Legislation Michigan Session Laws US session laws and acts Act 119, HB 4437 – Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act

Act 119, HB 4437 – Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act

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MI HB 4437; Act 119

Michigan Public Acts of 102nd Legislature, Regular Session (2023)

HB 4437, Act 119

Public Acts of 2023

Approved by the Governor*

July 31, 2023

Filed with the Secretary of State

August 1, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2023

STATE OF MICHIGAN

102ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

Introduced by Rep. Witwer

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4437

AN ACT to make, supplement, adjust, and consolidate appropriations for various state departments and agencies, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and capital outlay for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024; to provide for certain conditions on the appropriations; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

ARTICLE 1

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PART 1

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 101.
There is appropriated for the department of agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, from the following funds:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

Full-time equated unclassified positions

6.0

Full-time equated classified positions

544.0

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 168,612,700

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers

327,000

$ 168,285,700

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION

Federal revenues:

Total federal revenues

29,762,700

Special revenue funds:

Total local revenues

0

21,300

45,719,900

$ 92,781,800

Total private revenues

Total other state restricted revenues

State general fund/general purpose

Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

Full-time equated unclassified positions

6.0

Full-time equated classified positions

37.0

Unclassified salaries-FTEs

6.0

$ 664,900

Accounting service center

1,156,800

Commissions and boards

23,800

Emergency management-FTEs

8.0

2,918,000

Emerging contaminants in food and agriculture-FTEs

6.0

2,080,100

Executive direction-FTEs

23.0

3,271,800

Property management

768,100

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 10,883,500

Appropriated from:

Federal revenues:

Deferred federal revenue funding

15,000

HHS, multiple grants

432,300

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

46,200

Dairy and food safety fund

103,400

Feed control fund

8,100

Fertilizer control fund

10,200

Freshwater protection fund

63,200

Gasoline inspection and testing fund

25,600

Industry support funds

57,000

Michigan craft beverage council fund

8,800

Private forestland enhancement fund

16,300

Refined petroleum fund

20,500

Weights and measures regulation fees

5,000

State general fund/general purpose

$ 10,071,900

Sec. 103. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Information technology services and projects

$ 2,333,800

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 2,333,800

Appropriated from:

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

91,400

Dairy and food safety fund

74,800

Feed control fund

15,000

Fertilizer control fund

15,000

Freshwater protection fund

15,000

Gasoline inspection and testing fund

32,400

State general fund/general purpose

$ 2,090,200

Sec. 104. FOOD AND DAIRY

Full-time equated classified positions

139.0

Food safety and quality assurance-FTEs

103.0

$ 18,472,000

Milk safety and quality assurance-FTEs

36.0

5,861,400

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 24,333,400

Appropriated from:

Federal revenues:

HHS, multiple grants

2,781,700

USDA, multiple grants

137,100

Special revenue funds:

Consumer and industry food safety education fund

242,500

Dairy and food safety fund

5,476,800

Industry food safety education fund

114,100

Marihuana regulatory fund

349,800

Marihuana regulation fund

350,000

State general fund/general purpose

$ 14,881,400

Sec. 105. ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Full-time equated classified positions

63.0

Animal disease prevention and response-FTEs

63.0

$ 10,876,500

Indemnification - livestock depredation

15,000

Michigan animal agriculture alliance

3,000,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 13,891,500

Appropriated from:

Federal revenues:

HHS, multiple grants

15,100

USDA, multiple grants

1,069,200

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

72,500

Animal welfare fund

150,000

State general fund/general purpose

$ 12,584,700

Sec. 106. PESTICIDE AND PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT

Full-time equated classified positions

106.0

Agricultural climate resiliency

$ 1,000,000

Animal feed safety-FTEs

10.0

2,112,000

Pesticide and plant pest management-FTEs

91.0

15,567,400

Soil health/regenerative agriculture-FTEs

5.0

1,000,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 19,679,400

Appropriated from:

Federal revenues:

EPA, multiple grants

578,700

HHS, multiple grants

396,700

USDA, multiple grants

721,100

Special revenue funds:

Private - slow-the-spread foundation

21,300

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

4,567,200

Commodity inspection fees

686,300

Feed control fund

1,399,600

Fertilizer control fund

1,347,800

Freshwater protection fund

156,800

Horticulture fund

70,000

Industrial hemp fund

675,300

Industry support funds

228,100

State general fund/general purpose

$ 8,830,500

Sec. 107. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Full-time equated classified positions

66.5

Agricultural preservation easement grants

$ 1,900,000

Environmental stewardship - MAEAP-FTEs

26.0

11,744,500

Farmland and open space preservation-FTEs

10.0

1,606,500

Intercounty drain-FTEs

6.0

859,900

Local conservation districts

2,000,000

Migrant labor housing-FTEs

9.0

1,351,000

Qualified forest program-FTEs

9.0

8,073,900

Right-to-farm-FTEs

6.5

1,021,700

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 28,557,500

Appropriated from:

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

IDG from MDEGLE, biosolids

94,400

Federal revenues:

Department of Interior

96,300

EPA, multiple grants

$ 564,000

USDA, multiple grants

6,722,300

Special revenue funds:

Agricultural preservation fund

3,506,500

Freshwater protection fund

8,328,900

Migratory labor housing fund

143,200

Private forestland enhancement fund

1,080,100

State general fund/general purpose

$ 8,021,800

Sec. 108. LABORATORY PROGRAM

Full-time equated classified positions

108.5

Central licensing and customer call center-FTEs

13.0

$ 1,528,100

Consumer protection program-FTEs

42.0

7,049,300

Laboratory services-FTEs

42.5

8,770,600

USDA monitoring-FTEs

11.0

1,700,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 19,048,000

Appropriated from:

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

IDG from LARA (LCC), liquor quality testing fees

232,600

Federal revenues:

EPA, multiple grants

180,600

HHS, multiple grants

1,568,700

USDA, multiple grants

1,701,200

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

352,300

Dairy and food safety fund

524,200

Feed control fund

193,200

Fertilizer control fund

24,900

Freshwater protection fund

47,900

Gasoline inspection and testing fund

1,920,700

Grain dealers fee fund

8,200

Industrial hemp fund

321,000

Migratory labor housing fund

29,900

Refined petroleum fund

3,447,200

Testing fees

355,900

Weights and measures regulation fees

748,000

State general fund/general purpose

$ 7,391,500

Sec. 109. AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

Full-time equated classified positions

24.0

Agriculture development-FTEs

13.0

$ 4,796,700

Fair food network - double up food bucks

2,000,000

Food and agriculture investment program

2,472,200

Food and agriculture supply chain-FTE

1.0

800,000

Michigan craft beverage council-FTEs

3.0

1,335,300

Office of rural development-FTE

1.0

678,500

Producer security/grain dealers-FTEs

5.0

904,300

Rural development fund grant program-FTE

1.0

2,004,400

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 14,991,400

Appropriated from:

Federal revenues:

USDA, multiple grants

2,682,700

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture licensing and inspection fees

5,100

Grain dealers fee fund

860,500

Industry support funds

$ 223,600

Michigan craft beverage council fund

1,305,300

Rural development fund

2,004,400

State general fund/general purpose

$ 7,909,800

Sec. 110. FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

County fairs, shows, and expositions

$ 500,000

Fairs and racing

258,600

Horse racing advisory commission

125,000

Purses and supplements - fairs/licensed tracks

1,353,600

Standardbred breeders' awards

345,900

Standardbred purses and supplements - licensed tracks

991,100

Standardbred sire stakes

720,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

$ 4,294,200

Appropriated from:

Special revenue funds:

Agriculture equine industry development fund

3,794,200

State general fund/general purpose

$ 500,000

Sec. 111. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

Agricultural climate resiliency

$ 6,000,000

ARP - Resilient food systems infrastructure

10,100,000

County fairs, shows, and expositions

2,000,000

Emerging contaminants in food and agriculture

1,999,800

Food and agriculture supply chain investment

1,000,000

Laboratory animal welfare

500,000

Local conservation districts

1,000,000

Minority-owned food and agriculture...

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