HOUSE BILL No. 5679


     February 19, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Rich Brown and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 217a (MCL 257.217a), as amended by 1988

   PA 419.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 217a.  (1) A person who holds an unexpired technician

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        CLASS, TECHNICIAN PLUS CLASS, general CLASS,  conditional,

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        advanced OPERATOR CLASS, or AMATEUR extra OPERATOR class amateur

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        radio license issued by the federal communications commission may

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         make application  APPLY directly to the secretary of state for a

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        registration plate inscribed with the official amateur radio call

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        letters of the applicant as assigned by the federal communica-

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        tions commission.  THE PLATE SHALL HAVE THE WORDS "AMATEUR RADIO

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        OPERATOR" INSCRIBED BENEATH THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS.




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             (2) AN APPLICANT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) MAY, UPON

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        PAYMENT OF THE REGISTRATION FEE, RECEIVE 2 IDENTICAL REGISTRATION

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        PLATES FOR 2 DIFFERENT VEHICLES OWNED BY THE APPLICANT.

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             (3)  (2)  The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of

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        the secretary of state that the applicant holds an unexpired ama-

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        teur radio license.  In addition to the regular registration fee,

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        the applicant shall pay a service fee of $2.00.   The  IF AN

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        APPLICANT APPLIES FOR AN IDENTICAL PLATE, AS AUTHORIZED IN

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        SUBSECTION (2), AN ADDITIONAL $2.00 FEE SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR

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        THAT PLATE.  EACH $2.00 fee shall be credited to the Michigan

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        transportation fund; and, after deduction of manufacturing and

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        administrative costs, the service fee shall be allocated pursuant

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        to section 10 of  Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1951, being

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        section 247.660 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1951 PA 51,

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        MCL 247.660.  A plate may be issued for a motor vehicle which

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        bears a registration issued pursuant to section 801(1)(a) and

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        (q).

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             (4)  (3)  If a plate issued under this section is used on a

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        vehicle other than the vehicle for which the plate was issued,

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        the owner of the plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and the regis-

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        tration plate shall be surrendered to the secretary of state.  A

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        holder of a plate whose amateur radio license is not in full

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        force and effect immediately shall surrender the call letter

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        plate to the secretary of state and obtain a regular registration

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        plate.

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             (5)  (4)  An application for a plate issued under this

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        section shall be submitted to the secretary of state  pursuant



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        to  UNDER section 217.  The expiration date for plates issued

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        under this section shall be the date determined  pursuant to

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        UNDER section 226.


















































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