Mich. Admin. Code R. 18.14903 - Law enforcement distribution funds; restrictions

Rule 90 3. Funds distributed under the authority of section 3

(a) of the act shall be expended only for direct costs of in-service criminal justice training of commission licensed law enforcement officers. Only the following expenses are allowable, unless otherwise restricted by the commission:

(a) The hourly salaries of instructors for the actual time spent preparing and presenting training, subject to the supplanting restrictions of the act.

(b) The actual cost of purchasing or leasing training materials used to assist trainees in understanding in-service training topics. The cost may include either the purchase price or salaries and materials expended in creating training materials.

(c) The reasonable rental cost or the purchase price of equipment used during in-service training; however, expenditures for purchase shall not be more than a total of 10% of the funds received in any year nor may any single item be more than $5,000.00, without the prior approval of the commission.

(d) Reasonable rental costs for the use of training facilities for in-service training, if facilities owned or occupied by an eligible entity are either not available or are inappropriate.

(e) A flat rate or tuition paid to a contractual training provider hired by an eligible entity. The payment shall be in compliance with policies established by the commission.

(f) Compact disks (CDs), digital versatile disks (DVDs), videotapes, web-based programs or other such instructional media that are based upon passive or interactive learning.

(g) Automated firearms training systems that simulate deadly force decision-making circumstances.

(h) Training outside Michigan or training provided by a vendor from outside Michigan, if the recipient has determined that similar training is not available in Michigan or that a Michigan vendor is not available. If an eligible entity chooses to use out-of-state training or an out-of-state vendor, then the entity shall request authorization from the commission, in writing, in advance, and in a manner prescribed by the commission.

(i) The commission may establish reasonable caps on allowable costs.

Notes

Mich. Admin. Code R. 18.14903

2006 AACS

An obvious error in R 18.14903 was corrected at the request of the promulgating agency, pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 262, MCL 24.256. The rule containing the error was published in Michigan Register, 2006 MR 2. The memorandum requesting the correction was published in Michigan Register, 2006 MR 6