{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-12.207","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.207","heading":"Distributions from state laboratory fund; expenses incurred by municipality; application for reimbursement; reports; number of investigations; distribution and proceeds to municipality; determination of amount; appropriation and use of money.","body":"Sec. 7.\n\nBeginning October 1, 2003, the department of treasury, each month, shall distribute proceeds of the state laboratory fund that are received from the justice system fund under section 181 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.181, as follows:\n\nFor the state fiscal year beginning October 1, 2003, 19% to the department of state police to defray the cost of complying with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA retention under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176, with the balance of the fund being available for distribution under subsections (2) to (5).\n\nFor the state fiscal year beginning October 1, 2004 and subsequent state fiscal years, 45% to the department of state police to defray the cost of complying with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA retention under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176, with the balance of the fund being available for distribution under subsections (2) to (5).\n\nA municipality that maintains a forensic laboratory and that incurred expenses for a forensic test by that laboratory may apply for reimbursement of those expenses on a form provided by the department of treasury.\n\nA municipality applying under subsection (2) shall report to the department of treasury the number of criminal investigations in the preceding year for which the municipality's forensic laboratory performed 1 or more forensic tests. The department of state police shall report to the department of treasury in the manner prescribed by that department the number of criminal investigations in the preceding year for which the department of state police performed 1 or more forensic tests, whether the investigation was conducted by the department of state police or by the law enforcement agency of a municipality. The department of state police shall also report the number of DNA identification profilings performed pursuant to the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.\n\nThe number of investigations reported pursuant to subsection (3) shall exclude any investigation reported in a previous year.\n\nAfter the distributions under subsection (1) are made, the department of treasury shall distribute proceeds of the state forensic laboratory fund annually to a municipality applying under this section in an amount determined by multiplying the remaining amount in the fund for that period by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total of investigations reported pursuant to subsection (3) by that municipality for that period and the denominator of which is the total of investigations and DNA identification profilings reported pursuant to subsection (3) for that period. The balance of the fund for that period after distributions under subsection (1) and this subsection shall be credited to the department of state police.\n\nThe legislature shall appropriate money in the state forensic laboratory fund credited to the department of state police to that department exclusively for forensic science services. The use of money appropriated pursuant to this section may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:\n\nCosts incurred in providing forensic tests in connection with criminal investigations conducted within this state.\n\nPurchasing or maintaining equipment used in performing forensic tests.\n\nProviding for the continuing education, training, and professional development of regularly employed laboratory personnel.\n\nPayment of expenses for implementing and performing procedures for DNA identification profiling under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.\ned within this state.\n\nPurchasing or maintaining equipment used in performing forensic tests.\n\nProviding for the continuing education, training, and professional development of regularly employed laboratory personnel.\n\nPayment of expenses for implementing and performing procedures for DNA identification profiling under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.\n\nMoney appropriated from the state forensic laboratory fund to the division of the department of state police concerned with forensic sciences shall be in addition to any allocations made pursuant to existing law and is intended to enhance appropriations from the general fund and not to replace or supplant those appropriations.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 12","Act Act-35-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-12-207","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"b817238d3a45551d02d9ceaf9a13883bed5d678c6d74b7933c9185dd6ac97359","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-12.206","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-12.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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