October 21, 2003, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, GILBERT, TOY, GARCIA, CROPSEY and GOSCHKA and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 217d, 801, 811d, 811e, 811f, 811g, 811h,
811i, 811j, 811k, 811l, and 811n (MCL 257.217d, 257.801,
257.811d, 257.811e, 257.811f, 257.811g, 257.811h, 257.811i,
257.811j, 257.811k, 257.811l, and 257.811n), sections 217d, 801,
and 811h as amended by 2003 PA 152, sections 811d, 811f, and 811g
as added by 2000 PA 77, section 811e as amended by 2001 PA 124,
section 811i as added by 2000 PA 74, section 811j as added by
2000 PA 71, section 811k as added by 2000 PA 73, section 811l as
added by 2000 PA 70, and section 811n as added by 2000 PA 79, and
by adding sections 811m, 811o, and 811p; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 217d. (1) The secretary of state shall design and may
1 issue a special congressional medal of honor registration plate
2 for residents of this state awarded the congressional medal of
3 honor.
4 (2) A special congressional medal of honor registration plate
5 shall be issued only for 1 vehicle intended for personal use by
6 the applicant.
7 (3) A person who is a recipient of the congressional medal of
8 honor may apply to the secretary of state for a special
9 registration plate under this section on a form prescribed by the
10 secretary of state, which shall be accompanied by any proof of
11 the applicant having been a congressional medal of honor
12 recipient that the secretary of state may require. The secretary
13 of state shall waive the $5.00 service fee requirement under
14 section 804.
15 (4) A person who qualifies to be issued a special
16 registration plate under this section is entitled to only 1
17 special registration plate issued under subsection (1) that is
18 exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.
19 (5) A person with disabilities who applies for a special
20 registration plate under this section shall be issued a tab for
21 persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or
22 her special registration plate. The secretary of state shall
23 require the same proof that the applicant is disabled as is
24 required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under
25 section 675.
26 (6) A special registration plate issued under subsection (1)
27 expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in which
1 new plates are issued by the secretary of state.
2 (7) The secretary of state shall deliver or cause to be
3 delivered 1 or more special registration plates issued under this
4 section to the home address of the applicant at no additional
5 cost to the applicant.
6 (8) The secretary
of state shall develop and, upon
7 application, may issue
a Michigan veterans memorial registration
8 plate to an applicant
for use on the passenger motor vehicle,
9 pickup truck, van,
motor home, hearse, bus, trailer coach, or
10 trailer for which the
registration plate is issued instead of a
11 standard registration
plate. Michigan veterans memorial
12 registration plates
shall bear letters and numbers that the
13 secretary of state
prescribes. The plate shall be of a design as
14 determined by the
secretary of state. The word "Michigan" shall
15 appear on each Michigan
veterans memorial registration plate.
16 (9) An application
for a Michigan veterans memorial
17 registration plate
shall be submitted to the secretary of state
18 pursuant to the
procedures prescribed in section 217.
19 Application for an
original or renewal Michigan veterans memorial
20 registration plate
shall be accompanied with payment of the
21 regular vehicle
registration tax in addition to the following:
22 (a) For an
original Michigan veterans memorial registration
23 plate, a donation of
$25.00 and a service fee of not more than
24 $10.00, as determined
by the secretary of state.
25 (b) For a renewal Michigan
veterans memorial registration
26 plate, a service fee
of $10.00.
27 (10) A Michigan
veterans memorial registration plate shall
1 expire as described in
section 226. Upon the issuance or renewal
2 of a Michigan
veterans memorial registration plate, the secretary
3 of state may issue a
tab or tabs designating the month and year
4 of expiration.
5 (11) The secretary
of state may issue a temporary
6 registration permit to
a person who submits an application and
7 the proper payments
for a Michigan veterans memorial registration
8 plate if the
applicant's current vehicle registration will expire
9 before his or her
receipt of a Michigan veterans memorial
10 registration plate.
The temporary registration shall expire upon
11 receipt of a Michigan
veterans memorial registration plate or 60
12 days after the
issuance of a Michigan veterans memorial
13 registration plate,
whichever occurs first. The temporary permit
14 shall be issued
without a separate fee.
15 (12) Michigan
veterans memorial registration plate service
16 fees collected under
this section by the secretary of state shall
17 be identified and
segregated by the secretary of state into a
18 separate account.
After deducting the manufacturing and
19 administrative costs
of the secretary of state, including
20 administrative costs
associated with issuing, replacing, and
21 substituting plates,
the secretary of state shall on a quarterly
22 basis transfer all of
the donations and the balance of the
23 Michigan veterans memorial registration plate service fees to
the
24 state treasurer who
shall credit the fee money to the Vietnam
25 veterans memorial
monument fund created in section 3 of the
26 Michigan Vietnam
veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL
27 35.1053. These funds
shall be used exclusively for the purposes
1 described in sections
5 and 7 of the Michigan Vietnam veterans
2 memorial act, 1988 PA
234, MCL 35.1055 and 35.1057.
3 (13) For purposes
of this section, "Michigan veterans
4 memorial registration
plate" means a registration plate
5 containing a
specialized design pertaining to Michigan veterans.
6 Sec. 801. (1) The secretary of state shall collect the
7 following taxes at the time of registering a vehicle, which shall
8 exempt the vehicle from all other state and local taxation,
9 except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain
10 carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under the motor
11 carrier act, 1933 PA 254, MCL 475.1 to 479.43; the taxes imposed
12 by the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211 to
13 207.234; and except as otherwise provided by this act:
14 (a) For a motor vehicle, including a motor home, except as
15 otherwise provided, and a pickup truck or van that weighs not
16 more than 5,000 pounds, except as otherwise provided, according
17 to the following schedule of empty weights:
18 Empty weights Fee
19 0 to 3,000 pounds................................... $ 29.00
20 3,001 to 3,500 pounds............................... 32.00
21 3,501 to 4,000 pounds............................... 37.00
22 4,001 to 4,500 pounds............................... 43.00
23 4,501 to 5,000 pounds............................... 47.00
24 5,001 to 5,500 pounds............................... 52.00
25 5,501 to 6,000 pounds............................... 57.00
26 6,001 to 6,500 pounds............................... 62.00
1 6,501 to 7,000 pounds............................... 67.00
2 7,001 to 7,500 pounds............................... 71.00
3 7,501 to 8,000 pounds............................... 77.00
4 8,001 to 8,500 pounds............................... 81.00
5 8,501 to 9,000 pounds............................... 86.00
6 9,001 to 9,500 pounds............................... 91.00
7 9,501 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 95.00
8 over 10,000 pounds......................$ 0.90 per 100 pounds
9 of empty weight
10 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
11 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
12 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
13 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
14 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
15 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
16 year which preceded that calendar year. In performing the
17 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
18 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
19 of commerce or its successor agency. A van which is owned by an
20 individual who uses a wheelchair or by an individual who
21 transports a resident of his or her household who uses a
22 wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued pursuant
23 to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of the tax
24 provided for in this subdivision.
25 (b) For a trailer coach attached to a motor vehicle, the tax
26 shall be assessed as provided in subdivision (l). A trailer
27 coach not under 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043, and while
1 located on land otherwise assessable as real property under the
2 general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, if
3 the trailer coach is used as a place of habitation, and whether
4 or not permanently affixed to the soil, shall not be exempt from
5 real property taxes.
6 (c) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
7 farmer and used exclusively in connection with a farming
8 operation, including a farmer hauling livestock or farm equipment
9 for other farmers for remuneration in kind or in labor, but not
10 for money, or used for the transportation of the farmer and the
11 farmer's family, and not used for hire, 74 cents per 100 pounds
12 of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor. If
13 the road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer is
14 also used for a nonfarming operation, the farmer shall be subject
15 to the highest registration tax applicable to the nonfarm use of
16 the vehicle but shall not be subject to more than 1 tax rate
17 under this act.
18 (d) For a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a
19 wood harvester and used exclusively in connection with the wood
20 harvesting operations or a truck used exclusively to haul milk
21 from the farm to the first point of delivery, 74 cents per 100
22 pounds of empty weight of the road tractor, truck, or truck
23 tractor. A registration secured by payment of the fee as
24 prescribed in this subdivision shall continue in full force and
25 effect until the regular expiration date of the registration. As
26 used in this subdivision, "wood harvester" includes the person or
27 persons hauling and transporting raw materials in the form
1 produced at the harvest site. As used in this subdivision, "wood
2 harvesting operations" does not include the transportation of
3 processed lumber, Christmas trees, or processed firewood for a
4 profit making venture.
5 (e) For a hearse or ambulance used exclusively by a licensed
6 funeral director in the general conduct of the licensee's funeral
7 business, including a hearse or ambulance whose owner is engaged
8 in the business of leasing or renting the hearse or ambulance to
9 others, $1.17 per 100 pounds of the empty weight of the hearse or
10 ambulance.
11 (f) For a vehicle owned and operated by this state, a state
12 institution, a municipality, a privately incorporated, nonprofit
13 volunteer fire department, or a nonpublic, nonprofit college or
14 university, $5.00 per plate. A registration plate issued under
15 this subdivision shall expire on June 30 of the year in which new
16 registration plates are reissued for all vehicles by the
17 secretary of state.
18 (g) For a bus including a station wagon, carryall, or
19 similarly constructed vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
20 parents' transportation corporation used for school purposes,
21 parochial school or society, church Sunday school, or any other
22 grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit
23 rehabilitation facility; or a motor vehicle owned and operated by
24 a senior citizen center,
$10.00 per set plate, if the bus,
25 station wagon, carryall, or similarly constructed vehicle or
26 motor vehicle is designated by proper signs showing the
27 organization operating the vehicle.
1 (h) For a vehicle owned by a nonprofit organization and used
2 to transport equipment for providing dialysis treatment to
3 children at camp; for a vehicle owned by the civil air patrol, as
4 organized under sections 40301 to 40307 of title 36 of the United
5 States Code, 36 U.S.C. 40301 to 40307, $10.00 per plate, if the
6 vehicle is designated by a proper sign showing the civil air
7 patrol's name; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
8 veterans center; for a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit
9 recycling center or a federally recognized nonprofit conservation
10 organization; for a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a
11 locomotive or ship's body which is owned by a nonprofit veterans
12 organization and used exclusively in parades and civic events; or
13 for an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies
14 and owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit
15 charitable organization, $10.00 per plate.
16 (i) For each truck owned and operated free of charge by a
17 bona fide ecclesiastical or charitable corporation, or red cross,
18 girl scout, or boy scout organization, 65 cents per 100 pounds of
19 the empty weight of the truck.
20 (j) For each truck, weighing 8,000 pounds or less, and not
21 used to tow a vehicle, for each privately owned truck used to tow
22 a trailer for recreational purposes only and not involved in a
23 profit making venture, and for each vehicle designed and used to
24 tow a mobile home or a trailer coach, except as provided in
25 subdivision (b), $38.00 or an amount computed according to the
26 following schedule of empty weights, whichever is greater:
1 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
2 0 to 2,500 pounds................................... $ 1.40
3 2,501 to 4,000 pounds............................... 1.76
4 4,001 to 6,000 pounds............................... 2.20
5 6,001 to 8,000 pounds............................... 2.72
6 8,001 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 3.25
7 10,001 to 15,000 pounds............................. 3.77
8 15,001 pounds and over.............................. 4.39
9 If the tax required under subdivision (p) for a vehicle of
10 the same model year with the same list price as the vehicle for
11 which registration is sought under this subdivision is more than
12 the tax provided under the preceding provisions of this
13 subdivision for an identical vehicle, the tax required under this
14 subdivision shall not be less than the tax required under
15 subdivision (p) for a vehicle of the same model year with the
16 same list price.
17 (k) For each truck weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a
18 trailer or any other combination of vehicles and for each truck
19 weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road tractor or truck tractor,
20 except as provided in subdivision (j) according to the following
21 schedule of elected gross weights:
22 Elected gross weight Fee
23 0 to 24,000 pounds..................................$ 491.00
24 24,001 to 26,000 pounds............................. 558.00
25 26,001 to 28,000 pounds............................. 558.00
26 28,001 to 32,000 pounds............................. 649.00
1 32,001 to 36,000 pounds............................. 744.00
2 36,001 to 42,000 pounds............................. 874.00
3 42,001 to 48,000 pounds............................. 1,005.00
4 48,001 to 54,000 pounds............................. 1,135.00
5 54,001 to 60,000 pounds............................. 1,268.00
6 60,001 to 66,000 pounds............................. 1,398.00
7 66,001 to 72,000 pounds............................. 1,529.00
8 72,001 to 80,000 pounds............................. 1,660.00
9 80,001 to 90,000 pounds............................. 1,793.00
10 90,001 to 100,000 pounds............................ 2,002.00
11 100,001 to 115,000 pounds........................... 2,223.00
12 115,001 to 130,000 pounds........................... 2,448.00
13 130,001 to 145,000 pounds........................... 2,670.00
14 145,001 to 160,000 pounds........................... 2,894.00
15 over 160,000 pounds................................. 3,117.00
16 For each commercial vehicle registered pursuant to this
17 subdivision $15.00 shall be deposited in a truck safety fund to
18 be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 25 of 1951
19 PA 51, MCL 247.675.
20 If a truck or road tractor without trailer is leased from an
21 individual owner-operator, the lessee, whether a person, firm, or
22 corporation, shall pay to the owner-operator 60% of the fee
23 prescribed in this subdivision for the truck tractor or road
24 tractor at the rate of 1/12 for each month of the lease or
25 arrangement in addition to the compensation the owner-operator is
26 entitled to for the rental of his or her equipment.
27 (l) For each pole trailer, semitrailer, trailer coach, or
1 trailer, the tax shall be assessed according to the following
2 schedule of empty weights:
3 Empty weights Fee
4 0 to 2,499 pounds................................... $ 75.00
5 2,500 to 9,999 pounds............................... 200.00
6 10,000 pounds and over.............................. 300.00
7 The registration plate issued under this subdivision expires
8 only when the secretary of state reissues a new registration
9 plate for all trailers. If
Beginning October 1, 2003, if the
10 secretary of state reissues a new registration plate for all
11 trailers, a person who
has once paid the fee tax for a vehicle
12 under this subdivision shall
not be required to pay the fee tax
13 for that vehicle a second time, but shall be required to pay only
14 the cost of the reissued plate at the rate provided in section
15 804(2) for a standard plate. A registration plate issued under
16 this subdivision is nontransferable.
17 (m) For each commercial vehicle used for the transportation
18 of passengers for hire except for a vehicle for which a payment
19 is made pursuant to 1960 PA 2, MCL 257.971 to 257.972, according
20 to the following schedule of empty weights:
21 Empty weights Per 100 pounds
22 0 to 4,000 pounds................................... $ 1.76
23 4,001 to 6,000 pounds............................... 2.20
24 6,001 to 10,000 pounds.............................. 2.72
25 10,001 pounds and over.............................. 3.25
1 (n) For each motorcycle............................. $ 23.00
2 On October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, the tax assessed
3 under this subdivision shall be annually revised for the
4 registrations expiring on the appropriate October 1 or after that
5 date by multiplying the tax assessed in the preceding fiscal year
6 times the personal income of Michigan for the preceding calendar
7 year divided by the personal income of Michigan for the calendar
8 year which preceded that calendar year. In performing the
9 calculations under this subdivision, the secretary of state shall
10 use the spring preliminary report of the United States department
11 of commerce or its successor agency.
12 Beginning January 1, 1984, the registration tax for each
13 motorcycle shall be increased by $3.00. The $3.00 increase shall
14 not be considered as part of the tax assessed under this
15 subdivision for the purpose of the annual October 1 revisions but
16 shall be in addition to the tax assessed as a result of the
17 annual October 1 revisions. Beginning January 1, 1984, $3.00 of
18 each motorcycle fee shall be placed in a motorcycle safety fund
19 in the state treasury and shall be used only for funding the
20 motorcycle safety education program as provided for under
21 sections 312b and 811a.
22 (o) For each truck weighing 8,001 pounds or more, road
23 tractor, or truck tractor used exclusively as a moving van or
24 part of a moving van in transporting household furniture and
25 household effects or the equipment or those engaged in conducting
26 carnivals, at the rate of 80% of the schedule of elected gross
1 weights in subdivision (k) as modified by the operation of that
2 subdivision.
3 (p) After September 30, 1983, each motor vehicle of the 1984
4 or a subsequent model year as shown on the application required
5 under section 217 which has not been previously subject to the
6 tax rates of this section and which is of the motor vehicle
7 category otherwise subject to the tax schedule described in
8 subdivision (a), and each low-speed vehicle according to the
9 following schedule based upon registration periods of 12 months:
10 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, for the
11 first registration, which is not a transfer registration under
12 section 809 and for the first registration after a transfer
13 registration under section 809, according to the following
14 schedule based on the vehicle's list price:
15 List Price Tax
16 $ 0 - $ 6,000.00.................................... $ 30.00
17 More than $ 6,000.00 - $ 7,000.00................... $ 33.00
18 More than $ 7,000.00 - $ 8,000.00................... $ 38.00
19 More than $ 8,000.00 - $ 9,000.00................... $ 43.00
20 More than $ 9,000.00 - $ 10,000.00.................. $ 48.00
21 More than $ 10,000.00 - $ 11,000.00................. $ 53.00
22 More than $ 11,000.00 - $ 12,000.00................. $ 58.00
23 More than $ 12,000.00 - $ 13,000.00................. $ 63.00
24 More than $ 13,000.00 - $ 14,000.00................. $ 68.00
25 More than $ 14,000.00 - $ 15,000.00................. $ 73.00
26 More than $ 15,000.00 - $ 16,000.00................. $ 78.00
27 More than $ 16,000.00 - $ 17,000.00................. $ 83.00
1 More than $ 17,000.00 - $ 18,000.00................. $ 88.00
2 More than $ 18,000.00 - $ 19,000.00................. $ 93.00
3 More than $ 19,000.00 - $ 20,000.00................. $ 98.00
4 More than $ 20,000.00 - $ 21,000.00................. $ 103.00
5 More than $ 21,000.00 - $ 22,000.00................. $ 108.00
6 More than $ 22,000.00 - $ 23,000.00................. $ 113.00
7 More than $ 23,000.00 - $ 24,000.00................. $ 118.00
8 More than $ 24,000.00 - $ 25,000.00................. $ 123.00
9 More than $ 25,000.00 - $ 26,000.00................. $ 128.00
10 More than $ 26,000.00 - $ 27,000.00................. $ 133.00
11 More than $ 27,000.00 - $ 28,000.00................. $ 138.00
12 More than $ 28,000.00 - $ 29,000.00................. $ 143.00
13 More than $ 29,000.00 - $ 30,000.00................. $ 148.00
14 More than $30,000.00, the fee of $148.00 shall be increased
15 by $5.00 for each $1,000.00 increment or fraction of a $1,000.00
16 increment over $30,000.00. If a current fee increases or
17 decreases as a result of 1998 PA 384, only a vehicle purchased or
18 transferred after January 1, 1999 shall be assessed the increased
19 or decreased fee.
20 (ii) For the second registration, 90% of the tax assessed
21 under subparagraph (i).
22 (iii) For the third registration, 90% of the tax assessed
23 under subparagraph (ii).
24 (iv) For the fourth and subsequent registrations, 90% of the
25 tax assessed under subparagraph (iii).
26 For a vehicle of the 1984 or a subsequent model year that has
27 been previously registered by a person other than the person
1 applying for registration or for a vehicle of the 1984 or a
2 subsequent model year that has been previously registered in
3 another state or country and is registered for the first time in
4 this state, the tax under this subdivision shall be determined by
5 subtracting the model year of the vehicle from the calendar year
6 for which the registration is sought. If the result is zero or a
7 negative figure, the first registration tax shall be paid. If
8 the result is 1, 2, or 3 or more, then, respectively, the second,
9 third, or subsequent registration tax shall be paid. A van which
10 is owned by an individual who uses a wheelchair or by an
11 individual who transports a resident of his or her household who
12 uses a wheelchair and for which registration plates are issued
13 pursuant to section 803d shall be assessed at the rate of 50% of
14 the tax provided for in this subdivision.
15 (q) For a wrecker, $200.00.
16 (r) When the secretary of state computes a tax under this
17 section, a computation that does not result in a whole dollar
18 figure shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the
19 computation results in a figure ending in 50 cents or less and
20 shall be rounded to the next higher whole dollar when the
21 computation results in a figure ending in 51 cents or more,
22 unless specific fees are specified, and the secretary of state
23 may accept the manufacturer's shipping weight of the vehicle
24 fully equipped for the use for which the registration application
25 is made. If the weight is not correctly stated or is not
26 satisfactory, the secretary of state shall determine the actual
27 weight. Each application for registration of a vehicle under
1 subdivisions (j) and (m) shall have attached to the application a
2 scale weight receipt of the vehicle fully equipped as of the time
3 the application is made. The scale weight receipt is not
4 necessary if there is presented with the application a
5 registration receipt of the previous year which shows on its face
6 the weight of the motor vehicle as registered with the secretary
7 of state and which is accompanied by a statement of the applicant
8 that there has not been a structural change in the motor vehicle
9 which has increased the weight and that the previous registered
10 weight is the true weight.
11 (2) A manufacturer is not exempted under this act from paying
12 ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the
13 specified number of motor vehicles registered. A dealer is
14 exempt from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or
15 bond.
