Bill Text: MI SB1028 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; confirmation of insurance; allow to be by real-time electronic insurance verification system. Amends sec. 227 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.227).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-23 - Referred To Committee On Insurance [SB1028 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB1028-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1028
May 23, 2018, Introduced by Senator ZORN and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 227 (MCL 257.227), as amended by 2011 PA 92.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 227. (1) Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and
by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by
law.
(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the certificate
of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership in the person
applying for registration at the time of the application. The
secretary of state may waive the presentation of the certificate of
title.
(3) Every application for renewal of a motor vehicle
registration shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in
a form determined by the secretary of state.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), and subject to subsection
(5), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle
insurance a transmission of the applicant's vehicle policy
information for an insured vehicle for which vehicle registration
is sought. The secretary of state may determine in what format and
on what timeline the secretary of state will receive vehicle policy
information, which shall not be required more frequently than every
14 days. In determining the format under this subsection, the
secretary of state shall consult with insurers. The transmission to
the secretary of state of the vehicle policy information is proof
of insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle
registration purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of
insurance actually exists between an insurer and an individual.
Vehicle policy information submitted by an insurer and received by
the secretary of state under this subsection is confidential, is
not subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL
15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person except
the department of community health for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL
550.281 to 550.289, or under an order by a court of competent
jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or
prosecution.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply after the director of the
department of insurance and financial services certifies, by a
certification posted on the department of insurance and financial
services's website, that the electronic insurance verification
system established under the real-time electronic insurance
verification act is operational. After the certification is posted,
the secretary of state may access the electronic insurance
verification system to confirm proof of vehicle insurance for
purposes of this section.
(6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the
information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the
secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of
1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 819 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into
law.
