SENATE BILL NO. 969
July 30, 2024, Introduced by Senator ALBERT and referred to the Committee on Civil Rights,
Judiciary, and Public Safety.
A bill to create the immigration and customs enforcement
support fund; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain
state and local governmental officers and entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Department" means the department of treasury.
3 (b) "Enforcement program" means program as that term is
4 defined in the immigration and customs enforcement support act.
5 (c) "Fund" means the immigration and customs enforcement
6 support fund created in section 3.
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1 (d) "Law enforcement agency" means that term as defined in the
2 immigration and customs enforcement support act.
3 (e) "Law enforcement officer" means that term as defined in
4 the immigration and customs enforcement support act.
5 Sec. 3. (1) The immigration and customs enforcement support
6 fund is created within the state treasury.
7 (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
8 any source. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the
9 fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and
10 earnings from fund investments.
11 (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year must
12 remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund.
13 (4) The department is the administrator of the fund for
14 auditing purposes.
15 Sec. 5. (1) Money in the fund may be used for the
16 implementation and enforcement of the immigration and customs
17 enforcement support act, including the administrative costs
18 associated with implementing the immigration and customs
19 enforcement support act.
20 (2) By December 31, 2024, the department shall post
21 instructions for law enforcement agencies to apply for a grant from
22 the fund. The department shall post the instructions required under
23 this subsection on a publicly available website.
24 (3) A law enforcement agency may submit an application for a
25 grant under this section to the department no later than March 15
26 each year. The department shall make a grant award under this
27 section no later than May 1 of each year.
28 (4) The department shall comply with all of the following in
29 awarding a grant under this section:
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1 (a) The department shall first award grants sufficient to
2 allow each law enforcement agency to train 3 law enforcement
3 officers to participate in an enforcement program or to provide
4 immigration enforcement assistance through a subsequent program to
5 an enforcement program.
6 (b) After the department has made awards under subdivision
7 (a), the department may award a grant to a law enforcement agency
8 to train additional law enforcement officers. A grant awarded under
9 this subdivision must be based on the proportion of the population
10 the law enforcement agency serves compared to the population served
11 by other law enforcement agencies.
12 (c) After the department has made grant awards under
13 subdivisions (a) and (b), the department may award a law
14 enforcement agency an additional grant of not more than $15,000.00
15 for each law enforcement officer to provide an incentive to that
16 law enforcement officer to participate in an enforcement program.
17 Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless
18 Senate Bill No. 968 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
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