16 (3) Until October 1, 2009, the fee for a vehicle with an
17 empty weight over 10,000 pounds imposed pursuant to subsection
18 (1)(a) and the fees
imposed pursuant to subsection (1)(b), (c)
19 (1)(c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (j), (m), (o), and (p) shall each be
20 increased as follows:
21 (a) A regulatory fee of $2.25, which shall be credited to the
22 traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section 819a
23 and used for the purpose of regulating highway safety.
24 (b) A fee of $5.75, which shall be credited to the
25 transportation administration collection fund created in section
26 810b.
27 (4) If a tax required to be paid under this section is not
1 received by the secretary of state on or before the expiration
2 date of the registration plate, the secretary of state shall
3 collect a late fee of $10.00 for each registration renewed after
4 the expiration date. An application for a renewal of a
5 registration using the regular mail and postmarked before the
6 expiration date of that registration shall not be assessed a late
7 fee. The late fee collected under this subsection shall be
8 deposited into the general fund.
9 (5) As used in this section:
10 (a) "Gross proceeds" means gross proceeds as defined in
11 section 1 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51.
12 However, gross proceeds shall include the value of the motor
13 vehicle used as part payment of the purchase price as that value
14 is agreed to by the parties to the sale, as evidenced by the
15 signed agreement executed pursuant to section 251.
16 (b) "List price" means the manufacturer's suggested base list
17 price as published by the secretary of state, or the
18 manufacturer's suggested retail price as shown on the label
19 required to be affixed to the vehicle under section 3 of the
20 automobile information disclosure act, Public Law 85-506,
21 15 U.S.C. 1232, if the secretary of state has not at the time of
22 the sale of the vehicle published a manufacturer's suggested
23 retail price for that vehicle, or the purchase price of the
24 vehicle if the manufacturer's suggested base list price is
25 unavailable from the sources described in this subdivision.
26 (c) "Purchase price" means the gross proceeds received by the
27 seller in consideration of the sale of the motor vehicle being
1 registered.
2 Sec. 811d. (1) As used in this section and sections 811e
3 through 811p:
4 (a) "Fund-raising plate" means a registration plate with an
5 Olympic education-training center decal or a registration plate
6 authorized to raise funds for a specified goal as follows:
7 (i) Before and on the effective date of the amendatory act
8 that added this subdivision, by a public act.
9 (ii) After the effective date of the amendatory act that
10 added this subdivision, by a concurrent resolution of both houses
11 of the legislature.
12 (b) "Collector plate" means a collector plate that matches
13 any registration plate developed and issued under this act.
14 (c) "Nonprofit" means that which is exempt from taxation
15 under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986.
16 (d) "Transportation administration collection fund" means the
17 fund created under section 810b.
18 (2) The legislature may by concurrent resolution authorize
19 the secretary of state to develop and issue fund-raising plates
20 and collector plates. A concurrent resolution of the legislature
21 authorizing the secretary of state to develop and issue a
22 fund-raising plate shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
23 (a) Identify the purpose of the fund-raising registration
24 plate.
25 (b) Create a nonprofit fund or designate an existing
26 nonprofit fund to receive any money raised through the sale of
27 the fund-raising plate and collector plate.
1 (c) If a fund is created, name the person or entity
2 responsible for administering the fund.
3 (3) A fund-raising
registration plate series shall contain
4 all of the following as prescribed or approved by the secretary
5 of state:
6 (a) The same generic background.
7 (b) Letters and numbers, except a personalized fund-raising
8 registration plate shall contain not more than 5 letter or number
9 characters.
10 (c) The word "Michigan" and any other unique identifier
11 specified by the secretary of state.
12 (d) A design or logo.
13 (4) If the design or logo of a fund-raising plate uses 1 or
14 more designs, trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems,
15 symbols, or other images that are owned by the Michigan
16 university or other person, the Michigan university or other
17 person shall grant to or obtain for the secretary of state both
18 of the following pursuant to a written agreement between the
19 parties:
20 (a) A nonexclusive worldwide license to use those designs,
21 trade names, trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or
22 other images on and in conjunction with the marketing, promotion,
23 sale, or copyrighting of the registration plate or image of the
24 fund-raising plate.
25 (b) The authority to merchandise the fund-raising plate or an
26 image of the fund-raising plate.
