Title: 
Headings: 
SUMMARY
ACT
 
51
 
OF
 
THE
 
PUBLIC
 
ACTS
 
OF
 
1951,
 
AS
 
AMENDED
“ACT
 
51
 
MADE
 
SIMPLE”

August
 
2000

 
[Sec.
 
10]

Comprehensive
 
Transportation
 
Fund
 
[Sec.
 
10b
 
and
 
e]

Jurisdictional
 
Road
 
Networks

State
 
Trunklines
 
[Sec.
 
1]:

County
 
Primary
 
and
 
Local
 
Roads
 
[Sec.
 
2,
 
3,
 
4
 
and
 
5]:

Transfer
 
of
 
mileage
 
between
 
jurisdictions

Formulas
 
and
 
Priorities
 
of
 
Funding


Content: vehicle
 
registration
 
fees,
 
and
 
other
 
miscellaneous
 
automobile-
related
 
taxes–are
 
depos
Interdepartmental
 
Transfers
 
—
 
In
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
state
 
Transportation
 
Department’s
appropriations
 
bill,
 
significant
 
payments
 
are
 
made
 
from
 
the
 
collected
 
funds
 
to
 
several
 
state
agencies
 
(the
 
Departments
 
of
 
State,
 
Treasury,
 
State
 
Police,
 
Natural
 
Resources,
 
Civil
 
Service,
 
and
the
 
Legislative
 
Auditor
 
General)
 
for
 
services
 
they
 
provide. These
 
payments
 
amounted
 
to
$108
 
million
 
in
 
Fiscal
 
Year
 
1996,
 
but
 
have
 
been
 
reduced
 
to
 
$64
 
million
 
in
 
recent
 
appropriations
bills. The
 
largest
 
interdepartmental
 
transfer
 
is
 
to
 
the
 
Secretary
 
of
 
State
 
for
 
administration
 
of
 
the
license-plate
 
system. Several
 
other
 
programs
 
receive
 
statutory
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
MTF. Through
 
Public
 
Act
 
221
 
of
 
1987,
two
 
per
 
cent
 
of
 
the
 
gasoline
 
tax
 
goes
 
to
 
the
 
DNR’s
 
Recreation
 
Improvement
 
Fund,
 
almost
 
$18
million
 
in
 
Fiscal
 
1998. This
 
amount
 
represents
 
taxes
 
paid
 
on
 
fuel
 
used
 
by
 
recreational
 
vehicles. Amendments
 
to
 
Formula
 
—
 
Before
 
the
 
three-way
 
division
 
is
 
made
 
of
 
funds
 
between
 
state
highways,
 
county
 
roads
 
and
 
municipal
 
streets,
 
several
 
appropriations
 
are
 
made
 
directly
 
to
programs
 
or
 
particular
 
jurisdictions: The
 
Rail
 
Grade
 
Crossing
 
Account
 
receives
 
$3
 
million. The
 
Critical
 
Bridge
 
Fund
 
receives
 
$3
 
million
 
for
 
debt
 
service
 
on
 
past
 
bond
 
issues,
 
and
 
$5
 
million
for
 
current
 
projects. An
 
amount
 
equal
 
to
 
3
 
cents’
 
tax
 
on
 
gasoline
 
(but
 
not
 
other
 
fuels)
 
is
 
divided
 
between
 
the
 
STF,
counties
 
and
 
cities
 
and
 
villages
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
39.1
 
/
 
39.1
 
/
 
21.8
 
per
 
cent
 
formula.