SENATE BILL NO. 706 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending sections 204a, 320e, and 732a (MCL 257.204a, 257.320e, and 257.732a), sections 204a and 320e as amended by 2020 PA 376 and section 732a as amended by 2018 PA 50. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 204a. (1) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that provides an individual historical driving record for a natural person with respect to all of the following: (a) A license issued to the individual under chapter III. (b) A conviction, civil infraction determination, or other licensing action that is entered against the individual for a violation of this act or a local ordinance that substantially corresponds to a provision of this act, or that is reported to the secretary of state by another jurisdiction. (c) A failure of the individual, including a nonresident, to comply with a suspension issued under section 321a. (d) A cancellation, denial, revocation, suspension, or restriction of the individual's operating privilege, a failure to pay a department of state driver responsibility fee, or other licensing action regarding that individual, under this act or that is reported to the secretary of state by another jurisdiction. This subdivision also applies to nonresidents. (e) An accident in which the individual is involved. (f) A conviction of the person for an offense described in former section 319e. (f) (g) Any driving record requested and received by the secretary of state under section 307. (g) (h) Any notice given by the secretary of state and the information provided in that notice under section 317(2) or (3). (h) (i) Any other information received by the secretary of state regarding the individual that is required to be maintained as part of the individual's driving record as provided by law. (2) A secretary of state certified computer-generated or paper copy of an order, record, or paper maintained in the computerized central file of the secretary of state is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the contents of and the facts stated in the original. (3) An order, record, or paper generated by the computerized central file of the secretary of state may be certified electronically by the generating computer. The certification must be a certification of the order, record, or paper as it appeared on a specific date. (4) A court or the office of the clerk of a court of this state that is electronically connected by a terminal device to the computerized central file of the secretary of state may receive into and use as evidence in any case the computer-generated certified information obtained by the terminal device from the file. A duly authorized employee of a court of record of this state may order a record for an individual from a secretary of state computer terminal device located in, and under the control of, the court, and certify in writing that the document was produced from the terminal and that the document was not altered in any way. (5) After receiving a request for information contained in records maintained under this section, the secretary of state shall provide the information, in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to any of the following: (a) Another state. (b) The United States Secretary of Transportation. (c) The individual who is the subject of the record. (d) A motor carrier employer or prospective motor carrier employer, but only if the individual who is the subject of the record is first notified of the request as prescribed by the secretary of state. (e) An authorized agent of an individual or entity listed in subdivisions (a) to (d). Sec. 320e. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or (3), an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended, revoked, or restricted under section 303, 319, 320, 324, 625, 625b, 625f, 732a, or 904 shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $125.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the individual. The increase in the reinstatement fee from $60.00 to $125.00 must be imposed for a license that is issued or returned on or after October 1, 1991 regardless of when the license was suspended, revoked, or restricted. Of the increase in the reinstatement fee from $60.00 to $125.00, $25.00 must be allocated to the department of state, $10.00 must be deposited by the department of treasury in the drunk driving prevention equipment and training fund created under section 625h(1), and $30.00 must be deposited by the department of treasury in the drunk driving caseflow assistance fund created under section 625h(5). The fee must be waived if the license was suspended or restricted because of the individual's mental or physical infirmity or disability. (2) An individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended, revoked, or restricted under section 319(7) shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $125.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the individual. The fee must be waived if the license was suspended or restricted because of the individual's mental or physical infirmity or disability. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended as provided in section 321c shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $85.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the person. The fee shall must be deposited in the state general fund and shall must be used to defray the expenses of the secretary of state in processing the suspension and reinstatement of driver licenses under this section. (4) Beginning on the effective date of the 2020 amendatory act that added this subsection, October 1, 2021, the secretary of state shall waive the reinstatement fee for an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license was suspended, revoked, or restricted for reasons that are no longer eligible for the suspension, revocation, or restriction of an operator's or chauffeur's license under this act. The secretary of state shall immediately reinstate an operator's or chauffeur's license that was suspended, revoked, or restricted for reasons that are no longer eligible under this act. (5) The secretary of state shall assess points and take licensing action, including suspending, revoking, or denying a license under this act, according to the law in effect at the time of the conspiracy to commit the offense or at the time the offense was committed or attempted or the civil infraction occurred. If 1 or more of the convictions involved in a licensing sanction is a violation or attempted violation of this act committed or attempted after January 1, 1992, the secretary of state shall apply the law in effect after January 1, 1992. (6) Judicial review of an administrative licensing sanction under section 303 must be governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed or attempted. If 1 or more of the convictions involved in an administrative licensing sanction is a violation or attempted violation of this act committed or attempted after January 1, 1992, judicial review of that sanction must be governed by the law in effect after January 1, 1992. Sec. 732a. (1) Subject to subsection (10), an individual, whether licensed or not, who accumulates 7 or more points on his or her the individual's driving record under sections 320a and 629c within a 2-year period for any violation not listed under subsection (2) shall be assessed a $100.00 driver responsibility fee. For each additional point accumulated above 7 points not listed under subsection (2), an additional fee of $50.00 shall must be assessed. The secretary of state shall collect the fees described in this subsection once each year that the point total on an individual driving record is 7 points or more. This subsection is subject to subsection (11). (2) An individual, whether licensed or not, who violates any of the following sections or another law or local ordinance that substantially corresponds to those sections shall be assessed a driver responsibility fee as follows: (a) Subject to subsections (10) and (11), upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of law listed or described in this subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $1,000.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years: (i) Manslaughter, negligent homicide, or a felony resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, ORV, or snowmobile. (ii) Section 601b(2) or (3), 601c(1) or (2), 601d, 626(3) or (4), or 653a(3) or (4). (iii) Section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134, or a law or ordinance substantially corresponding to section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134. (iv) Failing to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an accident when required by law. (v) Fleeing or eluding an officer. (b) Subject to subsections (10) and (11), upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of law listed in this subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $500.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years: (i) Section 625(3), (6), (7), or (8). (ii) Section 626(2). (iii) Section 904. (iv) Section 3101, 3102(1), or 3103 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, 500.3102, and 500.3103. (c) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of section 301, the secretary of state shall assess a $150.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years. However, a driver responsibility fee shall must not be assessed under this subdivision for a violation committed on or after October 1, 2012. (d) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty or determined responsible for a violation listed in section 328, the secretary of state shall assess a $200.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years. However, a driver responsibility fee shall must not be assessed under this subdivision for a violation committed on or after October 1, 2012. (3) The secretary of state shall send a notice of the driver responsibility assessment, as prescribed under subsection (1) or (2), to the individual by regular mail to the address on the records of the secretary of state. If payment is not received within 30 days after the notice is mailed, the secretary of state shall send a second notice that indicates that if payment is not received within the next 30 days, the driver's driving privileges will be suspended. (4) The secretary of state may authorize payment by installment for a period not to exceed 24 months or, alternatively, the individual may engage in workforce training under section 732b. All of the following apply to an individual who, on or before February 1, 2018, has entered into an installment payment plan as provided in this subsection: (a) Any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section or outstanding installment payment shall must not be collected. (b) An individual is not liable for any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section. (c) An individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section is eligible to reinstate his or her the individual's operator's license if he or she the individual is otherwise in compliance with this act. (5) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection and section 732b, if payment is not received or an installment plan is not established after the time limit required by the second notice prescribed under subsection (3) expires, the secretary of state shall suspend the driving privileges until the assessment and any other fees prescribed under this act are paid. However, if the individual's license to operate a motor vehicle is not otherwise required under this act to be denied, suspended, or revoked, the secretary of state shall reinstate the individual's operator's driving privileges if the individual requests an installment plan under subsection (4) and makes proper payment under that plan. Fees required to be paid for the reinstatement of an individual's operator's driving privileges as described under this subsection shall, must, at the individual's request, be included in the amount to be paid under the installment plan. If the individual establishes a payment plan as described in this subsection and subsection (4) but the individual fails to make full or timely payments under that plan, or enters into workforce training under section 732b but fails to successfully complete that service within the 45-day period allowed, or withdraws from workforce training with or without good cause shown, the secretary of state shall suspend the individual's driving privileges. The secretary of state shall only reinstate a license under this subsection once. (6) A driver responsibility fee shall must be assessed under this section in the same manner for a conviction or determination of responsibility for a violation or an attempted violation of a law of this state, of a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or of a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state. (7) The fire protection fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain remains in the fund and shall does not lapse to the general fund. The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for fire protection grants to cities, villages, and townships with state-owned facilities for fire services, as provided in 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956. (8) The secretary of state shall transmit the fees collected under this section to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit fee money received under this section in each fiscal year as follows: (a) The first $8,500,000.00 shall must be credited to the fire protection fund created in subsection (7). (b) For fiscal year 2017 and for each fiscal year thereafter, after the amount specified in subdivision (a) is credited to the fire protection fund created under subsection (7), the next $1,000,000.00 shall must be credited to the department of state for necessary expenses incurred by the department of state in implementing and administering the requirements of sections 625k and 625q, and, for fiscal year 2018 only, the next $250,000.00 shall must be credited to the department of treasury to implement and administer the program created in section 732d. Funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must be based upon on an established cost allocation methodology that reflects the actual costs incurred or to be incurred by the secretary of state during the fiscal year. However, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must not exceed $1,000,000.00 during any fiscal year. Funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must not exceed $1,250,000.00 during fiscal year 2018. (c) Any amount collected after crediting the amounts under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall must be credited to the general fund. (9) The collection of assessments under this section is subject to section 304. (10) Subject to subsections (4) and (11), a driver responsibility fee shall must be assessed and collected under this section as follows: (a) For an individual who accumulates 7 or more points on his or her the individual's driving record beginning on the following dates, a fee assessed under subsection (1) shall must be reduced as follows: (i) Beginning October 1, 2015, the assessment shall be is 75% of the fee calculated under subsection (1). (ii) Beginning October 1, 2016, the assessment shall be is 50% of the fee calculated under subsection (1). (iii) Beginning October 1, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (1). (b) A fee assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall must be reduced as follows: (i) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2015, 100% of the fee shall must be assessed for the first year and 50% for the second year. (ii) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2016, 100% of the fee shall must be assessed for the first year and no fee shall must be assessed for the second year. (iii) Beginning October 1, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b). (c) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision, March 31, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (2)(b)(iii) or (iv). (11) Beginning September 30, 2018, all of the following apply: (a) Any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section shall must not be collected. (b) An individual is not liable for any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section or responsible for completing workforce training under section 732b. (c) An individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section or an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under section 904(10), if that suspension arose out of the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle or a moving violation reportable under section 732 while his or her the individual's driving privileges were suspended under this section, is eligible to reinstate his or her the individual's operator's license if he or she the individual is otherwise in compliance with this act. (12) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection March 31, 2018, and ending December 31, 2018, an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section may reinstate his or her the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section, without payment of a fee to the secretary of state for the reinstatement. Beginning January 1, 2019, and ending an individual on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section may reinstate his or her operator's license upon payment of any fee required by the secretary of state for the reinstatement. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section, without payment of a fee to the secretary of state for the reinstatement. (13) It is the intent of the legislature that beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and each fiscal year after that, $8,500,000.00 shall must be appropriated to the fire protection fund created under subsection (7). Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
SENATE BILL NO. 706
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 204a, 320e, and 732a (MCL 257.204a, 257.320e, and 257.732a), sections 204a and 320e as amended by 2020 PA 376 and section 732a as amended by 2018 PA 50.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 204a. (1) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that provides an individual historical driving record for a natural person with respect to all of the following:
(a) A license issued to the individual under chapter III.
(b) A conviction, civil infraction determination, or other licensing action that is entered against the individual for a violation of this act or a local ordinance that substantially corresponds to a provision of this act, or that is reported to the secretary of state by another jurisdiction.
(c) A failure of the individual, including a nonresident, to comply with a suspension issued under section 321a.
(d) A cancellation, denial, revocation, suspension, or restriction of the individual's operating privilege, a failure to pay a department of state driver responsibility fee, or other licensing action regarding that individual, under this act or that is reported to the secretary of state by another jurisdiction. This subdivision also applies to nonresidents.
(e) An accident in which the individual is involved.
(f) A conviction of the person for an offense described in former section 319e.
(f) (g) Any driving record requested and received by the secretary of state under section 307.
(g) (h) Any notice given by the secretary of state and the information provided in that notice under section 317(2) or (3).
(h) (i) Any other information received by the secretary of state regarding the individual that is required to be maintained as part of the individual's driving record as provided by law.
(2) A secretary of state certified computer-generated or paper copy of an order, record, or paper maintained in the computerized central file of the secretary of state is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the contents of and the facts stated in the original.
(3) An order, record, or paper generated by the computerized central file of the secretary of state may be certified electronically by the generating computer. The certification must be a certification of the order, record, or paper as it appeared on a specific date.
(4) A court or the office of the clerk of a court of this state that is electronically connected by a terminal device to the computerized central file of the secretary of state may receive into and use as evidence in any case the computer-generated certified information obtained by the terminal device from the file. A duly authorized employee of a court of record of this state may order a record for an individual from a secretary of state computer terminal device located in, and under the control of, the court, and certify in writing that the document was produced from the terminal and that the document was not altered in any way.
(5) After receiving a request for information contained in records maintained under this section, the secretary of state shall provide the information, in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to any of the following:
(a) Another state.
(b) The United States Secretary of Transportation.
(c) The individual who is the subject of the record.
(d) A motor carrier employer or prospective motor carrier employer, but only if the individual who is the subject of the record is first notified of the request as prescribed by the secretary of state.
(e) An authorized agent of an individual or entity listed in subdivisions (a) to (d).
Sec. 320e. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or (3), an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended, revoked, or restricted under section 303, 319, 320, 324, 625, 625b, 625f, 732a, or 904 shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $125.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the individual. The increase in the reinstatement fee from $60.00 to $125.00 must be imposed for a license that is issued or returned on or after October 1, 1991 regardless of when the license was suspended, revoked, or restricted. Of the increase in the reinstatement fee from $60.00 to $125.00, $25.00 must be allocated to the department of state, $10.00 must be deposited by the department of treasury in the drunk driving prevention equipment and training fund created under section 625h(1), and $30.00 must be deposited by the department of treasury in the drunk driving caseflow assistance fund created under section 625h(5). The fee must be waived if the license was suspended or restricted because of the individual's mental or physical infirmity or disability.
(2) An individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended, revoked, or restricted under section 319(7) shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $125.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the individual. The fee must be waived if the license was suspended or restricted because of the individual's mental or physical infirmity or disability.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license is suspended as provided in section 321c shall pay a license reinstatement fee of $85.00 to the secretary of state before a license is issued or returned to the person. The fee shall must be deposited in the state general fund and shall must be used to defray the expenses of the secretary of state in processing the suspension and reinstatement of driver licenses under this section.
(4) Beginning on the effective date of the 2020 amendatory act that added this subsection, October 1, 2021, the secretary of state shall waive the reinstatement fee for an individual whose operator's or chauffeur's license was suspended, revoked, or restricted for reasons that are no longer eligible for the suspension, revocation, or restriction of an operator's or chauffeur's license under this act. The secretary of state shall immediately reinstate an operator's or chauffeur's license that was suspended, revoked, or restricted for reasons that are no longer eligible under this act.
(5) The secretary of state shall assess points and take licensing action, including suspending, revoking, or denying a license under this act, according to the law in effect at the time of the conspiracy to commit the offense or at the time the offense was committed or attempted or the civil infraction occurred. If 1 or more of the convictions involved in a licensing sanction is a violation or attempted violation of this act committed or attempted after January 1, 1992, the secretary of state shall apply the law in effect after January 1, 1992.
(6) Judicial review of an administrative licensing sanction under section 303 must be governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed or attempted. If 1 or more of the convictions involved in an administrative licensing sanction is a violation or attempted violation of this act committed or attempted after January 1, 1992, judicial review of that sanction must be governed by the law in effect after January 1, 1992.
Sec. 732a. (1) Subject to subsection (10), an individual, whether licensed or not, who accumulates 7 or more points on his or her the individual's driving record under sections 320a and 629c within a 2-year period for any violation not listed under subsection (2) shall be assessed a $100.00 driver responsibility fee. For each additional point accumulated above 7 points not listed under subsection (2), an additional fee of $50.00 shall must be assessed. The secretary of state shall collect the fees described in this subsection once each year that the point total on an individual driving record is 7 points or more. This subsection is subject to subsection (11).
(2) An individual, whether licensed or not, who violates any of the following sections or another law or local ordinance that substantially corresponds to those sections shall be assessed a driver responsibility fee as follows:
(a) Subject to subsections (10) and (11), upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of law listed or described in this subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $1,000.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years:
(i) Manslaughter, negligent homicide, or a felony resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, ORV, or snowmobile.
(ii) Section 601b(2) or (3), 601c(1) or (2), 601d, 626(3) or (4), or 653a(3) or (4).
(iii) Section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134, or a law or ordinance substantially corresponding to section 625(1), (4), or (5), section 625m, or section 81134 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134.
(iv) Failing to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an accident when required by law.
(v) Fleeing or eluding an officer.
(b) Subject to subsections (10) and (11), upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of law listed in this subdivision, the secretary of state shall assess a $500.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years:
(i) Section 625(3), (6), (7), or (8).
(ii) Section 626(2).
(iii) Section 904.
(iv) Section 3101, 3102(1), or 3103 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101, 500.3102, and 500.3103.
(c) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty for a violation of section 301, the secretary of state shall assess a $150.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years. However, a driver responsibility fee shall must not be assessed under this subdivision for a violation committed on or after October 1, 2012.
(d) Through September 30, 2012, upon posting an abstract indicating that an individual has been found guilty or determined responsible for a violation listed in section 328, the secretary of state shall assess a $200.00 driver responsibility fee each year for 2 consecutive years. However, a driver responsibility fee shall must not be assessed under this subdivision for a violation committed on or after October 1, 2012.
(3) The secretary of state shall send a notice of the driver responsibility assessment, as prescribed under subsection (1) or (2), to the individual by regular mail to the address on the records of the secretary of state. If payment is not received within 30 days after the notice is mailed, the secretary of state shall send a second notice that indicates that if payment is not received within the next 30 days, the driver's driving privileges will be suspended.
(4) The secretary of state may authorize payment by installment for a period not to exceed 24 months or, alternatively, the individual may engage in workforce training under section 732b. All of the following apply to an individual who, on or before February 1, 2018, has entered into an installment payment plan as provided in this subsection:
(a) Any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section or outstanding installment payment shall must not be collected.
(b) An individual is not liable for any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section.
(c) An individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section is eligible to reinstate his or her the individual's operator's license if he or she the individual is otherwise in compliance with this act.
(5) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection and section 732b, if payment is not received or an installment plan is not established after the time limit required by the second notice prescribed under subsection (3) expires, the secretary of state shall suspend the driving privileges until the assessment and any other fees prescribed under this act are paid. However, if the individual's license to operate a motor vehicle is not otherwise required under this act to be denied, suspended, or revoked, the secretary of state shall reinstate the individual's operator's driving privileges if the individual requests an installment plan under subsection (4) and makes proper payment under that plan. Fees required to be paid for the reinstatement of an individual's operator's driving privileges as described under this subsection shall, must, at the individual's request, be included in the amount to be paid under the installment plan. If the individual establishes a payment plan as described in this subsection and subsection (4) but the individual fails to make full or timely payments under that plan, or enters into workforce training under section 732b but fails to successfully complete that service within the 45-day period allowed, or withdraws from workforce training with or without good cause shown, the secretary of state shall suspend the individual's driving privileges. The secretary of state shall only reinstate a license under this subsection once.
