An act to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending sections 204a, 304, 312f, 320e, 732a, and 904 (MCL 257.204a, 257.304, 257.312f, 257.320e, 257.732a, and 257.904), sections 204a and 320e as amended by 2020 PA 376, section 304 as amended by 2024 PA 42, section 312f as amended by 2022 PA 193, section 732a as amended by 2018 PA 50, and section 904 as amended by 2020 PA 383; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Senate Bills 706 and 799 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do all of the following: • Remove a requirement that the secretary of state (SOS) include in an individual’s driving record whether the individual failed to pay a driver responsibility fee (DRF). • Remove a requirement that the SOS include in the driving record an individual’s conviction for an offense described in former section 319e of the code.1 • Allow the SOS to reinstate the driver’s license of an individual whose privileges were suspended for failure to pay DRFs without requiring them to pay the license reinstatement fee. • Delete all of section 732a of the code, which established DRFs, except for those provisions that relate to the creation and administration of the Fire Protection Fund, and remove references to section 732a in other sections of the code. • Repeal sections 732b and 732d of the code, which pertain to workforce training programs and educational outreach in relation to DRFs. • Amend the Enhanced Driver License and Enhanced Official State Personal Identification Card Act to remove the assessment of DRFs from a list of “licensing sanctions” under the Michigan Vehicle Code that the holder of an enhanced driver license under the act is subject to.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported with substitute S-1
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-1
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Reported with substitute H-1
Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Substitute H-1 concurred in 38 to 0 (details)
