Bill Text: MI HB5705 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; registration fees; revise calculation formula and eliminate certain reduced registration fees. Amends secs. 217, 217a, 224, 255, 256, 801, 801g, 801j, 802, 803d & 809 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.217 et seq.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-13 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/08/2017 [HB5705 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5705-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5705
March 8, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 217, 217a, 224, 255, 256, 801, 801g, 801j,
802, 803d, and 809 (MCL 257.217, 257.217a, 257.224, 257.255,
257.256, 257.801, 257.801g, 257.801j, 257.802, 257.803d, and
257.809), section 217 as amended by 2014 PA 290, section 217a as
amended by 2015 PA 73, section 224 as amended by 2013 PA 179,
section 255 as amended by 2003 PA 9, section 256 as amended by
1987 PA 34, section 801 as amended by 2017 PA 238, sections 801g
and 809 as amended by 2011 PA 159, section 801j as amended by
2014 PA 171, section 802 as amended by 2016 PA 425, and section
803d as amended by 1998 PA 68.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 217. (1) An owner of a vehicle that is subject to
2 registration under this act shall apply to the secretary of
3 state, upon an appropriate form furnished by the secretary of
4 state, for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of a
5 certificate of title for the vehicle. A vehicle brought into this
6 state from another state or jurisdiction that has a rebuilt,
7 salvage, scrap, flood, or comparable certificate of title issued
8 by that other state or jurisdiction shall be issued a rebuilt,
9 salvage, scrap, or flood certificate of title by the secretary of
10 state. The application shall be accompanied by the required fee.
11 An application for a certificate of title shall bear the
12 signature or verification and certification of the owner. The
13 application shall contain all of the following:
14 (a) The owner's name, the owner's bona fide residence, and
15 either of the following:
16 (i) If the owner is an individual, the owner's mailing
17 address.
18 (ii) If the owner is a firm, association, partnership,
19 limited liability company, or corporation, the owner's business
20 address.
21 (b) A description of the vehicle including the make or name,
22 style of body, and model year; the number of miles, not including
23 the tenths of a mile, registered on the vehicle's odometer at the
24 time of transfer; whether the vehicle is a flood vehicle or
25 another state previously issued the vehicle a flood certificate
26 of title; whether the vehicle is to be or has been used as a taxi
27 or police vehicle, or by a political subdivision of this state,
1 unless the vehicle is owned by a dealer and loaned or leased to a
2 political subdivision of this state for use as a driver education
3 vehicle; whether the vehicle has previously been issued a salvage
4 or rebuilt certificate of title from this state or a comparable
5 certificate of title from any other state or jurisdiction;
6 vehicle identification number; and the vehicle's weight fully
7 equipped, if a passenger vehicle registered in accordance with
8 section 801(1)(a), and, if
a trailer coach or pickup camper, in
9 addition to the weight, the manufacturer's serial number, or in
10 the absence of the serial number, a number assigned by the
11 secretary of state. A number assigned by the secretary of state
12 shall be permanently placed on the trailer coach or pickup camper
13 in the manner and place designated by the secretary of state.
14 (c) A statement of the applicant's title and the names and
15 addresses of the holders of security interests in the vehicle and
16 in an accessory to the vehicle, in the order of their priority.
17 (d) Further information that the secretary of state
18 reasonably requires to enable the secretary of state to determine
19 whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration and the
20 owner entitled to a certificate of title. If the secretary of
21 state is not satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle having a
22 value over $2,500.00 or that is less than 10 years old, before
23 registering the vehicle and issuing a certificate of title, the
24 secretary of state may require the applicant to file a properly
25 executed surety bond in a form prescribed by the secretary of
26 state and executed by the applicant and a company authorized to
27 conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an
1 amount equal to twice the value of the vehicle as determined by
2 the secretary of state and shall be conditioned to indemnify or
3 reimburse the secretary of state, any prior owner, and any
4 subsequent purchaser or lessee of the vehicle and their
5 successors in interest against any expense, loss, or damage,
6 including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance
7 of a certificate of title for the vehicle or on account of any
8 defect in the right, title, or interest of the applicant in the
9 vehicle. An interested person has a right of action to recover on
10 the bond for a breach of the conditions of the bond, but the
11 aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed
12 the amount of the bond. If the secretary of state is not
13 satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle that is valued at
14 $2,500.00 or less and that is 10 years old or older, the
15 secretary of state shall require the applicant to certify that
16 the applicant is the owner of the vehicle and entitled to
17 register and title the vehicle.
18 (e) Except as provided in subdivision (f), an application
19 for a commercial vehicle shall also have attached a scale weight
20 receipt of the motor vehicle fully equipped as of the time the
21 application is made. A scale weight receipt is not necessary if
22 there is presented with the application a registration receipt of
23 the previous year that shows on its face the empty weight of the
24 motor vehicle as registered with the secretary of state that is
25 accompanied by a statement of the applicant that there has not
26 been structural change in the motor vehicle that has increased
27 the empty weight and that the previous registered weight is the
1 true weight.
2 (f) An application for registration of a vehicle on the
3 basis of elected gross weight shall include a declaration by the
4 applicant specifying the elected gross weight for which
5 application is being made.
6 (g) If the application is for a certificate of title of a
7 motor vehicle registered in accordance with section 801(1)(p),
8 801(1)(j), the application shall include the manufacturer's
9 suggested base list price for the model year of the vehicle. The
10 base list price shall be the manufacturer's suggested retail
11 price as shown on the label required to be affixed to the vehicle
12 under 15 USC 1232. If the manufacturer's suggested retail price
13 is unavailable, the application shall list the purchase price of
14 the vehicle as defined in section 801.
15 (2) An applicant for registration of a leased pickup truck
16 or passenger vehicle that is subject to registration under this
17 act, except a vehicle that is subject to a registration fee under
18 section 801g, shall disclose in writing to the secretary of state
19 the lessee's name, the lessee's bona fide residence, and either
20 of the following:
21 (a) If the lessee is an individual, the lessee's Michigan
22 driver license number or Michigan personal identification number
23 or, if the lessee does not have a Michigan driver license or
24 Michigan personal identification number, the lessee's mailing
25 address.
26 (b) If the lessee is a firm, association, partnership,
27 limited liability company, or corporation, the lessee's business
1 address.
2 (3) The secretary of state shall maintain the information
3 described in subsection (2) on the secretary of state's computer
4 records.
5 (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a dealer selling,
6 leasing, or exchanging vehicles required to be titled, within 15
7 days after delivering a vehicle to the purchaser or lessee, and a
8 person engaged in the sale of vessels required to be numbered by
9 part 801 of the natural resources and environmental protection
10 act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80101 to 324.80199, within 15 days
11 after delivering a boat trailer weighing less than 2,500 pounds
12 to the purchaser or lessee, shall apply to the secretary of state
13 for a new title, if required, and transfer or secure registration
14 plates and secure a certificate of registration for the vehicle
15 or boat trailer, in the name of the purchaser or lessee. The
16 dealer's license may be suspended or revoked in accordance with
17 section 249 for failure to apply for a title when required or for
18 failure to transfer or secure registration plates and certificate
19 of registration within the 15 days required by this section. If
20 the dealer or person fails to apply for a title when required,
21 and to transfer or secure registration plates and secure a
22 certificate of registration and pay the required fees within 15
23 days of delivery of the vehicle or boat trailer, a title and
24 registration for the vehicle or boat trailer may subsequently be
25 acquired only upon the payment of a late transfer fee of $15.00
26 for an individual or a dealer other than a dealer subject to
27 section 235b in addition to the fees specified in section 806.
1 For a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to section 235b,
2 the late transfer fee is $100.00 in addition to the fees
3 specified in section 806. The purchaser or lessee of the vehicle
4 or the purchaser of the boat trailer shall sign the application,
5 including, if applicable, the declaration specifying the maximum
6 elected gross weight as required by subsection (1)(f), and other
7 necessary papers to enable the dealer or person to secure the
8 title, registration plates, and transfers from the secretary of
9 state. If the secretary of state mails or delivers a purchaser's
10 certificate of title to a dealer, the dealer shall mail or
11 deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser not more than 5
12 days after receiving the certificate of title from the secretary
13 of state. However, as provided under section 238, the secretary
14 of state is not required to issue a title to the owner of a
15 vehicle or lienholder if the title is subject to a security
16 interest.
17 (5) A dealer selling or exchanging an off lease or buy back
18 vehicle shall apply to the secretary of state for a new title for
19 the vehicle within 15 days after it receives the certificate of
20 title from the lessor or manufacturer under section 235 or
21 section 235b and transfer or secure registration plates and
22 secure a certificate of registration for the vehicle in the name
23 of the purchaser. The dealer's license may be suspended or
24 revoked in accordance with section 249 for failure to apply for a
25 title when required or for failure to transfer or secure
26 registration plates and certificate of registration within the
27 15-day period. If the dealer or person fails to apply for a title
1 when required, and to transfer or secure registration plates and
2 secure a certificate of registration and pay the required fees
3 within the 15-day time period, a title and registration for the
4 vehicle may subsequently be acquired only upon the payment of a
5 late transfer fee of $15.00 for an individual or dealer other
6 than a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to section 235b
7 in addition to the fees specified in section 806. The late
8 transfer fee for a used or secondhand vehicle dealer subject to
9 section 235b is $100.00 in addition to the fees specified in
10 section 806. The purchaser of the vehicle shall sign the
11 application, including, if applicable, the declaration specifying
12 the maximum elected gross weight as required by subsection
13 (1)(f), and other necessary papers to enable the dealer or person
14 to secure the title, registration plates, and transfers from the
15 secretary of state. If the secretary of state mails or delivers a
16 purchaser's certificate of title to a dealer, the dealer shall
17 mail or deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser not
18 more than 5 days after receiving the certificate of title from
19 the secretary of state. However, as provided under in section
20 238, the secretary of state is not required to issue a title to
21 the owner of a vehicle if the title is subject to a security
22 interest.
23 (6) If a vehicle is delivered to a purchaser or lessee who
24 has valid Michigan registration plates that are to be transferred
25 to the vehicle, and an application for title, if required, and
26 registration for the vehicle is not made before delivery of the
27 vehicle to the purchaser or lessee, the registration plates shall
1 be affixed to the vehicle immediately, and the dealer shall
2 provide the purchaser or lessee with an instrument in writing, on
3 a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which shall serve as
4 a temporary registration for the vehicle for a period of 15 days
5 from the date the vehicle is delivered.
6 (7) If the seller does not prepare the credit information,
7 contract note, and mortgage, and the holder, finance company,
8 credit union, or banking institution requires the installment
9 seller to record the lien on the title, the holder, finance
10 company, credit union, or banking institution shall pay the
11 seller a service fee of not more than $10.00. The service fee
12 shall be paid from the finance charges and shall not be charged
13 to the buyer in addition to the finance charges. The holder,
14 finance company, credit union, or banking institution shall issue
15 its check or bank draft for the principal amount financed,
16 payable jointly to the buyer and seller, and there shall be
17 imprinted on the back side of the check or bank draft the
18 following:
19 "Under Michigan law, the seller must record a first lien in
20 favor of (name of lender) _______________ on the vehicle with
21 vehicle identification number _______________ and title the
22 vehicle only in the name(s) shown on the reverse side."
23 (8) On the front of the check or draft described under
24 subsection (7), the holder, finance company, credit union, or
25 banking institution shall note the name or names of the
26 prospective owners. Failure of the holder, finance company,
27 credit union, or banking institution to comply with these
1 requirements frees the seller from any obligation to record the
2 lien or from any liability that may arise as a result of the
3 failure to record the lien. A service fee shall not be charged to
4 the buyer.
5 (9) In the absence of actual malice proved independently and
6 not inferred from lack of probable cause, a person who in any
7 manner causes a prosecution for larceny of a motor vehicle; for
8 embezzlement of a motor vehicle; for any crime an element of
9 which is the taking of a motor vehicle without authority; or for
10 buying, receiving, possessing, leasing, or aiding in the
11 concealment of a stolen, embezzled, or converted motor vehicle
12 knowing that the motor vehicle has been stolen, embezzled, or
13 converted, is not liable for damages in a civil action for
14 causing the prosecution. This subsection does not relieve a
15 person from proving any other element necessary to sustain his or
16 her cause of action.
17 (10) Receipt by the secretary of state of a properly
18 tendered application for a certificate of title on which a
19 security interest in a vehicle is to be indicated is a condition
20 of perfection of a security interest in the vehicle and is
21 equivalent to filing a financing statement under the uniform
22 commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.9994, with
23 respect to the vehicle. When a security interest in a vehicle is
24 perfected, it has priority over the rights of a lien creditor as
25 lien creditor that
term is defined in section 9102 of the
uniform
26 commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9102.
27 Sec. 217a. (1) A person who holds an unexpired technician,
1 general, conditional, advanced, or extra class amateur radio
2 license issued by the Federal Communications Commission may make
3 application directly to the secretary of state for a registration
4 plate inscribed with the official amateur radio call letters of
5 the applicant as assigned by the Federal Communications
6 Commission.
7 (2) The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the
8 secretary of state that the applicant holds an unexpired amateur
9 radio license. In addition to the regular registration fee, the
10 applicant shall pay a service fee of $2.00. The $2.00 fee shall
11 be credited to the transportation administration collection fund
12 created under section 810b through October 1, 2019. A
13 registration plate may be issued under this section for a motor
14 vehicle that bears a registration taxed under section 801(1)(a)
15 or (p). 801(1)(j).
16 (3) If a registration plate issued under this section is
17 used on a vehicle other than the vehicle for which the
18 registration plate was issued, the owner of the registration
19 plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and the registration plate shall
20 be surrendered to the secretary of state. A holder of a
21 registration plate whose amateur radio license is not in full
22 force and effect shall immediately surrender the registration
23 plate issued under this section to the secretary of state and
24 obtain a regular registration plate.
25 (4) An application for a registration plate issued under
26 this section shall be submitted to the secretary of state under
27 section 217. The expiration date for plates issued under this
1 section is the date determined under section 226.
2 Sec. 224. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act
3 regarding tabs or stickers, upon registering a vehicle, the
4 secretary of state shall issue to the owner 1 registration plate.
5 (2) A registration plate shall display the registration
6 number assigned to the vehicle for which the registration plate
7 is issued; the name of this state, which may be abbreviated; and
8 when the registration plate expires, which may be shown by a tab
9 or sticker furnished by the secretary of state.
10 (3) A registration plate issued for motor vehicles owned and
11 operated by this state; a state institution; a municipality; a
12 privately incorporated, nonprofit volunteer fire department; or a
13 nonpublic, nonprofit college or university of this state shall
14 does not expire at any particular time but shall be renewed when
15 the registration plate is worn out or is illegible. This
16 registration plate shall be assigned upon proper application and
17 payment of the applicable fee and may be used on any eligible
18 vehicle titled to the applicant if a written record is kept of
19 the vehicles upon which the registration plate is used. The
20 written record shall state the time the registration plate is
21 used on a particular vehicle. The record shall be open to
22 inspection by a law enforcement officer or a representative of
23 the secretary of state.
24 (4) A registration plate issued for a vehicle owned by the
25 civil air patrol as organized under 36 USC 201 to 208; 40301 to
26 40307; a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used to
27 transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children
1 at camp; an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for
2 emergencies and owned and operated by a federally recognized
3 nonprofit charitable organization; a vehicle owned and operated
4 by a nonprofit veterans center; a motor vehicle having a truck
5 chassis and a locomotive or ship's body which that is
owned by a
6 nonprofit veterans organization and used exclusively in parades
7 and civic events; a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
8 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
9 organization until December 31, 2000; a motor vehicle owned and
10 operated by a senior citizen center; and a registration plate
11 issued for buses including station wagons, carryalls, or
12 similarly constructed vehicles owned and operated by a nonprofit
13 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
14 parochial school, society, church Sunday school, or other grammar
15 school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
16 rehabilitation facility shall be issued upon proper application
17 and payment of the applicable tax provided in under section
18 801(1)(g) or (h) 801 to the applicant for the vehicle identified
19 in the application. The vehicle shall be used exclusively for
20 activities of the school or organization and shall be designated
21 by proper signs showing the school or organization operating the
22 vehicle. The registration plate shall expire on December 31 in
23 the fifth year following the date of issuance. The registration
24 plate may be transferred to another vehicle upon proper
25 application and payment of a $10.00 transfer fee.
26 (5) The department shall offer a standard design
27 registration plate that complies with the requirements of this
1 act. The standard design registration plate shall be of a common
2 color scheme and design that is made of fully reflectorized
3 material and shall be clearly visible at night.
4 (6) The department may use the Pure Michigan brand or a
5 successor or similar brand that is used in conjunction with this
6 state's promotion, travel, and tourism campaigns or marketing
7 efforts as part of the standard design for registration plates.
8 (7) The registration plate and the required letters and
9 numerals on the registration plate shall be of sufficient size to
10 be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight.
11 The secretary of state may issue a tab or tabs designating the
12 month and year of expiration.
13 (8) The secretary of state shall issue for every passenger
14 motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
15 registration plate as the type of registration plate issued for
16 private passenger vehicles.
17 (9) A person shall not operate a vehicle on the public
18 highways or streets of this state displaying a registration plate
19 other than the registration plate issued for the vehicle by the
20 secretary of state, except as provided in this chapter for
21 nonresidents, or by assignment as provided in subsection (3).
22 (10) The registration plate displayed on a vehicle
23 registered on the basis of elected gross weight shall indicate
24 the elected gross weight for which the vehicle is registered.
25 (11) Beginning on January 1, 2015, a registration plate
26 issued by the department under this section shall not be renewed
27 10 years after the date that registration plate was issued. The
1 owner of a vehicle whose registration plate is no longer eligible
2 for renewal under this subsection shall obtain a replacement
3 registration plate upon payment of the fee required under section
4 804. For any alphanumeric series that the department has retired
5 from circulation, upon request of the owner of a vehicle whose
6 registration plate is no longer eligible for renewal under this
7 subsection, the department may issue a new registration plate
8 with the same registration number as was displayed on the expired
9 registration plate as provided under section 803b.
10 (12) The secretary of state, in conjunction with the
11 department of corrections, the Michigan state police, the
12 Michigan sheriffs' association, 1 individual appointed by the
13 speaker of the house of representatives, and 1 individual
14 appointed by the senate majority leader, shall prepare a report
15 analyzing the viability of moving from the current registration
16 plate production process to a digital printing of registration
17 plates. The secretary of state shall submit the report to the
18 standing committees of the senate and house of representatives
19 with primary responsibility for transportation issues no later
20 than December 31, 2013.
21 Sec. 255. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
22 a person shall not operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit
23 to be operated, upon any highway, a vehicle required to be
24 registered under this act unless there is attached to and
25 displayed on the vehicle, as required by this chapter, a valid
26 registration plate issued for the vehicle by the department for
27 the current registration year. A registration plate shall is not
1 be required upon any
wrecked or disabled vehicle, or vehicle
2 destined for repair or junking, which that is
being transported
3 or drawn upon a highway by a wrecker or a registered motor
4 vehicle.
5 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
6 who violates subsection (1) is responsible for a civil
7 infraction. However, if the vehicle is a commercial vehicle which
8 is required to be registered according to the schedule of elected
9 gross vehicle weights under section 801(1)(k), 801(1)(e), the
10 person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for
11 not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or
12 both.
13 (3) A person who operates a vehicle licensed under the
14 international registration plan and does not have a valid
15 registration due to nonpayment of the apportioned fee is guilty
16 of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90
17 days, or by a fine of not more than $100.00, or both. In
18 addition, a police officer may impound the vehicle until a valid
19 registration is obtained. If the vehicle is impounded, the towing
20 and storage costs of the vehicle, and the care or preservation of
21 the load in the vehicle shall be is the owner's
responsibility.
22 Vehicles impounded shall be are subject to a lien in the
amount
23 of the apportioned fee and any fine and costs incurred under this
24 subsection, subject to a valid lien of prior record. If the
25 apportioned fee, fine, and costs are not paid within 90 days
26 after impoundment, then following a hearing before the judge or
27 magistrate who imposed the fine and costs, the judge or
1 magistrate shall certify the unpaid judgment to the prosecuting
2 attorney of the county in which the violation occurred. The
3 prosecuting attorney shall enforce the lien by foreclosure sale
4 in accordance with the procedure authorized by law for chattel
5 mortgage foreclosures.
6 Sec. 256. (1) A person shall not lend to another person, or
7 knowingly permit the use of, any certificate of title,
8 registration certificate, registration plate, special plate, or
9 permit issued to him or her if the person receiving or using the
10 certificate of title, registration certificate, registration
11 plate, special plate, or permit would not be entitled to the use
12 thereof. of the
certificate of title, registration certificate,
13 registration plate, special plate, or permit. A person shall not
14 carry or display upon a vehicle any registration certificate or
15 registration plate not issued for the vehicle or not otherwise
16 lawfully used under this act.
17 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
18 who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor , punishable
19 by imprisonment for not more than 90 days , or by a fine of not
20 more than $100.00, or both.
21 (3) A person who displays upon a commercial vehicle which
22 that is required to be registered according to the schedule of
23 elected gross vehicle weights under section 801(1)(k) 801(1)(e)
24 any registration plate not issued for the vehicle or not
25 otherwise lawfully used under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor
26 , punishable by
imprisonment for not more than 90 days
, or by a
27 fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
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
12 to the following schedule of empty weights:
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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 or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an
12 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
13 transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair
14 and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d
15 shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in
16 this subdivision.
17 (a) (b) For
a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the
18 tax shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). (f).
A
19 trailer coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043,
20 and while located on land otherwise assessable as real property
21 under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to
22 211.155, if the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation,
23 and whether or not permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt
24 from real property taxes.
25 (b) (c) For
a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,
26 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in
1 connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling
2 livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in
3 kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the
4 transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not
5 used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the
6 road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,
7 modified agricultural vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
8 farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is
9 subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm
10 use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate
11 under this act.
12 (c) (d) For
a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by
13 a wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
14 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
15 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
16 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
17 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed
18 in this subdivision continues in full force and effect until the
19 regular expiration date of the registration. As used in this
20 subdivision:
21 (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling
22 and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the
23 harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting
24 equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons
25 whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
26 (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the
27 following:
1 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
2 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
3 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
4 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
5 processor, chipper, or saw table.
6 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
7 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
8 skidder, or cable skidder.
9 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
10 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
11 loader, or forklift.
12 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
13 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
14 maintaining harvest site roads.
15 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
16 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
17 firewood for a profit making venture.
18 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
19 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
20 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
21 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
22 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
23 ambulance.
24 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
25 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
26 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
27 university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under
1 this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new
2 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
3 secretary of state.
4 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
5 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
6 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
7 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
8 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
9 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
10 a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,
11 carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is
12 designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the
13 vehicle.
14 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
15 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
16 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as
17 organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the
18 vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air
19 patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
20 veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
21 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
22 organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a
23 locomotive or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans
24 organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or
25 for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies
26 and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit
27 charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.
1 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
2 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or Red Cross,
3 Girl Scout, or Boy Scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of
4 the empty weight of the truck.
5 (d) (j) For
each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and
6 not used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to
7 tow a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in
8 a profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used
9 to tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
10 subdivision (b), $38.00 (a),
$88.00 or an amount computed
11 according to the following schedule of empty weights, whichever
12 is greater:
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0 to 2,500 pounds.............................. $ 1.40 |
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2,501 to 4,000 pounds.......................... 1.76 |
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4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20 |
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6,001 to 8,000 pounds.......................... 2.72 |
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8,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 3.25 |
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10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................ 3.77 |
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15,001 pounds and over......................... 4.39 |
21 If the tax required under subdivision (p) (j) for
a vehicle
22 of the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle
23 for which registration is sought under this subdivision is more
24 than the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
25 subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this
26 subdivision is not less than the tax required under subdivision
27 (p) (j) for a vehicle of the same model year with the same
list
1 price.
2 (e) (k) For
each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing
3 a trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
4 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
5 except as provided in subdivision (j), as follows:
6 (i) Until
December 31, 2016, according to the following
7 schedule of elected gross weights:
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Beginning on January 1, 2017, (d),
according to the
2 following schedule of elected gross weights:
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0 to 24,000 pounds.............................. $ 590.00 |
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24,001 to 26,000 pounds......................... 670.00 |
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26,001 to 28,000 pounds......................... 670.00 |
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28,001 to 32,000 pounds......................... 779.00 |
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32,001 to 36,000 pounds......................... 893.00 |
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36,001 to 42,000 pounds......................... 1,049.00 |
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42,001 to 48,000 pounds......................... 1,206.00 |
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48,001 to 54,000 pounds......................... 1,362.00 |
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54,001 to 60,000 pounds......................... 1,522.00 |
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60,001 to 66,000 pounds......................... 1,678.00 |
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66,001 to 72,000 pounds......................... 1,835.00 |
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72,001 to 80,000 pounds......................... 1,992.00 |
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80,001 to 90,000 pounds......................... 2,152.00 |
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90,001 to 100,000 pounds........................ 2,403.00 |
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100,001 to 115,000 pounds....................... 2,668.00 |
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115,001 to 130,000 pounds....................... 2,938.00 |
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130,001 to 145,000 pounds....................... 3,204.00 |
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145,001 to 160,000 pounds....................... 3,473.00 |
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23 For each commercial vehicle registered under this
24 subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
25 be expended as provided in section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.
26 If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased
27 from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether an
1 individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator
2 60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for the truck
3 tractor or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the
4 lease or arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-
5 operator is entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
6 (f) (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach,
or
7 trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following
8 schedule of empty weights:
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0 to 2,499 pounds........................... $ |
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2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................ 200.00 |
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10,000 pounds and over........................... 300.00 |
13 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
14 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration
15 plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the
16 secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all
17 trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003
18 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not required to
19 pay the tax for that vehicle a second time, but is required to
20 pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in
21 section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued
22 under this subdivision is nontransferable.
23 (g) (m) For
each commercial vehicle used for the
24 transportation of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for
25 which a payment is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972,
1 according to the following schedule of empty weights:
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0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $ 1.76 |
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4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20 |
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6,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 2.72 |
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10,001 pounds and over......................... 3.25 |
7 (h) (n) For
each motorcycle, as follows:
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10 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
11 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
12 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
13 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
14 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
15 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
16 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
17 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
18 use the spring preliminary report of the United States Department
19 of Commerce or its successor agency.
20 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each
21 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part
22 of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the
23 annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed
24 as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January
25 1, 1984 and ending February 18, 2019, $3.00 of each motorcycle
1 fee shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund in the state
2 treasury and shall be used only for funding the motorcycle safety
3 education program as provided for under sections 312b and 811a.
4 Beginning February 19, 2019, $5.00 of each motorcycle fee shall
5 be placed in the motorcycle safety fund and shall be used only
6 for funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided
7 for under sections 312b and 811a.
8 (i) (o) For
each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
9 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
10 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
11 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
12 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
13 weights in subdivision (k) (e) as modified by the
operation of
14 that subdivision.
15 (j) (p) After
September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the
16 1984 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application
17 required under section 217 that has not been previously subject
18 to the tax rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle
19 category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in
20 subdivision (a), and each
low-speed vehicle according to the
21 following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
22 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
23 first registration that is not a transfer registration under
24 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
25 registration under section 809, according to the following
26 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
27 (A) Until December 31, 2016, as follows:
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1 $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
2 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or
3 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
4 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
5 or decreased tax.
6 (B) Beginning on January 1, 2017, as follows:
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More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00............. $ 94.00 |
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More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00............. $ 100.00 |
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More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00............. $ 106.00 |
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More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00............. $ 112.00 |
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More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00............. $ 118.00 |
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More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00............. $ 124.00 |
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More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00............. $ 130.00 |
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More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00............. $ 136.00 |
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More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00............. $ 142.00 |
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More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00............. $ 148.00 |
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More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00............. $ 154.00 |
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More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00............. $ 160.00 |
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More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00............. $ 166.00 |
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More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00............. $ 172.00 |
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More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00............. $ 178.00 |
4 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $178.00 is increased by
5 $6.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
6 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or
7 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
8 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
9 or decreased tax.
10 (ii) For the
second registration, 90% 85%
of the tax assessed
11 under subparagraph (i), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
12 (iii) For the
third registration, 90% 85%
of the tax assessed
13 under subparagraph (ii), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
14 (iv) For the
fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% 85% of
15 the tax assessed under subparagraph (iii), or $88.00, whichever is
16 greater.
