Senate Bill 56: Raise and index judges’ pay
Passed 97 to 6 in the House on February 16, 2016, to increase judges’ salaries around $12,000, and index them going forward to increases in the salaries paid to unionized state “civil service†employees. After they change salaries would range from around $150,000 to $163,000 depending on which level of court.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725362
Senate Bill 599: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 31 to 7 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to authorize a flat $30 fee for recording a document with a register of deeds regardless of how many pages, instead of the current charge of $8 plus $3 for each additional page. The bill also increases related fees, and would index the fees to inflation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725338
Senate Bill 600: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to change the fees charged for recording and indexing a lien for labor and materials provided to gas well drillers to the $30 flat fee proposed by Senate Bill 599.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725339
Senate Bill 601: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to change the fees charged for recording and indexing federal tax liens and notices to the $30 flat fee proposed by Senate Bill 599.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725340
Senate Bill 602: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to change the fees charged for recording and indexing state tax liens and notices to the $30 flat fee proposed by Senate Bill 599.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725341
Senate Bill 603: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 32 to 6 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to change the fees charged for recording and indexing a lien related to the state unemployment insurance law to the $30 flat fee proposed by Senate Bill 599.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725342
Senate Bill 604: Revise, increase register of deeds fees
Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate on February 16, 2016, to change the fees charged for recording mortgages, and for recording unemployment benefit overpayment liens, to the $30 flat fee proposed by Senate Bill 599.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725343
Senate Bill 737: Revise delinquent tax asset seizure detail
Passed 30 to 8 in the Senate on February 17, 2016, to revise the law that empowers the state Department of Treasury to seize and sell assets of a person who is delinquent in tax payments, so as to allow the proceeds of these sales to also be used to pay recorder of deeds fees related to the transactions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725344
House Bill 4418: Authorize load limit exceptions for maple sap haulers
Passed 76 to 29 in the House on February 16, 2016, to allow an exception to seasonal road weight limit restrictions for trucks hauling tree sap used to make maple sugar.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725360
House Bill 4634: Revise vehicle registration “late feeâ€
Passed 88 to 17 in the House on February 16, 2016, to not impose an extra fee on vehicle registration renewals after the previous registration had expired if within 120 days the owner brings evidence to a Secretary of State branch office that the vehicle had been in storage.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=725361
House Bill 5187: Revise references to deaf people in state laws
Introduced by Rep. George T. Darany (D) on December 17, 2015, to modernize terminology that refers to people who are deaf or hard of hearing in a law that provides for the publication and distribution of laws and the documents of public institutions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170835
House Bill 5192: Revise accountant “scope of practice†restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Chris Afendoulis (R) on December 17, 2015, to revise details of “scope of practice†restrictions in the law that imposes an occupational licensure mandate on individuals who wish to earn a living in the accounting field.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170840
House Bill 5205: Designate road after fallen police officer
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on December 17, 2015, to designate a section of US 2 in Dickinson County as the “Officer Kenneth J. Moraska Memorial Highwayâ€.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170853
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