Bill Text: MI HB4788 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4788
May 29, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Stamas and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811x.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811x. (1) No later than June 1, 2014, 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 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
Michigan active duty military personnel, including, but not limited
to, Michigan national guard tuition reimbursement or tuition grant
programs, 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.
(5) The Michigan veterans affairs agency shall annually report
to the department of treasury an accounting of money received and
used under this section.
