Bill Text: MI HB4634 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; trailer registration; change expiration date to January 1. Amends sec. 226 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.226).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Printed Bill Filed 04/26/2013 [HB4634 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4634-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4634

 

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 226 (MCL 257.226), as amended by 2004 PA 163.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 226. (1) A vehicle registration issued by the secretary

 

of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another expiration

 

date is provided for under this act or unless the registration is

 

for the following vehicles, in which case registration expires on

 

the last day of February:as follows:

 

     (a) A For a commercial vehicle except for a commercial vehicle

 

issued a registration under the international registration plan or

 

a pickup truck or van owned by an individual, the last day of

 

February.

 

     (b) Except for a trailer or semitrailer issued a registration

 

under the international registration plan, a trailer or semitrailer

 

owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an

 

individual; or a pole trailer; January 1.

 

     (2) Until February 1, 2005, the expiration date for a

 

registration issued for a motorcycle is March 31. Beginning

 

February 1, 2005, the The expiration date for a registration issued

 

for a motorcycle is the motorcycle owner's birthday.

 

     (3) The expiration date for a registration bearing the letters

 

"SEN" or "REP" is February 1.

 

     (4) In the case of a vehicle owned by a business, corporation,

 

or an owner other than an individual, the secretary of state may

 

assign or reassign the expiration date of the registration.

 

     (5) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) After the October 1 immediately preceding the year

 

designated on the registration, issue a registration upon

 

application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial vehicle,

 

other than a pickup or van owned by an individual ; or for a

 

trailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an

 

individual.

 

     (b) Beginning 60 days before the expiration date assigned on

 

an international registration plan registration plate, issue a

 

registration under section 801g upon application and payment of the

 

proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in

 

interstate commerce.

 

     (c) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120 days

 

before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of state,

 

issue a registration for a vehicle other than those designated in

 

subsection (1)(a) or (b). However, if an owner whose registration

 

period begins 45 days before his or her birthday will be out of the

 

this state during the 45 days immediately preceding expiration of a

 

registration or for other good cause shown cannot apply for a

 

renewal registration within the 45-day period, application for a

 

renewal registration may be made not more than 6 months before

 

expiration.

 

     (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

 

secretary of state, upon application and payment of the proper fee,

 

shall issue a registration for a vehicle or a motorcycle to a

 

resident that shall expire expires on the owner's birthday. If the

 

owner's next birthday is at least 6 months but not more than 12

 

months in the future, the owner shall receive a registration valid

 

until the owner's next birthday. If the owner's next birthday is

 

less than 6 months in the future, the owner shall receive a

 

registration valid until the owner's birthday following the owner's

 

next birthday. The tax required under this act for a registration

 

described in this subsection shall be either of the following:

 

     (a) For an original registration, the tax shall bear the same

 

relationship to the tax required under section 801 for a 12-month

 

registration as the length of the registration bears to 12 months.

 

     (b) For a renewal of a registration, either of the following:

 

     (i) For a registration that is for at least 6 months but not

 

more than 12 months, the same amount as for 12 months.

 

     (ii) For a renewal of a registration that is for more than 12

 

months, 2 times the amount for 12 months.

 

     Partial months shall be are considered as whole months in the

 

calculation of the required tax and in the determination of the

 

length of time between the application for a registration and the

 

owner's next birthday. The tax required for that registration shall

 

be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in section 801.

 

     (7) A certificate of title shall remain remains valid until

 

canceled by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer of

 

an interest shown on the certificate of title.

 

     (8) The secretary of state, upon request, shall issue special

 

registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months after the

 

date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds $50.00, on the

 

payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a service charge as

 

enumerated in under section 802(1).

 

     (9) The secretary of state may issue a special registration

 

for each of the following:

 

     (a) A new vehicle purchased or leased outside of this state

 

and delivered in this state to the purchaser or lessee by the

 

manufacturer of that vehicle for removal to a place outside of this

 

state, if a certification is made that the vehicle will be

 

primarily used, stored, and registered outside of this state and

 

will not be returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for

 

use or storage.

 

     (b) A vehicle purchased or leased in this state and delivered

 

to the purchaser or lessee by a dealer or by the owner of the

 

vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a

 

certification is made that the vehicle will be primarily used,

 

stored, and registered outside of this state and will not be

 

returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for use or

 

storage.

 

     (10) A special registration issued under subsection (9) is

 

valid for not more than 14 days after the date of issuance, and a

 

fee shall be collected for each special registration as provided in

 

section 802(3). The special registration may be in the a form

 

determined by the secretary of state. If a dealer makes a retail

 

sale or lease of a vehicle to a purchaser or lessee who is

 

qualified and eligible to obtain a special registration, the dealer

 

shall apply for the special registration for the purchaser or

 

lessee. If a person other than a dealer sells or leases a vehicle

 

to a purchaser or lessee who is qualified and eligible to obtain a

 

special registration, the purchaser or lessee shall appear in

 

person, or by a person exercising the purchaser's or lessee's power

 

of attorney, at an office of the secretary of state and furnish a

 

certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or lessee

 

or that the person has granted the power of attorney, together with

 

other forms required for the issuance of the special registration

 

and provide the secretary of state with proof that the vehicle is

 

covered by a Michigan no-fault insurance policy issued pursuant to

 

section 3101 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL

 

500.3101, or proof that the vehicle is covered by a policy of

 

insurance issued by an insurer pursuant to section 3163 of the

 

insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3163. The

 

certification required in this subsection shall contain all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The address of the purchaser or lessee.

 

     (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased or leased for

 

registration outside of this state.

 

     (c) A statement that the vehicle shall be primarily used,

 

stored, and registered outside of this state.

 

     (d) The name of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is to be

 

registered.

 

     (e) Other information requested by the secretary of state.

 

     (11) Upon request, the secretary of state may issue a

 

registration valid for 6 months after the date of issuance for use

 

on a trailer or semitrailer weighing 1,500 pounds or less and that

 

is used for recreational purposes, upon payment of 1/2 the full

 

registration fee imposed under section 801(1)(l). This subsection

 

does not apply after October 1, 2003.

 

     (11) (12) In the case of a commercial vehicle, trailer, or

 

semitrailer issued a registration under the international

 

registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement with

 

the owner may assign or reassign the expiration date of the

 

registration. However, the expiration date agreed to shall be

 

either March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31. Renewals

 

expiring on or after September 30, 1993 shall be for a minimum of

 

at least 12 months if there is a change in the established

 

expiration date.

 

     (12) (13) The expiration date for a multiyear registration

 

issued for a leased vehicle shall be is the date the lease expires,

 

but shall not be for a period longer than 24 months.