Bill Text: MI HB4736 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; certain vehicle registration fees; increase. Amends sec. 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4370'15, HB 4614'15, HB 4616'15, HB 4737'15, HB 4738'15, SB 0414'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-11-10 - Assigned Pa 174'15 [HB4736 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4736-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4736
June 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. McCready, Poleski, Victory, Cox, Muxlow, Yonker and Price 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 2015 PA 78.
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 479.42; 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
11 more than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according
1 to the following schedule of empty weights:
2 Empty weights Tax
3 0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$ 29.00
4 3,001 to 3,500 pounds.............................. 32.00
5 3,501 to 4,000 pounds.............................. 37.00
6 4,001 to 4,500 pounds.............................. 43.00
7 4,501 to 5,000 pounds.............................. 47.00
8 5,001 to 5,500 pounds.............................. 52.00
9 5,501 to 6,000 pounds.............................. 57.00
10 6,001 to 6,500 pounds.............................. 62.00
11 6,501 to 7,000 pounds.............................. 67.00
12 7,001 to 7,500 pounds.............................. 71.00
13 7,501 to 8,000 pounds.............................. 77.00
14 8,001 to 8,500 pounds.............................. 81.00
15 8,501 to 9,000 pounds.............................. 86.00
16 9,001 to 9,500 pounds.............................. 91.00
17 9,501 to 10,000 pounds............................. 95.00
18 over 10,000 pounds.....................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds
19 of empty weight
20 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
21 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
22 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
23 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
24 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
25 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
26 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
27 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
28 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
1 of commerce Department
of Commerce or its successor agency. A
van
2 that is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
3 individual who transports a member of his or her household who
4 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
5 under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the
6 tax provided for in this subdivision.
7 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
8 shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer coach
9 not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while
10 located on land otherwise assessable as real property under the
11 general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if
12 the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether
13 or not permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real
14 property taxes.
15 (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,
16 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in
17 connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling
18 livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in
19 kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the
20 transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not
21 used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the
22 road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,
23 modified agricultural vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
24 farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is
25 subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm
26 use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate
27 under this act.
1 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
2 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
3 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
4 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
5 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
6 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed
7 in this subdivision continues in full force and effect until the
8 regular expiration date of the registration. As used in this
9 subdivision:
10 (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling
11 and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the
12 harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting
13 equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons
14 whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
15 (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the
16 following:
17 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
18 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
19 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
20 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
21 processor, chipper, or saw table.
22 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
23 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
24 skidder, or cable skidder.
25 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
26 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
27 loader, or forklift.
1 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
2 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
3 maintaining harvest site roads.
4 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
5 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
6 firewood for a profit making venture.
7 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
8 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
9 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
10 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
11 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
12 ambulance.
13 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
14 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
15 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
16 university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under
17 this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new
18 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
19 secretary of state.
20 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
21 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
22 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
23 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
24 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
25 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
26 a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,
27 carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is
1 designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the
2 vehicle.
3 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
4 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
5 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol,
6 Civil Air Patrol, as organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307,
7 $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is designated by a proper sign
8 showing the civil air patrol's Civil Air Patrol's name; for
a
9 vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans center; for a
10 vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling center or a
11 federally recognized nonprofit conservation organization; for a
12 motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or ship's
13 body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and used
14 exclusively in parades and civic events; or for an emergency
15 support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and
16 operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable
17 organization, $10.00 per plate.
18 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
19 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
20 Red Cross, girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per
21 100 pounds of the empty weight of the truck.
22 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
23 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
24 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
25 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
26 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
27 subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the
1 following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
2 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
3 0 to 2,500 pounds.............................. $ 1.40
4 2,501 to 4,000 pounds.......................... 1.76
5 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
6 6,001 to 8,000 pounds.......................... 2.72
7 8,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 3.25
8 10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................ 3.77
9 15,001 pounds and over......................... 4.39
10 If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of
11 the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for
12 which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than
13 the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
14 subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this
15 subdivision is not less than the tax required under subdivision
16 (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the same list
17 price.
18 (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a
19 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
20 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
21 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
22 schedule of elected gross weights:
23 Elected gross weight Tax
24 0 to 24,000 pounds.............................. $ 491.00
25 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
19 subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
20 be expended as provided in section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.
21 If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased
22 from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether an
23 individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator
24 60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for the truck
25 tractor or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the
26 lease or arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-
27 operator is entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
28 (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or
1 trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following
2 schedule of empty weights:
3 Empty weights Tax
4 0 to 2,499 pounds................................ $ 75.00
5 2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................ 200.00
6 10,000 pounds and over........................... 300.00
7 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
8 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration
9 plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the
10 secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all
11 trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003
12 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not required to
13 pay the tax for that vehicle a second time, but is required to
14 pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in
15 section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued
16 under this subdivision is nontransferable.
17 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation
18 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment
19 is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the
20 following schedule of empty weights:
21 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
22 0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $ 1.76
23 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
24 6,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 2.72
25 10,001 pounds and over......................... 3.25
1 (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.$123.00.
2 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
3 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
4 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
5 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
6 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
7 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
8 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
9 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
10 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
11 of commerce Department
of Commerce or its successor agency.
