June 14, 2011, Introduced by Senators CASWELL and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 227 (MCL 257.227), as amended by 1995 PA 287;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 227. (1) Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and
by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by
law.
(2)
Every such application shall be accompanied by the
certificate of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership
in the person applying for registration at the time of the
application.
However, the The secretary of state may waive the
presentation of the certificate of title.
(3)
Beginning January 1, 1983, every Every application for
renewal
of a motor vehicle registration made by mail, shall be
accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by
the secretary of state.
(4)
Beginning January 1, 1981, every application for renewal
of
a motor vehicle registration made in person at a secretary of
state
field office shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle
insurance
in a form determined by the secretary of state.
(4) (5)
Notwithstanding subsections (3)
and (4), subsection
(3), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle
insurance
a transmission of the applicant's vehicle identification
number
only policy information for an insured vehicle for which
vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may
determine in what format and on what timeline the secretary of
state
will receive vehicle identification number policy
information.
The transmission to the secretary of state of a the
vehicle
identification number policy
information is proof of
insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration
purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of insurance
actually exists between an insurer and an individual. Vehicle
identification
numbers policy information received by the secretary
of
state under this subsection are is
confidential, are is not
subject
to the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the
Public
Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws 1976 PA 442, MCL
15.231 to 15.246, and shall
not
be disclosed to any person except pursuant to the department of
community health for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to
550.289, or under an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in
connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.
(6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the
information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the
secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of
1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.
Enacting section 1. Section 227b of the Michigan vehicle code,
1949 PA 300, MCL 257.227b, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October
1, 2011.
Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 441
of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.