SB-0597, As Passed Senate, August 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 597

 

 

May 20, 2009, Introduced by Senator GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 23, entitled

 

"Enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal

identification card act,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 28.306).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) An application for an original enhanced driver

 

license or enhanced official state personal identification card

 

shall be accompanied by payment of a fee of not more than $50.00.

 

     (2) The renewal fee for an enhanced driver license or enhanced

 

official state personal identification card renewed under this act

 

shall be not more than $50.00. However, if an enhanced driver

 

license or enhanced official state personal identification card is

 

expired at the time of renewal, the fee shall be the same as the

 

fee provided under subsection (1).

 

     (3) Money from fees collected under subsections (1) and (2)


 

shall be deposited into the enhanced driver license and enhanced

 

official state personal identification card fund created in section

 

7 after distribution as follows:

 

     (a) The secretary of state shall refund to each county or

 

municipality acting as an examining officer or examining bureau

 

$2.50 for each applicant examined for an original enhanced driver

 

license, if the application is not denied and the money refunded is

 

paid to the county or local treasurer and is appropriated to the

 

county, municipality, or officer or bureau receiving the money for

 

the purpose of carrying out this act.

 

     (b) The state treasurer shall deposit the sum of $4.00 to the

 

traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.819a, for each

 

person examined for an original or renewal enhanced driver license.

 

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), $4.50

 

Four dollars and 50 cents of an original enhanced driver license

 

and $6.00 of a renewal enhanced driver license shall be

 

appropriated to the transportation economic development fund

 

established in section 2 of 1987 PA 231, MCL 247.902, and shall not

 

be appropriated for any other purpose in any act making

 

appropriations of state funds.

 

     (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), $2,500,000.00 shall be

 

deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund,

 

except not more than $1,000,000.00 shall be credited to the

 

gasoline inspection and testing fund created under section 8 of the

 

motor fuels quality act, 1984 PA 44, MCL 290.648.

 

     (d) (e) The money remaining after distributions are made under


 

subdivisions (a) through (d) (c) shall remain in the enhanced

 

driver license and enhanced official state personal identification

 

card fund created under section 7.

 

     (4) The secretary of state may assess a fee for the issuance

 

of a duplicate or corrected enhanced driver license or enhanced

 

official state personal identification card. Fees collected under

 

this subsection shall be deposited to the enhanced driver license

 

and enhanced official state personal identification card fund

 

created under section 7.

 

     (5) (4) A fee paid under this section is nonrefundable, except

 

for administrative error.