HB-4630, As Passed Senate, June 11, 2014
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4630
(As amended June 11, 2014)
<<A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 217, 224, 226, 234, 255, 256, 312c, 312e,
801, 801b, 801e, 801g, 801j, 802, 803, 803a, 803b, 803e, 803g,
806, 807, 809, 811, and 812 (MCL 257.217, 257.224, 257.226,
257.234, 257.255, 257.256, 257.312c, 257.312e, 257.801, 257.801b,
257.801e, 257.801g, 257.801j, 257.802, 257.803, 257.803a,
257.803b, 257.803e, 257.803g, 257.806, 257.807, 257.809, 257.811,
and 257.812), sections 217 and 801 as amended and section 801j as
added by 2012 PA 498, section 224 as amended by 2013 PA 179,
section 226 as amended by 2004 PA 163, section 234 as amended by
2002 PA 552, section 255 as amended by 2003 PA 9, section 256 as
amended by 1987 PA 34, section 312c as amended by 2003 PA 103,
House Bill No. 4630 as amended June 11, 2014
sections 312e, 801g, 802, 803b, 806, and 809 as amended by 2011
PA 159, section 801b as amended by 1986 PA 311, section 801e as
amended by 1983 PA 91, section 803 as amended by 2002 PA 490,
section 803a as amended by 1996 PA 404, section 803e as amended
by 2011 PA 46, section 803g as added by 1987 PA 151, section 807
as amended by 2003 PA 152, section 811 as amended by 2006 PA 589,
and section 812 as amended by 2005 PA 142; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.>>
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 217. (1) An owner of a vehicle that is subject to
2 registration under this act shall apply to the secretary of
3 state, upon an appropriate form furnished by the secretary of
4 state, for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of a
5 certificate of title for the vehicle. A vehicle brought into this
6 state from another state or jurisdiction that has a rebuilt,
7 salvage, scrap, flood, or comparable certificate of title issued
8 by that other state or jurisdiction shall be issued a rebuilt,
9 salvage, scrap, or flood certificate of title by the secretary of
10 state. The application shall be accompanied by the required fee.
11 An application for a certificate of title shall bear the
12 signature or verification and certification of the owner. The
13 application shall contain all of the following:
14 (a) The owner's name, the owner's bona fide residence, and
15 either of the following:
16 (i) If the owner is an individual, the owner's mailing
17 address.
18 (ii) If the owner is a firm, association, partnership,
1 limited liability company, or corporation, the owner's business
2 address.
3 (b) A description of the vehicle including the make or name,
4 style of body, and model year; the number of miles, not including
5 the tenths of a mile, registered on the vehicle's odometer at the
6 time of transfer; whether the vehicle is a flood vehicle or
7 another state previously issued the vehicle a flood certificate
8 of title; whether the vehicle is to be or has been used as a taxi
9 or police vehicle, or by a political subdivision of this state,
10 unless the vehicle is owned by a dealer and loaned or leased to a
11 political subdivision of this state for use as a driver education
12 vehicle; whether the vehicle has previously been issued a salvage
13 or rebuilt certificate of title from this state or a comparable
14 certificate of title from any other state or jurisdiction;
15 vehicle identification number; and the vehicle's weight fully
16 equipped, if a passenger vehicle registered in accordance with
17 under section 801(1)(a), and, if a trailer coach or pickup
18 camper, in addition to the weight, the manufacturer's serial
19 number, or in the absence of the serial number, a number assigned
20 by the secretary of state. A number assigned by the secretary of
21 state shall be permanently placed on the trailer coach or pickup
22 camper in the manner and place designated by the secretary of
23 state.
24 (c) A statement of the applicant's title and the names and
25 addresses of the holders of security interests in the vehicle and
26 in an accessory to the vehicle, in the order of their priority.
27 (d) Further information that the secretary of state
1 reasonably requires to enable the secretary of state to determine
2 whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration and the
3 owner entitled to a certificate of title. If the secretary of
4 state is not satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle having a
5 value over $2,500.00 or that is less than 10 years old, before
6 registering the vehicle and issuing a certificate of title, the
7 secretary of state may require the applicant to file a properly
8 executed surety bond in a form prescribed by the secretary of
9 state and executed by the applicant and a company authorized to
10 conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an
11 amount equal to twice the value of the vehicle as determined by
12 the secretary of state and shall be conditioned to indemnify or
13 reimburse the secretary of state, any prior owner, and any
14 subsequent purchaser or lessee of the vehicle and their
15 successors in interest against any expense, loss, or damage,
16 including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance
17 of a certificate of title for the vehicle or on account of any
18 defect in the right, title, or interest of the applicant in the
19 vehicle. An interested person has a right of action to recover on
20 the bond for a breach of the conditions of the bond, but the
21 aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed
22 the amount of the bond. If the secretary of state is not
23 satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle that is valued at
24 $2,500.00 or less and that is 10 years old or older, the
25 secretary of state shall require the applicant to certify that
26 the applicant is the owner of the vehicle and entitled to
27 register and title the vehicle.
1 (e) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the applicant
2 shall attach a scale weight receipt of the motor vehicle fully
3 equipped as of the time the application is made to an application
4 for a commercial vehicle. shall also have attached a scale weight
5 receipt of the motor vehicle fully equipped as of the time the
6 application is made. A
scale weight receipt is not necessary if
7 there is presented the
applicant presents with the application
a
8 registration receipt of the previous year that shows on its face
9 the empty weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the
10 secretary of state that is accompanied by and a
statement of the
11 applicant that there has not been structural change in the motor
12 vehicle that has increased the empty weight and that the previous
13 registered weight is the true weight.
14 (f) An application for registration of a vehicle on the
15 basis of elected gross weight shall include a declaration by the
16 applicant specifying the elected gross weight for which the
17 application is being made.
18 (g) If the application is for a certificate of title of a
19 motor vehicle registered in accordance with under section
20 801(1)(p), 801(1)(i),
the application shall include the
21 manufacturer's suggested base list price for the model year of
22 the vehicle. Annually, the secretary of state shall publish a
23 list of the manufacturer's suggested base list price for each
24 vehicle being manufactured. Once a base list price is published
25 by the secretary of state for a model year for a vehicle, the
26 base list price shall not be affected by subsequent increases in
27 the manufacturer's suggested base list price but shall remain the
1 same throughout the model year unless changed in the annual list
2 published by the secretary of state. If the secretary of state's
3 list has not been published for that vehicle by the time of the
4 application for registration, the base list price shall be the
5 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
6 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232. If the
7 manufacturer's suggested retail price is unavailable, the
8 application shall list the purchase price of the vehicle as
9 defined in section 801.
10 (2) An applicant for registration of a leased pickup truck
11 or passenger vehicle that is subject to registration under this
12 act, except a vehicle that is subject to a registration fee under
13 section 801g, shall disclose in writing to the secretary of state
14 the lessee's name, the lessee's bona fide residence, and either
15 of the following:
16 (a) If the lessee is an individual, the lessee's Michigan
17 driver operator's license number or Michigan personal
18 identification number or, if the lessee does not have a Michigan
19 driver operator's license or Michigan personal identification
20 number, the lessee's mailing address.
21 (b) If the lessee is a firm, association, partnership,
22 limited liability company, or corporation, the lessee's business
23 address.
24 (3) The secretary of state shall maintain the information
25 described in subsection (2) on the secretary of state's computer
26 records.
27 (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a dealer selling,
1 leasing, or exchanging vehicles required to be titled, within 15
2 days after delivering a vehicle to the purchaser or lessee, and a
3 person engaged in the sale of vessels required to be numbered by
4 part 801 of the natural resources and environmental protection
5 act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80101 to 324.80199, within 15 days
6 after delivering a boat trailer weighing less than 2,500 pounds
7 to the purchaser or lessee, shall apply to the secretary of state
8 for a new title, if required, and transfer or secure registration
9 plates and secure a certificate of registration for the vehicle
10 or boat trailer, in the name of the purchaser or lessee. The
11 dealer's license may be suspended or revoked in accordance with
12 section 249 for failure to apply for a title when required or for
13 failure to transfer or secure registration plates and certificate
14 of registration within the 15 days required by this section. If
15 the dealer or person fails to apply for a title when required,
16 and to transfer or secure registration plates and secure a
17 certificate of registration and pay the required fees within 15
18 days of delivery of the vehicle or boat trailer, a title and
19 registration for the vehicle or boat trailer may subsequently be
20 acquired only upon the payment of a late transfer fee of $15.00
21 for an individual or a dealer other than a dealer subject to
22 section 235b in addition to the fees specified in section 806.
23 For a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to section 235b,
24 the late transfer fee is $100.00 in addition to the fees
25 specified in section 806. The purchaser or lessee of the vehicle
26 or the purchaser of the boat trailer shall sign the application,
27 including, if applicable, the declaration specifying the maximum
1 elected gross weight as required by subsection (1)(f), and other
2 necessary papers to enable the dealer or person to secure the
3 title, registration plates, and transfers from the secretary of
4 state. If the secretary of state mails or delivers a purchaser's
5 certificate of title to a dealer, the dealer shall mail or
6 deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser not more than 5
7 days after receiving the certificate of title from the secretary
8 of state.
9 (5) A dealer selling or exchanging an off lease or buy back
10 vehicle shall apply to the secretary of state for a new title for
11 the vehicle within 15 days after it receives the certificate of
12 title from the lessor or manufacturer under section 235 or
13 section 235b and transfer or secure registration plates and
14 secure a certificate of registration for the vehicle in the name
15 of the purchaser. The dealer's license may be suspended or
16 revoked in accordance with section 249 for failure to apply for a
17 title when required or for failure to transfer or secure
18 registration plates and certificate of registration within the
19 15-day period. If the dealer or person fails to apply for a title
20 when required, and to transfer or secure registration plates and
21 secure a certificate of registration and pay the required fees
22 within the 15-day time period, a title and registration for the
23 vehicle may subsequently be acquired only upon the payment of a
24 late transfer fee of $15.00 for an individual or dealer other
25 than a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to section 235b
26 in addition to the fees specified in section 806. The late
27 transfer fee for a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to
1 section 235b is $100.00 in addition to the fees specified in
2 section 806. The purchaser of the vehicle shall sign the
3 application, including, if applicable, the declaration specifying
4 the maximum elected gross weight as required by subsection
5 (1)(f), and other necessary papers to enable the dealer or person
6 to secure the title, registration plates, and transfers from the
7 secretary of state. If the secretary of state mails or delivers a
8 purchaser's certificate of title to a dealer, the dealer shall
9 mail or deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser not
10 more than 5 days after receiving the certificate of title from
11 the secretary of state.
