Fondos para la seguridad vial y programas de corrección en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

En Míchigan, hay dinero que se recoge para ayudar a la policía y a las cárceles. Este dinero se usa para pagar a más policías que cuiden las carreteras y para ayudar a los condados a mantener a los delincuentes en prisión.

Es como cuando ahorras dinero para comprar una bicicleta nueva. Aunque tengas otros gastos, ese dinero ahorrado solo se usará para la bicicleta y no para otra cosa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en el condado de Greenfield, el sheriff necesita más policías para patrullar las calles. Gracias a los fondos de seguridad vial, puede contratar a dos nuevos oficiales, lo que ayuda a reducir los accidentes de tráfico en la zona.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(2) A highway safety fund, a jail reimbursement program fund, and a secondary road patrol and training fund are created in the department of treasury. The highway safety fund and the secondary road patrol and training fund shall be administered by the department of state police. The jail reimbursement program fund shall be administered by the department of corrections. Until October 1, 2003, money collected under subsection (1) shall be deposited in the respective funds as provided in subsection (1). Beginning October 1, 2003, money collected under subsection (1) shall be deposited in the justice system fund created in section 181 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.181. Money remaining in the respective funds at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall remain in the respective funds for use for the purposes of the funds. The money deposited in the highway safety fund shall serve as a supplement to, and not as a replacement for, the funds budgeted for the department of state police. The money in the highway safety fund shall be used by the department of state police for the employment of additional state police enlisted personnel to enforce the traffic laws on the highways and freeways of this state. The money in the jail reimbursement program fund shall be used by the department of corrections to reimburse counties for housing and custody of convicted felons pursuant to the requirements of section 35 of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.35. The money in the secondary road patrol and training fund shall be used for secondary road patrol and traffic accident grants pursuant to section 77 of 1846 RS 14, MCL 51.77, and for grants under section 14 of the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 2