Bill Text: MI HB5304 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Family law; marriage and divorce; specific appropriation of marriage licenses; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1964 PA 155 (MCL 551.332).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-09 - Printed Bill Filed 09/03/2009 [HB5304 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5304-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5304

 

September 2, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Miller and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1964 PA 155, entitled

 

"Circuit court family counseling services act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 551.332), as amended by 1980 PA 16.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) For the purpose of preserving and improving family

 

life through competent family counseling, family counseling

 

services, which shall include including domestic violence and child

 

abuse services, are created as provided in may be established under

 

this section. In each judicial circuit, the circuit court may

 

establish family counseling services. The county board of

 

commissioners shall appropriate $15.00 of a portion of each

 

marriage license fee as required to be allocated under section 3 of

 

1887 PA 128, MCL 551.103, and all income derived from fees charged

 

for family counseling services. If the circuit court has

 

established a family counseling service, each the county board of

 

commissioners may participate in the funding of the services and

 

may make additional appropriations for the establishment and

 

maintenance of the family counseling services. In multiple-county

 

circuits, the boards of commissioners may agree as to the

 

participation of each county in the funding , and as to the

 

appropriation which each county may make. The agreement may provide

 

for varying rather than equal contributions from each county.

 

     (2) The A circuit court shall not enter into a contract,

 

employ personnel, or expend funds which shall money if the

 

contract, employment, or expenditure will exceed the appropriations

 

of funds from by the county board of commissioners under this

 

section.