SENATE BILL No. 88

 

 

January 30, 2013, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 801, 801e, 803, 803a, 803b, 803p, and 809

 

(MCL 257.801, 257.801e, 257.803, 257.803a, 257.803b, 257.803p,

 

and 257.809), section 801 as amended by 2012 PA 388, section 801e

 

as amended by 1983 PA 91, section 803 as amended by 2002 PA 490,

 

section 803a as amended and section 803p as added by 1996 PA 404,

 

and sections 803b and 809 as amended by 2011 PA 159.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 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 imposed by

 

 5  certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the

 


 1  motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes

 

 2  imposed by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL

 

 3  207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:

 

 4        (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as

 

 5  otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not

 

 6  more than 8,000 pounds or less, except as otherwise provided,

 

 7  according to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

8

     Empty weights                                          Tax

9

     0 to 3,000 pounds............................  $  29.0052.00

10

     3,001 to 3,500 pounds........................     32.0058.00

11

     3,501 to 4,000 pounds........................     37.0067.00

12

     4,001 to 4,500 pounds........................     43.0077.00

13

     4,501 to 5,000 pounds........................     47.0085.00

14

     5,001 to 5,500 pounds........................     52.0094.00

15

     5,501 to 6,000 pounds........................    57.00103.00

16

     6,001 to 6,500 pounds........................    62.00112.00

17

     6,501 to 7,000 pounds........................    67.00121.00

18

     7,001 to 7,500 pounds........................    71.00128.00

19

     7,501 to 8,000 pounds........................    77.00139.00

20

     8,001 to 8,500 pounds........................    81.00146.00

21

     8,501 to 9,000 pounds........................    86.00155.00

22

     9,001 to 9,500 pounds........................    91.00164.00

23

     9,501 to 10,000 pounds.......................    95.00171.00

24

     over 10,000 pounds..............  $ 0.90 1.62 per 100 pounds

25

                                                  of empty weight

 

 

26        On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed

 

27  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

28  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 


 1  date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year

 

 2  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

 3  year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar

 

 4  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

 5  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

 6  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

 7  of commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an

 

 8  individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who

 

 9  transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair

 

10  and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d

 

11  shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in

 

12  this subdivision.

 

13        (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax

 

14  shall be assessed as provided in under subdivision (l). A trailer

 

15  coach that is not subject to taxation under 1959 PA 243, MCL

 

16  125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located on land otherwise

 

17  assessable as real property under the general property tax act,

 

18  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach is used

 

19  as a place of habitation, and whether or not permanently affixed

 

20  to the soil, is not exempt from real property taxes if the

 

21  trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, whether or not it

 

22  is permanently affixed to the soil.

 

23        (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

24  farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming

 

25  operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment

 

26  for other farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not

 

27  for money, or used for the transportation of the farmer and the

 


 1  farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents $1.25 per 100

 

 2  pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck

 

 3  tractor. If the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

 4  farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is

 

 5  subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm

 

 6  use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate

 

 7  under this act.

 

 8        (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

 9  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

10  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk

 

11  from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents $1.25 per

 

12  100 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck

 

13  tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed

 

14  in this subdivision continues in full force and effect until the

 

15  regular expiration date of the registration. As used in this

 

16  subdivision:

 

17        (i) "Wood harvester" includes the means a person or persons

 

18  hauling and transporting raw materials in the form produced at

 

19  the harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting

 

20  equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons

 

21  whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

22        (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes means all of the

 

23  following:

 

24        (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,

 

25  including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.

 

26        (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

27  timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,

 


 1  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

 2        (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

 3  timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple

 

 4  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

 5        (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,

 

 6  including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end

 

 7  loader, or forklift.

 

 8        (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood

 

 9  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

10  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

11        (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the

 

12  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

13  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

14        (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed

 

15  funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral

 

16  business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged

 

17  in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to

 

18  others, $1.17 $1.95 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the

 

19  hearse or ambulance.

 

20        (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state

 

21  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

22  volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or

 

23  university, $5.00 $25.00 per plate. A registration plate issued

 

24  under this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which

 

25  new registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the

 

26  secretary of state.

