SB-0785, As Passed House, February 12, 2004                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                           HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR                                 

                                                                                

                           SENATE BILL NO. 785                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending sections 217d, 801, 811d, 811e, 811f, 811g, 811h,               

                                                                                

    811i, 811j, 811k, 811l, and 811n (MCL 257.217d, 257.801,                    

                                                                                

    257.811d, 257.811e, 257.811f, 257.811g, 257.811h, 257.811i,                 

                                                                                

    257.811j, 257.811k, 257.811l, and 257.811n), sections 217d, 801,            

                                                                                

    and 811h as amended by 2003 PA 152, sections 811d, 811f, and 811g           

                                                                                

    as added by 2000 PA 77, section 811e as amended by 2001 PA 124,             

                                                                                

    section 811i as added by 2000 PA 74, section 811j as added by               

                                                                                

    2000 PA 71, section 811k as added by 2000 PA 73, section 811l as            

                                                                                

    added by 2000 PA 70, and section 811n as added by 2000 PA 79, and           

                                                                                

    by adding sections 811m, 811o, and 811p; and to repeal acts and             

                                                                                

    parts of acts.                                                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 217d.  (1) The secretary of state shall design and may                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   issue a special congressional medal of honor registration plate             

                                                                                

2   for residents of this state awarded the congressional medal of              

                                                                                

3   honor.                                                                      

                                                                                

4       (2) A special congressional medal of honor registration plate               

                                                                                

5   shall be issued only for 1 vehicle intended for personal use by             

                                                                                

6   the applicant.                                                              

                                                                                

7       (3) A person who is a recipient of the congressional medal of               

                                                                                

8   honor may apply to the secretary of state for a special                     

                                                                                

9   registration plate under this section on a form prescribed by the           

                                                                                

10  secretary of state, which shall be accompanied by any proof of              

                                                                                

11  the applicant having been a congressional medal of honor                    

                                                                                

12  recipient that the secretary of state may require.  The secretary           

                                                                                

13  of state shall waive the $5.00 service fee requirement under                

                                                                                

14  section 804.                                                                

                                                                                

15      (4) A person who qualifies to be issued a special                           

                                                                                

16  registration plate under this section is entitled to only 1                 

                                                                                

17  special registration plate issued under subsection (1) that is              

                                                                                

18  exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.                     

                                                                                

19      (5) A person with disabilities who applies for a special                    

                                                                                

20  registration plate under this section shall be issued a tab for             

                                                                                

21  persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or            

                                                                                

22  her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

23  require the same proof that the applicant is disabled as is                 

                                                                                

24  required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under               

                                                                                

25  section 675.                                                                

                                                                                

26      (6) A special registration plate issued under subsection (1)                

                                                                                

27  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in which             


                                                                                

1   new plates are issued by the secretary of state.                            

                                                                                

2       (7) The secretary of state shall deliver or cause to be                     

                                                                                

3   delivered 1 or more special registration plates issued under this           

                                                                                

4   section to the home address of the applicant at no additional               

                                                                                

5   cost to the applicant.                                                      

                                                                                

6       (8) The secretary of state shall develop and, upon                          

                                                                                

7   application, may issue a Michigan veterans memorial registration            

                                                                                

8   plate to an applicant for use on the passenger motor vehicle,               

                                                                                

9   pickup truck, van, motor home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or               

                                                                                

10  trailer for which the registration plate is issued instead of a             

                                                                                

11  standard registration plate.  Michigan veterans memorial                    

                                                                                

12  registration plates shall bear letters and numbers that the                 

                                                                                

13  secretary of state prescribes.  The plate shall be of a design as           

                                                                                

14  determined by the secretary of state.  The word "Michigan" shall            

                                                                                

15  appear on each Michigan veterans memorial registration plate.               

                                                                                

16      (9) An application for a Michigan veterans memorial                         

                                                                                

17  registration plate shall be submitted to the secretary of state             

                                                                                

18  pursuant to the procedures prescribed in section 217.                       

                                                                                

19  Application for an original or renewal Michigan veterans memorial           

                                                                                

20  registration plate shall be accompanied with payment of the                 

                                                                                

21  regular vehicle registration tax in addition to the following:              

                                                                                

22      (a) For an original Michigan veterans memorial registration                 

                                                                                

23  plate, a donation of $25.00 and a service fee of not more than              

                                                                                

24  $10.00, as determined by the secretary of state.                            

                                                                                

25      (b) For a renewal Michigan veterans memorial registration                   

                                                                                

26  plate, a service fee of $10.00.                                             

                                                                                

27      (10) A Michigan veterans memorial registration plate shall                  


                                                                                

1   expire as described in section 226.  Upon the issuance or renewal           

                                                                                

2   of a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate, the secretary           

                                                                                

3   of state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year             

                                                                                

4   of expiration.                                                              

                                                                                

5       (11) The secretary of state may issue a temporary                           

                                                                                

6   registration permit to a person who submits an application and              

                                                                                

7   the proper payments for a Michigan veterans memorial registration           

                                                                                

8   plate if the applicant's current vehicle registration will expire           

                                                                                

9   before his or her receipt of a Michigan veterans memorial                   

                                                                                

10  registration plate.  The temporary registration shall expire upon           

                                                                                

11  receipt of a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate or 60            

                                                                                

12  days after the issuance of a Michigan veterans memorial                     

                                                                                

13  registration plate, whichever occurs first.  The temporary permit           

                                                                                

14  shall be issued without a separate fee.                                     

                                                                                

15      (12) Michigan veterans memorial registration plate service                  

                                                                                

16  fees collected under this section by the secretary of state shall           

                                                                                

17  be identified and segregated by the secretary of state into a               

                                                                                

18  separate account.  After deducting the manufacturing and                    

                                                                                

19  administrative costs of the secretary of state, including                   

                                                                                

20  administrative costs associated with issuing, replacing, and                

                                                                                

21  substituting plates, the secretary of state shall on a quarterly            

                                                                                

22  basis transfer all of the donations and the balance of the                  

                                                                                

23  Michigan veterans memorial registration plate service fees to the           

                                                                                

24  state treasurer who shall credit the fee money to the Vietnam               

                                                                                

25  veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3 of the                 

                                                                                

26  Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL                    

                                                                                

27  35.1053.  These funds shall be used exclusively for the purposes            


                                                                                

1   described in sections 5 and 7 of the Michigan Vietnam veterans              

                                                                                

2   memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1055 and 35.1057.                         

                                                                                

3       (13) For purposes of this section, "Michigan veterans                       

                                                                                

4   memorial registration plate" means a registration plate                     

                                                                                

5   containing a specialized design pertaining to Michigan veterans.            

                                                                                

6       Sec. 801.  (1) The secretary of state shall collect the                     

                                                                                

7   following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall           

                                                                                

8   exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,                 

                                                                                

9   except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain             

                                                                                

10  carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor              

                                                                                

11  carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes imposed            

                                                                                

12  by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to              

                                                                                

13  207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:                      

                                                                                

14      (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as                  

                                                                                

15  otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not               

                                                                                

16  more than 5,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according             

                                                                                

17  to the following schedule of empty weights:                                 

                                                                                

18    Empty weights                                           Fee               

                                                                                

19    0 to 3,000 pounds...................................  $ 29.00             

                                                                                

20    3,001 to 3,500 pounds...............................    32.00             

                                                                                

21    3,501 to 4,000 pounds...............................    37.00             

                                                                                

22    4,001 to 4,500 pounds...............................    43.00             

                                                                                

23    4,501 to 5,000 pounds...............................    47.00             

                                                                                

24    5,001 to 5,500 pounds...............................    52.00             

                                                                                

25    5,501 to 6,000 pounds...............................    57.00             

                                                                                

26    6,001 to 6,500 pounds...............................    62.00             

                                                                                

27    6,501 to 7,000 pounds...............................    67.00             


                                                                                

1     7,001 to 7,500 pounds...............................    71.00             

                                                                                

2     7,501 to 8,000 pounds...............................    77.00             

                                                                                

3     8,001 to 8,500 pounds...............................    81.00             

                                                                                

4     8,501 to 9,000 pounds...............................    86.00             

                                                                                

5     9,001 to 9,500 pounds...............................    91.00             

                                                                                

6     9,501 to 10,000 pounds..............................    95.00             

                                                                                

7     over 10,000 pounds......................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds             

                                                                                

8                                                   of empty weight             

                                                                                

9                                                                                On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed                          

                                                                                

10  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the                    

                                                                                

11  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that           

                                                                                

12  date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year           

                                                                                

13  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar            

                                                                                

14  year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar            

                                                                                

15  year which preceded that calendar year.  In performing the                  

                                                                                

16  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall           

                                                                                

17  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department           

                                                                                

18  of commerce or its successor agency.  A van which is owned by an            

                                                                                

19  individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who                    

                                                                                

20  transports a resident of his or her household who uses a                    

                                                                                

21  wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued pursuant            

                                                                                

22  to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax             

                                                                                

23  provided for in this subdivision.                                           

                                                                                

24      (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax                

                                                                                

25  shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l).  A trailer                

                                                                                

26  coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while            

                                                                                

27  located on land otherwise assessable as real property under the             


                                                                                

1   general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, if             

                                                                                

2   the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether             

                                                                                

3   or not permanently affixed to the soil, shall not be exempt from            

                                                                                

4   real property taxes.                                                        

                                                                                

5       (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a                  

                                                                                

6   farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming                    

                                                                                

7   operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment           

                                                                                

8   for other farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not             

                                                                                

9   for money, or used for the transportation of the farmer and the             

                                                                                

10  farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds             

                                                                                

11  of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor.  If           

                                                                                

12  the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is              

                                                                                

13  also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer shall be subject           

                                                                                

14  to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of            

                                                                                

15  the vehicle but shall not be subject to more than 1 tax rate                

                                                                                

16  under this act.                                                             

                                                                                

17      (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a                  

                                                                                

18  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood             

                                                                                

19  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk              

                                                                                

20  from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100              

                                                                                

21  pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck                 

                                                                                

22  tractor.  A registration secured by payment of the fee as                   

                                                                                

23  prescribed in this subdivision shall continue in full force and             

                                                                                

24  effect until the regular expiration date of the registration.  As           

                                                                                

25  used in this subdivision, "wood harvester" includes the person or           

                                                                                

26  persons hauling and transporting raw materials in the form                  

                                                                                

27  produced at the harvest site.  As used in this subdivision, "wood           


                                                                                

1   harvesting operations" does not include the transportation of               

                                                                                

2   processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed firewood for a              

                                                                                

3   profit making venture.                                                      

                                                                                

4       (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed                

                                                                                

5   funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral           

                                                                                

6   business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged            

                                                                                

7   in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to            

                                                                                

8   others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or           

                                                                                

9   ambulance.                                                                  

                                                                                

10      (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state                 

                                                                                

11  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit            

                                                                                

12  volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or             

                                                                                

13  university, $5.00 per plate.  A registration plate issued under             

                                                                                

14  this subdivision shall expire on June 30 of the year in which new           

                                                                                

15  registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the                    

                                                                                

16  secretary of state.                                                         

                                                                                

17      (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or                       

                                                                                

18  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit             

                                                                                

19  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,               

                                                                                

20  parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other             

                                                                                

21  grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit           

                                                                                

22  rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by           

                                                                                

23  a senior citizen center, $10.00 per  set  plate, if the bus,                

                                                                                

24  station wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or                

                                                                                

25  motor vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the                     

                                                                                

26  organization operating the vehicle.                                         

                                                                                

27      (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used                


                                                                                

1   to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to                  

                                                                                

2   children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as           

                                                                                

3   organized under  sections 40301 to 40307 of title 36 of the                 

                                                                                

4   United States Code, 36 U.S.C.  36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per            

                                                                                

5   plate, if the vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the            

                                                                                

6   civil air patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a              

                                                                                

7   nonprofit veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a            

                                                                                

8   nonprofit recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit              

                                                                                

9   conservation organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck               

                                                                                

10  chassis and a locomotive or ship's body  which  that is owned by            

                                                                                

11  a nonprofit veterans organization and used exclusively in parades           

                                                                                

12  and civic events; or for an emergency support vehicle used                  

                                                                                

13  exclusively for emergencies and owned and operated by a federally           

                                                                                

14  recognized nonprofit charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.             

                                                                                

15      (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a                   

                                                                                

16  bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,           

                                                                                

17  girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of           

                                                                                

18  the empty weight of the truck.                                              

                                                                                

19      (j) For each truck  ,  weighing 8,000 pounds or less  ,  and                

                                                                                

20  not used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to           

                                                                                

21  tow a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in            

                                                                                

22  a profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used             

                                                                                

23  to tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in              

                                                                                

24  subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the              

                                                                                

25  following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:                  

                                                                                

26    Empty weights                                    Per 100 pounds           

                                                                                

27    0 to 2,500 pounds...................................   $ 1.40             


                                                                                

1     2,501 to 4,000 pounds...............................     1.76             

                                                                                

2     4,001 to 6,000 pounds...............................     2.20             

                                                                                

3     6,001 to 8,000 pounds...............................     2.72             

                                                                                

4     8,001 to 10,000 pounds..............................     3.25             

                                                                                

5     10,001 to 15,000 pounds.............................     3.77             

                                                                                

6     15,001 pounds and over..............................     4.39             

                                                                                

7                                                                                If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of                         

                                                                                

8   the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for             

                                                                                

9   which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than            

                                                                                

10  the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this                     

                                                                                

11  subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this           

                                                                                

12  subdivision shall not be less than the tax required under                   

                                                                                

13  subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the               

                                                                                

14  same list price.                                                            

                                                                                

15      (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a                   

                                                                                

16  trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck             

                                                                                

17  weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,               

                                                                                

18  except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following            

                                                                                

19  schedule of elected gross weights:                                          

                                                                                

20    Elected gross weight                                    Fee               

                                                                                

21    0 to 24,000 pounds..................................$  491.00             

                                                                                

22    24,001 to 26,000 pounds.............................   558.00             

                                                                                

23    26,001 to 28,000 pounds.............................   558.00             

                                                                                

24    28,001 to 32,000 pounds.............................   649.00             

                                                                                

25    32,001 to 36,000 pounds.............................   744.00             

                                                                                

26    36,001 to 42,000 pounds.............................   874.00             

                                                                                

27    42,001 to 48,000 pounds............................. 1,005.00             


                                                                                

1     48,001 to 54,000 pounds............................. 1,135.00             

                                                                                

2     54,001 to 60,000 pounds............................. 1,268.00             

                                                                                

3     60,001 to 66,000 pounds............................. 1,398.00             

                                                                                

