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.