Michigan Laws 256.631 – Renewal application; criminal history check; effect of expired certificate; review and approval or denial of multiple vehicle driving facility; fees
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 256.631
- Commercial vehicle driver training: means instruction equivalent to or exceeding entry-level driver training in 49 C. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- Designated representative or coordinator: means the individual that a driver education provider employs, enlists, or appoints, or contracts with to supervise, manage, and administer the day-to-day responsibilities of the provider's driver education school operation. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- Driver education course: means a program of study offered by a certified driver education provider, that enables a student to acquire the basic knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to operate a motor vehicle upon a highway transportation system. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- Driver education provider certificate: means a written or electronic authorization issued by the secretary of state to indicate that a person has met the driver education provider qualifications of this act. See Michigan Laws 256.625
- Educational institution: means a public school, nonpublic school, or public school academy as those terms are defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 256.625
- Governmental agency: means an agency of the federal government, a state government, a county, city, village, or township, or a combination of any of these entities. See Michigan Laws 256.625
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Multiple vehicle driving facility: means that part of a driver education course that enables the driver education instructor, from a position outside the vehicle, and using electronic or oral communication, to teach and supervise several students simultaneously, each of whom is operating a vehicle at an off-street facility specifically designed for that type of instruction. See Michigan Laws 256.625
- provider: means a person that meets the requirements in subparagraph (i), if not excluded under subparagraph (ii), as follows:
(i) Maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to give instruction in the driving of a motor vehicle or maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to prepare an applicant for an exam given by the secretary of state for a license as defined in section 25 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 256.625state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Teen driver training: means driver training instruction provided through a segment 1 or segment 2 driver education course that allows an individual 17 years of age or less to apply for a level 1 or level 2 graduated driver license. See Michigan Laws 256.627
(1) A certified driver education provider may apply for the renewal of a driver education provider certificate. The renewal application must be submitted to the secretary of state every other year in a format and as prescribed by the secretary of state. A renewal application must include all of the following:
(a) A properly completed application signed by the applicant.
(b) A nonrefundable application processing fee as follows:
(i) $225.00 for a driver education provider that offers adult or teen driver training.
(ii) $360.00 for a driver education provider that offers commercial vehicle driver training.
(c) If applicable, either of the following:
(i) A certification that the applicant has used a multiple vehicle driving facility in a driver education course and that the facility has not been altered or changed since the secretary of state inspected that facility after October 1, 2006. A nonrefundable multiple vehicle driving facility review and approval fee of $75.00 must accompany the applicant’s application for a renewal of its driver education provider certificate.
(ii) A statement that the applicant will use a multiple vehicle driving facility in a driver education course, a detailed description of the facility as determined necessary by the secretary of state, and its address. A multiple vehicle driving facility review and approval fee of $125.00 must accompany the applicant’s application for a renewal of its driver education provider certificate.
(d) Other information and documents prescribed by the secretary of state as needed to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements of this act.
(2) The designated representative or coordinator of a certified driver education provider shall complete a criminal history check as described in section 29 to the satisfaction of the secretary of state every 4 years on an application to renew the driver education provider’s certificate.
(3) If the secretary of state receives a properly completed renewal application before the applicant’s driver education provider’s current certificate expires, the certificate continues in full force and effect until the secretary of state either approves or denies the renewal application. If the secretary of state does not receive a properly completed renewal application before the driver education provider certificate expires, the driver education provider shall not offer to engage or engage in the activity of a driver education provider until the secretary of state issues the holder of the expired certificate an original or renewal driver education provider certificate as provided in this act.
(4) The secretary of state shall not issue a renewal certificate more than 30 days after a driver education provider certificate expires unless the provider has submitted a properly completed renewal application within 30 days after the certificate’s expiration date. A provider that applies for a certificate renewal later than 30 days after the certificate expires shall apply to the secretary of state for an original driver education provider certificate.
(5) The secretary of state shall review and, in writing, approve or deny the use of a multiple vehicle driving facility under this act as determined necessary by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may only approve a facility that meets criteria prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall perform an on-site inspection of a multiple vehicle driving facility as determined necessary by the secretary of state.
(6) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to an educational institution or a governmental agency.
(7) Nonrefundable application processing and multiple vehicle driving facility review and approval fees collected under this section must be deposited into the driver education provider and instructor fund created under section 83.