2023 House Bill 4245

1. Amend page 7, following line 2, by inserting:

“Gun violence and case backlog assistance

10,000,000”

and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 20, following line 14, by inserting:

“Sec. 403. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for gun violence and case backlog assistance must be awarded to a county with a population greater than 1,700,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census. Funds awarded under this section must be used to reduce gun violence and to improve processing of gun-related criminal cases so that case backlog is reduced. Purposes for which funding must be used include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Training programs.

(b) Pretrial services.

(c) Investigations.

(d) Prosecutions.

(e) Victim services.

(f) Information technology products and services.

(g) Recruiting, retaining, and contracting personnel.

(2) Upon execution of a grant agreement, an initial disbursement of no less than $5,000,000.00 must be provided to the grantee under this section.

(3) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for gun violence and case backlog assistance are designated as a work project appropriation. Any unencumbered or unallotted funds shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be available for expenditures under this section until the project has been completed. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

(a) The purpose of the project is to reduce gun violence and to improve processing of gun-related criminal cases so that case backlog is reduced.

(b) The project will be completed by utilizing state employees, contracts with vendors or individuals, or both.

(c) The total estimated cost of the project is $10,000,000.00.

(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2025.” and renumbering the remaining section.

1. Amend page 2, line 17, after “84.0”, by striking out “5,731,200” and inserting “15,731,200” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 16, following line 25, by inserting:

“Sec. 312. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for judicial information systems, the following allocations must be made:

(a) $6,500,000.00 to offset local user fee revenue that was previously paid by trial courts that have already transitioned to the new statewide judicial case management system.

(b) $3,500,000.00 to support staff and other operating costs as trial courts continue to transition to the new statewide judicial case management system.” and renumbering the remaining sections.

1. Amend page 7, following line 3, by inserting:

“Juvenile justice data analytics pilot program

1,000,000”

and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

2. Amend page 20, following line 14, by inserting:

“Sec. 404. Funds appropriated in part 1 for juvenile justice data analytics pilot program shall be allocated no later than November 15 to the 13th circuit court, 16th circuit court, 20th circuit court, 44th circuit court, and 56th circuit court to be used in coordination with the counties within their jurisdictions to institute a juvenile justice data analytics pilot program. Funding must be used to develop a cloud-based solution for aligning and aggregating juvenile justice data for proactive cross-court planning and larger policy decision making. Courts participating in the pilot program must issue a report no later than July 1 on the status of the program. The report shall include, but not be limited to, evidence of the effectiveness of, or challenges for, data alignment and aggregation along with metrics regarding the court-involved juvenile population for pilot courts. The report must include a plan and a proposed budget for expanding to other counties in future years.” and renumbering the remaining section.