12 (6) If a vehicle is delivered to a purchaser or lessee who
13 has valid Michigan registration plates that are to be transferred
14 to the vehicle, and an application for title, if required, and
15 registration for the vehicle is not made before delivery of the
16 vehicle to the purchaser or lessee, the registration plates shall
17 be affixed to the vehicle immediately, and the dealer shall
18 provide the purchaser or lessee with an instrument in writing, on
19 a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which shall serve as
20 a temporary registration for the vehicle for a period of 15 days
21 from the date the vehicle is delivered.
22 (7) An application for a certificate of title that indicates
23 the existence of a security interest in the vehicle or in an
24 accessory to the vehicle, if requested by the security interest
25 holder, shall be accompanied by a copy of the security agreement
26 that need not be signed. The request may be made of the seller on
27 an annual basis. The secretary of state shall indicate on the
1 copy the date and place of filing of the application and return
2 the copy to the person submitting the application who shall
3 forward it to the holder of the security interest named in the
4 application.
5 (8) If the seller does not prepare the credit information,
6 contract note, and mortgage, and the holder, finance company,
7 credit union, or banking institution requires the installment
8 seller to record the lien on the title, the holder, finance
9 company, credit union, or banking institution shall pay the
10 seller a service fee of not more than $10.00. The service fee
11 shall be paid from the finance charges and shall not be charged
12 to the buyer in addition to the finance charges. The holder,
13 finance company, credit union, or banking institution shall issue
14 its check or bank draft for the principal amount financed,
15 payable jointly to the buyer and seller, and there shall be
16 imprinted on the back side
of the check or bank draft shall
be
17 imprinted with the following:
18 "Under Michigan law, the seller must record a first lien in
19 favor of (name of lender) _______________ on the vehicle with
20 vehicle identification number _______________ and title the
21 vehicle only in the name(s) shown on the reverse side." On the
22 front of the sales check or draft, the holder, finance company,
23 credit union, or banking institution shall note the name(s) name
24
or names of the prospective owner(s).owner or owners. Failure of
25 the holder, finance company, credit union, or banking institution
26 to comply with these requirements frees the seller from any
27 obligation to record the lien or from any liability that may
1 arise as a result of the failure to record the lien. A service
2 fee shall not be charged to the buyer.
3 (9) In the absence of actual malice proved independently and
4 not inferred from lack of probable cause, a person who in any
5 manner causes a prosecution for larceny of a motor vehicle; for
6 embezzlement of a motor vehicle; for any crime an element of
7 which is the taking of a motor vehicle without authority; or for
8 buying, receiving, possessing, leasing, or aiding in the
9 concealment of a stolen, embezzled, or converted motor vehicle
10 knowing that the motor vehicle has been stolen, embezzled, or
11 converted, is not liable for damages in a civil action for
12 causing the prosecution. This subsection does not relieve a
13 person from proving any other element necessary to sustain his or
14 her cause of action.
15 (10) Receipt by the secretary of state of a properly
16 tendered application for a certificate of title on which a
17 security interest in a vehicle is to be indicated is a condition
18 of perfection of a security interest in the vehicle and is
19 equivalent to filing a financing statement under the uniform
20 commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102,
21 440.9994, with respect to the vehicle. When a security interest
22 in a vehicle is perfected, it has priority over the rights of a
23 lien creditor as lien creditor that term is defined in
section
24 9102 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9102.
25 (11) The secretary of state shall deposit a late transfer
26 fee collected under subsection (4) or (5) into the transportation
27 administration collection fund created in section 810b.
1 Sec. 224. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act
2 regarding tabs or stickers, upon registering a vehicle, the
3 secretary of state shall issue to the owner 1 registration plate.
4 (2) A registration plate shall display the registration
5 number assigned to the vehicle for which the registration plate
6 is issued; the name of this state, which may be abbreviated; and
7 when the registration plate expires, which may be shown by a tab
8 or sticker furnished by the secretary of state.
9 (3) A registration plate issued for motor vehicles owned and
10 operated by this state; a state institution; a municipality; a
11 privately incorporated, nonprofit volunteer fire department; or a
12 nonpublic, nonprofit college or university of this state shall
13 not expire at any
particular time but shall be renewed when on
14
June 30 of the year in which new registration plate is worn out
15 or is illegible. plates
are issued for all vehicles by the
16 secretary of state. This registration plate shall be assigned
17 upon proper application and payment of the applicable fee and may
18 be used on any eligible vehicle titled to the applicant if a
19 written record is kept of the vehicles upon which the
20 registration plate is used. The written record shall state the
21 time the registration plate is used on a particular vehicle. The
22 record shall be open to inspection by a law enforcement officer
23 or a representative of the secretary of state.
24 (4) A registration plate issued for a vehicle owned by the
25 civil air patrol as organized under 36 USC 201 to 208; 40301 to
26 40307; a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used to
27 transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children
1 at camp; an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for
2 emergencies and owned and operated by a federally recognized
3 nonprofit charitable organization; a vehicle owned and operated
4 by a nonprofit veterans center; a motor vehicle having a truck
5 chassis and a locomotive or ship's body which is owned by a
6 nonprofit veterans organization and used exclusively in parades
7 and civic events; a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
8 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
9 organization until December 31, 2000; a motor vehicle owned and
10 operated by a senior citizen center; and a registration plate
11 issued for buses including station wagons, carryalls, or
12 similarly constructed vehicles owned and operated by a nonprofit
13 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
14 parochial school, society, church Sunday school, or other grammar
15 school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
16 rehabilitation facility shall be issued upon proper application
17 and payment of the applicable tax provided in section 801(1)(g)
18 or (h) 801(1)(f) to the applicant for the vehicle identified in
19 the application. The vehicle shall be used exclusively for
20 activities of the school or organization and shall be designated
21 by proper signs showing the school or organization operating the
22 vehicle. The registration plate shall expire on December 31 in
23 the fifth year following the date of issuance. The registration
24 plate may be transferred to another vehicle upon proper
25 application and payment of a $10.00 transfer fee.
26 (5) The department shall offer a standard design
27 registration plate that complies with the requirements of this
1 act. The standard design registration plate shall be of a common
2 color scheme and design that is made of fully reflectorized
3 material and shall be clearly visible at night.
4 (6) The department may use the Pure Michigan brand or a
5 successor or similar brand that is used in conjunction with this
6 state's promotion, travel, and tourism campaigns or marketing
7 efforts as part of the standard design for registration plates.
8 (7) The registration plate and the required letters and
9 numerals on the registration plate shall be of sufficient size to
10 be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight.
11 The secretary of state may issue a tab or tabs designating the
12 month and year of expiration.
13 (8) The secretary of state shall issue for every passenger
14 motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
15 registration plate as the type of registration plate issued for
16 private passenger vehicles.
17 (9) A person shall not operate a vehicle on the public
18 highways or streets of this state displaying a registration plate
19 other than the registration plate issued for the vehicle by the
20 secretary of state, except as provided in this chapter for
21 nonresidents, or by assignment as provided in subsection (3).
22 (10) The registration plate displayed on a vehicle
23 registered on the basis of elected gross weight shall indicate
24 the elected gross weight for which the vehicle is registered.
25 (11) Beginning on January 1, 2015, a registration plate
26 issued by the department under this section shall not be renewed
27 10 years after the date that registration plate was issued. The
1 owner of a vehicle whose registration plate is no longer eligible
2 for renewal under this subsection shall obtain a replacement
3 registration plate upon payment of the fee required under section
4 804. For any alphanumeric series that the department has retired
5 from circulation, upon request of the owner of a vehicle whose
6 registration plate is no longer eligible for renewal under this
7 subsection, the department may issue a new registration plate
8 with the same registration number as was displayed on the expired
9 registration plate as provided under section 803b.
10 (12) The secretary of state, in conjunction with the
11 department of corrections, the Michigan state police, the
12 Michigan sheriffs' association, 1 individual appointed by the
13 speaker of the house of representatives, and 1 individual
14 appointed by the senate majority leader, shall prepare a report
15 analyzing the viability of moving from the current registration
16 plate production process to a digital printing of registration
17 plates. The secretary of state shall submit the report to the
18 standing committees of the senate and house of representatives
19 with primary responsibility for transportation issues no later
20 than December 31, 2013.
21 Sec. 226. (1) A vehicle registration issued by the secretary
22 of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another
23 expiration date is provided for under this act or unless the
24 registration is for the following vehicles, in which case
25 registration expires on the last day of February:
26 (a) A commercial vehicle except for a commercial vehicle
27 issued a registration under the international registration plan
1 or a pickup truck or van owned by an individual.
2 (b) Except for a trailer or semitrailer issued a
3 registration under the international registration plan, a trailer
4 or semitrailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other
5 than an individual; or a pole trailer.
6 (2) Until February 1, 2005, the expiration date for a
7 registration issued for a motorcycle is March 31. Beginning
8 February 1, 2005, the The
expiration date for a registration
9 issued for a motorcycle is the motorcycle owner's birthday.
10 (3) The expiration date for a registration bearing the
11 letters "SEN" or "REP" is February 1.
12 (4) In the case of a vehicle owned by a business,
13 corporation, or an owner other than an individual, the secretary
14 of state may assign or reassign the expiration date of the
15 registration.
16 (5) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:
17 (a) After the October 1 immediately preceding the year
18 designated on the registration, issue a registration upon
19 application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial
20 vehicle, other than a pickup or van owned by an individual; or a
21 trailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an
22 individual.
23 (b) Beginning 60 days before the expiration date assigned on
24 an international registration plan registration plate, issue a
25 registration under section 801g upon application and payment of
26 the proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in
27 interstate commerce.
1 (c) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120
2 days before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of
3 state, issue a registration for a vehicle other than those
4 designated in subsection (1)(a) or (b). However, if an owner
5 whose registration period begins 45 days before his or her
6 birthday will be out of the state during the 45 days immediately
7 preceding expiration of a registration or for other good cause
8 shown cannot apply for a renewal registration within the 45-day
9 period, application for a renewal registration may be made not
10 more than 6 months before expiration.
11 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
12 secretary of state, upon application and payment of the proper
13 fee, shall issue a registration for a vehicle or a motorcycle to
14 a resident that shall expire on the owner's birthday. If the
15 owner's next birthday is at least 6 months but not more than 12
16 months in the future, the owner shall receive a registration
17 valid until the owner's next birthday. If the owner's next
18 birthday is less than 6 months in the future, the owner shall
19 receive a registration valid until the owner's birthday following
20 the owner's next birthday. The tax required under this act for a
21 registration described in this subsection shall be either of the
22 following:
23 (a) For an original registration, the tax shall bear the
24 same relationship to the tax required under section 801 for a 12-
25 month registration as the length of the registration bears to 12
26 months.
27 (b) For a renewal of a registration, either of the
1 following:
2 (i) For a registration that is for at least 6 months but not
3 more than 12 months, the same amount as for 12 months.
