The new technology is expected to be in 1998. PA 239 of 1996 authorizes the office of the Friend of the Court to petition a state court to suspend a payer's occupational or driver's license, if there is an arrearage of greater than three months. Appendix G includes several charts. These illustrate trial court mandatory licensing sanctions for drunk driving convictions, whether in an automobile, watercraft, snowmobile, or commercial motor vehicle, and penalties and licensing actions for non-driving offenses for those under age 21. An even more indepth chart.
Courts submit conviction and sentence information to the department on abstracts of conviction.
These are often electronic documents. Amended sentence information must be submitted to the department on an Amended Abstract form. Licensing sanctions which are a function of probation are not placed on driving records. Civil restoration appeals should be submitted on State Court Administrator form orders. This case clarifies that a court-ordered enhancement for a subsequent drunk driving conviction is based upon the violation date rather than the conviction date while the administrative action is based upon the conviction date of the subsequent drunk driving event.