Bill Text: MI HJRY | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; funds; oversights and protections of funds earmarked for the transportation economic development fund; provide for. Amends sec. 9, art. IX of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-12 - Notice Given To Discharge Committee [HJRY Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HJRY-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Y
July 14, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 9 of article IX, to
provide for the disposition of certain regulatory fees for
transportation purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide for the disposition of certain
regulatory fees for transportation purposes, is proposed, agreed
to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 9. All specific taxes, except general sales and use taxes
and certain regulatory fees, imposed directly or indirectly on
fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon highways and to
propel aircraft and specific taxes and license and regulatory fees
and other money received and collected in sections 801 through 810
of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.801 to 257.810,
on registered motor vehicles and aircraft shall, after the payment
of necessary collection expenses, be used exclusively for
transportation purposes as set forth in this section.
The increase in fees implemented by 1987 PA 232 in sections
309, 312e, 314e, 320e, 321a, 811, 812, 819, and 820 of the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.309, 257.312e, 257.314e,
257.320e, 257.321a, 257.811, 257.812, 257.819, and 257.820, shall
be deposited in the transportation economic development fund or
used for highway, road, or street projects designed primarily for
the use of motor vehicles using tires.
Not less than 90 percent of the specific taxes, except general
sales and use taxes and regulatory fees, imposed directly or
indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon
highways and on registered motor vehicles shall, after the payment
of necessary collection expenses, be used exclusively for the
transportation purposes of planning, administering, constructing,
reconstructing, financing, and maintaining state, county, city, and
village roads, streets, and bridges designed primarily for the use
of motor vehicles using tires, and reasonable appurtenances to
those state, county, city, and village roads, streets, and bridges.
The balance, if any, of the specific taxes, except general
sales and use taxes and regulatory fees, imposed directly or
indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon
highways and on registered motor vehicles, after the payment of
necessary collection expenses; 100 percent of the specific taxes,
except general sales and use taxes and regulatory fees, imposed
directly or indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel aircraft and
on registered aircraft, after the payment of necessary collection
expenses; and not more than 25 percent of the general sales taxes,
imposed directly or indirectly on fuels sold to propel motor
vehicles upon highways, on the sale of motor vehicles, and on the
sale of the parts and accessories of motor vehicles, after the
payment of necessary collection expenses; shall be used exclusively
for the transportation purposes of comprehensive transportation
purposes as defined by law.
The legislature may authorize the incurrence of indebtedness
and the issuance of obligations pledging the taxes allocated or
authorized to be allocated by this section, which obligations shall
not be construed to be evidences of state indebtedness under this
constitution.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
