Bill Text: MI HB4608 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; fee increase for certain vehicles powered by electricity or fuels not subject to the motor fuel or diesel fuel tax; provide for, and make other general revisions to the Michigan vehicle code. Amends secs. 226 & 801 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.226 & 257.801).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Printed Bill Filed 04/24/2013 [HB4608 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4608-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4608

 

April 23, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Shirkey and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

      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 2004 PA 163 and section 801 as amended

 

by 2012 PA 498.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

 2  of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another

 

 3  expiration date is provided for under this act or unless the

 

 4  registration is for the following vehicles, in which case

 

 5  registration expires on the last day of February:

 

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

 

 7  issued a registration under the international registration plan

 

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

 

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

 

 2  registration under the international registration plan, a trailer

 

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

 

 4  than an individual; or a pole trailer.

 

 5        (2) Until February 1, 2005, the expiration date for a

 

 6  registration issued for a motorcycle is March 31. Beginning

 

 7  February 1, 2005, the The expiration date for a registration

 

 8  issued for a motorcycle is the motorcycle owner's birthday.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14  registration.

 

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

 

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

 

17  designated on the registration, issue a registration upon

 

18  application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial

 

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

 

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

 

21  individual.

 

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

 

23  an international registration plan registration plate, issue a

 

24  registration under section 801g upon application and payment of

 

25  the proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in

 

26  interstate commerce.

 

27        (c) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120

 

 1  days before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of

 

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

 

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

 

 4  whose registration period begins 45 days before his or her

 

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

 

 6  preceding expiration of a registration or for other good cause

 

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

 

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

 

 9  more than 6 months before expiration.

 

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

 

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

 

12  fee, shall issue a registration for a vehicle or a motorcycle to

 

13  a resident that shall expire expires on the owner's birthday. If

 

14  the owner's next birthday is at least 6 months but not more than

 

15  12 months in the future, the owner shall receive a registration

 

16  valid until the owner's next birthday. If the owner's next

 

17  birthday is less than 6 months in the future, the owner shall

 

18  receive a registration valid until the owner's birthday following

 

19  the owner's next birthday. The tax registration fee required

 

20  under this act for a registration described in this subsection

 

21  shall be either of the following:

 

22        (a) For an original registration, the tax registration fee

 

23  shall bear the same relationship to the tax registration fee

 

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

 

25  length of the registration bears to 12 months.

 

26        (b) For a renewal of a registration, either of the

 

27  following:

 

 1        (i) For a registration that is for at least 6 months but not

 

 2  more than 12 months, the same amount as for 12 months.

 

 3        (ii) For a renewal of a registration that is for more than 12

 

 4  months, 2 times the amount for 12 months.

 

 5        Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the

 

 6  calculation of the required tax registration fee and in the

 

 7  determination of the length of time between the application for a

 

 8  registration and the owner's next birthday. The tax registration

 

 9  fee required for that registration shall be rounded off to whole

 

10  dollars as provided in section 801.

 

11        (7) A certificate of title shall remain remains valid until

 

12  canceled by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer

 

13  of an interest shown on the certificate of title.

 

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

 

15  special registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months

 

16  after the date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds

 

17  $50.00, on the payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a

 

18  service charge as enumerated in section 802(1).

 

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

 

20  for each of the following:

 

21        (a) A new vehicle purchased or leased outside of this state

 

22  and delivered in this state to the purchaser or lessee by the

 

23  manufacturer of that vehicle for removal to a place outside of

 

24  this state, if a certification is made that the vehicle will be

 

25  primarily used, stored, and registered outside of this state and

 

26  will not be returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for

 

27  use or storage.

 

 1        (b) A vehicle purchased or leased in this state and

 

 2  delivered to the purchaser or lessee by a dealer or by the owner

 

 3  of the vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a

 

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

 

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

 

 6  returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for use or

 

 7  storage.

 

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

 

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

 

10  the secretary of state shall collect a fee shall be collected for

 

11  each special registration as provided in section 802(3). The

 

12  special registration may be in the form determined by the

 

13  secretary of state. If a dealer makes a retail sale or lease of a

 

14  vehicle to a purchaser or lessee who is qualified and eligible to

 

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

 

16  special registration for the purchaser or lessee. If a person

 

17  other than a dealer sells or leases a vehicle to a purchaser or

 

18  lessee who is qualified and eligible to obtain a special

 

19  registration, the purchaser or lessee shall appear in person, or

 

20  by a person exercising the purchaser's or lessee's power of

 

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

 

22  certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or

 

23  lessee or that the person has granted the power of attorney,

 

24  together with other forms required for the issuance of the

 

25  special registration and provide the secretary of state with

 

26  proof that the vehicle is covered by a Michigan no-fault

 

27  insurance policy issued pursuant to section 3101 of the insurance

 

 1  code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, or proof that the

 

 2  vehicle is covered by a policy of insurance issued by an insurer

 

 3  pursuant to section 3163 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA

 

 4  218, MCL 500.3163. The certification required in this subsection

 

 5  shall contain all of the following:

 

 6        (a) The address of the purchaser or lessee.

 

 7        (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased or leased for

 

 8  registration outside of this state.

 

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

 

10  stored, and registered outside of this state.

 

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

 

12  be registered.

 

13        (e) Other information requested by the secretary of state.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

17  that is used for recreational purposes, motor home upon payment

 

18  of 1/2 the full registration fee imposed under section 801(1)(l).

 

19  This subsection does not apply after October 1, 2003.801(1)(a).

 

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

 

21  semitrailer issued a registration under the international

 

22  registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 1  expiration date.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 6  following taxes registration fees at the time of registering a

 

 7  vehicle, which shall exempt the vehicle from all other state and

 

 8  local taxation, except the fees and taxes provided by law to be

 

 9  paid by certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers

 

10  under the motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43;

 

11  the taxes imposed by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119,

 

12  MCL 207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this

 

13  act:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

17  to the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

18      Empty weights                                          Tax

19                                                Registration fee

20      0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$   29.00

21      3,001 to 3,500 pounds..............................    32.00

22      3,501 to 4,000 pounds..............................    37.00

23      4,001 to 4,500 pounds..............................    43.00

24      4,501 to 5,000 pounds..............................    47.00

25      5,001 to 5,500 pounds..............................    52.00

26      5,501 to 6,000 pounds..............................    57.00

27      6,001 to 6,500 pounds..............................    62.00

28      6,501 to 7,000 pounds..............................    67.00

1       7,001 to 7,500 pounds..............................    71.00

2       7,501 to 8,000 pounds..............................    77.00

3       8,001 to 8,500 pounds..............................    81.00

4       8,501 to 9,000 pounds..............................    86.00

5       9,001 to 9,500 pounds..............................    91.00

6       9,501 to 10,000 pounds.............................    95.00

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

8                                                    of empty weight

 

 

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

 

10  registration fee assessed under this subdivision shall be

 

11  annually revised for the registrations expiring on the

 

12  appropriate October 1 or after that date by multiplying the tax

 

13  registration fee assessed in the preceding fiscal year times the

 

14  personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar year

 

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

 

16  that preceded that calendar year. In performing the calculations

 

17  under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall use the

 

18  spring preliminary report of the United States department of

 

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

 

20  individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who

 

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

 

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

 

23  shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax registration fee

 

24  provided for in this subdivision.

 

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

 

26  registration fee shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l).

 

27  A trailer coach that is not under subject to 1959 PA 243, MCL

 

 1  125.1035 to 125.1043, and while that is located on land otherwise

 

 2  assessable as real property under the general property tax act,

 

 3  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach and that

 

 4  is used as a place of habitation, and whether or not permanently

 

 5  affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real property taxes.

 

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

 

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

 

 8  connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling

 

 9  livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

16  subject to the highest registration tax fee applicable to the

 

17  nonfarm use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax

 

18  registration fee rate under this act.

 

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

 

20  wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

21  harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk

 

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

 

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

 

24  tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax

 

25  registration fee prescribed in this subdivision continues in full

 

26  force and effect until the regular expiration date of the

 

27  registration. As used in this subdivision:

 

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

 

 2  and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the

 

 3  harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting

 

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

 

 5  whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

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

 

 7  following:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12  processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

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

 

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

 

15  skidder, or cable skidder.

 

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

 

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

 

18  loader, or forklift.

 

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

 

20  harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

21  maintaining harvest site roads.

 

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

 

23  transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

24  firewood for a profit making venture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 3  ambulance.

 

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

 

 5  institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 9  registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the

 

10  secretary of state.

 

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

 

12  similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

13  parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

18  carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is

 

19  designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the

 

20  vehicle.

 

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

 

22  to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 1  recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 5  for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies

 

 6  and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit

 

 7  charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11  the empty weight of the truck.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

18  following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

 

19      Empty weights                               Per 100 pounds

20      0 to 2,500 pounds..............................  $     1.40

21      2,501 to 4,000 pounds..........................        1.76

22      4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

23      6,001 to 8,000 pounds..........................        2.72

24      8,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        3.25

25      10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................        3.77

26      15,001 pounds and over.........................        4.39

 

 

27        If the tax registration fee required under subdivision (p)

 

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

 

 2  the vehicle for which registration is sought under this

 

 3  subdivision is more than the tax registration fee provided under

 

 4  the preceding provisions of this subdivision for an identical

 

 5  vehicle, the tax registration fee required under this subdivision

 

 6  is not less than the tax registration fee required under

 

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

 

 8  same list price.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

13  schedule of elected gross weights:

 

 

14      Elected gross weight                                    Tax

15                                                 Registration fee

16      0 to 24,000 pounds..............................  $    491.00

17      24,001 to 26,000 pounds.........................       558.00

18      26,001 to 28,000 pounds.........................       558.00

19      28,001 to 32,000 pounds.........................       649.00

20      32,001 to 36,000 pounds.........................       744.00

21      36,001 to 42,000 pounds.........................       874.00

22      42,001 to 48,000 pounds.........................     1,005.00

23      48,001 to 54,000 pounds.........................     1,135.00

24      54,001 to 60,000 pounds.........................     1,268.00

25      60,001 to 66,000 pounds.........................     1,398.00

26      66,001 to 72,000 pounds.........................     1,529.00

27      72,001 to 80,000 pounds.........................     1,660.00

28      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 under this

 

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

 

 9  to be expended for the purposes prescribed in established under

 

10  section 25 of 1951 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 tax

 

14  registration fee prescribed in this subdivision for the truck

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

19  trailer, the tax registration fee shall be assessed according to

 

20  the following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

21      Empty weights                                           Tax

22                                                 Registration fee

23      0 to 2,499 pounds................................   $   75.00

24      2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................      200.00

25      10,000 pounds and over...........................      300.00

 

 

26        The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires

 

 1  only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration

 

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

 

 3  secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all

 

 4  trailers, a person who has once paid the tax registration fee as

 

 5  increased by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is

 

 6  not required to pay the tax registration fee for that vehicle a

 

 7  second time, but is required to pay only the cost of the reissued

 

 8  plate at the rate provided in section 804(2) for a standard

 

 9  plate. A registration plate issued under this subdivision is

 

10  nontransferable.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14  following schedule of empty weights:

 

 

15      Empty weights                                  Per 100 pounds

16      0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $      1.76

17      4,001 to 6,000 pounds..........................        2.20

18      6,001 to 10,000 pounds.........................        2.72

19      10,001 pounds and over.........................        3.25

 

 

20        (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.

 

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

 

22  registration fee assessed under this subdivision shall be

 

23  annually revised for the registrations expiring on the

 

24  appropriate October 1 or after that date by multiplying the tax

 

25  registration fee assessed in the preceding fiscal year times the

 

26  personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar year

 

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

 

 2  that preceded that calendar year. In performing the calculations

 

 3  under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall use the

 

 4  spring preliminary report of the United States department of

 

 5  commerce or its successor agency.

 

 6        Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax fee for each

 

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

 

 8  of the tax registration fee assessed under this subdivision for

 

 9  the purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but is in addition

 

10  to the tax registration fee assessed as a result of the annual

 

11  October 1 revisions. Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of each

 

12  motorcycle registration fee shall be placed in a motorcycle

 

13  safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used only for

 

14  funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided for

 

15  under sections 312b and 811a.

 

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

 

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

 

18  part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and

 

19  household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting

 

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

 

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

 

22  subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

26  rates of registration fees under this section and that is of the

 

27  motor vehicle category otherwise subject to the tax registration

 

 1  fee schedule described in subdivision (a), and each low-speed

 

 2  vehicle according to the following schedule based upon

 

 3  registration periods of 12 months:

 

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

 

 5  first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

 6  section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

 7  registration under section 809, according to the following

 

 8  schedule based on the vehicle's list price:

 

 

9       List Price                                               Tax

10                                                  Registration fee

11      $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................    $    30.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

 7        More than $30,000.00, the tax registration fee of $148.00 is

 

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

 

 9  $1,000.00 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax

 

10  registration fee increases or decreases as a result of 1998 PA

 

11  384, only a vehicle purchased or transferred after January 1,

 

12  1999 shall be assessed the increased or decreased

 

13  tax.registration fee. For a vehicle of a model year at least 10

 

14  years prior to the year in which registration is sought that has

 

15  a list price of $45,000.00 or less, the registration fee is 67%

 

16  of the registration fee otherwise assessed under this

 

17  subparagraph.

