Bill Text: MI SB0163 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Enrolled
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: (Vetoed) 2017-07-12 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0163 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0163-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
Introduced by Senators Colbeck, Hansen, Jones, Pavlov, Robertson, Booher, MacGregor, Zorn, Marleau, Green, Proos, Nofs, Knollenberg and Emmons
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 163
AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811aa.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 811aa. (1) No later than June 1, 2018, 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.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
