Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

HOUSE BILL NO. 6181
     November 26, 2024, Introduced by Rep. Skaggs and referred to the Committee on Transportation,
       Mobility and Infrastructure.
          A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
    "Michigan vehicle code,"
    by amending section 806 (MCL 257.806), as amended by 2023 PA 129.
                     THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
       Sec. 806. (1) Until October 1, 2027, an applicant for a
 certificate of title required by this act or an applicant for a
 duplicate of a certificate of title shall accompany the application
 with a fee of $10.00. An applicant that requests that the
 application be given special expeditious treatment shall accompany
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 the application with an additional fee of $5.00. The secretary of
 state shall collect a $3.00 service fee, in addition to the other
 fees collected under this subsection, for each title issued and
 shall deposit the fee in the transportation administration
 collection fund created under section 810b through October 1, 2027.
 Until October 1, 2027, the $5.00 expeditious treatment fee must be
 deposited into the transportation administration collection fund
 created under section 810b.
       (2) An applicant for a special identifying number under
 section 230 shall accompany the application with a fee of $10.00.
       (3) In addition to paying the fees required by subsection (1),
 until December 31, 2027, each person that applies for a certificate
 of title, a salvage vehicle certificate of title, or a scrap
 certificate of title under this act shall pay a tire disposal
 surcharge of $1.50 for each certificate of title or duplicate of a
 certificate of title that person receives. The secretary of state
 shall deposit money received under this subsection into the scrap
 tire regulatory fund created in section 16908 of the natural
 resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
 324.16908.
       (4) Beginning January 1, 2026 and subject to modification
 under this subsection, for each transfer of title by a dealer under
 this act, the dealer shall submit a $5.00 fee to the secretary of
 state. The secretary of state shall deposit the fee into the motor
 vehicle sales finance act fund created under subsection (5). No
 later than July 1, 2028 and July 1 every 2 years thereafter, the
 director of the department of insurance and financial services
 shall adjust the fee under this subsection, rounded to the nearest
 whole dollar amount not to exceed $5.00, to the amount necessary to
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 pay, but not exceed, the department's reasonably anticipated costs
 for administering the motor vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex
 Sess) PA 27, MCL 492.101 to 492.141. The director of the department
 of insurance and financial services shall notify the secretary of
 state of the adjusted fee. The adjusted fee takes effect January 1
 following the adjustment. The director of the department of
 insurance and financial services shall communicate the adjusted fee
 to the dealers by bulletin at the time the department sets the
 documentary preparation fee under section 113 of the motor vehicle
 sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL 492.113.
        (5) The motor vehicle sales finance act fund is created in the
 state treasury.
        (6) The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets
 received from the fees collected under subsection (4) and the motor
 vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL 492.101 to
 492.141, or from any other source in the fund. The state treasurer
 shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit
 interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. Money in
 the fund at the close of the fiscal year remains in the fund and
 does not lapse to the general fund.
        (7) The department of insurance and financial services is the
 administrator of the fund for audits of the fund.
        (8) The department of insurance and financial services shall
 expend money from the fund on appropriation for the administration
 of the motor vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL
 492.101 to 492.141.
        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
 unless House Bill No. 5354 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into
 law.
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Statutes affected: 
Substitute (H-1): 257.806
House Introduced Bill: 257.806