The
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee discussed vehicle
registration fees Tuesday following more than a month respite from the topic.
The three bill package, House Bills 4630,
4632,
and 4633,
raises vehicle fees by an average of 20 percent, affecting most vehicles
including commercial trucks, motorcycles, hybrids, and farming vehicles.
While
setting no timetable to complete their work, Committee Chair Representative
Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City) acknowledged the need to continue working on
the fee increases and associated changes on diesel and gasoline taxes to the
wholesale level.
Among
the changes, the legislation would increase registration fees for motor
vehicles from model year 1984 and after and motorcycles from 2015 and after
based on the value of the vehicle. For $6,000 and under, the fee would be $35.
The scale goes up from there, topping-off at $160 for vehicles of $30,000 or
more, with a $5 increase per every $1,000 over the $30,000. Electric or hybrid
vehicles would have an additional $75 fee on top of the regular registration
cost.
Under
the package, an operator’s license would also be increased from $18 to $25 and
the late fee would go from $7 to $10.