(1) The appropriations made under a budget act for unclassified positions as specified by a line item appropriation shall only be used for those positions.
    (2) Incumbents of unclassified positions in the executive branch of state government, the legislative auditor general’s office, and judicial officers whose total compensation is payable by the state and who are not eligible to receive additional compensation from a county, township, or municipal governmental unit of this state pursuant to the state constitution of 1963 or state law, are eligible to participate in the state contributory insurance and longevity programs on the same basis as classified employees. Prior years’ service as a classified employee shall be included in determining the amount of the longevity payment.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 18.1455

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    (3) The appropriations for salaries and wages shall be used only with respect to classified positions established by the civil service commission and to special personal service employees hired with approval of the department of civil service. Money appropriated in a budget act shall not be used to pay back salaries or wages to an employee, except for the purpose of paying appropriately authorized retroactive gross pay adjustments to an employee with an effective date prior to October 1 of the fiscal year in which the approval was given.