May 1, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Williams and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 306, 312b, 312c, 314b, 801, and 811a (MCL
257.306, 257.312b, 257.312c, 257.314b, 257.801, and 257.811a),
section 306 as amended by 2002 PA 534, section 312b as amended by
2000 PA 456, section 312c as amended by 1996 PA 345, section 314b
as amended by 1991 PA 99, section 801 as amended by 2002 PA 417,
and section 811a as amended by 1992 PA 59; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 306. (1) The secretary of state, upon receiving an
2 application for a temporary instruction permit from a person who
3 is 18 years of age or older, may issue that permit entitling the
4 applicant, while carrying the permit, to drive a motor vehicle
5 other than a motor vehicle requiring an indorsement under section
1 312a or a vehicle group designation under section 312e upon the
2 highways for a period of 180 days when accompanied by a licensed
3 adult operator or chauffeur who is actually occupying a seat
4 beside the driver.
5 (2) The secretary of state may issue an original operator's
6 license and designate level 1, 2, or 3 graduated licensing
7 provisions to a person who is less than 18 years of age, has been
8 licensed in another state or country, and has satisfied the
9 applicable requirements of section 310e.
10 (3) A student enrolled
in a driver education program or a
11 motorcycle safety
course approved by the department of
education
12 or a motorcycle course may operate a motor vehicle without
13 holding an operator's license or permit while under the direct
14 supervision of the program instructor.
15 (4) A student enrolled in an approved driver education
16 program and who has successfully completed 10 hours of classroom
17 instruction and the equivalent of 2 hours of behind-the-wheel
18 training may be issued a temporary driver education certificate
19 furnished by the department of education that authorizes a
20 student to drive a motor vehicle, other than a motor vehicle
21 requiring an indorsement pursuant to section 312a or a vehicle
22 group designation pursuant to section 312e, when accompanied by a
23 licensed parent or guardian, or when accompanied by a nonlicensed
24 parent or guardian and a licensed adult for the purpose of
25 receiving additional instruction until the end of the student's
26 driver education course.
27 (5) The secretary of state, upon receiving proper application
1 from a person 16 or 17 years of age who is enrolled in or has
2 successfully completed an
approved a motorcycle safety course
3 under section 811a, or a person who is 18 years of age or older
4 and who holds a valid operator's or chauffeur's license, may
5 issue a motorcycle temporary instruction permit entitling the
6 applicant, while carrying the permit, to operate a motorcycle
7 upon the public streets and highways for a period of 180 days,
8 but only when under the constant visual supervision of a licensed
9 motorcycle operator at least 18 years of age. The applicant
10 shall not operate the motorcycle at night or with a passenger.
11 (6) The secretary of state, upon receiving proper application
12 from a person who is 18 years of age or older, who holds a valid
13 operator's or chauffeur's license, and who has passed the
14 knowledge test for an original vehicle group designation or
15 indorsement, may issue a temporary instruction permit entitling
16 the person, while carrying the permit, to drive a vehicle
17 requiring a vehicle group designation or vehicle group
18 indorsement under section 312e upon the streets and highways for
19 a period of 180 days, but only when accompanied by a licensed
20 adult operator or chauffeur who is licensed with the appropriate
21 vehicle group designation and indorsement for the vehicle group
22 being driven and who is actually occupying a seat beside the
23 driver, or behind the driver if the permittee is driving a bus or
24 school bus. In addition, if a permittee is enrolled in a driver
25 training program for drivers of motor vehicles requiring a
26 vehicle group designation or vehicle group indorsement under
27 section 312e, which program is conducted by a college,
1 university, commercial driver training school licensed by the
2 department under 1974 PA 369, MCL 256.601 to 256.609, or a local
3 or intermediate school district, the permittee may drive a
4 vehicle requiring a vehicle group designation or vehicle group
5 indorsement on the streets and highways of this state for a
6 period of 180 days when accompanied by an instructor licensed
7 with the appropriate vehicle group designation and indorsement
8 for the vehicle being driven who is either occupying the seat
9 beside the driver or in direct visual and audio communication
10 with the permittee. A person issued a temporary instruction
11 permit under this section shall not operate a vehicle designed to
12 carry 16 or more passengers that is transporting passengers
13 except with an instructor licensed with the appropriate vehicle
14 group designation and indorsement for the vehicle being driven or
15 a driver skills test examiner.
