Legislative

The professional team of legislative consultants at Muchmore, Harrington, Smalley and Associates (MHSA), along with their experienced support staff, handle the legislative concerns of the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police.  Besides the experienced partners consisting of Dennis Muchmore, Pat Harrington and John Smalley, we are pleased to have Sandi Lewis  handling the day to day legislative needs of our organization.  Together they pack a one-two punch when it comes to dealing with legislators on the tough issues that affect you the law enforcement officers.  Sandi works closely with our own experienced legislative committee consisting of our Vice-President Kurt Moffit, Scott Johnson, Thomas Krug, Kevin Sommers and our National Vice-President David Hiller to make the Fraternal Order of Police the VOICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT in Lansing!

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 Current House and Senate Bills   

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    HB-4852  Cushingberry   Public Safety Funding   Supported by MIFOP

A REVISED SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4852 AS INTRODUCED 5-24-07

The bill would amend the Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act, 1986 PA 32, to impose a $1.35 per month fee on communication services capable of accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system by means of a local telephone device or cellular telephone service.  The charge would be imposed on the consumer and collected and remitted to the state by the service supplier.  The charge would have to be listed separately on the bill.  This charge would be in addition to the monthly 29-cent Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) charged to cellular phone users to fund 911 services, as well as the monthly surcharge imposed on landline phones by most counties and the technical charge on landline phones imposed by service providers.  The CMRS fee is primarily distributed to the Michigan State Police, counties and public safety answering points.

The bill would create the Public Safety Fund and credit fee revenue to the fund.  The state treasurer would direct investment of the fund and credit to it any interest and earnings.  Money in the fund would be distributed as follows:

• 24.4% to fund the Public Safety Communications System 
• 9.3% to fund the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
• 11.1% to fund the Criminal Justice Information System
• 1.9% to the fund Prosecuting Attorney's Coordinating Council
• 6.6% to fund the Bureau of Fire Services
• 14.8% to the Traffic Law Enforcement and Safety Fund
• 23% to fund the Forensic Science Division of the Michigan State Police
• 0.75% to support the Detroit Police Department crime lab
• 0.75% to support 911 non-emergency diversion.
• 7.4% to support probation and parole monitoring systems         

Endorsements:
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News:
The Fraternal Order of Police continues to work with the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) to find dedicated funding that will get MCOLES out of the State's General Fund and create enough revenue to all implementation of standardized in-service training.