2017 House Bill 5079 ↩

Senate Roll Call 85: Passed

To waive liability for payment of outstanding “driver responsibility fees” (“bad driver tax”). See House Bills 5040 to 5046, which would terminate these fees and the liability of individuals who owe them. The bill would also waive the fee charged to reinstate a driver's license that was suspended for non-payment of these fees. These very expensive fees were originally <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-509">adopted in 2003</a> to avoid spending cuts in that year’s and subsequent state government budgets.