Bill Text: MI SB0903 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered


Bill Title: Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate recognizing be the match; create, and earmark to be the match fund. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811z.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-30 - Assigned Pa 0390'14 [SB0903 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0903-Chaptered.html

Act No. 390

Public Acts of 2014

Approved by the Governor

December 18, 2014

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 22, 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2015

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Senator Hildenbrand

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 903

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 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 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 811z.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 811z. (1) No later than September 1, 2015, the secretary of state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate recognizing be the match. The secretary of state shall design the fund-raising plates authorized in this section.

(2) The be the match 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 be the match to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the be the match fund created under subsection (2).

(4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the be the match fund created under subsection (2) on a quarterly basis to be the match.

(5) The state treasurer shall be the administrator of the be the match fund created under subsection (2) for auditing purposes.

(6) Money from the be the match fund shall be expended on research, technology, patient support, and education regarding bone marrow donation and transplantation and the testing of new be the match registrants.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor