Bill Text: MI HB4569 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; vehicle registration tax credited to transportation administration collection fund; extend sunset. Amends secs. 801, 802, 803b, 803r, 804, 806, 809, 811e & 811h of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801 et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Assigned Pa 78'15 With Immediate Effect [HB4569 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4569-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4569
May 7, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Pscholka and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 801, 802, 803b, 803r, 804, 806, 809, 811e, and
811h (MCL 257.801, 257.802, 257.803b, 257.803r, 257.804, 257.806,
257.809, 257.811e, and 257.811h), section 801 as amended by 2012 PA
498, sections 802, 803r, 804, 806, 809, 811e, and 811h as amended
by 2011 PA 159, and section 803b as amended by 2015 PA 11.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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, except
4 the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain carriers
5 operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor carrier act,
6 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; 479.42; the taxes imposed by
the
7 motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to 207.234;
1 and except as otherwise provided by this act:
2 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
3 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not more
4 than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according to the
5 following schedule of empty weights:
6 Empty weights Tax
7 0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$ 29.00
8 3,001 to 3,500 pounds.............................. 32.00
9 3,501 to 4,000 pounds.............................. 37.00
10 4,001 to 4,500 pounds.............................. 43.00
11 4,501 to 5,000 pounds.............................. 47.00
12 5,001 to 5,500 pounds.............................. 52.00
13 5,501 to 6,000 pounds.............................. 57.00
14 6,001 to 6,500 pounds.............................. 62.00
15 6,501 to 7,000 pounds.............................. 67.00
16 7,001 to 7,500 pounds.............................. 71.00
17 7,501 to 8,000 pounds.............................. 77.00
18 8,001 to 8,500 pounds.............................. 81.00
19 8,501 to 9,000 pounds.............................. 86.00
20 9,001 to 9,500 pounds.............................. 91.00
21 9,501 to 10,000 pounds............................. 95.00
22 over 10,000 pounds.....................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds
23 of empty weight
24 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
25 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
26 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
1 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
2 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
3 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
4 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
5 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
6 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
7 of commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an
8 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who transports
9 a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair and for
10 which registration plates are issued under section 803d shall be
11 assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in this
12 subdivision.
13 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
14 shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer coach
15 not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located
16 on land otherwise assessable as real property under the general
17 property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer
18 coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether or not
19 permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real property
20 taxes.
21 (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle, truck,
22 or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in
23 connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling
24 livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in
25 kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the transportation
26 of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74
27 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or
1 truck tractor. If the road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,
2 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is also used for a
3 nonfarming operation, the farmer is subject to the highest
4 registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of the vehicle but
5 is not subject to more than 1 tax rate under this act.
6 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
7 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
8 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk from
9 the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100 pounds of
10 empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. A
11 registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed in this
12 subdivision continues in full force and effect until the regular
13 expiration date of the registration. As used in this subdivision:
14 (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling
15 and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the harvest
16 site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting equipment. Wood
17 harvester does not include a person or persons whose primary
18 activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
19 (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the
20 following:
21 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
22 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
23 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
24 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
25 processor, chipper, or saw table.
26 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
27 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
1 skidder, or cable skidder.
2 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
3 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
4 loader, or forklift.
5 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
6 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
7 maintaining harvest site roads.
8 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
9 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
10 firewood for a profit making venture.
11 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
12 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
13 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged in
14 the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
15 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
16 ambulance.
17 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
18 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
19 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
20 university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under this
21 subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new
22 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the secretary
23 of state.
24 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
25 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
26 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
27 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
1 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
2 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by a
3 senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon, carryall,
4 or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is designated by
5 proper signs showing the organization operating the vehicle.
6 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
7 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children
8 at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized
9 under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is
10 designated by a proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name;
11 for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans center;
12 for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling center or
13 a federally recognized nonprofit conservation organization; for a
14 motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or ship's
15 body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and used
16 exclusively in parades and civic events; or for an emergency
17 support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and
18 operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable
19 organization, $10.00 per plate.
20 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a bona
21 fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross, girl
22 scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the
23 empty weight of the truck.
24 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
25 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow a
26 trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a profit
27 making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to tow a
1 mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in subdivision
2 (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the following
3 schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
4 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
5 0 to 2,500 pounds.............................. $ 1.40
6 2,501 to 4,000 pounds.......................... 1.76
7 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
8 6,001 to 8,000 pounds.......................... 2.72
9 8,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 3.25
10 10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................ 3.77
11 15,001 pounds and over......................... 4.39
12 If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the
13 same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for which
14 registration is sought under this subdivision is more than the tax
15 provided under the preceding provisions of this subdivision for an
16 identical vehicle, the tax required under this subdivision is not
17 less than the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of
18 the same model year with the same list price.
19 (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a
20 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
21 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
22 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
23 schedule of elected gross weights:
24 Elected gross weight Tax
25 0 to 24,000 pounds...................... $ 491.00
26 24,001 to 26,000 pounds................. 558.00
1 26,001 to 28,000 pounds................. 558.00
2 28,001 to 32,000 pounds................. 649.00
3 32,001 to 36,000 pounds................. 744.00
4 36,001 to 42,000 pounds................. 874.00
5 42,001 to 48,000 pounds................. 1,005.00
6 48,001 to 54,000 pounds................. 1,135.00
7 54,001 to 60,000 pounds................. 1,268.00
8 60,001 to 66,000 pounds................. 1,398.00
9 66,001 to 72,000 pounds................. 1,529.00
10 72,001 to 80,000 pounds................. 1,660.00
11 80,001 to 90,000 pounds................. 1,793.00
12 90,001 to 100,000 pounds................ 2,002.00
13 100,001 to 115,000 pounds............... 2,223.00
14 115,001 to 130,000 pounds............... 2,448.00
15 130,001 to 145,000 pounds............... 2,670.00
16 145,001 to 160,000 pounds............... 2,894.00
17 over 160,000 pounds..................... 3,117.00
18 For each commercial vehicle registered under this subdivision,
19 $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to be expended for
20 the purposes prescribed as
provided in section 25 of 1951 PA 51,
21 MCL 247.675.
22 If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased
23 from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, an
24 individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator
25 60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor
26 or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or
27 arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is
1 entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
2 (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or
3 trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following
4 schedule of empty weights:
5 Empty weights Tax
6 0 to 2,499 pounds................................ $ 75.00
7 2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................ 200.00
8 10,000 pounds and over........................... 300.00
9 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
10 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration plate
11 for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the secretary of
12 state reissues a new registration plate for all trailers, a person
13 who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle
14 under this subdivision is not required to pay the tax for that
15 vehicle a second time, but is required to pay only the cost of the
16 reissued plate at the rate provided in section 804(2) for a
17 standard plate. A registration plate issued under this subdivision
18 is nontransferable.
19 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation of
20 passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment is
21 made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the
22 following schedule of empty weights:
23 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
24 0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $ 1.76
25 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
26 6,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 2.72
1 10,001 pounds and over......................... 3.25
2 (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.
3 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
4 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
5 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
6 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
7 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
8 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
9 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
10 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
11 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
12 of commerce or its successor agency.
13 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each
14 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part of
15 the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the
16 annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed
17 as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January 1,
18 1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle
19 safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used only for
20 funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided for
21 under sections 312b and 811a.
22 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
23 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or part
24 of a moving van in transporting household furniture and household
25 effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting carnivals,
26 at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross weights in
27 subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that subdivision.
1 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
2 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
3 under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax
4 rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category
5 otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision (a),
6 and each low-speed vehicle according to the following schedule
7 based upon registration periods of 12 months:
8 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
9 first registration that is not a transfer registration under
10 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
11 registration under section 809, according to the following schedule
12 based on the vehicle's list price:
13 List Price Tax
14 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................ $ 30.00
15 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............... $ 33.00
16 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............... $ 38.00
17 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............... $ 43.00
18 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.............. $ 48.00
19 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00............. $ 53.00
20 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00............. $ 58.00
21 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00............. $ 63.00
22 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00............. $ 68.00
23 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00............. $ 73.00
24 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00............. $ 78.00
25 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00............. $ 83.00
26 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00............. $ 88.00
27 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00............. $ 93.00
1 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00............. $ 98.00
2 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00............. $ 103.00
3 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00............. $ 108.00
4 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00............. $ 113.00
5 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00............. $ 118.00
6 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00............. $ 123.00
7 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00............. $ 128.00
8 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00............. $ 133.00
9 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00............. $ 138.00
10 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00............. $ 143.00
11 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00............. $ 148.00
12 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by $5.00
13 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00 increment
14 over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or decreases as a
15 result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or transferred
16 after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased or decreased
17 tax.
18 (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed
19 under subparagraph (i).
20 (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed
21 under subparagraph (ii).
22 (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the
23 tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).
