HOUSE BILL No. 4519


     March 22, 2001, Introduced by Reps. LaSata, Scranton, Raczkowski, Vander Veen, Richner and Vander Roest and referred to
the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 801b (MCL 257.801b), as amended by 1986

   PA 311.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 801b.  (1) If a person, through error either on his or

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      her own part or that of the secretary of state, pays the specific

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      tax required by section 801 or 802 more than once on the same

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      equipment, the secretary of state, upon application and satisfac-

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      tory proof, shall refund the amount paid in error.  A claim shall

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      be filed within 1 year after the date of payment and verified by

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      the secretary of state before a refund is made.  If an applica-

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      tion for a dealer license provided for in section 248 is

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      withdrawn by the applicant or the applicant's heir, before

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      issuance of the dealer license, the fees that accompanied the


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      application under sections 803, 803a, and 807 may be refunded by

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      the secretary of state upon application and satisfactory proof.

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           (2) If a person's license to drive a motor vehicle is

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      revoked, suspended, or denied for medical or physical reasons,

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      the person may return the registration plates and obtain a refund

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      on the plates prorated on a monthly basis for the time period

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      remaining in the registration year from the date the plates are

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      returned.  However, the refund shall not exceed the original reg-

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      istration fee.

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           (3) Upon the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse may

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      return registration plates and obtain a refund on the plates pro-

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      rated on a monthly basis for the time period remaining in the

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      registration year from the date the plates are returned.

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      However, the refund shall not exceed the original registration

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      fee.

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           (4) The owner of a registered vehicle who transfers or

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      assigns title or interest in that registered vehicle before plac-

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      ing upon the registered vehicle the registration plates or tabs

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      issued for that registered vehicle may obtain a refund in full

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      from the secretary of state for the registration plates or tabs.

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      Registration plates, or tabs issued for 1978 and thereafter shall

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      be returned by the owner within 30 days following the date of

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      transfer or assignment.

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           (5) The owner of a vehicle registered pursuant to section

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      801d(2) who transfers or assigns title or interest in the vehicle

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      may obtain a refund on the registration for each unused, whole

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      registration period remaining on the registration from the date



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      the plates are returned and the application for a refund is

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      made.

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           (6) THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE WHO TRANSFERS TITLE OF THE VEHI-

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      CLE BUT WHO DOES NOT TRANSFER THE REGISTRATION PLATE OR TAB TO

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      THE TRANSFEREE IS ENTITLED TO A REFUND ON THE PRO RATA SHARE FOR

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      EACH WHOLE MONTH REMAINING ON THE REGISTRATION FROM THE DATE THE

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      PLATE OR TAB IS RETURNED AND THE APPLICATION FOR A REFUND IS

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      MADE.

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           (7)  (6)  In the case of an original application for regis-

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      tration plates issued under section 217a or 803b, the secretary

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      of state shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly basis from

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      the date of application for the time period remaining in the pre-

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      viously issued registration, if an application for the refund is

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      made and satisfactory proof is presented to the secretary of

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      state.  A refund shall not be made if the amount due is less than

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      $5.00.

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           (8)  (7)  In the case of an original application for the

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      registration plates bearing the letters "SEN" or "REP", the sec-

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      retary of state shall issue a refund prorated on a monthly basis

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      from the date of application for the time period remaining in the

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      previously issued registration.

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           (9)  (8)  In the case of an original application and issu-

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      ance of an international registration plan registration plate

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      under section 801g, the secretary of state shall make a refund as

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      a credit prorated on a monthly basis from the date of application

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      for the months remaining for the previously issued registration

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      on the same vehicle, if an application for the refund as a credit



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      is made and satisfactory proof of eligibility is presented to the

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      secretary of state.  A refund as a credit shall not exceed the

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      total amount of the Michigan apportioned fees assessed for the

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      plates issued under section 801g nor be made if the amount due is

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      less than $5.00.  For the purpose of this subsection, a month

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      shall mean 30 consecutive days and a partial month shall be con-

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      sidered as a whole month.










































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