(6) A driver responsibility fee shall must be assessed under this section in the same manner for a conviction or determination of responsibility for a violation or an attempted violation of a law of this state, of a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or of a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state.
(7) The fire protection fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain remains in the fund and shall does not lapse to the general fund. The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for fire protection grants to cities, villages, and townships with state-owned facilities for fire services, as provided in 1977 PA 289, MCL 141.951 to 141.956.
(8) The secretary of state shall transmit the fees collected under this section to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit fee money received under this section in each fiscal year as follows:
(a) The first $8,500,000.00 shall must be credited to the fire protection fund created in subsection (7).
(b) For fiscal year 2017 and for each fiscal year thereafter, after the amount specified in subdivision (a) is credited to the fire protection fund created under subsection (7), the next $1,000,000.00 shall must be credited to the department of state for necessary expenses incurred by the department of state in implementing and administering the requirements of sections 625k and 625q, and, for fiscal year 2018 only, the next $250,000.00 shall must be credited to the department of treasury to implement and administer the program created in section 732d. Funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must be based upon on an established cost allocation methodology that reflects the actual costs incurred or to be incurred by the secretary of state during the fiscal year. However, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must not exceed $1,000,000.00 during any fiscal year. Funds appropriated under this subdivision shall must not exceed $1,250,000.00 during fiscal year 2018.
(c) Any amount collected after crediting the amounts under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall must be credited to the general fund.
(9) The collection of assessments under this section is subject to section 304.
(10) Subject to subsections (4) and (11), a driver responsibility fee shall must be assessed and collected under this section as follows:
(a) For an individual who accumulates 7 or more points on his or her the individual's driving record beginning on the following dates, a fee assessed under subsection (1) shall must be reduced as follows:
(i) Beginning October 1, 2015, the assessment shall be is 75% of the fee calculated under subsection (1).
(ii) Beginning October 1, 2016, the assessment shall be is 50% of the fee calculated under subsection (1).
(iii) Beginning October 1, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (1).
(b) A fee assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall must be reduced as follows:
(i) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2015, 100% of the fee shall must be assessed for the first year and 50% for the second year.
(ii) For a violation that occurs on or after October 1, 2016, 100% of the fee shall must be assessed for the first year and no fee shall must be assessed for the second year.
(iii) Beginning October 1, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (2)(a) or (b).
(c) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision, March 31, 2018, no fee shall must be assessed under subsection (2)(b)(iii) or (iv).
(11) Beginning September 30, 2018, all of the following apply:
(a) Any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section shall must not be collected.
(b) An individual is not liable for any outstanding driver responsibility fee assessed under this section or responsible for completing workforce training under section 732b.
(c) An individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section or an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under section 904(10), if that suspension arose out of the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle or a moving violation reportable under section 732 while his or her the individual's driving privileges were suspended under this section, is eligible to reinstate his or her the individual's operator's license if he or she the individual is otherwise in compliance with this act.
(12) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection March 31, 2018, and ending December 31, 2018, an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section may reinstate his or her the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section, without payment of a fee to the secretary of state for the reinstatement. Beginning January 1, 2019, and ending an individual on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section may reinstate his or her operator's license upon payment of any fee required by the secretary of state for the reinstatement. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the secretary of state may reinstate the operator's license of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section, without payment of a fee to the secretary of state for the reinstatement.
(13) It is the intent of the legislature that beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and each fiscal year after that, $8,500,000.00 shall must be appropriated to the fire protection fund created under subsection (7).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.