24 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has
25 been previously registered by a person other than the person
26 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
27 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
1 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
2 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
3 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
4 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
5 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the
6 result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
7 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that is
8 owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual
9 who transports a member of his or her household who uses a
10 wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued under
11 section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax
12 provided for in this subdivision.
13 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
14 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this act,
15 a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure shall
16 be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the computation
17 results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and shall be rounded
18 to the next higher whole dollar when the computation results in a
19 figure ending in 51 cents or more, unless specific taxes are
20 specified, and the secretary of state may accept the manufacturer's
21 shipping weight of the vehicle fully equipped for the use for which
22 the registration application is made. If the weight is not
23 correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state
24 shall determine the actual weight. Each application for
25 registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have
26 attached to the application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle
27 fully equipped as of the time the application is made. The scale
1 weight receipt is not necessary if there is presented with the
2 application a registration receipt of the previous year that shows
3 on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the
4 secretary of state and that is accompanied by a statement of the
5 applicant that there has not been a structural change in the motor
6 vehicle that has increased the weight and that the previous
7 registered weight is the true weight.
8 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying
9 ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the
10 specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is exempt
11 from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.
12 (3) Until October 1, 2015, 2019, the tax for a vehicle
with an
13 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a) and
14 the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j),
15 (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:
16 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the
17 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a and
18 used to regulate highway safety.
19 (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the
20 transportation administration collection fund created in section
21 810b.
22 (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not
23 received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration date
24 of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall collect a
25 late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after the
26 expiration date. An application for a renewal of a registration
27 using the regular mail and postmarked before the expiration date of
1 that registration shall not be assessed a late fee. The late fee
2 collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the general
3 fund.
4 (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this section,
5 the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under section
6 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority created
7 under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387, MCL 124.541
8 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as provided in
9 section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
10 Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of state
11 under this subsection shall be based upon an established cost
12 allocation methodology.
13 (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.
14 (7) As used in this section:
15 (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
16 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and includes
17 the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of the purchase
18 price as that value is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as
19 evidenced by the signed agreement executed under section 251.
20 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base list
21 price as published by the secretary of state, or the manufacturer's
22 suggested retail price as shown on the label required to be affixed
23 to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the secretary of state has not
24 at the time of the sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's
25 suggested retail price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of
26 the vehicle if the manufacturer's suggested base list price is
27 unavailable from the sources described in this subdivision.
1 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by the
2 seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being
3 registered.
4 Sec. 802. (1) For a
special registration issued as provided
5 for in under section 226(8), there the registrant shall be paid pay
6 1/2 the tax imposed under section 801 and in addition a service
fee
7 of $10.00.
8 (2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31 for
9 the period expiring the last day of February, the secretary of
10 state shall collect a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed under
11 this act. shall be collected. This subsection does not
apply to
12 vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers under sections 244
13 to 247.
14 (3) For each special registration as provided for in under
15 section 226(9), the secretary of state shall collect a service fee
16 of $10.00. shall be collected.
17 (4) For temporary registration plates or markers as provided
18 for in under section 226a(1), the secretary of state shall collect
19 a service fee of $5.00 for each group of 5 of those temporary
20 registration plates or markers. shall be collected.
21 (5) For a temporary registration as provided in under section
22 226b, the fee shall be either of the following:
23 (a) For a 30-day temporary registration, 1/10 of the tax
24 prescribed under section 801 or $20.00, whichever is greater, and
25 an additional $10.00 service fee.
26 (b) For a 60-day temporary registration, 1/5 of the tax
27 prescribed under section 801 or $40.00, whichever is greater, and
1 an additional $10.00 service fee.
2 (6) For registration plates as provided for in section
3 226a(5), (6), and (7), the secretary of state shall collect a
4 service fee of $40.00 for 2 registration plates and $20.00 for each
5 additional registration plate. shall be collected.
6 (7) For special registrations issued for special mobile
7 equipment as provided in section 216(d), the secretary of state
8 shall collect a service fee of $15.00 each for the first 3 special
9 registrations, and $5.00 for each special registration issued in
10 excess of the first 3. shall be collected.
11 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
12 registration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an
13 elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment of
14 1/4 the tax provided in section 801(1)(k) and in addition a
service
15 fee of $10.00.
16 (9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of a
17 truck, truck tractor, or road tractor that is used exclusively for
18 the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops or livestock
19 bedding between the field where produced and the place of storage,
20 feed from on-farm storage to an on-farm feeding site, or
21 fertilizer, seed, or spray material from the farm location to the
22 field may obtain a special registration. The service fee for each
23 special registration issued under this subsection shall be is
24 $20.00. The special registration shall be is valid
for a period of
25 up to 12 months and shall expire expires on December 31. As
used in
26 this subsection:
27 (a) "Feed" means hay or silage.
