MCL - Section 324.6508

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994


324.6508 Motor vehicle emissions testing program fund; account.

Sec. 6508.

    (1) There is established a motor vehicle emissions testing program fund to be maintained as a separate fund in the state treasury and to be administered by the department. Money received and collected for motor vehicle emissions inspections and for delinquency charges under this part and from any other source shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle emissions testing program fund.
    (2) The motor vehicle emissions inspection account is created in the motor vehicle emissions testing program fund. Money in this account shall be appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of a public education program to be conducted by the department, start-up costs required to implement requirements of the motor vehicle emissions testing program under this part, administration and oversight by the department and the independent third-party organization, enforcement of the motor vehicle emissions testing program through the vehicle registration process by the department of state, gasoline inspection and testing, and other activities related to the motor vehicle emissions testing program.
    (3) Funds remaining in the motor vehicle emissions testing program fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but shall remain in the motor vehicle emissions testing program fund for appropriation in the following year.
    (4) If any of the funds collected from the fee in section 6511(1) for administration and oversight including reimbursement of independent third-party organizations are appropriated or expended for any purposes other than those specifically listed in subsection (2), section 6520(2), and section 6532, the authority to collect fees granted under section 6511(1) shall be suspended until the funds appropriated or expended for purposes other than those specifically listed in subsection (2), section 6520(2), and section 6532 are returned to the fund established in subsection (1).


History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA