HOUSE BILL No. 4348

 

March 13, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Palsrok, Robertson, Milosch, Acciavatti, Brandenburg, Ruth Johnson, Hoogendyk and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending sections 226 and 801 (MCL 257.226 and 257.801),                 

                                                                                

    section 226 as amended by 2000 PA 36 and section 801 as amended             

                                                                                

    by 2002 PA 417.                                                             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 226.  (1) A vehicle registration issued by the                         

                                                                                

2   secretary of state expires on the owner's birthday 2 years after            

                                                                                

3   the date the registration was issued, unless another expiration             

                                                                                

4   date is provided for under this act or unless the registration is           

                                                                                

5   for the following vehicles, in which case registration expires on           

                                                                                

6   the last day of February of each year:                                      

                                                                                

7       (a) A commercial vehicle except for a commercial vehicle                    

                                                                                

8   issued a registration under the international registration plan             

                                                                                

9   or a pickup truck or van owned by an individual.                            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (b) Except for a trailer or semitrailer issued a registration               

                                                                                

2   under the international registration plan, a trailer or                     

                                                                                

3   semitrailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other               

                                                                                

4   than an individual; or a pole trailer.                                      

                                                                                

5       (2) The expiration date for a registration issued for a                     

                                                                                

6   motorcycle is March 31.                                                     

                                                                                

7       (3) The expiration date for a registration bearing the                      

                                                                                

8   letters "SEN" or "REP" is February 1.                                       

                                                                                

9       (4) In the case of a vehicle owned by a business,                           

                                                                                

10  corporation, or an owner other than an individual, the secretary            

                                                                                

11  of state may assign or reassign the expiration date of the                  

                                                                                

12  registration.                                                               

                                                                                

13      (5) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:                   

                                                                                

14      (a) After the October 1 immediately preceding the year                      

                                                                                

15  designated on the registration, issue a registration upon                   

                                                                                

16  application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial                  

                                                                                

17  vehicle, other than a pickup or van owned by an individual; or a            

                                                                                

18  trailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an           

                                                                                

19  individual.                                                                 

                                                                                

20      (b) Beginning 60 days before the expiration date assigned on                

                                                                                

21  an international registration plan registration plate, issue a              

                                                                                

22  registration under section 801g upon application and payment of             

                                                                                

23  the proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in              

                                                                                

24  interstate commerce.                                                        

                                                                                

25      (c) After the February 14 immediately preceding the year                    

                                                                                

26  designated on a registration, issue a registration upon                     

                                                                                

27  application and payment of the proper fee for a motorcycle.                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (d) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120                   

                                                                                

2   days before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of                

                                                                                

3   state, issue a registration for a vehicle other than those                  

                                                                                

4   designated in subsection (1)(a) or (b).  However, if an owner               

                                                                                

5   whose registration period begins 45 days before his or her                  

                                                                                

6   birthday will be out of the state during the 45 days immediately            

                                                                                

7   preceding expiration of a registration or for other good cause              

                                                                                

8   shown cannot apply for a renewal registration within the 45-day             

                                                                                

9   period, application for a renewal registration may be made not              

                                                                                

10  more than 6 months before expiration.                                       

                                                                                

11      (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the                    

                                                                                

12  secretary of state, upon application and payment of the proper              

                                                                                

13  fee, shall issue a registration for a vehicle to a resident that            

                                                                                

14  shall expire on the owner's birthday 2 years after the                      

                                                                                

15  registration is issued If the owner's next birthday is at                

                                                                                

16  least 6 months but not more than 12 months in the future, the               

                                                                                

17  owner shall receive a registration valid until the owner's next             

                                                                                

18  birthday.  If the owner's next birthday is less than 6 months in            

                                                                                

19  the future, the owner shall receive a registration valid until              

                                                                                

20  the owner's birthday following the owner's next birthday.  The              

                                                                                

21  tax required under this act for a registration described in this            

                                                                                

22  subsection shall bear the same relationship to the tax required             

                                                                                

23  under section 801 for a  12-month  24-month registration as the             

                                                                                

24  length of time of the registration bears to  12  24 months.                 

                                                                                

25  Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the                   

                                                                                

26  calculation of the required tax and in the determination of the             

                                                                                

27  length of time between the application for a registration and the           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   owner's next birthday.  The tax required for that registration              

                                                                                

2   shall be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in section                

                                                                                

3   801.                                                                        

                                                                                

4       (7) A certificate of title shall remain valid until canceled                

                                                                                

5   by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer of an                

                                                                                

6   interest shown on the certificate of title.                                 

                                                                                

7       (8) The secretary of state, upon request, shall issue special               

                                                                                

8   registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months after              

                                                                                

9   the date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds $50.00,             

                                                                                

10  on the payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a service               

                                                                                

11  charge as enumerated in section 802(1).                                     

                                                                                

12      (9) The secretary of state may issue a special registration                 

                                                                                

13  for each of the following:                                                  

                                                                                

14      (a) A new vehicle purchased outside of this state and                       

                                                                                

15  delivered in this state to the purchaser by the manufacturer of             

                                                                                

16  that vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a             

                                                                                

17  certification is made that the vehicle will be primarily used,              

                                                                                

18  stored, and registered outside of this state and will not be                

                                                                                

19  returned to this state by the purchaser for use or storage.                 

                                                                                

20      (b) A vehicle purchased in this state and delivered to the                  

                                                                                

21  purchaser by a dealer or by the owner of the vehicle for removal            

                                                                                

22  to a place outside of this state, if a certification is made that           

                                                                                

23  the vehicle will be primarily used, stored, and registered                  

                                                                                

24  outside of this state and will not be returned to this state by             

                                                                                

25  the purchaser for use or storage.                                           

                                                                                

26      (10) A special registration issued under subsection (9) is                  

                                                                                

27  valid for not more than 14 days after the date of issuance, and a           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   fee shall be collected for each special registration as provided            

                                                                                

2   in section 802(3).  The special registration may be in the form             

                                                                                

3   determined by the secretary of state.  If a dealer makes a retail           

                                                                                

4   sale of a vehicle to a purchaser who is qualified and eligible to           

                                                                                

5   obtain a special registration, the dealer shall apply for the               

                                                                                

6   special registration for the purchaser.  If a person other than a           

                                                                                

7   dealer sells a vehicle to a purchaser who is qualified and                  

                                                                                

8   eligible to obtain a special registration, the purchaser shall              

                                                                                

9   appear in person, or by a person exercising the purchaser's power           

                                                                                

10  of attorney, at an office of the secretary of state and furnish a           

                                                                                

11  certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or that            

                                                                                

12  the person has granted the power of attorney, together with other           

                                                                                

13  forms required for the issuance of the special registration and             

                                                                                

14  provide the secretary of state with proof that the vehicle is               

                                                                                

15  covered by a Michigan no-fault insurance policy issued pursuant             

                                                                                

16  to section 3101 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL             

                                                                                

17  500.3101, or proof that the vehicle is covered by a policy of               

                                                                                

18  insurance issued by an insurer pursuant to section 3163 of the              

                                                                                

19  insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3163.  The                     

                                                                                

20  certification required in this subsection shall contain all of              

                                                                                

21  the following:                                                              

                                                                                

22      (a) The address of the purchaser.                                           

                                                                                

23      (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased for                           

                                                                                

24  registration outside of this state.                                         

                                                                                

25      (c) A statement that the vehicle shall be primarily used,                   

                                                                                

26  stored, and registered outside of this state.                               

                                                                                

27      (d) The name of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is to                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   be registered.                                                              

                                                                                

2       (e) Other information desired by the secretary of state.                    

                                                                                

3       (11) Upon request, the secretary of state may issue a                       

                                                                                

4   registration valid for 6 months after the date of issuance for              

                                                                                

5   use on a trailer or semitrailer weighing 1,500 pounds or less and           

                                                                                

6   that is used for recreational purposes, upon payment of 1/2 the             

                                                                                

7   full registration fee imposed under section 801(1)(l).                      

                                                                                

8       (12) In the case of a commercial vehicle, trailer, or                       

                                                                                

9   semitrailer issued a registration under the international                   

                                                                                

10  registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement               

                                                                                

11  with the owner may assign or reassign the expiration date of the            

                                                                                

12  registration.  However, the expiration date agreed to shall be              

                                                                                

13  either March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31.  Renewals           

                                                                                

14  expiring on or after September 30, 1993 shall be for a minimum of           

                                                                                

15  at least 12 months if there is a change in the established                  

                                                                                

16  expiration date.                                                            

                                                                                

17      (13) The expiration date for a multiyear registration issued                

                                                                                

18  for a leased vehicle shall be the date the lease expires but                

                                                                                

19  shall not be for a period longer than 24 months.                            

                                                                                

20      Sec. 801.  (1) The secretary of state shall collect the                     

                                                                                

21  following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall           

                                                                                

22  exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,                 

                                                                                

23  except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain             

                                                                                

24  carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor              

                                                                                

25  carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes imposed            

                                                                                

26  by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to              

                                                                                

27  207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:                      

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   more than 5,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according             

                                                                                

4   to the following schedule of empty weights:                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

5     Empty weights                                           Fee               

                                                                                

6     0 to 3,000 pounds.............................$  29.00  52.20             

                                                                                

7     3,001 to 3,500 pounds.........................   32.00  57.60             

                                                                                

8     3,501 to 4,000 pounds.........................   37.00  66.60             

                                                                                

9     4,001 to 4,500 pounds.........................   43.00  77.40             

                                                                                

10    4,501 to 5,000 pounds.........................   47.00  84.60             

                                                                                

11    5,001 to 5,500 pounds.........................   52.00  93.60             

                                                                                

12    5,501 to 6,000 pounds.........................  57.00  102.60             

                                                                                

13    6,001 to 6,500 pounds.........................  62.00  111.60             

                                                                                

14    6,501 to 7,000 pounds.........................  67.00  120.60             

                                                                                

15    7,001 to 7,500 pounds.........................  71.00  127.80             

                                                                                

16    7,501 to 8,000 pounds.........................  77.00  138.60             

                                                                                

17    8,001 to 8,500 pounds.........................  81.00  145.80             

                                                                                

18    8,501 to 9,000 pounds.........................  86.00  154.80             

                                                                                

19    9,001 to 9,500 pounds.........................  91.00  163.80             

                                                                                

20    9,501 to 10,000 pounds........................  95.00  171.00             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22                                                  of empty weight             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

24  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the                    

                                                                                

25  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   year which preceded that calendar year.  In performing the                  

                                                                                

4   calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall           

                                                                                

5   use the spring preliminary report of the United States department           

                                                                                

6   of commerce or its successor agency.  A van which is owned by an            

                                                                                

7   individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who                    

                                                                                

8   transports a resident of his or her household who uses a                    

                                                                                

9   wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued pursuant            

                                                                                

10  to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax             

                                                                                

11  provided for in this subdivision.                                           

                                                                                

12      (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, 76                     

                                                                                

13  cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the trailer coach.  A               

                                                                                

14  trailer coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043,              

                                                                                

15  and while located on land otherwise assessable as real property             

                                                                                

16  under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to               

                                                                                

17  211.157, if the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation,             

                                                                                

18  and whether or not permanently affixed to the soil, shall not be            

                                                                                

19  exempt from real property taxes.                                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

21  farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming                    

                                                                                

22  operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds             

                                                                                

26  of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor.  If           

                                                                                

27  the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer shall be subject           

                                                                                

