Bill Text: MI SB0442 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; automobile insurance reporting requirements; provide for general amendments. Amends sec. 227 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.227) & repeals sec. 227b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.227b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0441'11
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-24 - Assigned Pa 0092'11 With Immediate Effect [SB0442 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0442-Chaptered.html
Act No. 92
Public Acts of 2011
Approved by the Governor
July 15, 2011
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 15, 2011
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 2011
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
Introduced by Senators Caswell and Kahn
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 442
AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “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 owners and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; 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,” by amending section 227 (MCL 257.227), as amended by 1995 PA 287; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
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 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. Section 227b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.227b, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect December 30, 2011.
Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 441 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
