2003 House Bill 5218

Public Act 318 of 2003

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• Introduced by Rep. Ken Daniels on October 30, 2003, to authorize cities to establish administrative hearings bureaus, which could only accept admissions of responsibility and the payment of fines for quality of life violations, as proposed by House Bill 5216.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on October 30, 2003.
    • Reported in the House on November 6, 2003, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed in the House (96 to 9) on December 2, 2003, to authorize cities to establish administrative hearings bureaus, which could only accept admissions of responsibility and the payment of fines for blight violations, as proposed by House Bill 5216. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on December 3, 2003.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 3, 2003.
    • Reported in the Senate on December 11, 2003, with the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Amendment offered in the Senate on December 16, 2003, to clarify that the proposed hearings bureau could only hear the blight offenses proposed by the bills. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on December 16, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on December 17, 2003, to authorize cities to establish administrative hearings bureaus, which could only accept admissions of responsibility and the payment of fines for blight violations, as proposed by House Bill 5216. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on December 17, 2003.
• Received in the Senate on December 18, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey on December 18, 2003, to remove amendment adopted earlier which clarified that the proposed hearings bureau could only hear the blight offenses proposed by the bills. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on December 18, 2003.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on December 18, 2003, to authorize cities to establish administrative hearings bureaus, which could only accept admissions of responsibility and the payment of fines for blight violations, as proposed by House Bill 5216. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on January 8, 2004.

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Introduced by Rep. Ken Daniels on October 30, 2003. Passed in the House (96 to 9) on December 2, 2003. New Comment