2024 House Bill 5512

1. Amend page 17, following line 16, by inserting:

“Sec. 213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly accessible website, information that identifies, tracks, and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and improve the department’s performance.”.

2. Amend page 18, following line 18, by inserting:

“Sec. 218. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under part 1, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within part 1 for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.”.

3. Amend page 19, following line 4, by inserting:

“Sec. 223. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Report to the house and senate appropriations committees, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the house and senate policy offices, and the state budget office any amount of severance pay for a department director, deputy director, or other high-ranking department official not later than 14 days after a severance agreement with the director or official is signed. The name of the director or official and the amount of severance pay must be included in the report required by this subdivision.

(b) By February 1, report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the house and senate policy offices, and the state budget office on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department employees during the prior fiscal year and the total number of former department employees that were remitted severance pay during the prior fiscal year.

(2) As used in this section, “severance pay” means compensation that is both payable or paid on the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.”.

1. Amend page 16, line 24, after “exceed” by striking out “$25,000,000.00” and inserting “$5,000,000.00”.

1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting:

“Sec. 230. Not later than August 1, the department shall submit a report that provides a listing of all current work project accounts. The report must include all of the following information for each current work project account:

(a) The original work project amount.

(b) A detailed accounting of expenditures to date.

(c) The balance of the work project account.

(d) The intended use of remaining funds in the work project account.

(e) The expected completion date of the work project.”.

1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting:

“Sec. 231. Appropriations in part 1 from state and federal sources are prohibited from being used to provide services, grants, or programming to individuals who are not citizens of the United States unless the individual is a qualified alien under 8 USC 1641. “.

1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting:

“Sec. 232. (1) Any funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions:

(a) Grant funds shall only be provided to an entity that has been established or operating in this state or another state for more than 2 years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant.

(b) Grant funds shall only be provided to an entity that has had an office within this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least 6 months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant.

(c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of any grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds would be used and if any grant funds would be provided to a third party or subrecipient.

(d) Each department or agency responsible for the disbursement or awarding of grant funds must audit the entity’s use of the grant funds for each fiscal year in which the grant is active.

(e) Grant recipients and their immediate family members are prohibited from being employed by the executive branch or legislative branch of this state. In addition, grant recipients are prohibited from serving on any state board that has direct or indirect responsibility for the approval or auditing of grant funds disbursed by any department or agency.

(f) Full and complete audits of grant funds issued by a department or agency of this state, without redaction unless required by law, must be posted to a department or agency website in a conspicuous place for public review.

(2) On a quarterly basis, the department shall submit a report to the standard reporting recipients on legislatively-sponsored grant funds that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) The status of each grant.

(b) The amount distributed to each grant.

(c) The remaining amount to be distributed to each grant.”.

1. Amend page 19, line 5 by striking out all of section 225.

1. Amend page 7 by striking out line 21 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 7 by striking out line 22 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 6, line 26, after “293.0” by striking out “54,037,500” and inserting “53,337,500” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 6, after line 9 by inserting “Aquatic invasive management $7,300,000”.

2. Amend page 6, line 11, after “63.0” by striking out “11,016,400” and inserting “3,716,400” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 9, line 25, after “$” by striking out “350,000” and inserting “1,350,000” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 24, following line 29, by inserting:

“Sec. 1002. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for dam management grant program, at least $1,000,000.00 shall be expended for dam repairs on state-owned lands and shall not be expended for departmental administration.”.

1. Amend page 5 after line 18 by inserting “Donated deer processing $600,000” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 23, following line 6, by inserting:

“WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Sec. 501. The funds appropriated in part 1 for donated deer processing shall be provided to Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger to process donations of harvested deer to food banks or other hunger-relief organizations.”.

1. Amend page 13 after line 14 by inserting “AuSable and Manistee river restoration initiative 2,500,000” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 25, following line 29, by inserting:

“Sec. 1202. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for AuSable and Manistee river restoration initiative 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 the project under this section 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 restore and maintain fisheries, habitats, and ecosystems in the AuSable River and Manistee River.

(b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing state employees, contracts, or both.

(c) The total estimated cost of the project is $2,500,000.00.

(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2029.”.

1. Amend page 13, following line 14 by inserting “Monitor Township Park 100,000” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 23, following line 6, by inserting:

“WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Sec. 506. The United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, is encouraged to harvest all deer during targeted removal required under the enhanced wildlife biosecurity program.”.

2. Amend page 23, by striking out all of section 802 and inserting

“Sec. 802. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall provide quarterly reports on the number of acres of state forestland marked or treated for timber harvesting.

(2) The department shall complete and deliver these reports, within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources and the standing committees of the senate and house with primary responsibility for issues with natural resources. The report must contain the following information:

(a) The number of acres prepared in the last quarter and the year to date total.

(b) The number of acres sold in the last quarter and the year to date total.

(c) The amount of revenue generated by the sale and harvesting of state land in the last quarter and the year to date total.”.

3. Amend page 24, following line 16, by inserting

“LAW ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 901. The appropriation in part 1 for snowmobile law enforcement grants shall be used by the department to provide grants to county law enforcement agencies to enforce part 821 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82101 to 324.82161, including rules promulgated under that part and ordinances enacted pursuant to that part. The department shall consider the number of enforcement hours and the number of miles of snowmobile trails in each county in allocating these grants. Any funds not distributed to counties revert back to the snowmobile registration fee subaccount created under section 82111 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82111. Counties shall provide semiannual reports to the department on the use of grant money received under this section.”.

4. Amend page 24, following line 16, by inserting:

“Sec. 902. The department shall provide a report on the marine safety grant program to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on natural resources and the senate and house fiscal agencies by December 1. The report shall include the following information for the preceding year: the total amount of revenue received for watercraft registrations, the amount deposited into the marine safety fund, and the expenditures made from the marine safety fund, including the amounts expended for department administration, other state agencies, the law enforcement division, and grants to counties. The report shall also include the distribution methodology used by the department to distribute the marine safety grants and a list of the grants and the amounts awarded by county.”.

5. Amend page 25, following line 29, by inserting:

“Sec. 1204. From the funds appropriated in part 1, before the 2025 deer hunting season, the department shall make at least 1 chronic wasting disease (CWD) check station or drop station available during any deer season in any county that is included in a core CWD area, a CWD management zone, or a core CWD surveillance area.”.

1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting:

“Sec. 230. The department shall not prohibit an individual from feeding birds or wildlife within 300 feet of a residence if feed quantity totals less than 2 gallons.”.

1. Amend page 13, following line 14, by inserting:

“Sec. 114. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

State employees’ retirement system implementation costs

800,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$

800,000

Appropriated from:

State general fund/general purpose

$

800,000”

and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 25, following line 29, by inserting:

“Sec. 1202. The funds appropriated in part 1 for state employees’ retirement system implementation costs must be expended by the department to cover additional pension-related costs if the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4665.

(b) House Bill No. 4666.

(c) House Bill No. 4667.”.

1. Amend page 19, line 5 by striking out all of section 225.

1. Amend page 19, line 5, after the second “part” by striking out “must” and inserting “may”.