Senate Roll Call 69 - Michigan Votes

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2007 House Bill 4143 (Revise marine offense penalties ) (Senate Roll Call 69)

Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on April 24, 2007, to establish that various maritime and watercraft law violations will be a civil violation subject to a $500 fine, rather than a criminal misdemeanor. Also, the bill would increase from $100 to $500 the fine if a person refuses to submit to a preliminary chemical breath analysis upon a peace officer's lawful request. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 38 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 69 at Senate Journal 36)

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21 total votes

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17 total votes

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The following legislators supported 2007 House Bill 4143 (Revise marine offense penalties ):

Allen (R)	Anderson (D)	Barcia (D)	Basham (D)	Birkholz (R)	Bishop (R)
Brater (D)	Brown (R)	Cassis (R)	Cherry (D)	Clark-Coleman (D)	Clarke (D)
Cropsey (R)	Garcia (R)	George (R)	Gilbert (R)	Gleason (D)	Hardiman (R)
Hunter (D)	Jacobs (D)	Jansen (R)	Jelinek (R)	Kahn (R)	Kuipers (R)
McManus (R)	Olshove (D)	Pappageorge (R)	Patterson (R)	Prusi (D)	Richardville (R)
Sanborn (R)	Schauer (D)	Scott (D)	Stamas (R)	Switalski (D)	Thomas (D)
Van Woerkom (R)	Whitmer (D)

The following legislators opposed 2007 House Bill 4143 (Revise marine offense penalties ):

The following legislators did not vote on 2007 House Bill 4143 (Revise marine offense penalties ):

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1) Does anyone know [by Anonymous Citizen on June 28, 2007]
if not having a boating safety certificate is still a misdemeanor under this law? If it is, what are my chances of having this ticket reduced to a civil infraction? The very first time I rode a jet ski I got a ticket for not having the boating safety certificate. The jet ski wasn’t even mine. I’ll give them the money, I just don’t want to have a misdemeanor in my record. Does anybody else think that a misdemeanor is too harsh of a punishment for the first time?
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2) how is it beneficial to [by Anonymous Citizen on June 5, 2007]
make certain infractions civil, other than to lower the standards for evidence, increase the fines that can be collected, and make judgements from the bench based on 'the proponderance of the evidence' as opposed to 'guilt beyond a reasonable doubt'.
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3) All This Pig Slop Does [by Anonymous Citizen on June 5, 2007]
is jack up penalties and fines. The state has become an insatiable money sucking machine. Watch this kind of stuff kill what's left of the boating industry. The canadians did this sort of thing and marinas are dying all over. Add the high cost of fuel and this will be another part of the michganistan economy that has slipped down the old crapper.
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