Bill Text: MI HB5274 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Crimes; drunk driving; repeat drunk driving offenders; establish license sanctions for DWI/sobriety court participants. Amends secs. 303, 322, 625n, 732a & 904d of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.303 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0794'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-24 - Re-referred To Committee On Judiciary [HB5274 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5274-Engrossed.html

HB-5274, As Passed House, December 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 303, 625n, 732a, and 904d (MCL 257.303,

 

257.625n, 257.732a, and 257.904d), sections 303, 732a, and 904d as

 

amended by 2008 PA 463 and section 625n as amended by 2008 PA 539,

 

and by adding section 304.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 303. (1) The secretary of state shall not issue a license

 

under this act to any of the following persons:

 

     (a) A person, as an operator, who is less than 18 years of

 

age, except as otherwise provided in this act.

 

     (b) A person, as a chauffeur, who is less than 18 years of

 

age, except as otherwise provided in this act.

 

     (c) A person whose license is suspended, revoked, denied, or

 


canceled in any state. If the suspension, revocation, denial, or

 

cancellation is not from the jurisdiction that issued the last

 

license to the person, the secretary of state may issue a license

 

after the expiration of 5 years from the effective date of the most

 

recent suspension, revocation, denial, or cancellation.

 

     (d) A person who in the opinion of the secretary of state is

 

afflicted with or suffering from a physical or mental disability or

 

disease preventing that person from exercising reasonable and

 

ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating the motor

 

vehicle upon the highways.

 

     (e) A person who is unable to understand highway warning or

 

direction signs in the English language.

 

     (f) A person who is unable to pass a knowledge, skill, or

 

ability test administered by the secretary of state in connection

 

with the issuance of an original operator's or chauffeur's license,

 

original motorcycle indorsement, or an original or renewal of a

 

vehicle group designation or vehicle indorsement.

 

     (g) A person who has been convicted of, has received a

 

juvenile disposition for, or has been determined responsible for 2

 

or more moving violations under a law of this state, a local

 

ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or a

 

law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this

 

state within the preceding 3 years, if the violations occurred

 

before issuance of an original license to the person in this state,

 

another state, or another country.

 

     (h) A nonresident, including, but not limited to, a foreign

 

exchange student.

 


     (i) A person who has failed to answer a citation or notice to

 

appear in court or for any matter pending or fails to comply with

 

an order or judgment of the court, including, but not limited to,

 

paying all fines, costs, fees, and assessments, in violation of

 

section 321a, until that person answers the citation or notice to

 

appear in court or for any matter pending or complies with an order

 

or judgment of the court, including, but not limited to, paying all

 

fines, costs, fees, and assessments, as provided under section

 

321a.

 

     (j) A person not licensed under this act who has been

 

convicted of, has received a juvenile disposition for, or has been

 

determined responsible for a crime or civil infraction described in

 

section 319, 324, or 904. A person shall be denied a license under

 

this subdivision for the length of time corresponding to the period

 

of the licensing sanction that would have been imposed under

 

section 319, 324, or 904 if the person had been licensed at the

 

time of the violation.

 

     (k) A person not licensed under this act who has been

 

convicted of or received a juvenile disposition for committing a

 

crime described in section 319e. A person shall be denied a license

 

under this subdivision for the length of time that corresponds to

 

the period of the licensing sanction that would have been imposed

 

under section 319e if the person had been licensed at the time of

 

the violation.

 

     (l) A person not licensed under this act who is determined to

 

have violated section 33b(1) of former 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, section

 

703(1) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL

 


436.1703, or section 624a or 624b. of this act. The person shall be

 

denied a license under this subdivision for a period of time that

 

corresponds to the period of the licensing sanction that would have

 

been imposed under those sections had the person been licensed at

 

the time of the violation.

 

     (m) A person whose commercial driver license application is

 

canceled under section 324(2).

 

     (n) Unless otherwise eligible under section 307(1), a person

 

who is not a citizen of the United States.

 

     (2) Upon receiving the appropriate records of conviction, the

 

secretary of state shall revoke the operator's or chauffeur's

 

license of a person and deny issuance of an operator's or

 

chauffeur's license to a person having any of the following,

 

whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to a law of this state, a law of another state

 

substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or, beginning

 

October 31, 2010, a law of the United States substantially

 

corresponding to a law of this state:

 

     (a) Any combination of 2 convictions within 7 years for

 

reckless driving in violation of section 626 before October 31,

 

2010 or, beginning October 31, 2010, 626(2).

 

     (b) Any combination of 2 or more convictions within 7 years

 

for any of the following:

 

     (i) A felony in which a motor vehicle was used.

 

     (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 601b(2) or

 

(3), section 601c(1) or (2), section 602a(4) or (5), section 617,

 

section 653a(3) or (4), or section 904(4) or (5).

 


     (iii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting from

 

the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to commit any of those

 

crimes.

 

     (iv) A violation or attempted violation of section 479a(4) or

 

(5) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.479a.

 

     (c) Any combination of 2 convictions within 7 years for any of

 

the following or a combination of 1 conviction for a violation or

 

attempted violation of section 625(6) and 1 conviction for any of

 

the following within 7 years:

 

     (i) A violation or attempted violation of section 625, except a

 

violation of section 625(2), or a violation of any prior enactment

 

of section 625 in which the defendant operated a vehicle while

 

under the influence of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or a

 

controlled substance, or a combination of intoxicating or alcoholic

 

liquor and a controlled substance, or while visibly impaired, or

 

with an unlawful bodily alcohol content.

 

     (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 625m.

 

     (iii) A violation or attempted violation of former section 625b.

 

     (d) One conviction for a violation or attempted violation of

 

section 315(5), section 601b(3), section 601c(2), section 602a(4)

 

or (5), section 617, section 625(4) or (5), section 626(3) or (4),

 

section 653a(4), or section 904(4) or (5), or, beginning October

 

31, 2010, section 626(3) or (4).

 

     (e) One conviction of negligent homicide, manslaughter, or

 

murder resulting from the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to

 

commit any of those crimes.

 

     (f) One conviction for a violation or attempted violation of

 


section 479a(4) or (5) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL

 

750.479a.

 

     (g) Any combination of 3 convictions within 10 years for any

 

of the following or 1 conviction for a violation or attempted

 

violation of section 625(6) and any combination of 2 convictions

 

for any of the following within 10 years, if any of the convictions

 

resulted from an arrest on or after January 1, 1992:

 

     (i) A violation or attempted violation of section 625, except a

 

violation of section 625(2), or a violation of any prior enactment

 

of section 625 in which the defendant operated a vehicle while

 

under the influence of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or a

 

controlled substance, or a combination of intoxicating or alcoholic

 

liquor and a controlled substance, or while visibly impaired, or

 

with an unlawful bodily alcohol content.

 

     (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 625m.

 

     (iii) A violation or attempted violation of former section 625b.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall revoke a license under

 

subsection (2) notwithstanding a court order unless the court order

 

complies with section 323.

 

     (4) The Except as otherwise provided under section 304, the

 

secretary of state shall not issue a license under this act to a

 

person whose license has been revoked under this act or revoked and

 

denied under subsection (2) until all of the following occur, as

 

applicable:

 

     (a) The later of the following:

 

     (i) The expiration of not less than 1 year after the license

 

was revoked or denied.

 


     (ii) The expiration of not less than 5 years after the date of

 

a subsequent revocation or denial occurring within 7 years after

 

the date of any prior revocation or denial.

 

     (b) For a denial under subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), and (g),

 

the person rebuts by clear and convincing evidence the presumption

 

resulting from the prima facie evidence that he or she is a

 

habitual offender. The convictions that resulted in the revocation

 

and denial constitute prima facie evidence that he or she is a

 

habitual offender.

 

     (c) The person meets the requirements of the department.

 

     (5) The secretary of state may deny issuance of an operator's

 

license as follows:

 

     (a) Until the age of 17, to a person not licensed under this

 

act who was convicted of or received a juvenile disposition for

 

violating or attempting to violate section 411a(2) of the Michigan

 

penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, involving a school when he

 

or she was less than 14 years of age. A person not issued a license

 

under this subdivision is not eligible to begin graduated licensing

 

training until he or she attains 16 years of age.

 

     (b) To a person less than 21 years of age not licensed under

 

this act who was convicted of or received a juvenile disposition

 

for violating or attempting to violate section 411a(2) of the

 

Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, involving a school

 

when he or she was 14 years of age or older, until 3 years after

 

the date of the conviction or juvenile disposition. A person not

 

issued a license under this subdivision is not eligible to begin

 

graduated licensing training or otherwise obtain an original

 


operator's or chauffeur's license until 3 years after the date of

 

the conviction or juvenile disposition.

 

     (6) The secretary of state shall deny issuance of a vehicle

 

group designation to a person if the person has been disqualified

 

by the United States secretary of transportation from operating a

 

commercial motor vehicle.

 

     (7) Multiple convictions or civil infraction determinations

 

resulting from the same incident shall be treated as a single

 

violation for purposes of denial or revocation of a license under

 

this section.

 

     (8) As used in this section, "felony in which a motor vehicle

 

was used" means a felony during the commission of which the person

 

operated a motor vehicle and while operating the vehicle presented

 

real or potential harm to persons or property and 1 or more of the

 

following circumstances existed:

 

     (a) The vehicle was used as an instrument of the felony.

 

     (b) The vehicle was used to transport a victim of the felony.

 

     (c) The vehicle was used to flee the scene of the felony.

 

     (d) The vehicle was necessary for the commission of the

 

felony.

 

     Sec. 304. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

secretary of state shall issue a restricted license to a person

 

whose license was suspended or restricted under section 319 or

 

revoked or denied under section 303 based on either of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Two or more convictions for violating section 625(1) or

 

(3) or a local ordinance of this state substantially corresponding

 


to section 625(1) or (3).

 

     (b) One conviction for violating section 625(1) or (3) or a

 

local ordinance of this state substantially corresponding to

 

section 625(1) or (3), preceded by 1 or more convictions for

 

violating a local ordinance or law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to section 625(1), (3), or (6), or a law of the

 

United States substantially corresponding to section 625(1), (3),

 

or (6).

 

     (2) A restricted license shall not be issued under subsection

 

(1) unless all of the following conditions are met:

 

     (a) The person is otherwise eligible. A person is otherwise

 

eligible unless 1 or both of the following conditions apply:

 

     (i) The person's license was suspended or revoked or the person

 

was denied the issuance of an operator's license under the laws of

 

this state or the United States for the person's failure to pay

 

child support.

 

     (ii) The person's license was suspended or revoked or the

 

person was denied the issuance of an operator's license under the

 

laws of this state or the United States for medical unfitness.

 

     (b) The person's license has been suspended, restricted, or

 

revoked and denied for not less than 45 days.

 

     (c) A judge assigned to a DWI/sobriety court certifies to the

 

secretary of state that both of the following conditions have been

 

met:

 

     (i) The individual has been admitted into a DWI/sobriety court.

 

     (ii) An ignition interlock device approved, certified, and

 

installed as required under sections 625k and 625l has been

 


installed on each motor vehicle owned or operated, or both, by the

 

individual.

 

     (d) The person submits to the secretary of state proof that

 

the ignition interlock device has been installed as described in

 

subdivision (c).

 

     (3) A restricted license issued under subsection (1) permits

 

the person to whom it is issued to operate only the vehicle

 

equipped with an ignition interlock device described in subsection

 

(2)(c)(ii), to take any driving skills test required by the

 

secretary of state, and to drive to and from any combination of the

 

following locations:

 

     (a) The person's residence.

 

     (b) The person's workplace.

 

     (c) The person's school.

 

     (d) An alcohol or drug education or treatment program as

 

ordered by the court.

 

     (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a restricted

 

license issued under subsection (1) is effective until a hearing

 

officer orders an unrestricted license under section 322. The

 

person shall not be considered for an unrestricted license until

 

the later of the following events occurs:

 

     (a) The court notifies the secretary of state that the person

 

has successfully completed the DWI/sobriety court program.

 

     (b) The minimum period of license sanction that would have

 

been imposed under section 303 or 319 but for this section has been

 

completed.

 

     (5) If the secretary of state receives a notification from the

 


DWI/sobriety court under section 1084(6) of the revised judicature

 

act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1084, the secretary of state

 

shall summarily impose 1 of the following license sanctions, as

 

applicable:

 

     (a) Suspension for the full length of time provided under

 

section 319(8). However, a restricted license shall not be issued

 

as provided under section 319(8). This subdivision applies if the

 

underlying conviction or convictions would have subjected the

 

person to a license sanction under section 319(8) if this section

 

did not apply.

 

     (b) A license revocation and denial for the full length of

 

time provided under section 303. The minimum period of license

 

revocation and denial imposed shall be the same as if this section

 

did not apply. This subdivision applies if the underlying

 

conviction or convictions would have caused a license revocation

 

and denial under section 303 if this section did not apply.

 

     (6) After the person completes the DWI/sobriety court pilot

 

program, the restricted license issued under this section shall be

 

suspended or revoked or denied as provided in subsection (5) if any

 

of the following events occur, unless it is set aside under

 

subsection (4):

 

     (a) The person operates a motor vehicle without an ignition

 

interlock device that meets the criteria under subsection

 

(2)(c)(ii).

 

     (b) The person removes, or causes to be removed, an ignition

 

interlock device from a vehicle he or she owns or operates unless

 

the secretary of state has authorized its removal under section

 


322a.

 

     (c) The person is arrested for a violation of any of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Section 625.

 

     (ii) A local ordinance of this state or another state

 

substantially corresponding to section 625.

 

     (iii) A law of the United States substantially corresponding to

 

section 625.

 

     (7) All driver responsibility fees required to be assessed by

 

the secretary of state under section 732a for the conviction or

 

convictions that led to the restricted license under this section

 

shall be held in abeyance as follows:

 

     (a) The fees shall be held in abeyance during the time the

 

person has a restricted license under this section and is

 

participating in the DWI/sobriety court pilot project.

 

     (b) At the end of the person's participation in the

 

DWI/sobriety court program, the driver responsibility fees shall be

 

assessed and paid under the payment schedule described in section

 

732a.

 

     (8) The vehicle of an individual admitted to the DWI/sobriety

 

court pilot project whose vehicle would otherwise be subject to

 

immobilization or forfeiture under this act is exempt from both

 

immobilization and forfeiture under sections 625n and 904d if all

 

of the following apply:

 

     (a) The person is a DWI/sobriety court pilot program

 

participant in good standing.

 

     (b) The person successfully satisfactorily completes the

 


DWI/sobriety court pilot program.

 

     (c) The person does not subsequently violate a law of this

 

state for which vehicle immobilization or forfeiture is a sanction.

 

     (9) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "DWI/sobriety court" means that term as defined in section

 

1084 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL

 

600.1084.

 

     (b) "DWI/sobriety court pilot project" and "DWI/sobriety court

 

program" mean those terms as described in section 1084 of the

 

revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1084.

 

     Sec. 625n. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section

 

and section 304 and in addition to any other penalty provided for

 

in this act, the judgment of sentence for a conviction for a

 

violation of section 625(1) described in section 625(9)(b) or (c),

 

a violation of section 625(3) described in section 625(11)(b) or

 

(c), a violation of section 625(4), (5), or (7), or a violation of

 

section 904(4) or (5), or, beginning October 31, 2010, a violation

 

of section 626(3) or (4), may require 1 of the following with

 

regard to the vehicle used in the offense if the defendant owns the

 

vehicle in whole or in part or leases the vehicle:

 

     (a) Forfeiture of the vehicle if the defendant owns the

 

vehicle in whole or in part.

 

     (b) Return of the vehicle to the lessor if the defendant

 

leases the vehicle.

 

     (2) The vehicle may be seized pursuant to an order of under a

 

seizure order issued by the court having jurisdiction upon a

 

showing of probable cause that the vehicle is subject to forfeiture

 


or return to the lessor.

 

     (3) The forfeiture of a vehicle is subject to the interest of

 

the holder of a security interest who did not have prior knowledge

 

of or consent to the violation.

