Act No. 292

Public Acts of 2003

Approved by the Governor

January 8, 2004

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 8, 2004

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2004

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

Introduced by Senators Birkholz, Cassis, Sanborn and Allen

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 535

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, and assessments; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," by amending section 80115 (MCL 324.80115), as added by 1995 PA 58.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 80115. (1) The revenue received under this part shall be deposited in the state treasury. The revenue division, department of treasury, shall annually present to the department an accurate total of all the revenues collected, and shall then, except as provided in section 80124b, credit the revenues collected to the following funds:

(a) 17.5% to the Michigan state waterways fund created in section 78110.

(b) 33.5% to the Michigan harbor development fund created in section 78110.

(c) 49% to the marine safety fund created in subsection (2).

(2) The marine safety fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The legislature shall appropriate from the marine safety fund for water safety education programs and for the administration and enforcement of this part, including state aid to counties, and for no other purpose, but not in excess of revenues credited to the marine safety fund. Fees provided for in section 80124 shall not be appropriated for the inspection of vessels that carry passengers for hire and are regulated under part 445.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 536.

(b) House Bill No. 4914.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor