Act No. 396

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

December 17, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 17, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Rep. Nye

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5754

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 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 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 802 (MCL 257.802), as amended by 1997 PA 80.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 802. (1) For a special registration issued as provided for in section 226(8), there shall be paid 1/2 the tax imposed under section 801 and in addition a fee of $10.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the special registration.

(2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31 for the period expiring the last day of February and all motorcycles registered after September 30 for the period expiring on the last day of March, a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed by this act shall be collected. This subsection is not applicable to vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers under sections 244 to 247.

(3) For each special registration as provided for in section 226(9), a fee of $10.00 shall be collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the special registrations.

(4) For temporary registration plates or markers as provided for in section 226a(1), a fee of $5.00 for each group of 5 of those temporary registration plates or markers shall be collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the temporary registration plates or markers.

(5) A fee of $10.00 shall be collected for each temporary registration as provided for in section 226b, the fee to be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the temporary registrations.

(6) For registration plates as provided for in section 226a(5), (6), and (7), a fee of $40.00 for 2 registration plates and $20.00 for each additional registration plate shall be collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the temporary plates or markers.

(7) For special registrations issued for special mobile equipment as provided in section 216(d), a fee of $15.00 each for the first 3 special registrations, and $5.00 for each special registration issued in excess of the first 3 shall be collected. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the plates or markers.

(8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a registration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment of 1/4 the full registration fee provided in section 801(1)(k) and in addition a service charge of $10.00. The service charge shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expense of the registration plates or tabs.

(9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of a truck, truck tractor, or road tractor that is used exclusively for the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops or livestock bedding between the field where produced and the place of storage, feed from on-farm storage to an on-farm feeding site, or fertilizer, seed, or spray material from the farm location to the field may obtain a special registration. The fee for each special registration shall be $20.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the special registration program. The special registration shall be valid for a period of up to 12 months and shall expire on December 31. As used in this subsection:

(a) "Feed" means hay or silage.

(b) "Livestock bedding" means straw, sawdust, or sand.

(10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a special registration valid for 3 or more months for a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor vehicle is used exclusively in connection with the farmer's farming operations or for the transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family and not used for hire. The fee for the registration shall be 1/10 of the fee provided in section 801(1)(c) times the number of months for which the special registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the registration. No special registration shall be issued for a motor vehicle for which the fee under section 801(1)(c) would be less than $50.00.

(11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a registration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for the registration shall be 1/12 of the fee provided in section 801(1)(k), times the number of months for which the special registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00. The fee shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to defray the expenses of the registration.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.