Bill Text: MI SB0059 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; habitat for humanity license plate; create. Amends sec. 811e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811e) & adds sec. 811r.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-20 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0059 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0059-Engrossed.html
SB-0059, As Passed Senate, May 20, 2009
SENATE BILL No. 59
January 27, 2009, Introduced by Senators JANSEN, KAHN, BIRKHOLZ, GILBERT, RICHARDVILLE, PAPPAGEORGE, BROWN and GARCIA 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 9 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 may issue a fund-raising
plate or collector plate recognizing habitat for humanity. A fund-
raising plate or collector plate recognizing habitat for humanity
shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state and
contain the words "Habitat for Humanity" and "Michigan". Fund-
raising donations for plates recognizing habitat for humanity
collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under
section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who
shall disburse the donation money to the habitat for humanity fund
established under this section.
(2) The habitat for humanity 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.
(3) 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 state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a
monthly basis to the habitat for humanity.
(5) The habitat for humanity shall annually report to the
department of treasury an accounting of money received and used
under this section.