evidence_text: Senator Lindsey offered the following amendments:
  
  1. Amend page 813, following line 11, by inserting:
  
  “Critical jail program 500,000,000”.
  
  2. Amend page 813, line 14, by striking “10,000,000” and inserting “510,000,000”. and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
  
  3. Amend page 847, following line 7, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 803. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the critical jail program, the department must remit 25% of the funds to the Michigan sheriff’s association on a quarterly basis beginning October 15, 2026. Each quarterly remittance shall be in the amount of $125,000,000.00 for the purpose of granting these funds to county sheriff’s departments for the purpose of improving jail infrastructure.
  
  (2) The Michigan sheriff’s association shall establish criteria for the use and distribution of these funds. Allowable use of the funds shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
  
  (a) Improvements to jail infrastructure.
  
  (b) Improvements to grounds on and around the county jail.
  
  (c) Improvements to staff areas.
  
  (d) Improvements to security for staff and inmates.
  
  (3) The Michigan sheriff’s association shall determine the criteria and need of each county jail within Michigan. In addition, the amount of each grant awarded shall be made based on critical needs as determined by the Michigan sheriff’s association and distributed quarterly as stated in subsection (1).
  
  (4) A county awarded a grant under the critical jail program must use county funds to provide a match equal to 50% of the grant amount. Grant recipients must provide proof of matching funds before the grant funds shall be distributed. A grant recipient will have up to one year from the grand award date to provide proof of matching funds and receive distribution of the grant award.
  
  (5) The Michigan sheriff’s association shall provide a report to the department and the standard report recipients on the use of these funds on a quarterly basis, itemized by each county, and must include the amount of grant funding provided for the previous quarter. The Michigan sheriff’s association shall provide final report on the amounts granted and the expenditure of these funds no later than September 30, 2027.”.
  
  The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.