Bill Text: MI HB4762 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; user fee for certain amount of miles driven; provide for. Amends sec. 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801) & adds sec. 801k.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-15 - Printed Bill Filed 07/15/2015 [HB4762 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4762-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4762

 

July 14, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski 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,

 

and by adding section 801k.

 

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 479.42; the taxes imposed by the motor

 

 7  carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to 207.234; and

 

 8  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 more

 1  than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according to the

 

 2  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

 3             Empty weights                                          Tax

 4             0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$   29.00

 5             3,001 to 3,500 pounds..............................    32.00

 6             3,501 to 4,000 pounds..............................    37.00

 7             4,001 to 4,500 pounds..............................    43.00

 8             4,501 to 5,000 pounds..............................    47.00

 9             5,001 to 5,500 pounds..............................    52.00

10             5,501 to 6,000 pounds..............................    57.00

11             6,001 to 6,500 pounds..............................    62.00

12             6,501 to 7,000 pounds..............................    67.00

13             7,001 to 7,500 pounds..............................    71.00

14             7,501 to 8,000 pounds..............................    77.00

15             8,001 to 8,500 pounds..............................    81.00

16             8,501 to 9,000 pounds..............................    86.00

17             9,001 to 9,500 pounds..............................    91.00

18             9,501 to 10,000 pounds.............................    95.00

19             over 10,000 pounds.....................$ 0.90 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

 

 1  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

 2  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

 3  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

 4  of commerce Department of Commerce or its successor agency. A van

 

 5  that is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an

 

 6  individual who transports a member of his or her household who uses

 

 7  a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued under

 

 8  section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax

 

 9  provided for in this subdivision.

 

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

 

11  shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer coach

 

12  not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located

 

13  on land otherwise assessable as real property under the general

 

14  property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer

 

15  coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether or not

 

16  permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real property

 

17  taxes.

 

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

 

19  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 transportation

 

23  of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74

 

24  cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or

 

25  truck tractor. If the road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,

 

26  truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is also used for a

 

27  nonfarming operation, the farmer is subject to the highest

 

 1  registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of the vehicle but

 

 2  is not subject to more than 1 tax rate under this act.

 

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

 

 4  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

 5  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk from

 

 6  the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100 pounds of

 

 7  empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. A

 

 8  registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed in this

 

 9  subdivision continues in full force and effect until the regular

 

10  expiration date of the registration. As used in this subdivision:

 

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

 

12  and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the harvest

 

13  site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting equipment. Wood

 

14  harvester does not include a person or persons whose primary

 

15  activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

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

 

17  following:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

22  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

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

 

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

 

25  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

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

 

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

 

 1  loader, or forklift.

 

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

 

 3  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

 4  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

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

 

 6  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

 7  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

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

 

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

 

10  business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged in

 

11  the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to

 

12  others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or

 

13  ambulance.

 

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

 

15  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

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

 

17  university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under this

 

18  subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new

 

19  registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the secretary

 

20  of state.

 

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

 

22  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

23  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

27  senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon, carryall,

 

 1  or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is designated by

 

 2  proper signs showing the organization operating the vehicle.

 

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

 

 4  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children

 

 5  at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized

 

 6  under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is

 

 7  designated by a proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name;

 

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

 

 9  for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling center or

 

10  a federally recognized nonprofit conservation organization; for a

 

11  motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or ship's

 

12  body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and used

 

13  exclusively in parades and civic events; or for an emergency

 

14  support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and

 

15  operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable

 

16  organization, $10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

18  fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross, girl

 

19  scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the

 

20  empty weight of the truck.

 

21        (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not

 

22  used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow a

 

23  trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a profit

 

24  making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to tow a

 

25  mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in subdivision

 

26  (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the following

 

27  schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

 1             Empty weights                               Per 100 pounds

 2             0 to 2,500 pounds..............................  $     1.40

 3             2,501 to 4,000 pounds..........................        1.76

 4             4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

 5             6,001 to 8,000 pounds..........................        2.72

 6             8,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        3.25

 7             10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................        3.77

 8             15,001 pounds and over.........................        4.39

 

 

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

 

10  same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for which

 

11  registration is sought under this subdivision is more than the tax

 

12  provided under the preceding provisions of this subdivision for an

 

13  identical vehicle, the tax required under this subdivision is not

 

14  less than the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of

 

15  the same model year with the same list price.

 

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

 

17  trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck

 

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

 

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

 

20  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

21             Elected gross weight                                    Tax

22             0 to 24,000 pounds..............................  $    491.00

23             24,001 to 26,000 pounds.........................       558.00

24             26,001 to 28,000 pounds.........................       558.00

25             28,001 to 32,000 pounds.........................       649.00

26             32,001 to 36,000 pounds.........................       744.00

 1             36,001 to 42,000 pounds.........................       874.00

 2             42,001 to 48,000 pounds.........................     1,005.00

 3             48,001 to 54,000 pounds.........................     1,135.00

 4             54,001 to 60,000 pounds.........................     1,268.00

 5             60,001 to 66,000 pounds.........................     1,398.00

 6             66,001 to 72,000 pounds.........................     1,529.00

 7             72,001 to 80,000 pounds.........................     1,660.00

 8             80,001 to 90,000 pounds.........................     1,793.00

 9             90,001 to 100,000 pounds........................     2,002.00

10             100,001 to 115,000 pounds.......................     2,223.00

11             115,001 to 130,000 pounds.......................     2,448.00

12             130,001 to 145,000 pounds.......................     2,670.00

13             145,001 to 160,000 pounds.......................     2,894.00

14             over 160,000 pounds.............................     3,117.00

 

 

15        For each commercial vehicle registered under this subdivision,

 

16  $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to be expended as

 

17  provided in section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.

 

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

 

19  from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether an

 

20  individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator

 

21  60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor

 

22  or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or

 

23  arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is

 

24  entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.

 

25        (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or

 

26  trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following

 

27  schedule of empty weights:

 1             Empty weights                                           Tax

 2             0 to 2,499 pounds................................   $   75.00

 3             2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................      200.00

 4             10,000 pounds and over...........................      300.00

 

 

 5        The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires

 

 6  only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration plate

 

 7  for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the secretary of

 

 8  state reissues a new registration plate for all trailers, a person

 

 9  who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle

 

10  under this subdivision is not required to pay the tax for that

 

11  vehicle a second time, but is required to pay only the cost of the

 

12  reissued plate at the rate provided in section 804(2) for a

 

13  standard plate. A registration plate issued under this subdivision

 

14  is nontransferable.

 

15        (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation of

 

16  passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment is

 

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

 

18  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

19             Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

20             0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $      1.76

21             4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

22             6,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        2.72

23             10,001 pounds and over.........................        3.25

 

 

24        (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.

 

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

 

26  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 1  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

 3  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

 5  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

 6  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

 7  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

 8  of commerce Department of Commerce or its successor agency.

 

 9        Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each

 

10  motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part of

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14  1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle

 

15  safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used only for

 

16  funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided for

 

17  under sections 312b and 811a.

 

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

 

19  tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or part

 

20  of a moving van in transporting household furniture and household

 

21  effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting carnivals,

 

22  at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross weights in

 

23  subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 1  otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision (a),

 

 2  and each low-speed vehicle according to the following schedule

 

 3  based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

 4        (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the

 

 5  first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

 6  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

 7  registration under section 809, according to the following schedule

 

 8  based on the vehicle's list price:

 

 

 9             List Price                                               Tax

10             $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................    $    30.00

