Act No. 102

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

July 1, 2020

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 1, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2020

 

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Rep. Sheppard

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5195

AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled  An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,  by amending section 809 (MCL 257.809), as amended by 2019 PA 88.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 809. (1) An applicant to transfer the registration from a vehicle subject to section 801 to another vehicle subject to that section shall accompany the application with a transfer of registration fee of $10.00. If the registration plates are transferred to another vehicle, as provided in section 233, and if the registration plate fee for a 12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration is transferred is greater than the registration plate fee paid upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was removed, then, if applicable, in addition to the transfer of registration fee of $10.00, the secretary of state shall collect 1 of the registration difference fees as follows:

(a) If the application for transfer of registration is accompanied by an application for a vehicle title indicating a transfer of vehicle ownership and the application for vehicle title indicates the vehicle ownership transfer is not exempt from use tax collection under section 3(3)(a) or 4bb of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.93 and 205.94bb, then $5.00 shall be collected.

(b) If the vehicle to which the registration is being transferred has never previously been registered and the application for the last title issued was accompanied by a manufacturer certificate of origin, then $5.00 shall be collected.

(c) If the application for transfer of registration is not accompanied by an application for a vehicle title indicating a transfer of ownership, then the difference for the new registration shall be collected.

(2) If the registration plate fee for a 12-month registration for the vehicle to which the registration is transferred is less than the registration plate fee paid upon registration of the vehicle from which the registration was removed, the secretary of state shall collect a transfer of registration fee of $10.00 and a registration difference fee of $5.00 and shall not refund the difference.

(3) Until October 1, 2023, a transfer of registration fee collected under this section must be deposited into the transportation administration collection fund created under section 810b.

 

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

 

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5313 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.

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This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor