Bill Text: MI SB0919 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; registration fees; modify. Amends secs. 801, 801e, 803, 803a, 803b, 803p, 809 & 810 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.801 et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0919 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0919-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 919
January 26, 2012, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 801, 801e, 803, 803a, 803b, 803p, 809, and
810 (MCL 257.801, 257.801e, 257.803, 257.803a, 257.803b,
257.803p, 257.809, and 257.810), sections 801, 803b, and 809 as
amended by 2011 PA 159, section 801e as amended by 1983 PA 91,
section 803 as amended by 2002 PA 490, section 803a as amended
and section 803p as added by 1996 PA 404, and section 810 as
amended by 2003 PA 152.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the
2 following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall
3 exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,
4 except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid imposed by
1 certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the
2 motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes
3 imposed by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL
4 207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:
5 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
6 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not
7 more than 8,000 pounds or less,
except as otherwise provided,
8 according to the following schedule of empty weights:
|
9 |
Empty weights Tax |
|
10 |
0 to 3,000 pounds............................$ |
|
11 |
3,001 to 3,500 pounds........................ |
|
12 |
3,501 to 4,000 pounds........................ |
|
13 |
4,001 to 4,500 pounds........................ |
|
14 |
4,501 to 5,000 pounds........................ |
|
15 |
5,001 to 5,500 pounds........................ |
|
16 |
5,501 to 6,000 pounds........................ |
|
17 |
6,001 to 6,500 pounds........................ |
|
18 |
6,501 to 7,000 pounds........................ |
|
19 |
7,001 to 7,500 pounds........................ |
|
20 |
7,501 to 8,000 pounds........................ |
|
21 |
8,001 to 8,500 pounds........................ |
|
22 |
8,501 to 9,000 pounds........................ |
|
23 |
9,001 to 9,500 pounds........................ |
|
24 |
9,501 to 10,000 pounds....................... |
|
25 |
over 10,000 pounds................$ |
|
26 |
of empty weight |
27 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
28 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
1 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
2 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
3 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
4 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
5 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
6 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
7 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
8 of commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an
9 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
10 transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair
11 and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d
12 shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in
13 this subdivision.
14 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
15 shall be assessed as provided in under subdivision (l). A trailer
16 coach that is not subject to taxation under 1959 PA 243, MCL
17 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located on land otherwise
18 assessable as real property under the general property tax act,
19 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach is used
20 as a place of habitation, and whether or not permanently affixed
21 to the soil, is not exempt
from real property taxes if the
22 trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, whether or not it
23 is permanently affixed to the soil.
24 (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
25 farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming
26 operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment
27 for other farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not
1 for money, or used for the transportation of the farmer and the
2 farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents $1.25 per
100
3 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
4 tractor. If the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
5 farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is
6 subject to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm
7 use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax rate
8 under this act.
9 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
10 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
11 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
12 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents $1.25 per
13 100 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
14 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed
15 in this subdivision continues in full force and effect until the
16 regular expiration date of the registration. As used in this
17 subdivision:
18 (i) "Wood
harvester" includes the means
a person or persons
19 hauling and transporting raw materials in the form produced at
20 the harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting
21 equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons
22 whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
23 (ii) "Wood harvesting
equipment" includes means
all of the
24 following:
25 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
26 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
27 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
1 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
2 processor, chipper, or saw table.
3 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
4 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
5 skidder, or cable skidder.
6 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
7 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
8 loader, or forklift.
9 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
10 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
11 maintaining harvest site roads.
12 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
13 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
14 firewood for a profit making venture.
15 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
16 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
17 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
18 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
19 others, $1.17 $1.95
per 100 pounds of the empty weight of
the
20 hearse or ambulance.
21 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
22 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
23 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
24 university, $5.00 $25.00
per plate. A registration plate issued
25 under this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which
26 new registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
27 secretary of state.
1 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
2 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
3 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
4 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
5 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
6 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
7 a senior citizen center, $10.00 $25.00, if the bus, station
8 wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor
9 vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the organization
10 operating the vehicle.
