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Meeting date: 2024-04-24
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Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
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Committee name: Appropriations
Evidence text: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REP. ANGELA WITWER CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, April 24, 2024 8:30 AM Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building The House Committee on Appropriations was called to order by Chair Witwer. The Chair requested attendance be called: Present: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative O'Neal moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 17, 2024. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 5504 before the committee: HB 5504 (Rep. Steckloff) A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "The state school aid act of 1979," by amending sections 201 and 206 (MCL 388.1801 and 388.1806), section 201 as amended by 2023 PA 320 and section 206 as amended by 2023 PA 103. Representative Steckloff testified in support of HB 5504. Representative Morgan moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5504. The motion prevailed 27-0- 2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5504: 1. Amend page 19, following line 20, by inserting: "Sec. 217f. Not later than August 1, the state budget director 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5504. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5504: 1. Amend page 19, following line 20, by inserting: "Sec. 217e. Appropriations under section 201 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5504. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Kuhn offered the following amendment to HB 5504: 1. Amend page 11, line 1, after "$32,836,600.00" by striking out "100.00" and inserting "$32,836,600.00" and adjusting the totals in section 201 and enacting section 1 accordingly. Representative Kuhn moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5504. The motion did not prevail 12- 17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendments to HB 5504: 1. Amend page 21, following line 24, by inserting: "Sec. 226d. It is the intent of the legislature that by February 1, 2025, each community college will submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director a report on activities related to strategic planning and internal assessment or reassessment to best provide for open and free expression and speech, while protecting students from hate-speech, violence, and discrimination". 2. Amend page 21, following line 24, by inserting: "Sec. 226g. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each community college adopt an advocacy policy applicable to faculty, staff, students, student employees, visitors, and contractors by January 1, 2025 and comply with all other requirements of this section. (2) An advocacy policy established under subsection (1) should include, but is not limited to, policies for distribution and self-distribution of printed political or advocacy materials related to First Amendment activities and political demonstrating. The policy should include a process for filing a complaint or reporting a violation of the advocacy policy and identify the community college staff responsible for investigating complaints and violations. The advocacy policy should include the effective date and be posted on the community college’s website.". Representative Fink moved to withdraw the amendments. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative Weiss moved to report out HB 5504 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-2-10: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. The Chair laid HB 5505 before the committee: HB 5505 (Rep. Steckloff) A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "The state school aid act of 1979," by amending sections 236 and 241 (MCL 388.1836 and 388.1841), section 236 as amended by 2023 PA 320 and section 241 as amended by 2023 PA 103. Representative Steckloff testified in support of HB 5505. Questions and discussion followed. Representative Skaggs moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5505. The motion prevailed 27-0- 2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5505: 1. Amend page 53, following line 5, by inserting: "Sec. 275m. Not later than August 1, the state budget director 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5505. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5505: 1. Amend page 53, following line 5, by inserting: "Sec. 275n. Appropriations under section 236 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5505. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Kuhn offered the following amendment to HB 5505: 1. Amend page 9, line 16, after "$79,000,000.00" by striking out "100.00" and inserting "$79,000,000.00" and adjusting the totals in section 236 and enacting section 1 accordingly. Representative Kuhn moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5505. The motion did not prevail 12- 17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5505: 1. Amend page 53, following line 5, by inserting: "Sec. 275f. It is the intent of the legislature that by February 1, 2025, each public university receiving an appropriation in section 236 shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director a report on activities related to strategic planning and internal assessment or reassessment to best provide for open and free expression and speech, while protecting students from hate-speech, violence, and discrimination. Sec. 275h. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that each public university adopt an advocacy policy applicable to faculty, staff, students, student employees, visitors, and contractors by January 1, 2025 and comply with all other requirements of this section. (2) An advocacy policy established under subsection (1) should include, but is not limited to, policies for distribution and self-distribution of printed political or advocacy materials, related First Amendment activities, and political demonstrating. The policy should include a process for filing a complaint or reporting a violation of the advocacy policy and identify the public university staff responsible for investigating complaints and violations. The advocacy policy should include the effective date and be posted on the university’s website.". Representative Fink moved to withdraw the amendment. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative Weiss moved to report out HB 5505 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-4-8: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Fink, Cavitt, Kuhn, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, DeBoer, Schuette. The Chair laid HB 5509 before the committee: HB 5509 (Rep. Morgan) A bill to make appropriations for the department of military and veterans affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Morgan testified in support of HB 5509. Representative Brabec moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5509. The motion prevailed 27-0- 2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendments to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 10, following line 25, 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 12, following line 7, by inserting: "Sec. 221. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Report, to the recipients required under section 205 of this part and to the senate and house appropriations committees, any amount of severance pay for a department or agency director, deputy director, or other highranking department or agency 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 recipients required under section 205 of this part and to the senate and house appropriations committees on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department or agency employees during the prior fiscal year and the total number of former department or agency 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 upon the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.". 3. Amend page 12, following line 28, by inserting: "Sec. 226. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this article, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this article for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 13, following line 3, 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 13, following line 3, 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 13, following line 3, by inserting: "Sec. 232. Funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least six months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds will be used and if grant funds will 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. (f) 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 state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Cavitt offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 17, line 1, after "part 1" by inserting "and expenditures must not exceed the estimated revenues for the fiscal year in which they are made, together with unexpended balances from prior years". Representative Cavitt moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Slagh offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 25, line 11, by striking out all of subsection (1) of section 410 and inserting: "(1) The MVAA shall provide claims processing services to Michigan veterans in support of benefit claims submitted to the USDVA for the health, financial, and memorial benefits for which they are eligible, and shall report annually on the number of benefit claims, by type, submitted to the USDVA by MVAA and maintain the staffing and resources necessary to process a minimum of 500 claims per year.". Representative Slagh moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Green offered the following amendment to HB 5509: 1. Amend page 30, following line 15, by inserting: "Sec. 416. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department may contract with or provide grants to local health care providers to accelerate the clinical research and deployment of promising investigational treatments for suicide prevention that have been granted breakthrough therapy designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are eligible for expanded access as defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration, specifically for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, or treatment-resistant depression in veterans of the United States military and first responders. In addition, from the funds appropriated in part 1, the department may hire up to 3 FTE staff to facilitate and administer this grant program.". Representative Green moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5509. The motion did not prevail 12-16-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Mentzer. Representative Wilson moved to report out HB 5509 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-2-10: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Slagh, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette. The Chair laid HB 5510 before the committee: HB 5510 (Rep. Morgan) A bill to make appropriations for the department of state police for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Morgan testified in support of HB 5510. Representative Morse moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5510. The motion prevailed 28-0-1: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Rep. Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendments to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 15, following line 20, 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 16, following line 19, 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 this article, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this article for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.". 3. Amend page 17, following line 6, by inserting: "Sec. 223. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Report, to the standard report recipients and to the senate and house appropriations committees, any amount of severance pay for a department or agency director, deputy director, or other high-ranking department or agency 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 standard report recipients and to the senate and house appropriations committees on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department or agency employees during the prior fiscal year and the total number of former department or agency 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 upon the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.". 3. Amend page 21, following line 26, by inserting: "Sec. 236. (1) For any grant program or project funded in part 1 intended for a single recipient organization or local government, the grant program or project is for a public purpose and the department shall follow procurement statutes of this state, including any bidding requirements, unless it can fully validate, through information detailed in this part or public supporting documents, both of the following: (a) The specific organization or unit of local government that will receive or administer the funds. (b) How the funds will be administered and expended. (2) Notwithstanding any other conditions or requirements for direct appropriation grants, the department shall perform at least all of the following activities to administer the grants described in subsection (1): (a) Develop a standard application process, grantee reporting requirements, and any other necessary documentation, including sponsorship information as specified under subsection (3). (b) Establish a process to review, complete, and execute a grant agreement with a grant recipient. Grant agreements shall be executed by the department only if all necessary documentation has been submitted and reviewed. (c) Verify to the extent possible that a grant recipient will utilize funds for a public purpose that serves the economic prosperity, health, safety, or general welfare of the residents of this state. (d) Review and verify all necessary information to ensure the grant recipient is reasonably able to execute the grant agreement and perform its fiduciary duty and is in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes. The department may deduct the cost of background checks performed as part of this verification from the amount of the designated grant award. (e) Establish a standard timeline to review all documents submitted by grant recipients and provide a response within 45 business days whether submitted documents by a grant recipient are sufficient or in need of additional information. (3) A sponsor of a grant described in subsection (1) must be a legislator or the department. A legislative sponsor shall be identified through a letter submitted by that legislator’s office to the department and state budget director listing the grant recipient, the intended amount of the grant, a certification from that legislator that the grant is for a public purpose, and specific citation of the section and subsection of the public act that authorizes