HOUSE BILL No. 5370

 

October 25, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Amos, Booher, Nitz, Garfield, Emmons, David Law, Hansen, Gaffney, Nofs, Hune, Meltzer, Hildenbrand, Shaffer, Moss, Ward, DeRoche, Pastor, Angerer, Accavitti, Condino, Vagnozzi, Constan, Clack, Alma Smith, Bauer, Leland, Valentine, Sheltrown, Casperson, Stahl and Stakoe 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.

 

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, 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 issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate

 

recognizing the Michigan council for arts and cultural affairs. The

 

secretary of state in conjunction with the Michigan council for

 

arts and cultural affairs shall design the fund-raising plates

 

authorized in this section.

 

     (2) The Michigan council for arts and cultural affairs 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Michigan

 

council for arts and cultural affairs to the state treasurer, who

 

shall credit the donation money to the Michigan council for arts

 

and cultural affairs fund established under subsection (2).

 

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

 

established under subsection (2) on a quarterly basis to Michigan

 

council for arts and cultural affairs. Beginning not later than

 

February 1, 2009, the Michigan council for arts and cultural

 

affairs shall submit to the state treasurer a summary of the

 

expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under

 

this section.

 

     (5) The secretary of state shall be the administrator of the

 


fund for auditing purposes.