11 (h) For a each
of the following vehicles, $25.00 per plate:
12 (i) A vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used to
13 transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children
14 at camp. ; for a
15 (ii) A vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized
16 under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is
17 designated by a proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name.
18 ; for a
19 (iii) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans
20 center. ; for a
21 (iv) A vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling
22 center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
23 organization. ; for a
24 (v) A motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive
25 or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization
26 and used exclusively in parades and civic events. ;
or for an
27 (vi) An emergency support vehicle used exclusively for
1 emergencies and owned and operated by a federally recognized
2 nonprofit charitable organization. , $10.00 per plate.
3 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
4 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
5 girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents $1.00 per
100
6 pounds of the empty weight of the truck.
7 (j) For each truck , weighing
8,000 pounds or less, and not
8 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
9 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
10 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
11 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
12 subdivision (b), $38.00 $64.00
or an amount computed according to
13 the following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
|
14 |
Empty weights Per 100 pounds |
|
15 |
0 to 2,500 pounds......................... $ |
|
16 |
2,501 to 4,000 pounds..................... |
|
17 |
4,001 to 6,000 pounds..................... |
|
18 |
6,001 to 8,000 pounds..................... |
|
19 |
8,001 to 10,000 pounds.................... |
|
20 |
10,001 to 15,000 pounds................... |
|
21 |
15,001 pounds and over.................... |
22 If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of
23 the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for
24 which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than
25 the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
26 subdivision, for an identical vehicle, the tax required
under
27 this subdivision is not less than the tax required under
1 subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the
2 same list price.
3 (k) For each a
truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less
towing a
4 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each a truck
5 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor, or truck tractor,
6 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
7 schedule of elected gross weights:
|
8 |
Elected gross weight Tax |
|
9 |
0 to 24,000 pounds....................... $ |
|
10 |
24,001 to 26,000 pounds.................. |
|
11 |
26,001 to 28,000 pounds.................. |
|
12 |
28,001 to 32,000 pounds.................. |
|
13 |
32,001 to 36,000 pounds.................. |
|
14 |
36,001 to 42,000 pounds................ |
|
15 |
42,001 to 48,000 pounds................. |
|
16 |
48,001 to 54,000 pounds................. |
|
17 |
54,001 to 60,000 pounds................. |
|
18 |
60,001 to 66,000 pounds................. |
|
19 |
66,001 to 72,000 pounds................. |
|
20 |
72,001 to 80,000 pounds................. |
|
21 |
80,001 to 90,000 pounds................. |
|
22 |
90,001 to 100,000 pounds................ |
|
23 |
100,001 to 115,000 pounds............... |
|
24 |
115,001 to 130,000 pounds............... |
|
25 |
130,001 to 145,000 pounds............... |
|
26 |
145,001 to 160,000 pounds............... |
|
27 |
over 160,000 pounds..................... |
28 For each commercial vehicle registered under this
1 subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
2 be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951 PA
3 51, MCL 247.675.
4 If a truck tractor or road tractor without trailer is leased
5 from an individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person
6
an individual, firm, or corporation,
shall pay to the owner-
7 operator 60% of the tax
prescribed in this subdivision for to the
8 owner-operator of the truck tractor or road tractor at the rate
9 of 1/12 for each month of the lease or arrangement in addition to
10 the compensation the owner-operator is entitled to for the rental
11 of his or her equipment.
12 (l) For Until October 1, 2012, for each pole trailer,
13 semitrailer, trailer coach, or trailer, the tax shall be assessed
14 according to the following schedule of empty weights:
|
15 |
Empty weights Tax |
|
16 |
0 to 2,499 pounds................................ $ 75.00 |
|
17 |
2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................ 200.00 |
|
18 |
10,000 pounds and over........................... 300.00 |
19 The A registration plate issued under this subdivision
20 expires only when the secretary of state reissues a new
21 registration plate for all trailers . Beginning October 1,
2005,
22 if registered before
October 1, 2012. If the secretary of
state
23 reissues a new registration plate for all trailers registered
24
before October 1, 2012, a person who
has once paid the tax as
25 increased by 2003 PA 152 for
a vehicle under this subdivision as
26 increased by 2003 PA 152 is not required to pay the tax for that
1 vehicle a second time, but is required to pay only the cost of
2 the reissued plate at the rate provided in for a standard plate
3
under section 804(2). for
a standard plate. A registration plate
4 issued under this subdivision is nontransferable. Beginning
5 October 1, 2012, a tax of $50.00 shall be assessed on all
6 trailers, and a registration plate issued under this subdivision
7 is valid for a 5-year period ending on September 30 of the fifth
8 full registration year.
9 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation
10 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment
11 is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the
12 following schedule of empty weights:
|
13 |
Empty weights Per 100 pounds |
|
14 |
0 to 4,000 pounds......................... $ |
|
15 |
4,001 to 6,000 pounds..................... |
|
16 |
6,001 to 10,000 pounds.................... |
|
17 |
10,001 pounds and over.................... |
|
18 |
|
19 (n) For each motorcycle, $39.00.
20 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
21 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
22 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
23 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
24 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
25 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
26 year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the
1 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
2 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
3 of commerce or its successor agency.
4 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each
5 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part
6 of the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the
7 annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed
8 as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January
9 1, 1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a
10 motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used
11 only for funding the motorcycle safety education program as
12 provided for under sections 312b and 811a.
13 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
14 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
15 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
16 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
17 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
18 weights in subdivision (k). as modified by the operation of that
19 subdivision.
20 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
21 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
22 under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax
23 rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category
24 otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision
25 (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the following
26 schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
27 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
1 first registration that is not a transfer registration under
2 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
3 registration under section 809, according to the following
4 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
|
5 |
List Price Tax |
|
6 |
$ 0 - $ 6,000.00.......................... $ |
|
7 |
More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00......... $ |
|
8 |
More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00......... $ |
|
9 |
More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00......... $ |
|
10 |
More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00........ $ |
|
11 |
More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00....... $ |
|
12 |
More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00....... $ |
|
13 |
More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00....... $ |
|
14 |
More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00....... $ |
|
15 |
More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00....... $ |
|
16 |
More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00....... $ |
|
17 |
More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00....... $ |
|
18 |
More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00....... $ |
|
19 |
More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00....... $ |
|
20 |
More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00....... $ |
|
21 |
More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00....... $ |
|
22 |
More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00....... $ |
|
23 |
More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00....... $ |
|
24 |
More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00....... $ |
|
25 |
More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00....... $ |
|
26 |
More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00....... $ |
|
27 |
More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00....... $ |
|
28 |
More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00....... $ |
|
29 |
More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00....... $ |
|
1 |
More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00....... $ |
2 More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 $247.00 is
3 increased by $5.00 $8.33
for each $1,000.00 increment or
fraction
4 of a $1,000.00 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax
5 increases or decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle
6 purchased or transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed
7 the increased or decreased tax.
8 (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed
9 under subparagraph (i).
10 (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed
11 under subparagraph (ii).
12 (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the
13 tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).
14 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that
15 has been previously registered by a person other than the person
16 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
17 subsequent model year that
has been previously registered in
18 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
19 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
20 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
21 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
22 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the
23 result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
24 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that
25 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
26 individual who transports a member of his or her household who
1 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
2 under section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the
3 tax provided for in this subdivision.
4 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.$300.00.
5 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this
6 section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar
7 figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
8 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
9 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
10 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
11 unless specific taxes are specified. , and the The secretary
of
12 state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the
13 vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the registration
14 application is made. If the weight of the vehicle is not
15 correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state
16 shall determine the actual weight. Each application An applicant
17 for registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m)
18 shall have attached attach
a scale weight receipt to the
19 application. a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully
equipped
20 as of the time the application is made. The scale weight receipt
21 is not necessary if there is presented the applicant presents
22 with the application a registration receipt of the previous year
23 that shows on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as
24 registered with the secretary of state and that is accompanied by
25 a statement of the applicant that there has not been a structural
26 change in the motor vehicle that has increased the weight and
27 that the previous registered weight is the true weight.
