Bill Text: MI SB0443 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles: fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate to support the Great Lakes Sports Commission; provide for. Amends sec. 811d of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811d) & adds sec. 811gg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Referred To Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure [SB0443 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0443-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 443
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 811d (MCL 257.811d), as amended by 2006 PA 562, and by adding section 811gg.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 811d. (1) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Fund-raising plate" means a registration plate authorized to raise funds for a specified goal.
(b) "Collector plate" means a collector plate that matches any registration plate developed and issued under this act.
(c) "Nonprofit" means that which is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) or (6) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501.
(d) "Transportation administration collection fund" means the fund created under section 810b.
(2) A fund-raising plate shall must contain all of the following as prescribed or approved by the secretary of state:
(a) The same generic background.
(b) Letters and numbers.
(c) The word "Michigan" and any other unique identifier specified by the secretary of state.
(d) A design or logo.
(3) If the design or logo of a fund-raising plate uses 1 or more designs, trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or other images that are owned by a Michigan university or other person, the Michigan university or other person shall grant to or obtain for the secretary of state both of the following pursuant to a written agreement between the parties:
(a) A nonexclusive worldwide license to use those designs, trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or other images on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, or copyrighting of the registration plate or image of the fund-raising plate.
(b) The authority to merchandise the fund-raising plate or an image of the fund-raising plate.
(4) In using or employing a design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or merchandising of a fund-raising plate or image of the fund-raising plate, the secretary of state may alter the size of the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image but shall not change the color or design of the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image without the prior written consent of the respective Michigan university or other person. The secretary of state shall not use or employ a design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or merchandising of a fund-raising plate or an image of the fund-raising plate in any manner that is offensive to the Michigan university or other person that owns the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image that is the subject of a written agreement under subsection (3).
Sec. 811gg. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate recognizing the Upper Peninsula. The secretary of state in conjunction with the Great Lakes Sports Commission shall design the fund-raising plate authorized in this section. The fund-raising plate authorized in this section must include the outline of the map of the Upper Peninsula.
(2) The owner of a vehicle required to be registered under this act may apply, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, for a fund-raising plate recognizing the Upper Peninsula as prescribed in section 811f instead of a standard registration plate.
(3) The secretary of state shall transfer the donation money from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Upper Peninsula to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the Great Lakes Sports Commission fund established under subsection (4).
(4) The Great Lakes Sports Commission 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 must remain in the fund and must not lapse to the general fund.
(5) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a quarterly basis to the Great Lakes Sports Commission. Beginning not later than March 31, 2022, the Great Lakes Sports Commission shall submit to the state treasurer a summary of the expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under this section.
