HB-4082, As Passed Senate, September 20, 2005
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4082
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 310, 806, 809, and 810b (MCL 257.310, 257.806,
257.809, and 257.810b), section 310 as amended by 2004 PA 495,
section 806 as amended by 2003 PA 152, section 809 as amended by
1987 PA 238, and section 810b as amended by 2004 PA 52.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 310. (1) The secretary of state shall issue an operator's
license to each person licensed as an operator and a chauffeur's
license to each person licensed as a chauffeur. An applicant for a
motorcycle indorsement under section 312a or a vehicle group
designation or indorsement shall first qualify for an operator's or
chauffeur's license before the indorsement or vehicle group
designation application is accepted and processed. On and after
July 1, 2003, an original license or the first renewal of an
existing license issued to a person less than 21 years of age shall
be portrait or vertical in form and a license issued to a person 21
years of age or over shall be landscape or horizontal in form.
(2) The license issued under subsection (1) shall contain all
of the following information:
(a) The distinguishing number permanently assigned to the
licensee.
(b) The full name, date of birth, address of residence,
height, eye color, sex, image, and signature of the licensee.
(c)
A Until January 1, 2007, a place for the licensee
to
indicate 1 or more of the following:
(i) The blood type of the licensee.
(ii) Immunization data of the licensee.
(iii) Medication data of the licensee.
(iv) A statement that the licensee is deaf.
(v) A Until
January 1, 2007, a statement
that the licensee
is an organ and tissue donor under part 101 of the public health
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109.
(vi) Emergency contact information of the licensee.
(vii) A sticker or decal as specified by the secretary of state
to indicate that the licensee has designated 1 or more patient
advocates in accordance with section 5506 of the estates and
protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506, or a
statement that the licensee carries an emergency medical
information card.
(d) If
Until January 1, 2007, if the licensee has made a
statement described in subdivision (c)(v), the signature of the
licensee following the indication of his or her organ and tissue
donor intent identified in subdivision (c)(v), along with the
signature of at least 1 witness.
(e)
The sticker or decal described in subdivision (c)(vii) may
be
provided by any person, hospital, school, medical group, or
association
interested in assisting in implementing the emergency
medical
information card, but shall meet the specifications of the
secretary
of state. The emergency medical information card may
contain
the information described in subdivision (c)(vi),
information
concerning the licensee's patient advocate designation,
other
emergency medical information, or an indication as to where
the
licensee has stored or registered emergency medical
information.
(e) (f)
Beginning July 1, 2003, in In
the case of a licensee
who is less than 18 years of age at the time of issuance of the
license, the date on which the licensee will become 18 years of age
and 21 years of age.
(f) (g)
Beginning July 1, 2003, in In the case of a licensee
who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age at
the time of issuance of the license, the date on which the licensee
will become 21 years of age.
(g) Beginning January 1, 2007, in the case of a licensee who
has indicated his or her wish to participate in the organ and
tissue donor registry under part 101 of the public health code,
1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, a heart insignia on the
front of the license.
(3)
Except as otherwise required in under
this chapter,
other information required on the license pursuant to this chapter
may appear on the license in a form prescribed by the secretary of
state.
(4) The license shall not contain a fingerprint or finger
image of the licensee.
(5) A digitized license may contain an identifier for voter
registration purposes. The digitized license may contain
information appearing in electronic or machine readable codes
needed to conduct a transaction with the secretary of state. The
information shall be limited to the person's driver license number,
birth date, license expiration date, and other information
necessary for use with electronic devices, machine readers, or
automatic teller machines and shall not contain the person's name,
address, driving record, or other personal identifier. The license
shall identify the encoded information.
(6) The license shall be manufactured in a manner to prohibit
as nearly as possible the ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit,
forge, or duplicate the license without ready detection. In
addition, a license with a vehicle group designation shall contain
the information required under 49 CFR part 383.
(7)
A Except as provided in
subsection (11), a person who
intentionally reproduces, alters, counterfeits, forges, or
duplicates a license photograph, the negative of the photograph,
image, license, or electronic data contained on a license or a part
of a license or who uses a license, image, or photograph that has
been reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or duplicated is
subject to 1 of the following:
(a) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,
counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid in
the commission of an offense that is a felony punishable by
imprisonment for 10 or more years, the person committing the
reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or
use is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 10 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.
(b) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,
counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid in
the commission of an offense that is a felony punishable by
imprisonment for less than 10 years or a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for 6 months or more, the person committing the
reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or
use is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(c) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,
counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid in
the commission of an offense that is a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for less than 6 months, the person committing the
reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or
use is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
(8)
Except as provided in subsection subsections (11) and
(16), a person who sells, or who possesses with the intent to
deliver to another, a reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged,
or duplicated license photograph, negative of the photograph,
image, license, or electronic data contained on a license or part
of a license is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for
not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or
both.
(9)
Except as provided in subsection subsections (11) and
(16), a person who is in possession of 2 or more reproduced,
altered, counterfeited, forged, or duplicated license photographs,
negatives of the photograph, images, licenses, or electronic data
contained on a license or part of a license is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of
not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(10) Except as provided in subsection (16), a person who is in
possession of a reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or
duplicated license photograph, negative of the photograph, image,
license, or electronic data contained on a license or part of a
license is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for
not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
(11) Subsections (7)(a) and (b), (8), and (9) do not apply to
a minor whose intent is to violate section 703 of the Michigan
liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.
(12) The secretary of state, upon determining after an
examination that an applicant is mentally and physically qualified
to receive a license, may issue the applicant a temporary driver's
permit. The temporary driver's permit entitles the applicant, while
having the permit in his or her immediate possession, to drive a
motor vehicle upon the highway for a period not exceeding 60 days
before the secretary of state has issued the applicant an
operator's or chauffeur's license. The secretary of state may
establish a longer duration for the validity of a temporary
driver's permit if necessary to accommodate the process of
obtaining a background check that is required for an applicant by
federal law.
(13) An operator or chauffeur may indicate on the license in a
place designated by the secretary of state his or her blood type,
emergency contact information, immunization data, medication data,
or a statement that the licensee is deaf, or, until January 1,
2007, a statement that the licensee is an organ and tissue donor
and
has made an anatomical gift pursuant to under part 101 of the
public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109.
(14) An operator or chauffeur may indicate on the license in a
place designated by the secretary of state that he or she has
designated a patient advocate in accordance with sections 5506 to
5513 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386,
MCL 700.5506 to 700.5513.
(15) If the applicant provides proof to the secretary of state
that
he or she is a minor who has been emancipated pursuant to
under 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6, the license shall bear the
designation of the individual's emancipated status in a manner
prescribed by the secretary of state.
(16) Subsections (8), (9), and (10) do not apply to a person
who is in possession of 1 or more photocopies, reproductions, or
duplications of a license to document the identity of the licensee
for a legitimate business purpose.
(17) The sticker or decal described in subsection (2)(c)(vii)
may be provided by any person, hospital, school, medical group, or
association interested in assisting in implementing the emergency
medical information card, but shall meet the specifications of the
secretary of state. The emergency medical information card may
contain the information described in subsection (2)(c)(vi),
information concerning the licensee's patient advocate designation,
other emergency medical information, or an indication as to where
the licensee has stored or registered emergency medical
information.
(18) Beginning January 1, 2007, the secretary of state shall
inquire of each licensee, in person or by mail, whether the
licensee agrees to participate in the organ, tissue, and eye donor
registry under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.10101 to 333.10109.
(19) A licensee who has agreed to participate in the organ,
tissue, and eye donor registry under part 101 of the public health
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, shall not be
considered to have revoked that agreement solely because the
licensee's license has been revoked or suspended or has expired.
Enrollment in the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry constitutes
a legal agreement that remains binding and in effect after the
donor's death regardless of the expressed desires of the deceased
donor's next of kin who may oppose the donor's organ, tissue, or
eye donation.
Sec. 806. (1) Until October 1, 2009, a fee of $10.00 shall
accompany each application for a certificate of title required by
this act or for a duplicate of a certificate of title. An
additional fee of $5.00 shall accompany an application if the
applicant requests that the application be given special
expeditious treatment. A $3.00 service fee shall be collected, in
addition to the other fees collected under this subsection, for
each title issued. The $5.00 expeditious treatment fee collected on
and after October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 shall be
deposited into the transportation administration collection fund
created under section 810b. The $5.00 expeditious treatment fee
collected on and after October 1, 2005 shall be deposited into the
Michigan transportation fund established under section 10 of 1951
PA 51, MCL 247.660. The $3.00 service fee shall be deposited into
the transportation administration collection fund created under
section 810b.
(2) A fee of $10.00 shall accompany an application for a
special identifying number as provided in section 230.
(3) In addition to paying the fees required by subsection (1),
until December 31, 2007, each person who applies for a certificate
of title, a salvage vehicle certificate of title, or a scrap
certificate of title, under this act shall pay a tire disposal
surcharge of $1.50 for each certificate of title or duplicate of a
certificate of title that person receives. The secretary of state
shall deposit money received under this subsection into the scrap
tire regulatory fund created in section 16908 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.16908.
Sec. 809. (1) An application for transfer of registration from
a vehicle subject to section 801(1)(a) to another vehicle subject
to that section shall be accompanied by a fee of $8.00. In addition
to the fee of $8.00, if the registration is transferred from a
passenger vehicle to a motor home and if the registration fee for
the motor home is greater than the fee paid upon registration of
the vehicle from which the registration was removed, then the
difference in fee shall be paid by the applicant. If the fee is
less than that paid for the registration of the vehicle from which
the plates were removed, the difference shall not be refunded. The
fees required by this subsection shall be considered to include all
fees or charges imposed by this act for the transfer of
registration,
except those which may be assessed
by under section
234.
(2) An application for a transfer of registration, other than
a transfer described in subsection (1), shall be accompanied by a
fee of $8.00. In addition to the fee of $8.00, if the registration
plates are transferred to another vehicle, as provided in section
233, and if the plate fee for a 12-month registration for the
vehicle to which the registration is transferred is greater than
the plate fee paid upon registration of the vehicle from which the
registration was removed, then the difference shall be paid by the
applicant for the new registration. If the fee is less than that
paid for registration of the vehicle from which the registration
was removed, the difference shall not be refunded.
(3) A transfer of registration fee collected under this
House Bill No. 4082 as amended September 20, 2005
section on and after October 1, 2004 through September 30, <<2006>>
shall be deposited into the transportation administration
collection fund created under section 810b. A transfer of
registration fee collected under this section on and after October
1, <<2006>> shall be deposited into the Michigan transportation fund
established under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.
Sec. 810b. (1) The transportation administration collection
fund is created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money from the collections
authorized under this act for deposit into the fund. The state
treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state
treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund
investments.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
not lapse into the Michigan transportation fund.
(4) The
Upon appropriation, the department of state shall
expend
money from the fund , upon appropriation, that is credited
to the fund from revenue collected under sections 801 to 810 of the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.801 to 257.810, only to
pay the necessary collection expenses incurred by the department of
state in the administration and enforcement of sections 801 to 810
of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.801 to 257.810.
(5) The department of treasury shall expend money in the
fund, upon appropriation, only to defray the costs of collecting
motor fuel taxes.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 301.
(b) House Bill No. 4469.
(c) House Bill No. 4470.