March 7, 2006, Introduced by Rep. LaJoy 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 section 811q.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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., 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., which shall expend the
money received under this section for United States troops and
their families in accordance with its articles of incorporation.
(5) Support Our Troops, Inc. 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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 248 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into
law.