REGISTRATION RATE
House Bill 4769
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Johnson
Committee: Transportation
Complete to 6-16-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4769 AS INTRODUCED 6-10-99
House Bill 4769 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to allow the same registration rate for milk haulers as is currently paid by wood harvesters.
Currently, the code requires the secretary of state to collect certain taxes at the time vehicles are registered. For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood harvesting operations, the tax is 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the vehicle. The law defines "wood harvester" to mean the person or persons hauling and transporting raw materials only from the forest to the mill site, and not to include the transportation of processed lumber.
House Bill 4769 would add milk haulers to this provision, setting the registration tax for a truck used exclusively to haul milk from the farm to the milk processing plant at 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the vehicle.
MCL 257.801
Analyst: J. Hunault