Bill Text: MI HB4632 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; registration tax; increase, and create new registration tax for hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles. Amends sec. 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4234'13

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Printed Bill Filed 04/26/2013 [HB4632 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4632-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4632

 

April 25, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Schmidt and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 801 (MCL 257.801), as amended by 2012 PA 498.

 

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,

 

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

 

 5  carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor

 

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

 

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

 

 8  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

 

 1  more than 8,000 pounds or less, except as otherwise provided,

 

 2  according to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

3       Empty weights                                          Tax

4       0 to 3,000 pounds.............................  $  29.0035.00

5       3,001 to 3,500 pounds.........................     32.0039.00

6       3,501 to 4,000 pounds.........................     37.0044.00

7       4,001 to 4,500 pounds.........................     43.0052.00

8       4,501 to 5,000 pounds.........................     47.0056.00

9       5,001 to 5,500 pounds.........................     52.0062.00

10      5,501 to 6,000 pounds.........................     57.0068.00

11      6,001 to 6,500 pounds.........................     62.0074.00

12      6,501 to 7,000 pounds.........................     67.0080.00

13      7,001 to 7,500 pounds.........................     71.0085.00

14      7,501 to 8,000 pounds.........................     77.0092.00

15      8,001 to 8,500 pounds.........................     81.0097.00

16      8,501 to 9,000 pounds.........................    86.00103.00

17      9,001 to 9,500 pounds.........................    91.00109.00

18      9,501 to 10,000 pounds........................    95.00114.00

19      over 10,000 pounds...............  $ 0.90 1.08 per 100 pounds

20                                                   of empty weight

 

 

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

 

22  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

23  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

25  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

27  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

28  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

 1  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

 2  of commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an

 

 3  individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who

 

 4  transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair

 

 5  and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d

 

 6  shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in

 

 7  this subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

10  coach that is not subject to taxation under 1959 PA 243, MCL

 

11  125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located on land otherwise

 

12  assessable as real property under the general property tax act,

 

13  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach is used

 

14  as a place of habitation, and whether or not permanently affixed

 

15  to the soil, is not exempt from real property taxes if the

 

16  trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, whether or not it

 

17  is permanently affixed to the soil.

 

18        (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,

 

19  truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in

 

20  connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling

 

21  livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in

 

22  kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the

 

23  transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not

 

24  used for hire, 74 89 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the

 

25  road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,

 

26  modified agricultural vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

27  farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is

 

 1  subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm

 

 2  use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate

 

 3  under this act.

 

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

 

 5  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

 6  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk

 

 7  from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 89 cents per 100

 

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

 

 9  tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed

 

10  in this subdivision continues in full force and effect until the

 

11  regular expiration date of the registration. As used in this

 

12  subdivision:

 

13        (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling

 

14  and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the

 

15  harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting

 

16  equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons

 

17  whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

18        (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the

 

19  following:

 

20        (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,

 

21  including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.

 

22        (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

23  timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,

 

24  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

25        (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

26  timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple

 

27  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

 1        (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,

 

 2  including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end

 

 3  loader, or forklift.

 

 4        (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood

 

 5  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

 6  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

 7        (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the

 

 8  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

 9  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14  others, $1.17 $1.40 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the

 

15  hearse or ambulance.

 

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

 

17  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

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

 

19  university, $5.00 $10.00 per plate. A registration plate issued

 

20  under this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which

 

21  new registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the

 

22  secretary of state.

 

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

 

24  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

25  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 2  a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,

 

 3  carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is

 

 4  designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the

 

 5  vehicle.

 

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

 

 7  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to

 

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

 

 9  organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the

 

10  vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air

 

11  patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

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

 

13  recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation

 

14  organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a

 

15  locomotive or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans

 

16  organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or

 

17  for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies

 

18  and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit

 

19  charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

23  the empty weight of the truck.$10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

26  a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a

 

27  profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to

 

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

 

 2  subdivision (b), $38.00 $46.00 or an amount computed according to

 

 3  the following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

 

4       Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

5       0 to 2,500 pounds..............................  $ 1.401.68

6       2,501 to 4,000 pounds..........................    1.762.11

7       4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................    2.202.64

8       6,001 to 8,000 pounds..........................    2.723.26

9       8,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................    3.253.90

10      10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................    3.774.52

11      15,001 pounds and over.........................    4.395.27

 

 

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

 

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

 

14  which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than

 

15  the tax otherwise provided under the preceding provisions of this

 

16  subdivision, for an identical vehicle, the tax required under

 

17  this subdivision is not less than the tax required under

 

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

 

19  same list price.

 

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

 

21  trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each a truck

 

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

 

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

 

24  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

25      Elected gross weight                                  Tax

26      0 to 24,000 pounds.......................  $     491.00589.00

1       24,001 to 26,000 pounds..................        558.00670.00

2       26,001 to 28,000 pounds..................        558.00725.00

3       28,001 to 32,000 pounds..................        649.00779.00

4       32,001 to 36,000 pounds..................        744.00893.00

5       36,001 to 42,000 pounds..................      874.001,049.00

6       42,001 to 48,000 pounds..................    1,005.001,206.00

7       48,001 to 54,000 pounds..................    1,135.001,362.00

8       54,001 to 60,000 pounds..................    1,268.001,522.00

9       60,001 to 66,000 pounds..................    1,398.001,678.00

10      66,001 to 72,000 pounds..................    1,529.001,835.00

11      72,001 to 80,000 pounds..................    1,660.001,992.00

12      80,001 to 90,000 pounds..................    1,793.002,152.00

13      90,001 to 100,000 pounds.................    2,002.002,402.00

14      100,001 to 115,000 pounds................    2,223.002,668.00

15      115,001 to 130,000 pounds................    2,448.002,938.00

16      130,001 to 145,000 pounds................    2,670.003,204.00

17      145,001 to 160,000 pounds................    2,894.003,473.00

18      over 160,000 pounds......................    3,117.003,740.00

 

 

19        For each commercial vehicle registered under this

 

20  subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a the truck safety fund

 

21  to be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951

 

22  PA 51, MCL 247.675.

 

23        If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased

 

24  from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person,

 

25  an individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-

 

26  operator 60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision to the

 

27  owner-operator for the truck tractor or road tractor at the rate

 

28  of 1/12 for each month of the lease or arrangement in addition to

 

29  the compensation the owner-operator is entitled to for the rental

 

 1  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............................  $   75.0090.00

7       2,500 to 9,999 pounds........................    200.00240.00

8       10,000 pounds and over.......................    300.00360.00

 

 

 9        The Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a

 

10  registration plate issued under this subdivision before January

 

11  1, 2014 expires only when the secretary of state reissues a new

 

12  registration plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005,

 

13  if A registration plate issued under this subdivision on or after

 

14  January 1, 2012 expires 3 years after the date of issuance. If

 

15  the secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all

 

16  trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003

 

17  PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision before January 1,

 

18  2012 is not required to pay the tax for that vehicle a second

 

19  time, but is required to pay only the cost of the reissued plate

 

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

 

21  registration plate issued under this subdivision is

 

22  nontransferable.

 

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

 

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

 

25  is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the

 

26  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

1       Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

2       0 to 4,000 pounds...............................  $ 1.762.11

3       4,001 to 6,000 pounds...........................    2.202.64

4       6,001 to 10,000 pounds..........................    2.723.26

5       10,001 pounds and over..........................    3.253.90

 

 

 6        (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.$28.00.

 

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

 

 8  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

 9  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

11  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

13  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

14  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

15  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

16  of commerce or its successor agency.

 

17        Beginning January 1, 1984, the The registration tax for each

 

18  motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part

 

19  of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the

 

20  annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed

 

21  as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January

 

22  1, 1984, $3.00 Three dollars of each motorcycle fee shall be

 

23  placed in a motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and

 

24  shall be used only for funding the motorcycle safety education

 

25  program as provided for under sections 312b and 811a.

 

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

 

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

 

 2  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and

 

 3  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting

 

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

 

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

 

 6  subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

 9  under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax

 

10  rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category

 

11  otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision

 

12  (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the following

 

13  schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

14        (i) Except for a hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle and

 

15  except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the first

 

16  registration that is not a transfer registration under section

 

17  809 and for the first registration through ninth registrations

 

18  after a transfer registration under section 809, according to the

 

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

 

 

20      List Price                                             Tax

21      $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.............................  $   30.0036.00

22      More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............  $   33.0040.00

23      More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............  $   38.0046.00

24      More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............  $   43.0052.00

25      More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00...........  $   48.0058.00

26      More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00..........  $   53.0064.00

27      More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00..........  $   58.0070.00

1       More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00..........  $   63.0076.00

2       More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00..........  $   68.0082.00

3       More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00..........  $   73.0088.00

4       More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00..........  $   78.0094.00

5       More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00..........  $  83.00100.00

6       More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00..........  $  88.00106.00

7       More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00..........  $  93.00112.00

8       More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00..........  $  98.00118.00

9       More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00..........  $ 103.00124.00

10      More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00..........  $ 108.00130.00

11      More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00..........  $ 113.00136.00

12      More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00..........  $ 118.00142.00

13      More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00..........  $ 123.00148.00

14      More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00..........  $ 128.00154.00

15      More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00..........  $ 133.00160.00

16      More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00..........  $ 138.00166.00

17      More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00..........  $ 143.00172.00

18      More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00..........  $ 148.00178.00

 

 

19        More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 $178.00 is increased by 20  21  $5.00 $6.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00 22  23  increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax

 

24  increases or decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle

 

25  purchased or transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed

 

26  the increased or decreased tax.

