April 23, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Shirkey and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 226 and 801 (MCL 257.226 and 257.801),
section 226 as amended by 2004 PA 163 and section 801 as amended
by 2012 PA 498.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 226. (1) A vehicle registration issued by the secretary
2 of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another
3 expiration date is provided for under this act or unless the
4 registration is for the following vehicles, in which case
5 registration expires on the last day of February:
6 (a) A commercial vehicle except for a commercial vehicle
7 issued a registration under the international registration plan
8 or a pickup truck or van owned by an individual.
1 (b) Except for a trailer or semitrailer issued a
2 registration under the international registration plan, a trailer
3 or semitrailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other
4 than an individual; or a pole trailer.
5 (2) Until February 1, 2005, the expiration date for a
6 registration issued for a motorcycle is March 31. Beginning
7 February 1, 2005, the The
expiration date for a registration
8 issued for a motorcycle is the motorcycle owner's birthday.
9 (3) The expiration date for a registration bearing the
10 letters "SEN" or "REP" is February 1.
11 (4) In the case of a vehicle owned by a business,
12 corporation, or an owner other than an individual, the secretary
13 of state may assign or reassign the expiration date of the
14 registration.
15 (5) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:
16 (a) After the October 1 immediately preceding the year
17 designated on the registration, issue a registration upon
18 application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial
19 vehicle, other than a pickup or van owned by an individual; or a
20 trailer owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an
21 individual.
22 (b) Beginning 60 days before the expiration date assigned on
23 an international registration plan registration plate, issue a
24 registration under section 801g upon application and payment of
25 the proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in
26 interstate commerce.
27 (c) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120
1 days before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of
2 state, issue a registration for a vehicle other than those
3 designated in subsection (1)(a) or (b). However, if an owner
4 whose registration period begins 45 days before his or her
5 birthday will be out of the state during the 45 days immediately
6 preceding expiration of a registration or for other good cause
7 shown cannot apply for a renewal registration within the 45-day
8 period, application for a renewal registration may be made not
9 more than 6 months before expiration.
10 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
11 secretary of state, upon application and payment of the proper
12 fee, shall issue a registration for a vehicle or a motorcycle to
13 a resident that shall expire expires on the owner's
birthday. If
14 the owner's next birthday is at least 6 months but not more than
15 12 months in the future, the owner shall receive a registration
16 valid until the owner's next birthday. If the owner's next
17 birthday is less than 6 months in the future, the owner shall
18 receive a registration valid until the owner's birthday following
19 the owner's next birthday. The tax registration fee required
20 under this act for a registration described in this subsection
21 shall be either of the following:
22 (a) For an original registration, the tax registration fee
23 shall bear the same relationship to the tax registration fee
24 required under section 801 for a 12-month registration as the
25 length of the registration bears to 12 months.
26 (b) For a renewal of a registration, either of the
27 following:
1 (i) For a registration that is for at least 6 months but not
2 more than 12 months, the same amount as for 12 months.
3 (ii) For a renewal of a registration that is for more than 12
4 months, 2 times the amount for 12 months.
5 Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the
6 calculation of the required tax registration fee and in the
7 determination of the length of time between the application for a
8 registration and the owner's next birthday. The tax registration
9 fee required for that registration shall be rounded off to whole
10 dollars as provided in section 801.
11 (7) A certificate of title shall remain remains valid
until
12 canceled by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer
13 of an interest shown on the certificate of title.
14 (8) The secretary of state, upon request, shall issue
15 special registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months
16 after the date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds
17 $50.00, on the payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a
18 service charge as enumerated in section 802(1).
19 (9) The secretary of state may issue a special registration
20 for each of the following:
21 (a) A new vehicle purchased or leased outside of this state
22 and delivered in this state to the purchaser or lessee by the
23 manufacturer of that vehicle for removal to a place outside of
24 this state, if a certification is made that the vehicle will be
25 primarily used, stored, and registered outside of this state and
26 will not be returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for
27 use or storage.
1 (b) A vehicle purchased or leased in this state and
2 delivered to the purchaser or lessee by a dealer or by the owner
3 of the vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a
4 certification is made that the vehicle will be primarily used,
5 stored, and registered outside of this state and will not be
6 returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for use or
7 storage.
