Bill Text: MI HB4328 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; use of dealer's plate; expand to include commercial transactions. Amends sec. 244 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.244).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Printed Bill Filed 02/19/2009 [HB4328 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4328-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4328

 

February 18, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Mayes and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 244 (MCL 257.244), as amended by 2008 PA 539.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 244. (1) A manufacturer owning a vehicle of a type

 

otherwise required to be registered under this act may operate or

 

move the vehicle upon a street or highway primarily for the

 

purposes of transporting or testing or in connection with a golf

 

tournament or a public civic event, if the vehicle displays, in the

 

manner prescribed in section 225, 1 special plate approved by the

 

secretary of state.

 

     (2) A producer of a vehicle subcomponent system essential to

 

the operation of the vehicle or the safety of an occupant may

 

operate or move a motor vehicle upon a street or highway solely to

 

transport or test the subcomponent system if the motor vehicle

 

displays, in the manner prescribed in section 225, 1 special plate

 

approved by the secretary of state. To be eligible for the special

 

plate, the subcomponent system producer must be either a recognized

 

subcomponent system producer or must be a subcomponent system

 

producer under contract with a vehicle manufacturer.

 

     (3) A dealer owning a vehicle of a type otherwise required to

 

be registered under this act may operate or move the vehicle upon a

 

street or highway without registering the vehicle if the vehicle

 

displays, in the manner prescribed in section 225, 1 special plate

 

issued to the owner by the secretary of state. As used in this

 

subsection, "dealer" includes an employee, servant, or agent of the

 

dealer.

 

     (4) Solely to deliver the vehicle, a transporter may operate

 

or move a vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered

 

under this act upon a street or highway if the vehicle displays, in

 

the manner prescribed in section 225, a special plate issued to the

 

transporter under this chapter.

 

     (5) A licensee shall not use a special plate described in this

 

section on service cars or wreckers operated as an adjunct of a

 

licensee's business. A manufacturer, transporter, or dealer making

 

or permitting any unauthorized use of a special plate under this

 

chapter forfeits the right to use special plates and the secretary

 

of state, after notice and a hearing, may suspend or cancel the

 

right to use special plates and require that the special plates be

 

surrendered to or repossessed by the state.

 

     (6) A transporter shall furnish a sufficient surety bond or

 

policy of insurance as protection for public liability and property

 

damage as may be required by the secretary of state.

 

     (7) The secretary of state shall determine the number of

 

plates a manufacturer, dealer, or transporter reasonably needs in

 

his or her business.

 

     (8) If a vehicle that is required to be registered under this

 

act is leased or sold, the vendee or lessee is permitted to operate

 

the vehicle upon a street or highway for not more than 72 hours

 

after taking possession if the vehicle has a dealer plate attached

 

as provided in this section. The application for registration shall

 

be made in the name of the vendee or lessee before the vehicle is

 

used. The dealer and the vendee or lessee are jointly responsible

 

for the return of the dealer plate to the dealer within 72 hours,

 

and the failure of the vendee or lessee to return or the vendor or

 

lessor to use due diligence to procure the dealer plate is a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or

 

a fine of not more than $100.00, or both, and in addition the

 

license of the dealer may be revoked. While using a dealer's plate,

 

a vendee or lessee shall have in his or her possession proof that

 

clearly indicates the date of sale or lease of the motor vehicle.

 

     (9) A vehicle owned by a dealer and bearing the dealer's plate

 

may be driven upon a street or highway for demonstration purposes,

 

including commercial transactions, by a prospective buyer or lessee

 

for a period of 72 hours.

 

     (10) The secretary of state may issue a registration plate

 

upon application and payment of the proper fee to an individual,

 

partnership, corporation, or association that in the ordinary

 

course of business has occasion to legally pick up or deliver a

 

commercial motor vehicle being driven to a facility to undergo

 

aftermarket modification, or to repair or service a vehicle, or to

 

persons defined as watercraft dealers under part 801 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.80101 to 324.80199, or to the owner of a marina for the purpose

 

of delivering a vessel or trailer to a purchaser, to transport a

 

vessel between a body of water and a place of storage, to transport

 

a vessel or trailer to and from a boat show or exposition, to

 

repair, service, or store a vessel or trailer, or to return a

 

vessel or trailer to the customer after repair, service, or

 

storage. A registration plate issued under this subsection shall be

 

used to move the vehicle or trailer.