SB-0193, As Passed Senate, December 3, 2003                                 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 193

                                                                             A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

"Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811q; and to repeal acts           

and parts of acts.                                                          

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 811q.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop and may                

2   issue a fund-raising plate and a matching collector plate.  The             

3   words "ducks unlimited" shall be inscribed on the plates.  The              

4   secretary of state shall transfer the fund-raising donations                

5   received from the sale of the plates described in this section to           

6   the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the             

7   ducks unlimited fund established under subsection (2).                      

8   (2) The ducks unlimited fund is created within the state                    

9   treasury.  The state treasurer may receive money or other assets            

10  from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

Senate Bill No. 193 as amended December 2, 2003                             

1   shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

2   shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

3   investments.  Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year             

4   shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general                 

5   fund.  The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a            

6   quarterly basis to the Michigan chapter of ducks unlimited,                 

7   incorporated.  The money credited to the Michigan chapter of                

8   ducks unlimited, incorporated shall only be expended to protect,            

9   enhance, restore, manage, and acquire wetlands and associated               

10  uplands in this state.                                                      

11      (3) The Michigan chapter of ducks unlimited, incorporated                   

12  shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting           

13  of money received and used under subsection (2).                            

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15      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

16  January 1, 2004.                                                            

17      Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

18  effect unless Senate Bill No. 785 of the 92nd Legislature is                

19  enacted into law.