Bill Text: MI HB5491 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Traffic control; violations; fines from violations of motor vehicle code arising out of the operation of commercial motor vehicles; require portion to be earmarked to county road commissions. Amends sec. 909 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.909).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/17/2016 [HB5491 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5491-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5491
March 17, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Lauwers, Leutheuser and Glenn and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 909 (MCL 257.909), as amended by 2000 PA 94.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 909. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a civil
fine
which that is ordered under section 907 for a violation of
this act or other state statute shall be exclusively applied to the
support of public libraries and county law libraries in the same
manner as is provided by law for penal fines assessed and collected
for
violation of a penal law of the this
state. A civil fine
ordered for a violation of a code or ordinance of a local authority
regulating the operation of commercial motor vehicles and
substantially
corresponding to a provision of this act the
provisions of chapter VI related to the size, weight, and load of
vehicles shall be paid to the county treasurer and shall be
allocated as follows:
(a)
Seventy percent to the local authority county road
commission of the county in which the citation is issued.
(b) Thirty percent for library purposes as provided by law.
(2) Subsection (1) is intended to maintain a source of revenue
for
public libraries which that
previously received penal fines for
misdemeanor
violations of this act which that
are now civil
infractions.
(3) As used in this subsection, "county road commission"
includes the county board of commissioners of a county if the board
of county road commissioners is dissolved as provided in section 6
of chapter IV of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
