Public Act 318 of 2003

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• Introduced by Rep. Ken Daniels (D) 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 96 to 9 in the House 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.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• 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 by voice vote in the Senate on December 16, 2003.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate 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.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on December 17, 2003.
• Received in the Senate on December 18, 2003.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) 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 by voice vote in the Senate on December 18, 2003.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate 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.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on January 8, 2004.