 

27        (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or

 


 1  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

 2  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

 3  parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other

 

 4  grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit

 

 5  rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by

 

 6  a senior citizen center, $10.00, $25.00, if the bus, station

 

 7  wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor

 

 8  vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the organization

 

 9  operating the vehicle.

 

10        (h) For a each of the following vehicles, $25.00 per plate:

 

11        (i) A vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used to

 

12  transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children

 

13  at camp. ; for a

 

14        (ii) A vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized

 

15  under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is

 

16  designated by a proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name.

 

17  ; for a

 

18        (iii) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans

 

19  center. ; for a

 

20        (iv) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling

 

21  center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation

 

22  organization. ; for a

 

23        (v) A motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive

 

24  or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization

 

25  and used exclusively in parades and civic events. ; or for an

 

26        (vi) An emergency support vehicle used exclusively for

 

27  emergencies and owned and operated by a federally recognized

 


 1  nonprofit charitable organization. , $10.00 per plate.

 

 2        (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a

 

 3  bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,

 

 4  girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents $1.00 per 100

 

 5  pounds of the empty weight of the truck.

 

 6        (j) For each truck , weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not

 

 7  used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow

 

 8  a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a

 

 9  profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to

 

10  tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in

 

11  subdivision (b), $38.00 $64.00 or an amount computed according to

 

12  the following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

 

13

     Empty weights                                 Per 100 pounds

14

     0 to 2,500 pounds.............................  $ 1.402.52

15

     2,501 to 4,000 pounds.........................    1.763.17

16

     4,001 to 6,000 pounds.........................    2.203.96

17

     6,001 to 8,000 pounds.........................    2.724.90

18

     8,001 to 10,000 pounds........................    3.255.85

19

     10,001 to 15,000 pounds.......................    3.776.79

20

     15,001 pounds and over........................    4.397.90

 

 

21        If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of

 

22  the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for

 

23  which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than

 

24  the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this

 

25  subdivision, for an identical vehicle, the tax required under

 

26  this subdivision is not less than the tax required under

 

27  subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the


 

 1  same list price.

 

 2        (k) For each a truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a

 

 3  trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each a truck

 

 4  weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,

 

 5  except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following

 

 6  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

7

     Elected gross weight                                   Tax

8

     0 to 24,000 pounds.......................  $     491.00884.00

9

     24,001 to 26,000 pounds..................      558.001,004.00

10

     26,001 to 28,000 pounds..................      558.001,004.00

11

     28,001 to 32,000 pounds..................      649.001,168.00

12

     32,001 to 36,000 pounds..................      744.001,339.00

13

     36,001 to 42,000 pounds..................      874.001,573.00

14

     42,001 to 48,000 pounds..................    1,005.001,809.00

15

     48,001 to 54,000 pounds..................    1,135.002,043.00

16

     54,001 to 60,000 pounds..................    1,268.002,282.00

17

     60,001 to 66,000 pounds..................    1,398.002,516.00

18

     66,001 to 72,000 pounds..................    1,529.002,752.00

19

     72,001 to 80,000 pounds..................    1,660.002,988.00

20

     80,001 to 90,000 pounds..................    1,793.003,227.00

21

     90,001 to 100,000 pounds.................    2,002.003,604.00

22

     100,001 to 115,000 pounds................    2,223.004,001.00

23

     115,001 to 130,000 pounds................    2,448.004,406.00

24

     130,001 to 145,000 pounds................    2,670.004,806.00

25

     145,001 to 160,000 pounds................    2,894.005,209.00

26

     over 160,000 pounds......................    3,117.005,611.00

 

 

27        For each commercial vehicle registered under this

 

28  subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to


 

 1  be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951 PA

 

 2  51, MCL 247.675.

 

 3        If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased

 

 4  from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person,

 

 5  an individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-

 

 6  operator 60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for to the

 

 7  owner-operator of the truck tractor or road tractor at the rate

 

 8  of 1/12 for each month of the lease or arrangement in addition to

 

 9  the compensation the owner-operator is entitled to for the rental

 

10  of his or her equipment.

 

11        (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or

 

12  trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following

 

13  schedule of empty weights:

 

 

14

     Empty weights                                           Tax

15

     0 to 2,499 pounds..................................  $  75.00

16

     2,500 to 9,999 pounds..............................    200.00

17

     10,000 pounds and over.............................    300.00

 

 

18        The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires

 

19  only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration

 

20  plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the

 

21  secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all

 

22  trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003

 

23  PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not required to

 

24  pay the tax for that vehicle a second time, but is required to

 

25  pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in

 

26  section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued


 

 1  under this subdivision is nontransferable.

 

 2        (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation

 

 3  of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment

 

 4  is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the

 

 5  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

6

     Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

7

     0 to 4,000 pounds..............................  $ 1.763.17

8

     4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................    2.203.96

9

     6,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................    2.724.90

10

     10,001 pounds and over.........................    3.255.85

 

 

11        (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.$41.00.

 

12        On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed

 

13  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

14  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

15  date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year

 

16  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

17  year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar

 

18  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

19  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

20  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

21  of commerce or its successor agency.

 

22        Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each

 

23  motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part

 

24  of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the

 

25  annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed

 

26  as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January


 

 1  1, 1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a

 

 2  motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used

 

 3  only for funding the motorcycle safety education program as

 

 4  provided for under sections 312b and 811a.

 

 5        (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road

 

 6  tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or

 

 7  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and

 

 8  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting

 

 9  carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross

 

10  weights in subdivision (k). as modified by the operation of that

 

11  subdivision.

 

12        (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984

 

13  or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required

 

14  under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax

 

15  rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category

 

16  otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision

 

17  (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the following

 

18  schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

19        (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the

 

20  first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

21  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

22  registration under section 809, according to the following

 

23  schedule based on the vehicle's list price:

 

 

24

     List Price                                              Tax

25

     $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.............................  $   30.0054.00

26

     More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............  $   33.0059.00


1

     More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............  $   38.0068.00

2

     More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............  $   43.0077.00

3

     More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00...........  $   48.0086.00

4

     More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00..........  $   53.0095.00

5

     More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00..........  $  58.00104.00

6

     More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00..........  $  63.00113.00

7

     More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00..........  $  68.00122.00

8

     More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00..........  $  73.00131.00

9

     More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00..........  $  78.00140.00

10

     More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00..........  $  83.00149.00

11

     More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00..........  $  88.00158.00

12

     More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00..........  $  93.00167.00

13

     More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00..........  $  98.00176.00

14

     More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00..........  $ 103.00185.00

15

     More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00..........  $ 108.00194.00

16

     More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00..........  $ 113.00203.00

17

     More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00..........  $ 118.00212.00

18

     More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00..........  $ 123.00221.00

19

     More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00..........  $ 128.00230.00

20

     More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00..........  $ 133.00239.00

21

     More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00..........  $ 138.00248.00

22

     More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00..........  $ 143.00257.00

23

     More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00..........  $ 148.00266.00

 

 

24        More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 $266.00 is

 

25  increased by $5.00 $9.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction

 

26  of a $1,000.00 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax

 

27  increases or decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle

 

28  purchased or transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed

 

29  the increased or decreased tax.

 


 1        (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed

 

 2  under subparagraph (i).

 

 3        (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed

 

 4  under subparagraph (ii).

 

 5        (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the

 

 6  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

 7        For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that

 

 8  has been previously registered by a person other than the person

 

 9  applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a

 

10  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

11  another state or country and is registered for the first time in

 

12  this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by

 

13  subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year

 

14  for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a

 

15  negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the

 

16  result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,

 

17  third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that

 

18  is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an

 

19  individual who transports a member of his or her household who

 

20  uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued

 

21  under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the

 

22  tax provided for in this subdivision.

 

23        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.$300.00.

 

24        (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this

 

25  act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure

 

26  shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the

 

27  computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and

 


 1  shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the

 

 2  computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,

 

 3  unless specific taxes are specified. , and the The secretary of

 

 4  state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the

 

 5  vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the registration

 

 6  application is made. If the weight of the vehicle is not

 

 7  correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state

 

 8  shall determine the actual weight. Each application An applicant

 

 9  for registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m)

 

10  shall have attached attach a scale weight receipt to the

 

11  application. a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped

 

12  as of the time the application is made. The scale weight receipt

 

13  is not necessary if there is presented the applicant presents

 

14  with the application a registration receipt of the previous year

 

15  that shows on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as

 

16  registered with the secretary of state and that is accompanied by

 

17  a statement of the applicant that there has not been a structural

 

18  change in the motor vehicle that has increased the weight and

 

19  that the previous registered weight is the true weight.

 

20        (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act exempt

 

21  from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond under

 

22  this act, except on the specified number of motor vehicles

 

23  registered. A dealer is exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on

 

24  vehicles in stock or bond.

 

25        (3) Until October 1, 2015, the tax for a vehicle with an

 

26  empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)

 

27  and the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),

 


 1  (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:

 

 2        (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the

 

 3  traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a

 

 4  and used to regulate highway safety.

 

 5        (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the

 

 6  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

 7  810b.

 

 8        (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not

 

 9  received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration

 

10  date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall

 

11  collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after

 

12  the expiration date. An application for a renewal of a

 

13  registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the

 

14  expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late

 

15  fee. The late fee collected under this subsection shall be

 

16  deposited into the general Michigan transportation fund.

 

17        (5) As used in this section:

 

18        (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1

 

19  of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and

 

20  includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of

 

21  the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to

 

22  the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under

 

23  section 251.

 

24        (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base

 

25  list price as published by the secretary of state, or the

 

26  manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label

 

27  required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the

 


 1  secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle

 

 2  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

 3  vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the

 

 4  manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the

 

 5  sources described in this subdivision.

 

 6        (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by

 

 7  the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle

 

 8  being registered.

 

 9        (6) In addition to the registration taxes under this

 

10  section, the secretary of state shall collect fees charged under

 

11  section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority

 

12  created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,

 

13  MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as

 

14  provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of

 

15  1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of

 

16  state under this subsection shall be based upon an established

 

17  cost allocation methodology.

 

18        (7) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.

 

19        Sec. 801e. (1) When a moped required to be registered under

 

20  this act is sold by a retailer to a general purchaser, the

 

21  certificate of registration shall be obtained in the name of the

 

22  purchaser by the retailer. In other cases, the certificate of

 

23  registration shall be obtained by the purchaser. The application

 

24  shall be signed by the purchaser of the moped and shall be

 

25  accompanied by a fee of $15.00 $25.00. Upon receipt of the

 

26  application in approved form, the secretary of state shall enter

 

27  the application upon in the secretary of state's records and

 


 1  issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing

 

 2  the decal for the moped, the name and address of the owner, and

 

 3  other information the secretary of state considers necessary. A

 

 4  moped shall is not be required to be insured in the manner

 

 5  specified for motor vehicles under chapter 31 of Act No. 218 of

 

 6  the Public Acts the insurance code of 1956, as amended, being

 

 7  sections 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179. of the Michigan

 

 8  Compiled Laws. The certificate of registration shall be pocket

 

 9  size, shall accompany the vehicle, shall be legible, and shall be

 

10  made available for inspection upon demand by a law enforcement

 

11  officer.

 

12        (2) A The secretary of state shall issue a decal indicating

 

13  that the certificate of registration is in full force and effect.

 

14  shall be issued. A The secretary of state shall not issue a

 

15  registration certificate and decal shall not be issued earlier

 

16  than 90 days preceding before the commencement date of the new

 

17  registration period. Display of the decal shall be as prescribed

 

18  by rule promulgated by the secretary of state.

 

19        (3) A retailer or manufacturer of mopeds, upon application

 

20  to the secretary of state upon forms provided by the secretary of

 

21  state, may obtain certificates a certificate of registration for

 

22  use in the testing or demonstrating of a moped upon payment of

 

23  $10.00 $25.00 for each of the first 2 registration certificates.

 

24  Additional certificates may be issued at a cost of $5.00 $15.00

 

25  each and used by the applicant only in the testing or

 

26  demonstrating of mopeds a moped by temporary placement of the

 

27  registration on the moped being tested or demonstrated. A

 


 1  certificate issued pursuant to under this subsection may be used

 

 2  on only 1 moped at any given time.

