Bill Text: MI HB4964 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; local option registration fee; provide for. Amends title of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) & adds sec. 801k.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-17 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/17/2019 [HB4964 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4964-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4964
September 12, 2019, Introduced by Reps.
Sneller, Leutheuser, Mueller, Yancey, O'Malley, Sheppard and Afendoulis and
referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by amending the title, as amended by 2016 PA 32, and by adding section 801k.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to allow certain local units of government to impose certain assessments and certain fees and to provide for the collection and distribution of those assessments and fees; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date.
Sec. 801k. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in addition to the required vehicle registration tax under section 801(1)(k) or (p) and any other fees under this act, a county may charge an additional fee on vehicle registrations under section 801(1)(k) or (p) issued to residents of that county. The additional fee must not be based on the value of the vehicle. The county may charge the additional fee only upon the approval of a majority of electors in that county voting on the fee at an election held on the November regular election date as provided in section 641(1)(c) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641.
(2) In addition to any other requirements imposed by law, the ballot question proposing authorization of the fee under subsection (1) must specify how the proceeds of the fee must be expended.
(3) The fees collected under this section must be used exclusively for transportation purposes as set forth in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
(4) A proposal for a fee under this section must not be placed on the ballot under subsection (1) unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the governing body of the county and certified by the governing body to the proper county clerk before the election pursuant to section 646a of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.646a.
(5) If a majority of voters in a county approve a fee under subsection (1), no later than 1 year after voter approval, the secretary of state shall collect the fee on all vehicles registered to residents of that county under section 801(1)(k) or (p) at the time of registration. Money collected by the secretary of state under this section is not state funds, must not be credited to the state treasury, and must be distributed, minus necessary collection expenses as provided in section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, on a monthly basis to all local road agencies in the county that imposed the fee as provided in subsection (6). Necessary collection expenses incurred by the secretary of state under this subsection must be based upon an established cost allocation methodology.
(6) From the amount available for distribution to local road agencies each month, 50% must be distributed to local road agencies in the same proportion that the population of each bears to the total population of all local road agencies in the county and 50% must be distributed to local road agencies in the same proportion that the local mileage in each bears to the total local mileage in all local road agencies in the county.
(7) As used in this section:
(a) "Local mileage" means the total number of miles of streets, roads, and highways under the jurisdiction of a local road agency under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675.
(b) "Local road agency" means that term as defined in section 9a of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.659a.
(c) "Population" means that term as defined in section 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.663. The population of a county road commission or designated county road agency is the population of the county excluding the population of cities and villages within the county.