4 (ii) For a renewal of a registration that is for more than 12
5 months, 2 times the amount for 12 months.
6 Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the
7 calculation of the required tax and in the determination of the
8 length of time between the application for a registration and the
9 owner's next birthday. The tax required for that registration
10 shall be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in section 801.
11 (7) A certificate of title shall remain remains valid
until
12 canceled by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer
13 of an interest shown on the certificate of title.
14 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, shall issue
15 special registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months
16 after the date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds
17 $50.00, on the payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a
18 service charge as enumerated in section 802(1).
19 (9) The secretary of state may issue a special registration
20 for each of the following:
21 (a) A new vehicle purchased or leased outside of this state
22 and delivered in this state to the purchaser or lessee by the
23 manufacturer of that vehicle for removal to a place outside of
24 this state, if a certification is made that the vehicle will be
25 primarily used, stored, and registered outside of this state and
26 will not be returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for
27 use or storage.
1 (b) A vehicle purchased or leased in this state and
2 delivered to the purchaser or lessee by a dealer or by the owner
3 of the vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a
4 certification is made that the vehicle will be primarily used,
5 stored, and registered outside of this state and will not be
6 returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for use or
7 storage.
8 (10) A special registration issued under subsection (9) is
9 valid for not more than 14 days after the date of issuance, and
10
the secretary of state shall collect a
fee shall be collected for
11 each special registration as provided in section 802(3). The
12 special registration may be in the form determined by the
13 secretary of state. If a dealer makes a retail sale or lease of a
14 vehicle to a purchaser or lessee who is qualified and eligible to
15 obtain a special registration, the dealer shall apply for the
16 special registration for the purchaser or lessee. If a person
17 other than a dealer sells or leases a vehicle to a purchaser or
18 lessee who is qualified and eligible to obtain a special
19 registration, the purchaser or lessee shall appear in person, or
20 by a person exercising the purchaser's or lessee's power of
21 attorney, at an office of the secretary of state and furnish a
22 certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or
23 lessee or that the person has granted the power of attorney,
24 together with other forms required for the issuance of the
25 special registration and provide the secretary of state with
26 proof that the vehicle is covered by a Michigan no-fault
27 insurance policy issued pursuant to under section
3101 of the
1 insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, or proof that
2 the vehicle is covered by a policy of insurance issued by an
3 insurer pursuant to under
section 3163 of the insurance code of
4 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3163. The certification required in
5 this subsection shall contain all of the following:
6 (a) The address of the purchaser or lessee.
7 (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased or leased for
8 registration outside of this state.
9 (c) A statement that the vehicle shall be primarily used,
10 stored, and registered outside of this state.
11 (d) The name of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is to
12 be registered.
13 (e) Other information requested by the secretary of state.
14 (11) Upon request, the secretary of state may issue a
15 registration valid for 6 months after the date of issuance for
16 use on a trailer or semitrailer weighing 1,500 pounds or less and
17 that is used for recreational purposes, upon payment of 1/2 the
18 full registration fee imposed under section 801(1)(l). This
19 subsection does not apply after October 1, 2003.
20 (11) (12) In
the case of a commercial vehicle, trailer, or
21 semitrailer issued a registration under the international
22 registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement
23 with the owner may assign or reassign the expiration date of the
24 registration. However, the expiration date agreed to shall be
25 either March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31. Renewals
26 A renewal expiring on or after September 30, 1993 shall be for a
27 minimum of at least 12 months if there is a change in the
1 established expiration date.
2 (12) (13) The
expiration date for a multiyear registration
3 issued for a leased vehicle shall be the date the lease expires
4 but shall not be for a period longer than 24 months.
5 Sec. 234. (1) The A
purchaser or transferee, unless the
6 person is a licensed dealer, shall present or cause to be
7 presented the certificate
of title and registration certificate
8 if plates are being transferred to another vehicle, assigned as
9 provided in this act, to the secretary of state accompanied by
10 the fees as provided by law, whereupon and the secretary of state
11 shall issue a new certificate of title and registration
12 certificate shall be issued to the assignee. The certificate of
13 title shall be mailed or delivered to the owner or another person
14 the owner may direct in a separate instrument in a form
15
prescribed by the secretary of state. shall
prescribe.
16 (2) If the secretary of state mails or delivers a
17 purchaser's or transferee's certificate of title to a dealer, the
18 dealer shall mail or deliver that certificate of title to the
19 purchaser or transferee not more than 5 days after receiving the
20 certificate of title from the secretary of state.
21 (3) Unless the transfer is made and the fee paid within 15
22 days, the vehicle is considered to be without registration, the
23 secretary of state may repossess the license plates, and transfer
24 of the vehicle ownership may be effected and a valid registration
25 acquired thereafter only upon payment of a transfer fee of $15.00
26 in addition to the fee provided for in section 806. The secretary
27 of state shall deposit a transfer fee collected under this
1 subsection into the transportation administration collection fund
2 created in section 810b.
3 (4) If a security interest is reserved or created at the
4 time of the transfer, the parties shall comply with the
5 requirements of section
238.
6 Sec. 255. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
7 a person shall not operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit
8 to be operated, upon any highway, a vehicle required to be
9 registered under this act unless there is attached to and
10 displayed on the vehicle, as required by this chapter, a valid
11 registration plate issued for the vehicle by the department for
12 the current registration year. A registration plate shall is not
13 be required upon any
wrecked or disabled vehicle, or vehicle
14 destined for repair or junking, which that is
being transported
15 or drawn upon a highway by a wrecker or a registered motor
16 vehicle.
17 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
18 who violates subsection (1) is responsible for a civil
19 infraction. However, if the vehicle is a commercial vehicle which
20 that is required to be registered according to the schedule of
21 elected gross vehicle weights under section 801(1)(k), 801(1)(g),
22 the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
23 for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or
24 both.
25 (3) A person who operates a vehicle licensed under the
26 international registration plan and does not have a valid
27 registration due to nonpayment of the apportioned fee is guilty
1 of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90
2 days, or by a fine of not more than $100.00, or both. In
3 addition, a police officer may impound the vehicle until a valid
4 registration is obtained. If the vehicle is impounded, the towing
5 and storage costs of the vehicle, and the care or preservation of
6 the load in the vehicle shall be the owner's responsibility.
7 Vehicles impounded shall be are subject to a lien in the
amount
8 of the apportioned fee and any fine and costs incurred under this
9 subsection, subject to a valid lien of prior record. If the
10 apportioned fee, fine, and costs are not paid within 90 days
11 after impoundment, then following a hearing before the judge or
12 magistrate who imposed the fine and costs, the judge or
13 magistrate shall certify the unpaid judgment to the prosecuting
14 attorney of the county in which the violation occurred. The
15 prosecuting attorney shall enforce the lien by foreclosure sale
16 in accordance with the procedure authorized by law for chattel
17 mortgage foreclosures.
18 Sec. 256. (1) A person shall not lend to another person, or
19 knowingly permit the use of, any certificate of title,
20 registration certificate, registration plate, special plate, or
21 permit issued to him or her if the person receiving or using the
22 certificate of title, registration certificate, registration
23 plate, special plate, or permit would not be entitled to the use
24 thereof. of the
certificate of title, registration certificate,
25 registration plate, special plate, or permit. A person shall not
26 carry or display upon a vehicle any registration certificate or
27 registration plate not issued for the vehicle or not otherwise
1 lawfully used under this act.
2 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
3 who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
4 by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by a fine of not
5 more than $100.00, or both.
6 (3) A person who displays a registration plate not issued
7 for the vehicle or that is otherwise unlawful under this act upon
8 a commercial vehicle which that is required to be
registered
9 according to the schedule of elected gross vehicle weights under
10 section 801(1)(k) any registration plate not issued for the
11 vehicle or not otherwise lawfully used under this act 801(1)(g)
12 is guilty of a misdemeanor
, punishable by imprisonment for not
13 more than 90 days , or by
a fine of not more than $500.00, or
14 both.
15 Sec. 312c. (1) Every application for a motorcycle
16 endorsement on an operator's or chauffeur's license for operation
17 of motorcycles as provided in section 312a shall be accompanied
18 by the following fees, which shall be in addition to any other
19 original or renewal operator or chauffeur license fee:
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22 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
23 money received and collected under this section shall be
24 deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general
25 fund. The secretary of state shall refund out of the fees
1 collected to each county or municipality , acting as an examining
2 officer or examining bureau, $3.00 for each applicant examined
3 for a first endorsement to a 3- or 4-year operator's or
4 chauffeur's license, $2.50 for each original endorsement to a 2-
5 year operator's or chauffeur's license, $1.50 for each renewal
6 endorsement to a 2-year operator's or chauffeur's license, and
7 $1.50 for every other applicant examined whose application is not
8 denied. , on the condition, however, that the money Money
9 refunded to a county or municipality acting as an examining
10 officer or examining bureau shall be paid to the county or local
11 treasurer and is appropriated to the county, municipality, or
12 officer or bureau receiving the money for the purpose of carrying
13 out this act. Ten dollars of each original motorcycle endorsement
14 and $3.00 of each renewal motorcycle endorsement shall be placed
15 in a motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and shall be
16 used only by the secretary of state for the motorcycle safety
17 education program as provided under section 811a. Money in the
18 motorcycle safety fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
19 remain in the motorcycle safety fund and shall not lapse to the
20 general fund.
21 Sec. 312e. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
22 a person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle, shall
23 obtain the required vehicle group designation as follows:
24 (a) A person, before operating a combination of vehicles
25 with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more
26 including a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of
27 more than 10,000 pounds, shall procure a group A vehicle
1 designation on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license.
2 Unless an indorsement or the removal of restrictions is required,
3 a person licensed to operate a group A vehicle may operate a
4 group B or C vehicle without taking another test.
5 (b) A person, before operating a vehicle having a gross
6 vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, shall procure a
7 group B vehicle designation on his or her operator's or
8 chauffeur's license. Unless an indorsement or the removal of
9 restrictions is required, a person licensed to operate a group B
10 vehicle may operate a group C vehicle without taking another
11 test.
12 (c) A person, before operating a single vehicle or a
13 combination of vehicles that fits the definition of small vehicle
14 (group C) under 49 CFR 383.91(a)(3) shall procure a group C
15 vehicle designation and a hazardous material or passenger vehicle
16 indorsement on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license.
17 (2) An applicant for a vehicle group designation shall take
18 knowledge and driving skills tests that comply with minimum
19 federal standards prescribed in 49 CFR part 383 as required under
20 this act.
21 (3) The license shall be issued, suspended, revoked,
22 canceled, or renewed in accordance with this act.
