Posted on 04/24/2002 12:58:07 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Bill proposed to raise CPL fingerprinting prices
Submitted on: April 24, 2002
MCRGO members,
a bill is being introduced by Senator Phil Hoffman to raise the state fingerprinting fee by $15.00. The bill is expected in committee tomorrow. People interested in weighing in on this bill are invited to attend the hearing in room 110 in the Farnum Building at 8:30 am or calling Senator Hoffman's office at 517-373-2426. Text of the bill is as follows:
SENATE BILL No. 928
December 13, 2001, Introduced by Senator HOFFMAN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1935 PA 120, entitled
"An act to prescribe a method for the fingerprinting of residents of the state, and to provide for the recording and filing thereof by the central records division of the department of state police,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 28.273), as added by 1985 PA 175.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. The department of state police may charge a fee,
2 not to exceed $15.00 $30.00, for taking and processing the fin-
3. gerprints and completing a criminal record check of a resident of
4 this state when the impression of the fingerprints are requested
5 for employment- EMPLOYMENT-RELATED or licensing-related
6 purposes. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of taking and
7 processing the impression of the fingerprints and completing a
8 criminal record check on that person. The fee shall be collected
06119'01 JJG
1 and forwarded to the state police by the licensing body or the
2 employer.
06119'01 Final page. JJG
I don't know what's gotten into Hoffman lately. The guy backed CCW, but he's been REAL wishy-washy lately. He's term limited too.
Jackson area residents can replace Hoffman with a real solid pro-2a'er in Mickey Mortimer this fall. And please DO NOT vote for Clark Brisee. Clark Brisbee is a RINO who is VERY ASD.
Needless to say, I'm against this bill. If you are from Wayne County, this hits you ESPECIALLY hard since the licensing body is not efficent as it is, largely thanks to Ed McNamara and Mike Duggan pulling all their people and money from the CCW dept. If they have to collect the fees too, that means they have even more work to do.
This thing needs to be killed, or amendment so much that it is more efficent, removes gun free zones, or gives us more positives.
I have to go to the capitol tomorrow anyway, so I'll see if I can go to the hearing. Hoffman isn't great, but we CAN work with him, so it's not like we are up against Mike Duggan here.
In the meantime, please call his office if you are from Michigan, and please call your state senator as well. As far as I know, nothing like this has been introduced in the state house. If it is, I'll post it here as soon as I hear about it.
Only in Amerika.
For what it's worth, I got my prints done by the local PD (Edmonds WA) for my Florida non resident license. It cost $5.00 for the officer to dirty up my fingers and fill in the requisite blanks on the Fl. print card.
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What part of "...SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED..." do these people not understand?
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Why should I trust a government that doesn't trust me to carry a gun?
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Homeland Security =
CITIZEN CARRY FOR ALL 50 STATES
RECIPROCITY IN ALL 50 STATES >
I turned in the PAC report today to the Sec of State. I looked at the MPPGV PAC report. They are down to $35.55
And "People who Care About Kids" is trying to dissolve :) They were down to about $1800 and donated it to MPPGV. They didn't give it to their PAC though. Fine by me.
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