Sec. 17.

(1) At the end of each month, the secretary of state shall certify to the state transportation department and the director of the department of management and budget the amounts received from the counties for motor vehicle taxes during the preceding month pursuant to the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and also the total amount deposited in the Michigan transportation fund pursuant to this act during the preceding month, after deducting the amount appropriated for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in the enforcement of Act No. 150 of the Public Acts of 1927, as amended, being sections 207.101 to 207.202 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and sections 801 to 810 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being sections 257.801 to 257.810 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The state transportation department shall certify to the director of the department of management and budget the amounts to be returned to the state transportation department from the Michigan transportation fund monthly, and the amounts to be returned to each county road commission and each city and village of the state monthly, pursuant to this act, and the director of the department of management and budget shall certify these amounts to the state treasurer, who shall draw a warrant monthly for the net amounts as are due the state transportation department, the county road commissions, and the cities and villages of the state under this act. The state treasurer shall issue checks for the amounts due, within 30 days after the end of each month, to the state transportation department, the county road commissions, and the cities and villages. If the amount due is not returned to a county road commission, city, or village within 30 days after the end of each month, the county road commission, city, or village may bring an action in the nature of mandamus to compel the various officials to perform their duties in connection with the return as provided in this section.

(2) The state transportation department, within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the state shall furnish to the legislature and the governor a detailed report of revenues credited to the Michigan transportation fund and distributions under this act and a detailed report of the interest earnings and allocations of each fund created or appropriated money under this act, showing the amounts distributed to each county road commission, city, and village and the purposes for which those amounts were expended.

History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 141, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 58, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1979 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1983 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1993 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act