 

 3        (4) A moped registration shall be is valid for a 3-year

 

 4  period which that begins on May 1 and expires on April 30 of the

 

 5  third registration year. For purposes of this subsection, a

 

 6  registration year begins on May 1 and ends on April 30.

 

 7        Sec. 803. The secretary of state shall charge a $10.00

 

 8  $25.00 fee for each special plate issued under section 244. The

 

 9  secretary of state shall determine the number of special plates

 

10  reasonably needed by a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer.

 

11        Sec. 803a. (1) The secretary of state may issue to the owner

 

12  of an historic vehicle an historic vehicle registration plate

 

13  which shall bear that bears the inscription "historical vehicle -

 

14  Michigan" and the registration number.

 

15        (2) The owner of an historic vehicle applying for an

 

16  historic vehicle registration plate or a registration tab under

 

17  this section shall pay a fee of $30.00 $50.00, shall certify that

 

18  the vehicle for which the registration is requested is owned and

 

19  operated solely as an historic vehicle, and shall certify that

 

20  the vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on the

 

21  highways of this state. The registration certificate need not

 

22  specify the weight of the historic vehicle. The registration

 

23  issued under this section is transferable to another historic

 

24  vehicle upon completion of the application for transfer and

 

25  payment of the fee in the manner described in under section 809.

 

26        (3) A registration issued under this section shall expire on

 

27  April 15 in the tenth year following the date of issuance of the

 


 1  registration.

 

 2        (4) The secretary of state may revoke a registration issued

 

 3  under this section, for cause shown and after a hearing, for

 

 4  failure of the applicant to comply with this section, for use of

 

 5  the vehicle for which the registration was issued for purposes

 

 6  other than those enumerated in section 20a, or because the

 

 7  vehicle is not safe to operate on the highways of this state.

 

 8        Sec. 803b. (1) The secretary of state may issue 1

 

 9  personalized vehicle registration plate that shall be used on the

 

10  passenger motor vehicle, pick-up truck, motorcycle, van, motor

 

11  home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate

 

12  is issued instead of a standard plate. Personalized plates shall

 

13  bear letters and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes.

 

14  The secretary of state shall not issue a letter combination that

 

15  might carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency.

 

16  The personalized plates shall be made of the same material as

 

17  standard plates. Personalized plates shall not be a duplication

 

18  of another registration plate.

 

19        (2) An application for a personalized registration plate

 

20  shall be submitted to the secretary of state under section 217.

 

21  Application for an original personalized registration plate shall

 

22  be accompanied with payment of a service fee of $8.00 for the

 

23  first month and of $2.00 per month for each additional month of

 

24  the registration period in addition to the regular vehicle

 

25  registration fee. A second duplicate registration plate may be

 

26  obtained by requesting that option on the application and paying

 

27  an additional service fee of $5.00. The original and duplicate

 


 1  service fees shall be deposited in the transportation

 

 2  administration collection fund created in section 810b through

 

 3  October 1, 2015. Application for the renewal of a personalized

 

 4  registration plate shall be accompanied with payment of a service

 

 5  fee of $15.00 in addition to the regular vehicle registration

 

 6  fee. The service fee shall be credited to the Michigan

 

 7  transportation fund established under, and shall be allocated as

 

 8  prescribed under, section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660. The

 

 9  amount allocated to the state trunk line fund established under

 

10  section 11 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661, shall be used by the state

 

11  transportation department for litter pickup and cleanup on state

 

12  roads and rights of way.

 

13        (3) The expiration date for a personalized registration

 

14  plate shall be as prescribed under section 226. Upon the issuance

 

15  or renewal of a personalized registration plate, the secretary of

 

16  state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of

 

17  expiration. Upon the renewal of a personalized registration

 

18  plate, the secretary of state shall issue a new tab or tabs for

 

19  the rear plate designating the next expiration date of the plate.

 

20  Upon renewal, the secretary of state shall not issue the owner a

 

21  new exact duplicate of the expired plate unless the plate is

 

22  illegible and the owner pays the service fee and registration fee

 

23  for an original personalized registration plate.

 

24        (4) The sequence of letters or numbers or combination of

 

25  letters and numbers on a personalized plate shall not be given to

 

26  a different person in a subsequent year unless the person to whom

 

27  the plate was issued does not reapply before the expiration date

 


 1  of the plate.

