Bill Text: MI HB4602 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; registration fees on hybrid and electric vehicles; modify. Amends sec. 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-21 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/21/2019 [HB4602 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 4602

 

 

May 16, 2019, Introduced by Rep. LaGrand and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 801 (MCL 257.801), as amended by 2018 PA 656.

 

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 exempts the vehicle from all other state and local

 

 4  taxation, except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by

 

 5  certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the

 

 6  motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.42; 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

 

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

 


 1  more than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according

 

 2  to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

3

     Empty weights                                          Tax

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

                                                  of empty weight

 

 

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

 

22  under this subdivision shall must be annually revised for the

 

23  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

25  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

27  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 passenger motor vehicle

 

 4  that has been modified with a permanently installed wheelchair

 

 5  lift mechanism or with permanently installed hand controls and

 

 6  that is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an

 

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

 

 8  uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued

 

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

 

10  the tax provided for in this subdivision. As used in this

 

11  subdivision, "permanently installed hand controls" means a

 

12  permanently installed device designed to replace the brake and

 

13  gas pedals of a motor vehicle with hand controls.

 

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

 

15  shall must be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer

 

16  coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while

 

17  located on land otherwise assessable as real property under the

 

18  general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if

 

19  the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether

 

20  or not permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real

 

21  property taxes.

 

22        (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,

 

23  truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in

 

24  connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling

 

25  livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in

 

26  kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the

 

27  transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not

 


 1  used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the

 

 2  road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,

 

 3  modified agricultural vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

 4  farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is

 

 5  subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm

 

 6  use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate

 

 7  under this act.

 

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

 

 9  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

10  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

16  subdivision:

 

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

 

18  and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the

 

19  harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting

 

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

 

21  whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

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

 

23  following:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


 1  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

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

 

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

 

 4  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

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

 

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

 

 7  loader, or forklift.

 

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

 

 9  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

10  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

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

 

12  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

13  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

19  ambulance.

 

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

 

21  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

25  registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the

 

26  secretary of state.

 

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

 


 1  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

 2  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 7  carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is

 

 8  designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the

 

 9  vehicle.

 

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

 

11  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to

 

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

 

13  Civil Air Patrol, as organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307,

 

14  $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is designated by a proper sign

 

15  showing the civil air patrol's Civil Air Patrol's name; for a

 

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

 

17  vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling center or a

 

18  federally recognized nonprofit conservation organization; for a

 

19  motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or ship's

 

20  body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and used

 

21  exclusively in parades and civic events; or for an emergency

 

22  support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and

 

23  operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable

 

24  organization; or for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

25  food pantry or nonprofit food bank, $10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

27  bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or Red Cross,

 


 1  Girl Scout, or Boy Scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of

 

 2  the empty weight of the truck.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 6  profit making profit-making venture, and for each vehicle

 

 7  designed and used to tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except

 

 8  as provided in subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed

 

 9  according to the following schedule of empty weights, whichever

 

10  is greater:

 

 

11

     Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

21  which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than

 

22  the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this

 

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

 

24  subdivision is not less than the tax required under subdivision

 

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

 

26  price.

 


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

 

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

 

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

 

 4  except as provided in subdivision (j), as follows:

 

 5        (i) Until December 31, 2016, according to the following

 

 6  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

7

     Elected gross weight                                    Tax

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

 

 

27        (ii) Beginning on January 1, 2017, according to the following

 


 1  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

2

     Elected gross weight                                    Tax

3

     0 to 24,000 pounds..............................  $    590.00

4

     24,001 to 26,000 pounds.........................       670.00

5

     26,001 to 28,000 pounds.........................       670.00

6

     28,001 to 32,000 pounds.........................       779.00

7

     32,001 to 36,000 pounds.........................       893.00

8

     36,001 to 42,000 pounds.........................     1,049.00

9

     42,001 to 48,000 pounds.........................     1,206.00

10

     48,001 to 54,000 pounds.........................     1,362.00

11

     54,001 to 60,000 pounds.........................     1,522.00

12

     60,001 to 66,000 pounds.........................     1,678.00

13

     66,001 to 72,000 pounds.........................     1,835.00

14

     72,001 to 80,000 pounds.........................     1,992.00

15

     80,001 to 90,000 pounds.........................     2,152.00

16

     90,001 to 100,000 pounds........................     2,403.00

17

     100,001 to 115,000 pounds.......................     2,668.00

18

     115,001 to 130,000 pounds.......................     2,938.00

19

     130,001 to 145,000 pounds.......................     3,204.00

20

     145,001 to 160,000 pounds.......................     3,473.00

21

     over 160,000 pounds.............................     3,741.00

 

 

22        For each commercial vehicle registered under this

 

23  subdivision or section 801g, $15.00 shall must be deposited in a

 

24  truck safety fund to be expended as provided in section 25 of

 

25  1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.