2   to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of            

                                                                                

3   the vehicle but shall not be subject to more than 1 tax rate                

                                                                                

4   under this act.                                                             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood             

                                                                                

7   harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk              

                                                                                

8   from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  tractor.  A registration secured by payment of the fee as                   

                                                                                

11  prescribed in this subdivision shall continue in full force and             

                                                                                

12  effect until the regular expiration date of the registration.  As           

                                                                                

13  used in this subdivision, "wood harvester" includes the person or           

                                                                                

14  persons hauling and transporting raw materials in the form                  

                                                                                

15  produced at the harvest site.  As used in this subdivision, "wood           

                                                                                

16  harvesting operations" does not include the transportation of               

                                                                                

17  processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed firewood for a              

                                                                                

18  profit making venture.                                                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

23  others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or           

                                                                                

24  ambulance.                                                                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

26  state institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated,                

                                                                                

27  nonprofit volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   college or university, $5.00 per set; and for each motor vehicle            

                                                                                

2   operating under municipal franchise, weighing less than 2,500               

                                                                                

3   pounds, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the motor            

                                                                                

4   vehicle, weighing from 2,500 to 4,000 pounds, 80 cents per 100              

                                                                                

5   pounds of the empty weight of the motor vehicle, weighing 4,001             

                                                                                

6   to 6,000 pounds, $1.00 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the            

                                                                                

7   motor vehicle, and weighing over 6,000 pounds, $1.25 per 100                

                                                                                

8   pounds of the empty weight of the motor vehicle.                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit             

                                                                                

11  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

15  a senior citizen center, $10.00 per set, if the bus, station                

                                                                                

16  wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor                  

                                                                                

17  vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the organization              

                                                                                

18  operating the vehicle.                                                      

                                                                                

19      (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used                

                                                                                

20  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to                  

                                                                                

21  children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as           

                                                                                

22  organized under sections 40301 to 40307 of title 36 of the United           

                                                                                

23  States Code, 36 U.S.C. 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the             

                                                                                

24  vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air                

                                                                                

25  patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit              

                                                                                

26  veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit            

                                                                                

27  recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a              

                                                                                

2   locomotive or ship's body which is owned by a nonprofit veterans            

                                                                                

3   organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or           

                                                                                

4   for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies           

                                                                                

5   and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit                  

                                                                                

6   charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.                                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of           

                                                                                

10  the empty weight of the truck.                                              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

16  subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the              

                                                                                

17  following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

18    Empty weights                                    Per 100 pounds           

                                                                                

19    0 to 2,500 pounds...................................   $ 1.40             

                                                                                

20    2,501 to 4,000 pounds...............................     1.76             

                                                                                

21    4,001 to 6,000 pounds...............................     2.20             

                                                                                

22    6,001 to 8,000 pounds...............................     2.72             

                                                                                

23    8,001 to 10,000 pounds..............................     3.25             

                                                                                

24    10,001 to 15,000 pounds.............................     3.77             

                                                                                

25    15,001 pounds and over..............................     4.39             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than            

                                                                                

3   the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this                     

                                                                                

4   subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this           

                                                                                

5   subdivision shall not be less than the tax required under                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   same list price.                                                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  schedule of elected gross weights:                                          

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

13    Elected gross weight                                    Fee               

                                                                                

14    0 to 24,000 pounds..................................$  491.00             

                                                                                

15    24,001 to 26,000 pounds.............................   558.00             

                                                                                

16    26,001 to 28,000 pounds.............................   558.00             

                                                                                

17    28,001 to 32,000 pounds.............................   649.00             

                                                                                

18    32,001 to 36,000 pounds.............................   744.00             

                                                                                

19    36,001 to 42,000 pounds.............................   874.00             

                                                                                

20    42,001 to 48,000 pounds............................. 1,005.00             

                                                                                

21    48,001 to 54,000 pounds............................. 1,135.00             

                                                                                

