evidence_text: Senator Albert offered the following amendments:
  
  1. Amend page 19, line 21, after “137.0” by striking out “50,080,400” and inserting “75,080,400” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
  
  2. Amend page 93, following line 15, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 827a. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for Michigan public safety communications system, $25,000,000.00 shall be used for matching grants to local units of government for the construction of new public safety communication towers. The Michigan public safety communications system (MPSCS) shall coordinate with the department of treasury to develop a grant program for this purpose. The grant program must be structured as follows:
  
  (a) Grants shall be awarded to local units of government on a competitive basis. The MPSCS shall have the authority to review applications and select grant recipients from applications received.
  
  (b) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a local unit of government must commit $1.00 for every $1.00 of grant funding received for the purposes described in subsection (1).
  
  (c) The department of treasury shall administer the payment of grants on behalf of the MPSCS. The department of treasury shall expend not more than 1% of the funds allocated in part 1 for public safety facility grants for administrative purposes.
  
  (2) The MPSCS shall develop and post a grant application on a publicly accessible page of the department website no later than November 15, 2025.
  
  (3) The MPSCS must set a deadline for receipt of applications of December 31, 2025. Funds must be awarded no later than March 15, 2026.
  
  (4) The MPSCS must give priority to areas that have the greatest demonstrated need for communication towers and that demonstrate the ability to meet the matching requirement in subsection (1)(b).
  
  (5) The unexpended portion of funds appropriated to the Michigan public safety communications system for grants for new public safety communications towers is 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(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
  
  (a) The purpose of the project is to provide grants to support the construction of new public safety communications towers by local units of government.
  
  (b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing state resources, grants, contracts with service providers, or some combination thereof.
  
  (c) The total estimated cost of the project is $25,000,000.00.
  
  (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2030.”
  
  The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.