 

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

 

19  fee assessed under subparagraph (i).

 

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

 

21  fee assessed under subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 

23  tax registration fee assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

27  subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

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

 

 2  this state, the tax registration fee under this subdivision shall

 

 3  be determined by subtracting the model year of the vehicle from

 

 4  the calendar year for which the registration is sought. If the

 

 5  result is zero or a negative figure, the first registration tax

 

 6  fee shall be paid. If the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then,

 

 7  respectively, the second, third, or subsequent registration tax

 

 8  fee shall be paid. A van that is owned by an individual who uses

 

 9  a wheelchair or by an individual who transports a member of his

 

10  or her household who uses a wheelchair and for which registration

 

11  plates are issued under section 803d shall be assessed at the

 

12  rate of 50% of the tax registration fee provided for in this

 

13  subdivision.

 

14        (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.

 

15        (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax registration

 

16  fee under this act, a computation that does not result in a whole

 

17  dollar figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar

 

18  when the computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or

 

19  less and shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when

 

20  the computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,

 

21  unless specific taxes registration fees are specified, and the

 

22  secretary of state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight

 

23  of the vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the

 

24  registration application is made. If the weight is not correctly

 

25  stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state shall

 

26  determine the actual weight. Each application for registration of

 

27  a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to

 

 1  the application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully

 

 2  equipped as of the time the application is made. The scale weight

 

 3  receipt is not necessary if there is presented with the

 

 4  application a registration receipt of the previous year that

 

 5  shows on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as registered

 

 6  with the secretary of state and that is accompanied by a

 

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

 

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

 

 9  that the previous registered weight is the true weight.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14        (3) Until October 1, 2015, the tax registration fee for a

 

15  vehicle with an empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under

 

16  subsection (1)(a) and the taxes registration fees imposed under

 

17  subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are

 

18  each increased as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

21  and used to regulate highway safety.

 

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

 

23  transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

24  810b.

 

25        (4) If a tax registration fee required to be paid under this

 

26  section is not received by the secretary of state on or before

 

27  the expiration date of the registration plate, the secretary of

 

 1  state shall collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration

 

 2  renewed after the expiration date. An application for a renewal

 

 3  of a registration using the regular mail and postmarked before

 

 4  the expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a

 

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

 

 6  deposited into the general fund. This subsection does not apply

 

 7  to a 6-month registration under section 226 (11).

 

 8        (5) In addition to the registration taxes fees under this

 

 9  section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes fees charged

 

10  under section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit

 

11  authority created under the regional transit authority act, 2012

 

12  PA 387, MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection

 

13  expenses as provided in section 9 of article IX of the state

 

14  constitution of 1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by

 

15  the secretary of state under this subsection shall be based upon

 

16  an established cost allocation methodology.

 

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

 

18        (7) As used in this section:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

24  section 251.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 3  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

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

 

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

 

 6  sources described in this subdivision.

 

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

 

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

 

 9  being registered.

 

10        (7) The registration fee imposed under this section for an

 

11  electric vehicle or a vehicle that is powered by an alternative

 

12  fuel is increased as follows:

 

13        (a) As classified by the secretary of state, if the vehicle

 

14  is of a brand or has been modified to be powered solely or

 

15  predominately by an alternative fuel under normal average class

 

16  operating conditions, the registration fee for that vehicle under

 

17  this section is increased by $75.00 for a vehicle with an empty

 

18  weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $200.00 for a vehicle with an

 

19  empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds.

 

20        (b) As classified by the secretary of state, if the vehicle

 

21  is of a brand or has been modified to be partially powered, but

 

22  not predominately powered, by an alternative fuel under normal

 

23  average class operating conditions, the registration fee for that

 

24  vehicle under this section is increased by $25.00 for a vehicle

 

25  with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $100.00 for a

 

26  vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds.

 

27        (8) As used in this section:

 

 1        (a) "Alternative fuel" means a fuel other than motor fuel or

 

 2  diesel fuel that is capable of being used to power a vehicle,

 

 3  including, but not limited to, electricity, methane, propane, or

 

 4  hydrogen.

 

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

 

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

 

 7        (c) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12  section 251.

 

13        (d) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

18  published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that

 

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

 

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

 

21  sources described in this subdivision.

 

22        (e) "Motor fuel" means that term as defined in section 4 of

 

23  the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1004.

 

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

 

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

 

26  being registered.