March 26, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Robertson, LaJoy, Voorhees, Vander Veen, Shaffer, Pastor, Amos, Gaffney and Brandenburg and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811o.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 811o. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
2 section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f
3 a state-sponsored cancer awareness fund-raising registration
4 plate and a matching state-sponsored cancer awareness collector
5 plate as provided under section 811g. The plate shall include
6 the pink ribbon emblem of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer
7 foundation and be of a design as determined by the secretary of
8 state.
9 (2) Cancer awareness fund-raising registration plate
10 donations collected under section 811f and matching cancer
11 awareness collector plate fund-raising donations collected under
1 section 811g shall be disbursed under section 811h by the
2 secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the
3 donation money to the cancer awareness fund created under
4 subsection (3).
5 (3) The cancer awareness fund is created within the state
6 treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets
7 from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer
8 shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer
9 shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund
10 investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year
11 shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general
12 fund. The state treasurer shall disburse the money in the fund
13 on a quarterly basis in the following manner:
14 (a) One-third to the Michigan chapter of the American cancer
15 society.
16 (b) One-third to the Barbara Ann Karmanos cancer institute.
17 (c) One-third to hospice of Michigan.
18 (4) For purposes of this chapter, "cancer awareness
19 fund-raising registration plate" means a registration plate
20 containing a specialized design pertaining to cancer awareness in
21 this state.