VEHICLE REG.; DRIVING LICENSE; MODIFY                                                                             S.B. 507 (S-1)-509:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY OF BILL

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Senate Bill 507 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Senate Bills 508 and 509 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor:   Senator Kevin Daley (S.B. 507)

                            Senator Ruth Johnson (S.B. 508)

                            Senator Curtis S. VanderWall (S.B. 509)

Committee:   Committee of the Whole

CONTENT

Senate Bill 507 (S-1) would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do the following:

 --       Require the Secretary of State (SOS) to provide a written report within 30 days after the bill's effective date to the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairpersons of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Committees detailing its plan to reopen all SOS branches to the general public for in-person services, without the requirement of an appointment.

 --       Specify that a registration issued to a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, when driven or moved on a street or highway, that expired on or after March 1, 2020, would be valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Specify that a registration issued to any vehicle described above that was used for commercial purposes and expired March 1, 2020, would be valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Specify that a commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer issued a registration under an international registration plan that expired on or after March 1, 2020, would be valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Provide that an operator's or chauffeur's license that expired on or after March 1, 2020, would be valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Provide that a temporary instruction permit, an original operator's license with a graduated licensing provision, a temporary driver education certificate, a commercial learner's permit, and a motorcycle instruction permit that expired on or after March 1, 2020, would be valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Waive from July 1, 2020, to August 31, 2021, requirements to satisfy Federal regulations and present medical certification for a commercial learner's permit, a vehicle group designation, or a vehicle indorsement under the Waiver in Response to the COVID-19 National Emergency or any extension of that waiver issued after August 31, 2021.

 --       Prohibit the SOS from assessing a late renewal fee for an expired registration until the SOS resumed providing adequate in-person services.

Senate Bill 508 would amend the Enhanced Driver License and Enhanced Official State Personal Identification Card Act to do the following:

 --       Specify that an enhanced driver license or enhanced official State personal identification (ID) card that expired on or after March 1, 2020 would be considered valid until September 30, 2021.

 --       Require the SOS to process an application as