AUTOCYCLES; THIRD-PARTY E-SERVICES                                                  S.B. 390 (S-1):

                                                                                                      FLOOR SUMMARY

Senate Bill 390 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor:  Senator John Moolenaar

Committee:  Transportation

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do the following:

-- Allow a person to operate an autocycle without a motorcycle endorsement on his or her license.

-- Authorize the Secretary of State (SOS), in addition to collecting commercial look-up service fees, to collect a web portal development fee to be used for State web portal development, upon a request from the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB).

-- Allow the SOS to designate a private entity to: 1) provide a commercial look-up service; and 2) collect commercial look-up service fees and the web portal development fee.

-- Require commercial look-up fees collected by a private entity to be credited to the Transportation Administration Collection Fund.

-- Require a private entity that collected a web portal development fee to use the fee for State web portal development.

-- Require a private entity to be chosen through competitive bidding, unless the SOS found, under circumstances related to a commercial look-up service, that some other method was in the public interest.

-- Require the SOS to report its findings to the DTMB and the Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees, at least 90 days before work began.

MCL 257.208b et al.                                                   Legislative Analyst:  Glenn Steffens

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would not have a fiscal impact on State resources.  Currently, the Secretary of State collects an estimated $24 million to $25 million annually from the commercial look-up fees it charges and deposits those funds into the Transportation Administration Collection Fund for administrative costs for the Department of State.

Under the bill, the look-up fees and a web portal development fee could be collected by a private third party entity designated by the Secretary of State.  The private entity would collect the fees and be required to credit the look-up fees to the TACF.  The bill would have no impact on the amount of revenue collected or on the amount of fees deposited into the TACF, so the Department of State should not be affected by the implementation of the bill.

The bill would have no fiscal impact on local government.

Date Completed:  6-5-13                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.