Bill Text: MI HB4739 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Transportation; funds; percentage of federal money for road and bridge construction allocated to local jurisdictions; adjust based on local jurisdiction's ability to match federal money. Amends sec. 10o of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.660o).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [HB4739 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4739-Engrossed.html
HB-4739, As Passed House, February 29, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4739
A bill to amend 1951 PA 51, entitled
"An act to provide for the classification of all public roads,
streets, and highways in this state, and for the revision of that
classification and for additions to and deletions from each
classification; to set up and establish the Michigan transportation
fund; to provide for the deposits in the Michigan transportation
fund of specific taxes on motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels;
to provide for the allocation of funds from the Michigan
transportation fund and the use and administration of the fund for
transportation purposes; to promote safe and efficient travel for
motor vehicle drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, and other legal
users of roads, streets, and highways; to set up and establish the
truck safety fund; to provide for the allocation of funds from the
truck safety fund and administration of the fund for truck safety
purposes; to set up and establish the Michigan truck safety
commission; to establish certain standards for road contracts for
certain businesses; to provide for the continuing review of
transportation needs within the state; to authorize the state
transportation commission, counties, cities, and villages to borrow
money, issue bonds, and make pledges of funds for transportation
purposes; to authorize counties to advance funds for the payment of
deficiencies necessary for the payment of bonds issued under this
act; to provide for the limitations, payment, retirement, and
security of the bonds and pledges; to provide for appropriations
and tax levies by counties and townships for county roads; to
authorize contributions by townships for county roads; to provide
for the establishment and administration of the state trunk line
fund, local bridge fund, comprehensive transportation fund, and
certain other funds; to provide for the deposits in the state trunk
line fund, critical bridge fund, comprehensive transportation fund,
and certain other funds of money raised by specific taxes and fees;
to provide for definitions of public transportation functions and
criteria; to define the purposes for which Michigan transportation
funds may be allocated; to provide for Michigan transportation fund
grants; to provide for review and approval of transportation
programs; to provide for submission of annual legislative requests
and reports; to provide for the establishment and functions of
certain advisory entities; to provide for conditions for grants; to
provide for the issuance of bonds and notes for transportation
purposes; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and
local agencies and officials; to provide for the making of loans
for transportation purposes by the state transportation department
and for the receipt and repayment by local units and agencies of
those loans from certain specified sources; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts,"
by amending section 10o (MCL 247.660o), as amended by 2000 PA 188.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
10o. (1) Twenty-three to twenty-seven percent Except as
provided in subsection (5), 23% to 27% of the federal DOT-FHWA
highway
research, planning, and construction federal funds money
appropriated
to this state from the federal government for road and
bridge construction shall be allocated to programs administered by
local jurisdictions after deduction of the following:
(a)
Funds that are Money that
is specifically allocated at the
federal level to the state or local jurisdictions.
(b)
Funds Money allocated by the department to the state and
to local jurisdictions through a competitive process.
(2) Federal aid excluded from the calculation of funding
allocated to programs administered by local jurisdictions in
subsection (1) includes, but is not limited to, congestion
mitigation
and air quality funds, money,
federal bridge funds,
money,
transportation enhancement funds,
funds money, money
distributed at the discretion of the United States secretary of
transportation,
and congressionally designated funds.money.
(3)
The funds money shall be distributed under subsection (1)
to eligible local agencies for transportation purposes in a manner
consistent with state and federal law.
(4)
It is the intent of the legislature that federal aid to
highways
allocated to local jurisdictions in subsection (1) be
distributed
in a manner that produces a 25% average allocation of
applicable
funds to programs for local jurisdictions in each fiscal
year
through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. Beginning
in
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, the The average
allocation
of applicable federal aid to highway funds money to
programs for local jurisdictions shall be the average of the amount
distributed to local jurisdictions under subsection (1) and
similarly calculated distributions in each succeeding fiscal year.
The
average allocation percentage described in this subsection
shall
be adjusted to reflect any voluntary agreements made by the
department
with local jurisdictions regarding the state buyout of
local
federal aid.
(5) If a local jurisdiction is able to provide matching money
for the federal money described in subsection (1) appropriated to
this state and if the department is unable to provide matching
money for the federal money appropriated to this state, then the
percentage of money allocated to a program administered by a local
jurisdiction shall not be limited to the percentages in subsection
(1) but shall be adjusted to take account of the local
jurisdiction's ability to provide matching money. If a local
jurisdiction provides matching money for the federal money
described in subsection (1), that federal money shall be credited
to the local jurisdiction.
