Bill Text: MI SB0008 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Insurance: no-fault; suspension or revocation; allow under vehicle verification act. Amends sec. 227a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.227a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0007'19

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-15 - Referred To Committee On Insurance And Banking [SB0008 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0008-Introduced.html

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 8

 

 

January 15, 2019, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO and referred to the Committee on Insurance and Banking.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 227a (MCL 257.227a), as added by 1995 PA 287.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 227a. (1) If a court has notified the secretary of state

 

of a vehicle registration number as provided in section 328(4)

 

328(5) and if the owner has not secured proof that the vehicle

 

involved in the violation is currently insured under chapter 31 of

 

the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956,

 

being sections 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179, of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws, the secretary of state shall not renew,

 

replace, or transfer the registration plate of the vehicle involved

 

in the violation or allow the purchase of a new registration plate

 

for the vehicle involved in the violation, until the owner or the

 

owner's representative appears at a branch office and does both of

the following:

 

     (a) Shows a certified statement from an automobile insurer on

 

a standard form prescribed by the commissioner director of the

 

department of insurance and financial services under section 3102

 

of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3102, that the

 

vehicle involved in the violation is currently insured under a

 

prepaid noncancelable policy for a period of not less than 6

 

months. under chapter 31 of Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956.

 

     (b) Pays a fee of $50.00 in addition to any other fee required

 

by law, of which $25.00 shall be allocated to the secretary of

 

state to defray the costs of administering this section.

 

     (2) The secretary of state may cancel the registration of a

 

motor vehicle under either any of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) The secretary of state receives notice that a court has

 

determined that a vehicle involved in the violation was not insured

 

at the time of the violation as required by chapter 31 of Act No.

 

218 of the Public Acts of 1956, at the time of registration.the

 

insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179.

 

     (b) The secretary of state receives notice that a court has

 

determined that the owner or the owner's representative presented a

 

certificate of insurance that was forged, altered, fraudulent, or

 

counterfeit when insurance was required by this act.

 

     (c) The department of insurance and financial services has

 

notified the secretary of state to cancel a vehicle registration

 

under section 5 of the vehicle insurance verification act.

 

     (3) Before a cancellation occurs under subsection (2), (2)(a)

 

or (b), the person who will be affected by the cancellation shall

must be given notice and an opportunity to be heard.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 1 year

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 7  

 

of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.