HOUSE BILL No. 6501

 

 

November 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Kesto 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 an owner of 1 or more vehicles, which vehicles do not

 

have a total value of more than $60,000.00, $100,000.00, dies and

 

the owner does not leave other property that requires issuance of

 

letters as provided in 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 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 the applicant with a

 

certificate of title.

 

     (3) The department of treasury shall publish the cost-of-

 

living adjustment factor for the specific dollar amount described

 

in subsection (2) for each calendar year. The secretary of state

 

shall multiply the specific dollar amount described in subsection

 

(2) by the cost-of-living adjustment factor each calendar year.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "cost-of-living adjustment

 

factor" means a fraction, the numerator of which is the United

 

States Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year and the

 

denominator of which is the United States Consumer Price Index for

 

calendar year 2017. As used in this subsection, "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, or a successor agency, 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.