HOUSE BILL No. 4458


     April 13, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Pappageorge, Ehardt, Sanborn, Geiger, Jellema, Richner, Kuipers, Caul, Howell, Ruth Johnson, Green, Law, Woronchak, DeWeese, DeVuyst, Jelinek, Stamas, Patterson, Julian, Tabor, Koetje, Toy, Jamnick, Daniels, Schermesser, Byl, Frank, Gosselin, Faunce, Pestka, Mortimer, Pumford, Wojno, Price, Raczkowski, Tesanovich,
Prusi, Woodward, Hale and Shackleton and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 803q.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 803Q.  (1) A PERSON WHO IS DESIGNATED AN HONORARY

 2    CONSUL BY A DIPLOMATIC CORPS OF A NATION OTHER THAN THE UNITED

 3    STATES THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

 4    AND WHO IS ASSIGNED OR STATIONED IN MICHIGAN MAY MAKE APPLICATION

 5    TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.  THE

 6    SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL HAVE THE WORDS "HONORARY CONSUL"

 7    INSCRIBED BENEATH THE REGISTRATION LETTERS AND NUMBERS.

 8         (2) APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE DESCRIBED

 9    IN SUBSECTION (1) SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY

10    OF STATE, AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANY PROOF OF THE APPLICANT

11    BEING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EMPLOYED IN A FOREIGN CONSULATE THAT


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 1    IS LOCATED IN MICHIGAN THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE REQUIRES.  THE

 2    APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL ALSO BE

 3    ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT OF A $30.00 CONSULATE IDENTIFICATION FEE

 4    FOR 1 SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE OR A $35.00 CONSULATE IDENTIFI-

 5    CATION FEE FOR 2 OR MORE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES AND A $5.00

 6    SERVICE FEE.

 7         (3) UPON PROPER APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF THE APPROPRIATE

 8    CONSULATE IDENTIFICATION FEE AND THE $5.00 SERVICE FEE REQUIRED

 9    UNDER SUBSECTION (2), THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ISSUE 1 OR

10    MORE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) FOR

11    EACH APPLICANT FOR USE ON A PASSENGER VEHICLE.  A PERSON ISSUED 1

12    OR MORE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE

13    ASSESSED THE APPLICABLE TAX UNDER SECTION 801.

14         (4) THE USE OF A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE DESCRIBED IN

15    SUBSECTION (1) ON A VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE

16    PLATE IS ISSUED, OR BY A PERSON WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THIS

17    SECTION, IS A MISDEMEANOR.

18         (5) THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

19    SHALL EXPIRE ON THE BIRTHDAY OF THE VEHICLE OWNER.  WHEN NEW

20    PLATES ARE ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE APPLICATION FOR

21    RENEWAL OF THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY

22    A $30.00 CONSULATE IDENTIFICATION FEE FOR 1 SPECIAL REGISTRATION

23    PLATE OR A $35.00 CONSULATE IDENTIFICATION FEE FOR 2 OR MORE SPE-

24    CIAL REGISTRATION PLATES AND A $5.00 SERVICE FEE.  HOWEVER, THE

25    APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH THE PROOF PROVIDED IN

26    SUBSECTION (2).





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 1         (6) THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE TO AN

 2    APPLICANT UNDER THIS SECTION DOES NOT CONFER DIPLOMATIC STATUS OR

 3    DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY UPON THE APPLICANT.


















































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