27 (5) In using or employing a design, trade name, trademark,
1 service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in
2 conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or
3 merchandising of a fund-raising plate or image of the
4 fund-raising plate, the secretary of state may alter the size of
5 the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,
6 logo, or other image but shall not change the color or design of
7 the design, trade name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,
8 logo, or other image without the prior written consent of the
9 respective Michigan university or other person. The secretary of
10 state shall not use or employ a design, trade name, trademark,
11 service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other image on and in
12 conjunction with the marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or
13 merchandising of a fund-raising plate or an image of the
14 fund-raising plate in any manner that is offensive to the
15 Michigan university or other person that complies with subsection
16 (4).
17 Sec. 811e. (1) The
Upon the payment of $18,000.00 as a
18 start-up fee by a Michigan university or other person, the
19 secretary of state may
develop a Michigan university
20 fund-raising
registration plate as described in this section, and
21 a matching Michigan
university collector plate as described in
22 section 811g. fund-raising plate to recognize any of the
23 following:
24 (a) A Michigan university.
25 (b) An Olympic education-training center in this state.
26 (c) The Michigan veterans memorial.
27 (d) Michigan water quality.
1 (e) Michigan's children.
2 (f) Historic Michigan lighthouses.
3 (g) Critical nongame wildlife habitat.
4 (h) Agricultural heritage.
5 (i) American pride.
6 (j) Any other entity or event, if the legislature adopts a
7 concurrent resolution as described in section 811d.
8 (2) A start-up fee paid under subsection (1) shall be
9 deposited in the transportation administration collection fund to
10 be used for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing
11 fund-raising plates. If the payment described in subsection (1)
12 is not made within 6 months of the date of the adoption of a
13 concurrent resolution under section 811d, then the related
14 fund-raising plate shall not be created, produced, or issued. A
15 start-up fee paid under subsection (1) is nonrefundable.
16 (3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first
17 issues 1 of the fund-raising plates described in subsection (1)
18 and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or other
19 person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it as
20 approved by the secretary of state. The payment required under
21 this subsection shall be deposited in the transportation
22 administration collection fund to be used for the cost of
23 creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising plates. A payment
24 under this subsection is nonrefundable.
25 (4) (2) The
secretary of state may develop 1 or more
26 limited term registration
plates to recognize a state-sponsored
27 event, a Michigan university , or an accomplishment or
1 occasion of a Michigan university.
2 (3) The secretary
of state may, at any 1 time, develop not
3 more than 7 different
state-sponsored fund-raising registration
4 plates as described in
this section, and matching state-sponsored
5 collector plates as
described in section 811g. As used in this
6 section,
"state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate" means
7 a fund-raising
registration plate authorized by a public act to
8 raise funds for a
state-sponsored goal. The public act shall, at
9 a minimum, do all of
the following:
10 (a) Identify the
purpose of the state-sponsored fund-raising
11 registration plate.
12 (b) Create a fund
or designate an existing fund to receive
13 the money raised
through the sale of state-sponsored fund-raising
14 registration plates
and matching collector plates.
15 (c) If a fund is
created, name the person or entity
16 responsible for
administering the fund.
17 (4) The secretary
of state may develop, promote, and market
18 the fund-raising
registration plates and matching collector
19 plates issued under
this section with the funds available through
20 service fees.
21 (5) If the design
or logo of a Michigan university
22 fund-raising
registration plate or a state-sponsored fund-raising
23 registration plate
uses 1 or more designs, trade names,
24 trademarks, service
marks, emblems, symbols, or other images that
25 are owned by the Michigan
university that is requesting the
26 Michigan university fund-raising plate, the person or entity
that
27 is sponsoring a
state-sponsored fund-raising plate, or any other
1 person or entity, the Michigan
university or sponsoring person or
2 entity shall grant to
or obtain for the secretary of state both
3 of the following
pursuant to a written agreement between the
4 parties:
5 (a) A nonexclusive
worldwide license to use those designs,
6 trade names,
trademarks, service marks, emblems, symbols, or
7 other images on and in
conjunction with the marketing, promotion,
8 sale, or copyrighting
of the registration plate or image of the
9 registration plate.
10 (b) The authority
to merchandise the registration plate or an
11 image of the
registration plate.
