evidence_text: Rep. Kuppa moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 23, following line 12, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 238. (1) Subject to appropriation, the department shall create a law enforcement awareness grant program to assist units of local government with the recruitment of members of qualified demographic groups as police recruits.
  
  (2) Grants must be made only if matched on a one-to-one basis with funds made available by the unit of local government. Grants to a single unit of local government must not exceed $50,000.00 in a fiscal year.
  
  (3) Grants under the law enforcement awareness grant program must be used by units of local government to create awareness of a profession in law enforcement for members of qualified demographic groups.
  
  (4) The department shall create an application process, selection criteria, and a grant dispersal process and post the application process, selection criteria, and grant dispersal process on its website.
  
  (5) The law enforcement awareness grant program must provide that the grant distributions may be used for all of the following, as determined by the department:
  
  (a) Educational programs.
  
  (b) Marketing events.
  
  (c) Transportation to and from educational programs and marketing events.
  
  (d) Food and child care for individuals who attend the educational programs or marketing events.
  
  (e) Targeted advertising for the educational programs and marketing events.
  
  (6) Units of local government that receive a grant under this section shall annually report the following to the department:
  
  (a) The number of educational programs or marketing events conducted by the unit of local government.
  
  (b) The number of individuals who are members of a qualified demographic group that attended each educational program or marketing event.
  
  (c) An accounting of all expenditures under the grant program.
  
  (7) The director shall submit an annual report to the governor and each chamber of the legislature and publish a copy of the report on its website. The report shall contain all of the following:
  
  (a) The names of any units of local government that received a grant under this section.
  
  (b) The number of educational programs and marketing events held by each unit of local government that received a grant under this section.
  
  (c) The number of individuals who are members of a qualified demographic group that attended an educational program or marketing event held under this section.
  
  (8) As used in this section:
  
  (a) “Qualified demographic group” means women, minorities, and historically underrepresented groups within or near the unit of local government, as determined by the department.
  
  (b) “Unit of local government” means a city, village, or township.”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.