Bill Text: MI SB0324 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; specialty plates for ducks unlimited; provide for. Amends sec. 811e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e) & adds sec. 811r.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-20 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0324 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0324-Engrossed.html

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SB-0324, As Passed Senate, May 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 324

 

 

March 4, 2009, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, RICHARDVILLE, ALLEN, KUIPERS, HARDIMAN, BIRKHOLZ, JANSEN, PAPPAGEORGE and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 811e (MCL 257.811e), as amended by 2006 PA 562,

 

and by adding section 811r.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811e. (1) Beginning January 1, 2007, the The secretary of

 

state may develop a fund-raising plate as provided in this section.

 

     (2) A start-up fee of $15,000.00 shall be paid for any new

 

fund-raising plate authorized under this section, which fee shall

 

be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund

 

to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing fund-

 

raising plates. If the fee described in this subsection is not paid

 

within 18 months of after the effective date of the public act that

 

authorizes the development and issuance of a fund-raising plate,

 

then the related fund-raising plate shall not be created, produced,

 

or issued. A start-up fee paid under this subsection is

 

nonrefundable.

 

     (3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first

 

issues 1 of the fund-raising plates as described in subsection (1)

 

and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or other

 

person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it as

 

approved by the secretary of state. The payment required under this

 

subsection shall be deposited in the transportation administration

 

collection fund to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and

 

issuing fund-raising plates. A payment under this subsection is

 

nonrefundable.

 

     (4) The secretary of state may develop 1 or more limited term

 

registration plates to recognize a Michigan university or an

 

accomplishment or occasion of a Michigan university.

 

     (5) The secretary of state may, at any 1 time, develop not

 

more than 8 9 different state sponsored fund-raising registration

 

plates as described in this section, and matching state-sponsored

 

collector plates as described in section 811g.

 

     (6) The secretary of state shall not develop or issue a fund-

 

raising plate unless a public act authorizing the fund-raising

 

plate, at a minimum, does all of the following:

 

     (a) Identifies the purpose of the fund-raising plate.

 

     (b) Creates a nonprofit fund or designates an existing

 

nonprofit fund to receive the money raised through the sale of

 

fund-raising plates and matching collector plates.

 

     (c) If a fund is created, names the person or entity

 

responsible for administering the fund.

 

     Sec. 811r. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and may

 

issue a fund-raising plate and a matching collector plate

 

recognizing ducks unlimited. The words "ducks unlimited" shall be

 

inscribed on the plates. The secretary of state shall transfer the

 

fund-raising donations received from the sale of the plates

 

described in this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit

 

the donation money to the ducks unlimited fund established under

 

subsection (2).

 

     (2) The ducks unlimited 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. The state

 

treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a quarterly basis to

 

the Michigan chapter of ducks unlimited, incorporated. The money

 

credited to the Michigan chapter of ducks unlimited, incorporated

 

shall only be expended to protect, enhance, restore, manage, and

 

acquire wetlands and associated uplands in this state.

 

     (3) The Michigan chapter of ducks unlimited, incorporated

 

shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting

 

of money received and used under subsection (2).