Bill Text: MI SB1139 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; vanity plates on historic vehicles; allow. Amends sec. 803b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803b).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-11-08 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB1139 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB1139-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1139
November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, KOWALL, GREGORY and CONYERS and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803b (MCL 257.803b), as amended by 2015 PA 78.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803b. (1) The secretary of state may issue 1 personalized
vehicle registration plate that shall be used on the passenger
motor vehicle, pick-up truck, motorcycle, van, motor home, hearse,
bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate is issued
instead of a standard plate. Personalized plates shall bear letters
and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes. The personalized
plates shall be made of the same material as standard plates. A
personalized plate shall not be a duplication of another
registration plate.
(2) An application for a personalized registration plate shall
be submitted to the secretary of state under section 217.
Application
The applicant shall accompany
the application for an
original
personalized registration plate shall be accompanied with
payment of a service fee of $8.00 for the first month and of $2.00
per month for each additional month of the registration period in
addition
to the regular vehicle registration fee. A The applicant
may
obtain a second duplicate registration
plate may be obtained by
requesting that option on the application and paying an additional
service fee of $5.00. The secretary of state shall deposit the
original
and duplicate service fees shall be deposited in the
transportation administration collection fund created in section
810b
through October 1, 2019. Application The applicant shall
accompany an application for the renewal of a personalized
registration
plate shall be accompanied with payment of a service
fee of $15.00 in addition to the regular vehicle registration fee.
The
secretary of state shall credit
the service fee shall be
credited
to the Michigan transportation fund
established under, and
the
state transportation department shall be
allocated allocate the
service fee as prescribed under, section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL
247.660. The state transportation department shall use the amount
allocated to the state trunk line fund established under section 11
of
1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661, shall be used by the state
transportation
department for litter pickup and
cleanup on state
roads and rights of way.
(3) The expiration date for a personalized registration plate
shall
be is as prescribed under section 226. Upon the issuance
or
renewal of a personalized registration plate, the secretary of
state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of
expiration. Upon the renewal of a personalized registration plate,
the secretary of state shall issue a new tab or tabs for the rear
plate designating the next expiration date of the plate. Upon
renewal, the secretary of state shall not issue the owner a new
exact duplicate of the expired plate unless the plate is illegible
and the owner pays the service fee and registration fee for an
original personalized registration plate.
(4) The secretary of state shall not give a sequence of
letters or numbers or combination of letters and numbers on a
personalized
plate shall not be given to a different person in a
subsequent year unless the person to whom the plate was issued does
not reapply before the expiration date of the plate.
(5) An applicant who applies for a registration plate under
section 217d, 803a, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o is
eligible to request, and the secretary of state may issue, the
registration plate with a sequence of letters and numbers otherwise
authorized under this section.
(6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary permit to a
person who has submitted an application and the proper fees for a
personalized registration plate if the applicant's vehicle
registration may expire prior to receipt of his or her personalized
registration
plate. The temporary registration shall be is valid
for not more than 60 days after the date of issuance. The secretary
of
state shall issue the temporary permit shall
be issued without a
fee.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