22    54,001 to 60,000 pounds............................. 1,268.00             

                                                                                

23    60,001 to 66,000 pounds............................. 1,398.00             

                                                                                

24    66,001 to 72,000 pounds............................. 1,529.00             

                                                                                

25    72,001 to 80,000 pounds............................. 1,660.00             

                                                                                

26    80,001 to 90,000 pounds............................. 1,793.00             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1     90,001 to 100,000 pounds............................ 2,002.00             

                                                                                

2     100,001 to 115,000 pounds........................... 2,223.00             

                                                                                

3     115,001 to 130,000 pounds........................... 2,448.00             

                                                                                

4     130,001 to 145,000 pounds........................... 2,670.00             

                                                                                

5     145,001 to 160,000 pounds........................... 2,894.00             

                                                                                

6     over 160,000 pounds................................. 3,117.00             

                                                                                

7       For each commercial vehicle registered pursuant to this                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951               

                                                                                

10  PA 51, MCL 247.675.                                                         

                                                                                

11                                                                               If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an                       

                                                                                

12  individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or           

                                                                                

13  corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the fee                 

                                                                                

14  prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor or road                

                                                                                

15  tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or                  

                                                                                

16  arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is           

                                                                                

17  entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.                         

                                                                                

18                                                                               (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, or trailer, according                       

                                                                                

19  to the following schedule of empty weights:                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

20    Empty weights                                           Fee               

                                                                                

21    0 to 500 pounds.....................................  $ 17.00             

                                                                                

22    501 to 1,500 pounds.................................    24.00             

                                                                                

23    1,501 pounds and over...............................    39.00             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

26  is made pursuant to 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   to the following schedule of empty weights:                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

2     Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds             

                                                                                

3     0 to 4,000 pounds...................................   $ 1.76             

                                                                                

4     4,001 to 6,000 pounds...............................     2.20             

                                                                                

5     6,001 to 10,000 pounds..............................     2.72             

                                                                                

6     10,001 pounds and over..............................     3.25             

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

7     (n) For each motorcycle.............................    $ 23.00           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the                    

                                                                                

10  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

14  year which preceded that calendar year.  In performing the                  

                                                                                

15  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall           

                                                                                

16  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department           

                                                                                

17  of commerce or its successor agency.                                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

19  motorcycle shall be increased by $3.00.  The $3.00 increase shall           

                                                                                

20  not be considered as part of the tax assessed under this                    

                                                                                

21  subdivision for the purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but           

                                                                                

22  shall be in addition to the tax assessed as a result of the                 

                                                                                

23  annual October 1 revisions.  Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of            

                                                                                

24  each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund             

                                                                                

25  in the state treasury and shall be used only for funding the                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   motorcycle safety education program as provided for under                   

                                                                                

2   sections 312b and 811a.                                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and                

                                                                                

6   household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   subdivision.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  under section 217 which has not been previously subject to the              

                                                                                

13  tax rates of this section and which is of the motor vehicle                 

                                                                                

14  category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in                 

                                                                                

15  subdivision (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the                

                                                                                

16  following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

18  first registration, which is not a transfer registration under              

                                                                                

19  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer                 

                                                                                

20  registration under section 809, according to the following                  

                                                                                

21  schedule based on the vehicle's list price:                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

22    List Price                                              Tax               

                                                                                

23    $ 0 - $ 6,000.00............................  $  30.00  54.00             

                                                                                

24    More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00...........  $  33.00  59.40             

                                                                                

25    More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00...........  $  38.00  68.40             

                                                                                

26    More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00...........  $  43.00  77.40             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1     More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00..........  $  48.00  86.40             

                                                                                

2     More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00.........  $  53.00  95.40             

                                                                                

3     More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00......... $  58.00  104.40             

                                                                                

4     More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00......... $  63.00  113.40             

                                                                                

5     More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00......... $  68.00  122.40             

                                                                                