 

     (4) Within 14 days after the defendant's conviction for a

 

violation described in subsection (1), the prosecuting attorney may

 

file a petition with the court for the forfeiture of the vehicle or

 

to have the court order return of a leased vehicle to the lessor.

 

The prosecuting attorney shall give notice by first-class mail or

 

other process to the defendant and his or her attorney, to all

 

owners of the vehicle, and to any person holding a security

 

interest in the vehicle that the court may require forfeiture or

 

return of the vehicle.

 

     (5) If a vehicle is seized before disposition of the criminal

 

proceedings, a defendant who is an owner or lessee of the vehicle

 

may move the court having jurisdiction over the proceedings to

 

require the seizing agency to file a lien against the vehicle and

 

to return the vehicle to the owner or lessee pending disposition of

 

the criminal proceedings. The court shall hear the motion within 7

 

days after the motion is filed. If the defendant establishes at the

 

hearing that he or she holds the legal title to the vehicle or that

 

he or she has a leasehold interest and that it is necessary for him

 

or her or a member of his or her family to use the vehicle pending

 

the outcome of the forfeiture action, the court may order the

 

seizing agency to return the vehicle to the owner or lessee. If the

 

court orders the return of the vehicle to the owner or lessee, the

 

court shall order the defendant to post a bond in an amount equal

 


to the retail value of the vehicle, and shall also order the

 

seizing agency to file a lien against the vehicle.

 

     (6) Within 14 days after notice by the prosecuting attorney is

 

given under subsection (4), the defendant, an owner, lessee, or

 

holder of a security interest may file a claim of interest in the

 

vehicle with the court. Within 21 days after the expiration of the

 

period for filing claims, but before or at sentencing, the court

 

shall hold a hearing to determine the legitimacy of any claim, the

 

extent of any co-owner's equity interest, the liability of the

 

defendant to any co-lessee, and whether to order the vehicle

 

forfeited or returned to the lessor. In considering whether to

 

order forfeiture, the court shall review the defendant's driving

 

record to determine whether the defendant has multiple convictions

 

under section 625 or a local ordinance substantially corresponding

 

to section 625, or multiple suspensions, restrictions, or denials

 

under section 904, or both. If the defendant has multiple

 

convictions under section 625 or multiple suspensions,

 

restrictions, or denials under section 904, or both, that factor

 

shall weigh heavily in favor of forfeiture.

 

     (7) If a vehicle is forfeited under this section, the unit of

 

government that seized the vehicle shall sell the vehicle pursuant

 

to the procedures under section 252g(1) and dispose of the proceeds

 

in the following order of priority:

 

     (a) Pay any outstanding security interest of a secured party

 

who did not have prior knowledge of or consent to the commission of

 

the violation.

 

     (b) Pay the equity interest of a co-owner who did not have

 


prior knowledge of or consent to the commission of the violation.

 

     (c) Satisfy any order of restitution entered in the

 

prosecution for the violation.

 

     (d) Pay any outstanding accrued towing and storage fees.

 

     (e) Pay the claim of each person who shows that he or she is a

 

victim of the violation to the extent that the claim is not covered

 

by an order of restitution.

 

     (f) Pay any outstanding lien against the property that has

 

been imposed by a governmental unit.

 

     (g) Pay the proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture

 

and sale, including, but not limited to, expenses incurred during

 

the seizure process and expenses for maintaining custody of the

 

property, advertising, and court costs.

 

     (h) The balance remaining after the payment of items (a)

 

through (g) shall be distributed by the court having jurisdiction

 

over the forfeiture proceedings to the unit or units of government

 

substantially involved in effecting the forfeiture. Seventy-five

 

percent of the money received by a unit of government under this

 

subdivision shall be used to enhance enforcement of the criminal

 

laws and 25% of the money shall be used to implement the William

 

Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751

 

to 780.834. A unit of government receiving money under this

 

subdivision shall report annually to the department of management

 

and budget the amount of money received under this subdivision that

 

was used to enhance enforcement of the criminal laws and the amount

 

that was used to implement the William Van Regenmorter crime

 

victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834.