16 Sec. 312b. (1) Before a person who is less than 18 years of
17 age is issued an original motorcycle endorsement on an operator's
18 or chauffeur's license, the person shall pass an examination as
19 required by this section and a motorcycle safety course as
20 provided in section 811a.
or 811b.
21 (2) Before a person who is 18 years of age or older is issued
22 an original motorcycle endorsement on an operator's or
23 chauffeur's license, the person shall pass an examination as
24 required by this section. A person who fails this examination 2
25 or more times is required to successfully complete a motorcycle
26 safety course as provided
in section 811a. or 811b. Each
27 written examination given an applicant for a motorcycle
1 endorsement on an operator's or chauffeur's license as provided
2 in section 309 shall also include subjects designed to cover a
3 motorcycle. A person shall pass an examination that shall
4 include a driving test designed to test the competency of the
5 applicant for the first motorcycle endorsement on an operator's
6 or chauffeur's license to operate a motorcycle upon the roads and
7 highways of this state with safety to himself or herself and
8 other persons and property. All examinations shall be
9 administered as provided in this act. The requirement of a
10 motorcycle driving test shall be waived for an applicant who has
11 successfully completed a motorcycle safety course conducted by a
12 school or business
enterprise as provided in section 811a. or
13 811b. The motorcycle safety course skills test shall meet
or
14 exceed the motorcycle skills test from the secretary of state.
15 The requirement of a motorcycle driving test may be waived if the
16 applicant has a valid license or endorsement to operate a
17 motorcycle from another state.
18 (3) A motorcycle endorsement issued to a person who operates
19 a 3-wheeled motorcycle or an autocycle shall be restricted to
20 operation of that type of motorcycle and does not permit
21 operation of a 2-wheeled motorcycle. The secretary of state
22 shall develop a driving test specifically pertaining to an
23 autocycle or a 3-wheeled motorcycle.
24 (4) The secretary of state is responsible for establishing
25 and conducting the motorcycle operator driving test and shall
26 promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969,
27 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, for purposes of this
1 subsection. An audit
of the motorcycle safety fund shall be
2 conducted in
conjunction with the audit of school management
3 services by the office
of the auditor general to determine
4 compliance with the
requirement that funds are being withdrawn
5 only in relation to
this act and not costs that are already a
6 function or duty of
the education act. A copy of this audit
7 shall be transmitted
to the legislature upon completion.
8 (5) Beginning not later than June 1, 1997, the secretary of
9 state may enter into an agreement with another public or private
10 person or agency to conduct a driving test required under this
11 section. In an agreement with another person or agency to
12 conduct a driving test under this section, the secretary of state
13 may prescribe the method and examination criteria to be followed
14 by the person or agency when conducting the driving test and the
15 form of the certification to be issued to a person who
16 satisfactorily completes a driving test. For administering and
17 overseeing a third party motorcycle testing program, the
18 secretary of state shall
be reimbursed from the motorcycle
19 safety fund a total
amount that does not exceed 50% of the
20 department's 1995-1996
fiscal year appropriation for motorcycle
21 testing under this
section fees established under
section
22 312c(1).
23 (6) Beginning April 1, 2001, a person who corrupts or
24 attempts to corrupt a person or agency that conducts a driving
25 test under an agreement entered into with the secretary of state
26 under this section by giving, offering, or promising any gift or
27 gratuity with the intent to influence the opinion or decision of
1 the person or agency conducting the driving test is guilty of a
2 felony.
3 (7) Beginning April 1, 2001, a designated examining officer
4 appointed or designated by the secretary of state who conducts a
5 driving test under an agreement entered into under this section
6 and who varies from, shortens, or in any other way changes the
7 method or examination criteria prescribed to be followed under
8 that agreement in conducting a driving test under this section is
9 guilty of a felony.
10 (8) Beginning April 1, 2001, a person who forges,
11 counterfeits, or alters a satisfactorily completed driving test
12 certification issued by a designated examining officer appointed
13 or designated by the secretary of state under this section is
14 guilty of a felony.
15 Sec. 312c. (1) Every application for a motorcycle
16 endorsement on an operator's or chauffeur's license for operation
17 of motorcycles as provided in section 312a shall be accompanied
18 by the following fees which shall be in addition to any other
19 original or renewal operator or chauffeur license fee:
20 Original motorcycle
endorsement..................... $13.50 $4.50
21 Renewal of motorcycle
endorsement................... $5.00 $3.00.
22 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
23 money received and collected under this section shall be
24 deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general
25 fund. The secretary of state shall refund out of the fees
26 collected to each county or municipality, acting as an examining
1 officer or examining bureau, $3.00 for each applicant examined
2 for a first endorsement to a 3- or 4-year operator's or
3 chauffeur's license, $2.50 for each original endorsement to a
4 2-year operator's or chauffeur's license, $1.50 for each renewal
5 endorsement to a 2-year operator's or chauffeur's license, and
6 $1.50 for every other applicant examined whose application is not
7 denied, on the condition, however, that the money refunded shall
8 be paid to the county or local treasurer and is appropriated to
9 the county, municipality, or officer or bureau receiving the
10 money for the purpose of
carrying out this act. Ten dollars of
11 each original
motorcycle endorsement and $3.00 of each renewal
12 motorcycle endorsement
shall be placed in a motorcycle safety
13 fund in the state
treasury and shall be used only by the
14 department of
education for the motorcycle safety education
15 program as provided
under section 811a.
16 Sec. 314b. (1) The secretary of state may issue a 2-year
17 license which shall expire on the birthday of the person to whom
18 it is issued when a licensed driver is charged in the 24 months
19 immediately preceding the expiration date of that person's
20 current license with a total of 12 or more points as provided in
21 section 320a, or has his or her license suspended or revoked for
22 a reason other than those provided in section 321a, 515, or 801c
23 in the 36 months immediately preceding the expiration date of his
24 or her current license, or was convicted of any 6-point violation
25 as provided in section 320a or a violation of section 625(3) or
26 former section 625b in the 36 months immediately preceding the
27 expiration date of his or her current license.
1 (2) A person issued a 2-year license shall pay the following
2 fees:
3 Operator's license renewal............... $ 6.00
4 Chauffeur's license renewal.............. 10.00
5 Motorcycle
indorsement original.......... 6.00
6 4.50
7 Motorcycle
indorsement renewal........... 5.00
8 3.00
9 Vehicle group designation................ 20.00
10 Vehicle indorsement...................... 5.00
11 (3) Two dollars
of each renewal motorcycle indorsement fee
12 shall be placed in a
motorcycle safety fund in the state treasury
13 and shall be used only
for funding the motorcycle safety
14 education program as provided
under sections 312b and 811a.
15 Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the
16 following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall
17 exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,
18 except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain
19 carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor
20 carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes imposed
21 by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to
22 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:
23 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
24 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not
25 more than 5,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according
26 to the following schedule of empty weights:
1 Empty weights Fee
2 0 to 3,000 pounds................................... $ 29.00
3 3,001 to 3,500 pounds............................... 32.00
4 3,501 to 4,000 pounds............................... 37.00
5 4,001 to 4,500 pounds............................... 43.00
6 4,501 to 5,000 pounds............................... 47.00
7 5,001 to 5,500 pounds............................... 52.00
8 5,501 to 6,000 pounds............................... 57.00
9 6,001 to 6,500 pounds............................... 62.00
10 6,501 to 7,000 pounds............................... 67.00
11 7,001 to 7,500 pounds............................... 71.00
12 7,501 to 8,000 pounds............................... 77.00
13 8,001 to 8,500 pounds............................... 81.00
14 8,501 to 9,000 pounds............................... 86.00
15 9,001 to 9,500 pounds............................... 91.00
16 9,501 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 95.00
17 over 10,000 pounds......................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds
18 of empty weight
19 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
20 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
21 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
22 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
23 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
24 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
25 year which preceded that calendar year. In performing the
26 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
27 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
1 of commerce or its successor agency. A van which is owned by an
2 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
3 transports a resident of his or her household who uses a
4 wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued pursuant
5 to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax
6 provided for in this subdivision.
7 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, 76 cents
8 per 100 pounds of empty weight of the trailer coach. A trailer
9 coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while
10 located on land otherwise assessable as real property under the
11 general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, if
12 the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether
13 or not permanently affixed to the soil, shall not be exempt from
14 real property taxes.
15 (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
16 farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming
17 operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment
18 for other farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not
19 for money, or used for the transportation of the farmer and the
20 farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds
21 of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If
22 the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is
23 also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer shall be subject
24 to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of
25 the vehicle but shall not be subject to more than 1 tax rate
26 under this act.
27 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
1 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
2 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
3 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
4 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
5 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the fee as
6 prescribed in this subdivision shall continue in full force and
7 effect until the regular expiration date of the registration. As
8 used in this subdivision, "wood harvester" includes the person or
9 persons hauling and transporting raw materials in the form
10 produced at the harvest site. As used in this subdivision, "wood
11 harvesting operations" does not include the transportation of
12 processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed firewood for a
13 profit making venture.
14 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
15 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
16 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
17 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
18 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
19 ambulance.
20 (f) For a motor vehicle owned and operated by this state, a
21 state institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated,
22 nonprofit volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit
23 college or university, $5.00 per set; and for each motor vehicle
24 operating under municipal franchise, weighing less than 2,500
25 pounds, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the motor
26 vehicle, weighing from 2,500 to 4,000 pounds, 80 cents per 100
27 pounds of the empty weight of the motor vehicle, weighing 4,001
1 to 6,000 pounds, $1.00 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the
2 motor vehicle, and weighing over 6,000 pounds, $1.25 per 100
3 pounds of the empty weight of the motor vehicle.
4 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
5 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
6 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
7 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
8 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
9 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
10 a senior citizen center, $10.00 per set, if the bus, station
11 wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor
12 vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the organization
13 operating the vehicle.
14 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
15 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
16 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as
17 organized under sections 40301 to 40307 of title 36 of the United
18 States Code, 36 U.S.C. 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the
19 vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air
20 patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
21 veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
22 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
23 organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a
24 locomotive or ship's body which is owned by a nonprofit veterans
25 organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or
26 for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies
27 and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit
1 charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.
2 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
3 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
4 girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of
5 the empty weight of the truck.
6 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
7 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
8 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
9 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
10 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
11 subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the
12 following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
13 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
14 0 to 2,500 pounds................................... $ 1.40
15 2,501 to 4,000 pounds............................... 1.76
16 4,001 to 6,000 pounds............................... 2.20
17 6,001 to 8,000 pounds............................... 2.72
18 8,001 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 3.25
19 10,001 to 15,000 pounds............................. 3.77
20 15,001 pounds and over.............................. 4.39
21 If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of
22 the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for
23 which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than
24 the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
25 subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this
26 subdivision shall not be less than the tax required under
1 subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the
2 same list price.
3 (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a
4 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
5 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
6 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
7 schedule of elected gross weights:
8 Elected gross weight Fee
9 0 to 24,000 pounds..................................$ 491.00
10 24,001 to 26,000 pounds............................. 558.00
11 26,001 to 28,000 pounds............................. 558.00
12 28,001 to 32,000 pounds............................. 649.00
13 32,001 to 36,000 pounds............................. 744.00
14 36,001 to 42,000 pounds............................. 874.00
15 42,001 to 48,000 pounds............................. 1,005.00
16 48,001 to 54,000 pounds............................. 1,135.00
17 54,001 to 60,000 pounds............................. 1,268.00
18 60,001 to 66,000 pounds............................. 1,398.00
19 66,001 to 72,000 pounds............................. 1,529.00
20 72,001 to 80,000 pounds............................. 1,660.00
21 80,001 to 90,000 pounds............................. 1,793.00
22 90,001 to 100,000 pounds............................ 2,002.00
23 100,001 to 115,000 pounds........................... 2,223.00
24 115,001 to 130,000 pounds........................... 2,448.00
25 130,001 to 145,000 pounds........................... 2,670.00
26 145,001 to 160,000 pounds........................... 2,894.00
1 over 160,000 pounds................................. 3,117.00
2 For each commercial vehicle registered pursuant to this
3 subdivision $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
4 be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951 PA
5 51, MCL 247.675.
6 If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an
7 individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or
8 corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the fee
9 prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor or road
10 tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or
11 arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is
12 entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
13 (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, or trailer, according
14 to the following schedule of empty weights:
15 Empty weights Fee
16 0 to 500 pounds..................................... $ 17.00
17 501 to 1,500 pounds................................. 24.00
18 1,501 pounds and over............................... 39.00
19 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation
20 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment
21 is made pursuant to 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according
22 to the following schedule of empty weights:
23 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
24 0 to 4,000 pounds................................... $ 1.76
25 4,001 to 6,000 pounds............................... 2.20
1 6,001 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 2.72
2 10,001 pounds and over.............................. 3.25
3 (n) For each
motorcycle............................. $ 23.00
4 $ 20.00
5 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
6 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
7 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
8 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
9 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
10 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
11 year which preceded that calendar year. In performing the
12 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
13 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
14 of commerce or its successor agency.
15 Beginning January
1, 1984, the registration tax for each
16 motorcycle shall be
increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase shall
17 not be considered as
part of the tax assessed under this
18 subdivision for the
purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but
19 shall be in addition
to the tax assessed as a result of the
20 annual October 1
revisions. Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of
21 each motorcycle fee
shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund
22 in the state treasury
and shall be used only for funding the
23 motorcycle safety
education program as provided for under
24 sections 312b and
811a.
25 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
26 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
1 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
2 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
3 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
4 weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that
5 subdivision.
6 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
7 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
8 under section 217 which has not been previously subject to the
9 tax rates of this section and which is of the motor vehicle
10 category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in
11 subdivision (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the
12 following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
13 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
14 first registration, which is not a transfer registration under
15 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
16 registration under section 809, according to the following
17 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
18 List Price Tax
19 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.................................... $ 30.00
20 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00................... $ 33.00
21 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00................... $ 38.00
22 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00................... $ 43.00
23 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.................. $ 48.00
24 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00................. $ 53.00
25 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00................. $ 58.00
26 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00................. $ 63.00
1 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00................. $ 68.00
2 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00................. $ 73.00
3 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00................. $ 78.00
4 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00................. $ 83.00
5 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00................. $ 88.00
6 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00................. $ 93.00
7 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00................. $ 98.00
8 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00................. $ 103.00
9 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00................. $ 108.00
10 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00................. $ 113.00
11 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00................. $ 118.00
12 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00................. $ 123.00
13 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00................. $ 128.00
14 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00................. $ 133.00
15 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00................. $ 138.00
16 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00................. $ 143.00
17 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00................. $ 148.00
18 More than $30,000.00, the fee of $148.00 shall be increased
19 by $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
20 increment over $30,000.00. If a current fee increases or
21 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
22 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
23 or decreased fee.
24 (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed
25 under subparagraph (i).
26 (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed
27 under subparagraph (ii).
1 (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the
2 tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).
3 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has
4 been previously registered by a person other than the person
5 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
6 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
7 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
8 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
9 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
10 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
11 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If
12 the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
13 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van which
14 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
15 individual who transports a resident of his or her household who
16 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
17 pursuant to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of
18 the tax provided for in this subdivision.
19 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
20 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this
21 section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar
22 figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
23 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
24 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
25 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
26 unless specific fees are specified, and the secretary of state
27 may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle
1 fully equipped for the use for which the registration application
2 is made. If the weight is not correctly stated or is not
3 satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual
4 weight. Each application for registration of a vehicle under
5 subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to the application a
6 scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time
7 the application is made. The scale weight receipt is not
8 necessary if there is presented with the application a
9 registration receipt of the previous year which shows on its face
10 the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the secretary
11 of state and which is accompanied by a statement of the applicant
12 that there has not been a structural change in the motor vehicle
13 which has increased the weight and that the previous registered
14 weight is the true weight.
15 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying
16 ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the
17 specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is
18 exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or
19 bond.
20 (3) The fee for a vehicle with an empty weight over 10,000
21 pounds imposed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) and the fees imposed
22 pursuant to subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m),
23 (o), and (p) shall each be increased by $5.00. This increase
24 shall be credited to the Michigan transportation fund and used to
25 defray the costs of processing the registrations under this
26 section.
27 (4) As used in this section:
1 (a) "Gross proceeds" means gross proceeds as defined in
2 section 1 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51.
3 However, gross proceeds shall include the value of the motor
4 vehicle used as part payment of the purchase price as that value
5 is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as evidenced by the
6 signed agreement executed pursuant to section 251.
7 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base list
8 price as published by the secretary of state, or the
9 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
10 required to be affixed to the vehicle under section 3 of the
11 automobile information disclosure act, Public Law 85-506, 15
12 U.S.C. 1232, if the secretary of state has not at the time of the
13 sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's suggested retail
14 price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if
15 the manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from
16 the sources described in this subdivision.
17 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by the
18 seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being
19 registered.
20 Sec. 811a. (1) A
motorcycle safety course required under
21 section 312b conducted by a college or university, an
22 intermediate school district, a local school district, a law
23 enforcement agency, or any other governmental agency located in
24 this state or a private enterprise shall be conducted under this
25 section. A motorcycle safety course skills test shall meet or
26 exceed the standards of the motorcycle operator driving test
27 established by the secretary of state under section 312b. An
1 entity providing a motorcycle safety course may charge a fee not
2 to exceed the cost of conducting the course.
3 (2) Except for
motorcycle safety courses conducted under
4 section 811b, an
applicant for a motorcycle safety course shall
5 pay not more than a
$25.00 course fee. The course fees shall be
6 used only for funding
the administration and implementation of
7 the motorcycle safety
education program.
8 (3) The state
board of education is responsible for the
9 establishment and
administration of motorcycle safety courses and
10 shall promulgate rules
pursuant to the administrative procedures
11 act of 1969, Act No.
306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended,
12 being sections 24.201
to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
13 regarding teacher
qualifications, reimbursement procedures, the
14 establishment of the
courses, and other requirements under this
15 section.
16 (4) The
superintendent of public instruction shall designate
17 a person to be the
state coordinator of the motorcycle safety
18 education program.
The person designated under this subsection
19 shall successfully
complete a motorcycle safety chief instructor
20 course before being
designated.
21 (5) The position
of state coordinator of the motorcycle
22 safety education
program shall be funded by the motorcycle safety
23 fund.
24 (6) The
superintendent of public instruction shall designate
25 a person who has
successfully completed a motorcycle safety chief
26 instructor course to
perform annual inspections of motorcycle
27 course sites.
1 (7) An 8-hour
motorcycle safety course that meets the
2 standards established
by the state board of education may be
3 offered to an
applicant who has passed a motorcycle operator
4 skill test that has
been approved by the state board of
5 education. Successful
completion of a motorcycle safety course
6 under this subsection
shall fulfill the waiver requirement of
7 section 312b.
8 (8) An audit of
the motorcycle safety fund shall be conducted
9 in conjunction with
the audit of school management services by
10 the office of the
auditor general to determine compliance with
11 the requirements of
this act with regard to the collection and
12 expenditure of fees
authorized under this section. A copy of
13 this audit shall be
transmitted to the legislature upon
14 completion.
15 Enacting section 1. Section 811b of the Michigan vehicle
16 code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.811b, is repealed.