6     More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00......... $  73.00  131.40             

                                                                                

7     More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00......... $  78.00  140.40             

                                                                                

8     More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00......... $  83.00  149.40             

                                                                                

9     More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00......... $  88.00  158.40             

                                                                                

10    More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00......... $  93.00  167.40             

                                                                                

11    More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00......... $  98.00  176.40             

                                                                                

12    More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00.........$  103.00  185.40             

                                                                                

13    More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00.........$  108.00  194.40             

                                                                                

14    More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00.........$  113.00  203.40             

                                                                                

15    More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00.........$  118.00  212.40             

                                                                                

16    More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00.........$  123.00  221.40             

                                                                                

17    More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00.........$  128.00  230.40             

                                                                                

18    More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00.........$  133.00  239.40             

                                                                                

19    More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00.........$  138.00  248.40             

                                                                                

20    More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00.........$  143.00  257.40             

                                                                                

21    More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00.........$  148.00  266.40             

                                                                                

22      More than $30,000.00, the fee of  $148.00  $266.40 shall be                 

                                                                                

23  increased by $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a            

                                                                                

24  $1,000.00 increment over $30,000.00.  If a current fee increases            

                                                                                

25  or decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased           

                                                                                

26  or transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the                  

                                                                                

27  increased or decreased fee.                                                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

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 has               

                                                                                

8   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              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

20  uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22  the tax provided for in this subdivision.                                   

                                                                                

23      (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.                                                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar               

                                                                                

26  figure 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 fees are specified, and the secretary of state              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   fully equipped for the use for which the registration application           

                                                                                

6   is made.  If the weight is not correctly stated or is not                   

                                                                                

7   satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual             

                                                                                

8   weight.  Each application for registration of a vehicle under               

                                                                                

9   subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to the application a           

                                                                                

10  scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time           

                                                                                

11  the application is made.  The scale weight receipt is not                   

                                                                                

12  necessary if there is presented with the application a                      

                                                                                

13  registration receipt of the previous year which shows on its face           

                                                                                

14  the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the secretary            

                                                                                

15  of state and which is accompanied by a statement of the applicant           

                                                                                

16  that there has not been a structural change in the motor vehicle            

                                                                                

17  which has increased the weight and that the previous registered             

                                                                                

18  weight is the true weight.                                                  

                                                                                

19      (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying               

                                                                                

20  ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the                

                                                                                

21  specified number of motor vehicles registered.  A dealer is                 

                                                                                

22  exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or                 

                                                                                

23  bond.                                                                       

                                                                                

24      (3) The fee for a vehicle with an empty weight over 10,000                  

                                                                                

25  pounds imposed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) and the fees imposed           

                                                                                

26  pursuant to subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m),           

                                                                                

27  (o), and (p) shall each be increased by $5.00.  This increase               

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to           

                                                                                

2   defray the costs of processing the registrations under this                 

                                                                                

3   section.                                                                    

                                                                                

4       (4) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

5       (a) "Gross proceeds" means gross proceeds as defined in                     

                                                                                

6   section 1 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51.            

                                                                                

7   However, gross proceeds shall include the value of the motor                

                                                                                

8   vehicle used as part payment of the purchase price as that value            

                                                                                

9   is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as evidenced by the                

                                                                                

10  signed agreement executed pursuant to section 251.                          

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  price as published by the secretary of state, or the                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

14  required to be affixed to the vehicle under section 3 of the                

                                                                                

15  automobile information disclosure act, Public Law 85-506,                   

                                                                                

16  15 U.S.C. 1232, if the secretary of state has not at the time of            

                                                                                

17  the sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's suggested                

                                                                                

18  retail price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of the                 

                                                                                

19  vehicle if the manufacturer's suggested base list price is                  

                                                                                

20  unavailable from the sources described in this subdivision.                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22  seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being              

                                                                                

23  registered.