HB-6137, As Passed Senate, December 12, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 6137

 

(As amended, December 12, 2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 217d, 801, 811d, 811e, 811f, 811g, 811h, 811i,

 

811j, 811l, and 811n (MCL 257.217d, 257.801, 257.811d, 257.811e,

 

257.811f, 257.811g, 257.811h, 257.811i, 257.811j, 257.811l, and

 

257.811n), sections 217d and 811h as amended by 2003 PA 152,

 

section 801 as amended by 2006 PA 136, section 811d as amended by

 

2005 PA 317, section 811e as amended by 2001 PA 124, sections 811f

 

and 811g as added by 2000 PA 77, section 811i as added by 2000 PA

 

74, section 811j as added by 2000 PA 71, section 811l as added by

 

2000 PA 70, and section 811n as added by 2000 PA 79, and by adding

 


House Bill No. 6137 as amended December 12, 2006

 

sections 811m, 811o, 811p, and 811q; and to repeal acts and parts

 

of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 217d. (1) The secretary of state shall design and may

 

issue a special congressional medal of honor registration plate for

 

residents of this state awarded the congressional medal of honor.

 

     (2) A special congressional medal of honor registration plate

 

shall be issued only for 1 vehicle intended for personal use by the

 

applicant.

 

     (3) A person who is a recipient of the congressional medal of

 

honor may apply to the secretary of state for a special

 

registration plate under this section on a form prescribed by the

 

secretary of state, which shall be accompanied by any proof of the

 

applicant having been a congressional medal of honor recipient that

 

the secretary of state may require. The secretary of state shall

 

waive the $5.00 service fee requirement under section 804.

 

     (4) A person who qualifies to be issued a special registration

 

plate under this section is entitled to only 1 special registration

 

plate issued under subsection (1) that is exempt from payment of

 

the tax provided in section 801.

 

     (5) A person with disabilities who applies for a special

 

registration plate under this section shall be issued a tab for

 

persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or

 

her special registration plate. The secretary of state shall

 

require the same proof that the applicant is disabled as is

 

required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

 

section 675.

 


     (6) A special registration plate issued under subsection (1)

 

expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in which new

 

plates are issued by the secretary of state.

 

     (7) The secretary of state shall deliver or cause to be

 

delivered 1 or more special registration plates issued under this

 

section to the home address of the applicant at no additional cost

 

to the applicant.

 

      (8) The secretary of state shall develop and, upon

 

application, may issue a Michigan veterans memorial registration

 

plate to an applicant for use on the passenger motor vehicle,

 

pickup truck, van, motor home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or

 

trailer for which the registration plate is issued instead of a

 

standard registration plate. Michigan veterans memorial

 

registration plates shall bear letters and numbers that the

 

secretary of state prescribes. The plate shall be of a design as

 

determined by the secretary of state. The word "Michigan" shall

 

appear on each Michigan veterans memorial registration plate.

 

     (9) An application for a Michigan veterans memorial

 

registration plate shall be submitted to the secretary of state

 

pursuant to the procedures prescribed in section 217. Application

 

for an original or renewal Michigan veterans memorial registration

 

plate shall be accompanied with payment of the regular vehicle

 

registration tax in addition to the following:

 

     (a) For an original Michigan veterans memorial registration

 

plate, a donation of $25.00 and a service fee of not more than

 

$10.00, as determined by the secretary of state.

 

     (b) For a renewal Michigan veterans memorial registration

 


plate, a service fee of $10.00.

 

     (10) A Michigan veterans memorial registration plate shall

 

expire as described in section 226. Upon the issuance or renewal of

 

a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate, the secretary of

 

state may issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of

 

expiration.

 

     (11) The secretary of state may issue a temporary registration

 

permit to a person who submits an application and the proper

 

payments for a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate if the

 

applicant's current vehicle registration will expire before his or

 

her receipt of a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate. The

 

temporary registration shall expire upon receipt of a Michigan

 

veterans memorial registration plate or 60 days after the issuance

 

of a Michigan veterans memorial registration plate, whichever

 

occurs first. The temporary permit shall be issued without a

 

separate fee.

 

     (12) Michigan veterans memorial registration plate service

 

fees collected under this section by the secretary of state shall

 

be identified and segregated by the secretary of state into a

 

separate account. After deducting the manufacturing and

 

administrative costs of the secretary of state, including

 

administrative costs associated with issuing, replacing, and

 

substituting plates, the secretary of state shall on a quarterly

 

basis transfer all of the donations and the balance of the Michigan

 

veterans memorial registration plate service fees to the state

 

treasurer who shall credit the fee money to the Vietnam veterans

 

memorial monument fund created in section 3 of the Michigan Vietnam

 


veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1053. These funds shall

 

be used exclusively for the purposes described in sections 5 and 7

 

of the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL

 

35.1055 and 35.1057.

 

     (13) For purposes of this section, "Michigan veterans memorial

 

registration plate" means a registration plate containing a

 

specialized design pertaining to Michigan veterans.

 

     Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the

 

following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall

 

exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation, except

 

the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain carriers

 

operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor carrier act,

 

1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes imposed by the motor

 

carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to 207.234; and

 

except as otherwise provided by this act:

 

     (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as

 

otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not more

 

than 8,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according to the

 

following schedule of empty weights:

 

     Empty weights                                              Tax

     0 to 3,000 pounds....................................... $ 29.00

     3,001 to 3,500 pounds...................................   32.00

     3,501 to 4,000 pounds...................................   37.00

     4,001 to 4,500 pounds...................................   43.00

     4,501 to 5,000 pounds...................................   47.00

     5,001 to 5,500 pounds...................................   52.00

     5,501 to 6,000 pounds...................................   57.00


     6,001 to 6,500 pounds...................................   62.00

     6,501 to 7,000 pounds...................................   67.00

     7,001 to 7,500 pounds...................................   71.00

     7,501 to 8,000 pounds...................................   77.00

     8,001 to 8,500 pounds...................................   81.00

     8,501 to 9,000 pounds...................................   86.00

     9,001 to 9,500 pounds...................................   91.00

     9,501 to 10,000 pounds..................................   95.00

     over 10,000 pounds........................ $ 0.90 per 100 pounds

                                                      of empty weight

 

     On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed

 

under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year

 

times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar

 

year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

of commerce or its successor agency. A van that is owned by an

 

individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who transports

 

a resident of his or her household who uses a wheelchair and for

 

which registration plates are issued under section 803d shall be

 

assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax provided for in this

 

subdivision.

 

     (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax

 

shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer coach

 


not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while located

 

on land otherwise assessable as real property under the general

 

property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, if the trailer

 

coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether or not

 

permanently affixed to the soil, is not exempt from real property

 

taxes.

 

     (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming operation,

 

including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment for other

 

farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not for money, or

 

used for the transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family,

 

and not used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds of empty weight of

 

the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If the road tractor,

 

truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is also used for a

 

nonfarming operation, the farmer is subject to the highest

 

registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of the vehicle but

 

is not subject to more than 1 tax rate under this act.

 

     (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a

 

wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood

 

harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk from

 

the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100 pounds of

 

empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. A

 

registration secured by payment of the tax prescribed in this

 

subdivision continues in full force and effect until the regular

 

expiration date of the registration. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Wood harvester" includes the person or persons hauling and

 

transporting raw materials in the form produced at the harvest site

 


or hauling and transporting wood harvesting equipment. Wood

 

harvester does not include a person or persons whose primary

 

activity is tree-trimming or landscaping.

 

     (ii) "Wood harvesting equipment" includes all of the following:

 

     (A) A vehicle that directly harvests logs or timber,

 

including, but not limited to, a processor or a feller buncher.

 

     (B) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

timber, including, but not limited to, a slasher, delimber,

 

processor, chipper, or saw table.

 

     (C) A vehicle that directly processes harvested logs or

 

timber, including, but not limited to, a forwarder, grapple

 

skidder, or cable skidder.

 

     (D) A vehicle that directly loads harvested logs or timber,

 

including, but not limited to, a knucle-boom loader, front-end

 

loader, or forklift.

 

     (E) A bulldozer or road grader being transported to a wood

 

harvesting site specifically for the purpose of building or

 

maintaining harvest site roads.

 

     (iii) "Wood harvesting operations" does not include the

 

transportation of processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed

 

firewood for a profit making venture.

 

     (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed

 

funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral

 

business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged in

 

the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to

 

others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or

 

ambulance.

 


     (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state

 

institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit

 

volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or

 

university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under this

 

subdivision expires on June 30 of the year in which new

 

registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the secretary

 

of state.

 

     (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or

 

similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit

 

parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,

 

parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other

 

grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit

 

rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by a

 

senior citizen center, $10.00, if the bus, station wagon, carryall,

 

or similarly constructed vehicle or motor vehicle is designated by

 

proper signs showing the organization operating the vehicle.

 

     (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used

 

to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to children

 

at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as organized

 

under 36 USC 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the vehicle is

 

designated by a proper sign showing the civil air patrol's name;

 

for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans center;

 

for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit recycling center or

 

a federally recognized nonprofit conservation organization; for a

 

motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or ship's

 

body that is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and used

 

exclusively in parades and civic events; or for an emergency

 


support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and

 

operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable

 

organization, $10.00 per plate.

 

     (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a bona

 

fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross, girl

 

scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of the

 

empty weight of the truck.

 

     (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not

 

used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow a

 

trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a profit

 

making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to tow a

 

mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in subdivision

 

(b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the following

 

schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:

 

     Empty weights                                     Per 100 pounds

     0 to 2,500 pounds........................................ $ 1.40

     2,501 to 4,000 pounds....................................   1.76

     4,001 to 6,000 pounds....................................   2.20

     6,001 to 8,000 pounds....................................   2.72

     8,001 to 10,000 pounds...................................   3.25

     10,001 to 15,000 pounds..................................   3.77

     15,001 pounds and over...................................   4.39

 

     If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the

 

same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for which

 

registration is sought under this subdivision is more than the tax

 

provided under the preceding provisions of this subdivision for an

 

identical vehicle, the tax required under this subdivision is not


 

less than the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of

 

the same model year with the same list price.

 

     (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a

 

trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck

 

weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,

 

except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following

 

schedule of elected gross weights:

 

     Elected gross weight                                       Tax

     0 to 24,000 pounds................................... $   491.00

     24,001 to 26,000 pounds..............................     558.00

     26,001 to 28,000 pounds..............................     558.00

     28,001 to 32,000 pounds..............................     649.00

     32,001 to 36,000 pounds..............................     744.00

     36,001 to 42,000 pounds..............................     874.00

     42,001 to 48,000 pounds..............................   1,005.00

     48,001 to 54,000 pounds..............................   1,135.00

     54,001 to 60,000 pounds..............................   1,268.00

     60,001 to 66,000 pounds..............................   1,398.00

     66,001 to 72,000 pounds..............................   1,529.00

     72,001 to 80,000 pounds..............................   1,660.00

     80,001 to 90,000 pounds..............................   1,793.00

     90,001 to 100,000 pounds.............................   2,002.00

     100,001 to 115,000 pounds............................   2,223.00

     115,001 to 130,000 pounds............................   2,448.00

     130,001 to 145,000 pounds............................   2,670.00

     145,001 to 160,000 pounds............................  2,894.00

     over 160,000 pounds..................................   3,117.00

 


     For each commercial vehicle registered under this subdivision,

 

$15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to be expended for

 

the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.

 

     If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an

 

individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or

 

corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the tax

 

prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor or road

 

tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or

 

arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is

 

entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.

 

     (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or

 

trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following

 

schedule of empty weights:

 

     Empty weights                                              Tax

     0 to 2,499 pounds...................................... $  75.00

     2,500 to 9,999 pounds..................................   200.00

     10,000 pounds and over.................................   300.00

 

     The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires

 

only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration plate

 

for all trailers.  If  Beginning October 1, 2005, if the secretary

 

of state reissues a new registration plate for all trailers, a

 

person who has once paid the tax as increased by 2003 PA 152 for a

 

vehicle under this subdivision is not required to pay the tax for

 

that vehicle a second time, but is required to pay only the cost of

 

the reissued plate at the rate provided in section 804(2) for a

 

standard plate. A registration plate issued under this subdivision

 

is nontransferable.


 

     (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation of

 

passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment is

 

made under 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according to the

 

following schedule of empty weights:

 

     Empty weights                                     Per 100 pounds

     0 to 4,000 pounds....................................... $  1.76

     4,001 to 6,000 pounds...................................    2.20

     6,001 to 10,000 pounds..................................    2.72

     10,001 pounds and over..................................    3.25

     (n) For each motorcycle................................. $ 23.00

 

     On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed

 

under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the

 

registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that

 

date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year

 

times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar

 

year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar

 

year that preceded that calendar year. In performing the

 

calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall

 

use the spring preliminary report of the United States department

 

of commerce or its successor agency.

