CANCER AWARENESS SPECIALTY PLATE - H.B. 4463 (H-2): COMMITTEE SUMMARY
sans-serif">House Bill 4463 (Substitute H-2 as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative David Robertson
House Committee: Transportation
Senate Committee: Transportation
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to require the Secretary of State to develop a cancer awareness fund-raising specialty license plate and matching collector plate; create the “Cancer Awareness Fund”; and provide for the distribution of proceeds to three organizations. The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 785, which would require a $15,000 start-up fee for a new fund-raising license plate and set sales goals for fund-raising plates.
Under House Bill 4463 (H-2), the Secretary of State could issue a cancer awareness fund-raising registration plate, instead of a standard registration plate, to an applicant for use on the passenger motor vehicle, pickup truck, van, motor home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or trailer for which the plate was issued. The Secretary of State would have to design the plate, and it would have to include the pink ribbon emblem of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Secretary of State would have to disburse to the State Treasurer cancer awareness fund-raising donations collected under Sections 811f and 811g. (Under Section 811f, an application for an original fund-raising plate must be accompanied by a $25 fund-raising donation, payment of the regular registration tax, and a $10 service fee. An application for renewal of a fund-raising plate must be accompanied by payment of the regular registration tax and a $10 donation. Section 811g requires a $25 donation and a $10 service fee for a collector plate.) The State Treasurer would have to credit the donation money to the Cancer Awareness Fund, which the bill would create within the State Treasury. The State Treasurer could receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the Fund. He or she would have to direct investment of the Fund, and credit to it interest and earnings from Fund investments. Money in the Fund at the close of the fiscal year would remain in the Fund and not lapse to the General Fund.
The State Treasurer would have to disburse money in the Cancer Awareness Fund on a quarterly basis as follows:
-- One-third to the Michigan Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
-- One-third to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
-- One-third to the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Each recipient would have to report annually to the Department of Treasury an accounting of money received and used under the bill.
Proposed MCL 257.811q - Legislative Analyst: Julie Koval
FISCAL IMPACT
Revenue generated for special causes from the sale of seven fund-raising plates in FY 2002-03 totaled $1.3 million (from original and renewal transactions). The sale of university fund-raising plates generated $1.1 million in FY 2002-03. The revenue that would be generated from the sale of a cancer awareness plate is not determinable. The Department of State’s cost to develop the new plate would be covered by the $15,000 paid by the organization requesting the plate, pursuant to Senate Bill 785.
- Fiscal Analyst: Bill BowermanS0304\s4463sa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.