HOUSE BILL No. 4201


     January 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Baade, Anthony, Horton, McBryde, Goschka, Hammerstrom, Cherry, Prusi, Hanley and Galloway and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 217a (MCL 257.217a), as amended by 1988 PA

   419.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 217a.  (1) A person who holds an unexpired technician,

 2    general, conditional, advanced, or extra class amateur radio

 3    license issued by the federal communications commission may make

 4    application directly to the secretary of state for a registration

 5    plate inscribed with the official amateur radio call letters of

 6    the applicant as assigned by the federal communications

 7    commission.  THE PLATE SHALL HAVE THE WORDS "AMATEUR RADIO

 8    OPERATOR" INSCRIBED BENEATH THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS.

 9         (2) The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the

10    secretary of state that the applicant holds an unexpired amateur


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 1    radio license.  In addition to the regular registration fee, the

 2    applicant shall pay a service fee of $2.00.  The $2.00 fee shall

 3    be credited to the Michigan transportation fund; and, after

 4    deduction of manufacturing and administrative costs, the service

 5    fee shall be allocated pursuant to section 10 of  Act No. 51 of

 6     the Public Acts of 1951, being section 247.660 of the Michigan

 7     Compiled Laws  1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.  A plate may be issued

 8    for a motor vehicle which bears a registration issued pursuant to

 9    section 801(1)(a) and (q).

10         (3) If a plate issued under this section is used on a vehi-

11    cle other than the vehicle for which the plate was issued, the

12    owner of the plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and the registra-

13    tion plate shall be surrendered to the secretary of state.  A

14    holder of a plate whose amateur radio license is not in full

15    force and effect immediately shall surrender the call letter

16    plate to the secretary of state and obtain a regular registration

17    plate.

18         (4) An application for a plate issued under this section

19    shall be submitted to the secretary of state pursuant to section

20    217.  The expiration date for plates issued under this section

21    shall be the date determined pursuant to section 226.















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