1 (b) "Livestock bedding" means straw, sawdust, or sand.
2 (10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a special
3 registration valid for 3 or more months for a road tractor, truck,
4 or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor vehicle is used
5 exclusively in connection with the farmer's farming operations or
6 for the transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family and
7 not used for hire. The fee for the registration shall be is 1/10
of
8 the tax provided in section 801(1)(c) times the number of months
9 for which the special registration is requested and, in addition, a
10 service fee of $10.00. No The secretary of state shall not issue a
11 special registration shall be issued for a motor vehicle for
which
12 the tax under section 801(1)(c) would be less than $50.00.
13 (11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
14 registration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with
15 an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for
16 the registration shall be 1/12 of the tax provided in section
17 801(1)(k), times the number of months for which the special
18 registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of
19 $10.00.
20 (12) The secretary of state shall deposit the service fees
21 collected under subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
22 (10), and (11) shall be deposited in the transportation
23 administration collection fund created in section 810b through
24 October 1, 2015.2019.
25 Sec. 803b. (1) The secretary of state may issue 1 personalized
26 vehicle registration plate that shall be used on the passenger
27 motor vehicle, pick-up truck, motorcycle, van, motor home, hearse,
1 bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate is issued
2 instead of a standard plate. Personalized plates shall bear letters
3 and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes. The personalized
4 plates shall be made of the same material as standard plates. A
5 personalized plate shall not be a duplication of another
6 registration plate.
7 (2) An application for a personalized registration plate shall
8 be submitted to the secretary of state under section 217.
9 Application for an original personalized registration plate shall
10 be accompanied with payment of a service fee of $8.00 for the first
11 month and of $2.00 per month for each additional month of the
12 registration period in addition to the regular vehicle registration
13 fee. A second duplicate registration plate may be obtained by
14 requesting that option on the application and paying an additional
15 service fee of $5.00. The original and duplicate service fees shall
16 be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund
17 created in section 810b through October 1, 2015. 2019. Application
18 for the renewal of a personalized registration plate shall be
19 accompanied with payment of a service fee of $15.00 in addition to
20 the regular vehicle registration fee. The service fee shall be
21 credited to the Michigan transportation fund established under, and
22 shall be allocated as prescribed under, section 10 of 1951 PA 51,
23 MCL 247.660. The amount allocated to the state trunk line fund
24 established under section 11 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661, shall be
25 used by the state transportation department for litter pickup and
26 cleanup on state roads and rights of way.
27 (3) The expiration date for a personalized registration plate
1 shall be as prescribed under section 226. Upon the issuance or
2 renewal of a personalized registration plate, the secretary of
3 state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of
4 expiration. Upon the renewal of a personalized registration plate,
5 the secretary of state shall issue a new tab or tabs for the rear
6 plate designating the next expiration date of the plate. Upon
7 renewal, the secretary of state shall not issue the owner a new
8 exact duplicate of the expired plate unless the plate is illegible
9 and the owner pays the service fee and registration fee for an
10 original personalized registration plate.
11 (4) The sequence of letters or numbers or combination of
12 letters and numbers on a personalized plate shall not be given to a
13 different person in a subsequent year unless the person to whom the
14 plate was issued does not reapply before the expiration date of the
15 plate.
16 (5) An applicant who applies for a registration plate under
17 section 217d, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o is
18 eligible to request, and the secretary of state may issue, the
19 registration plate with a sequence of letters and numbers otherwise
20 authorized under this section.
21 (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary permit to a
22 person who has submitted an application and the proper fees for a
23 personalized registration plate if the applicant's vehicle
24 registration may expire prior to receipt of his or her personalized
25 registration plate. The temporary registration shall be valid for
26 not more than 60 days after the date of issuance. The temporary
27 permit shall be issued without a fee.
1 Sec. 803r. The secretary of state shall deposit the service
2 fees collected under sections 803e, 803f, 803i, 803j, 803k, 803l,
3 803m, 803n, and 803o shall be deposited into the transportation
4 administration collection fund created under section 810b through
5 October 1, 2015.2019.
6 Sec. 804. (1) In addition to any other fees required under
7 this act, the applicant
shall pay a $5.00 service fee shall
be paid
8 with each application for each distinctive or commemorative plate
9 provided for in this act to cover manufacturing and issuance costs
10 unless these costs are otherwise specifically provided for in this
11 act.
