July 17, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Tobocman, Hunter, Accavitti, Hood, Smith, Meisner, Gillard and Elkins and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment.
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:
1 Sec. 8831. (1) A
Except as provided in section 8905d of
2 the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
3 451, MCL 324.8905d, a civil fine which is ordered under section
4 8827 for a violation of state statute shall be exclusively
5 applied to the support of public libraries and county law
6 libraries in the same manner as is provided by law for penal
7 fines assessed and collected for violation of a penal law of the
8 state.
9 (2) Subsection (1) is intended to maintain a source of
10 revenue for public libraries which previously received penal
11 fines for misdemeanor violations of state statute which are now
1 designated state civil infractions.
2 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
3 effect unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4997
4 (request no. 04206'03) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into
5 law.