June 7, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Tlaib, Bauer and Santana and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 8831 (MCL 600.8831), as added by 1995 PA 54.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
8831. (1) A Except as
provided in section 8905e of the
natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,
MCL
324.8905e, a civil fine which that is
ordered under section
8827 for a violation of 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 state.
(2) Subsection (1) is intended to maintain a source of revenue
for public libraries which previously received penal fines for
misdemeanor
violations of state statute which that are now
designated as state civil infractions.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4709(request no.
02339'11) of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.