Bill Text: MI HB4028 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; optional county registration fee to benefit public transit; create. Amends sec. 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801) & adds sec. 801k.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Printed Bill Filed 01/23/2013 [HB4028 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4028-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4028

 

January 22, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Geiss and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 801 (MCL 257.801), as amended by 2011 PA 159,

 

and by adding section 801k.

 

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 by certain

 

 5  carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor

 

 6  carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; except the taxes

 

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

 

 8  207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 3  according to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

4       Empty weights                                          Tax

5       0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$   29.00

6       3,001 to 3,500 pounds..............................    32.00

7       3,501 to 4,000 pounds..............................    37.00

8       4,001 to 4,500 pounds..............................    43.00

9       4,501 to 5,000 pounds..............................    47.00

10      5,001 to 5,500 pounds..............................    52.00

11      5,501 to 6,000 pounds..............................    57.00

12      6,001 to 6,500 pounds..............................    62.00

13      6,501 to 7,000 pounds..............................    67.00

14      7,001 to 7,500 pounds..............................    71.00

15      7,501 to 8,000 pounds..............................    77.00

16      8,001 to 8,500 pounds..............................    81.00

17      8,501 to 9,000 pounds..............................    86.00

18      9,001 to 9,500 pounds..............................    91.00

19      9,501 to 10,000 pounds.............................    95.00

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

21                                                   of empty weight

 

 

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

 

23  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

24  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

26  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

28  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

 1  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

 2  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

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

 

 4  individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 8  this subdivision.

 

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

 

10  shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer coach

 

11  that is not subject to taxation under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035

 

12  to 125.1043, and while located on land otherwise assessable as

 

13  real property under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,

 

14  MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach is used as a place of

 

15  habitation, and whether or not permanently affixed to the soil,

 

16  is not exempt from real property taxes if the trailer coach is

 

17  used as a place of habitation, whether or not it is permanently

 

18  affixed to the soil.

 

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

 

20  farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming

 

21  operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

27  also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is subject to

 

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

 

 2  vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate under this

 

 3  act.

 

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

 

 5  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

 6  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12  subdivision:

 

13        (i) "Wood harvester" includes the a person or persons hauling

 

14  and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the

 

15  harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting

 

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

 

17  whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

18        (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the

 

19  following:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

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

 

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

 

27  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

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

 

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

 

 3  loader, or forklift.

 

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

 

 5  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

 6  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

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

 

 8  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

 9  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

15  ambulance.

 

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

 

17  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

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

 

19  university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under

 

20  this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new

 

21  registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the

 

22  secretary of state.

 

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

 

24  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

25  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 2  a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,

 

 3  carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is

 

 4  designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the

 

 5  vehicle.

 

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

 

 7  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to

 

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

 

 9  organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

13  recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation

 

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

 

15  locomotive or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans

 

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

 

17  for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies

 

18  and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit

 

19  charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

23  the empty weight of the truck.

 

24        (j) For each a truck , weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and

 

25  not used to tow a vehicle, for each a privately owned truck used

 

26  to tow a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved

 

27  in a profit making venture, and for each a vehicle designed and

 

 1  used to tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided

 

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

 

 3  following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

 

4       Empty weights                               Per 100 pounds

5       0 to 2,500 pounds..............................  $     1.40

6       2,501 to 4,000 pounds..........................        1.76

7       4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

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

9       8,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        3.25

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

11      15,001 pounds and over.........................        4.39

 

 

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

 

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

 

14  which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than

 

15  the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this

 

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

 

17  subdivision is not less than the tax required under subdivision

 

18  (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the same list

 

19  price.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

25      Elected gross weight                                    Tax

26      0 to 24,000 pounds..............................  $    491.00

1       24,001 to 26,000 pounds.........................       558.00

2       26,001 to 28,000 pounds.........................       558.00

3       28,001 to 32,000 pounds.........................       649.00

4       32,001 to 36,000 pounds.........................       744.00

5       36,001 to 42,000 pounds.........................       874.00

6       42,001 to 48,000 pounds.........................     1,005.00

7       48,001 to 54,000 pounds.........................     1,135.00

8       54,001 to 60,000 pounds.........................     1,268.00

9       60,001 to 66,000 pounds.........................     1,398.00

10      66,001 to 72,000 pounds.........................     1,529.00

11      72,001 to 80,000 pounds.........................     1,660.00

12      80,001 to 90,000 pounds.........................     1,793.00

13      90,001 to 100,000 pounds........................     2,002.00

14      100,001 to 115,000 pounds.......................     2,223.00

15      115,001 to 130,000 pounds.......................     2,448.00

16      130,001 to 145,000 pounds.......................     2,670.00

17      145,001 to 160,000 pounds.......................     2,894.00

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

 

 

19        For each commercial vehicle registered under this

 

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

 

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

 

22  51, MCL 247.675.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 1  of his or her equipment.

