Senate Roll Call 371 - Michigan Votes

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2003 Senate Bill 509: Impose "driver responsibility fees" (Senate Roll Call 371)

Passed 32 to 4 in the Senate on July 15, 2003, to concur with the House version of the bill, which does not include the provision allowing a driver subject to the fees the option to choose to undergo a driver improvement course to avoid them. The House version also reserves some of the fee revenue from the fees to pay local governments for fire protection services provided to state buildings.
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The vote was 32 in favor, 4 against, and 2 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 371 at Senate Journal 68)

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Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Republican

	90%
	0%
	9%

22 total votes

Democrat

	75%
	25%
	0%

16 total votes

Voters

	0%
	100%
	0%

2 total votes

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Impose "driver responsibility fees"

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Barcia (D)	Basham (D)	Bernero (D)	Brater (D)	Cherry (D)
Clark-Coleman (D)	Jacobs (D)	Olshove (D)	Prusi (D)	Schauer (D)
Switalski (D)	Thomas (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Allen (R)	Birkholz (R)	Bishop (R)	Brown (R)	Cassis (R)
Cropsey (R)	Garcia (R)	George (R)	Gilbert (R)	Goschka (R)
Hammerstrom (R)	Hardiman (R)	Jelinek (R)	Kuipers (R)	McManus (R)
Patterson (R)	Sanborn (R)	Stamas (R)	Toy (R)	Van Woerkom (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

SENATE REPUBLICANS
none

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Johnson (R)

Sikkema (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y Allen (R)	Y Barcia (D)	Y Basham (D)	Y Bernero (D)	Y Birkholz (R)
Y Bishop (R)	Y Brater (D)	Y Brown (R)	Y Cassis (R)	Y Cherry (D)
Y Clark-Coleman (D)	n Clarke (D)	Y Cropsey (R)	n Emerson (D)	Y Garcia (R)
Y George (R)	Y Gilbert (R)	Y Goschka (R)	Y Hammerstrom (R)	Y Hardiman (R)
Y Jacobs (D)	Y Jelinek (R)	- Johnson (R)	Y Kuipers (R)	n Leland (D)
Y McManus (R)	Y Olshove (D)	Y Patterson (R)	Y Prusi (D)	Y Sanborn (R)
Y Schauer (D)	n Scott (D)	- Sikkema (R)	Y Stamas (R)	Y Switalski (D)
Y Thomas (D)	Y Toy (R)	Y Van Woerkom (R)

Senate Roll Call 371 on 2003 Senate Bill 509

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Comments

1) Re: 2003 Senate Bill 509 (Impose "driver responsibility fees" ) by victor88 on September 15, 2012
I am not sure what to think about these fees at all. They should not be doing these fees at all. This is so wrong to charge people these fees. This has to change. click here

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2) Re: 2003 Senate Bill 509 (Impose "driver responsibility fees" ) by bill35 on September 12, 2012
They need to stop these fees in the future. They are definitely getting way out of control here. Not sure what to think about it. computer support orlando

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3) Re: Give Me A Break by Cmmn_snse on February 13, 2010

I'm pleased to see that officers have empathy for the high fines associated with traffic offenses. Government is ineffective and revenue has to be made up somewhere. However, from someone who works in a casino and witnesses it every day (dumb luck occurs) Seven (7) points is not much and a few times in the wrong place at the wrong time can occur, so please show some compassion. The only thing I ask of police officers is with the drinking laws so devasating, try not to make all your arrests the east way (pulling anyone over random drivers between 1:30 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.) because the problems drinkers aren't out at that time. I understand you can pull anyone over at that time and make an arrest a high percentage. The problem with that is the one's that hurt innocent people that drink every day don't drive in those periods.

In genereal you are spot on, when you state that American love to blame someone else. In most cases the poorest drivers have the most points,

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