 

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

 

27  from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether an

 


 1  individual, firm, or corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator

 

 2  60% of the tax prescribed in this subdivision for the truck

 

 3  tractor or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the

 

 4  lease or arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-

 

 5  operator is entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.

 

 6        (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or

 

 7  trailer, the tax shall must be assessed according to the

 

 8  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

9

     Empty weights                                           Tax

10

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

11

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

12

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

 

 

13        The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires

 

14  only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration

 

15  plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the

 

16  secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all

 

17  trailers, a person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003

 

18  PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is not required to

 

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

 

20  pay only the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in

 

21  section 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued

 

22  under this subdivision is nontransferable.

 

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

 

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

 

25  is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the

 

26  following schedule of empty weights:


 

 

1

     Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

 

 

 6        (n) For each motorcycle, as follows:

 

 

7

 

(i)

Until February 18, 2019................. $     23.00

8

 

(ii)

Beginning February 19, 2019............. $     25.00

 

 

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

 

10  under this subdivision shall must be annually revised for the

 

11  registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

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

 

13  times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

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

 

15  year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

16  calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

17  use the spring preliminary report of the United States Department

 

18  of Commerce or its successor agency.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24  1, 1984 and ending February 18, 2019, $3.00 of each motorcycle

 


 1  fee shall must be placed in a motorcycle safety fund in the state

 

 2  treasury and shall must be used only for funding the motorcycle

 

 3  safety education program as provided for under sections 312b and

 

 4  811a. Beginning February 19, 2019, $5.00 of each motorcycle fee

 

 5  shall must be placed in the motorcycle safety fund and shall must

 

 6  be used only for funding the motorcycle safety education program

 

 7  as provided for under sections 312b and 811a.

 

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

 

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

 

10  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and

 

11  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting

 

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

 

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

 

14  subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

17  under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax

 

18  rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category

 

19  otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision

 

20  (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the following

 

21  schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

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

 

23  first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

24  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

25  registration under section 809, according to the following

 

26  schedule based on the vehicle's list price:

 

27        (A) Until December 31, 2016, as follows:

 


 

1

     List Price                                               Tax

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

 

 

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

 

28  $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00


 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 4  or decreased tax.

 

 5        (B) Beginning on January 1, 2017, as follows:

 

 

6

     List Price                                               Tax

7

     $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................    $    36.00

8

     More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00...............    $    40.00

9

     More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00...............    $    46.00

10

     More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00...............    $    52.00

11

     More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00..............    $    58.00

12

     More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00.............    $    64.00

13

     More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00.............    $    70.00

14

     More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00.............    $    76.00

15

     More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00.............    $    82.00

16

     More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00.............    $    88.00

17

     More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00.............    $    94.00

18

     More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00.............    $   100.00

19

     More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00.............    $   106.00

20

     More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00.............    $   112.00

21

     More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00.............    $   118.00

22

     More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00.............    $   124.00

23

     More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00.............    $   130.00

24

     More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00.............    $   136.00

25

     More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00.............    $   142.00

26

     More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00.............    $   148.00

27

     More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00.............    $   154.00

28

     More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00.............    $   160.00


1

     More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00.............    $   166.00

2

     More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00.............    $   172.00

3

     More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00.............    $   178.00

 

 

 4        More than $30,000.00, the tax of $178.00 is increased by

 

 5  $6.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 9  or decreased tax.

 

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

 

11  under subparagraph (i).

 

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

 

13  under subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

15  tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

19  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

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

 

21  this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be is determined

 

22  by subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar

 

23  year for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero

 

24  or a negative figure, the first registration tax shall must be

 

25  paid. If the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively,

 

26  the second, third, or subsequent registration tax shall must be

 


 1  paid. A passenger motor vehicle that has been modified with a

 

 2  permanently installed wheelchair lift mechanism or with

 

 3  permanently installed hand controls and 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 must be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for

 

 8  in this subdivision. As used in this subdivision, "permanently

 

 9  installed hand controls" means a permanently installed device

 

10  designed to replace the brake and gas pedals of a motor vehicle

 

11  with hand controls.

