Bill Text: MI HB4788 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for Michigan veterans; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811x.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 490'14 2014 Addenda [HB4788 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4788-Engrossed.html

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HB-4788, As Passed Senate, December 11, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811bb.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811bb. (1) No later than September 1, 2015, the secretary

 

of state shall develop and may issue a fund-raising plate or

 

collector plate recognizing Michigan veterans. A fund-raising plate

 

or collector plate developed under this section shall be of a

 

design as determined by the secretary of state. The secretary of

 

state shall transfer fund-raising donations for plates recognizing

 

Michigan veterans collected under sections 811f and 811g to the

 

state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to the

 

Michigan veterans engagement fund established under this section.

 

     (2) The Michigan veterans engagement 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. The Michigan veterans affairs agency shall be the

 

administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (3) Money in the Michigan veterans engagement 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 Michigan

 

veterans engagement fund on a monthly basis to the Michigan

 

veterans affairs agency, which shall expend the money for outreach

 

activities, including, but not limited to, education on the mental

 

effects of war, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other service-

 

related disabilities, with county veteran service offices,

 

organizations providing local veteran services, or other veteran

 

service providers. However, the Michigan veterans affairs agency

 

shall dedicate at least 25% of the money disbursed under this

 

subsection for tuition support for members of the Michigan national

 

guard or the children of veterans tuition grant program created

 

under the children of veterans tuition grant act, 2005 PA 248, MCL

 

390.1341 to 390.1346, at the discretion of the adjutant general of

 

the Michigan national guard. The Michigan veterans affairs agency

 

may spend up to 15% of the money received each month under this

 

subsection on administrative expenses.