Bill Text: MI HB4965 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; registration fees on horse-drawn vehicles; allow counties to levy and earmark. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 801k.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-17 - Printed Bill Filed 09/13/2013 [HB4965 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4965-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4965
September 12, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Johnson and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 801k.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 801k. (1) A county, by ordinance, may charge a fee not to
exceed $50.00 for registration of a horse-drawn vehicle within that
county. A county may charge the fee authorized in this subsection
only upon the approval of a majority of the electors in that county
voting on the question at an election held on a regular election
date as provided in section 641 of the Michigan election law, 1954
PA 116, MCL 168.641.
(2) A fee charged under this section shall be used only for
road repair as determined by the county.
(3) As used in this section, "horse-drawn vehicle" means a
nonmotorized vehicle powered by an animal within the equine family.