1 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act exempt
2 from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond under
3 this act, except on the specified number of motor vehicles
4 registered. A dealer is exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on
5 vehicles in stock or bond.
6 (3) Until October 1, 2015, the tax for a vehicle with an
7 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a)
8 and the taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f),
9 (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:
10 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the
11 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a
12 and used to regulate highway safety.
13 (b) A by a fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the
14 transportation administration collection fund created in section
15 810b.
16 (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not
17 received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration
18 date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall
19 collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after
20 the expiration date. An application for a renewal of a
21 registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the
22 expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late
23 fee. The late fee collected under this subsection shall be
24 deposited into the general Michigan transportation fund.
25 (5) As used in this section:
26 (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
27 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
1 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
2 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
3 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
4 section 251.
5 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base
6 list price as published by the secretary of state, or the
7 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
8 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
9 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
10 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
11 vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the
12 manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the
13 sources described in this subdivision.
14 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by
15 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
16 being registered.
17 Sec. 801e. (1) When a moped required to be registered under
18 this act is sold by a retailer to a general purchaser, the
19 certificate of registration shall be obtained in the name of the
20 purchaser by the retailer. In other cases, the certificate of
21 registration shall be obtained by the purchaser. The application
22 shall be signed by the purchaser of the moped and shall be
23 accompanied by a fee of $15.00 $25.00. Upon receipt of the
24 application in approved form, the secretary of state shall enter
25 the application upon in
the secretary of state's records and
26 issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing
27 the decal for the moped, the name and address of the owner, and
1 other information the secretary of state considers necessary. A
2 moped shall is not be required to be insured in the manner
3 specified for motor vehicles under chapter 31 of Act No. 218 of
4 the Public Acts the
insurance code of 1956, as amended,
being
5 sections 1956 PA 218,
MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179. of
the Michigan
6 Compiled Laws. The
certificate of registration shall be pocket
7 size, shall accompany the vehicle, shall be legible, and shall be
8 made available for inspection upon demand by a law enforcement
9 officer.
10 (2) A decal indicating that the certificate of registration
11 is in full force and effect shall be issued. A registration
12 certificate and decal shall not be issued earlier than 90 days
13 preceding the commencement date of the new registration period.
14 Display of the decal shall be as prescribed by rule promulgated
15 by the secretary of state.
16 (3) A retailer or manufacturer of mopeds, upon application
17 to the secretary of state upon forms provided by the secretary of
18 state, may obtain certificates of registration for use in the
19 testing or demonstrating of a moped upon payment of $10.00 $25.00
20 for each of the first 2 registration certificates. Additional
21 certificates may be issued at a cost of $5.00 $15.00 each
and
22 used by the applicant only in the testing or demonstrating of
23 mopeds by temporary placement of the registration on the moped
24 being tested or demonstrated. A certificate issued pursuant to
25 this subsection may be used on only 1 moped at any given time.
26 (4) A moped registration shall be valid for a 3-year period
27 which begins on May 1 and expires on April 30 of the third
1 registration year. For purposes of this subsection, a
2 registration year begins on May 1 and ends on April 30.
3 Sec. 803. The secretary of state shall charge a $10.00
4 $25.00 fee for each special plate issued under section 244. The
5 secretary of state shall determine the number of special plates
6 reasonably needed by a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer.
7 Sec. 803a. (1) The secretary of state may issue to the owner
8 of an historic vehicle an historic vehicle registration plate
9 which shall bear that
bears the inscription "historical
vehicle -
10 Michigan" and the registration number.
11 (2) The owner of an historic vehicle applying for an
12 historic vehicle registration plate or a registration tab under
13 this section shall pay a fee of $30.00 $50.00,
shall certify that
14 the vehicle for which the registration is requested is owned and
15 operated solely as an historic vehicle, and shall certify that
16 the vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on the
17 highways of this state. The registration certificate need not
18 specify the weight of the historic vehicle. The registration
19 issued under this section is transferable to another historic
20 vehicle upon completion of the application for transfer and
21 payment of the fee in the manner described in under section
809.
