Bill Text: MI HB5437 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; eligibility for veteran plate; expand to include Pueblo crisis. Amends sec. 803r of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803r) & adds sec. 803s.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/24/2018 [HB5437 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5437-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5437
January 24, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Chirkun, Elder, Sabo, Dianda, Zemke, Gay-Dagnogo, Lasinski, Sowerby, Brann, Green, Howell and Yanez and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803r (MCL 257.803r), as amended by 2015 PA 78,
and by adding section 803s.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803r. The secretary of state shall deposit the service
fees collected under sections 803e, 803f, 803i, 803j, 803k, 803l,
803m,
803n, and 803o, and 803s into the transportation
administration collection fund created under section 810b through
October 1, 2019.
Sec. 803s. (1) A person who was a member or a person whose
spouse was a member of the armed services of the United States and
who was involved in the Pueblo crisis may apply to the secretary of
state for a special registration plate, which shall display an
appropriate vignette preceding the registration numbers and shall
have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.
(2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on a
form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accompanied
by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having been a
member of the armed services of the United States involved in the
Pueblo crisis that the secretary of state may require. The
application for a special registration plate shall also be
accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.
(3) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00 service
fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special
registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger
vehicle. A person who is disabled who applies for a special
registration plate under this section and who pays the $5.00
service fee shall be issued a tab for persons with disabilities as
provided in section 803f for his or her special registration plate.
The secretary of state shall require the same proof that the
applicant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of a
permanent windshield placard under section 675. A person issued 1
or more special registration plates under subsection (1) shall be
assessed the applicable tax provided in section 801.
(4) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle other
than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a person who
does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.
(5) The special registration plate issued under this section
shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner. When new plates
are issued by the secretary of state, application for renewal of
the special registration plate shall be accompanied by a $5.00
service fee. The applicant shall not be required to furnish the
proof provided in subsection (2).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
