SB-0163, As Passed House, May 25, 2017

SB-0163, As Passed Senate, April 27, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

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

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811aa. (1) No later than June 1, 2018, the secretary of

 

state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section 811f

 

a fund-raising plate recognizing the Choose Life Michigan Fund. The

 

secretary of state, in conjunction with the board of the Choose

 

Life Michigan Fund, shall design the fund-raising plates authorized

 

in this section.

 

     (2) The choose life 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 Choose Life

 

Michigan Fund to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation

 

money to the choose life fund created under subsection (2).

 

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

 

life fund created under subsection (2) on an annual basis to the

 

Choose Life Michigan Fund.

 

     (5) The state treasurer shall be the administrator of the

 

choose life fund created under subsection (2) for auditing

 

purposes.

 

     (6) Money disbursed to the Choose Life Michigan Fund under

 

this section shall be distributed to eligible nonprofit

 

organizations that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3)

 

of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, to be expended on

 

projects that promote life-affirming choices. As used in this

 

subsection:

 

     (a) "Eligible nonprofit organizations" includes, but is not

 

limited to, crisis pregnancy centers, homes for pregnant women, and

 

other organizations that provide practical support to pregnant

 

women, provide practical outreach to at-risk populations, and

 

promote life-affirming programs and projects.

 

     (b) "Life-affirming programs and projects" includes, but is

 

not limited to, media campaigns, specialty outreaches to at-risk

 

populations, including minorities, teenagers, college-aged women,

campaigns to promote adoption, and suicide prevention.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.