Bill Text: MI SB0609 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Traffic control; other; driver responsibility fees; eliminate collection of beginning September 30, 2018. Amends sec. 732a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.732a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Re-referred To Committee On Michigan Competitiveness [SB0609 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0609-Engrossed.html

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SB-0609, As Passed Senate, October 19, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 732a (MCL 257.732a), as amended by 2016 PA 32.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 732a. (1) An individual, whether licensed or not, who

 

accumulates 7 or more points on his or her driving record under

 

sections 320a and 629c within a 2-year period for any violation not

 

listed under subsection (2) shall be assessed a $100.00 driver

 

responsibility fee. For each additional point accumulated above 7

 

points not listed under subsection (2), an additional fee of $50.00

 

shall be assessed. The secretary of state shall collect the fees

 

described in this subsection once each year that the point total on

 

an individual driving record is 7 points or more. This subsection

 

is subject to subsection subsections (10) and (11).

     (2) An individual, whether licensed or not, who violates any

 

of the following sections or another law or local ordinance that

 

substantially corresponds to those sections shall be assessed a

 

driver responsibility fee as follows:

 

     (a) Subject to subsection subsections (10) and (11), upon

 

posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found

 

guilty for a violation of law listed or described in this

 

subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $1,000.00 driver

 

responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years:

 

     (i) Manslaughter, negligent homicide, or a felony resulting

 

from the operation of a motor vehicle, ORV, or snowmobile.

 

     (ii) Section 601b(2) or (3), 601c(1) or (2), 601d, 626(3) or

 

(4), or 653a(3) or (4).

 

     (iii) Section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section

 

81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134, or a law or ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or

 

section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection

 

act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134.

 

     (iv) Failing to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an

 

accident when required by law.

 

     (v) Fleeing or eluding an officer.

 

     (b) Subject to subsection subsections (10) and (11), upon

 

posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found

 

guilty for a violation of law listed in this subdivision, the

 

secretary of state shall assess a $500.00 driver responsibility fee

 

each year for 2 consecutive years:

     (i) Section 625(3), (6), (7), or (8).

 

     (ii) Section 626 or, beginning October 31, 2010, section

 

626(2).

 

     (iii) Section 904.

 

     (iv) Section 3101, 3102(1), or 3103 of the insurance code of

 

1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, 500.3102, and 500.3103.

 

     (c) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract

 

indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation

 

of section 301, the secretary of state shall assess a $150.00

 

driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years.

 

However, a driver responsibility fee shall not be assessed under

 

this subdivision for a violation committed on or after October 1,

 

2012.

 

     (d) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract

 

indicating that an individual has been found guilty or determined

 

responsible for a violation listed in section 328, the secretary of

 

state shall assess a $200.00 driver responsibility fee each year

 

for 2 consecutive years. However, a driver responsibility fee shall

 

not be assessed under this subdivision for a violation committed on

 

or after October 1, 2012.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall send a notice of the driver

 

responsibility assessment, as prescribed under subsection (1) or

 

(2), to the individual by regular mail to the address on the

 

records of the secretary of state. If payment is not received

 

within 30 days after the notice is mailed, the secretary of state

 

shall send a second notice that indicates that if payment is not

 

received within the next 30 days, the driver's driving privileges

will be suspended.

 

     (4) The secretary of state may authorize payment by

 

installment for a period not to exceed 24 months or, alternatively,

 

the individual may engage in community service under section 732b.

 

     (5) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection and

 

section 732b, if payment is not received or an installment plan is

 

not established after the time limit required by the second notice

 

prescribed under subsection (3) expires, the secretary of state

 

shall suspend the driving privileges until the assessment and any

 

other fees prescribed under this act are paid. However, if the

 

individual's license to operate a motor vehicle is not otherwise

 

required under this act to be denied, suspended, or revoked, the

 

secretary of state shall reinstate the individual's operator's

 

driving privileges if the individual requests an installment plan

 

under subsection (4) and makes proper payment under that plan. Fees

 

required to be paid for the reinstatement of an individual's

 

operator's driving privileges as described under this subsection

 

shall, at the individual's request, be included in the amount to be

 

paid under the installment plan. If the individual establishes a

 

payment plan as described in this subsection and subsection (4) but

 

the individual fails to make full or timely payments under that

 

plan, or enters into community service under section 732b but fails

 

to successfully complete that service within the 45-day period

 

allowed, or withdraws from community service with or without good

 

cause shown, the secretary of state shall suspend the individual's

 

driving privileges. The secretary of state shall only reinstate a

 

license under this subsection once. Not later than April 1, 2013,

the secretary of state shall only reinstate a license under this

 

subsection 3 times.

 

     (6) A fee shall not be assessed under this section for 7

 

points or more on a driving record on October 1, 2003. Points

 

assigned after October 1, 2003 shall be assessed as prescribed

 

under subsections (1) and (2), but subject to subsection (11).

 

     (6) (7) A driver responsibility fee shall be assessed under

 

this section in the same manner for a conviction or determination

 

of responsibility for a violation or an attempted violation of a

 

law of this state, of a local ordinance substantially corresponding

 

to a law of this state, or of a law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to a law of this state.