 

 2        (5) An applicant who applies for a registration plate under

 

 3  section 217d, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o is

 

 4  eligible to request, and the secretary of state may issue, the

 

 5  registration plate with a sequence of letters and numbers

 

 6  otherwise authorized under this section.

 

 7        (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary permit to a

 

 8  person who has submitted an application and the proper fees for a

 

 9  personalized registration plate if the applicant's vehicle

 

10  registration may expire prior to receipt of expires before the

 

11  applicant receives his or her personalized registration plate.

 

12  The temporary registration shall be valid for not more than 60

 

13  days after the date of issuance. The temporary permit shall be

 

14  issued without a fee.

 

15        Sec. 803p. (1) The owner of an historic vehicle may use an

 

16  authentic Michigan registration plate of the same year as the

 

17  model year in which the vehicle was manufactured instead of an

 

18  historic vehicle registration plate issued under section 803a by

 

19  presenting the authentic plate number and year to the secretary

 

20  of state at the time of registration. The owner of an historic

 

21  vehicle may purchase an authentic Michigan registration plate

 

22  from another person and restore the plate to its authentic

 

23  condition for use pursuant to under this section. An

 

24  authentically restored plate shall be considered an authentic

 

25  Michigan registration plate.

 

26        (2) The owner of an historic vehicle applying to use an

 

27  authentic Michigan registration plate under this section shall

 


 1  pay a fee of $35.00 $60.00, shall certify that the vehicle for

 

 2  which the registration is requested is owned and operated solely

 

 3  as an historic vehicle, and shall certify that the vehicle has

 

 4  been inspected and found safe to operate on the highways of this

 

 5  state. The registration certificate need not specify the weight

 

 6  of the historic vehicle. The registration issued under this

 

 7  section is not transferable to another historic vehicle.

 

 8        (3) A registration issued under this section shall remain

 

 9  remains valid until the registrant either sells, transfers, or

 

10  scraps the vehicle or modifies the vehicle in a manner that

 

11  requires the issuance of a new certificate of title for the

 

12  vehicle under this act.

 

13        (4) After a hearing and for cause shown, the secretary of

 

14  state may revoke a registration issued under this section for

 

15  failure of the applicant to comply with this section, for use of

 

16  the vehicle for which the registration was issued for purposes

 

17  other than those enumerated in section 20a, or because the

 

18  vehicle is not safe to operate on the highways of this state.

 

19        Sec. 809. (1) An application for transfer of registration

 

20  from a vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) 801 to another

 

21  vehicle subject to that section shall be accompanied by a fee of

 

22  $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the registration is

 

23  transferred from a passenger vehicle to a motor home and if the

 

24  registration fee for the motor home vehicle to which the

 

25  registration is transferred is greater than the fee paid upon

 

26  registration of the vehicle from which the registration was

 

27  removed, then the applicant shall pay the difference. in fee

 


 1  shall be paid by the applicant. If the fee is less than that paid

 

 2  for the registration of the vehicle from which the plates were

 

 3  removed, the difference shall not be refunded. The fees required

 

 4  by this subsection shall be considered to include all fees or

 

 5  charges imposed by this act for the transfer of registration,

 

 6  except those which fees that may be assessed under section 234.

 

 7        (2) An application for a transfer of registration, other

 

 8  than a transfer described in subsection (1), shall be accompanied

 

 9  by a fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the

 

10  registration plates are transferred to another vehicle, as

 

11  provided in section 233, and if the registration plate fee for a

 

12  12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration

 

13  is transferred is greater than the registration plate fee paid

 

14  upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was

 

15  removed, then the applicant shall pay the difference shall be

 

16  paid by the applicant for the new registration. If the fee is

 

17  less than that paid for registration of the vehicle from which

 

18  the registration was removed, the difference shall not be

 

19  refunded.

 

20        (3) A transfer of registration fee collected under this

 

21  section on and after October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2015

 

22  shall be deposited into the transportation administration

 

23  collection fund created under section 810b.

 

24        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

25  unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are

 

26  enacted into law:

 

27        (a) Senate Bill No. 87.                                    

 


 1            

 

 2        (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

 3  01041'13).