11             More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00...............    $    33.00

12             More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00...............    $    38.00

13             More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00...............    $    43.00

14             More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00..............    $    48.00

15             More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00.............    $    53.00

16             More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00.............    $    58.00

17             More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00.............    $    63.00

18             More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00.............    $    68.00

19             More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00.............    $    73.00

20             More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00.............    $    78.00

21             More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00.............    $    83.00

22             More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00.............    $    88.00

23             More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00.............    $    93.00

24             More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00.............    $    98.00

25             More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00.............    $   103.00

26             More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00.............    $   108.00

27             More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00.............    $   113.00

 1             More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00.............    $   118.00

 2             More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00.............    $   123.00

 3             More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00.............    $   128.00

 4             More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00.............    $   133.00

 5             More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00.............    $   138.00

 6             More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00.............    $   143.00

 7             More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00.............    $   148.00

 

 

 8        More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by $5.00

 

 9  for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00 increment

 

10  over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or decreases as a

 

11  result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or transferred

 

12  after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased or decreased

 

13  tax.

 

14        (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed

 

15  under subparagraph (i).

 

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

 

17  under subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

19  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

20        For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has

 

21  been previously registered by a person other than the person

 

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

 

23  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

 3  third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that is

 

 4  owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual

 

 5  who transports a member of his or her household who uses a

 

 6  wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued under

 

 7  section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax

 

 8  provided for in this subdivision.

 

 9        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.

 

10        (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this act,

 

11  a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure shall

 

12  be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the computation

 

13  results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and shall be rounded

 

14  to the next higher whole dollar when the computation results in a

 

15  figure ending in 51 cents or more, unless specific taxes are

 

16  specified, and the secretary of state may accept the manufacturer's

 

17  shipping weight of the vehicle fully equipped for the use for which

 

18  the registration application is made. If the weight is not

 

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

 

20  shall determine the actual weight. Each application for

 

21  registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have

 

22  attached to the application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle

 

23  fully equipped as of the time the application is made. The scale

 

24  weight receipt is not necessary if there is presented with the

 

25  application a registration receipt of the previous year that shows

 

26  on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the

 

27  secretary of state and that is accompanied by a statement of the

 

 1  applicant that there has not been a structural change in the motor

 

 2  vehicle that has increased the weight and that the previous

 

 3  registered weight is the true weight.

 

 4        (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying

 

 5  ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the

 

 6  specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is exempt

 

 7  from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.

 

 8        (3) Until October 1, 2019, the tax for a vehicle with an empty

 

 9  weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a) and the

 

10  taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j),

 

11  (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:

 

12        (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the

 

13  traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a and

 

14  used to regulate highway safety.

 

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

 

16  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

17  810b.

 

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

 

19  received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration date

 

20  of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall collect a

 

21  late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after the

 

22  expiration date. An application for a renewal of a registration

 

23  using the regular mail and postmarked before the expiration date of

 

24  that registration shall not be assessed a late fee. The late fee

 

25  collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the general

 

26  fund.

 

27        (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this section,

 

 1  the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under section

 

 2  801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority created

 

 3  under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387, MCL 124.541

 

 4  to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as provided in

 

 5  section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

 

 6  Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of state

 

 7  under this subsection shall be based upon an established cost

 

 8  allocation methodology.

 

 9        (6) In addition to the registration taxes under this section,

 

10  the secretary of state shall collect the user fee charged under

 

11  section 801k, minus necessary collection expenses as provided in

 

12  section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

 

13        (7) (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.

 

14        (8) (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. 801k. (1) In addition to the required vehicle

 

 5  registration tax under section 801(1), the secretary of state shall

 

 6  charge and collect a user fee from the registrant of a vehicle as

 

 7  provided in this section.

 

 8        (2) The user fee described in subsection (1) shall be $50.00

 

 9  for each 10,000 miles driven by the registrant during the 1-year

 

10  period immediately preceding the date that the registrant renews

 

11  his or her vehicle registration under this act. The registrant

 

12  shall appear in person at an office of the secretary of state at

 

13  the time he or she renews his or her vehicle registration, and the

 

14  secretary of state shall verify the current mileage of the vehicle,

 

15  calculate the user fee, and collect the user fee from the

 

16  registrant.

 

17        (3) The secretary of state shall maintain a database of

 

18  vehicle mileage information collected under subsection (2).

 

19        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

20  after the date it is enacted into law.