22 (3) A registration issued under this section shall expire on
23 April 15 in the tenth year following the date of issuance of the
24 registration.
25 (4) The secretary of state may revoke a registration issued
26 under this section, for cause shown and after a hearing, for
27 failure of the applicant to comply with this section, for use of
1 the vehicle for which the registration was issued for purposes
2 other than those enumerated in section 20a, or because the
3 vehicle is not safe to operate on the highways of this state.
4 Sec. 803b. (1) The secretary of state may issue 1
5 personalized vehicle registration plate that shall be used on the
6 passenger motor vehicle, pick-up truck, motorcycle, van, motor
7 home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate
8 is issued instead of a standard plate. Personalized plates shall
9 bear letters and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes.
10 The secretary of state shall not issue a letter combination that
11 might carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency.
12 The personalized plates shall be made of the same material as
13 standard plates. Personalized plates shall not be a duplication
14 of another registration plate.
15 (2) An application for a personalized registration plate
16 shall be submitted to the secretary of state under section 217.
17 Application for an original personalized registration plate shall
18 be accompanied with payment of a service fee of $8.00 for the
19 first month and of $2.00 per month for each additional month of
20 the registration period in addition to the regular vehicle
21 registration fee. A second duplicate registration plate may be
22 obtained by requesting that option on the application and paying
23 an additional service fee of $5.00. The original and duplicate
24 service fees shall be deposited in the transportation
25 administration collection fund created in section 810b through
26 October 1, 2015. Application for the renewal of a personalized
27 registration plate shall be accompanied with payment of a service
1 fee of $15.00 in addition to the regular vehicle registration
2 fee. The service fee shall be credited to the Michigan
3 transportation fund established under, and shall be allocated as
4 prescribed under, section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660. The
5 amount allocated to the state trunk line fund established under
6 section 11 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661, shall be used by the state
7 transportation department for litter pickup and cleanup on state
8 roads and rights of way.
9 (3) The expiration date for a personalized registration
10 plate shall be as prescribed under section 226. Upon the issuance
11 or renewal of a personalized registration plate, the secretary of
12 state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of
13 expiration. Upon the renewal of a personalized registration
14 plate, the secretary of state shall issue a new tab or tabs for
15 the rear plate designating the next expiration date of the plate.
16 Upon renewal, the secretary of state shall not issue the owner a
17 new exact duplicate of the expired plate unless the plate is
18 illegible and the owner pays the service fee and registration fee
19 for an original personalized registration plate.
20 (4) The sequence of letters or numbers or combination of
21 letters and numbers on a personalized plate shall not be given to
22 a different person in a subsequent year unless the person to whom
23 the plate was issued does not reapply before the expiration date
24 of the plate.
25 (5) An applicant who applies for a registration plate under
26 section 217d, 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o is
27 eligible to request, and the secretary of state may issue, the
1 registration plate with a sequence of letters and numbers
2 otherwise authorized under this section.
3 (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary permit to a
4 person who has submitted an application and the proper fees for a
5 personalized registration plate if the applicant's vehicle
6 registration may expire prior to receipt of his or her
7 personalized registration plate. The temporary registration shall
8 be valid for not more than 60 days after the date of issuance.
9 The temporary permit shall be issued without a fee.
10 Sec. 803p. (1) The owner of an historic vehicle may use an
11 authentic Michigan registration plate of the same year as the
12 model year in which the vehicle was manufactured instead of an
13 historic vehicle registration plate issued under section 803a by
14 presenting the authentic plate number and year to the secretary
15 of state at the time of registration. The owner of an historic
16 vehicle may purchase an authentic Michigan registration plate
17 from another person and restore the plate to its authentic
18 condition for use pursuant to this section. An authentically
19 restored plate shall be considered an authentic Michigan
20 registration plate.