 

     Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each

 

motorcycle is increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase is not part of

 

the tax assessed under this subdivision for the purpose of the

 

annual October 1 revisions but is in addition to the tax assessed

 

as a result of the annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January 1,

 

1984, $3.00 of each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle

 


safety fund in the state treasury and shall be used only for

 

funding the motorcycle safety education program as provided for

 

under sections 312b and 811a.

 

     (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road

 

tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or part

 

of a moving van in transporting household furniture and household

 

effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting carnivals,

 

at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross weights in

 

subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that subdivision.

 

     (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984

 

or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required

 

under section 217 that has not been previously subject to the tax

 

rates of this section and that is of the motor vehicle category

 

otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in subdivision (a),

 

and each low-speed vehicle according to the following schedule

 

based upon registration periods of 12 months:

 

     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the

 

first registration that is not a transfer registration under

 

section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer

 

registration under section 809, according to the following schedule

 

based on the vehicle's list price:

 

     List Price                                                 Tax

     $ 0 - $ 6,000.00....................................... $  30.00

     More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00...................... $  33.00

     More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00...................... $  38.00

     More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00...................... $  43.00

     More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00..................... $  48.00


     More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00.................... $  53.00

     More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00.................... $  58.00

     More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00.................... $  63.00

     More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00.................... $  68.00

     More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00.................... $  73.00

     More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00.................... $  78.00

     More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00.................... $  83.00

     More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00.................... $  88.00

     More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00.................... $  93.00

     More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00.................... $  98.00

     More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00.................... $ 103.00

     More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00.................... $ 108.00

     More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00.................... $ 113.00

     More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00.................... $ 118.00

     More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00.................... $ 123.00

     More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00.................... $ 128.00

     More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00.................... $ 133.00

     More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00.................... $ 138.00

     More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00.................... $ 143.00

     More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00.................... $ 148.00

 

     More than $30,000.00, the tax of $148.00 is increased by $5.00

 

for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00 increment

 

over $30,000.00. If a current tax increases or decreases as a

 

result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or transferred

 

after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased or decreased

 

tax.

 

     (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed under

 

subparagraph (i).


 

     (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed under

 

subparagraph (ii).

 

     (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the

 

tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).

 

     For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has

 

been previously registered by a person other than the person

 

applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a

 

subsequent model year that has been previously registered in

 

another state or country and is registered for the first time in

 

this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by

 

subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year

 

for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a

 

negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If the

 

result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,

 

third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van that is

 

owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual

 

who transports a resident of his or her household who uses a

 

wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued under

 

section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax

 

provided for in this subdivision.

 

     (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.

 

     (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this

 

section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar

 

figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the

 

computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and

 

shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the

 

computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more, unless


 

specific taxes are specified, and the secretary of state may accept

 

the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle fully equipped

 

for the use for which the registration application is made. If the

 

weight is not correctly stated or is not satisfactory, the

 

secretary of state shall determine the actual weight. Each

 

application for registration of a vehicle under subdivisions (j)

 

and (m) shall have attached to the application a scale weight

 

receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time the

 

application is made. The scale weight receipt is not necessary if

 

there is presented with the application a registration receipt of

 

the previous year that shows on its face the weight of the motor

 

vehicle as registered with the secretary of state and that is

 

accompanied by a statement of the applicant that there has not been

 

a structural change in the motor vehicle that has increased the

 

weight and that the previous registered weight is the true weight.

 

     (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying

 

ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the

 

specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is exempt

 

from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond.

 

     (3) Until October 1, 2009, the tax for a vehicle with an empty

 

weight over 10,000 pounds imposed under subsection (1)(a) and the

 

taxes imposed under subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j),

 

(m), (o), and (p) are each increased as follows:

 

     (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25 that shall be credited to the

 

traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a and

 

used to regulate highway safety.

 

     (b) A fee of $5.75 that shall be credited to the


 

transportation administration collection fund created in section

 

810b.

 

     (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not

 

received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration date

 

of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall collect a

 

late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after the

 

expiration date. An application for a renewal of a registration

 

using the regular mail and postmarked before the expiration date of

 

that registration shall not be assessed a late fee. The late fee

 

collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the general

 

fund.

 

     (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Gross proceeds" means that term as defined in section 1

 

of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51, and includes

 

the value of the motor vehicle used as part payment of the purchase

 

price as that value is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as

 

evidenced by the signed agreement executed under section 251.

 

     (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base list

 

price as published by the secretary of state, or the manufacturer's

 

suggested retail price as shown on the label required to be affixed

 

to the vehicle under 15 USC 1232, if the secretary of state has not

 

at the time of the sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's

 

suggested retail price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of

 

the vehicle if the manufacturer's suggested base list price is

 

unavailable from the sources described in this subdivision.

 

     (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by the

 

seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being


 

registered.

 

     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) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.

 

     (d) "Transportation administration collection fund" means the

 

fund created under section 810b.

 

     (2) A fund-raising  registration  plate  series  shall 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. 811e. (1)  The  Beginning January 1, 2007, the secretary

 

of state may develop a  Michigan university fund-raising

 

registration plate as described in this section, and a matching

 

Michigan university collector plate as described in section 811g  

 

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, which fee shall

 

be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund

 

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 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 to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and

 

issuing fund-raising plates. A payment under this subsection is

 

nonrefundable.

 

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

 

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

 

Michigan university  ,  or an accomplishment or occasion of a

 

Michigan university.

 

     (3) The secretary of state may, at any 1 time, develop not

 

more than 7 different state-sponsored fund-raising registration

 

plates as described in this section, and matching state-sponsored

 

collector plates as described in section 811g. As used in this


 

section, "state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate" means a

 

fund-raising registration plate authorized by a public act to raise

 

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

 

minimum, do all of the following:

 

     (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)  Identify  Identifies the purpose of the  state-sponsored

 

fund-raising registration  fund-raising plate.

 

     (b)  Create  Creates a  fund or designate an existing  

 

nonprofit fund or designates an existing nonprofit fund to receive

 

the money raised through the sale of  state-sponsored fund-raising

 

registration  fund-raising plates and matching collector plates.

 

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

 

responsible for administering the fund.

 

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

 

the fund-raising registration plates and matching collector plates

 

issued under this section with the funds available through service

 

fees.

 

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

 

raising registration plate or a state-sponsored fund-raising

 

registration plate uses 1 or more designs, trade names, trademarks,

 

service marks, emblems, symbols, or other images that are owned by


 

the Michigan university that is requesting the Michigan university

 

fund-raising plate, the person or entity that is sponsoring a

 

state-sponsored fund-raising plate, or any other person or entity,

 

the Michigan university or sponsoring person or entity 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

 

registration plate.

 

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

 

image of the registration plate.

 

     (6) 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 registration plate or image of the registration

 

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 sponsoring person or entity. 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 registration plate or an image of the registration plate in


 

any manner that is offensive to the Michigan university or

 

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

 

     (7) As used in this section, "Michigan university fund-raising

 

registration plate" means a fund-raising registration plate that is

 

issued under this section at the request of a Michigan university.

 

     Sec. 811f. (1) The secretary of state may, upon application,

 

issue 1 fund-raising  registration  plate instead of a standard

 

registration plate to a person for use on a passenger motor vehicle

 

or motor home or a pickup truck or van used exclusively to

 

transport personal possessions or family members for nonbusiness

 

purposes.

 

     (2) A person  who wants to purchase a Michigan university or

 

state-sponsored  may be issued a fund-raising  registration  plate

 

for use on a vehicle under this act  shall apply  by applying to

 

the secretary of state  for a fund-raising registration plate  

 

pursuant to  the procedures prescribed in  section 217. An

 

application for an original fund-raising  registration  plate shall

 

be accompanied by a $25.00 fund-raising donation, payment of the

 

regular vehicle registration tax  provided for  prescribed under

 

this act, and a $10.00 service fee. An application for renewal of a

 

fund-raising  registration  plate shall be accompanied by payment

 

of the  regular  vehicle registration tax  provided for under this

 

act  required under section 801 and a $10.00 fund-raising donation.

 

Application for a replacement fund-raising  registration  plate

 

shall be accompanied by payment of only the fee prescribed under

 

section 804.

 

     (3) The secretary of state may issue a personalized fund-


 

raising  registration  plate upon application and the payment of

 

the personalized registration plate fee prescribed under section

 

803b in addition to the fees and donations prescribed under

 

subsection (2) and the regular vehicle registration tax  provided

 

for  prescribed under this act.

 

     (4) A disabled person who  makes application  applies for a

 

fund-raising  registration  plate under this section and who  makes

 

payment of  pays the required service fees shall be issued, as

 

determined by the secretary of state, a disabled person's  tab  

 

plate as provided in section  803f  803d for his or her fund-

 

raising  registration  plate.  or a disabled person's fund-raising

 

registration plate.  The secretary of state shall require the same

 

proof that the applicant is a disabled person as is required for

 

issuance of a permanent windshield placard under section 675.

 

     (5) A fund-raising  registration  plate  shall expire  expires

 

pursuant to section 226. The secretary of state may issue a tab or

 

tabs designating the month and year of expiration for an original

 

or renewal fund-raising  registration  plate.

 

     (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary registration

 

permit to a person who submits an application and the proper fees

 

and donation for a fund-raising  registration  plate, if the

 

applicant's current vehicle registration will expire before his or

 

her receipt of a fund-raising  registration  plate. The temporary

 

registration shall expire upon the applicant's receipt of a fund-

 

raising  registration  plate or upon the expiration of  60  30 days

 

after the date of issuance, whichever occurs first. The temporary

 

permit shall be issued without a separate fee.


 

     Sec. 811g. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the

 

secretary of state may develop, market, promote, and sell a

 

collector plate.  that matches any registration plate issued by the

 

secretary of state under this act.  However, the secretary of state

 

shall only develop, market, and promote a collector plate with

 

funds available from the collection of service fees under this

 

chapter.

 

     (2) A collector plate shall not be attached to a motor vehicle

 

in a manner prescribed in section 225. A collector plate may be

 

used on a vehicle in any lawful manner, including, but not limited

 

to, being displayed on the front bumper of a vehicle.

 

     (3) A person may purchase 1 or more collector plates by making

 

payment to the secretary of state of the $10.00 service fee and  ,

 

if the plate is a matching Michigan university or state-sponsored

 

fund-raising registration plate as defined in section 811e,  a

 

$25.00 fund-raising donation.

 

     (4) The secretary of state may, as determined necessary by the

 

secretary of state, cease to sell a collector plate.

 

     Sec. 811h. (1) Each service fee collected under sections 811f

 

and 811g shall be credited to the transportation administration

 

collection fund created under section 810b.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall identify and segregate the

 

fund-raising donations collected under sections 811f and 811g into

 

separate accounts. The secretary of state shall create a separate

 

account for each fund-raising plate  series  and  matching  its

 

collector plates issued or sold by the secretary of state.  for a

 

Michigan university or state-sponsored goal pursuant to section


 

811e.

 

     (3) As determined necessary by the secretary of state but not

 

more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the

 

secretary of state shall not less than once each calendar quarter

 

authorize the disbursement of fund-raising donations segregated

 

under subsection (2) and, independent from any disbursement under

 

subsection (2), report the number of each type of fund-raising  

 

registration  and  matching  collector plates issued, sold, or

 

renewed  bearing the design or logo of that Michigan university or

 

state-sponsored plate sponsor,  to the following, as appropriate:

 

     (a) The treasurer of a Michigan university.

 

     (b) The person or entity identified in a public act pursuant

 

to section  811e(3)  811e to administer a state-sponsored fund-

 

raising registration plate fund.

 

     (c) The sponsor of a fund-raising plate issued as prescribed

 

under section 811e that was developed and issued after the

 

effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision.

 

     (4) A fund-raising plate created after the effective date of

 

the amendatory act that added this subsection shall meet or exceed

 

the following sales goals:

 

     (a) In the first year, 2,000 plates.

 

     (b) In the second and each subsequent year for 5 years, 500

 

original plates.

 

     (5)  (4)  The secretary of state may cease to issue a fund-

 

raising  registration  plate or to issue a duplicate replacement of

 

a fund-raising  registration  plate for use on a vehicle if  the

 

secretary of state issued fewer than 500 of a particular fund-


 

raising registration plate within any prior 24 consecutive months  

 

that fund-raising plate fails to meet a sales goal described in

 

subsection (4). The secretary of state may also cease to sell a

 

collector plate that matches the discontinued fund-raising  

 

registration  plate. However, the secretary of state may continue

 

to renew fund-raising  registration  plates already issued and

 

collect the renewal fund-raising donation for those plates.  This

 

subsection does not apply to Michigan university fund-raising

 

registration plates issued under section 811f and matching Michigan

 

university collector plates issued under section 811g.

 

     (6)  (5)  The state of Michigan, through the secretary of

 

state, shall own all right, title, and interest in all fund-raising  

 

registration  plates and collector plates, including the right to

 

use, reproduce, or distribute a fund-raising  registration  or

 

collector plate or the image of a fund-raising  registration  or

 

collector plate in any form. The secretary of state may authorize

 

the commercial or other use of a fund-raising  registration  or

 

collector plate design, logo, or image if written consent is

 

obtained from the pertinent Michigan university or other person  or

 

entity  that sponsored a  state-sponsored  fund-raising  

 

registration  plate.  under section 811e.  However, the secretary

 

of state shall not authorize the commercial or other use of a fund-

 

raising  registration  or collector plate under this section unless

 

the user first agrees in writing to the terms and conditions that

 

the secretary of state considers necessary. Those terms and

 

conditions may include the payment of royalty fees to 1 or more of

 

the following:


 

     (a) This state.

 

     (b) A Michigan university.

 

     (c)  A  Another person  or entity  that sponsored a  state-

 

sponsored  fund-raising  registration  plate.

 

     (7)  (6)  A royalty fee paid to this state under a written

 

agreement described in subsection  (5)  (6) shall be credited to

 

the  Michigan  transportation administration collection fund.  

 

established under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.

 

     (8) Beginning not later than February 1, 2007, and annually

 

after that, an organization receiving fund-raising donations

 

disbursed under this section shall report to the state treasurer. A

 

report under this subsection shall include a summary of

 

expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under

 

this section.

 

     Sec. 811i.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop under

 

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

 

state-sponsored water quality fund-raising registration plate and a

 

matching state-sponsored water quality collector plate as provided

 

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

 

the secretary of state after consultation with and advice of the

 

director of the department of environmental quality.

 

     (1)  (2) Water quality fund-raising registration  Fund-raising

 

plate donations collected for plates recognizing the water quality

 

of this state under section 811f and  matching water quality  

 

collector plate fund-raising donations collected under section 811g

 

shall be disbursed under section 811h by the secretary of state to

 

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


 

water quality protection fund created under subsection  (4)  (3).

 

     (2)  (3)  The department of environmental quality shall

 

establish and administer a "water quality protection fund grant

 

program" and shall set policy and oversee this program. The program

 

shall provide grants to local units of government for the purpose

 

of protecting the water quality of the Michigan  great lakes  Great

 

Lakes and inland lakes, rivers, and streams. The department of

 

environmental quality may promulgate rules to implement this grant

 

program under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA

 

306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

     (3)  (4)  The water quality protection 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.

 

Money from the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation, only for

 

the purpose of protecting the water quality of the Michigan  great

 

lakes  Great Lakes and inland lakes, rivers, and streams.

 

     (4)  (5)  For purposes of this chapter,  : (a) "Local  "local

 

unit of government" means any of the following:

 

     (a)  (i)  A county, city, village, or township.

 

     (b)  (ii)  An agency of a county, city, village, or township.

 

     (c)  (iii)  The office of a county drain commissioner.

 

     (d)  (iv)  A soil conservation district established under part

 

93 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994


 

PA 451, MCL 324.9301 to 324.9313.

 

     (e)  (v)  A watershed council established under part 311 of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.31101 to 324.31119.

 

     (f)  (vi)  A local health department as that term is defined in

 

section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1105.

 

     (g)  (vii)  A community college or junior college established

 

pursuant to section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of

 

1963.

 

     (h)  (viii)  A 4-year institution of higher education, public or

 

private, located in this state.

 

     (i)  (ix)  An authority or other public body created by or

 

pursuant to state law.

 

      (b) "Water quality fund-raising registration plate" means a

 

registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to

 

the water quality of this state.

 

     Sec. 811j. (1)  The secretary of state shall develop under

 

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

 

state-sponsored  A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing children's trust  fund-raising registration plate and a

 

matching state-sponsored children's trust collector plate as

 

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

 

determined by the secretary of state after consultation with the

 

state child abuse and neglect prevention board created in section 3

 

of the child abuse and neglect prevention act, 1982 PA 250, MCL

 

722.603.

 

     (2)  Children's trust fund-raising registration plate  Fund-


 

raising donations for plates recognizing children's trust collected

 

under  section 811f and matching children's trust collector plate

 

fund-raising donations collected under section  sections 811f and

 

811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of

 

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

 

to the children's trust fund created under section 1 of 1982 PA

 

249, MCL 21.171, for the support and benefit of the children of

 

this state.

 

      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored children's

 

trust fund-raising registration plate" means a registration plate

 

containing a specialized design pertaining to the children of this

 

state.

 

     Sec. 811l. (1)  The secretary of state shall develop under

 

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

 

state-sponsored critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising

 

registration plate and a matching state-sponsored critical nongame

 

wildlife habitat collector plate as provided under section 811g.

 

The plate  A fund-raising plate or collector plate recognizing the

 

critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state shall be of a

 

design as determined by the secretary of state after  consultation  

 

consulting with the director of the department of natural

 

resources.

 

     (2)  Critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising

 

registration plate donations collected under section 811f and

 

matching critical nongame wildlife habitat collector plate fund-

 

raising donations  Fund-raising donations for plates described in

 

subsection (1) collected under  section  sections 811f and 811g


 

shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state

 

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

 

nongame fish and wildlife trust fund created under section 43902 of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.43902.

 

      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored critical

 

nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising registration plate" means a

 

registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to

 

the critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state.

 

     Sec. 811m. Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the

 

Michigan veterans memorial collected under sections 811f and 811g

 

shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state

 

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

 

Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3 of the

 

Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1053.

 

These donations shall be used exclusively for the purposes

 

described in sections 5 and 7 of the Michigan Vietnam veterans

 

memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1055 and 35.1057.

 

     Sec. 811n.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop under

 

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

 

state-sponsored agricultural heritage fund-raising registration

 

plate and a matching state-sponsored agricultural heritage

 

collector plate as provided under section 811g. (2) Agricultural

 

heritage fund-raising registration plate  Fund-raising donations  

 

collected under section 811f and matching agricultural heritage

 

collector plate fund-raising donations  for plates recognizing the

 

agricultural heritage of this state collected under  section  


 

sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by

 

the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall disburse

 

the donation money to Michigan state university development,

 

designated for the FFA vision2000 endowment fund, for the purpose

 

of providing grants for agri-science, natural resources, and

 

environmental K-12 educational programs.

 

      (3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored

 

agricultural heritage fund-raising registration plate" means a

 

registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to

 

the agricultural heritage of this state.

 

     Sec. 811o. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing American pride shall be of a design as determined by

 

the secretary of state and contain the words "proud to be American"

 

and "Michigan". Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing

 

American pride collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be

 

transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the

 

state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to the proud

 

to be American fund established under this section.

 

     (2) The proud to be American 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.

 

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

 

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

 

     (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a

 

monthly basis as follows:


 

     (a) Fifty percent to the American National Red Cross

 

established under 36 USC 300101 as represented by the Michigan

 

state service council.

 

     (b) Fifty percent to the Salvation Army.

 

     (5) The American National Red Cross and the Salvation Army

 

shall expend the money received under this section for disaster

 

preparedness and disaster relief in the United States of America.

 

     (6) The American National Red Cross and the Salvation Army

 

shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting

 

of money received and used under this section.

 

     Sec. 811p. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing the Olympic education-training center in this state

 

shall bear an appropriate logo, the design of which the Olympic

 

education-training center shall submit to the secretary of state.

 

The secretary of state shall confer with the department of state

 

police to ensure that the design will not compromise the ability of

 

law enforcement agencies to accurately identify specific vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing an Olympic education-training

 

center logo shall not be a duplication of another registration

 

plate. The Olympic education-training center shall comply with

 

section 803m(2), (3)(c) and (d), and (4)(c) and (d).

 

     (3) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the Olympic

 

education-training center collected under section 811f or 811g

 

shall be transferred by the secretary of state to the state

 

treasurer, who shall credit the funds to the Olympic education-

 

training center fund. The money in the Olympic education-training

 

center fund shall, upon appropriation, be distributed to the


 

Olympic education-training center.

 

     Sec. 811q. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing support for our troops shall be of a design as

 

determined by the secretary of state and contain the emblem or logo

 

of Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, displaying a soldier and a

 

child and the words "support our troops" and "Michigan". Fund-

 

raising donations for plates recognizing support for our troops

 

collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under

 

section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who

 

shall disburse the donation money to the support our troops fund

 

established under this section.

 

     (2) The support our troops 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.

 

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

 

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

 

     (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a

 

monthly basis to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, which shall

 

expend the money received under this section for troops and their

 

families in accordance with its articles of incorporation.

 

     (5) Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan shall annually report

 

to the department of treasury an accounting of money received and

 

used under this section.

 

     (6) An application for a support our troops fund-raising or

 

collector plate by a motor vehicle owner or lessee constitutes


 

prior written consent and instruction by that owner or lessee to

 

the secretary of state to provide the owner's or lessee's name and

 

address to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2007.

 

     Enacting section 2. Sections 217m, 217n, and 811c of the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.217m, 257.217n, and

 

257.811c, are repealed.