Act No. 211

Public Acts of 2009

Approved by the Governor

January 4, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 4, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 4, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

Introduced by Senator Gilbert

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 597

AN ACT to amend 2008 PA 23, entitled “An act to authorize the secretary of state to issue enhanced driver licenses and state personal identification cards to United States citizens who reside in Michigan to facilitate travel between the United States and Canada; to establish certain funds and prescribe duties for certain officials; and to prohibit certain conduct and prescribe penalties,” 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) 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) The money remaining after distributions are made under subdivisions (a) through (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 issuing a duplicate or corrected enhanced driver license or enhanced official state personal identification card. A fee assessed under this subsection shall not exceed the following amounts:

(a) Thirty dollars for an enhanced driver license that is an operator’s license.

(b) Forty dollars for an enhanced driver license that is a chauffeur’s license.

(5) A fee shall not be charged under subsection (4) for a change of address, to correct a departmental error, or to add or remove a heart insignia described in section 310 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.310.

(6) Fees collected under subsection (4) shall be deposited to the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal identification card fund created under section 7.

(7) A fee paid under this section is nonrefundable, except for administrative error.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor