HOUSE BILL NO. 6511
December 15, 2020, Introduced by Rep. Filler
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 236 (MCL 257.236), as amended by 2000 PA 64.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 236. (1) If
ownership of a vehicle passes by operation of law, upon furnishing satisfactory
proof of that ownership to the secretary of state, the person acquiring the
vehicle may procure a title to the vehicle regardless of whether a certificate
of title has ever been issued. Upon death of an owner of a registered vehicle,
the license plate assigned to the vehicle, unless the vehicle is destroyed, is
a valid registration until the end of the registration year or until the
personal representative of the owner's estate transfers ownership of the
vehicle.
(2) If Subject to subsection (3), if an owner of 1 or more
vehicles ,
which vehicles do not that
have a total value of not
more than $60,000.00, $100,000.00 dies and the
owner does not leave other property that requires the issuance of letters as
provided in under section
3103 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.3103,
the owner's surviving spouse, or an heir of the owner in the order specified in
section 2103 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL
700.2103, may apply for a title, after furnishing
providing the secretary of state
with proper proof of the death of the registered owner, attaching to the proof
a certification setting forth the fact that the applicant is the surviving
spouse or an heir. Upon proper petition, the secretary of state shall furnish provide
the applicant with a certificate of title.
(3)
Beginning January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter, the $100,000.00 total
value amount in subsection (2) must be multiplied by the cost-of-living
adjustment factor. Beginning December 1, 2021 and each December 1 thereafter, the
secretary of state shall determine the adjusted total value amount for the
following year.
(4)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Cost-of-living adjustment factor" means a fraction in which the
numerator is the United States Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year
and the denominator is the United States Consumer Price Index for the 2020 calendar
year.
(b)
"United States Consumer Price Index" means the annual average of the
United States Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers as defined and
reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and as certified by the state treasurer.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.