baseline Adjustments. Governor: Included one negative GF/GP adjustment of $7,100 to the IT line item. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
(7,100) |
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4. Unlicensed Activity Law Enforcement. Governor: Funding of $732,300 GF/GP and 5.5 FTEs were added to enhance services provided by the Attorney General to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to investigate unlicensed builders, accountants, and realtors across the State. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
732,300 |
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5. Prescription Drug Abuse Unit. Governor: Funding of $700,000 GF/GP was provided to continue the development of a statewide drug enforcement strategy to battle prescription drug abuse in Michigan. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
700,000 |
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6. Student Safety. Governor: Restricted funding was provided to extend a work project for the OK2SAY Program that works to prevent bullying and allow students to feel safe in reporting safety issues. The current work project is set to expire on 9/30/17. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
470,000 |
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7. Medical Marihuana. Governor: Restricted funding was increased and 4.0 FTEs added for services required to comply with Public Acts 281-283 of 2016. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
375,000 |
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8. Energy Package. Governor: Restricted funding was increased and one FTE added for services required to comply with Public Act 341 of 2016. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
217,000 |
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9. Operations Line Item. Senate: Reduced restricted funding by $600,000 to allow the use of those funds for the PACC IT System upgrade (described below). |
(600,000) |
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10. One-Time - PACC Juvenile Life Without Parole Cases. Governor: One-time GF/GP funding totaling $750,000 was provided for the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordination Council to provide assistance to local prosecutors for costs associated with investigations, crime victim rights, prosecutions and appeals for retroactive juvenile life without parole cases. Senate: Reduced funding by $50,000. |
700,000 |
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11. One-Time – PACC NextGen IT System Replacement. Senate: Added $600,000 in restricted funding from Lawsuit Settlement Proceeds to be used by the PACC to upgrade their IT legacy system. |
600,000 |
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12. Crime Victim's Rights Fund. Senate: Transferred funding totaling $78.3 million Gross ($0 GF/GP) and 13.0 FTE positions from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Attorney General. This funding provides services to victims of crime, including compensation, sexual assault forensic exams, and victim rights services, through direct payments to victims or survivors as well as grants to service organizations and local governments to provide said services. |
78,326,400 |
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13. FTE Adjustment. Senate: Reduced total number of FTEs throughout the budget by 39.0 to better reflect the actual number of filled FTE positions based on FTE data from 12/31/16. |
0 |
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14. Unclassified Salaries. Governor: Increased GF/GP funding by $22,600 for total funding of $776,600 for FY 2017-18. Senate: Concurred with Governor. |
22,600 |
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15. Economic Adjustments. Includes $1,341,200 Gross and $638,300 GF/GP. |
1,341,200 |
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16. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $78,276,400 Gross and $50,000 GF/GP under the Governor. |
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$77,859,400 |
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FY 2017-18 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriation................................................................. |
$179,345,200 |
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Boilerplate Changes from FY 2016-17 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Boilerplate Structure. Governor: Moved boilerplate from the FY 2016-17 general sections that applied to all General Government budgets to the Article for the Department of Attorney General. Changes to those items can be found in the highlight sheet for the General Sections. Senate: Retained current law format. |
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2. NEW. Drug Investigation and Prosecution Unit. Governor: Added new language that requires the attorney general to use funds appropriated in Part 1 to maintain a minimum of 24 drug investigations and to prosecute when sufficient evidence is obtained. Senate: Concurred with Governor. (NEW Sec. 301a) |
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3. Mortgage Fraud Investigations. Language states that from the funds appropriated in Part 1 for Attorney General Operations, the Department must allocate $600,000 for the investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud. Governor: Deleted. Senate: Concurred with Governor. (Current Law Sec. 313) |
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4. Lawsuit Proceeds for Drinking Water Contamination. Language allows the Department to use up to $2.6 million of lawsuit settlement proceeds to pay for costs and associated expenses related to the declaration of emergency due to drinking water contamination. Senate: Capped the amount to be used to pay for costs and associated expenses related to the declaration of emergency due to drinking water contamination at $2.0 million and added new language allowing up to $600,000 to be used for the Prosecuting Attorney's Coordinating Council to upgrade their NextGen lT case management system. (Sec. 314)
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5. Juvenile Life without Parole. Language states that the $700,000 appropriated in Part 1 is to be used for investigations, crime victim rights, prosecutions and appeals for retroactive juvenile life without parole cases. Also requires a report to be submitted by September 30. Governor: Increased amount to $750,000. Senate: Retained amount at $700,000. (Sec. 314a) |
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6. Legacy Cost Estimates. Total legacy costs are estimated at $18,361,000. Of the total, Pension-related legacy costs are estimated at $10,096,700 and retiree health care legacy costs are estimated at $8,264,300 for fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. Governor: Provided the following Legacy Costs estimates for FY 2018: Total legacy costs estimated at $17,281,300. Of that total, $8,893,100 are for pension-related legacy costs and $8,388,200 are for retiree health care legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. Senate: Concurred with Governor. (Sec. 315) |
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7. Sexual Assault Law Enforcement Efforts. Language requires the Department to use the funds for testing of backlogged sexual assault kits across the State outside of Wayne County. The language also requires the Department to submit a spending plan to the Legislature prior to release of the funds. The order of priority for expenditure of the funds is: 1) to eliminate all county sexual assault kit backlogs by the end of the fiscal year, 2) to assist local prosecutors with investigations and prosecutions of viable cases, and 3) to provide victim services. It also requires a spending plan submitted to the Legislature prior to release of the funds. Governor: Eliminated section. Senate: Eliminated current subsections (2) and (3) and added new language requiring the department to report by November 1, 2017, the number of untested kits remaining across the state, a detailed work plan describing how the department will eliminate the backlog of untested kits and allow unspent funds to be used for re-testing certain sexual assault kits using currently available DNA testing. (Sec. 316) |
Date Completed: 5-4-17 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco, Jr.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.