SENATE BILL No. 526

 

 

May 29, 2003, Introduced by Senator LELAND and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending section 819 (MCL 257.819), as amended by 1990 PA 168,           

                                                                                

    and by adding section 819a.                                                 

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 819.  (1) Except as provided in  subsections (2) and                   

                                                                                

2   (3)  subsection (2), revenue from the increases in fees provided            

                                                                                

3   in  the 1987 amendatory act that added  1987 PA 232 and the 2003            

                                                                                

4   amendatory act that amended this section is appropriated to the             

                                                                                

5   transportation economic development  traffic law enforcement and           

                                                                                

6   safety fund and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose             

                                                                                

7   in any act making appropriations of state funds.                            

                                                                                

8       (2) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, of the                   

                                                                                

9   revenue from the increases in fees provided by the 1987                     

                                                                                

10  amendatory act that added this section, $1,350,000.00 shall be              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund,           

                                                                                

2   except that not more than $500,000.00 shall be credited to the              

                                                                                

3   gasoline inspection and testing fund created in section 8 of Act            

                                                                                

4   No. 44 of the Public Acts of 1984, being section 290.648 of the             

                                                                                

5   Michigan Compiled Laws, and $100,000.00 shall be used during                

                                                                                

6   either the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, or the fiscal             

                                                                                

7   year ending September 30, 1991, for research of products derived            

                                                                                

8   from corn grown in this state for, but not limited to                       

                                                                                

9   transportation purposes as described in section 9 of article IX             

                                                                                

10  of the state constitution of 1963.                                          

                                                                                

11      (2)  (3)  For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and                

                                                                                

12  each fiscal year thereafter, of the revenue from the increases in           

                                                                                

13  fees provided in  the 1987 amendatory act that added this                   

                                                                                

14  section  1987 PA 232, $2,500,000.00 shall be deposited in the               

                                                                                

15  state treasury and credited to the general fund, except that not            

                                                                                

16  more than $1,000,000.00 shall be credited to the gasoline                   

                                                                                

17  inspection and testing fund.                                                

                                                                                

18      Sec. 819a.  (1) The traffic law enforcement and safety fund                 

                                                                                

19  is created within the state treasury.                                       

                                                                                

20      (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets                   

                                                                                

21  from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

                                                                                

22  shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

                                                                                

23  shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

                                                                                

24  investments.                                                                

                                                                                

25      (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall                 

                                                                                

26  remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.                 

                                                                                

27      (4) The department of state police shall expend money from                  


                                                                                

1   the fund, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following           

                                                                                

2   purposes:                                                                   

                                                                                

3       (a) To enhance enforcement of traffic laws.                                 

                                                                                

4       (b) To enhance the ability to provide safety on the streets                 

                                                                                

5   and highways of this state.