 

 2        (l) For each a pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or

 

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

 

 4  schedule of empty weights:

 

 

5       Empty weights                                           Tax

6       0 to 2,499 pounds................................   $   75.00

7       2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................      200.00

8       10,000 pounds and over...........................      300.00

 

 

 9        The A registration plate issued under this subdivision

 

10  expires only when the secretary of state reissues a new

 

11  registration plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005,

 

12  if If the secretary of state reissues a new registration plate

 

13  for all trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased

 

14  by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not

 

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

 

16  required to pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate

 

17  provided in section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration

 

18  plate issued under this subdivision is nontransferable.

 

19        (m) For each a commercial vehicle used for the

 

20  transportation of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for

 

21  which a payment is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972,

 

22  according to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

23      Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

24      0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $      1.76

25      4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

1       6,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        2.72

2       10,001 pounds and over.........................        3.25

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

 

 

 4        (n) For a motorcycle, $23.00.

 

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

 

 6  under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

 7  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

 9  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

11  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

12  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

13  use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

14  of commerce or its successor agency.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

20  1, 1984, $3.00 Three dollars of each motorcycle fee shall be

 

21  placed in a motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and

 

22  shall be used only for funding the motorcycle safety education

 

23  program as provided for under sections 312b and 811a.

 

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

 

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

 

26  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and

 

27  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting

 

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

 

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

 

 3  subdivision.

 

 4        (p) After September 30, 1983, each A motor vehicle of the

 

 5  1984 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application

 

 6  required under section 217 that has not been previously subject

 

 7  to the tax rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle

 

 8  category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in

 

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

 

10  following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

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

 

12  first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

13  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

14  registration under section 809, according to the following

 

15  schedule based on the vehicle's list price:

 

 

16      List Price                                               Tax

17      $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................    $    30.00

18      More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00...............    $    33.00

19      More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00...............    $    38.00

20      More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00...............    $    43.00

21      More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00..............    $    48.00

22      More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00.............    $    53.00

23      More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00.............    $    58.00

24      More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00.............    $    63.00

25      More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00.............    $    68.00

26      More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00.............    $    73.00

27      More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00.............    $    78.00

1       More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00.............    $    83.00

2       More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00.............    $    88.00

3       More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00.............    $    93.00

4       More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00.............    $    98.00

5       More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00.............    $   103.00

6       More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00.............    $   108.00

7       More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00.............    $   113.00

8       More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00.............    $   118.00

9       More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00.............    $   123.00

10      More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00.............    $   128.00

11      More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00.............    $   133.00

12      More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00.............    $   138.00

13      More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00.............    $   143.00

14      More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00.............    $   148.00

 

 

15        More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by

 

16  $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00

 

17  increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or

 

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

 

19  transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased

 

20  or decreased tax.

 

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

 

22  under subparagraph (i).

 

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

 

24  under subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

26  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 2  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12  uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued

 

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

 

14  tax provided for in this subdivision.

 

15        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.

 

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

 

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

 

18  figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24  vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the registration

 

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

 

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

 

27  shall determine the actual weight. Each application An applicant

 

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

 

 2  shall have attached attach a scale weight receipt of the vehicle

 

 3  fully equipped as of the time the application is made to the

 

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

 

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

 

 6  is not necessary if there is presented the applicant presents

 

 7  with the application a registration receipt of the previous year

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12  that the previous registered weight is the true weight.

 

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

 

14  paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on

 

15  the specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is

 

16  exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

23  and used to regulate highway safety.

 

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

 

25  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

26  810b.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 5  registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the

 

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

 

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

 

 8  deposited into the general fund.

 

 9        (5) As used in this section:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

15  section 251.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

21  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

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

 

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

 

24  sources described in this subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

27  being registered.

 

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

 

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

 

 3  section 801k and credit revenues received to the county treasurer

 

 4  of the county that approved the fee.

 

 5        Sec. 801k. (1) In addition to the required vehicle

 

 6  registration tax under section 801(1)(p), a county may charge a

 

 7  fee on vehicle registrations issued to residents of that county

 

 8  of not more than $1.80 for each $1,000.00 or fraction of

 

 9  $1,000.00 of the vehicle's list price as used in calculating the

 

10  registration tax under section 801(1)(p). The county may charge

 

11  the additional fee only upon the approval of a majority of the

 

12  electors in the county voting on the tax at an election held on a

 

13  regular date as provided in section 641 of the Michigan election

 

14  law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641.

 

15        (2) In addition to any other requirements imposed by law,

 

16  the ballot question proposing authorization of a fee under

 

17  subsection (1) shall specify how the proceeds of the fee shall be

 

18  expended.

 

19        (3) The fee collected under this section shall only be used

 

20  by the county for transportation purposes as described in section

 

21  9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

 

22        (4) A proposal for a fee under this section shall not be

 

23  placed on the ballot under subsection (1) unless the proposal is

 

24  adopted by a resolution of the county board of commissioners and

 

25  certified by the county board of commissioners not later than 70

 

26  days before the election to the county clerk of the county for

 

27  inclusion on the ballot.

 

 1        (5) If a county approves a fee under subsection (1), the

 

 2  secretary of state shall collect the fee on all vehicles

 

 3  registered to residents of that county under section 801(1)(p)

 

 4  and shall annually distribute the fee collected to the county

 

 5  treasurer of the county that approved the fee.