BONDS FOR VEHICLE WEIGHT FINES S.B. 492 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 492 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Alan Sanborn
Committee: Transportation
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do the following:
-- Permit the driver or owner of a vehicle, if he or she did not pay the full amount of civil fines and costs owed for a violation of vehicle weight limits, to post a bond in the amount owed, rather than double the amount as currently required.
-- Require the scales used to weigh a vehicle under the Code to be approved and sealed as a legal weighing device by a qualified person using testing equipment that was certified or approved by the Michigan Department of Agriculture as a legal weighing device.
MCL 257.724 Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government. Bonds in weight violation cases are returned to the companies involved after the civil fines and costs are covered, and are generally not held in interest-earning accounts.
Date Completed: 5-30-07 Fiscal Analyst: Stephanie Yu
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb492/0708