4     66,001 to 72,000 pounds............................. 1,529.00             

                                                                                

5     72,001 to 80,000 pounds............................. 1,660.00             

                                                                                

6     80,001 to 90,000 pounds............................. 1,793.00             

                                                                                

7     90,001 to 100,000 pounds............................ 2,002.00             

                                                                                

8     100,001 to 115,000 pounds........................... 2,223.00             

                                                                                

9     115,001 to 130,000 pounds........................... 2,448.00             

                                                                                

10    130,001 to 145,000 pounds........................... 2,670.00             

                                                                                

11    145,001 to 160,000 pounds........................... 2,894.00             

                                                                                

12    over 160,000 pounds................................. 3,117.00             

                                                                                

13      For each commercial vehicle registered pursuant to this                     

                                                                                

14  subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to            

                                                                                

15  be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951               

                                                                                

16  PA 51, MCL 247.675.                                                         

                                                                                

17                                                                               If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an                       

                                                                                

18  individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or           

                                                                                

19  corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the fee                 

                                                                                

20  prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor or road                

                                                                                

21  tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or                  

                                                                                

22  arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is           

                                                                                

23  entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.                         

                                                                                

24                                                                               (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or                           

                                                                                

25  trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following               

                                                                                

26  schedule of empty weights:                                                  

                                                                                

27    Empty weights                                           Fee               


                                                                                

1     0 to 2,499 pounds...................................  $ 75.00             

                                                                                

2     2,500 to 9,999 pounds...............................   200.00             

                                                                                

3     10,000 pounds and over..............................   300.00             

                                                                                

4       The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires                

                                                                                

5   only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration                

                                                                                

6   plate for all trailers.   If  Beginning October 1, 2003, if the             

                                                                                

7   secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all                

                                                                                

8   trailers, a person who has once paid the  fee  tax as increased             

                                                                                

9   by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision shall not be            

                                                                                

10  required to pay the  fee  tax for that vehicle a second time, but           

                                                                                

11  shall be required to pay only the cost of the reissued plate at             

                                                                                

12  the rate provided in section 804(2) for a standard plate.  A                

                                                                                

13  registration plate issued under this subdivision is                         

                                                                                

14  nontransferable.                                                            

                                                                                

15      (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation                 

                                                                                

16  of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment             

                                                                                

17  is made pursuant to 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according            

                                                                                

18  to the following schedule of empty weights:                                 

                                                                                

19    Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds             

                                                                                

20    0 to 4,000 pounds...................................   $ 1.76             

                                                                                

21    4,001 to 6,000 pounds...............................     2.20             

                                                                                

22    6,001 to 10,000 pounds..............................     2.72             

                                                                                

23    10,001 pounds and over..............................     3.25             

                                                                                

24    (n) For each motorcycle.............................    $ 23.00           

                                                                                

25                                                                               On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed                          

                                                                                

26  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the                    

                                                                                

27  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that           


                                                                                

1   date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year           

                                                                                

2   times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar            

                                                                                

3   year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar            

                                                                                

4   year which preceded that calendar year.  In performing the                  

                                                                                

5   calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall           

                                                                                

6   use the spring preliminary report of the United States department           

                                                                                

7   of commerce or its successor agency.                                        

                                                                                

8       Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each                    

                                                                                

9   motorcycle shall be increased by $3.00.  The $3.00 increase shall           

                                                                                

10  not be considered as part of the tax assessed under this                    

                                                                                

11  subdivision for the purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but           

                                                                                

12  shall be in addition to the tax assessed as a result of the                 

                                                                                

13  annual October 1 revisions.  Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of            

                                                                                

14  each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund             

                                                                                

15  in the state treasury and shall be used only for funding the                

                                                                                

16  motorcycle safety education program as provided for under                   

                                                                                

17  sections 312b and 811a.                                                     

                                                                                

18      (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road                      

                                                                                

19  tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or               

                                                                                

20  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and                

                                                                                

21  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting           

                                                                                

22  carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross              

                                                                                

23  weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that             

                                                                                

24  subdivision.                                                                

                                                                                

25      (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984                

                                                                                

26  or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required             

                                                                                

27  under section 217  which  that has not been previously subject to           


                                                                                

1   the tax rates of this section and  which  that is of the motor              

                                                                                

2   vehicle category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described            

                                                                                

3   in subdivision (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the             

                                                                                

4   following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:            

                                                                                

5                                                                                (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the                       

                                                                                

6   first registration  , which  that is not a transfer registration            

                                                                                

7   under section 809, and for the first registration after a                   

                                                                                

8   transfer registration under section 809, according to the                   

                                                                                

9   following schedule based on the vehicle's list price:                       

                                                                                

10    List Price                                              Tax               

                                                                                

11    $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.................................... $  30.00             

                                                                                

12    More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00................... $  33.00             

                                                                                

13    More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00................... $  38.00             

                                                                                

14    More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00................... $  43.00             

                                                                                

15    More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.................. $  48.00             

                                                                                

16    More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00................. $  53.00             

                                                                                

17    More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00................. $  58.00             

                                                                                

18    More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00................. $  63.00             

                                                                                

19    More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00................. $  68.00             

                                                                                

20    More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00................. $  73.00             

                                                                                

21    More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00................. $  78.00             

                                                                                

22    More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00................. $  83.00             

                                                                                

23    More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00................. $  88.00             

                                                                                

24    More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00................. $  93.00             

                                                                                

25    More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00................. $  98.00             

                                                                                

26    More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00................. $ 103.00             

                                                                                

27    More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00................. $ 108.00             


                                                                                

1     More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00................. $ 113.00             

                                                                                

2     More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00................. $ 118.00             

                                                                                

3     More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00................. $ 123.00             

                                                                                

4     More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00................. $ 128.00             

                                                                                

5     More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00................. $ 133.00             

                                                                                

6     More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00................. $ 138.00             

                                                                                

7     More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00................. $ 143.00             

                                                                                

8     More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00................. $ 148.00             

                                                                                

9       More than $30,000.00, the fee of $148.00 shall be increased                 

                                                                                

10  by $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00            

                                                                                

11  increment over $30,000.00.  If a current fee increases or                   

                                                                                

12  decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or           

                                                                                

13  transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased           

                                                                                

14  or decreased fee.                                                           

                                                                                

15      (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed                    

                                                                                

16  under subparagraph (i).                                                     

                                                                                

17      (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed                    

                                                                                

18  under subparagraph (ii).                                                     

                                                                                

19      (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the                 

                                                                                

20  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).                                       

                                                                                

21      For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has               

                                                                                

22  been previously registered by a person other than the person                

                                                                                

23  applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a                 

                                                                                

24  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in                

                                                                                

25  another state or country and is registered for the first time in            

                                                                                

26  this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by           

                                                                                

27  subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year            


                                                                                

1   for which the registration is sought.  If the result is zero or a           

                                                                                

2   negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid.  If              

                                                                                

3   the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,           

                                                                                

4   third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid.  A van                 

                                                                                

5   which  that is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or             

                                                                                

6   by an individual who transports a resident of his or her                    

                                                                                

7   household who uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates           

                                                                                

8   are issued pursuant to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate           

                                                                                

9   of 50% of the tax provided for in this subdivision.                         

                                                                                

10      (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.                                                 

                                                                                

11      (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this                   

                                                                                

12  section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar               

                                                                                

13  figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the             

                                                                                

14  computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and              

                                                                                

15  shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the                   

                                                                                

16  computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,                 

                                                                                

17  unless specific fees are specified, and the secretary of state              

                                                                                

18  may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle                

                                                                                

19  fully equipped for the use for which the registration application           

                                                                                

20  is made.  If the weight is not correctly stated or is not                   

                                                                                

21  satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual             

                                                                                

22  weight.  Each application for registration of a vehicle under               

                                                                                

23  subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to the application a           

                                                                                

24  scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time           

                                                                                

25  the application is made.  The scale weight receipt is not                   

                                                                                

26  necessary if there is presented with the application a                      

                                                                                

27  registration receipt of the previous year  which  that shows on             


                                                                                

1   its face the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the             

                                                                                

2   secretary of state and  which  that is accompanied by a statement           

                                                                                

3   of the applicant that there has not been a structural change in             

                                                                                

4   the motor vehicle  which  that has increased the weight and that            

                                                                                

5   the previous registered weight is the true weight.                          

                                                                                

6       (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying               

                                                                                

7   ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the                

                                                                                

8   specified number of motor vehicles registered.  A dealer is                 

                                                                                

9   exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or                 

                                                                                

10  bond.                                                                       

                                                                                

11      (3) Until October 1, 2009, the fee for a vehicle with an                    

                                                                                

12  empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed pursuant to subsection              

                                                                                

13  (1)(a) and the fees imposed pursuant to subsection  (1)(b), (c)             

                                                                                

14  (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) shall each be            

                                                                                

15  increased as follows:                                                       

                                                                                

16      (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25, which shall be credited to the               

                                                                                

17  traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a             

                                                                                

18  and used for the purpose of regulating highway safety.                      

                                                                                

19      (b) A fee of $5.75, which shall be credited to the                          

                                                                                

20  transportation administration collection fund created in section            

                                                                                

21  810b.                                                                       

                                                                                

22      (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not                  

                                                                                

23  received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration              

                                                                                

24  date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall                

                                                                                

25  collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after            

                                                                                

26  the expiration date.  An application for a renewal of a                     

                                                                                

27  registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the               


                                                                                

1   expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late           

                                                                                

2   fee.  The late fee collected under this subsection shall be                 

                                                                                

3   deposited into the general fund.                                            

                                                                                

4       (5) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

5       (a) "Gross proceeds" means gross proceeds as defined in                     

                                                                                

6   section 1 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51.            

                                                                                

7   However, gross proceeds shall include the value of the motor                

                                                                                

8   vehicle used as part payment of the purchase price as that value            

                                                                                

9   is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as evidenced by the                

                                                                                

10  signed agreement executed pursuant to section 251.                          

                                                                                

11      (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base list               

                                                                                

12  price as published by the secretary of state, or the                        

                                                                                

13  manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label                 

                                                                                

14  required to be affixed to the vehicle under section 3 of the                

                                                                                

15  automobile information disclosure act,  Public Law 85-506,                  

                                                                                

16  15 U.S.C.  15 USC 1232, if the secretary of state has not at the            

                                                                                

17  time of the sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's                  

                                                                                

18  suggested retail price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of           

                                                                                

19  the vehicle if the manufacturer's suggested base list price is              

                                                                                

20  unavailable from the sources described in this subdivision.                 

                                                                                

21      (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by the               

                                                                                

22  seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being              

                                                                                

23  registered.                                                                 

                                                                                

24      Sec. 811d.  (1) As used in this chapter:                                    

                                                                                

25      (a) "Fund-raising plate" means a registration plate                         

                                                                                

26  authorized to raise funds for a specified goal.                             

                                                                                

27      (b) "Collector plate" means a collector plate that matches                  


                                                                                

1   any registration plate developed and issued under this act.                 

                                                                                

2       (c) "Nonprofit" means that which is exempt from taxation                    

                                                                                

3   under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.           

                                                                                

4       (d) "Transportation administration collection fund" means the               

                                                                                

5   fund created under section 810b.                                            

                                                                                

6       (2) A fund-raising  registration  plate  series  shall                      

                                                                                

7   contain all of the following as prescribed or approved by the               

                                                                                

8   secretary of state:                                                         

                                                                                

9       (a) The same generic background.                                            

                                                                                

10      (b) Letters and numbers, except a personalized fund-raising                 

                                                                                

11  registration plate shall contain not more than 5 letter or number           

                                                                                

12  characters.                                                                 

                                                                                

13      (c) The word "Michigan" and any other unique identifier                     

                                                                                

14  specified by the secretary of state.                                        

                                                                                

15      (d) A design or logo.                                                       

                                                                                

16      (3) If the design or logo of a fund-raising plate uses 1 or                 

                                                                                

17  more designs, trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems,              

                                                                                

18  symbols, or other images that are owned by a Michigan university            

                                                                                

19  or other person, the Michigan university or other person shall              

                                                                                

20  grant to or obtain for the secretary of state both of the                   

                                                                                

21  following pursuant to a written agreement between the parties:              

                                                                                

22      (a) A nonexclusive worldwide license to use those designs,                  

                                                                                

23  trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or                

                                                                                

24  other images on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion,           

                                                                                

25  sale, or copyrighting of the registration plate or image of the             

                                                                                

26  fund-raising plate.                                                         

                                                                                

27      (b) The authority to merchandise the fund-raising plate or an               


                                                                                

1   image of the fund-raising plate.                                            

                                                                                

2       (4) In using or employing a design, trade name, trademark,                  

                                                                                

3   service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in                

                                                                                

4   conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or           

                                                                                

5   merchandising of a fund-raising plate or image of the                       

                                                                                

6   fund-raising plate, the secretary of state may alter the size of            

                                                                                

7   the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,            

                                                                                

8   logo, or other image but shall not change the color or design of            

                                                                                

9   the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,            

                                                                                

10  logo, or other image without the prior written consent of the               

                                                                                

11  respective Michigan university or other person.  The secretary of           

                                                                                

12  state shall not use or employ a design, trade name, trademark,              

                                                                                

13  service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in                

                                                                                

14  conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or           

                                                                                

15  merchandising of a fund-raising plate or an image of the                    

                                                                                

16  fund-raising plate in any manner that is offensive to the                   

                                                                                

17  Michigan university or other person that owns the design, trade             

                                                                                

18  name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other               

                                                                                

19  image that is the subject of a written agreement under subsection           

                                                                                

20  (3).                                                                        

                                                                                

21      Sec. 811e.  (1)  The  Beginning May 1, 2004, the secretary                  

                                                                                

22  of state may develop a  Michigan university fund-raising                    

                                                                                

23  registration plate as described in this section, and a matching             

                                                                                

24  Michigan university collector plate as described in section 811g            

                                                                                

25  fund-raising plate as provided in this section.                             

                                                                                

26      (2) A start-up fee of $15,000.00 shall be paid for any new                  

                                                                                

27  fund-raising plate authorized under this section, which fee shall           


                                                                                

1   be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund           

                                                                                

2   to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing                 

                                                                                

3   fund-raising plates.  If the fee described in this subsection is            

                                                                                

4   not paid within 18 months of the effective date of the public act           

                                                                                

5   that authorizes the development and issuance of a fund-raising              

                                                                                

6   plate, then the related fund-raising plate shall not be created,            

                                                                                

7   produced, or issued.  A start-up fee paid under this subsection             

                                                                                

8   is nonrefundable.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first                

                                                                                

10  issues 1 of the fund-raising plates as described in subsection              

                                                                                

11  (1) and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or               

                                                                                

12  other person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it             

                                                                                

13  as approved by the secretary of state.  The payment required                

                                                                                

14  under this subsection shall be deposited in the transportation              

                                                                                

15  administration collection fund to be used for the cost of                   

                                                                                

16  creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising plates.  A payment            

                                                                                

17  under this subsection is nonrefundable.                                     

                                                                                

18      (4)  (2)  The secretary of state may develop 1 or more                      

                                                                                

19  limited term registration plates to recognize a  state-sponsored            

                                                                                

20  event, a  Michigan university  ,  or an accomplishment or                   

                                                                                

21  occasion of a Michigan university.                                          

                                                                                

22      (3) The secretary of state may, at any 1 time, develop not                  

                                                                                

23  more than 7 different state-sponsored fund-raising registration             

                                                                                

24  plates as described in this section, and matching state-sponsored           

                                                                                

25  collector plates as described in section 811g.  As used in this             

                                                                                

26  section, "state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate" means            

                                                                                

27  a fund-raising registration plate authorized by a public act to             


                                                                                

1   raise funds for a state-sponsored goal.  The public act shall, at           

                                                                                

2   a minimum, do all of the following:                                         

                                                                                

3       (5) The secretary of state shall not develop or issue a                     

                                                                                

4   fund-raising plate unless a public act authorizing the                      

                                                                                

5   fund-raising plate, at a minimum, does all of the following:                

                                                                                

6       (a)  Identify  Identifies the purpose of the  state-sponsored               

                                                                                

7   fund-raising registration  fund-raising plate.                              

                                                                                

8       (b)  Create  Creates a  fund or designate an existing                       

                                                                                

9   nonprofit fund or designates an existing nonprofit fund to                  

                                                                                

10  receive the money raised through the sale of  state-sponsored               

                                                                                

11  fund-raising registration  fund-raising plates and matching                 

                                                                                

12  collector plates.                                                           

                                                                                

13      (c) If a fund is created,  name  names the person or entity                 

                                                                                

14  responsible for administering the fund.                                     

                                                                                

15      (4) The secretary of state may develop, promote, and market                 

                                                                                

16  the fund-raising registration plates and matching collector                 

                                                                                

17  plates issued under this section with the funds available through           

                                                                                

18  service fees.                                                               

                                                                                

19      (5) If the design or logo of a Michigan university                          

                                                                                

20  fund-raising registration plate or a state-sponsored fund-raising           

                                                                                

21  registration plate uses 1 or more designs, trade names,                     

                                                                                

22  trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or other images that           

                                                                                

23  are owned by the Michigan university that is requesting the                 

                                                                                

24  Michigan university fund-raising plate, the person or entity that           

                                                                                

25  is sponsoring a state-sponsored fund-raising plate, or any other            

                                                                                

26  person or entity, the Michigan university or sponsoring person or           

                                                                                

27  entity shall grant to or obtain for the secretary of state both             


                                                                                

1   of the following pursuant to a written agreement between the                

                                                                                

2   parties:                                                                    

                                                                                

3       (a) A nonexclusive worldwide license to use those designs,                  

                                                                                

4   trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or                

                                                                                

5   other images on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion,           

                                                                                

6   sale, or copyrighting of the registration plate or image of the             

                                                                                

7   registration plate.                                                         

                                                                                

8       (b) The authority to merchandise the registration plate or an               

                                                                                

9   image of the registration plate.                                            

                                                                                

10      (6) In using or employing a design, trade name, trademark,                  

                                                                                

11  service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in                

                                                                                

12  conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or           

                                                                                

13  merchandising of a registration plate or image of the                       

                                                                                

14  registration plate, the secretary of state may alter the size of            

                                                                                

15  the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,            

                                                                                

16  logo, or other image but shall not change the color or design of            

                                                                                

17  the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,            

                                                                                

18  logo, or other image without the prior written consent of the               

                                                                                

19  respective Michigan university or sponsoring person or entity.              

                                                                                

20  The secretary of state shall not use or employ a design, trade              

                                                                                

21  name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other               

                                                                                

22  image on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale,            

                                                                                

23  copyrighting, or merchandising of a registration plate or an                

                                                                                

24  image of the registration plate in any manner that is offensive             

                                                                                

25  to the Michigan university or sponsoring person or entity that              

                                                                                

26  complies with subsection (5).                                               

                                                                                

27      (7) As used in this section, "Michigan university                           


                                                                                

1   fund-raising registration plate" means a fund-raising                       

                                                                                

2   registration plate that is issued under this section at the                 

                                                                                

3   request of a Michigan university.                                           

                                                                                

4       Sec. 811f.  (1) The secretary of state may, upon                            

                                                                                

5   application, issue 1 fund-raising  registration  plate instead of           

                                                                                

6   a standard registration plate to a person for use on a passenger            

                                                                                

7   motor vehicle or motor home or a pickup truck or van used                   

                                                                                

8   exclusively to transport personal possessions or family members             

                                                                                

9   for nonbusiness purposes.                                                   

                                                                                

10      (2) A person  who wants to purchase a Michigan university or                

                                                                                

11  state-sponsored  may be issued a fund-raising  registration                 

                                                                                

12  plate for use on a vehicle under this act  shall apply  by                  

                                                                                

13  applying to the secretary of state  for a fund-raising                      

                                                                                

14  registration plate  pursuant to  the procedures prescribed in               

                                                                                

15  section 217.  An application for an original fund-raising                   

                                                                                

16  registration  plate shall be accompanied by a $25.00                       

                                                                                

17  fund-raising donation, payment of the regular vehicle                       

                                                                                

18  registration tax  provided for  prescribed under this act, and a            

                                                                                

19  $10.00 service fee.  An application for renewal of a fund-raising           

                                                                                

20  registration  plate shall be accompanied by payment of the                 

                                                                                

21  regular  vehicle registration tax  provided for under this act             

                                                                                

22  required under section 801 and a $10.00 fund-raising donation.              

                                                                                

23  Application for a replacement fund-raising  registration  plate             

                                                                                

24  shall be accompanied by payment of only the fee prescribed under            

                                                                                

25  section 804.                                                                

                                                                                

26      (3) The secretary of state may issue a personalized                         

                                                                                

27  fund-raising  registration  plate upon application and the                  


                                                                                

1   payment of the personalized registration plate fee prescribed               

                                                                                

2   under section 803b in addition to the fees and donations                    

                                                                                

3   prescribed under subsection (2) and the regular vehicle                     

                                                                                

4   registration tax  provided for  prescribed under this act.                  

                                                                                

5       (4) A disabled person who  makes application  applies for a                 

                                                                                

6   fund-raising  registration  plate under this section and who                

                                                                                

7   makes payment of  pays the required service fees shall be                  

                                                                                

8   issued, as determined by the secretary of state, a disabled                 

                                                                                

9   person's  tab  plate as provided in section  803f  803d for his             

                                                                                

10  or her fund-raising  registration  plate.  or a disabled person's           

                                                                                

11  fund-raising registration plate.  The secretary of state shall              

                                                                                

12  require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as           

                                                                                

13  is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under            

                                                                                

14  section 675.                                                                

                                                                                

15      (5) A fund-raising  registration  plate  shall expire                       

                                                                                

16  expires pursuant to section 226.  The secretary of state may                

                                                                                

17  issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of expiration            

                                                                                

18  for an original or renewal fund-raising  registration  plate.               

                                                                                

19      (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary registration               

                                                                                

20  permit to a person who submits an application and the proper fees           

                                                                                

21  and donation for a fund-raising  registration  plate, if the                

                                                                                

22  applicant's current vehicle registration will expire before his             

                                                                                

23  or her receipt of a fund-raising  registration  plate.  The                 

                                                                                

24  temporary registration shall expire upon the applicant's receipt            

                                                                                

25  of a fund-raising  registration  plate or upon the expiration of            

                                                                                

26  60  30 days after the date of issuance, whichever occurs first.            

                                                                                

27  The temporary permit shall be issued without a separate fee.                


                                                                                

1       Sec. 811g.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,                   

                                                                                

2   the secretary of state may develop, market, promote, and sell a             

                                                                                

3   collector plate.  that matches any registration plate issued by             

                                                                                

4   the secretary of state under this act.  However, the secretary of           

                                                                                

5   state shall only develop, market, and promote a collector plate             

                                                                                

6   with funds available from the collection of service fees under              

                                                                                

7   this chapter.                                                               

                                                                                

8       (2) A collector plate shall not be attached to a motor                      

                                                                                

9   vehicle in a manner prescribed in section 225.  A collector plate           

                                                                                

10  may be used on a vehicle in any lawful manner, including, but not           

                                                                                

11  limited to, being displayed on the front bumper of a vehicle.               

                                                                                

12      (3) A person may purchase 1 or more collector plates by                     

                                                                                

13  making payment to the secretary of state of the $10.00 service              

                                                                                

14  fee and  , if the plate is a matching Michigan university or                

                                                                                

15  state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate as defined in               

                                                                                

16  section 811e,  a $25.00 fund-raising donation.                              

                                                                                

17      (4) The secretary of state may, as determined necessary by                  

                                                                                

18  the secretary of state, cease to sell a collector plate.                    

                                                                                

19      Sec. 811h.  (1) Each service fee collected under sections                   

                                                                                

20  811f and 811g shall be credited to the transportation                       

                                                                                

21  administration collection fund created under section 810b.                  

                                                                                

22      (2) The secretary of state shall identify and segregate the                 

                                                                                

23  fund-raising donations collected under sections 811f and 811g               

                                                                                

24  into separate accounts.  The secretary of state shall create a              

                                                                                

25  separate account for each fund-raising plate  series  and                   

                                                                                

26  matching  its collector plates issued or sold by the secretary             

                                                                                

27  of state.  for a Michigan university or state-sponsored goal                


                                                                                

1   pursuant to section 811e.                                                   

                                                                                

2       (3) As determined necessary by the secretary of state but not               

                                                                                

3   more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the               

                                                                                

4   secretary of state shall not less than once each calendar quarter           

                                                                                

5   authorize the disbursement of fund-raising donations segregated             

                                                                                

6   under subsection (2) and, independent from any disbursement under           

                                                                                

7   subsection (2), report the number of each type of fund-raising              

                                                                                

8   registration  and  matching  collector plates issued, sold, or             

                                                                                

9   renewed  bearing the design or logo of that Michigan university             

                                                                                

10  or state-sponsored plate sponsor,  to the following, as                     

                                                                                

11  appropriate:                                                                

                                                                                

12      (a) The treasurer of a Michigan university.                                 

                                                                                

13      (b) The person or entity identified in a public act pursuant                

                                                                                

14  to section  811e(3)  811e to administer a state-sponsored                   

                                                                                

15  fund-raising registration plate fund.                                       

                                                                                

16      (c) The sponsor of a fund-raising plate issued as prescribed                

                                                                                

17  under section 811e that was developed and issued after the                  

                                                                                

18  effective date of the amendatory act that added this                        

                                                                                

19  subdivision.                                                                

                                                                                

20      (4) A fund-raising plate created after the effective date of                

                                                                                

21  the amendatory act that added this subsection shall meet or                 

                                                                                

22  exceed the following sales goals:                                           

                                                                                

23      (a) In the first year, 2,000 plates.                                        

                                                                                

24      (b) In the second and each subsequent year for 5 years, 500                 

                                                                                

25  original plates.                                                            

                                                                                

26      (5)  (4)  The secretary of state may cease to issue a                       

                                                                                

27  fund-raising  registration  plate or to issue a duplicate                   


                                                                                

1   replacement of a fund-raising  registration  plate for use on a             

                                                                                

2   vehicle if  the secretary of state issued fewer than 500 of a               

                                                                                

3   particular fund-raising registration plate within any prior 24              

                                                                                

4   consecutive months  that fund-raising plate fails to meet a sales           

                                                                                

5   goal described in subsection (4).  The secretary of state may               

                                                                                

6   also cease to sell a collector plate that matches the                       

                                                                                

7   discontinued fund-raising  registration  plate.  However, the               

                                                                                

8   secretary of state may continue to renew fund-raising                       

                                                                                

9   registration  plates already issued and collect the renewal                

                                                                                

10  fund-raising donation for those plates.   This subsection does              

                                                                                

11  not apply to Michigan university fund-raising registration plates           

                                                                                

12  issued under section 811f and matching Michigan university                  

                                                                                

13  collector plates issued under section 811g.                                 

                                                                                

14      (6)  (5)  The state of Michigan, through the secretary of                   

                                                                                

15  state, shall own all right, title, and interest in all                      

                                                                                

16  fund-raising  registration  plates and collector plates,                    

                                                                                

17  including the right to use, reproduce, or distribute a                      

                                                                                

18  fund-raising  registration  or collector plate or the image of a            

                                                                                

19  fund-raising  registration  or collector plate in any form.  The            

                                                                                

20  secretary of state may authorize the commercial or other use of a           

                                                                                

21  fund-raising  registration  or collector plate design, logo, or             

                                                                                

22  image if written consent is obtained from the pertinent Michigan            

                                                                                

23  university or other person  or entity  that sponsored a                     

                                                                                

24  state-sponsored  fund-raising  registration  plate.  under                 

                                                                                

25  section 811e.  However, the secretary of state shall not                    

                                                                                

26  authorize the commercial or other use of a fund-raising                     

                                                                                

27  registration  or collector plate under this section unless the             


                                                                                

1   user first agrees in writing to the terms and conditions that the           

                                                                                

2   secretary of state considers necessary.  Those terms and                    

                                                                                

3   conditions may include the payment of royalty fees to 1 or more             

                                                                                

4   of the following:                                                           

                                                                                

5       (a) This state.                                                             

                                                                                

6       (b) A Michigan university.                                                  

                                                                                

7       (c)  A  Another person  or entity  that sponsored a                         

                                                                                

8   state-sponsored  fund-raising  registration  plate.                        

                                                                                

9       (7)  (6)  A royalty fee paid to this state under a written                  

                                                                                

10  agreement described in subsection  (5)  (6) shall be credited to            

                                                                                

11  the  Michigan  transportation administration collection fund.               

                                                                                

12  established under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.                   

                                                                                

13      (8) Beginning not later than February 1, 2005, and annually                 

                                                                                

14  after that, an organization receiving fund-raising donations                

                                                                                

15  disbursed under this section shall report to the state                      

                                                                                

16  treasurer.  A report under this subsection shall include a                  

                                                                                

17  summary of expenditures during the preceding year of the money              

                                                                                

18  received under this section.                                                

                                                                                

19      Sec. 811i.   (1) The secretary of state shall develop under                 

                                                                                

20  section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            

                                                                                

21  a state-sponsored water quality fund-raising registration plate             

                                                                                

22  and a matching state-sponsored water quality collector plate as             

                                                                                

23  provided under section 811g.  The plate shall be of a design as             

                                                                                

24  determined by the secretary of state after consultation with and            

                                                                                

25  advice of the director of the department of environmental                   

                                                                                

26  quality.                                                                    

                                                                                

27      (1)  (2) Water quality fund-raising registration                            


                                                                                

1   Fund-raising plate donations collected for plates recognizing the           

                                                                                

2   water quality of this state under section 811f and  matching                

                                                                                

3   water quality  collector plate fund-raising donations collected             

                                                                                

4   under section 811g shall be disbursed under section 811h by the             

                                                                                

5   secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the             

                                                                                

6   donation money to the water quality protection fund created under           

                                                                                

7   subsection  (4)  (3).                                                       

                                                                                

8       (2)  (3)  The department of environmental quality shall                     

                                                                                

9   establish and administer a "water quality protection fund grant             

                                                                                

10  program" and shall set policy and oversee this program.  The                

                                                                                

11  program shall provide grants to local units of government for the           

                                                                                

12  purpose of protecting the water quality of the Michigan  great              

                                                                                

13  lakes  Great Lakes and inland lakes, rivers, and streams.  The              

                                                                                

14  department of environmental quality may promulgate rules to                 

                                                                                

15  implement this grant program under the administrative procedures            

                                                                                

16  act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.                             

                                                                                

17      (3)  (4)  The water quality protection fund is created within               

                                                                                

18  the state treasury.  The state treasurer may receive money or               

                                                                                

19  other assets from any source for deposit into the fund.  The                

                                                                                

20  state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.  The               

                                                                                

21  state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings              

                                                                                

22  from fund investments.  Money in the fund at the close of the               

                                                                                

23  fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the             

                                                                                

24  general fund.  Money from the fund shall be expended, upon                  

                                                                                

25  appropriation, only for the purpose of protecting the water                 

                                                                                

26  quality of the Michigan  great lakes  Great Lakes and inland                

                                                                                

27  lakes, rivers, and streams.                                                 


                                                                                

1       (4)  (5)  For purposes of this chapter,  :  (a) "Local                      

                                                                                

2   "local unit of government" means any of the following:                      

                                                                                

3       (a)  (i)  A county, city, village, or township.                             

                                                                                

4       (b)  (ii)  An agency of a county, city, village, or                          

                                                                                

5   township.                                                                   

                                                                                

6       (c)  (iii)  The office of a county drain commissioner.                       

                                                                                

7       (d)  (iv)  A soil conservation district established under                    

                                                                                

8   part 93 of the natural resources and environmental protection               

                                                                                

9   act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.9301 to 324.9313.                                 

                                                                                

10      (e)  (v)  A watershed council established under part 311 of                 

                                                                                

11  the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA             

                                                                                

12  451, MCL 324.31101 to 324.31119.                                            

                                                                                

13      (f)  (vi)  A local health department as that term is defined                 

                                                                                

14  in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL                 

                                                                                

15  333.1105.                                                                   

                                                                                

16      (g)  (vii)  A community college or junior college established                

                                                                                

17  pursuant to section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution             

                                                                                

18  of 1963.                                                                    

                                                                                

19      (h)  (viii)  A 4-year institution of higher education, public                 

                                                                                

20  or private, located in this state.                                          

                                                                                

21      (i)  (ix)  An authority or other public body created by or                   

                                                                                

22  pursuant to state law.                                                      

                                                                                

23      (b) "Water quality fund-raising registration plate" means a                 

                                                                                

24  registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to            

                                                                                

25  the water quality of this state.                                            

                                                                                

26      Sec. 811j.  (1)  The secretary of state shall develop under                 

                                                                                

27  section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            


                                                                                

1   a state-sponsored  A fund-raising plate or collector plate                  

                                                                                

2   recognizing children's trust  fund-raising registration plate and           

                                                                                

3   a matching state-sponsored children's trust collector plate as              

                                                                                

4   provided under section 811g.  The plate  shall be of a design as            

                                                                                

5   determined by the secretary of state after consultation with the            

                                                                                

6   state child abuse and neglect prevention board created in section           

                                                                                

7   3 of the child abuse and neglect prevention act, 1982 PA 250, MCL           

                                                                                

8   722.603.                                                                    

                                                                                

9       (2)  Children's trust fund-raising registration plate                       

                                                                                

10  Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing children's trust              

                                                                                

11  collected under  section 811f and matching children's trust                 

                                                                                

12  collector plate fund-raising donations collected under section              

                                                                                

13  sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by           

                                                                                

14  the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit             

                                                                                

15  the donation money to the children's trust fund created under               

                                                                                

16  section 1 of 1982 PA 249, MCL 21.171, for the support and benefit           

                                                                                

17  of the children of this state.                                              

                                                                                

18      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored                          

                                                                                

19  children's trust fund-raising registration plate" means a                   

                                                                                

20  registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to            

                                                                                

21  the children of this state.                                                 

                                                                                

22      Sec. 811k.   (1) The secretary of state shall develop under                 

                                                                                

23  section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            

                                                                                

24  a state-sponsored lighthouse fund-raising registration plate and            

                                                                                

25  a matching state-sponsored lighthouse fund-raising collector                

                                                                                

26  plate as provided under section 811g.  The plate shall be of a              

                                                                                

27  design as determined by the secretary of state.                             


                                                                                

1       (1)  (2)  The Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund is                

                                                                                

2   created as a separate fund in the department of treasury.  The              

                                                                                

3   fund shall be expended only as provided in this section.  The               

                                                                                

4   state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source           

                                                                                

5   for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer shall direct the            

                                                                                

6   investment of the fund.  The state treasurer shall credit to the            

                                                                                

7   fund interest and earnings from fund investments.  The state                

                                                                                

8   treasurer shall annually present to the  secretary of state                 

                                                                                

9   department of history, arts, and libraries an accounting of the             

                                                                                

10  amount of money in the fund.  Money in the fund at the close of             

                                                                                

11  the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to             

                                                                                

12  the general fund.                                                           

                                                                                

13      (2)  (3)  The  secretary of state  department of history,                   

                                                                                

14  arts, and libraries shall administer the Michigan lighthouse                

                                                                                

15  preservation fund and may expend money from  the  that fund                 

                                                                                

16  through discretionary historical grants to preserve Michigan                

                                                                                

17  lighthouses.  The  secretary of state  department of history,               

                                                                                

18  arts, and libraries shall  not  use not more than 10% of the                

                                                                                

19  funds for  the secretary of state's  costs that occur from fund             

                                                                                

20  administration and grant project coordination.                              