the grant, as applicable. If no legislative sponsor is identified prior to January 15, 2025, the department must do 1 of the following: (a) Identify the department as the sponsor. (b) Decline to execute the grant agreement. (4) An executed grant agreement under this section between the department and a grant recipient shall include at least the following: (a) All necessary identifying information for the grant recipient, including any tax and financial information for the department to administer funds under this section. (b) A description of the project for which the grant funds will be expended, including tentative timelines and the estimated budget. No expenditures outside of the project purpose, as stated in the executed grant agreement, shall be reimbursed from appropriations in part 1. (c) Unless otherwise specified in department policy, a requirement that funds appropriated for the grants described in subsection (1) may be used only for expenditures that occur on or after the effective date of this act. (d) At the discretion of the department, an initial disbursement of 50% to the grant recipient upon execution of the grant agreement consistent with part II, chapter 10, section 200 of the Financial Management Guide. (e) A requirement that after the initial 50% disbursement, additional funds shall be disbursed only after verification that the initial payment has been fully expended, in accordance with the project purpose. The remaining funds shall be disbursed after the grantee has provided sufficient documentation, as determined by the department, to verify that all expenditures were made in accordance with the project purpose. (f) A requirement for reporting from the recipient to the department that provides the status of the project and an accounting of all funds expended by the recipient, as determined by the department. (g) A claw-back provision that allows the department of treasury to recoup or otherwise collect any funds that are declined, unspent, or otherwise misused. (5) If appropriate to improve the administration or oversight of a grant described in subsection (1), the department may adopt a memorandum of understanding with another state department to perform the required duties under this section. (6) A grant recipient shall respond to all reasonable information requests from the department related to grant expenditures and retain grant records for a period of not less than 7 years, and the grant may be subject to monitoring, site visits, and audits as determined by the department. The grant agreement required under this section shall include signed assurance by the chief executive officer or other executive officer of the grant recipient that this requirement will be met. (7) All funds awarded shall be expended by the grant recipient, and projects completed, by September 30, 2028. If, at that time, any unexpended funds remain, those funds shall be returned by the grant recipient to the state treasury. If a grant recipient does not provide information sufficient to execute a grant agreement by June 1, 2025, funds associated with that grant shall be returned to the state treasury. (8) Any funds that are granted to a state department are appropriated in that department for the purpose of the intended grant. (9) The state budget director may, on a case-by-case basis, extend the deadline in subsection (7) on request by a grant recipient. The state budget director shall notify the chairs of the house and senate appropriations committees not later than 5 days after an extension is granted. (10) The department shall post a report in a publicly accessible location on its website not later than September 30, 2025. The report shall list the grant recipient, project purpose, and location of the project for each grant described in subsection (1), the status of funds allocated and disbursed under the grant agreement, and the legislative sponsor, if applicable. (11) As applicable, the legislative sponsor of a grant described in subsection (1) shall comply with all applicable laws concerning conflicts of interest in seeking a direct grant. A legislative sponsor shall not seek a grant for a recipient if a conflict of interest exists. (12) If the department reasonably determines the funds allocated for an executed grant agreement under this section were misused or their use misrepresented by the grant recipient, the department shall not award any additional funds under that executed grant agreement and shall refer the grant for review following internal audit protocols.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 6, line 7, after "1.0" by striking out "303,000" and inserting "600,000" and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 21, following line 26, by inserting: "Sec. 237. Not later than August 1, the department shall submit a report to the standard report recipients 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 21, following line 26, by inserting: " Sec. 238. 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 21, following line 26, by inserting: "Sec. 239. Funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least six months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds will be used and if grant funds will 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. (f) 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 state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Cavitt offered the following amendment to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 28, line 16, after "safety" by inserting "incidents and analysis of school safety grants". Representative Cavitt moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-16-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Snyder. Representative Green offered the following amendments to HB 5510: 1. Amend page 10, line 22, by striking out "Climate change emergency" and inserting "Emergency". 2. Amend page 11, line 16, by striking out "Climate change emergency" and inserting "Emergency". 3. Amend page 39, line 20, after "for" by striking out the balance of the line through "emergency" on line 21 and inserting "Emergency". 4. Amend page 39, line 27, after "events" by striking out the balance of the line through "change" on line 29. 5. Amend page 40, line 1, after "for" by striking out the balance of the line through "change" on line 2. Representative Green moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5510. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Wilson moved to report out HB 5510 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-3-9: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Green, Slagh, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette. The Chair laid HB 5511 before the committee: HB 5511 (Rep. Brixie) A bill to make appropriations for the department of agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Brixie testified in support of HB 5511. Representative Mentzer moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5511. The motion prevailed 27-0- 2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendments to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 13, following line 15, 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 agency’s performance.". 2. Amend page 14, following line 20, by inserting: "Sec. 220. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this article for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.". 3. Amend page 14, following line 29, 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 and the standard report recipients 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 on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department employees during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 and the total number of former department employees that were remitted severance pay during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. (2) As used in this section, “severance pay” means compensation that is both payable or paid upon the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 14, following line 29, by inserting: "Sec. 291. 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 14, following line 29, by inserting: "Sec. 292. 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt his amendment to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 14, following line 29, by inserting: "Sec. 293. Fund appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grants funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least six months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds ill be used and if grant funds will be provided to a third party 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. (f) Grant recipients are prohibited from serving on any states board that has direct or indirect responsibility for the approval or auditing of grant funds disbursed by state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendment to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 6, line 9, after "4.0" by striking out "8,107,000" and inserting "6,507,000". and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5511: 1. Amend page 5, line 28, by striking out all of line 28. 2. Amend page 5, line 1, after "districts" by striking out "3,000,000" and inserting "4,000.000". and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5511. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Martus moved to report out HB 5511 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-5-7: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Green, Fink, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Cavitt, DeBoer. The Chair laid HB 5512 before the committee: HB 5512 (Rep. Brixie) A bill to make appropriations for the department of natural resources for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Brixie testified in support of HB 5512. Representative Puri moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5512. The motion prevailed 27-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendments to HB 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.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 16, line 24, after "exceed" by striking out "$25,000,000.00" and inserting "$5,000,000.00". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 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.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting: "Sec. 232. Funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least six months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds will be used if grant funds will 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. (f) 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 state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Lightner offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 19, line 5 by striking out all of section 225. Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-0-17: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Representative Borton offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 7 by striking out line 21 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 7 by striking out line 22 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 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. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 11-17-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Bollin. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 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. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-16-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Morgan. Representative Cavitt offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 5 after line 18 by inserting "Donated deer processing $600,000" and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. 2. Amend page 23, following line 6, by inserting: "WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Sec. 501. The funds appropriated in part 1 for donated deer processing shall be provided to Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger to process donations of harvested deer to food banks or other hunger-relief organizations.". Representative Cavitt moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-15-2: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Wilson. Pass: Reps. Snyder, Bollin. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 9, line 25, after "$" 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.". Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 11-17-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Bollin. Representative Cavitt offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 13, after line 14 by inserting "Cornwall flooding dam repair 1,500,000" and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. 2. Amend page 25, following line 29, by inserting: "Sec. 1202. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for Cornwall flooding dam repair, the department shall repair the Cornwall flooding dam in Cheboygan County.". Representative Cavitt moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 11-17-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Bollin. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 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.". Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 11-17-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Bollin. Representative Beson offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 1. Amend page 13, following line 14 by inserting "Monitor Township Park 100,000" and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Beson moved to withdraw the amendment to HB 5512. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5512: 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.". Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendment to HB 5512: 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.". Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5512. The motion did not prevail 13-15-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Wilson. Pass: Rep. Snyder. Representative McKinney moved to report out HB 5512 with recommendation, as substitute (H- 1). The motion prevailed 17-7-5: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Slagh, Beson, Fink, Cavitt, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Borton, DeBoer. The Chair laid HB 5513 before the committee: HB 5513 (Rep. Skaggs) A bill to make appropriations for the department of insurance and financial services for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Skaggs testified in support of HB 5513. Representative Morse moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5513. Representative Morse moved to withdraw the motion to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5513. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. At 10:13 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 10:21 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Representative Morse moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5513. The motion prevailed 25-0-4: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Beson, Borton, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Slagh, Fink, Kuhn, Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendment to HB 5513: 1. Amend page 11, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 223. 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. Sec. 224. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each chamber, intertransfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution. Sec. 225. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Report to the standard report recipients and the senate and house appropriations committees 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 on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department employees during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and the number of former department employees that were remitted severance pay during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. (2) As used in this section, "severance pay" means compensation that is both payable or paid upon the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5513. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5513: 1. Amend page 11, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 223. 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 current balance of the work project account. (d) The intended use of any remaining funds in the work project account. (e) The expected completion date of the work project.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5513. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5513: 1. Amend page 11, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 223. 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5513. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5513: 1. Amend page 11, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 223. Funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in 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 a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds will be used and if grant funds will 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. (f) 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 state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5513. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative McKinney moved to report out HB 5513 with recommendation, as substitute (H- 2). The motion prevailed 17-1-11: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Rep. Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette. The Chair laid HB 5514 before the committee: HB 5514 (Rep. Skaggs) A bill to make appropriations for the department of licensing and regulatory affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations. Representative Skaggs testified in support of HB 5514. Representative Martus moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5514. The motion prevailed 27-0- 2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Kuhn, Steele. Representative Lightner offered the following amendment to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 23, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 229. 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. Sec. 230. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each chamber, intertransfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission,officeer, or institution. Sec. 231. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Report to the standard report recipients and the senate and house appropriations committees 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 on the total amount of severance pay remitted to former department employees during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and the number of former department employees that were remitted severance pay during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. (2) As used in this section, "severance pay" means compensation that is both payable or paid upon the termination of employment and in addition to either wages or benefits earned during the course of employment or generally applicable retirement benefits.". Representative Lightner moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Bollin offered the following amendment to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 23, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 229. 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 current balance of the work project account. (d) The intended use of any remaining funds in the work project account. (e) The expected completion date of the work project.". Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Fink offered the following amendment to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 23, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 229. 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.". Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 13- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 23, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 229. Funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has been established and is operating in this state or another state for more than two years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds must be provided to an entity that has had an office in 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 a grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds will be used and if grant funds will 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. (f) 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 state departments and agencies. (g) 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.". Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendments to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 5, line 14, after "179.0" by striking out "30,511,100" and inserting "29,161,100". 2. Amend page 6, line 12, after "fees" by striking out "6,213,400" and inserting "4,863,400" and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Schuette moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Borton offered the following amendments to HB 5514: 1. Amend page 11, line 10, by striking out all of line 10. 2. Amend page 11, line 20, by striking out all of line 20 and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly. Representative Borton moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5514. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Brixie moved to report out HB 5514 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 17-8-4: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Green, Slagh, Beson, Fink, Cavitt, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Borton, DeBoer. The Chair laid HCR 13 before the committee: HCR 13 (Rep. O'Neal) A concurrent resolution to waive the legislative notice requirement for increases in rates of compensation for certain employees in the state classified service. Austin Scott, representing the House Fiscal Agency, testified on HCR 13. Questions and discussion followed. Representative Martus moved to report out HCR 13 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 17-8-4: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Nays: Reps. Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Pass: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Cavitt, DeBoer. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Witwer adjourned the meeting at 10:45 AM. Representative Angela Witwer, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
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Meeting date: 2024-04-24
Meeting id: meeting-947
Meeting state: held
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Scheduled start: 2024-04-24 08:30:00.000000
Session name: 2023-2024

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