Bill Text: MI SB0478 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; "In God We Trust" fund-raising plate; create, and earmark proceeds to the general fund. Amends sec. 811e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e) & adds sec. 811r.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0478 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0478-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 478

 

 

June 16, 2011, Introduced by Senator GLEASON 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 2009 PA 99,

 

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. The fee shall be

 

deposited in the transportation administration collection fund

 

through October 1, 2011 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 through October 1, 2011 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 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 under

 

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

 

the words "In God We Trust" inscribed on the plate. The secretary

 

of state shall design the fund-raising plates authorized in this

 

section.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates created under this section to

 

the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the

 

general fund of this state.