21 (2) The owner of an historic vehicle applying to use an
22 authentic Michigan registration plate under this section shall
23 pay a fee of $35.00 $60.00, shall certify that the vehicle for
24 which the registration is requested is owned and operated solely
25 as an historic vehicle, and shall certify that the vehicle has
26 been inspected and found safe to operate on the highways of this
27 state. The registration certificate need not specify the weight
1 of the historic vehicle. The registration issued under this
2 section is not transferable to another historic vehicle.
3 (3) A registration issued under this section shall remain
4 valid until the registrant either sells, transfers, or scraps the
5 vehicle or modifies the vehicle in a manner that requires the
6 issuance of a new certificate of title for the vehicle under this
7 act.
8 (4) After a hearing and for cause shown, the secretary of
9 state may revoke a registration issued under this section for
10 failure of the applicant to comply with this section, for use of
11 the vehicle for which the registration was issued for purposes
12 other than those enumerated in section 20a, or because the
13 vehicle is not safe to operate on the highways of this state.
14 Sec. 809. (1) An application for transfer of registration
15 from a vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) 801 to
another
16 vehicle subject to that section shall be accompanied by a fee of
17 $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the registration is
18 transferred from a passenger vehicle to a motor home and if the
19 registration fee for the motor
home vehicle to which the
20 registration is transferred is greater than the fee paid upon
21 registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
22 removed, then the difference in fee shall be paid by the
23 applicant. If the fee is less than that paid for the registration
24 of the vehicle from which the plates were removed, the difference
25 shall not be refunded. The fees required by this subsection shall
26 be considered to include
all fees or charges imposed by this act
27 for the transfer of registration, except those which fees that
1 may be assessed under section 234.
2 (2) An application for a transfer of registration, other
3 than a transfer described in subsection (1), shall be accompanied
4 by a fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the
5 registration plates are transferred to another vehicle, as
6 provided in section 233, and if the registration plate fee for a
7 12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration
8 is transferred is greater than the registration plate fee paid
9 upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
10 removed, then the difference shall be paid by the applicant for
11 the new registration. If the fee is less than that paid for
12 registration of the vehicle from which the registration was
13 removed, the difference shall not be refunded.
14 (2) (3) A
transfer of registration fee collected under this
15 section on and after October 1, 2004 through October 1, 2015
16 shall be deposited into the transportation administration
17 collection fund created under section 810b.
18 Sec. 810. (1) Except Until
September 30, 2012, except as
19 otherwise provided, all fees received and money collected under
20 sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the state treasury and
21 shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund.
22 (2) Beginning October 1, 2012 and ending on September 30,
23 2013, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
24 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
25 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
26 (a) $770,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
27 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
1 (3) Beginning October 1, 2013 and ending on September 30,
2 2014, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
3 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
4 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
5 (a) $660,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
6 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
7 (4) Beginning October 1, 2014 and ending on September 30,
8 2015, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
9 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
10 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
11 (a) $550,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
12 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
13 (5) Beginning October 1, 2015 and ending on September 30,
14 2016, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
15 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
16 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
17 (a) $440,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
18 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
19 (6) Beginning October 1, 2016 and ending on September 30,
20 2017, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
21 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
22 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
23 (a) $330,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
24 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
25 (7) Beginning October 1, 2017 and ending on September 30,
26 2018, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
27 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
1 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
2 (a) $220,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
3 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
4 (8) Beginning October 1, 2018 and ending on September 30,
5 2019, except as otherwise provided, fees received and money
6 collected under sections 801 to 809 shall be deposited in the
7 state treasury and shall be credited as follows:
8 (a) $110,000,000.00 to the Michigan transportation fund.
9 (b) The balance to the commercial corridor fund.
10 (9) Beginning October 1, 2019, except as otherwise provided,
11 fees received and money collected under sections 801 to 809 shall
12 be deposited in the commercial corridor fund.
