HB 4811

HOUSE BILL NO. 4811
A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for
various state departments and agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; to provide for
certain conditions on appropriations; and to provide for the expenditure
of the appropriations.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
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part 1
line-item appropriations
Sec. 101. There is appropriated for various state
departments and agencies to supplement
appropriations for the fiscal year
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ending September 30, 2025, from the following funds:
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
GROSS APPROPRIATION
$
11,500,000
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers
0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION
$
11,500,000
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
$
11,500,000
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF
TREASURY
(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
GROSS APPROPRIATION
$
11,500,000
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers
0
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION
$
11,500,000
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
$
11,500,000
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(2) ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Back-office grant program
$
11,500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION
$
11,500,000
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose
$
11,500,000
part 2
provisions concerning appropriations
general sections
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the
state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources under part
1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 is
$11,500,000.00 and total state spending from
state sources to be paid to local units of government is $10,925,000.00.
Sec. 202. The appropriations made and expenditures
authorized under this part and part 1 and the departments, commissions, boards,
offices, and programs for which appropriations are made under this part and
part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
DEPARTMENT
OF TREASURY
Sec. 301. (1) The funds
appropriated in part 1 for back office grant program must be used to establish
and operate a back office grant program that provides grants to local units of
government for 1 or more of the following related to finance, human resources,
or information technology operations:
(a) Assistance with complex,
unanticipated, or emergent needs.
(b) Investments in critical
business operations.
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(c) Human resource programs
to improve recruitment and retention.
(d) Cybersecurity and
resiliency testing of information technology infrastructure.
(e) Alternative staffing
when recruitment or retention efforts fail.
(2) The department of
treasury shall contract with a qualified nonprofit for the administration of
the back office grant program. The contract must provide for oversight of the
back office grant program by the department of treasury. Not more than 5% of the
funds appropriated in part 1 for back office grant program may be paid to the
qualified nonprofit for the administration of the back office grant program.
(3) The qualified nonprofit,
in consultation with the department of treasury, shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop a detailed application,
approval, and compliance process for the back office grant program that is
published and available on the qualified nonprofit's website.
(b) Establish local match
requirements for receipt of a grant under the back office grant program. Local
match requirements established under this subdivision must take into account a
local unit of government's financial need.
(c) Authorize the expenditure
of grant funds for the back office grant program to the qualified accounting
firm with which the department of treasury contracts in accordance with section
301 of House Bill No.____ (request no. H02443'25) of the 103rd Legislature or 1
of the department of treasury approved qualified accounting firms on behalf of
the local unit of government approved for the grant.
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(4) The department of
treasury shall disburse $2,875,000.00 of grant funds to the qualified nonprofit
in advance and replenish all utilized funds not later than 30 days after
appropriate reporting from the qualified nonprofit on the use of funds in
accordance with the application, approval, and compliance process developed under
subsection (3).
(5) The unexpended funds
appropriated in part 1 for back office grant program are designated as a work
project appropriation. Any unencumbered or unallotted funds do not lapse at the
end of the fiscal year and are 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 establish and operate a back office grant program to provide
local units of government the opportunity to enhance the functional areas of
finance, human resources, and information technology in a financial needs-based
cost-sharing arrangement with this state.
(b) The project will be
accomplished by utilizing state employees or contracts, or both.
(c) The total estimated cost
of the project is $11,500,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion
date is September 30, 2029.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Back office grant program"
means the grant program established and operated under this section.
(b) "Local unit of
government" means a city, village, township, county, or any
intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or
other local political subdivision.
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(c) "Qualified
nonprofit" means a nonprofit association that represents counties in this
state.