                                                                                

21      (3)  (4)  The  secretary of state  department of history,                   

                                                                                

22  arts, and libraries may award grants under subsection (2) for the           

                                                                                

23  preparation of plans and specifications for restoration and                 

                                                                                

24  stabilization and for stabilization, rehabilitation, or other               

                                                                                

25  preservation work on a Michigan lighthouse, but grants shall not            

                                                                                

26  be awarded for operational purposes.  The  secretary of state               

                                                                                

27  department of history, arts, and libraries shall allocate grant             


                                                                                

1   funds pursuant to eligibility and scoring requirements                      

                                                                                

2   established by the  secretary of state  department of history,              

                                                                                

3   arts, and libraries.  To award grants under this section, the               

                                                                                

4   secretary of state  department of history, arts, and libraries             

                                                                                

5   shall solicit applications from eligible recipients, score                  

                                                                                

6   applications based on the established criteria, and award grants            

                                                                                

7   through executed contracts.  All plans and work performed under a           

                                                                                

8   grant shall be consistent with the United States secretary of the           

                                                                                

9   interior's standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for                  

                                                                                

10  rehabilitating historic buildings,  36 C.F.R.  36 CFR 67,                   

                                                                                

11  historic preservation certifications.                                       

                                                                                

12      (4)  (5) Lighthouse fund-raising registration plate donations               

                                                                                

13  collected under section 811f and matching lighthouse collector              

                                                                                

14  plate fund-raising donations collected under section                        

                                                                                

15  Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the historical                

                                                                                

16  lighthouses of this state under sections 811f and 811g shall be             

                                                                                

17  transferred under section  811m  811h by the  secretary of state            

                                                                                

18  department of history, arts, and libraries to the state                     

                                                                                

19  treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the Michigan              

                                                                                

20  lighthouse preservation grant fund for the preservation of                  

                                                                                

21  historic Michigan lighthouses.                                              

                                                                                

22      (6) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored                          

                                                                                

23  lighthouse fund-raising registration plate" means a registration            

                                                                                

24  plate containing a specialized design pertaining to historic                

                                                                                

25  Michigan lighthouses.                                                       

                                                                                

26      Sec. 811l.  (1)  The secretary of state shall develop under                 

                                                                                

27  section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            


                                                                                

1   a state-sponsored critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising            

                                                                                

2   registration plate and a matching state-sponsored critical                  

                                                                                

3   nongame wildlife habitat collector plate as provided under                  

                                                                                

4   section 811g.  The plate  A fund-raising plate or collector plate           

                                                                                

5   recognizing the critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state            

                                                                                

6   shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state                

                                                                                

7   after  consultation  consulting with the director of the                    

                                                                                

8   department of natural resources.                                            

                                                                                

9       (2)  Critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising                         

                                                                                

10  registration plate donations collected under section 811f and               

                                                                                

11  matching critical nongame wildlife habitat collector plate                  

                                                                                

12  fund-raising donations  Fund-raising donations for plates                   

                                                                                

13  described in subsection (1) collected under  section  sections              

                                                                                

14  811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the                

                                                                                

15  secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the             

                                                                                

16  donation money to the nongame fish and wildlife trust fund                  

                                                                                

17  created under section 43902 of the natural resources and                    

                                                                                

18  environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.43902.                   

                                                                                

19      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored critical                 

                                                                                

20  nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising registration plate" means a           

                                                                                

21  registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to            

                                                                                

22  the critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state.                       

                                                                                

23      Sec. 811m.  Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing                   

                                                                                

24  the Michigan veterans memorial collected under sections 811f and            

                                                                                

25  811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of            

                                                                                

26  state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money           

                                                                                

27  to the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section           


                                                                                

1   3 of the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL           

                                                                                

2   35.1053.  These donations shall be used exclusively for the                 

                                                                                

3   purposes described in sections 5 and 7 of the Michigan Vietnam              

                                                                                

4   veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1055 and 35.1057.                

                                                                                

5       Sec. 811n.   (1) The secretary of state shall develop under                 

                                                                                

6   section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            

                                                                                

7   a state-sponsored agricultural heritage fund-raising registration           

                                                                                

8   plate and a matching state-sponsored agricultural heritage                  

                                                                                

9   collector plate as provided under section 811g.  (2) Agricultural           

                                                                                

10  heritage fund-raising registration plate  Fund-raising donations            

                                                                                

11  collected under section 811f and matching agricultural heritage            

                                                                                

12  collector plate fund-raising donations  for plates recognizing              

                                                                                

13  the agricultural heritage of this state collected under  section            

                                                                                

14  sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by           

                                                                                

15  the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall disburse           

                                                                                

16  the donation money to Michigan state university development,                

                                                                                

17  designated for the FFA vision2000 endowment fund, for the purpose           

                                                                                

18  of providing grants for agri-science, natural resources, and                

                                                                                

19  environmental K-12 educational programs.                                    

                                                                                

20      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored                          

                                                                                

21  agricultural heritage fund-raising registration plate" means a              

                                                                                

22  registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to            

                                                                                

23  the agricultural heritage of this state.                                    

                                                                                

24      Sec. 811o.  (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate                     

                                                                                

25  recognizing American pride shall be of a design as determined by            

                                                                                

26  the secretary of state and contain the words "proud to be                   

                                                                                

27  American" and "Michigan".  Fund-raising donations for plates                


                                                                                

1   recognizing American pride collected under sections 811f and 811g           

                                                                                

2   shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state           

                                                                                

3   to the state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to            

                                                                                

4   the proud to be American fund established under this section.               

                                                                                

5       (2) The proud to be American fund is created within the state               

                                                                                

6   treasury.  The state treasurer may receive money or other assets            

                                                                                

7   from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

                                                                                

8   shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

                                                                                

9   shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

                                                                                

10  investments.                                                                

                                                                                

11      (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall                 

                                                                                

12  remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.                 

                                                                                

13      (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a               

                                                                                

14  monthly basis as follows:                                                   

                                                                                

15      (a) Fifty percent to the American National Red Cross                        

                                                                                

16  established under 36 USC 300101 as represented by the Michigan              

                                                                                

17  state service council.                                                      

                                                                                

18      (b) Fifty percent to the Salvation Army.                                    

                                                                                

19      (5) The American National Red Cross and the Salvation Army                  

                                                                                

20  shall expend the money received under this section for disaster             

                                                                                

21  preparedness and disaster relief in the United States of                    

                                                                                

22  America.                                                                    

                                                                                

23      (6) The American National Red Cross and the Salvation Army                  

                                                                                

24  shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting           

                                                                                

25  of money received and used under this section.                              

                                                                                

26      Sec. 811p.  (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate                     

                                                                                

27  recognizing the Olympic education-training center in this state             


                                                                                

1   shall bear an appropriate logo, the design of which the Olympic             

                                                                                

2   education-training center shall submit to the secretary of                  

                                                                                

3   state.  The secretary of state shall confer with the department             

                                                                                

4   of state police to ensure that the design will not compromise the           

                                                                                

5   ability of law enforcement agencies to accurately identify                  

                                                                                

6   specific vehicles.                                                          

                                                                                

7       (2) Registration plates bearing an Olympic education-training               

                                                                                

8   center logo shall not be a duplication of another registration              

                                                                                

9   plate.  The Olympic education-training center shall comply with             

                                                                                

10  section 803m(2), (3)(c) and (d), and (4)(c) and (d).                        

                                                                                

11      (3) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the Olympic               

                                                                                

12  education-training center collected under section 811f or 811g              

                                                                                

13  shall be transferred by the secretary of state to the state                 

                                                                                

14  treasurer, who shall credit the funds to the Olympic                        

                                                                                

15  education-training center fund.  The money in the Olympic                   

                                                                                

16  education-training center fund shall, upon appropriation, be                

                                                                                

17  distributed to the Olympic education-training center.                       

                                                                                

18      Enacting section 1.  Sections 217m, 217n, and 811c of the                   

                                                                                

19  Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.217m, 257.217n, and             

                                                                                

20  257.811c, are repealed.                                                     

                                                                                

21      Enacting section 2.  Enacting section 1 of 2000 PA 77 is                    

                                                                                

22  repealed.