8 (10) A special registration issued under subsection (9) is
9 valid for not more than 14 days after the date of issuance, and
10
the secretary of state shall collect a
fee shall be collected for
11 each special registration as provided in section 802(3). The
12 special registration may be in the form determined by the
13 secretary of state. If a dealer makes a retail sale or lease of a
14 vehicle to a purchaser or lessee who is qualified and eligible to
15 obtain a special registration, the dealer shall apply for the
16 special registration for the purchaser or lessee. If a person
17 other than a dealer sells or leases a vehicle to a purchaser or
18 lessee who is qualified and eligible to obtain a special
19 registration, the purchaser or lessee shall appear in person, or
20 by a person exercising the purchaser's or lessee's power of
21 attorney, at an office of the secretary of state and furnish a
22 certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or
23 lessee or that the person has granted the power of attorney,
24 together with other forms required for the issuance of the
25 special registration and provide the secretary of state with
26 proof that the vehicle is covered by a Michigan no-fault
27 insurance policy issued pursuant to section 3101 of the insurance
1 code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, or proof that the
2 vehicle is covered by a policy of insurance issued by an insurer
3 pursuant to section 3163 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA
4 218, MCL 500.3163. The certification required in this subsection
5 shall contain all of the following:
6 (a) The address of the purchaser or lessee.
7 (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased or leased for
8 registration outside of this state.
9 (c) A statement that the vehicle shall be primarily used,
10 stored, and registered outside of this state.
11 (d) The name of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is to
12 be registered.
13 (e) Other information requested by the secretary of state.
14 (11) Upon request, the secretary of state may issue a
15 registration valid for 6 months after the date of issuance for
16 use on a trailer or semitrailer weighing 1,500 pounds or less and
17 that is used for recreational purposes, motor home upon payment
18 of 1/2 the full registration fee imposed under section 801(1)(l).
19 This subsection does not apply after October 1, 2003.801(1)(a).
20 (12) In the case of a commercial vehicle, trailer, or
21 semitrailer issued a registration under the international
22 registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement
23 with the owner may assign or reassign the expiration date of the
24 registration. However, the expiration date agreed to shall be
25 either March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31. Renewals
26 expiring on or after September 30, 1993 shall be for a minimum of
27 at least 12 months if there is a change in the established
1 expiration date.
2 (13) The expiration date for a multiyear registration issued
3 for a leased vehicle shall be the date the lease expires but
4 shall not be for a period longer than 24 months.
5 Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the
6 following taxes registration
fees at the time of registering a
7 vehicle, which shall exempt the vehicle from all other state and
8 local taxation, except the fees and taxes provided by law to be
9 paid by certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers
10 under the motor carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43;
11 the taxes imposed by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119,
12 MCL 207.211 to 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this
13 act:
14 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
15 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not
16 more than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according
17 to the following schedule of empty weights:
18
Empty weights Tax
19 Registration fee
20 0 to 3,000 pounds..................................$ 29.00
21 3,001 to 3,500 pounds.............................. 32.00
22 3,501 to 4,000 pounds.............................. 37.00
23 4,001 to 4,500 pounds.............................. 43.00
24 4,501 to 5,000 pounds.............................. 47.00
25 5,001 to 5,500 pounds.............................. 52.00
26 5,501 to 6,000 pounds.............................. 57.00
27 6,001 to 6,500 pounds.............................. 62.00
28 6,501 to 7,000 pounds.............................. 67.00
1 7,001 to 7,500 pounds.............................. 71.00
2 7,501 to 8,000 pounds.............................. 77.00
3 8,001 to 8,500 pounds.............................. 81.00
4 8,501 to 9,000 pounds.............................. 86.00
5 9,001 to 9,500 pounds.............................. 91.00
6 9,501 to 10,000 pounds............................. 95.00
7 over 10,000 pounds.....................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds
8 of empty weight
9 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax
10 registration fee assessed under this subdivision shall be
11 annually revised for the registrations expiring on the
12 appropriate October 1 or after that date by multiplying the tax
13 registration fee assessed in the preceding fiscal year times the
14 personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar year
15 divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar year
16 that preceded that calendar year. In performing the calculations
17 under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall use the
18 spring preliminary report of the United States department of
19 commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an
20 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
21 transports a member of his or her household who uses a wheelchair
22 and for which registration plates are issued under section 803d
23 shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax registration fee
24 provided for in this subdivision.
25 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
26 registration fee shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l).
27 A trailer coach that is not under subject to 1959 PA 243, MCL
1 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while that is located on land
otherwise
2 assessable as real property under the general property tax act,
3 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, if the trailer coach and that
4 is used as a place of habitation, and whether or not permanently
5 affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real property taxes.
6 (c) For a road tractor, modified agricultural vehicle,
7 truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer and used exclusively in
8 connection with a farming operation, including a farmer hauling
9 livestock or farm equipment for other farmers for remuneration in
10 kind or in labor, but not for money, or used for the
11 transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family, and not
12 used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of the
13 road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,
14 modified agricultural vehicle, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
15 farmer is also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer is
16 subject to the highest registration tax fee applicable
to the
17 nonfarm use of the vehicle but is not subject to more than 1 tax
18 registration fee rate under this act.
19 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
20 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
21 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
22 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
23 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
24 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the tax
25 registration fee prescribed in this subdivision continues in full
26 force and effect until the regular expiration date of the
27 registration. As used in this subdivision:
1 (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling
2 and transporting raw materials in the form produced at the
3 harvest site or hauling and transporting wood harvesting
4 equipment. Wood harvester does not include a person or persons
5 whose primary activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.
6 (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the
7 following:
8 (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,
9 including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.
10 (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
11 timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,
12 processor, chipper, or saw table.
13 (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or
14 timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple
15 skidder, or cable skidder.
16 (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,
17 including, but not limited to, a knuckle-boom loader, front-end
18 loader, or forklift.
19 (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood
20 harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or
21 maintaining harvest site roads.
22 (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the
23 transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed
24 firewood for a profit making venture.
25 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
26 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
27 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
1 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
2 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
3 ambulance.
4 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
5 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
6 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
7 university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under
8 this subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new
9 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
10 secretary of state.
11 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
12 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
13 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
14 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
15 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
16 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
17 a senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon,
18 carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is
19 designated by proper signs showing the organization operating the
20 vehicle.
21 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
22 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
23 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as
24 organized under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the
25 vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air
26 patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
27 veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
1 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
2 organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a
3 locomotive or ship's body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans
4 organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or
5 for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies
6 and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit
7 charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.
8 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
9 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
10 girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of
11 the empty weight of the truck.
12 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
13 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
14 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
15 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
16 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
17 subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the
18 following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
19 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
20 0 to 2,500 pounds.............................. $ 1.40
21 2,501 to 4,000 pounds.......................... 1.76
22 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
23 6,001 to 8,000 pounds.......................... 2.72
24 8,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 3.25
25 10,001 to 15,000 pounds........................ 3.77
26 15,001 pounds and over......................... 4.39
27 If the tax registration
fee required under subdivision (p)
1 for a vehicle of the same model year with the same list price as
2 the vehicle for which registration is sought under this
3 subdivision is more than the tax registration fee provided
under
4 the preceding provisions of this subdivision for an identical
5 vehicle, the tax registration
fee required under this subdivision
6 is not less than the tax registration fee required
under
7 subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the
8 same list price.
9 (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a
10 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
11 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
12 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
13 schedule of elected gross weights:
14
Elected gross weight Tax
15 Registration fee
16 0 to 24,000 pounds.............................. $ 491.00
17 24,001 to 26,000 pounds......................... 558.00
18 26,001 to 28,000 pounds......................... 558.00
19 28,001 to 32,000 pounds......................... 649.00
20 32,001 to 36,000 pounds......................... 744.00
21 36,001 to 42,000 pounds......................... 874.00
22 42,001 to 48,000 pounds......................... 1,005.00
23 48,001 to 54,000 pounds......................... 1,135.00
24 54,001 to 60,000 pounds......................... 1,268.00
25 60,001 to 66,000 pounds......................... 1,398.00
26 66,001 to 72,000 pounds......................... 1,529.00
27 72,001 to 80,000 pounds......................... 1,660.00
28 80,001 to 90,000 pounds......................... 1,793.00
1 90,001 to 100,000 pounds........................ 2,002.00
2 100,001 to 115,000 pounds....................... 2,223.00
3 115,001 to 130,000 pounds....................... 2,448.00
4 130,001 to 145,000 pounds....................... 2,670.00
5 145,001 to 160,000 pounds....................... 2,894.00
6 over 160,000 pounds............................. 3,117.00
7 For each commercial vehicle registered under this
8 subdivision, $15.00 shall be deposited in a the truck
safety fund
9 to be expended for the purposes prescribed in established under
10 section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.
11 If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an
12 individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or
13 corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the tax
14 registration fee prescribed in this subdivision for the truck
15 tractor or road tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the
16 lease or arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-
17 operator is entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
18 (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or
19 trailer, the tax registration
fee shall be assessed according to
20 the following schedule of empty weights:
21
Empty weights Tax
22 Registration fee
23 0 to 2,499 pounds................................ $ 75.00
24 2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................ 200.00
25 10,000 pounds and over........................... 300.00
26 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
1 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration
2 plate for all trailers. Beginning October 1, 2005, if the
3 secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all
4 trailers, a person who has once paid the tax registration fee as
5 increased by 2003 PA 152 for a vehicle under this subdivision is
6 not required to pay the tax registration fee for that
vehicle a
7 second time, but is required to pay only the cost of the reissued
8 plate at the rate provided in section 804(2) for a standard
9 plate. A registration plate issued under this subdivision is
10 nontransferable.
11 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation
12 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment
13 is made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the
14 following schedule of empty weights:
15 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
16 0 to 4,000 pounds.............................. $ 1.76
17 4,001 to 6,000 pounds.......................... 2.20
18 6,001 to 10,000 pounds......................... 2.72
19 10,001 pounds and over......................... 3.25
20 (n) For each motorcycle, $23.00.
21 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax
22 registration fee assessed under this subdivision shall be
23 annually revised for the registrations expiring on the
24 appropriate October 1 or after that date by multiplying the tax
25 registration fee assessed in the preceding fiscal year times the
26 personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar year
1 divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar year
2 that preceded that calendar year. In performing the calculations
3 under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall use the
4 spring preliminary report of the United States department of
5 commerce or its successor agency.
6 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax fee for
each
7 motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part
8 of the tax registration
fee assessed under this subdivision for
9 the purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but is in addition
10 to the tax registration
fee assessed as a result of the annual
11 October 1 revisions. Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of each
12 motorcycle registration fee shall be placed in a motorcycle
13 safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used only for
14 funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided for
15 under sections 312b and 811a.
16 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
17 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
18 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
19 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
20 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
21 weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that
22 subdivision.
23 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
24 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
25 under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax
26 rates of registration
fees under this section and that is of
the
27 motor vehicle category otherwise subject to the tax registration
1 fee schedule described in subdivision (a), and each low-speed
2 vehicle according to the following schedule based upon
3 registration periods of 12 months:
4 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
5 first registration that is not a transfer registration under
6 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
7 registration under section 809, according to the following
8 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
9
List Price Tax
10 Registration fee
11 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00................................ $ 30.00
12 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00............... $ 33.00
13 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00............... $ 38.00
14 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00............... $ 43.00
15 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.............. $ 48.00
16 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00............. $ 53.00
17 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00............. $ 58.00
18 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00............. $ 63.00
19 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00............. $ 68.00
20 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00............. $ 73.00
21 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00............. $ 78.00
22 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00............. $ 83.00
23 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00............. $ 88.00
24 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00............. $ 93.00
25 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00............. $ 98.00
26 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00............. $ 103.00
27 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00............. $ 108.00
28 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00............. $ 113.00
29 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00............. $ 118.00
1 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00............. $ 123.00
2 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00............. $ 128.00
3 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00............. $ 133.00
4 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00............. $ 138.00
5 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00............. $ 143.00
6 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00............. $ 148.00
7 More than $30,000.00, the tax registration fee of $148.00 is
8 increased by $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a
9 $1,000.00 increment over $30,000.00. If a current tax
10 registration fee increases or decreases as a result of 1998 PA
11 384, only a vehicle purchased or transferred after January 1,
12 1999 shall be assessed the increased or decreased
13 tax.registration fee.
For a vehicle of a model year at least 10
14 years prior to the year in which registration is sought that has
15 a list price of $45,000.00 or less, the registration fee is 67%
16 of the registration fee otherwise assessed under this
17 subparagraph.
18 (ii) For the second
registration, 90% of the tax registration
19 fee assessed under subparagraph (i).
20 (iii) For the third
registration, 90% of the tax registration
21 fee assessed under subparagraph (ii).
22 (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the
23 tax registration fee assessed under subparagraph (iii).
24 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that
25 has been previously registered by a person other than the person
26 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
27 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
1 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
2 this state, the tax registration
fee under this subdivision shall
3 be determined by subtracting the model year of the vehicle from
4 the calendar year for which the registration is sought. If the
5 result is zero or a negative figure, the first registration tax
6 fee shall be paid. If the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then,
7 respectively, the second, third, or subsequent registration tax
8 fee shall be paid. A van that is owned by an individual who uses
9 a wheelchair or by an individual who transports a member of his
10 or her household who uses a wheelchair and for which registration
11 plates are issued under section 803d shall be assessed at the
12 rate of 50% of the tax registration
fee provided for in this
13 subdivision.
