HOUSE BILL No. 5633

 

March 10, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Sak, O'Neil, Kooiman, Plakas, Voorhees, Sheen, Gleason, DeRossett, Murphy, Anderson, Huizenga, Hunter, McConico, Farhat and Smith 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 2001 PA              

                                                                                

    124, and by adding sections 811p and 811q; and to repeal acts and           

                                                                                

    parts of acts.                                                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 811e.  (1) The secretary of state may develop a                        

                                                                                

2   Michigan university fund-raising  registration  plate as                    

                                                                                

3   described in this section  ,  and a matching Michigan university            

                                                                                

4   collector plate as described in section 811g.                               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   registration plates to recognize a state-sponsored event, a                 

                                                                                

7   Michigan university, or an accomplishment or occasion of a                  

                                                                                

8   Michigan university.                                                        

                                                                                

9       (3) The secretary of state may  , at any 1 time,  develop                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   not more than 7 different state-sponsored  fund-raising                    

                                                                                

2   registration  plates as described in this section  ,  and                  

                                                                                

3   matching  state-sponsored  collector plates as described in                 

                                                                                

4   section 811g.  As used in this section,  "state-sponsored                   

                                                                                

5   "fund-raising  registration  plate" means a fund-raising                    

                                                                                

6   registration  plate authorized by a public act to raise funds              

                                                                                

7   for a  state-sponsored  specified goal.  The public act shall, at           

                                                                                

8   a minimum, do all of the following:                                         

                                                                                

9       (a) Identify the purpose of the  state-sponsored                            

                                                                                

10  fund-raising  registration  plate.                                          

                                                                                

11      (b) Create a fund or designate an existing fund to receive                  

                                                                                

12  the money raised through the sale of  state-sponsored                       

                                                                                

13  fund-raising  registration  plates and matching collector                   

                                                                                

14  plates.                                                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

16  responsible for administering the fund.                                     

                                                                                

17      (4) The secretary of state may develop, promote, and market                 

                                                                                

18  the fund-raising  registration  plates and matching collector               

                                                                                

19  plates issued under this section with the funds available through           

                                                                                

20  service fees.                                                               

                                                                                

21      (5) If the design or logo of a Michigan university                          

                                                                                

22  fund-raising  registration  plate,  or  a state-sponsored                   

                                                                                

23  fund-raising  registration  plate, or a professional sports team            

                                                                                

24  fund-raising plate uses 1 or more designs, trade names,                     

                                                                                

25  trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or other images that           

                                                                                

26  are owned by the Michigan university that is requesting the                 

                                                                                

27  Michigan university fund-raising plate, the person or entity that           


                                                                                

1   is sponsoring a  state-sponsored  fund-raising plate,                       

                                                                                

2   professional sports team, or any other person or entity, the                

                                                                                

3   Michigan university,  or  sponsoring person or entity, or                   

                                                                                

4   professional sports team shall grant to or obtain for the                   

                                                                                

5   secretary of state both of the following pursuant to a written              

                                                                                

6   agreement between the parties:                                              

                                                                                

7       (a) A nonexclusive worldwide license to use those designs,                  

                                                                                

8   trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or                

                                                                                

9   other images on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion,           

                                                                                

10  sale, or copyrighting of the registration plate or image of the             

                                                                                

11  registration plate.                                                         

                                                                                

12      (b) The authority to merchandise the registration plate or an               

                                                                                

13  image of the registration plate.                                            

                                                                                

14      (6) In using or employing a design, trade name, trademark,                  

                                                                                

15  service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in                

                                                                                

16  conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or           

                                                                                

17  merchandising of a  registration  fund-raising plate or image of            

                                                                                

18  the  registration  fund-raising plate, the secretary of state may           

                                                                                

19  alter the size of the design, trade name, trademark, service                

                                                                                

20  mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image but shall not change             

                                                                                

21  the color or design of the design, trade name, trademark, service           

                                                                                

22  mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image without the prior                

                                                                                

23  written consent of the respective Michigan university,  or                  

                                                                                

24  sponsoring person or entity, or professional sports team.  The              

                                                                                

25  secretary of state shall not use or employ a design, trade name,            

                                                                                

26  trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on            

                                                                                

27  and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale,                     


                                                                                

1   copyrighting, or merchandising of a  registration  fund-raising             

                                                                                

2   plate or an image of the  registration  fund-raising plate in any           

                                                                                

3   manner that is offensive to the Michigan university or sponsoring           

                                                                                

4   person or entity that complies with subsection (5).                         

                                                                                

5       (7) As used in this section, "Michigan university                           

                                                                                

6   fund-raising  registration  plate" means a fund-raising                     

                                                                                

7   registration  plate that is issued under this section at the               

                                                                                

8   request of a Michigan university.                                           

                                                                                

9       Sec. 811p.  (1) The secretary of state may develop under                    

                                                                                

10  section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f            

                                                                                

11  a professional sports team fund-raising plate and a matching                

                                                                                

12  professional sports team fund-raising collector plate as provided           

                                                                                

13  under section 811g.  The plate shall be of a design as determined           

                                                                                

14  by the secretary of state that includes a logo of 1 of the                  

                                                                                

15  following professional sports teams:                                        

                                                                                

16      (a) Grand Rapids Griffins hockey team.                                      

                                                                                

17      (b) Grand Rapids Rampage football team.                                     

                                                                                

18      (c) West Michigan Whitecaps baseball team.                                  

                                                                                

19      (2) A professional sports team that enters into a written                   

                                                                                

20  agreement with the secretary of state for the development of a              

                                                                                

21  fund-raising plate under this section shall agree that the                  

                                                                                

22  service fees derived from the sale of a fund-raising plate                  

                                                                                

23  bearing its logo and matching collector plate shall be deposited            

                                                                                

24  in the professional sports team fund created in section 811q to             

                                                                                

25  be disbursed as provided in section 811q.                                   

                                                                                

26      (3) Professional sports team fund-raising plate service fees                

                                                                                

27  collected under this section by the secretary of state shall be             


                                                                                

1   identified and segregated by the secretary of state into a                  

                                                                                

2   separate account.  The secretary of state shall on a quarterly              

                                                                                

3   basis transfer the balance of the professional sports team                  

                                                                                

4   fund-raising plate service fees to the state treasurer, who shall           

                                                                                

5   credit the fee money to the professional sports team fund created           

                                                                                

6   in section 811q.  The money credited to the professional sports             

                                                                                

7   team fund shall only be expended as provided in section 811q.               

                                                                                

8       (4) This section is repealed September 30, 2005.                            

                                                                                

9       Sec. 811q.  (1) The professional sports team fund is created                

                                                                                

10  within the state treasury.                                                  

                                                                                

11      (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets                   

                                                                                

12  from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

                                                                                

13  shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

                                                                                

14  shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

                                                                                

15  investments.                                                                

                                                                                

16      (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall                 

                                                                                

17  remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.                 

                                                                                

18      (4) The department of treasury shall disburse money in the                  

                                                                                

19  fund on a quarterly basis as follows:                                       

                                                                                

20      (a) The money received from the sale of the Grand Rapids                    

                                                                                

21  Griffins hockey team plates to the Grand Rapids Griffins Youth              

                                                                                

22  Foundation.                                                                 

                                                                                

23      (b) The money received from the sale of the Grand Rapids                    

                                                                                

24  Rampage football team plates to the Grand Rapids Griffins Youth             

                                                                                

25  Foundation.                                                                 

                                                                                

26      (c) The money received from the sale of the West Michigan                   

                                                                                

27  Whitecaps plates to the Y.M.C.A. intercity youth baseball and               


                                                                                

1   softball programs.                                                          

                                                                                

2       (5) Beginning not later than February 1, 2005, and annually                 

                                                                                

3   after that, an organization receiving money under this section              

                                                                                

4   shall report to the state treasurer.  A report under this                   

                                                                                

5   subsection shall include a summary of expenditures during the               

                                                                                

6   preceding year of the money received under this section.