Bill Text: MI HB4722 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; Gold Star plate vehicles; exempt from requirement that registration renewal form contain language allowing payment of recreation passport fee. Amends sec. 805 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.805). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4721'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-17 - Printed Bill Filed 06/17/2015 [HB4722 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4722-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4722
June 16, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hooker, Hughes, Glenn, Runestad, Outman, Somerville, Price, Barrett, Franz, McBroom and Crawford and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 805 (MCL 257.805), as amended by 2013 PA 82.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 805. (1) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a
2 motor vehicle registration or for a replacement registration tab or
3 sticker may submit a state park and state-operated public boating
4 access site passport fee to the secretary of state with the
5 application. Subject to subsection (7), the amount of the
6 recreation passport fee is as follows:
7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), $10.00.
8 (b) For a motorcycle, $5.00.
9 (2) In addition to the requirements of section 217, an
10 application for a motor vehicle registration shall contain at least
11 the following information, in substantially the following format
1 and language, except that the amount of the recreation passport fee
2 specified shall be $5.00 for a motorcycle:
3 $[Amount] – Annual vehicle registration or renewal.
4 $10.00 – Annual authorization to use this vehicle for
5 unlimited entry into all Michigan state parks
6 and recreation areas and DNR-operated state
7 boating access sites. (Check one of the
8 boxes below.)
9 ____ I elect to pay this $10.00 fee.
10 ____ I elect not to pay this $10.00 fee.
11 This vehicle will not be used to enter the
12 facilities described above.
13 $________ – Total amount due.
14 (3) The secretary of state may revise the format and language
15 of an application for motor vehicle registration to reflect the
16 fact that, under sections 74116 and 78119 of the natural resources
17 and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.74116 and
18 324.78119, payment of the recreation passport fee authorizes entry
19 into all state parks and recreation areas and designated state-
20 operated public boating access sites until expiration of the motor
21 vehicle registration.
22 (4) If the applicant applies by mail and, in addition to the
23 registration fee, the applicant pays an amount equal to the
24 recreation passport fee, the applicant shall be considered to have
25 elected to pay the recreation passport fee regardless of whether
26 such an election is indicated on the application.
1 (5) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any of the
2 following:
3 (a) An application submitted by a dealer under section 217 for
4 a vehicle sold, leased, or exchanged by the dealer.
5 (b) The issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle registration
6 described in section 803e(1) and exempt under section 803e(6) from
7 the registration tax or the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle
8 registration described in section 217d, 803e(9), or 803f.
9 (6) The secretary of state shall, at least monthly, transfer
10 the revenue from recreation passport fees to the department of
11 natural resources and environment for deposit as provided in
12 section 2045 of the natural resources and environmental protection
13 act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.2045.
14 (7) For each calendar year, the state treasurer shall adjust
15 the amounts set forth in subsection (1) by an amount determined by
16 the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in
17 the consumer price index from October 1, 2010 to the October 1
18 immediately preceding that calendar year, using the most recent
19 data available and rounded to the nearest dollar.
20 (8) The legislature shall annually review the amount of
21 revenue raised by the recreation passport fee to ensure that the
22 amount is appropriate for the purposes for which the recreation
23 passport fee is assessed and in compliance with law.
24 (9) If the secretary of state issues a registration tab or
25 sticker for a registration plate or personalized registration plate
26 under section 224 or 803b for a motor vehicle for which a
27 recreation passport fee has been paid under this section, the tab
1 or sticker shall be marked in a distinctive manner determined by
2 the secretary of state after consultation with the director of the
3 department of natural resources and the department of state police.
4 Before discontinuing the issuance of a registration tab or sticker,
5 the secretary of state shall consult with the director of the
6 department of natural resources and establish an alternative method
7 or procedure by which the department of natural resources can
8 determine whether a recreation passport fee has been paid for a
9 motor vehicle.
10 (10) Whether or not an individual paid or indicated that he or
11 she elected to pay or not to pay a recreation passport fee under
12 this section is personal information for purposes of section 40b.
13 (11) As used in this section:
14 (a) "Consumer price index" means the most comprehensive index
15 of consumer prices available for this state from the bureau of
16 labor statistics Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the United
States
17 department of labor.Department
of Labor.
18 (b) "Motor vehicle" does not include a commercial motor
19 vehicle.
20 (c) "Recreation passport fee" means the state park and state-
21 operated public boating access site recreation passport fee as
22 provided for in subsection (1).
23 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect May 1,
24 2016.
25 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
26 unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4721 (request no.
27 02333'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