 


     (8) The court may order the defendant to pay to a co-lessee

 

any liability determined under subsection (6). The order may be

 

enforced in the same manner as a civil judgment.

 

     (9) The return of a vehicle to the lessor under this section

 

does not affect or impair the lessor's rights or the defendant's

 

obligations under the lease.

 

     (10) A person who knowingly conceals, sells, gives away, or

 

otherwise transfers or disposes of a vehicle with the intent to

 

avoid forfeiture or return of the vehicle to the lessor under this

 

section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for

 

not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

 

     (11) The failure of the court or prosecutor to comply with any

 

time limit specified in this section does not preclude the court

 

from ordering forfeiture of a vehicle or its return to a lessor,

 

unless the court finds that the owner or claimant suffered

 

substantial prejudice as a result of that failure.

 

     (12) The forfeiture provisions of this section do not preclude

 

the prosecuting attorney from pursuing a forfeiture proceeding

 

under any other law of this state or a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to this section.

 

     Sec. 732a. (1) An individual, whether licensed or not, who

 

accumulates 7 or more points on his or her driving record pursuant

 

to under sections 320a and 629c within a 2-year period for any

 

violation not listed under subsection (2) shall be assessed a

 

$100.00 driver responsibility fee. For each additional point

 

accumulated above 7 points not listed under subsection (2), an

 

additional fee of $50.00 shall be assessed. The secretary of state

 


shall collect the fees described in this subsection once each year

 

that the point total on an individual driving record is 7 points or

 

more.

 

     (2) An individual, whether licensed or not, who violates any

 

of the following sections or another law or local ordinance that

 

substantially corresponds to those sections shall be assessed a

 

driver responsibility fee as follows:

 

     (a) Upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has

 

been found guilty for a violation of law listed or described in

 

this subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $1,000.00

 

driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years:

 

     (i) Manslaughter, negligent homicide, or a felony resulting

 

from the operation of a motor vehicle, ORV, or snowmobile.

 

     (ii) Section 601b(2) or (3), 601c(1) or (2), 601d, 626(3) or

 

(4), or 653a(3) or (4) or, beginning October 31, 2010, section 601d

 

or 626(3) or (4).

 

     (iii) Section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section

 

81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134, or a law or ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or

 

section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection

 

act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134.

 

     (iv) Failing to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an

 

accident when required by law.

 

     (v) Fleeing or eluding an officer.

 

     (b) Upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has

 

been found guilty for a violation of law listed in this

 


subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $500.00 driver

 

responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years:

 

     (i) Section 625(3), (6), (7), or (8).

 

     (ii) Section 626 or, beginning October 31, 2010, section

 

626(2).

 

     (iii) Section 904.

 

     (iv) Section 3101, 3102(1), or 3103 of the insurance code of

 

1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, 500.3102, and 500.3103.

 

     (c) Upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has

 

been found guilty for a violation of section 301, the secretary of

 

state shall assess a $150.00 driver responsibility fee each year

 

for 2 consecutive years.

 

     (d) Upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has

 

been found guilty or determined responsible for a violation listed

 

in section 328, the secretary of state shall assess a $200.00

 

driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall send a notice of the driver

 

responsibility assessment, as prescribed under subsection (1) or

 

(2), to the individual by regular mail to the address on the

 

records of the secretary of state. If payment is not received

 

within 30 days after the notice is mailed, the secretary of state

 

shall send a second notice that indicates that if payment is not

 

received within the next 30 days, the driver's driving privileges

 

will be suspended.

 

     (4) The secretary of state may authorize payment by

 

installment for a period not to exceed 24 months.

 

     (5) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection, if

 


payment is not received or an installment plan is not established

 

after the time limit required by the second notice prescribed under

 

subsection (3) expires, the secretary of state shall suspend the

 

driving privileges until the assessment and any other fees

 

prescribed under this act are paid. However, if the individual's

 

license to operate a motor vehicle is not otherwise required under

 

this act to be denied, suspended, or revoked, the secretary of

 

state shall reinstate the individual's operator's driving

 

privileges if the individual requests an installment plan under

 

subsection (4) and makes proper payment under that plan. Fees

 

required to be paid for the reinstatement of an individual's

 

operator's driving privileges as described under this subsection

 

shall, at the individual's request, be included in the amount to be

 

paid under the installment plan. If the individual establishes a

 

payment plan as described in this subsection and subsection (4) but

 

fails to make full or timely payments under that plan, the

 

secretary of state shall suspend the individual's driving

 

privileges. The secretary of state shall only reinstate a license

 

under this subsection once.

 

     (6) A fee shall not be assessed under this section for 7

 

points or more on a driving record on October 1, 2003. Points

 

assigned after October 1, 2003 shall be assessed as prescribed

 

under subsections (1) and (2).

 

     (7) A driver responsibility fee shall be assessed under this

 

section in the same manner for a conviction or determination of

 

responsibility for a violation or an attempted violation of a law

 

of this state, of a local ordinance substantially corresponding to

 


a law of this state, or of a law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to a law of this state.

 

     (8) The fire protection fund is created within the state

 

treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets

 

from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer

 

shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in

 

the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department of

 

energy, labor, and economic growth shall expend money from the

 

fund, upon appropriation, only for fire protection grants to

 

cities, villages, and townships with state owned facilities for

 

fire services, as provided in 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956.

 

     (9) The secretary of state shall transmit the fees collected

 

under this section to the state treasurer. The state treasurer

 

shall credit fee money received under this section in each fiscal

 

year as follows:

 

     (a) The first $65,000,000.00 shall be credited to the general

 

fund.

 

     (b) If more than $65,000,000.00 is collected under this

 

section, the next amount collected in excess of $65,000,000.00 up

 

to $68,500,000.00 shall be credited to the fire protection fund

 

created in this section.

 

     (c) If more than $100,000,000.00 is collected under this

 

section, the next amount collected in excess of $100,000,000.00 up

 

to $105,000,000.00 shall be credited to the fire protection fund

 

created in this section.

 


     (d) Any amount collected after crediting the amounts under

 

subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall be credited to the general

 

fund.

 

     (10) The collection of assessments under this section is

 

subject to section 304.

 

     Sec. 904d. (1) Vehicle immobilization applies as follows:

 

     (a) For a conviction under section 625(1), (3), (7), or (8) or

 

a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 625(1) or

 

(3) with no prior convictions, or, beginning October 31, 2010, for

 

a conviction under section 626(3) or (4), the court may order

 

vehicle immobilization for not more than 180 days.

 

     (b) For a conviction under section 625(4) or (5) with no prior

 

convictions, the court shall order vehicle immobilization for not

 

more than 180 days.

 

     (c) For a conviction under section 625(1), (3), (4), (5), (7),

 

or (8) within 7 years after a prior conviction, or, beginning

 

October 31, 2010, for a conviction under section 625l(2), the court

 

shall order vehicle immobilization for not less than 90 days or

 

more than 180 days.

 

     (d) For Before October 31, 2010, for a conviction under

 

section 625(1), (3), (4), (5), (7), or (8) after 2 or more prior

 

convictions within 10 years, or, beginning October 31, 2010, for a

 

conviction under section 625(1), (3), (4), (5), (7), or (8) after 2

 

or more prior convictions, the court shall order vehicle

 

immobilization for not less than 1 year or more than 3 years.

 

     (2) For a conviction or civil infraction determination

 

resulting from a violation that occurred during a period of

 


suspension, revocation, or denial, the following apply:

 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), for 1 prior

 

suspension, revocation, or denial under section 904(10), (11), or

 

(12) or former section 904(2) or (4) within the past 7 years, the

 

court may order vehicle immobilization for not more than 180 days.

 

     (b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), if the

 

person is convicted under section 904(4) or (5), the court shall

 

order vehicle immobilization for not more than 180 days.

 

     (c) For any combination of 2 or 3 prior suspensions,

 

revocations, or denials under section 904(10), (11), or (12) or

 

former section 904(2) or (4) within the past 7 years, the court

 

shall order vehicle immobilization for not less than 90 days or

 

more than 180 days.