14 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
15 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax registration
16 fee under this act, a computation that does not result in a whole
17 dollar figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar
18 when the computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or
19 less and shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when
20 the computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
21 unless specific taxes registration
fees are specified, and the
22 secretary of state may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight
23 of the vehicle fully equipped for the use for which the
24 registration application is made. If the weight is not correctly
25 stated or is not satisfactory, the secretary of state shall
26 determine the actual weight. Each application for registration of
27 a vehicle under subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to
1 the application a scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully
2 equipped as of the time the application is made. The scale weight
3 receipt is not necessary if there is presented with the
4 application a registration receipt of the previous year that
5 shows on its face the weight of the motor vehicle as registered
6 with the secretary of state and that is accompanied by a
7 statement of the applicant that there has not been a structural
8 change in the motor vehicle that has increased the weight and
9 that the previous registered weight is the true weight.
10 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from
11 paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on
12 the specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is
13 exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.
14 (3) Until October 1, 2015, the tax registration fee for a
15 vehicle with an empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under
16 subsection (1)(a) and the taxes registration fees imposed
under
17 subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) are
18 each increased as follows:
19 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the
20 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a
21 and used to regulate highway safety.
22 (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the
23 transportation administration collection fund created in section
24 810b.
25 (4) If a tax registration
fee required to be paid under this
26 section is not received by the secretary of state on or before
27 the expiration date of the registration plate, the secretary of
1 state shall collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration
2 renewed after the expiration date. An application for a renewal
3 of a registration using the regular mail and postmarked before
4 the expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a
5 late fee. The late fee collected under this subsection shall be
6 deposited into the general fund. This subsection does not apply
7 to a 6-month registration under section 226 (11).
8 (5) In addition to the registration taxes fees under
this
9 section, the secretary of state shall collect taxes fees charged
10 under section 801j and credit revenues to a regional transit
11 authority created under the regional transit authority act, 2012
12 PA 387, MCL 124.541 to 124.558, minus necessary collection
13 expenses as provided in section 9 of article IX of the state
14 constitution of 1963. Necessary collection expenses incurred by
15 the secretary of state under this subsection shall be based upon
16 an established cost allocation methodology.
17 (6) This section does not apply to a historic vehicle.
18 (7) As used in this section:
19 (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in
section 1
20 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
21 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
22 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
23 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
24 section 251.
25 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested
base
26 list price as published by the secretary of state, or the
27 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
1 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
2 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
3 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
4 vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the
5 manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the
6 sources described in this subdivision.
7 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received
by
8 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
9 being registered.
10 (7) The registration fee imposed under this section for an
11 electric vehicle or a vehicle that is powered by an alternative
12 fuel is increased as follows:
13 (a) As classified by the secretary of state, if the vehicle
14 is of a brand or has been modified to be powered solely or
15 predominately by an alternative fuel under normal average class
16 operating conditions, the registration fee for that vehicle under
17 this section is increased by $75.00 for a vehicle with an empty
18 weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $200.00 for a vehicle with an
19 empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds.
20 (b) As classified by the secretary of state, if the vehicle
21 is of a brand or has been modified to be partially powered, but
22 not predominately powered, by an alternative fuel under normal
23 average class operating conditions, the registration fee for that
24 vehicle under this section is increased by $25.00 for a vehicle
25 with an empty weight of 8,000 pounds or less, and $100.00 for a
26 vehicle with an empty weight of more than 8,000 pounds.
27 (8) As used in this section:
1 (a) "Alternative fuel" means a fuel other than motor fuel or
2 diesel fuel that is capable of being used to power a vehicle,
3 including, but not limited to, electricity, methane, propane, or
4 hydrogen.
5 (b) "Diesel fuel" means that term as defined in section 2 of
6 the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1002.
7 (c) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1
8 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and
9 includes the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of
10 the purchase price as that value is agreed to by the parties to
11 the sale, as evidenced by the signed agreement executed under
12 section 251.
13 (d) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base
14 list price as published by the secretary of state, or the
15 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
16 required to be affixed to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the
17 secretary of state has not at the time of the sale of the vehicle
18 published a manufacturer's suggested retail price for that
19 vehicle, or the purchase price of the vehicle if the
20 manufacturer's suggested base list price is unavailable from the
21 sources described in this subdivision.
22 (e) "Motor fuel" means that term as defined in section 4 of
23 the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1004.
24 (f) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by
25 the seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle
26 being registered.