17 (v) For the fifth registration, 85% of the tax assessed
18 under subparagraph (iv), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
19 (vi) For the sixth registration, 85% of the tax assessed
20 under subparagraph (v), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
21 (vii) For the seventh registration, 85% of the tax assessed
22 under subparagraph (vi), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
23 (viii) For the eighth registration, 85% of the tax assessed
24 under subparagraph (vii), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
25 (ix) For the ninth registration, 85% of the tax assessed
26 under subparagraph (viii), or $88.00, whichever is greater.
27 (x) For the tenth and subsequent registrations, 85% of the
1 tax assessed under subparagraph (ix), or $88.00, whichever is
2 greater.
3 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that
4 has been previously registered by a person other than the person
5 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
6 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
7 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
8 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
9 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
10 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
11 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the
12 result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
13 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that
14 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
15 individual who transports a member of his or her household who
16 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
17 under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the
18 tax provided for in this subdivision.
19 (k) (q) For
a wrecker, $200.00.
20 (l) (r)
When the secretary of state
computes a tax under this
21 act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure
22 shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
23 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
24 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
25 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
26 unless specific taxes are specified, and the secretary of state
27 may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle
1 fully equipped for the use for which the registration application
2 is made. If the weight is not correctly stated or is not
3 satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual
4 weight. Each application for registration of a vehicle under
5 subdivisions (j) (d)
and (m) (g) shall
have attached to the
6 application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped
7 as of the time the application is made. The scale weight receipt
8 is not necessary if there is presented with the application a
9 registration receipt of the previous year that shows on its face
10 the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the secretary
11 of state and that is accompanied by a statement of the applicant
12 that there has not been a structural change in the motor vehicle
13 that has increased the weight and that the previous registered
14 weight is the true weight.
15 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from
16 paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on
17 the specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is
18 exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.
19 (3) Until October 1, 2019, the tax for a vehicle with an
20 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)
21 and the taxes imposed under
subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),
22
(1)(b), (c), (d), (g), (i), and (j) ,
(m), (o), and (p) are each
23 increased as follows:
24 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the
25 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a
26 and used to regulate highway safety.
27 (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the
1 transportation administration collection fund created in section
2 810b.
3 (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a
4 tax required to be paid under this section is not received by the
5 secretary of state on or before the expiration date of the
6 registration plate, the secretary of state shall collect a late
7 fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after the expiration
8 date. An application for a renewal of a registration using the
9 regular mail and postmarked before the expiration date of that
10 registration shall not be assessed a late fee. The late fee
11 collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the
12 general fund. The secretary of state shall waive the late fee
13 collected under this subsection if all of the following are
14 satisfied:
15 (a) The registrant presents proof of storage insurance for
16 the vehicle for which the late fee is assessed that is valid for
17 the period of time between the expiration date of the most recent
18 registration and the date of application for the renewal.
19 (b) The registrant requests in person at a department of
20 state branch office that the late fee be waived at the time of
21 application for the renewal.
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) Beginning January 1, 2017, the registration fee imposed
6 under this section for a vehicle using 4 or more tires is
7 increased as follows:
8 (a) If the vehicle is a hybrid electric vehicle, the
9 registration fee for that vehicle is increased by $30.00 for a
10 vehicle with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $100.00
11 for a vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds. As
12 used in this subdivision and subsection (8)(a), "hybrid electric
13 vehicle" means a vehicle that can be propelled at least in part
14 by electrical energy and uses a battery storage system of at
15 least 4 kilowatt-hours, but is also capable of using gasoline,
16 diesel fuel, or alternative fuel to propel the vehicle.
17 (b) If the vehicle is a nonhybrid electric vehicle, the
18 registration fee for that vehicle is increased by $100.00 for a
19 vehicle with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $200.00
20 for a vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds. As
21 used in this subdivision and subsection (8)(b), "nonhybrid
22 electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is propelled solely by
23 electrical energy and that is not capable of using gasoline,
24 diesel fuel, or alternative fuel to propel the vehicle.
25 (8) Beginning January 1, 2017, if the tax on gasoline
26 imposed under section 8 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403,
27 MCL 207.1008, is increased above 19 cents per gallon, the
1 secretary of state shall increase the fees collected under
2 subsection (7) as follows:
3 (a) For a hybrid electric vehicle, $2.50 per each 1 cent
4 above 19 cents per gallon.
5 (b) For a nonhybrid electric vehicle, $5.00 per each 1 cent
6 above 19 cents per gallon.
7 (9) As used in this section:
8 (a) "Alternative fuel" means that term as defined in section
9 151 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1151.
10 (b) "Diesel fuel" means that term as defined in section 2 of
11 the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1002.
12 (c) "Gasoline" means that term as defined in section 3 of
13 the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1003.
14 (d) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
15 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
16 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
17 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
18 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
19 section 251.
20 (e) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base
21 list price as published by the secretary of state, or the
22 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
23 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
24 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
25 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
26 vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the
27 manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the
1 sources described in this subdivision.
2 (f) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by
3 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
4 being registered.
5 Sec. 801g. (1) Notwithstanding section 801(1)(j) 801(1)(d)
6 or 801(1)(k), (e),
for a truck, truck tractor, or road
tractor
7 engaged in interstate commerce, for which a registration fee
8 otherwise would be provided in section 801(1)(j) 801(1)(d) or
9 801(1)(k), (e), the fee may be apportioned under the
10 international registration plan according to the miles traveled
11 in this state in relation to the total miles traveled by the
12 vehicle, if the apportionment is permitted by a reciprocal
13 compact, agreement, or other arrangement entered into by the
14 Michigan highway reciprocity board.secretary of state.
15 (2) For the purposes of this section, "international
16 registration plan" means a method of licensing trucks and bus
17 fleets proportionally among 2 or more member jurisdictions and
18 includes an apportioned fee that is determined according to the
19 fleet's percentage of miles generated in the various
20 jurisdictions. Upon payment of the apportioned fee there shall be
21 issued 1 registration plate and 1 cab card for each vehicle with
22 the cab card indicating the jurisdictions in which the unit is
23 registered and the registered weight for each jurisdiction.
24 (3) If the apportionment is permitted, and if at the time of
25 purchase a person elects to have the fees apportioned and the
26 registration is valid for at least 12 months, the annual
27 international registration plan plates may be purchased by paying
1 any out of state portion and 1/2 the amount apportioned for
2 Michigan fees and an extra $10.00 service fee per vehicle upon
3 purchase and the balance within 180 days before the date of
4 expiration. The secretary of state shall notify a person who has
5 elected to use the installment option of this subsection
6 informing the person of the amount due and of the penalties that
7 shall be imposed if payment is not received within 180 days
8 before the date of expiration. If a person is once late on paying
9 the balance, a penalty of 25% of the outstanding balance shall be
10 assessed and collected in addition to the fee. If a person is
11 twice late in paying the balance within a 2-year period, then a
12 penalty of 25% of the outstanding balance shall be assessed and
13 collected in addition to the fee, and the person is ineligible to
14 elect the apportionment payment plan for the next 2 registration
15 years following the year of the delinquency. The secretary of
16 state shall suspend the registration of any vehicle for which the
17 registration fee is not paid in full and transmit a statement of
18 the delinquent balance, including the penalty, to the department
19 of treasury for collection.
20 (4) If a person surrenders a registration plate purchased
21 under section 801(1)(j) 801(1)(d)
or 801(1)(k) (e) for
a
22 registration under this section for the same vehicle, the
23 apportioned fee for the exchange registration shall bear the same
24 relationship to the fee required under this section for a 12-
25 month registration as the length of time the exchange
26 registration bears to 12 months. Partial months shall be
27 considered as whole months in the calculation of the required fee
1 and in the determination of the length of time between the
2 application for a registration and the last day of the month of
3 expiration. The calculation shall include any refund as a credit
4 provided for in under
section 801b(8). The fee required for
the
5 registration shall be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in
6 section 801.
7 (5) If a person does not surrender a registration plate
8 purchased under section 801(1)(j) 801(1)(d) or 801(1)(k) (e) for
9 a registration under this section, the apportioned fee shall be
10 determined as provided for in this section except the
apportioned
11 fee for a registration purchased shall bear the same relationship
12 to the fee required under this section for a 12-month
13 registration as the length of time the registration bears to 12
14 months. Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the
15 calculation of the required fee and in the determination of the
16 length of time between the application for a registration and the
17 last day of the month of expiration. The fee required for this
18 registration shall be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in
19 section 801. Fees under this subsection shall not be prorated for
20 less than 6 months.
21 (6) Upon proper application for registration of a vehicle
22 under this section, the secretary of state may issue a temporary
23 registration which shall be that is valid for not more
than 45
24 days from the date of issuance.
25 (7) The secretary of state may designate an owner or
26 registrant having a fleet of motor vehicles currently registered
27 under this section to act as an agent for the secretary of state
1 for the purpose of issuing to himself or herself a temporary
2 registration. Upon issuance of a temporary registration an agent
3 shall make proper application for an international registration
4 plan registration to the secretary of state within 5 days after
5 issuance of the temporary registration.
6 (8) An owner issued a temporary registration under this
7 section is liable for the fees provided in this section.
8 (9) If the owner of a vehicle for which a temporary
9 registration is issued under this section fails to pay the
10 registration fee as required in this section, the secretary of
11 state shall suspend the registrations of all vehicles registered
12 by that owner under this section. The registrations shall remain
13 suspended until the fee is paid.
14 Sec. 801j. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
15 (6), in addition to the required vehicle registration tax under
16 section 801(1)(p), 801(1)(j),
a regional transit authority
17 created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,
18 MCL 124.541 to 124.558, may charge an additional tax on vehicle
19 registrations issued to residents of a public transit region of
20 not more than $1.20 for each $1,000.00 or fraction of $1,000.00
21 of the vehicle's list price as used in calculating the tax under
22 section 801(1)(p).
801(1)(j). The authority may charge the
23 additional tax only upon the approval of a majority of the
24 electors in a public transit region voting on the tax at an
25 election held on the regular November election date as provided
26 in section 641(1)(d) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116,
27 MCL 168.641.
1 (2) In addition to any other requirements imposed by law,
2 the ballot question proposing authorization of the tax under
3 subsection (1) shall specify how the proceeds of the tax shall be
4 expended.
5 (3) The tax collected under this section shall only be used
6 by the regional transit authority for comprehensive
7 transportation purposes as defined by law for purposes of section
8 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
9 (4) A proposal for a tax under this section shall not be
10 placed on the ballot under subsection (1) unless the proposal is
11 adopted by a resolution of the board of directors of the regional
12 transit authority and certified by the board of directors not
13 later than 70 days before the election to the county clerk of
14 each county within the public transit region for inclusion on the
15 ballot.
16 (5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6), if a
17 majority of voters in a public transit region approve a tax under
18 subsection (1), no later than 1 year after voter approval, the
19 secretary of state shall collect the tax on all vehicles
20 registered to residents of the public transit region under
21 section 801(1)(p) 801(1)(j)
and shall credit the tax collected to
22 the regional transit authority, minus necessary collection
23 expenses as provided in section 9 of article IX of the state
24 constitution of 1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by
25 the secretary of state under this subsection shall be based upon
26 an established cost allocation methodology.
27 (6) This section does not apply to a company test vehicle.
1 As used in this subsection, "company test vehicle" means a
2 vehicle that is owned by a manufacturer and that satisfies 1 or
3 both of the following:
4 (a) The vehicle is part of a product testing program as
5 defined by the United States department Department of treasury
6 Treasury under treas. reg. 1.132-5(n)(2001).
7 (b) The vehicle is furnished by the manufacturer to an
8 employee of the manufacturer for the purpose of testing,
9 evaluating product quality and performance, reporting defects, or
10 suggesting product or production improvements as an ordinary and
11 necessary business expense of the manufacturer.
12 Sec. 802. (1) For a special registration issued under
13 section 226(8), the registrant shall pay 1/2 the tax imposed
14 under section 801 and a service fee of $10.00.
15 (2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31
16 for the period expiring the last day of February, the secretary
17 of state shall collect a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed
18 under this act. This subsection does not apply to vehicles
19 registered by manufacturers or dealers under sections 244 to 247.
20 (3) For each special registration under section 226(9), the
21 secretary of state shall collect a service fee of $10.00.
22 (4) For temporary registration plates or markers under
23 section 226a(1), the secretary of state shall collect a service
24 fee in an amount determined by the secretary of state to reflect
25 the actual cost of administering the temporary registration
26 plates and markers program, or in the amount of $4.00 per plate
27 or marker, whichever is less.
1 (5) For a temporary registration under section 226b, the fee
2 shall be either of the following:
3 (a) For a 30-day temporary registration, 1/10 of the tax
4 prescribed under section 801 or $20.00, whichever is greater, and
5 an additional $10.00 service fee.
6 (b) For a 60-day temporary registration, 1/5 of the tax
7 prescribed under section 801 or $40.00, whichever is greater, and
8 an additional $10.00 service fee.
9 (6) For registration plates as provided for in section
10 226a(5), (6), and (7), the secretary of state shall collect a
11 service fee of $40.00 for 2 registration plates and $20.00 for
12 each additional registration plate.
13 (7) For special registrations issued for special mobile
14 equipment as provided in section 216(d), the secretary of state
15 shall collect a service fee of $15.00 each for the first 3
16 special registrations, and $5.00 for each special registration
17 issued in excess of the first 3.
18 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
19 registration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an
20 elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment
21 of 1/4 the tax provided in section 801(1)(k) 801(1)(e) and a
22 service fee of $10.00.
23 (9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of
24 a truck, truck tractor, or road tractor that is used exclusively
25 for the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops or
26 livestock bedding between the field where produced and the place
27 of storage, feed from on-farm storage to an on-farm feeding site,
1 or fertilizer, seed, or spray material from the farm location to
2 the field may obtain a special registration. The service fee for
3 each special registration issued under this subsection is $20.00.
4 The special registration is valid for a period of up to 12 months
5 and expires on December 31. As used in this subsection:
6 (a) "Feed" means hay or silage.
7 (b) "Livestock bedding" means straw, sawdust, or sand.
8 (10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
9 special registration valid for 3 or more months for a road
10 tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor
11 vehicle is used exclusively in connection with the farmer's
12 farming operations or for the transportation of the farmer and
13 the farmer's family and not used for hire. The fee for the
14 registration is 1/10 of the tax provided in section 801(1)(c) 801
15 times the number of months for which the special registration is
16 requested and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00. The
17 secretary of state shall not issue a special registration for a
18 motor vehicle for which the tax under section 801(1)(c) 801 would
19 be less than $50.00.
20 (11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a
21 registration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with
22 an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for
23 the registration shall be 1/12 of the tax provided in section
24 801(1)(k), 801(1)(e),
times the number of months for which
the
25 special registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee
26 of $10.00.
27 (12) The secretary of state shall deposit the service fees
1 collected under subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8),
2 (9), (10), and (11) in the transportation administration
3 collection fund created in section 810b through October 1, 2019.
4 Sec. 803d. A disabled person may make application to the
5 secretary of state and the secretary of state may issue special
6 registration plates inscribed with the official international
7 wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that symbol and
8 special identification numbers. Vehicles registered pursuant to
9 section 801(1)(a) may be issued special registration plates
10 pursuant to this section. A
vehicle which that is used to
11 transport disabled persons may qualify for these distinguishing
12 plates when the registered owner of the vehicle resides at the
13 same address as the disabled person, submits as part of his or
14 her application for the plates a statement to the effect that the
15 vehicle is used for that purpose, and provides the secretary of
16 state with a medical statement attesting to the fact that the
17 person being transported is a disabled person. The fees for the
18 special registration plates shall correspond with the
19 registration fees provided in section 801(1)(a). 801. Application
20 for the special plates shall be on a form prescribed by the
21 secretary of state. As part of a penalty imposed for violation of
22 the special privileges conferred by this section, a magistrate or
23 judge may order the special plates confiscated and returned to
24 the secretary of state together with a certified copy of the
25 sentence imposed. The use of special plates on a vehicle other
26 than the vehicle for which the plates are issued or by a person
27 who does not qualify under this section is a misdemeanor.
1 Sec. 809. (1) An applicant for transfer of registration from
2 a vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) to another vehicle subject
3 to that section shall accompany the application with a fee of
4 $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the registration is
5 transferred from a passenger vehicle to a motor home and if the
6 registration fee for the motor home is greater than the fee paid
7 upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
8 removed, then the applicant shall pay the difference in fee. If
9 the fee is less than that paid for the registration of the
10 vehicle from which the plates were removed, the secretary of
11 state shall not refund the difference. The fees required by this
12 subsection include all fees or charges imposed by this act for
13 the transfer of registration, except those that may be assessed
14 under section 234.
15 (1) (2) An
applicant for a transfer of registration , other
16 than a transfer described in subsection (1), shall accompany the
17 application with a fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00,
18 if the registration plates are transferred to another vehicle, as
19 provided in section 233, and if the registration plate fee for a
20 12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration
21 is transferred is greater than the registration plate fee paid
22 upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
23 removed, then the applicant shall pay the difference for the new
24 registration. If the fee is less than that paid for registration
25 of the vehicle from which the registration was removed, the
26 secretary of state shall not refund the difference.
27 (2) (3) A
transfer of registration fee collected under this
1 section on and after October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2019
2 shall be deposited into the transportation administration
3 collection fund created under section 810b.
4 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
5 after the date it is enacted into law.
