September 12, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Sak, Dean and Steil 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 2006 PA 562,
and by adding section 811r; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811e. (1) Beginning January 1, 2007, 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, 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 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 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, upon application, may issue under section 811f
state-sponsored professional sports team fund-raising registration
plates and matching state-sponsored professional sports team fund-
raising collector plates as provided under section 811g. Each plate
shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state that
includes a logo of 1 of the professional sports teams:
(a) Grand Rapids Griffins.
(b) Grand Rapids Rampage.
(c) West Michigan Whitecaps.
(2) A professional sports team that enters into a written
agreement with the secretary of state for the development of a
plate under this section shall agree that the service fees derived
from the sale of a state-sponsored registration plate bearing its
logo and matching collector plate shall be deposited in the
professional sports team fund created in subsection (5) to be
disbursed to 1 or more youth sports programs in this state engaged
in the same sport as the professional sports team.
(3) State-sponsored professional sports team fund-raising
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. The secretary of state
shall on a quarterly basis transfer the balance of the state-
sponsored professional sports team registration plate service fees
to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money received under
this subsection to the professional sports team fund created in
subsection (5). The money credited to the professional sports team
fund shall only be expended as provided in subsection (5).
(4) This section is repealed September 30, 2009.
(5) The professional sports team fund is created within the
state treasury.
(6) 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.
(7) The department of treasury shall disburse money in the
fund on a quarterly basis as follows:
(a) The money received from the sale of the Grand Rapids
Griffins registration plates to the Grand Rapids Griffins youth
foundation.
(b) The money received from the sale of the Grand Rapids
Rampage registration plates to the Grand Rapids Griffins youth
foundation.
(c) The money received from the sale of the West Michigan
Whitecaps registration plates to the Y.M.C.A. intercity youth
baseball and softball programs.
(8) Beginning not later than February 1, 2009, and annually
after that, an organization receiving money 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.