SB-0442, As Passed Senate, June 21, 2011

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 442

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

"Michigan vehicle code,"

by amending section 227 (MCL 257.227), as amended by 1995 PA 287;

and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 227. (1) Application for renewal of a vehicle

registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and

by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by

law.

     (2) Every such application shall be accompanied by the

certificate of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership

in the person applying for registration at the time of the

application. However, the The secretary of state may waive the

presentation of the certificate of title.

Senate Bill No. 442 as amended June 16, 2011

     (3) Beginning January 1, 1983, every Every application for

renewal of a motor vehicle registration made by mail, shall be

accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by

the secretary of state.

     (4) Beginning January 1, 1981, every application for renewal

of a motor vehicle registration made in person at a secretary of

state field office shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle

insurance in a form determined by the secretary of state.

(4) (5) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (4), subsection

(3), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle

insurance a transmission of the applicant's vehicle identification

number only policy information for an insured vehicle for which

vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may

determine in what format and on what timeline the secretary of

state will receive vehicle identification number policy

information, which shall not be <<required>> more frequently than

every 14 days. <<In determining the format under this subsection,

the secretary of state shall consult with insurers.>>

The transmission to the secretary of state of a the vehicle

identification number policy information is proof of insurance to

the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only

and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists

between an insurer and an individual. Vehicle identification

numbers policy information received by the secretary of state under

this subsection are is confidential, are is not subject to the

freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976,

being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1976

PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any

person except pursuant to the department of community health for

purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289, or under an order

by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or

fraud investigation or prosecution.

     (6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the

information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the

secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of

1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.

     Enacting section 1. Section 227b of the Michigan vehicle code,

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.227b, is repealed.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October

1, 2011.

     Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless Senate Bill No. 441 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

law.