STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Reps. Robertson, LaJoy, Voorhees, Vander Veen, Shaffer, Pastor, Amos, Gaffney and Brandenburg

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4463

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 owners and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; 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 811q.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 811q. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and, upon application, may issue a fund-raising plate and a matching collector plate promoting cancer awareness. The plate shall include a pink ribbon emblem and be of a design as determined by the secretary of state.

(2) Fund-raising donations for plates promoting cancer awareness collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be disbursed under section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the cancer awareness fund created under subsection (3).

(3) The cancer awareness 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. The state treasurer shall disburse the money in the fund on a quarterly basis in the following manner:

(a) One-third to the Michigan chapter of the American cancer society.

(b) One-third to the Barbara Ann Karmanos cancer institute.

(c) One-third to the Michigan hospice and palliative care organization.

(4) Each recipient of funds listed in subsection (3) shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting of money received and used under subsection (3).

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor