HOUSE BILL No. 4670

 

May 24, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Foster, Huuki, Pettalia, Wayne Schmidt, Lindberg and McBroom and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 811e (MCL 257.811e), as amended by 2009 PA 99,

 

and by adding section 811r.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811e. (1) Beginning January 1, 2007, the The secretary of

 

state may develop a fund-raising plate as provided in this section.

 

     (2) A start-up fee of $15,000.00 shall be paid for any new

 

fund-raising plate authorized under this section. The fee shall be

 

deposited in the transportation administration collection fund

 

through October 1, 2011 to be used for the cost of creating,

 

producing, and issuing fund-raising plates. If the fee described in

 

this subsection is not paid within 18 months of after the effective

 

date of the public act that authorizes the development and issuance

 

of a fund-raising plate, then the related fund-raising plate shall


 

not be created, produced, or issued. A start-up fee paid under this

 

subsection is nonrefundable.

 

     (3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first

 

issues 1 of the fund-raising plates as described in subsection (1)

 

and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or other

 

person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it as

 

approved by the secretary of state. The payment required under this

 

subsection shall be deposited in the transportation administration

 

collection fund through October 1, 2011 to be used for the cost of

 

creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising plates. A payment

 

under this subsection is nonrefundable.

 

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

 

registration plates to recognize a Michigan university or an

 

accomplishment or occasion of a Michigan university.

 

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

 

more than 8 different state sponsored fund-raising registration

 

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

 

collector plates as described in section 811g.

 

     (6) The secretary of state shall not develop or issue a fund-

 

raising plate unless a public act authorizing the fund-raising

 

plate, at a minimum, does all of the following:

 

     (a) Identifies the purpose of the fund-raising plate.

 

     (b) Creates a nonprofit fund or designates an existing

 

nonprofit fund to receive the money raised through the sale of

 

fund-raising plates and matching collector plates.

 

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

 

responsible for administering the fund.


 

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

 

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

 

the Michigan snowsports industries association. The secretary of

 

state in conjunction with the Michigan snowsports industries

 

association shall design the fund-raising plates authorized in this

 

section.

 

     (2) The owner of a vehicle required to be registered under

 

this act may apply, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state,

 

for a Michigan snowsports industries association fund-raising plate

 

as prescribed in section 811f instead of a standard registration

 

plate.

 

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

 

from the sale of Michigan snowsports industries association fund-

 

raising plates to the state treasurer, who shall credit the

 

donation money to the Michigan snowsports industries association

 

fund established under subsection (4).

 

     (4) The Michigan snowsports industries association 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.

 

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

 

quarterly basis to the Michigan snowsports industries association.

 

Beginning not later than February 1, 2013, the Michigan snowsports

 

industries association shall submit to the state treasurer a


 

summary of the expenditures during the preceding year of the money

 

received under this section.