SECONDARY ROAD PATROL GRANT WAIVER                                                     H.C.R. 9:

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION

                                                                                     REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Concurrent Resolution 9 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative Aaron Miller

House Committee:  Appropriations

Senate Committee:  Appropriations

CONTENT

The resolution would exercise an option under Public Act 416 of 1978 that permits the Legislature to declare that counties applying for Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for sheriff's patrols do not have to meet statutory law enforcement maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements in order to receive funding, due to cuts in general services related to economic conditions, and that cities and villages do not have to meet MOE requirements to be eligible for road patrol services by county sheriff's departments under the same circumstances. The resolution would exercise this option for fiscal year (FY) 2019-20.

FISCAL IMPACT

The resolution would have no overall impact on State expenditures. It would allow those counties (Branch, Huron, Iosco, and Wayne) that are not able to meet the maintenance of effort standard for normal receipt of Secondary Road Patrol Grant funds for FY 2019-20 to receive them. Otherwise, those funds, distributed on a percentage basis to eligible counties from a total amount of $8.5 million, garnered from a $10 surcharge on moving violations, would be redistributed to counties that meet the MOE standard. The projected FY 2019-20 grant distribution to these counties (Branch, $63,495; Huron, $71,230; Iosco, $53,210; and Wayne, $1,224,595) would be made available to them if HCR 9 were adopted by both chambers of the Legislature. The House adopted HCR 9 on September 11, 2019.

The Legislature has passed similar waiver resolutions for the past several years, including most recently HCR 26 of 2018.

Date Completed:  9-18-19                                                    Fiscal Analyst:  Bruce Baker

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.