12 (6) In using or
employing a design, trade name, trademark,
13 service mark, emblem,
symbol, logo, or other image on and in
14 conjunction with the
marketing, promotion, sale, copyrighting, or
15 merchandising of a
registration plate or image of the
16 registration plate,
the secretary of state may alter the size of
17 the design, trade name,
trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,
18 logo, or other image
but shall not change the color or design of
19 the design, trade
name, trademark, service mark, emblem, symbol,
20 logo, or other image
without the prior written consent of the
21 respective Michigan
university or sponsoring person or entity.
22 The secretary of state
shall not use or employ a design, trade
23 name, trademark,
service mark, emblem, symbol, logo, or other
24 image on and in conjunction
with the marketing, promotion, sale,
25 copyrighting, or
merchandising of a registration plate or an
26 image of the
registration plate in any manner that is offensive
27 to the Michigan
university or sponsoring person or entity that
1 complies with
subsection (5).
2 (7) As used in
this section, "Michigan university
3 fund-raising
registration plate" means a fund-raising
4 registration plate
that is issued under this section at the
5 request of a Michigan
university.
6 Sec. 811f. (1) The secretary of state may, upon
7 application, issue 1
fund-raising registration plate instead of
8 a standard registration plate to a person for use on a passenger
9 motor vehicle or motor home or a pickup truck or van used
10 exclusively to transport personal possessions or family members
11 for nonbusiness purposes.
12 (2) A person who
wants to purchase a Michigan university or
13 state-sponsored may be issued a fund-raising registration
14 plate for use on a
vehicle under this act shall apply by
15 applying to the secretary
of state for a fund-raising
16 registration plate pursuant to the procedures prescribed in
17 section 217. An application for an original fund-raising
18 registration plate shall be accompanied by a $25.00
19 fund-raising donation, payment of the regular vehicle
20 registration tax provided
for prescribed under this act, and a
21 $10.00 service fee. An application for renewal of a fund-raising
22 registration plate shall be accompanied by payment of the
23 regular vehicle registration tax provided for under this
act
24 required under section 801 and a $10.00 fund-raising donation.
25 Application for a
replacement fund-raising registration plate
26 shall be accompanied by payment of only the fee prescribed under
27 section 804.
1 (3) The secretary of state may issue a personalized
2 fund-raising registration
plate upon application and the
3 payment of the personalized registration plate fee prescribed
4 under section 803b in addition to the fees and donations
5 prescribed under subsection (2) and the regular vehicle
6 registration tax provided
for prescribed under this act.
7 (4) A disabled person
who makes application applies for a
8 fund-raising registration
plate under this section and who
9 makes payment of pays the required service fees shall be
10 issued, as determined by the secretary of state, a disabled
11 person's tab as provided in section 803f for his or her
12 fund-raising registration
plate or a disabled person's
13 fund-raising registration
plate. The secretary of state shall
14 require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as
15 is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under
16 section 675.
17 (5) A fund-raising registration
plate shall expire
18 expires pursuant to section 226. The secretary of state may
19 issue a tab or tabs designating the month and year of expiration
20 for an original or
renewal fund-raising registration plate.
21 (6) The secretary of state may issue a temporary registration
22 permit to a person who submits an application and the proper fees
23 and donation for a
fund-raising registration plate, if the
24 applicant's current vehicle registration will expire before his
25 or her receipt of a
fund-raising registration plate. The
26 temporary registration shall expire upon the applicant's receipt
27 of a fund-raising registration
plate or upon the expiration of
1 60 30 days after the date of issuance, whichever
occurs first.
2 The temporary permit shall be issued without a separate fee.
3 Sec. 811g. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,
4 the secretary of state may develop, market, promote, and sell a
5 collector plate. that
matches any registration plate issued by
6 the secretary of state
under this act. However, the
secretary of
7 state shall only develop, market, and promote a collector plate
8 with funds available from the collection of service fees under
9 this chapter.
10 (2) A collector plate shall not be attached to a motor
11 vehicle in a manner prescribed in section 225. A collector plate
12 may be used on a vehicle in any lawful manner, including, but not
13 limited to, being displayed on the front bumper of a vehicle.
14 (3) A person may purchase 1 or more collector plates by
15 making payment to the secretary of state of the $10.00 service
16 fee and , if the
plate is a matching Michigan university or
17 state-sponsored
fund-raising registration plate as defined in
18 section 811e, a $25.00 fund-raising donation.
19 (4) The secretary of state may, as determined necessary by
20 the secretary of state, cease to sell a collector plate.
21 Sec. 811h. (1) