HOUSE BILL No. 4509


     March 22, 2001, Introduced by Reps. DeVuyst, Howell, Patterson, Lipsey, Sheltrown, Sanborn, Birkholz and Richardville and
referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811o.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 811o.  (1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DEVELOP AND,

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      UPON APPLICATION, MAY ISSUE A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION

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      PLATE TO AN APPLICANT FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE,

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      PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, MOTOR HOME, HEARSE, BUS, TRAILER COACH, OR

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      TRAILER FOR WHICH THE REGISTRATION PLATE IS ISSUED INSTEAD OF A

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      STANDARD REGISTRATION PLATE.  WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION

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      PLATES SHALL BEAR LETTERS AND NUMBERS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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      PRESCRIBES.  THE PLATE SHALL BE OF A DESIGN AS DETERMINED BY THE

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      SECRETARY OF STATE.  THE WORD "MICHIGAN" SHALL APPEAR ON EACH

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      WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE.




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           (2) AN APPLICATION FOR A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION

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      PLATE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO

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      THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 217.  APPLICATION FOR AN

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      ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE

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      ACCOMPANIED WITH PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX

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      IN ADDITION TO A SERVICE FEE AS FOLLOWS:

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           (A) FOR AN ORIGINAL WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE,

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      $3.00 FOR THE FIRST MONTH AND $2.00 PER MONTH FOR EACH ADDITIONAL

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      MONTH OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD.

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           (B) FOR A RENEWAL WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE,

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      $10.00.

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           (3) A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL EXPIRE AS

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      DESCRIBED IN SECTION 226.  UPON THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A

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      WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY

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      ISSUE A TAB OR TABS DESIGNATING THE MONTH AND YEAR OF

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      EXPIRATION.

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           (4) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY REGISTRA-

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      TION PERMIT TO A PERSON WHO SUBMITS AN APPLICATION AND THE PROPER

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      PAYMENTS FOR A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE IF THE

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      APPLICANT'S CURRENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION WILL EXPIRE BEFORE HIS

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      OR HER RECEIPT OF A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE.  THE

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      TEMPORARY REGISTRATION SHALL EXPIRE UPON RECEIPT OF A

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      WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE OR 60 DAYS AFTER THE ISSU-

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      ANCE OF A WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE, WHICHEVER OCCURS

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      FIRST.  THE TEMPORARY PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED WITHOUT A SEPARATE

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      FEE.





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           (5) WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES

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      COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE

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      IDENTIFIED AND SEGREGATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTO A SEPA-

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      RATE ACCOUNT.  AFTER DEDUCTING THE MANUFACTURING AND ADMINISTRA-

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      TIVE COSTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE

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      COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING, REPLACING, AND SUBSTITUTING

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      PLATES, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TRANS-

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      FER THE BALANCE OF THE WHITE-TAILED DEER REGISTRATION PLATE SERV-

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      ICE FEES TO THE STATE TREASURER WHO SHALL CREDIT THE FEE MONEY TO

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      A SEPARATE SEGREGATED ACCOUNT IN THE MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION FUND

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      ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 10 OF 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.  THESE

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      FUNDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE REMOVAL OF DEAD ANIMAL

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      CARCASSES FROM STATE HIGHWAYS.

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           (6) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "WHITE-TAILED DEER REGIS-

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      TRATION PLATE" MEANS A REGISTRATION PLATE CONTAINING A SPECIAL-

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      IZED DESIGN PERTAINING TO THE WHITE-TAILED DEER.

























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