Bill Text: MI HB4222 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for Choose Life Michigan Fund; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811aa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/15/2017 [HB4222 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4222-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4222
February 15, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hernandez, Johnson, Noble, Glenn, Barrett, Tedder, Lucido, Brann, Runestad and LaSata and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811aa.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811aa. (1) No later than 180 days after the effective
date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary
of state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section
811f a fund-raising plate recognizing the Choose Life Michigan
Fund. The secretary of state, in conjunction with the board of the
Choose Life Michigan Fund, shall design the fund-raising plates
authorized in this section.
(2) The choose life 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 Choose Life
Michigan Fund to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation
money to the choose life fund created under subsection (2).
(4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the choose
life fund created under subsection (2) on an annual basis to the
Choose Life Michigan Fund.
(5) The state treasurer shall be the administrator of the
choose life fund created under subsection (2) for auditing
purposes.
(6) Money disbursed to the Choose Life Michigan Fund under
this section shall be distributed to eligible nonprofit
organizations that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3)
of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, to be expended on
projects that promote life-affirming choices. As used in this
subsection:
(a) "Eligible nonprofit organizations" includes, but is not
limited to, crisis pregnancy centers, homes for pregnant women, and
other organizations that provide practical support to pregnant
women, provide practical outreach to at-risk populations, and
promote life-affirming programs and projects.
(b) "Life-affirming programs and projects" includes, but is
not limited to, media campaigns, specialty outreaches to at-risk
populations, including minorities, teenagers, college-aged women,
campaigns to promote adoption, and suicide prevention.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
