June 25, 2003, Introduced by Senators TOY, BIRKHOLZ, PATTERSON, BROWN, KUIPERS, CHERRY, HARDIMAN, McMANUS, THOMAS and SCOTT and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding sections 217p and 217q.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 217p. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
2 section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f
3 a state-sponsored breast cancer awareness fund-raising
4 registration plate and a matching state-sponsored breast cancer
5 awareness collector plate as provided under section 811g. The
6 secretary of state shall design the plate, having the pink ribbon
7 emblem of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation inscribed
8 on the plate.
9 (2) The secretary of state shall deposit the donation into
10 the breast cancer awareness fund established under section 217q.
11 Sec. 217q. (1) The breast cancer awareness fund is created
1 within the state treasury.
2 (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets
3 from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer
4 shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer
5 shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund
6 investments.
7 (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
8 remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
9 (4) The state treasurer shall disburse the money in the fund
10 quarterly to the American cancer society Great Lakes division to
11 support research, programs, and services related to breast
12 cancer.
13 (5) As used in this section, "fund" means the breast cancer
14 awareness fund created in subsection (1).
15 (6) The entity receiving money under this section shall
16 provide an annual accounting of the use of the money to the state
17 treasurer.
18 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect May 1,
19 2004.