 

27        (ii) For the second registration, 90% tenth and subsequent

 

28  registrations, 50% of the tax assessed under subparagraph (i).

 

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

 

30  under subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

32  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

 1        For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that

 

 2  has been previously registered by a person other than the person

 

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

 

 4  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

10  result is 1, 2, or 3 10 or more, then , respectively, the second,

 

11  third, or subsequent registration tax provided under subparagraph

 

12  (ii) shall be paid. A van that is owned by an individual who uses

 

13  a wheelchair or by an individual who transports a member of his

 

14  or her household who uses a wheelchair and for which registration

 

15  plates are issued under section 803d shall be assessed at the

 

16  rate of 50% of the tax provided for in this subdivision.

 

17        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.$240.00.

 

18        (r) For a hybrid vehicle, the registration tax is the

 

19  product of the average miles driven annually by that vehicle, the

 

20  cafe standard applicable to that vehicle as of October 1 of the

 

21  calendar year immediately preceding the year in which

 

22  registration is sought, and the tax on motor fuel at the time of

 

23  registration as provided under the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA

 

24  403, MCL 207.1001 to 207.1170, divided by 2.

 

25        (s) For an alternative fuel vehicle, the registration tax is

 

26  the product of the average miles driven annually by that vehicle,

 

27  the cafe standard applicable to that vehicle as of October 1 of

 

 1  the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which

 

 2  registration is sought, and the tax on motor fuel at the time of

 

 3  registration as provided under the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA

 

 4  403, MCL 207.1001 to 207.1170.

 

 5        (t) (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under

 

 6  this act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11  unless specific taxes are specified. , and the The secretary of

 

12  state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the

 

13  vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the registration

 

14  application is made. If the weight of the vehicle is not

 

15  correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state

 

16  shall determine the actual weight. Each application An applicant

 

17  for registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m)

 

18  shall have attached attach a scale weight receipt to the

 

19  application. a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped

 

20  as of the time the application is made. The scale weight receipt

 

21  is not necessary if there is presented the applicant presents

 

22  with the application a registration receipt of the previous year

 

23  that shows on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as

 

24  registered with the secretary of state and that is accompanied by

 

25  a statement of the applicant that there has not been a structural

 

26  change in the motor vehicle that has increased the weight and

 

27  that the previous registered weight is the true weight.

 

 1        (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act exempt

 

 2  from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond under

 

 3  this act, except on the specified number of motor vehicles

 

 4  registered. A dealer is exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on

 

 5  vehicles in stock or bond.

 

 6        (3) Until October 1, 2015, the tax for a vehicle with an

 

 7  empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)

 

 8  and the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),

 

 9  (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:

 

10        (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 $3.00 that shall be credited

 

11  to the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section

 

12  819a and used to regulate highway safety.

 

13        (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the

 

14  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

15  810b.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

21  registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the

 

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

 

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

 

24  deposited into the general fund.

 

25        (4) (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this

 

26  section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under

 

27  section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority

 

 1  created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,

 

 2  MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as

 

 3  provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of

 

 4  1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of

 

 5  state under this subsection shall be based upon an established

 

 6  cost allocation methodology.

 

 7        (5) (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.

 

 8        (6) (7) As used in this section:

 

 9        (a) "Cafe standard" means the federal corporate average fuel

 

10  economy standard as calculated and published by the national

 

11  highway traffic safety administration.

 

12        (b) (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in

 

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

 

14  and includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment

 

15  of the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties

 

16  to the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under

 

17  section 251.

 

18        (c) (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base

 

19  list price as published by the secretary of state, or the

 

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

 

21  required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the

 

22  secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle

 

23  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

24  vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the

 

25  manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the

 

26  sources described in this subdivision.

 

27        (d) (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received

 

 1  by the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle

 

 2  being registered.

 

 3        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 4  unless House Bill No. 4234 of the 97th Legislature is enacted

 

 5  into law.