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MI HB5966
Bill
Status
9/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Conlin
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AI Summary
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Amends MCL 600.8831 to clarify that civil fines ordered under section 8827 for violations of state statute must be applied exclusively to support public libraries and county law libraries in the same manner as penal fines for state penal law violations.
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Exempts increases to state civil infraction amounts authorized under section 401 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (1994 PA 451, MCL 324.401) from the civil fine requirement.
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Preserves a revenue source for public libraries that previously received penal fines from misdemeanor violations now designated as state civil infractions.
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Makes grammar corrections, changing "which" to "that" and "shall" to "must" throughout the statute.
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Enactment is contingent on passage of House Bill No. 5965 and an unspecified Senate or House Bill (request no. 00712'23) in the 102nd Legislature.
Legislative Description
Civil procedure: civil actions; portion of fines in certain state civil infraction actions under NREPA; dedicate to grant program to assist farmers affected by PFAS. Amends sec. 8831 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8831). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5965'24
Civil procedure: civil actions
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/15/2024
10/15/2024