12 (2) Each applicant for a duplicate or replacement license
13 plate provided for in this act shall pay the following service fee
14 to the secretary of state, in addition to any other fees required
15 under this act:
16 (a) Five dollars for a standard or graphic standard plate,
17 personalized registration plate, veterans special registration
18 plate, or other registration plate for which the duplicate or
19 replacement fee has not been specified in this act.
20 (b) Ten dollars for a set of plates provided for in section
21 803m.
22 (c) Ten dollars for each fund-raising registration plate
23 issued under section 811e or 811f, or collector plate described in
24 section 811g.
25 (3) The secretary of state shall deposit the service fees
26 collected under this section shall be deposited in the
27 transportation administration collection fund created in section
1 810b through October 1, 2015.2019.
2 Sec. 806. (1) Until October 1, 2015, 2019, an applicant for a
3 certificate of title required by this act or an applicant for a
4 duplicate of a certificate of title shall accompany the application
5 with a fee of $10.00. shall
accompany each application for a
6 certificate of title required by this act or for a duplicate of a
7 certificate of title. An applicant who requests that the
8 application be given special expeditious treatment shall accompany
9 the application with an additional
fee of $5.00. shall accompany an
10 application if the applicant requests that the application be given
11 special expeditious treatment. A The secretary of state shall
12 collect a $3.00 service fee, shall
be collected, in addition to the
13 other fees collected under this subsection, for each title issued
14 and shall be deposited deposit
the fee in the transportation
15 administration collection fund created under section 810b through
16 October 1, 2015. 2019.
The $5.00 expeditious treatment fee
17 collected on and after October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2015 2019
18 shall be deposited into the transportation administration
19 collection fund created under section 810b.
20 (2) A An
applicant for a special identifying number under
21 section 230 shall accompany the application with a fee of $10.00.
22 shall accompany an application for a special identifying number as
23 provided in section 230.
24 (3) In addition to paying the fees required by subsection (1),
25 until December 31, 2015, 2019, each person who
applies for a
26 certificate of title, a salvage vehicle certificate of title, or a
27 scrap certificate of title under this act shall pay a tire disposal
1 surcharge of $1.50 for each certificate of title or duplicate of a
2 certificate of title that person receives. The secretary of state
3 shall deposit money received under this subsection into the scrap
4 tire regulatory fund created in section 16908 of the natural
5 resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
6 324.16908.
7 Sec. 809. (1) An application applicant for transfer of
8 registration from a vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) to another
9 vehicle subject to that section shall be accompanied by accompany
10 the application with a fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of
11 $8.00, if the registration is transferred from a passenger vehicle
12 to a motor home and if the registration fee for the motor home is
13 greater than the fee paid upon registration of the vehicle from
14 which the registration was removed, then the applicant shall pay
15 the difference in fee. shall
be paid by the applicant. If the fee
16 is less than that paid for the registration of the vehicle from
17 which the plates were removed, the secretary of state shall not
18 refund the difference. shall
not be refunded. The fees required by
19 this subsection shall be considered to include all fees or
charges
20 imposed by this act for the transfer of registration, except those
21 which that may be assessed under section 234.
22 (2) An application applicant for a transfer of
registration,
23 other than a transfer described in subsection (1), shall be
24 accompanied by accompany
the application with a fee of $8.00. In
25 addition to the fee of $8.00, if the registration plates are
26 transferred to another vehicle, as provided in section 233, and if
27 the registration plate fee for a 12-month registration for the
1 vehicle to which the registration is transferred is greater than
2 the registration plate fee paid upon registration of the vehicle
3 from which the registration was removed, then the applicant shall
4 pay the difference shall
be paid by the applicant for the new
5 registration. If the fee is less than that paid for registration of
6 the vehicle from which the registration was removed, the secretary
7 of state shall not refund the difference. shall
not be refunded.
8 (3) A transfer of registration fee collected under this
9 section on and after October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2015 2019
10 shall be deposited into the transportation administration
11 collection fund created under section 810b.
12 Sec. 811e. (1) The secretary of state may develop a fund-
13 raising plate as provided in this section.
14 (2) A start-up fee of $15,000.00 shall be paid for any new
15 fund-raising plate authorized under this section. The secretary of
16 state shall deposit the fee shall
be deposited in the
17 transportation administration collection fund through October 1,
18 2015 2019 to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and
19 issuing fund-raising plates. If the fee described in this
20 subsection is not paid within 18 months after the effective date of
21 the public act that authorizes the development and issuance of a
22 fund-raising plate, the secretary of state shall not create,
23 produce, or issue the related
fund-raising plate. shall not be
24 created, produced, or issued. A
start-up fee paid under this
25 subsection is nonrefundable.
