HOUSE BILL No. 5754 April 22, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Nye and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending section 802 (MCL 257.802), as amended by 1997 PA 80. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 802. (1) For a special registration issued as provided 2 for in section 226(8), there shall be paid 1/2 the tax imposed 3 under section 801 and in addition a fee of $10.00. The fee shall 4 be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to 5 defray the expenses of the special registration. 6 (2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31 7 for the period expiring the last day of February and all motorcy- 8 cles registered after September 30 for the period expiring on the 9 last day of March, a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed by 10 this act shall be collected. This subsection is not applicable 05011'97 TLG 2 1 to vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers under 2 sections 244 to247a247. 3 (3) For each special registration as provided for in section 4 226(9), a fee of $10.00 shall be collected. The fee shall be 5 credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray 6 the expenses of the special registrations. 7 (4) For temporary registration plates or markers as provided 8 for in section 226a(1), a fee of $5.00 for each group of 5 of 9 those temporary registration plates or markers shall be 10 collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transporta- 11 tion fund and used to defray the expenses of the temporary regis- 12 tration plates or markers. 13 (5) A fee of $10.00 shall be collected for each temporary 14 registration as provided for in section 226b, the fee to be cred- 15 ited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the 16 expenses of the temporary registrations. 17 (6) For registration plates as provided for in section 18 226a(5), (6), and (7), a fee of $40.00 for 2 registration plates 19 and $20.00 for each additional registration plate shall be 20 collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transporta- 21 tion fund and used to defray the expenses of the temporary plates 22 or markers. 23 (7) For special registrations issued for special mobile 24 equipment as provided in section 216(d), a fee of $15.00 each for 25 the first 3 special registrations, and $5.00 for each special 26 registration issued in excess of the first 3 shall be collected. 05011'97 3 1 The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and 2 used to defray the expenses of the plates or markers. 3 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a regis- 4 tration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an elected 5 gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment of 1/4 6 the full registration fee provided in section 801(1)(k) and in 7 addition a service charge of $10.00. The service charge shall be 8 credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray 9 the expense of the registration plates or tabs. 10 (9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of 11 a truck, truck tractor, or road tractor which is used exclusively 12 for the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops OR LIVE- 13 STOCK BEDDING AND FEED between the field where produced and the 14 place of storage or used to transport fertilizer, seed or spray 15 material from the farm location to the field may obtain a special 16 registration. The fee for each special registration shall be 17 $20.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation 18 fund and used to defray the expenses of the special registration 19 program. The special registration shall be valid for a period of 20 up to 12 months and shall expire on December 31. 21 (10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a spe- 22 cial registration valid for 3 or more months for a road tractor, 23 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor vehicle 24 is used exclusively in connection with the farmer's farming oper- 25 ations or for the transportation of the farmer and the farmer's 26 family and not used for hire. The fee for the registration shall 27 be 1/10 of the fee provided in section 801(1)(c) times the number 05011'97 4 1 of months for which the special registration is requested and, in 2 addition, a service fee of $10.00. The fee shall be credited to 3 the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses 4 of the registration. No special registration shall be issued for 5 a motor vehicle for which the fee under section 801(1)(c) would 6 be less than $50.00. 7 (11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a reg- 8 istration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with an 9 elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for 10 the registration shall be 1/12 of the fee provided in 11 section 801(1)(k), times the number of months for which the spe- 12 cial registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of 13 $10.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation 14 fund and used to defray the expenses of the registration. 05011'97 Final page. TLG