Bill Text: MI HB4346 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for libraries; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811nn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/14/2017 [HB4346 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4346-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4346
March 14, 2017, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Kivela, Cochran, Dianda, Jones, Lasinski and Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811nn.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811nn. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate
recognizing the public libraries of this state. The secretary of
state, with input from the libraries of this state, shall design
the fund-raising plates authorized in this section.
(2) The Michigan library 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 be the administrator of the fund for auditing
purposes.
(3) The secretary of state shall transfer the donation money
from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the public
libraries of this state to the state treasurer, who shall credit
the donation money to the fund established under subsection (2).
(4) No later than July 14 of each year, the department of
education shall transmit to the state treasurer a statement of the
qualified public libraries that are entitled to receive a
distribution under subsection (5) during that year and the service
area population for each qualified public library.
(5) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund
established under subsection (2) no later than August 1 of each
year to the public libraries of this state. The state treasurer
shall disburse the money per capita based on the service area
population of each qualified public library. Money disbursed under
this subsection shall be applied exclusively to the support of
public libraries in this state and shall not be used for any other
purpose.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Qualified public library" means a legally established
public library that qualifies for state aid under the state aid to
public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.551 to 397.576.
(b) "Service area population" includes the legal service area
and contracted-for service areas of a public library.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
