Bill Text: MI HB4460 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; reimbursement of registration fee for return of plates or tabs before expiration; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 801b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/30/2017 [HB4460 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4460-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4460

 

 

March 30, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Roberts and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 801b (MCL 257.801b), as amended by 1986 PA 311.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 801b. (1) If a person, through error either on his or her

 

own part or that of the secretary of state, pays the specific tax

 

required by section 801 or 802 more than once on the same

 

equipment, the secretary of state, upon application and

 

satisfactory proof, shall refund the amount paid in error. A claim

 

shall be filed within 1 year after the date of payment and verified

 

by the secretary of state before a refund is made. If an

 

application for a dealer license provided for in section 248 is

 

withdrawn by the applicant or the applicant's heir, before issuance

 

of the dealer license, the secretary of state may refund the fees

 

that accompanied the application under sections 803, 803a, and 807

may be refunded by the secretary of state upon application and

 

satisfactory proof.

 

     (2) If a person's license to drive a motor vehicle is revoked,

 

suspended, or denied for medical or physical reasons, the person

 

may return the registration plates and obtain a refund on the

 

plates prorated on a monthly basis for the time period remaining in

 

the registration year from the date the plates are returned.

 

However, the refund shall must not exceed the original registration

 

fee.

 

     (3) Upon the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse may

 

return registration plates and obtain a refund on the plates

 

prorated on a monthly basis for the time period remaining in the

 

registration year from the date the plates are returned. However,

 

the refund shall not exceed the original registration fee.

 

     (4) The owner of a registered vehicle who transfers or assigns

 

title or interest in that registered vehicle before placing upon

 

the registered vehicle the registration plates or tabs issued for

 

that registered vehicle may obtain a full refund in full from the

 

secretary of state for the registration plates plate or tabs.

 

Registration plates, or tabs issued for 1978 and thereafter shall

 

be returned by the owner within 30 days following the date of

 

transfer or assignment.tab if 1 of the following is satisfied:

 

     (a) The tab has not been affixed to the registration plate and

 

the applicant submits an application for a refund and the

 

registration plate and tab within 30 days after the date of

 

transfer or reassignment of the vehicle.

 

     (b) All of the following are satisfied:

     (i) The registration plate or tab was purchased before the

 

expiration date of the immediately preceding registration.

 

     (ii) The secretary of state receives an application for refund

 

within 30 days after the date of transfer or reassignment of the

 

vehicle and before the expiration date of the immediately preceding

 

registration.

 

     (iii) The registration plate and tab are returned to the

 

secretary of state with the application for refund before the

 

expiration date of the immediately preceding registration.

 

     (5) The owner of a vehicle registered pursuant to section

 

801d(2) who transfers or assigns title or interest in the vehicle

 

may obtain a refund on the registration for each unused, whole

 

registration period remaining on the registration from the date the

 

plates are returned and the application for a refund is made.

 

     (5) (6) In the case of an original application for

 

registration plates issued under section 217a or 803b, the

 

secretary of state shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly basis

 

from the date of application for the time period remaining in the

 

previously issued registration, if an application for the refund is

 

made and satisfactory proof is presented to the secretary of state.

 

A The secretary of state shall not issue a refund shall not be made

 

if the amount due is less than $5.00.

 

     (6) (7) In the case of an original application for the

 

registration plates bearing the letters "SEN" or "REP", the

 

secretary of state shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly basis

 

from the date of application for the time period remaining in the

 

previously issued registration.

     (7) (8) In the case of an original application and issuance of

 

an international registration plan registration plate under section

 

801g, the secretary of state shall make a refund as a credit

 

prorated on a monthly basis from the date of application for the

 

months remaining for the previously issued registration on the same

 

vehicle, if an application for the refund as a credit is made and

 

satisfactory proof of eligibility is presented to the secretary of

 

state. A refund as a credit shall must not exceed the total amount

 

of the Michigan apportioned fees assessed for the plates issued

 

under section 801g nor and shall not be made if the amount due is

 

less than $5.00. For the purpose of As used in this subsection, a

 

month shall mean "month" means 30 consecutive days, and a partial

 

month shall be considered as a whole month.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.