Bill Text: MI HB4145 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; specialty plates for the "Detroit Red Wings", "Detroit Tigers", "Detroit Lions", "Detroit Pistons", and "NASCAR"; create. Amends sec. 811e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e) & adds secs. 811r, 811s, 811t, 811u & 811v.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/27/2011 [HB4145 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4145-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4145

 

January 26, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Gilbert 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 sections 811r, 811s, 811t, 811u, and 811v.

 

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) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing the Detroit red wings shall bear an appropriate logo,

 

the design of which the Detroit red wings shall submit to the

 

secretary of state. The secretary of state shall confer with the

 

department of state police to ensure that the design will not

 

compromise the ability of law enforcement agencies to accurately

 

identify specific vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing a Detroit red wings logo shall

 

not be a duplication of another registration plate. The Detroit red

 

wings shall comply with section 803m(3)(c) and (d) and (4)(c) and

 

(d).

 

     (3) The Detroit red wings 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Detroit red

 

wings to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money

 

to the Detroit red wings fund established under subsection (3).

 

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

 

established under subsection (3) on a quarterly basis to the

 

Detroit red wings foundation. Beginning not later than February 1,

 

2012, the Detroit red wings foundation shall submit to the state

 

treasurer a summary of the expenditures during the preceding year

 

of the money received under this section.

 

     Sec. 811s. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing the Detroit tigers in this state shall bear an

 

appropriate logo, the design of which the Detroit tigers shall

 

submit to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall

 

confer with the department of state police to ensure that the

 

design will not compromise the ability of law enforcement agencies

 

to accurately identify specific vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing a Detroit tigers logo shall

 

not be a duplication of another registration plate. The Detroit

 

tigers shall comply with section 803m(3)(c) and (d) and (4)(c) and

 

(d).

 

     (3) The Detroit tigers 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Detroit tigers

 

to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the

 

Detroit tigers fund established under subsection (3).

 

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

 

established under subsection (3) on a quarterly basis to the

 

Detroit tigers foundation. Beginning not later than February 1,

 

2012, the Detroit tigers foundation shall submit to the state

 

treasurer a summary of the expenditures during the preceding year

 

of the money received under this section.

 

     Sec. 811t. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing the Detroit lions shall bear an appropriate logo, the

 

design of which the Detroit lions shall submit to the secretary of

 

state. The secretary of state shall confer with the department of

 

state police to ensure that the design will not compromise the

 

ability of law enforcement agencies to accurately identify specific

 

vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing a Detroit lions logo shall not

 

be a duplication of another registration plate. The Detroit lions

 

shall comply with section 803m(3)(c) and (d) and (4)(c) and (d).

 

     (3) The Detroit lions 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Detroit lions

 

to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the

 

Detroit lions fund established under subsection (3).

 

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

 

established under subsection (3) on a quarterly basis to the

 

Detroit lions charities. Beginning not later than February 1, 2012,

 

the Detroit lions charities shall submit to the state treasurer a

 

summary of the expenditures during the preceding year of the money

 

received under this section.

 

     Sec. 811u. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing the Detroit pistons in this state shall bear an

 

appropriate logo, the design of which the Detroit pistons shall

 

submit to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall

 

confer with the department of state police to ensure that the

 

design will not compromise the ability of law enforcement agencies

 

to accurately identify specific vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing a Detroit pistons logo shall

 

not be a duplication of another registration plate. The Detroit

 

Pistons shall comply with section 803m(3)(c) and (d) and (4)(c) and

 

(d).

 

     (3) The Detroit pistons 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Detroit

 

pistons to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money

 

to the Detroit pistons fund established under subsection (3).

 

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

 

established under subsection (3) on a quarterly basis to the

 

pistons-palace foundation. Beginning not later than February 1,

 

2012, the pistons-palace foundation shall submit to the state

 

treasurer a summary of the expenditures during the preceding year

 

of the money received under this section.

 

     Sec. 811v. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate

 

recognizing NASCAR shall bear an appropriate logo, the design of

 

which a NASCAR representative or agent shall submit to the

 

secretary of state. The secretary of state shall confer with the

 

department of state police to ensure that the design will not

 

compromise the ability of law enforcement agencies to accurately

 

identify specific vehicles.

 

     (2) Registration plates bearing a NASCAR logo shall not be a

 

duplication of another registration plate. NASCAR shall comply with

 

section 803m(3)(c) and (d) and (4)(c) and (d).

 

     (3) The NASCAR foundation 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.

 

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

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing NASCAR to the

 

state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the NASCAR

 

foundation fund established under subsection (3).

 

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

 

established under subsection (3) on a quarterly basis to the NASCAR

 

foundation. Beginning not later than February 1, 2012, the NASCAR

 

foundation shall submit to the state treasurer a summary of the

 

expenditures during the preceding year of the money received under

 

this section.