12 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each
13 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part
14 of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the
15 annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed
16 as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January
17 1, 1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a
18 motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used
19 only for funding the motorcycle safety education program as
20 provided for under sections 312b and 811a.
21 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
22 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
23 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
24 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
25 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
26 weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that
1 subdivision.
2 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
3 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
4 under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax
5 rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category
6 otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision
7 (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the following
8 schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
9 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and
10 subparagraph (ii), for the first registration that is not a
11 transfer registration under section 809 and for the first
12 registration after a transfer registration under section 809,
13 according to the following schedule based on the vehicle's list
14 price:
15 List Price Tax
16 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................ $ 30.00
17 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............... $ 33.00
18 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............... $ 38.00
19 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............... $ 43.00
20 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.............. $ 48.00
21 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00............. $ 53.00
22 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00............. $ 58.00
23 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00............. $ 63.00
24 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00............. $ 68.00
25 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00............. $ 73.00
26 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00............. $ 78.00
27 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00............. $ 83.00
1 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00............. $ 88.00
2 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00............. $ 93.00
3 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00............. $ 98.00
4 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00............. $ 103.00
5 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00............. $ 108.00
6 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00............. $ 113.00
7 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00............. $ 118.00
8 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00............. $ 123.00
9 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00............. $ 128.00
10 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00............. $ 133.00
11 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00............. $ 138.00
12 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00............. $ 143.00
13 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00............. $ 148.00
14 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by
15 $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
16 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or
17 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
18 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
19 or decreased tax.
20 (ii) Beginning on the effective date of the 2015 amendatory
21 act that added this subdivision and ending 5 years after the
22 effective date of the 2015 amendatory act that added this
23 subdivision, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision,
24 for the first registration that is not a transfer registration
25 under section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
26 registration under section 809, according to the following
27 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
1 List Price Tax
2 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.......................... $ 130.00
3 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00......... $ 133.00
4 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00......... $ 138.00
5 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00......... $ 143.00
6 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00........ $ 148.00
7 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00....... $ 153.00
8 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00....... $ 158.00
9 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00....... $ 163.00
10 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00....... $ 168.00
11 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00....... $ 173.00
12 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00....... $ 178.00
13 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00....... $ 183.00
14 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00....... $ 188.00
15 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00....... $ 193.00
16 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00....... $ 198.00
17 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00....... $ 203.00
18 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00....... $ 208.00
19 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00....... $ 213.00
20 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00....... $ 218.00
21 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00....... $ 223.00
22 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00....... $ 228.00
23 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00....... $ 233.00
24 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00....... $ 238.00
25 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00....... $ 243.00
26 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00....... $ 248.00
27 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $248.00 is increased by
28 $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
1 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or
2 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
3 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
4 or decreased tax. The tax collected under this subparagraph shall
5 be allocated to debt service costs on state of Michigan road
6 projects as provided in section 10(1)(e) of 1951 PA 51, MCL
7 247.660.
8 (iii) (ii) For
the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed
9 under subparagraph (i) or (ii).
10 (iv) (iii) For
the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed
11 under subparagraph (ii).(iii).
12 (v) (iv) For
the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of
13 the tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).(iv).
14 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that
15 has been previously registered by a person other than the person
16 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
17 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
18 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
19 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
20 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
21 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
22 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the
23 result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
24 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that
25 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
26 individual who transports a member of his or her household who
27 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
1 under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the
2 tax provided for in this subdivision.
3 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
4 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this
5 act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure
6 shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
7 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
8 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
9 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
10 unless specific taxes are specified, and the secretary of state
11 may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle
12 fully equipped for the use for which the registration application
13 is made. If the weight is not correctly stated or is not
14 satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual
15 weight. Each application for registration of a vehicle under
16 subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to the application a
17 scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time
18 the application is made. The scale weight receipt is not
19 necessary if there is presented with the application a
20 registration receipt of the previous year that shows on its face
21 the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the secretary
22 of state and that is accompanied by a statement of the applicant
23 that there has not been a structural change in the motor vehicle
24 that has increased the weight and that the previous registered
25 weight is the true weight.
26 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from
27 paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on
1 the specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is
2 exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.
3 (3) Until October 1, 2019, the tax for a vehicle with an
4 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)
5 and the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),
6 (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:
7 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the
8 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a
9 and used to regulate highway safety.
10 (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the
11 transportation administration collection fund created in section
12 810b.
13 (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not
14 received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration
15 date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall
16 collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after
17 the expiration date. An application for a renewal of a
18 registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the
19 expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late
20 fee. The late fee collected under this subsection shall be
21 deposited into the general fund.
22 (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this
23 section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under
24 section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority
25 created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,
26 MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as
27 provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of
1 1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of
2 state under this subsection shall be based upon an established
3 cost allocation methodology.
4 (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.
5 (7) As used in this section:
6 (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
7 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
8 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
9 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
10 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
11 section 251.
12 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base
13 list price as published by the secretary of state, or the
14 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
15 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
16 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
17 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
18 vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the
19 manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the
20 sources described in this subdivision.
21 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by
22 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
23 being registered.
24 Enacting section 1. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
25 2015, $1,000,000.00 is appropriated from the general fund to the
26 secretary of state to defray the cost of collecting and
27 processing registration fees under this section.