23 (4) Except as provided in this subsection, all of the
24 following apply:
25 (a) If a person operates a group B passenger vehicle while
26 taking his or her driving skills test for a P indorsement, he or
27 she is restricted to operating only group B or C passenger
1 vehicles under that P indorsement. If a person operates a group B
2 school bus while taking his or her driving skills test for an S
3 indorsement, he or she is restricted to operating only group B or
4 C school buses under that S indorsement.
5 (b) If a person operates a group C passenger vehicle while
6 taking his or her driving skills test for a P indorsement, he or
7 she is restricted to operating only group C passenger vehicles
8 under that P indorsement. If a person operates a group C school
9 bus while taking his or her driving skills test for an S
10 indorsement, he or she is restricted to operating only group C
11 school buses under that S indorsement.
12 (c) A person who fails the air brake portion of the written
13 or driving skills test provided under section 312f or who takes
14 the driving skills test provided under that section in a
15 commercial motor vehicle that is not equipped with air brakes
16 shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle equipped with air
17 brakes.
18 (5) A person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle,
19 shall obtain required vehicle indorsements as follows:
20 (a) A person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle
21 pulling double trailers, shall procure the appropriate vehicle
22 group designation and a T vehicle indorsement under this act.
23 (b) A person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle
24 that is a tank vehicle, shall procure the appropriate vehicle
25 group designation and an N vehicle indorsement under this act.
26 (c) A person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle
27 carrying hazardous materials on which a placard is required under
1 49 CFR parts 100 to 199, shall procure the appropriate vehicle
2 group designation and an H vehicle indorsement under this act.
3 (d) A person, before operating a commercial motor vehicle
4 that is a tank vehicle carrying hazardous material, shall procure
5 the appropriate vehicle group designation and both an N and H
6 vehicle indorsement, which shall be designated by the code letter
7 X on the person's operator's or chauffeur's license.
8 (e) A person, before operating a vehicle that is designed to
9 transport 16 or more passengers including the driver but is not a
10 school bus shall procure the appropriate vehicle group
11 designation and a P vehicle indorsement under this act. An
12 applicant for a P vehicle indorsement shall take the driving
13 skills test in a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more
14 passengers including the driver.
15 (f) A person who does not currently possess a P indorsement,
16 before operating a school bus designed to transport 16 or more
17 passengers, including the driver, shall procure the appropriate
18 vehicle group designation, pass the knowledge tests for the P and
19 S indorsements, and procure the P and S vehicle indorsements
20 under this act. An applicant for an S vehicle indorsement shall
21 take a driving skills test in a school bus designed to transport
22 16 or more passengers, including the driver, that represents the
23 same type of vehicle that the applicant intends to operate as a
24 school bus.
25 (g) A person who currently possesses a P indorsement, before
26 operating a school bus designed to transport 16 or more
27 passengers, including the driver, shall procure the appropriate
1 vehicle group designation, pass the knowledge test for an S
2 indorsement, and procure an S vehicle indorsement under this act.
3 An applicant for an S vehicle indorsement shall take a driving
4 skills test in a school bus designed to transport 16 or more
5 passengers, including the driver, that represents the same type
6 of vehicle that the applicant intends to operate as a school bus.
7 (6) An applicant for an indorsement shall take the knowledge
8 and driving skills tests described and required under 49 CFR part
9 383.
10 (7) The holder of an unexpired operator's or chauffeur's
11 license may be issued a vehicle group designation and indorsement
12 valid for the remainder of the license upon meeting the
13 qualifications of section 312f and payment of the original
14 vehicle group designation fee of $25.00 and an indorsement fee of
15 $5.00 per indorsement, and a corrected license fee of $18.00. A
16 person required to procure an F vehicle indorsement under
17 subsection (9) shall pay an indorsement fee of $5.00.
18 (8) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (9) and
19 (10), this section does not apply to a driver or operator of a
20 vehicle under all of the following conditions:
21 (a) The vehicle is controlled and operated by a farmer or an
22 employee or family member of the farmer.
23 (b) The vehicle is used to transport agricultural products,
24 farm machinery, farm supplies, or a combination of these items,
25 to or from a farm.
26 (c) The vehicle is not used in the operation of a common or
27 contract motor carrier.
1 (d) The vehicle is operated within 150 miles of the farm.
2 (9) A person, before driving or operating a combination of
3 vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or
4 more on the power unit that is used as described in subsection
5 (8)(a) to (d), shall obtain an F vehicle indorsement. The F
6 vehicle indorsement shall be issued upon successful completion of
7 a knowledge test only.
8 (10) A person, before driving or operating a single vehicle
9 truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or
10 more or a combination of vehicles having a gross vehicle weight
11 rating of 26,001 pounds or more on the power unit that is used as
12 described in subsection (8)(a) to (d) for carrying hazardous
13 materials on which a placard is required under 49 CFR parts 100
14 to 199, shall successfully complete both a knowledge test and a
15 driving skills test. Upon successful completion of the knowledge
16 test and driving skills test, the person shall be issued the
17 appropriate vehicle group designation and any vehicle indorsement
18 necessary under this act.
19 (11) This section does not apply to a police officer
20 operating an authorized emergency vehicle or to a firefighter
21 operating an authorized emergency vehicle who has met the driver
22 training standards published under the firefighters training
23 council act of 1966, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.361 to 29.377.
24 (12) This section does not apply to a person operating a
25 vehicle used exclusively to transport personal possessions or
26 family members for nonbusiness purposes.
27 (13) The Except
as provided in subsection (16), the money
1 collected under subsection (7) for a vehicle group designation or
2 indorsement shall be deposited in the state treasury to the
3 credit of the general fund. The secretary of state shall refund
4 out of the fees collected to each county or municipality acting
5 as an examining officer or examining bureau $3.00 for each
6 applicant examined for a first designation or indorsement to an
7 operator's or chauffeur's license and $1.50 for each renewal
8 designation or indorsement to an operator's or chauffeur's
9 license, whose application is not denied, on the condition that
10 the money refunded shall be paid to the county or local treasurer
11 and is appropriated to the county, municipality, or officer or
12 bureau receiving that money for the purpose of carrying out this
13 act.
14 (14) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
15 person operating a vehicle described in subsections (8) and (9)
16 is subject to the provisions of sections 303 and 319b.
17 (15) This state shall comply with the requirements of the
18 American association of motor vehicle administrators' AAMVAnet,
19 incorporated's "Commercial Driver License Information System
20 (CDLIS) State Procedures Manual" that the secretary of state
21 determines are required for implementing and enforcing federal
22 law.
23 (16) For each corrected license fee collected under
24 subsection (7), the secretary of state shall collect a fee of
25 $2.00 that shall be credited to the traffic law enforcement and
26 safety fund created in section 819a and used to regulate highway
27 safety.
1 Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the
2 following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall
3 exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,
4 except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid imposed by
5 certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the
6 motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes
7 imposed by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL
8 207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:
9 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
10 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not
11 more than 8,000 pounds or less,
except as otherwise provided,
12 according to the following schedule of empty weights:
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2 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the secretary of
3 state shall annually revise the tax assessed under this
4 subdivision shall be annually revised for the registrations
5 expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that date by
6 multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year times
7 the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar year
8 divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar year
9 that preceded that calendar year. In performing the calculations
10 under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall use the
11 spring preliminary report of the United States department of
12 commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an
13 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
14 transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair
15 and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d
16 shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in
17 this subdivision.
18 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
19 shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A
trailer coach
20 that is not subject to taxation under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035
21 to 125.1043, and while located on land otherwise assessable as
22 real property under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,
23 MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach is used as a place of
24 habitation, and whether or not permanently affixed to the soil,
25 is not exempt from real property taxes if the trailer coach is
26 used as a place of habitation, whether or not it is permanently
1 affixed to the soil.
2 (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,
3 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in
4 connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling
5 livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in
6 kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the
7 transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not
8 used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the
9 road tractor, truck, or truck tractor, if the vehicle is
10 designated by proper signs showing the entity or organization
11 operating the vehicle. If the road tractor, modified agricultural
12 vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is also used
13 for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is subject to the highest
14 registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of the vehicle but
15 is not subject to more than 1 tax rate under this act.
16 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
17 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
18 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
19 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
20 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
21 tractor, if the vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the
22 entity or organization operating the vehicle. A registration
23 secured by payment of the tax prescribed in this subdivision
24 continues in full force and effect until the regular expiration
25 date of the registration. As used in this subdivision:
26 (i) "Wood
harvester" includes the means
a person or persons
27 hauling and transporting raw materials in the form produced at
1 the harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting
2 equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons
3 whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
4 (ii) "Wood
harvesting equipment" includes means all of the
5 following:
6 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
7 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
8 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
9 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
10 processor, chipper, or saw table.
11 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
12 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
13 skidder, or cable skidder.
14 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
15 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
16 loader, or forklift.
17 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
18 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
19 maintaining harvest site roads.
20 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
21 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
22 firewood for a profit-making venture.
23 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
24 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
25 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
26 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
27 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
1 ambulance.
2 (e) (f) For
a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a
3 state institution, a
municipality, or a privately incorporated,
4 nonprofit volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit
5 college or university, $5.00
per plate, if the vehicle is
6 designated by proper signs showing the entity or organization
7
operating the vehicle. A registration
plate issued under this
8 subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new
9 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
10 secretary of state.
11 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
12 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
13 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
14 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
15 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
16 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
17 a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,
18 carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is
19 designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the
20 vehicle.
21 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
22 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
23 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as
24 organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the
25 vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air
26 patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
27 veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
1 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
2 organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a
3 locomotive or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans
4 organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or
5 for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies
6 and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit
7 charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.
8 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
9 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
10 girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of
11 the empty weight of the truck.
12 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
13 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
14 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
15 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
16 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
17 subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the
18 following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
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1 the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for
2 which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than
3 the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
4 subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this
5 subdivision is not less than the tax required under subdivision
6 (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the same list
7 price.
8 (f) Except as provided in subparagraph (x), for each of the
9 following vehicles, $10.00 per plate:
10 (i) A bus including a station wagon, carryall, or similarly
11 constructed vehicle, if the vehicle is designated by proper signs
12 showing the organization operating the vehicle and the vehicle is
13 owned and operated by 1 of the following:
14 (A) A nonprofit parents' transportation corporation used for
15 school purposes, parochial school or society, church Sunday
16 school, or any other grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth
17 organization or nonprofit rehabilitation facility.
18 (B) A senior citizen center.
19 (ii) A vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used to
20 transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children
21 at camp.
22 (iii) A vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized
23 under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, if the vehicle is designated by a
24 proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name.
25 (iv) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans
26 center.
27 (v) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling
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1 center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
2 organization.
3 (vi) A motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive
4 or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization
5 and used exclusively in parades and civic events.
6 (vii) An emergency support vehicle used exclusively for
7 emergencies <<or transportation of patients or medical equipment>> and
owned and operated by a federally recognized
8 nonprofit charitable organization.
9 (viii) A state institution.
10 (ix) A nonpublic, nonprofit college or university.
11 (x) For each truck or similarly purposed vehicle owned and
12 operated free of charge by a bona fide ecclesiastical or
13 charitable corporation, or Red Cross, girl scout, or boy scout
14 organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the
15 truck.
16 (g) (k) For each
a truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less
17 towing a trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for
18 each a truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or
truck
19 tractor, except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the
20 following schedule of elected gross weights:
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14 For each commercial vehicle registered under this
15 subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
16 be expended for the purposes prescribed as provided in section 25
17 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.
18 If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased
19 from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person,
20
an individual, firm, or corporation,
shall pay to the owner-
21 operator 60% of the tax
prescribed in this subdivision for to the
22 owner-operator of the truck tractor or road tractor at the rate
23 of 1/12 for each month of the lease or arrangement in addition to
24 the compensation the owner-operator is entitled to for the rental
25 of his or her equipment.
26 (h) (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach,
27 << >> or
28 trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following
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6 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
7 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration
8 plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the
9 secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all
10 trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003
11 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not required to
12 pay the tax for that vehicle a second time, but is required to
13 pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in
14 section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued
15 under this subdivision is nontransferable.
16 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the
transportation
17 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a
payment
18 is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to
257.972, according to the
19 following schedule of empty weights:
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25 (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.
1 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax
assessed
2 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
3 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or
after that
4 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding
fiscal year
5 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding
calendar
6 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the
calendar
7 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
8 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state
shall
9 use the spring preliminary report of the United States
department
10 of commerce or its successor agency.
11 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for
each
12 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not
part
13 of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose
of the
14 annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax
assessed
15 as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January
16 1, 1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a
17 motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and shall be
used
18 only for funding the motorcycle safety education program as
19 provided for under sections 312b and 811a.
20 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more,
road
21 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van
or
22 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture
and
23 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in
conducting
24 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected
gross
25 weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of
that
26 subdivision.
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18 (i) (p) After September 30, 1983, each Each motor
vehicle of
19 the 1984 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application
20 required under section 217 that has not been previously subject
21 to the tax rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle
22 category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in
23 subdivision (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the
24 following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
25 <<(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for>>
26 the first registration that is not a transfer registration under
27 section 809 << >> and
for the first
House Bill No. 4630 as amended June 11, 2014
1 registration after a transfer registration under section 809,
<<and, beginning on January 1, 2016, for each subsequent
registration of a vehicle that was not REGISTERED under this
subsection before January 1, 2016,>>
2 according to the following schedule based on the vehicle's list
3 price:
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List Price Tax |
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5 |
$ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................ $ 30.00 |
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6 |
More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............... $ 33.00 |
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7 |
More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............... $ 38.00 |
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8 |
More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............... $ 43.00 |
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9 |
More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.............. $ 48.00 |
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10 |
More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00............. $ 53.00 |
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11 |
More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00............. $ 58.00 |
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12 |
More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00............. $ 63.00 |
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13 |
More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00............. $ 68.00 |
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14 |
More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00............. $ 73.00 |
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15 |
More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00............. $ 78.00 |
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More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00............. $ 83.00 |
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More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00............. $ 88.00 |
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More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00............. $ 93.00 |
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More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00............. $ 98.00 |
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More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00............. $ 103.00 |
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More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00............. $ 108.00 |
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More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00............. $ 113.00 |
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More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00............. $ 118.00 |
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More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00............. $ 123.00 |
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More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00............. $ 128.00 |
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More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00............. $ 133.00 |
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More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00............. $ 138.00 |
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More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00............. $ 143.00 |
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More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00............. $ 148.00 |
House Bill No. 4630 as amended June 11, 2014
1 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by
2 $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
3 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or
4 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
5 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
6 or decreased tax.
7 <<(ii) For UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2016, FOR the second registration,
90% of the tax assessed
8 under subparagraph (i).
9 (iii) For UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2016, FOR the third registration,
90% of the tax assessed
10 under subparagraph (ii).
11 (iv) For UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2016, FOR the fourth and subsequent
registrations, 90% of the
12 tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).
The registration tax for a vehicle that had a valid registration
on January 1, 2016 shall be the same as the most recently paid
registration tax for that vehicle.>>
13 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that
14 has been previously registered by a person other than the person
15 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
16 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
17 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
18 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
19 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
20 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
21 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the
22 result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
23 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that
24 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
25 individual who transports a member of his or her household who
26 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
27 under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the
1 tax provided for in this subdivision.
2 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
3 A passenger motor vehicle that has been modified with a
4 permanently installed wheelchair lift mechanism and that is owned
5 by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
6 transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair
7 and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d
8 shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in
9 this subdivision.
10 (j) For a wrecker or commercial vehicle not otherwise
11 subject to tax under this section, according to the following
12 gross vehicle weight rating as specified by the manufacturer:
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13 |
Empty weights Tax |
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14 |
0 to 26,000 pounds............................... $ 400.00 |
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15 |
over 26,000 pounds............................... 590.00 |
16 (k) (r) When
the secretary of state computes a tax under
17 this act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar
18 figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
19 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
20 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
21 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
22 unless specific taxes are specified. , and the The secretary
of
23 state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the
24 vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the registration
25 application is made. If the weight of the vehicle is not
1 correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state
2 shall determine the actual weight. Each application An applicant
3 for registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m)
4
subdivision (a) shall have attached attach a scale weight receipt
5 of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time the application is
6
made to the application. a
scale weight receipt of the vehicle
7 fully equipped as of the time the application is made. The scale
8 weight receipt is not necessary if there is presented the
9 applicant presents with the application a registration receipt of
10 the previous year that shows on its face the weight of the motor
11 vehicle as registered with the secretary of state and that is
12 accompanied by a statement of the applicant that there has not
13 been a structural change in the motor vehicle that has increased
14 the weight and that the previous registered weight is the true
15 weight.
16 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act exempt
17 from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond under
18 this act, except on the specified number of motor vehicles
19 registered. A dealer is exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on
20 vehicles in stock or bond.
21 (3) Until October 1, 2015, the The tax
for a vehicle with an
22 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)
23 and the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),
24 (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) (1)(b) to (j), section 801e, section
25 802(6), section 803, and section 803a are each increased as
26 follows:
27 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 $1.00 that
shall be credited
1 to the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section
2 819a and used to regulate highway safety.
3 (b) A By a fee of $5.75 $9.00 that shall be credited
to the
4 transportation administration collection fund created in section
5 810b.
6 (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not
7 received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration
8 date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall
9 collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after
10 the expiration date. An application for a renewal of a
11 registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the
12 expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late
13 fee. The secretary of state shall not assess a late fee for an
14 application for a renewal of a registration under section 802(10)
15 or (11) under this subsection. The late fee collected under this
16 subsection shall be deposited into the general Michigan
17 transportation fund created in section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL
18 247.660.
19 (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this
20 section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under
21 section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority
22 created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,
23 MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as
24 provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of
25 1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of
26 state under this subsection shall be based upon an established
27 cost allocation methodology.
1 (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.
2 (7) As used in this section:
3 (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
4 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
5 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
6 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
7 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
8 section 251.
9 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base
10 list price, as published by the secretary of state, or
the
11 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
12 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
13 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
14 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
15 vehicle, or the purchase
price of the vehicle if the
16 manufacturer's suggested base list price or the manufacturer's
17
suggested retail price is unavailable. from
the sources described
18 in this subdivision.
19 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by
20 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
21 being registered.
22 Sec. 801b. (1) If a person, through error either on his or
23 her own part or that of the secretary of state, pays the specific
24 tax required by section 801 or 802 more than once on the same
25 equipment, the secretary of state, upon application and
26 satisfactory proof, shall refund the amount paid in error. A
27 claim shall be filed within 1 year after the date of payment and
1 verified by the secretary of state before a refund is made. If an
2 application for a dealer license provided for in under section
3 248 is withdrawn by the applicant or the applicant's heir, before
4 issuance of the dealer license, the secretary of state may refund
5 the fees that accompanied the application under sections 803,
6 803a, and 807 may be refunded by the secretary of state upon
7 application and satisfactory proof.
8 (2) If a person's license to drive a motor vehicle is
9 revoked, suspended, or denied for medical or physical reasons,
10 the person may return the registration plates and obtain a refund
11 on the plates prorated on a monthly basis for the time period
12 remaining in the registration year from the date the plates are
13 returned. However, the refund shall not exceed the original
14 registration fee.
15 (3) Upon the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse may
16 return registration plates and obtain a refund on the plates
17 prorated on a monthly basis for the time period remaining in the
18 registration year from the date the plates are returned. However,
19 the refund shall not exceed the original registration fee.
20 (4) The owner of a registered vehicle who transfers or
21 assigns title or interest in that registered vehicle before
22 placing upon the registered vehicle the registration plates or
23 tabs issued for that registered vehicle may obtain a refund in
24 full from the secretary of state for the registration plates or
25 tabs. Registration The
owner shall return the registration plates
26 , or tabs issued for
1978 and thereafter shall be returned by the
27 owner within 30 days
following the date of transfer or
1 assignment.
2 (5) The owner of a vehicle registered pursuant to under
3 section 801d(2) who transfers or assigns title or interest in the
4 vehicle may obtain a refund on the registration for each unused,
5 whole registration period remaining on the registration from the
6 date the plates are returned and the application for a refund is
7 made.
8 (6) In the case of an original application for registration
9 plates issued under section 217a or 803b, the secretary of state
10 shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly basis from the date of
11 application for the time period remaining in the previously
12 issued registration, if an application for the refund is made and
13 satisfactory proof is presented to the secretary of state. A
14 refund The secretary
of state shall not be made make a refund if
15 the amount due is less than $5.00.
16 (7) In the case of an original application for the
17 registration plates bearing the letters "SEN" or "REP", the
18 secretary of state shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly
19 basis from the date of application for the time period remaining
20 in the previously issued registration.
21 (8) In the case of an original application and issuance of
22 an international registration plan registration plate under
23 section 801g, the secretary of state shall make a refund as a
24 credit prorated on a monthly basis from the date of application
25 for the months remaining for the previously issued registration
26 on the same vehicle, if an application for the refund as a credit
27 is made and satisfactory proof of eligibility is presented to the
1 secretary of state. A refund as a credit shall not exceed the
2 total amount of the Michigan apportioned fees assessed for the
3 plates issued under section 801g nor and shall not be made if the
4 amount due is less than $5.00. For the purpose of As used in this
5 subsection, a month shall mean means 30 consecutive days
and a
6 partial month shall be is
considered as a whole month.
7 Sec. 801e. (1) When a moped required to be registered under
8 this act is sold by a retailer to a general purchaser, the
9
retailer shall obtain the certificate of
registration shall be
10 obtained in the name of the
purchaser. by the retailer. In other
11 cases, the purchaser shall obtain the certificate of
12 registration. shall be obtained by the purchaser. The
application
13 shall be signed by the purchaser of the moped and shall be
14 accompanied by a fee of $15.00. $25.00. Upon receipt of the
15 application in approved form, the secretary of state shall enter
16 the application upon in
the secretary of state's records and
17 issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing
18 the decal for the moped, the name and address of the owner, and
19 other information the secretary of state considers necessary. A
20 moped shall is not be required to be insured in the manner
21 specified for motor vehicles under chapter 31 of Act No. 218 of
22 the Public Acts the
insurance code of 1956, as amended,
being
23 sections 1956 PA 218,
MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179. of
the Michigan
24 Compiled Laws. The
certificate of registration shall be pocket
25 size, shall accompany the vehicle, shall be legible, and shall be
26 made available for inspection upon demand by a law enforcement
27 officer.
1 (2) A The
secretary of state shall issue a decal
indicating
2 that the certificate of registration is in full force and effect.
3 shall be issued. A The
secretary of state shall not issue a
4 registration certificate and decal shall not be issued earlier
5 than 90 days preceding before
the commencement date of the new
6 registration period. Display of the decal shall be as prescribed
7 by rule promulgated by the secretary of state.
8 (3) A retailer or manufacturer of mopeds, upon application
9 to the secretary of state upon forms provided by the secretary of
10 state, may obtain certificates a certificate of
registration for
11 use in the testing or demonstrating of a moped upon payment of
12 $10.00 for each of the first 2 registration certificates.
13 Additional The
secretary of state may issue additional
14 certificates may be issued at a cost of $5.00 each, and
which may
15
only be used by the applicant only
in the for testing or
16 demonstrating of mopeds a
moped by temporary placement of the
17 registration on the moped being tested or demonstrated. A
18 certificate issued pursuant to under this subsection may be
used
19 on only 1 moped at any given time.
20 (4) A moped registration shall be is valid
for a 3-year
21 period which that begins on May 1 and expires on April 30 of the
22 third registration year. For purposes of this subsection, a
23 registration year begins on May 1 and ends on April 30.
24 (5) The secretary of state shall collect a fee of $25.00 at
25 the time of registering a motorcycle.
26 (6) Of each registration fee collected under subsection (5),
27 $5.00 shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund in the state
1 treasury and shall be used only to fund the motorcycle safety
2 education program under sections 312b and 811a.
3 Sec. 801g. (1) Notwithstanding section 801(1)(j) or
4 801(1)(k), 801(1)(g),
for a truck, truck tractor, or road
tractor
5 engaged in interstate commerce, for which a registration fee
6 otherwise would be provided in section 801(1)(j) or 801(1)(k),
7 801(1)(g), the fee may be apportioned under the international
8 registration plan according to the miles traveled in this state
9 in relation to the total miles traveled by the vehicle, if the
10 apportionment is permitted by a reciprocal compact, agreement, or
11 other arrangement entered into by the Michigan highway
12 reciprocity board.
13 (2) For the purposes of this section, "international
14 registration plan" means a method of licensing trucks and bus
15 fleets proportionally among 2 or more member jurisdictions and
16 includes an apportioned fee that is determined according to the
17 fleet's percentage of miles generated in the various
18 jurisdictions. Upon payment of the apportioned fee there shall be
19 issued 1 registration plate and 1 cab card for each vehicle with
20 the cab card indicating the jurisdictions in which the unit is
21 registered and the registered weight for each jurisdiction.
22 (3) If the apportionment is permitted, and if at the time of
23 purchase a person elects to have the fees apportioned and the
24 registration is valid for at least 12 months, the annual
25 international registration plan plates may be purchased by paying
26 any out of state portion and 1/2 the amount apportioned for
27 Michigan fees and an extra $10.00 service fee per vehicle upon
1 purchase and the balance within 180 days before the date of
2 expiration. The secretary of state shall deposit the extra
3 service fee collected under this subsection into the
4 transportation administration collection fund created in section
5 810b. The secretary of state shall notify a person who has
6 elected to use the installment option of this subsection
7 informing the person of the amount due and of the penalties that
8 shall be imposed if payment
is not received within 180 days
9 before the date of expiration. If a person is once late on paying
10 the balance, the secretary of state shall assess and collect a
11 penalty of 25% of the outstanding balance shall be assessed and
12 collected in addition to
the fee. If a person is twice late in
13 paying the balance within a 2-year period, then the secretary of
14 state shall assess and collect a penalty of 25% of the
15 outstanding balance shall be assessed and collected in addition
16 to the fee, and the person is ineligible to elect the
17 apportionment payment plan for the next 2 registration years
18 following the year of the delinquency. The secretary of state
19 shall suspend the registration of any vehicle for which the
20 registration fee is not paid in full and transmit a statement of
21 the delinquent balance, including the penalty, to the department
22 of treasury for collection.
23 (4) If a person surrenders a registration plate purchased
24 under section 801(1)(j) or 801(1)(k) 801(1)(g) for a registration
25 under this section for the same vehicle, the apportioned fee for
26 the exchange registration shall bear the same relationship to the
27 fee required under this section for a 12-month registration as
1 the length of time the exchange registration bears to 12 months.
2 Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the
3 calculation of the required fee and in the determination of the
4 length of time between the application for a registration and the
5 last day of the month of expiration. The calculation shall
6 include any refund as a credit provided for in section 801b(8).
7 The secretary of state shall round off the fee required for the
8 registration shall be rounded off to whole dollars as provided
in
9 section 801.
10 (5) If a person does not surrender a registration plate
11 purchased under section 801(1)(j) or 801(1)(k) 801(1)(g) for a
12 registration under this section, the apportioned fee shall be
13 determined as provided for in this section except the apportioned
14 fee for a registration purchased shall bear the same relationship
15 to the fee required under this section for a 12-month
16 registration as the length of time the registration bears to 12
17 months. Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the
18 calculation of the required fee and in the determination of the
19 length of time between the application for a registration and the
20 last day of the month of expiration. The secretary of state shall
21
round off the fee required for this
registration shall be rounded
22 off to whole dollars as
provided in section 801. Fees The
23 secretary of state shall not prorate fees under this subsection
24 shall not be prorated for
less than 6 months.
25 (6) Upon proper application for registration of a vehicle
26 under this section, the secretary of state may issue a temporary
27 registration which shall be that is valid for not more
than 45
1 days from the date of issuance.
2 (7) The secretary of state may designate an owner or
3 registrant having a fleet of motor vehicles currently registered
4 under this section to act as an agent for the secretary of state
5 for the purpose of issuing to himself or herself a temporary
6 registration. Upon issuance of a temporary registration an agent
7 shall make proper application for an international registration
8 plan registration to the secretary of state within 5 days after
9 issuance of the temporary registration.
10 (8) An owner issued a temporary registration under this
11 section is liable for the fees provided in this section.
12 (9) If the owner of a vehicle for which a temporary
13 registration is issued under this section fails to pay the
14 registration fee as required in this section, the secretary of
15 state shall suspend the registrations of all vehicles registered
16 by that owner under this section. The registrations shall remain
17 suspended until the fee is paid.
18 Sec. 801j. (1) In addition to the required vehicle
19 registration fee under section 801(1)(p), 801(1)(i), a regional
20 transit authority created under the regional transit authority
21 act, 2012 PA 387, MCL 124.541 to 124.558, may charge an
22 additional fee on vehicle registrations issued to residents of a
23 public transit region of not more than $1.20 for each $1,000.00
24 or fraction of $1,000.00 of the vehicle's list price as used in
25 calculating the fee under section 801(1)(p). 801(1)(i). The
26 authority may charge the additional fee only upon the approval of
27 a majority of the electors in a public transit region voting on
1 the fee at an election held on a regular date as provided in
2 section 641 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL
3 168.641.
4 (2) In addition to any other requirements imposed by law,
5 the ballot question proposing authorization of the fee under
6 subsection (1) shall specify how the proceeds of the fee shall be
7 expended.
8 (3) The fee collected under this section shall only be used
9 by the regional transit authority for comprehensive
10 transportation purposes as defined by section 9 of article IX of
11 the state constitution of 1963.
12 (4) A proposal for a fee under this section shall not be
13 placed on the ballot under subsection (1) unless the proposal is
14 adopted by a resolution of the board of directors of the regional
15 transit authority and certified by the board of directors not
16 later than 70 days before the election to the county clerk of
17 each county within the public transit region for inclusion on the
18 ballot.
19 (5) If a majority of voters in a public transit region
20 approve a fee under subsection (1), no later than 1 year after
21 voter approval, the secretary of state shall collect the fee on
22 all vehicles registered to residents of the public transit region
23 under section 801(1)(p) 801(1)(i)
and shall credit the fee
24 collected to the regional transit authority, minus necessary
25 collection expenses as provided in section 9 of article IX of the
26 state constitution of 1963. Necessary collection expenses
27 incurred by the secretary of state under this subsection shall be
1 based upon an established cost allocation methodology.
2 Sec. 802. (1) For a special registration issued as provided
3 for in under section 226(8), there the registrant shall be paid
4 pay 1/2 the tax imposed under section 801 and in addition a
5 service fee of $10.00.
6 (2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31
7 for the period expiring the last day of February, the secretary
8 of state shall collect a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed
9 under this act. shall be collected. This subsection does not
10 apply to vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers under
11 sections 244 to 247.
12 (3) For each special registration as provided for in issued
13 under section 226(9), the secretary of state shall collect a
14 service fee of $10.00. shall be collected.
15 (4) For temporary registration plates or markers as provided
16 for in section 226a(1), the secretary of state shall collect a
17 service fee of $5.00 for each group of 5 of those temporary
18 registration plates or markers. shall be collected.
19 (5) For a temporary registration as provided in section
20 226b, the fee shall be is
either of the following:
21 (a) For a 30-day temporary registration, 1/10 of the tax
22 prescribed under section 801 or $20.00, whichever is greater, and
23 an additional $10.00 service fee.
24 (b) For a 60-day temporary registration, 1/5 of the tax
25 prescribed under section 801 or $40.00, whichever is greater, and
26 an additional $10.00 service fee.
27 (6) For registration plates as provided for in section
1 226a(5) , or
(6), and (7), the secretary of state shall collect a
2 service fee of $40.00 $50.00
for 2 registration plates and $20.00
3
$25.00 for each additional registration
plate. shall be
4 collected.
5 (7) For special registrations issued for special mobile
6 equipment as provided in section 216(d), the secretary of state
7 shall collect a service fee of $15.00 each for the first 3
8 special registrations , and
$5.00 for each special registration
9 issued in excess of the first 3. shall be collected.
10 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
11 registration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an
12 elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment
13 of 1/4 the tax provided in section 801(1)(k) 801(1)(g) and in
14 addition a service fee of
$10.00.
15 (9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of
16 a truck, truck tractor, or road tractor that is used exclusively
17 for the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops or
18 livestock bedding between the field where produced and the place
19 of storage, feed from on-farm storage to an on-farm feeding site,
20 or fertilizer, seed, or spray material from the farm location to
21 the field may obtain a special registration. The service fee for
22 each special registration issued under this subsection shall be
23
is $20.00. The special registration shall
be is valid for a
24 period of up to 12 months and shall expire expires on
December
25 31. As used in this subsection:
26 (a) "Feed" means hay or silage.
27 (b) "Livestock bedding" means straw, sawdust, or sand.
1 (10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
2 special registration valid for 3 or more months for a road
3 tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor
4 vehicle is used exclusively in connection with the farmer's
5 farming operations or for the transportation of the farmer and
6 the farmer's family and not used for hire, and if the motor
7 vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the organization
8
operating the motor vehicle. The fee
for the registration shall
9 be is 1/10 of the tax provided in section 801(1)(c) times
the
10 number of months for which the special registration is requested
11 and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00. No The secretary of
12
state shall not issue a special
registration shall be issued for
13 a motor vehicle for which the tax under section 801(1)(c) would
14 be less than $50.00.
15 (11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
16 registration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with
17 an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for
18 the registration shall be is 1/12 of the tax provided
in section
19 801(1)(k), 801(1)(g),
times the number of months for which
the
20 special registration is requested and , in addition, a service
21 fee of $10.00.
22 (12) The secretary of state shall deposit the service fees
23 collected under subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8),
24 (9), (10), and (11) shall be deposited in the transportation
25 administration collection fund created in section 810b. through
26 October 1, 2015.
27 Sec. 803. (1) The Except
as otherwise provided in subsection
1 (2), the secretary of state shall charge a $10.00 fee for each
2 special plate issued under section 244. The secretary of state
3 shall determine the number of special plates reasonably needed by
4 a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer.
5 (2) The secretary of state shall charge a $100.00 fee for
6 the first 5 special plates issued to a dealer or a transporter
7 under section 244. For a sixth and each additional special plate
8 issued to a dealer or a transporter under section 244, the
9 secretary of state shall charge a $10.00 fee.
10 Sec. 803a. (1) The secretary of state may issue to the owner
11 of an historic vehicle an historic vehicle registration plate
12 which shall bear that
bears the inscription "historical
vehicle -
13 Michigan" and the registration number.
14 (2) The owner of an historic vehicle may use an authentic
15 Michigan registration plate of the same year as the model year in
16 which the vehicle was manufactured instead of an historic vehicle
17 registration plate issued under subsection (1) by presenting the
18 authentic plate number and year to the secretary of state at the
19 time of registration. The owner of an historic vehicle may
20 purchase an authentic Michigan registration plate from another
21 person and restore the plate to its authentic condition for use
22 under this section. An authentically restored plate is considered
23 an authentic Michigan registration plate.
24 (3) (2) The
owner of an historic vehicle applying for an
25 historic vehicle registration plate or a registration tab or
26 applying to use an authentic Michigan registration plate under
27 this section shall pay a fee of $30.00, $100.00, shall
certify
1 that the vehicle for which the registration is requested is owned
2 and operated solely as an historic vehicle, and shall certify
3 that the vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on
4 the highways of this state. The registration certificate need not
5 specify the weight of the historic vehicle. The registration
6 issued under this section subsection (1) is
transferable to
7 another historic vehicle upon completion of the application for
8 transfer and payment of the fee in the manner described in under
9 section 809. A registration issued under subsection (2) is not
10 transferable to another historic vehicle.
11 (4) (3) A
registration issued under this section shall
12 expire subsection (1)
expires on April 15 in the tenth year
13 following the date of issuance of the registration.
14 (5) A registration issued under subsection (2) remains valid
15 until the registrant either sells, transfers, or scraps the
16 vehicle or modifies the vehicle in the manner that requires the
17 issuance of a new certificate of title for the vehicle under this
18 act.
19 (6) (4) The
secretary of state may revoke a registration
20 issued under this section, for cause shown and after a hearing,
21 for failure of the applicant to comply with this section, for use
22 of the vehicle for which the registration was issued for purposes
23 other than those enumerated in section 20a, or because the
24 vehicle is not safe to operate on the highways of this state.
25 Sec. 803b. (1) The secretary of state may issue 1
26 personalized vehicle registration plate that shall be used on the
27 passenger motor vehicle, pick-up truck, motorcycle, van, motor
1 home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate
2 is issued instead of a standard plate. Personalized Except as
3 provided in subsection (2), personalized plates shall bear
4 letters and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes. The
5 secretary of state shall not issue a letter combination that
6 might carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency.
7 The personalized plates shall be made of the same material as
8 standard plates. Personalized plates shall not be a duplication
9 of another registration plate.
10 (2) The secretary of state may issue a personalized vehicle
11 registration plate inscribed with the official amateur radio call
12 letters of the applicant as assigned by the federal
13 communications commission to an applicant who holds an unexpired
14 technician, general, conditional, advanced, or extra class
15 amateur radio license issued by the federal communications
16 commission. An applicant for a personalized vehicle registration
17 plate under this subsection shall prove to the satisfaction of
18 the secretary of state that he or she holds an unexpired amateur
19 radio license.
20 (3) (2) An
application for a personalized registration plate
21 shall be submitted to the secretary of state under section 217.
22 Application The
applicant for an original personalized
23 registration plate shall be accompanied accompany the application
24 with payment of a service fee of $8.00 for the first month and of
25 $2.00 per month for each additional month of the registration
26 period in addition to the regular vehicle registration fee. A The
27
applicant may obtain a second duplicate
registration plate may be
1 obtained by requesting that
option on the application and paying
2 an additional service fee of $5.00. The secretary of state shall
3
deposit the original and duplicate
service fees shall be
4 deposited in the
transportation administration collection fund
5 created in section 810b. through October 1, 2015. Application The
6
applicant for the a renewal
of a personalized registration plate
7 shall be accompanied accompany
the application with payment of a
8 service fee of $15.00 in addition to the regular vehicle
9 registration fee. The secretary of state shall credit the service
10 fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund
11 established under , and shall be allocated as prescribed under,
12 section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660. The amount allocated to
13 the state trunk line fund established under section 11 of 1951 PA
14 51, MCL 247.661, shall be used by the state transportation
15 department for litter pickup and cleanup on state roads and
16 rights of way.
17 (4) (3) The
expiration date for a personalized registration
18 plate shall be as prescribed under section 226. Upon the issuance
19 or renewal of a personalized registration plate, the secretary of
20 state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of
21 expiration. Upon the renewal of a personalized registration
22 plate, the secretary of state shall issue a new tab or tabs for
23 the rear plate designating the next expiration date of the plate.
24 Upon renewal, the secretary of state shall not issue the owner a
25 new exact duplicate of the expired plate unless the plate is
26 illegible and the owner pays the service fee and registration fee
27 for an original personalized registration plate.
1 (5) (4) The
sequence of letters or numbers or combination of
2 letters and numbers on a personalized plate shall not be given to
3 a different person in a subsequent year unless the person to whom
4 the plate was issued does not reapply before the expiration date
5 of the plate.
6 (6) (5) An
applicant who applies for a registration plate
7 under section 217d, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o is
8 eligible to request, and the secretary of state may issue, the
9 registration plate with a sequence of letters and numbers
10 otherwise authorized under this section.
11 (7) (6) The
secretary of state may issue a temporary permit
12 to a person who has submitted an application and the proper fees
13 for a personalized registration plate if the applicant's vehicle
14 registration may expire prior to receipt of expires before the
15 applicant receives his or her personalized registration plate.
16 The temporary registration shall be valid for not more than 60
17 days after the date of issuance. The secretary of state shall
18
issue the temporary permit shall be
issued without a fee.
19 Sec. 803e. (1) A person who has been a prisoner of war or a
20 person whose spouse has been a prisoner of war may make
21 application apply to the secretary of state for a special
22 registration plate that shall be inscribed with special
23 identification numbers preceded by the letters "EX-POW" and shall
24 have the words
"ex-prisoner of war" inscribed beneath the
25 registration number.
26 (2) A person who was a member of the armed services during
27 World War I may make application to the secretary of state for a
1 special registration plate, that shall be inscribed with special
2 identification numbers preceded by the letters "WWI" and shall
3 have the words "World War I veteran" inscribed beneath the
4 registration number.
5 (3) A person who was a member of the armed services during
6 1941, stationed at a United States military or naval
7 establishment at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, and who
8 survived the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
9 may make application apply
to the secretary of state for a
10 special registration plate
, that shall be inscribed with special
11 identification numbers and shall have the words "Pearl
Harbor
12 survivor" inscribed beneath the registration number.
13 (4) A person who is a recipient of the purple heart medal
14 may make application apply
to the secretary of state for a
15 special registration plate that shall be inscribed with special
16 identification numbers and shall have the words "combat
wounded
17 veteran" inscribed beneath the registration number. In addition,
18 the special registration plate described under in this
subsection
19 shall be inscribed with a vignette of the official purple heart
20 medal.
21 (5) A person who is a recipient of the congressional medal
22 of honor may apply to the secretary of state for a special
23 registration plate inscribed with special identification numbers
24 and the words "congressional medal of honor" beneath the
25 registration number.
26 (6) (5) Application
for a special registration plate shall
27 be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be
1 accompanied by any proof of the applicant having been a prisoner
2 of war, World War I veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor, recipient of
3 the purple heart medal, or recipient of the congressional medal
4
of honor that the secretary of state may
require. requires.
5 Application for a "Gold Star Family" special registration plate
6 described in subsection (9) (10) shall be on a form
prescribed by
7 the secretary of state and shall be accompanied by any proof of
8 the applicant having been a gold star family member that the
9 secretary of state may require. The application for a special
10 registration plate shall also be accompanied with payment of a
11 $5.00 service fee.
12 (7) (6) Upon
proper application and payment of the $5.00
13 service fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special
14 registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger
15 vehicle. A person who is disabled who makes application for a
16 special registration plate under this section and who makes
17 payment of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for
18 persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or
19 her special registration plate. The secretary of state shall
20 require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as
21 is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under
22 section 675. One person in any household is entitled to 1 special
23 registration plate issued under subsection (1) that is exempt
24 from payment of the tax provided in section 801. The secretary of
25 state shall assess the person who is issued an additional special
26 registration plate under subsection (1) shall be assessed the
27 applicable tax provided for in section 801. A person who is
1 issued 1 or more special registration plates under subsection
2 (2), (3), (4), or (9) (10)
shall be assessed the applicable tax
3 provided in section 801.
4 (8) (7) The
use of a special registration plate on a vehicle
5 other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a
6 person who does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.
7 (9) (8) The
special registration plate issued under this
8 section expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in
9 which new plates are issued by the secretary of state.
10 Application for renewal of the special registration plate shall
11 be accompanied by a $5.00 service fee. The applicant is not
12 required to furnish the proof provided in subsection (5).(6).
13 (10) (9) A
gold star family member may make application to
14 the secretary of state for a special registration plate that
15 shall be inscribed with
special identification numbers preceded
16 by a gold star and shall have the words "Gold Star
Family"
17 inscribed beneath the
registration number.
18 (11) (10) As
used in this section, "gold star family member"
19 means a person who has had an immediate family member die while
20 serving in the United States armed forces or in forces
21 incorporated as part of the United States armed forces if the
22 immediate family member meets any of the eligibility criteria
23 specified in 10 USC 1126(a)(1) to (3) for a gold star lapel
24 button.
25 Sec. 803g. The secretary of state may issue a special
26 registration to a member of the United States congress from
27 Michigan. The expiration date of a registration issued under this
1 section shall be is
January 31. The fee for the special
2 registration shall correspond with the registration fees provided
3 in section 801(a) or (q).under
section 801(1)(a) or (i).
4 Sec. 806. (1) Until October 1, 2015, a A fee
of $10.00 shall
5 accompany each application for a certificate of title required by
6 this act or for a duplicate of a certificate of title. An
7 additional fee of $5.00 shall accompany an application if the
8 applicant requests that the application be given special
9 expeditious treatment. A The secretary of state shall collect a
10 $3.00 service fee, shall be collected, in addition to the other
11 fees collected under this subsection, for each title issued and
12 shall be deposited deposit
the service fee in the transportation
13 administration collection fund created under section 810b.
14 through October 1, 2015. The
secretary of state shall deposit
the
15 $5.00 expeditious treatment fee collected on and after October 1,
16 2004 through October 1, 2015 shall be deposited into the
17 transportation administration collection fund created under
18 section 810b.
19 (2) A fee of $10.00 $100.00 shall accompany an
application
20 for a special identifying number as provided in section 230. The
21 secretary of state shall deposit a fee collected under this
22 subsection into the transportation administration collection fund
23 created under section 810b.
24 (3) In addition to paying the fees required by subsection
25 (1), until December 31, 2015, each person who applies for a
26 certificate of title, a salvage vehicle certificate of title, or
27 a scrap certificate of title under this act shall pay a tire
1 disposal surcharge of $1.50 for each certificate of title or
2 duplicate of a certificate of title that person receives. The
3 secretary of state shall deposit money received under this
4 subsection into the scrap tire regulatory fund created in section
5 16908 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,
6 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.16908.
7 Sec. 807. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an
8 applicant shall include with an application for a license under
9 section 248 one of the following fees:
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10 |
Full year's license................................. $ 75.00 |
|
11 |
Half year's license (after June 30)................. 37.50 |
|
12 |
Multiple year license............................... 75.00 |
|
13 |
per year. |
14 (2) An applicant shall include with an application for a
15 used or secondhand vehicle parts dealer, an automotive recycler,
16 or foreign salvage vehicle dealer license 1 of the following
17 fees:
|
18 |
Full year's license................................. $ 160.00 |
|
19 |
Half year's license (after June 30).................. 80.00 |
|
20 |
Multiple year license................................ 160.00 |
|
21 |
per year. |
22 (3) The secretary of state shall deposit the fees collected
23 under this section in the transportation administration
24 collection fund created in section 810b.
25 Sec. 809. (1) An application for transfer of registration
1 from a motor vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) 801 to
another
2 motor vehicle subject to that section shall be accompanied by a
3 fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the 12-month
4 registration is transferred from a passenger vehicle to a motor
5 home and if the registration fee
for the motor home vehicle
to
6 which the registration is transferred, for the remainder of the
7
12-month registration period, is
greater than the fee paid upon
8 registration of 12-month
registration fee for the vehicle from
9 which the registration was removed, the registration is being
10 transferred from, then the applicant shall pay the difference in
11 fee shall be paid by the applicant. the registration fees. If
the
12 registration fee for the vehicle the registration is being
13 transferred to is less than that paid for the registration fee of
14 the vehicle from which the plates were plate was removed, the
15
secretary of state shall not refund the difference
shall not be
16 refunded. in
registration fees. The fees required by
this
17 subsection shall be considered to include all fees or charges
18 imposed by this act for the transfer of registration, except
19 those which fees that
may be assessed under section 234.
20 (2) An application for a transfer of registration, other
21 than a transfer described in subsection (1), shall be accompanied
22 by a fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the
23 registration plates are transferred to another vehicle, as
24 provided in section 233, and if the registration plate fee for a
25 12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration
26 is transferred is greater than the registration plate fee paid
27 upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
1 removed, then the difference shall be paid by the applicant for
2 the new registration. If the fee is less than that paid for
3 registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
4 removed, the difference shall not be refunded.
5 (2) (3) A The
secretary of state shall deposit a transfer
of
6 registration fee collected under this section on and after
7 October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2015 shall be deposited into
8 the transportation administration collection fund created under
9 section 810b.
10 Sec. 811. (1) An application for an original operator's or
11 an original or renewal chauffeur's license as provided in
12 sections 307 and 312 and an application for an original minor's
13 restricted license as provided in section 312 shall be
14 accompanied by the following fees:
|
15 |
Operator's license................. |
$ |
25.00 |
|
16 |
Chauffeur's license................ |
|
35.00 |
|
17 |
Minor's restricted license......... |
|
25.00 |
18 The renewal fee for an operator's license renewed under this
19 section is $18.00. However, if an operator's license is expired
20 at the time of the renewal, the fee is the same as the original
21 fee. , except as provided in subsection (4). The date of
an
22 application for a renewal of an operator's license under this
23 section that is delivered to the secretary of state by regular
24 mail is the postmark date in determining the fee to be assessed.
25 (2) The Except
as provided in subsection (4), the secretary
26 of state shall deposit the money received and collected under
1 subsection (1) in the state treasury to the credit of the general
2 fund. The secretary of state shall refund out of the fees
3 collected to each county or municipality acting as an examining
4 officer or examining bureau $2.50 for each applicant examined for
5 an original license, $1.00 for each applicant examined for an
6 original chauffeur's license, and $1.00 for every other applicant
7 examined, if the application is not denied and the money refunded
8 is paid to the county or local treasurer and is appropriated to
9 the county, municipality, or officer or bureau receiving the
10 money for the purpose of carrying out this act. The state
11 treasurer shall deposit the sum of $4.00 in the traffic law
12 enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a for each
13 person examined for an original license, a renewal operator's
14 license, an original chauffeur's license, or a renewal
15 chauffeur's license, except that the sum deposited for each 2-
16 year operator's or 2-year chauffeur's license shall be $2.00.
17 (3) Notwithstanding sections 306 and 308, the secretary of
18
state shall not issue an operator's
license shall not be issued
19 to a person under 18 years of age unless that person successfully
20 passes a driver education course and examination given by a
21 school licensed under the driver education and training schools
22 act, 1974 PA 369, MCL 256.601 to 256.612. A person who has been a
23 holder of a motor vehicle operator's license issued by any other
24 state, territory, or possession of the United States, or any
25 other sovereignty for 1 year immediately before application for
26 an operator's license under this act is not required to comply
27 with this subsection. Restricted The secretary of state may issue
1
restricted licenses may be issued
pursuant to under section 312
2 without compliance with this subsection.
3 (4) A person who is on active military service at the time
4 his or her operator's license expires shall be charged the
5 renewal rate for renewing his or her operator's license under
6 this section if all of the following apply:
7 (a) He or she applies for renewal within 30 days of
8 returning to this state from active duty.
9 (b) He or she held a valid, unexpired operator's license
10 from this state immediately prior to leaving this state for
11 active military service.
12 (c) He or she presents such documentation as the secretary
13 of state requires to establish eligibility under this subsection.
14 (4) The secretary of state shall deposit $7.00 from each
15 renewal fee for an operator's license collected under subsection
16 (1) into the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in
17 section 819a and used to regulate highway safety.
18 Sec. 812. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
19 (2), for each duplicate license as provided in section 313, and
20 for each correction of a license, a person may apply for renewal
21 of the license and pay the renewal fee prescribed in this act or
22 the person may, at his or her option and upon payment of the fee
23 prescribed in this section, apply for a duplicate license which
24
that expires on the same date as the
license which that was lost,
25 destroyed, mutilated, or became illegible. The secretary of state
26 may check the applicant's driving record through the national
27 driver register and the commercial driver license information
1 system before issuing a license under this section. The fee for a
2 duplicate chauffeur's license is $18.00. The fee for a duplicate
3 operator's license is $9.00. A The secretary of state shall not
4
charge a renewal fee shall not be
charged for a change of
5 address, a correction required to correct a department error, or
6 , beginning January 1, 2007, to
add or remove a heart insignia
7 described in section 310.
8 (2) Except with regard to for a person who is less
than 21
9 years of age or a person with a license containing a hazardous
10 material indorsement, for each duplicate license as provided in
11 section 313, and for each correction of a license, a person shall
12 apply for renewal of the license and pay the renewal fee
13 prescribed in this act if the license was due to expire within
14 the next 12 months. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a
15 license renewed under this subsection shall be renewed for the
16 combined period of the time remaining on the license before its
17 renewal and the 4-year renewal period.
18 (3) For each duplicate chauffeur's license issued under
19 subsection (1), the secretary of state shall collect a fee of
20 $2.00 that shall be credited to the traffic law enforcement and
21 safety fund created in section 819a and used to regulate highway
22 safety. For each corrected license issued under section 312e, the
23 secretary of state shall collect a fee of $2.00 and credit that
24 fee to the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in
25 section 819a as provided in section 312e(16).
26 (4) For each duplicate operator's license issued under
27 subsection (1), the secretary of state shall collect a fee of
1 $1.00 that shall be credited to the traffic law enforcement and
2 safety fund created in section 819a and used to regulate highway
3 safety.
4 Enacting section 1. Sections 217a, 217d, and 803p of the
5 Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.217a, 257.217d, and
6 257.803p, are repealed.
7 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect January
8 1, 2015.
9 Enacting section 3. The department shall implement the
10 changes made by the amendatory act that added this enacting
11 section no later than January 1, 2016.
12 Enacting section 4. There is appropriated to the secretary
13 of state the sum of $4,000,000.00 for the purpose of completing
14 the programming necessary to implement the changes made by the
15 amendatory act that added this enacting section.