Bill Text: MI HB5788 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; automobile insurance reporting requirements; allow insured or entity entitled to benefits or payments to obtain policy information submitted by an insurer to the secretary of state. Amends sec. 227 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.227). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5787'12
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-15 - Printed Bill Filed 07/19/2012 [HB5788 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5788-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5788
July 18, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Lipton and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 227 (MCL 257.227), as amended by 2011 PA 92.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 227. (1) Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and
by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by
law.
(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the certificate
of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership in the person
applying for registration at the time of the application. The
secretary of state may waive the presentation of the certificate of
title.
(3) Every application for renewal of a motor vehicle
registration shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in
a form determined by the secretary of state.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the secretary of state
shall accept as proof of vehicle insurance a transmission of the
applicant's vehicle policy information for an insured vehicle for
which vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may
determine in what format and on what timeline the secretary of
state will receive vehicle policy information, which shall not be
required more frequently than every 14 days. In determining the
format under this subsection, the secretary of state shall consult
with insurers. The transmission to the secretary of state of the
vehicle policy information is proof of insurance to the secretary
of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and is not
evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between an
insurer and an individual. Vehicle policy information submitted by
an insurer and received by the secretary of state under this
subsection is confidential, is not subject to the freedom of
information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not
be disclosed to any person except the department of community
health for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289, or an
individual, entity, or designated representative of an individual
or entity, entitled to receive benefits or payment under section
3107 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3107, who
certifies that the information is required for purposes permitted
by law, or under an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in
connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.
(6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the
information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the
secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of
1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5787(request no.
03362'11 *) of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.