 

12        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.

 

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

 

14  act, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar figure

 

15  shall must be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when if the

 

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

 

17  shall must be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when if the

 

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

 

19  unless specific taxes are specified, and the secretary of state

 

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

 

21  fully equipped for the use for which the registration application

 

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

 

23  satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual

 

24  weight. Each application for registration of a vehicle under

 

25  subdivisions (j) and (m) shall must have attached to the

 

26  application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped

 

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

 


 1  is not necessary if there is presented with the application a

 

 2  registration receipt of the previous year that shows on its face

 

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

 

 4  of state and that is accompanied by a statement of the applicant

 

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

 

 6  that has increased the weight and that the previous registered

 

 7  weight is the true weight.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12        (3) Until October 1, 2019, the tax for a vehicle with an

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

16        (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall must be credited to

 

17  the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section

 

18  819a and used to regulate highway safety.

 

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

 

20  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

21  810b.

 

22        (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a

 

23  tax required to be paid under this section is not received by the

 

24  secretary of state on or before the expiration date of the

 

25  registration plate, the secretary of state shall collect a late

 

26  fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after the expiration

 

27  date. An application for a renewal of a registration using the

 


 1  regular mail and postmarked before the expiration date of that

 

 2  registration shall must not be assessed a late fee. The late fee

 

 3  collected under this subsection shall must be deposited into the

 

 4  general fund. The secretary of state shall waive the late fee

 

 5  collected under this subsection if all of the following are

 

 6  satisfied:

 

 7        (a) The registrant presents proof of storage insurance for

 

 8  the vehicle for which the late fee is assessed that is valid for

 

 9  the period of time between the expiration date of the most recent

 

10  registration and the date of application for the renewal.

 

11        (b) The registrant requests in person at a department of

 

12  state branch office that the late fee be waived at the time of

 

13  application for the renewal.

 

14        (5) In addition to the registration taxes under this

 

15  section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes charged under

 

16  section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit authority

 

17  created under the regional transit authority act, 2012 PA 387,

 

18  MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection expenses as

 

19  provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of

 

20  1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of

 

21  state under this subsection shall must be based upon an

 

22  established cost allocation methodology.

 

23        (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.

 

24        (7) Beginning January 1, 2017, the registration fee imposed

 

25  under this section for a vehicle using 4 or more tires is

 

26  increased as follows:

 

27        (a) If the vehicle is a hybrid electric vehicle, the

 


 1  registration fee for that vehicle is increased by $30.00 for a

 

 2  vehicle with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $100.00

 

 3  for a vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds. As

 

 4  used in this subdivision and subsection (8)(a), "hybrid electric

 

 5  vehicle" means a vehicle that can be propelled at least in part

 

 6  by electrical energy and uses a battery storage system of at

 

 7  least 4 kilowatt-hours, but is also capable of using gasoline,

 

 8  diesel fuel, or alternative fuel to propel the vehicle.

 

 9        (b) If the vehicle is a nonhybrid electric vehicle, the

 

10  registration fee for that vehicle is increased by $100.00 for a

 

11  vehicle with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $200.00

 

12  for a vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds. As

 

13  used in this subdivision and subsection (8)(b), "nonhybrid

 

14  electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is propelled solely by

 

15  electrical energy and that is not capable of using gasoline,

 

16  diesel fuel, or alternative fuel to propel the vehicle.

 

17        (8) Beginning January 1, 2017, if the tax on gasoline

 

18  imposed under section 8 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403,

 

19  MCL 207.1008, is increased above 19 cents per gallon, the

 

20  secretary of state shall increase the fees collected under

 

21  subsection (7) as follows:

 

22        (a) For a hybrid electric vehicle, $2.50 $1.25 per each 1

 

23  cent above 19 cents per gallon.

 

24        (b) For a nonhybrid electric vehicle, $5.00 $2.00 per each 1

 

25  cent above 19 cents per gallon.

 

26        (9) As used in this section:

 

27        (a) "Alternative fuel" means that term as defined in section

 


 1  151 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1151.

 

 2        (b) "Diesel fuel" means that term as defined in section 2 of

 

 3  the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1002.

 

 4        (c) "Gasoline" means that term as defined in section 3 of

 

 5  the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1003.

 

 6        (d) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11  section 251.

 

12        (e) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

17  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

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

 

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

 

20  sources described in this subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

23  being registered.

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