 

     (d) For any combination of 4 or more prior suspensions,

 

revocations, or denials under section 904(10), (11), or (12) or

 

former section 904(2) or (4) within the past 7 years, the court

 

shall order vehicle immobilization for not less than 1 year or more

 

than 3 years.

 

     (3) The defendant shall provide to the court the vehicle

 

identification number and registration plate number of the vehicle

 

involved in the violation.

 

     (4) The court may order vehicle immobilization under this

 

section under either of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) The defendant is the owner, co-owner, lessee, or co-lessee

 

of the vehicle operated during the violation.

 

     (b) The owner, co-owner, lessee, or co-lessee knowingly

 

permitted the vehicle to be operated in violation of section 625(2)

 


or section 904(2) regardless of whether a conviction resulted.

 

     (5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection subsections

 

(11) and (13), an order required to be issued under this section

 

shall not be suspended.

 

     (6) If a defendant is ordered imprisoned for the violation for

 

which immobilization is ordered, the period of immobilization shall

 

begin at the end of the period of imprisonment.

 

     (7) This section does not apply to any of the following:

 

     (a) A suspension, revocation, or denial based on a violation

 

of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL

 

552.601 to 552.650.

 

     (b) A vehicle that is registered in another state or that is a

 

rental vehicle.

 

     (c) A vehicle owned by the federal government, this state, or

 

a local unit of government of this state.

 

     (d) A vehicle not subject to registration under section 216.

 

     (e) Any of the following:

 

     (i) A violation of chapter II.

 

     (ii) A violation of chapter V.

 

     (iii) A violation for failure to change address.

 

     (iv) A parking violation.

 

     (v) A bad check violation.

 

     (vi) An equipment violation.

 

     (vii) A pedestrian, passenger, or bicycle violation, other than

 

a violation of section 703(1) or (2) of the Michigan liquor control

 

code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703, or a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to section 703(1) or (2) of the

 


Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703, or

 

section 624a or 624b or a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to section 624a or 624b.

 

     (viii) A violation of a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to a violation described in subparagraphs (i) to (vii).

 

     (8) As used in this section:

 

     (a) Subject to subsections (9) and (10), "prior conviction"

 

means a conviction for any of the following, whether under a law of

 

this state, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law

 

of this state, or a law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to a law of this state:

 

     (i) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (10), a

 

violation or attempted violation of any of the following:

 

     (A) Section 625, except a violation of section 625(2), or a

 

violation of any prior enactment of section 625 in which the

 

defendant operated a vehicle while under the influence of

 

intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or a

 

combination of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor and a controlled

 

substance, or while visibly impaired, or with an unlawful bodily

 

alcohol content.

 

     (B) Section 625m.

 

     (C) Former section 625b.

 

     (ii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting from

 

the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to commit any of those

 

crimes.

 

     (iii) A Beginning October 31, 2010, a violation of section 601d

 

or section 626(3) or (4).

 


     (b) "Vehicle immobilization" means requiring the motor vehicle

 

involved in the violation immobilized in a manner provided in

 

section 904e.

 

     (9) If 2 or more convictions described in subsection (8)(a)

 

are convictions for violations arising out of the same incident,

 

only 1 conviction shall be used to determine whether the person has

 

a prior conviction.

 

     (10) Only 1 violation or attempted violation of section

 

625(6), a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section

 

625(6), or a law of another state substantially corresponding to

 

section 625(6) may be used as a prior conviction.

 

     (11) If Beginning October 31, 2010, if the person obtains a

 

restricted operator's or chauffeur's license from the secretary of

 

state and an ignition interlock device is properly installed in the

 

vehicle, the court shall suspend the immobilization order issued

 

under subsection (1)(c) for a conviction under section 625l(2).

 

     (12) The Beginning October 31, 2010, the court may reinstate

 

vehicle immobilization issued under subsection (1)(c) for a

 

conviction under section 625l(2) if an ignition interlock device is

 

tampered with, circumvented, or disabled, or if the person's

 

restricted operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended or

 

revoked.

 

     (13) Vehicle immobilization under this section is subject to

 

section 304 if the defendant obtains a restricted license under

 

section 304.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

31, 2010.

 


     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 5273 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.

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