26 (3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first
27 issues 1 of the fund-raising plates as described in subsection (1)
1 and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or other
2 person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it as
3 approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall
4 deposit the payment required
under this subsection shall be
5 deposited in the
transportation administration collection fund
6 created under section 810b through October 1, 2015 2019 to
be used
7 for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising
8 plates. A payment under this subsection is nonrefundable.
9 (4) The secretary of state may develop 1 or more limited term
10 registration plates to recognize a Michigan university or an
11 accomplishment or occasion of a Michigan university.
12 (5) The secretary of state may develop different state-
13 sponsored fund-raising plates as described in this section, and
14 matching state-sponsored collector plates as described in section
15 811g.
16 (6) The secretary of state shall not develop or issue a fund-
17 raising plate unless a public act authorizing the fund-raising
18 plate, at a minimum, does all of the following:
19 (a) Identifies the purpose of the fund-raising plate.
20 (b) Creates a nonprofit fund or designates an existing
21 nonprofit fund to receive the money raised through the sale of
22 fund-raising plates and matching collector plates.
23 (c) If a fund is created, names the person or entity
24 responsible for administering the fund.
25 Sec. 811h. (1) Each The secretary of state shall credit each
26 service fee collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be
27 credited to the
transportation administration collection fund
1 created under section 810b through October 1, 2015.2019.
2 (2) The secretary of state shall identify and segregate the
3 fund-raising donations collected under sections 811f and 811g into
4 separate accounts. The secretary of state shall create a separate
5 account for each fund-raising plate and its collector plates issued
6 or sold by the secretary of state.
7 (3) As determined necessary by the secretary of state but not
8 more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the
9 secretary of state shall not less than once each calendar quarter
10 authorize the disbursement of fund-raising donations segregated
11 under subsection (2) and, independent from any disbursement under
12 subsection (2), report the number of each type of fund-raising and
13 collector plates issued, sold, or renewed to the following, as
14 appropriate:
15 (a) The treasurer of a Michigan university.
16 (b) The person or entity identified in a public act pursuant
17 to section 811e to administer a state-sponsored fund-raising
18 registration plate fund.
19 (c) The sponsor of a fund-raising plate issued as prescribed
20 under section 811e that was developed and issued after January 1,
21 2007.
22 (4) A fund-raising plate created after January 1, 2007 shall
23 meet or exceed the following sales goals:
24 (a) In the first year, 2,000 plates.
25 (b) In the second and each subsequent year for 5 years, 500
26 original plates.
27 (5) The secretary of state may cease to issue a fund-raising
1 plate or to issue a duplicate replacement of a fund-raising plate
2 for use on a vehicle if that fund-raising plate fails to meet a
3 sales goal described in subsection (4). The secretary of state may
4 also cease to sell a collector plate that matches the discontinued
5 fund-raising plate. However, the secretary of state may continue to
6 renew fund-raising plates already issued and collect the renewal
7 fund-raising donation for those plates.
8 (6) The state of Michigan, through the secretary of state,
9 shall own all right, title, and interest in all fund-raising plates
10 and collector plates, including the right to use, reproduce, or
11 distribute a fund-raising or collector plate or the image of a
12 fund-raising or collector plate in any form. The secretary of state
13 may authorize the commercial or other use of a fund-raising or
14 collector plate design, logo, or image if written consent is
15 obtained from the pertinent Michigan university or other person
16 that sponsored a fund-raising plate. However, the secretary of
17 state shall not authorize the commercial or other use of a fund-
18 raising or collector plate under this section unless the user first
19 agrees in writing to the terms and conditions that the secretary of
20 state considers necessary. Those terms and conditions may include
21 the payment of royalty fees to 1 or more of the following:
22 (a) This state.
23 (b) A Michigan university.
24 (c) Another person that sponsored a fund-raising plate.
25 (7) A The
secretary of state shall credit a royalty
fee paid
26 to this state under a written agreement described in subsection (6)
27 shall be credited to the
transportation administration collection
1 fund created under section 810b through October 1, 2015.2019.
2 (8) Beginning not later than February 1, 2007, and annually
3 after that, an organization receiving fund-raising donations
4 disbursed under this section shall report to the state treasurer. A
5 report under this subsection shall include a summary of
6 expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under
7 this section.
8 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October
9 1, 2015.
