HOUSE BILL No. 5860


     May 30, 2000, Introduced by Reps. DeHart, Kelly and Hale and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 909 (MCL 257.909).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 909.  (1)  A  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SEC-

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      TION, A civil fine which is ordered under section 907 for a vio-

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      lation of this act or other state statute shall be exclusively

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      applied to the support of public libraries and county law librar-

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      ies in the same manner as is provided by law for penal fines

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      assessed and collected for violation of a penal law of the

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      state.

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           (2) Subsection (1) is intended to maintain a source of reve-

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      nue for public libraries which previously received penal fines

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      for misdemeanor violations of this act which are now civil

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      infractions.


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           (3) A CIVIL FINE ORDERED UNDER SECTION 907 FOR A VIOLATION

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      OF SECTION 682 SHALL BE CREDITED TO A RESTRICTED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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      BUS FLEET REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT CREATED IN THE STATE TREASURY.

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      UPON APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, MONEY IN THE

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      ACCOUNT SHALL BE USED TO REIMBURSE A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE COST

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      OF COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF PLACEMENT OF THE SIGN

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      REQUIRED BY SECTION 35(2) OF THE PUPIL TRANSPORTATION ACT, 1990

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      PA 187, MCL 257.1835.  THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES UNTIL EACH SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT IN THIS STATE HAS COMPLIED WITH THIS REQUIREMENT.  ANY

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      MONEY REMAINING IN THE ACCOUNT AT THAT TIME SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY

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      APPLIED TO THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND COUNTY LAW LIBRAR-

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      IES AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (1).

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. ______ or House Bill No. 5859

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      (request no. 03610'99) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into

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      law.

























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