 

     (7) (8) The fire protection fund is created within the state

 

treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets

 

from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer

 

shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in

 

the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department of

 

licensing and regulatory affairs shall expend money from the fund,

 

upon appropriation, only for fire protection grants to cities,

 

villages, and townships with state-owned facilities for fire

 

services, as provided in 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956.

 

     (8) (9) The secretary of state shall transmit the fees

 

collected under this section to the state treasurer. The state

 

treasurer shall credit fee money received under this section in

 

each fiscal year as follows:

     (a) The first $8,500,000.00 shall be credited to the fire

 

protection fund created in subsection (8).(7).

 

     (b) For fiscal year 2015, after the amount specified in

 

subdivision (a) is credited to the fire protection fund created

 

under subsection (8), the next $1,550,000.00 shall be credited as

 

follows:

 

     (i) $550,000.00 to the department of treasury, distributed as

 

follows:

 

     (A) $500,000.00 for administering the requirements of the

 

department of treasury under section 732b.

 

     (B) $50,000.00 for providing a 1-time-only written notice to

 

individuals under section 732b(2) of the option of entering into

 

community service as an alternative to paying a driver

 

responsibility fee.

 

     (ii) $1,000,000.00 to the department of state for necessary

 

expenses incurred by the department of state in implementing and

 

administering the requirements of sections 625k and 625q of the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625k and 257.625q.

 

Funds appropriated under this subparagraph shall be based upon an

 

established cost allocation methodology that reflects the actual

 

costs incurred or to be incurred by the secretary of state during

 

the fiscal year. However, funds appropriated under this

 

subparagraph shall not exceed $1,000,000.00 during that fiscal

 

year.

 

     (c) For fiscal year 2016, after the amount specified in

 

subdivision (a) is credited to the fire protection fund created

 

under subsection (8), the next $1,500,000.00 shall be credited as

follows:

 

     (i) $500,000.00 to the department of treasury for

 

administering the requirements of the department of treasury under

 

section 732b.

 

     (ii) $1,000,000.00 to the department of state for necessary

 

expenses incurred by the department of state in implementing and

 

administering the requirements of sections 625k and 625q of the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625k and 257.625q.

 

Funds appropriated under this subparagraph shall be based upon an

 

established cost allocation methodology that reflects the actual

 

costs incurred or to be incurred by the secretary of state during

 

the fiscal year. However, funds appropriated under this

 

subparagraph shall not exceed $1,000,000.00 during that fiscal

 

year.

 

     (b) (d) For fiscal year 2017 and for each fiscal year

 

thereafter, after the amount specified in subdivision (a) is

 

credited to the fire protection fund created under subsection (8),

 

(7), the next $1,000,000.00 shall be credited to the department of

 

state for necessary expenses incurred by the department of state in

 

implementing and administering the requirements of sections 625k

 

and 625q, of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625k

 

and 257.625q. and, for fiscal year 2018 only, the next $250,000.00

 

shall be credited to the department of treasury to implement and

 

administer the program created in section 732c. Funds appropriated

 

under this subdivision shall be based upon an established cost

 

allocation methodology that reflects the actual costs incurred or

 

to be incurred by the secretary of state during the fiscal year.

However, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, funds

 

appropriated under this subdivision shall not exceed $1,000,000.00

 

during any fiscal year. Funds appropriated under this subdivision

 

shall not exceed $1,250,000.00 during fiscal year 2018.

 

     (c) (e) Any amount collected after crediting the amounts under

 

subdivisions (a) through (d) and (b) shall be credited to the

 

general fund.

 

     (9) (10) The collection of assessments under this section is

 

subject to section 304.

 

     (10) (11) A Subject to subsection (11), a driver

 

responsibility fee shall be assessed and collected under this

 

section as follows:

 

     (a) For an individual who accumulates 7 or more points on his

 

or her driving record beginning on the following dates, a fee

 

assessed under subsection (1) shall be reduced as follows:

 

     (i) Beginning October 1, 2015, the assessment shall be 75% of

 

the fee calculated under subsection (1).

 

     (ii) Beginning October 1, 2016, the assessment shall be 50% of

 

the fee calculated under subsection (1).

 

     (iii) Beginning October 1, 2018, the assessment shall be 25%

 

of the fee calculated under subsection (1).

 

     (iv) Beginning October 1, 2019, no fee shall be assessed under

 

subsection (1).

 

     (b) A fee assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be

 

reduced as follows:

 

     (i) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2015,

 

100% of the fee shall be assessed for the first year and 50% for

the second year.

 

     (ii) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2016,

 

100% of the fee shall be assessed for the first year and no fee

 

shall be assessed for the second year.

 

     (iii) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2018,

 

50% of the fee shall be assessed for the first year and no fee

 

shall be assessed for the second year.

 

     (iv) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2019,

 

no fee shall be assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b).

 

     (11) Beginning September 30, 2018, both of the following

 

apply:

 

     (a) An outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under

 

this section that has been outstanding for 6 years or more shall

 

not be collected.

 

     (b) An individual who was assessed a driver responsibility fee

 

under this section is not liable for a driver responsibility fee

 

that has been outstanding for 6 years or more and is not

 

responsible for completing community service under section 732b.

 

     (12) It is the intent of the legislature that beginning with

 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and each fiscal year

 

after that, $8,500,000.00 shall be appropriated to the fire

 

protection fund created under subsection (8).(7).