Bill Text: MI SB0152 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for Michigan humane society; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811v.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0152 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0152-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 152

 

 

February 5, 2013, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE, NOFS, JONES, HOPGOOD, MARLEAU, ANDERSON, KOWALL and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811v.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811v. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under

 

section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate

 

recognizing the Michigan humane society. The secretary of state in

 

conjunction with the Michigan humane society shall design the fund-

 

raising plates authorized in this section.

 

     (2) The Michigan humane society 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 in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall transfer the donation money

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Michigan

 

humane society to the state treasurer, who shall credit the

 

donation money to the Michigan humane society fund established

 

under subsection (2).

 

     (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund

 

established under subsection (2) on a quarterly basis to the

 

Michigan humane society for the purpose of pet sterilization.

 

Beginning not later than February 1, 2014, the Michigan humane

 

society shall submit to the state treasurer a summary of the

 

expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under

 

this section.

 

     (5) The department of agriculture and rural development shall

 

be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.