2012 House Bill 5283

Repeal “bad driver tax”

Introduced in the House

Jan. 25, 2012

Introduced by Rep. Maureen Stapleton (D-4)

To repeal the “driver responsibility fees” (“bad driver tax”) that are assessed for various violations and must be paid for two consecutive years, effective Jan. 1, 2012. These very expensive fees were originally <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-509">adopted in 2003</a> to raise revenue so as avoid spending cuts in that year’s and subsequent state government budgets.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation