March 22, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Vander Veen, Taub, Gosselin, Nofs, Robertson, Jones, Kahn, Stewart, Stahl, Huizenga and Shaffer 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 section 811m; and to repeal acts and parts of
acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811e. (1) 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.
(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 develop
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:
(a) Identify the purpose of the state-sponsored fund-raising
registration plate.
(b) Create a fund or designate an existing fund to receive the
money raised through the sale of state-sponsored fund-raising
registration plates and matching collector plates.
(c) If a fund is created, name 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. 811m. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
section 811e and may issue under section 811f a state-sponsored
fund-raising registration plate honoring Michigan nurses and a
matching Michigan nurses collector plate as provided under section
811g. The secretary of state shall design the plates in cooperation
with the Michigan Nurses. Fund-raising donations for plates
described in this subsection that are collected under sections 811f
and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary
of state to the state treasurer to be credited to the Michigan
Nurses Fund created in subsection (2).
(2) The Michigan Nurses Fund is created in the department of
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 and 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. The state treasurer shall disburse
money in the fund as provided in section 811h to the Michigan
Nurses Foundation, which shall expend the money for the following
purposes:
(a) To retain licensed nurses in the workforce of this state
by providing financial aid for nursing professionals recovering
from substance abuse who require medical health treatment, or
behavioral health treatment, or both, through a qualified treatment
program.
(b) To recruit and advance the next generation of licensed
nurses in the workforce of this state by awarding educational
scholarships and research grants and providing financial aid for
continued education required for maintaining nursing licensure.
(3) The Michigan Nurses fund-raising registration plate shall
not be developed until a start-up fee of $15,000.00 is paid to the
department to cover the costs of developing and producing the
Michigan Nurses fund-raising registration plate. This start-up fee
shall be deposited into the transportation administration
collection fund established in section 810b and is nonrefundable.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Michigan Nurses fund-
raising registration plate shall meet or exceed the following sales
goals:
(a) In the first year, 2,000 plates.
(b) In the second and each subsequent year, 500 original
plates.
(5) If sales of the Michigan Nurses fund-raising registration
plate fail to satisfy the requirements of subsection (4), the
department shall discontinue the sale of original Michigan Nurses
fund-raising registration plates. This subsection does not prohibit
the renewal of a Michigan Nurses fund-raising registration plate.
Enacting section 1. Enacting section 1 of 2000 PA 77, is
repealed.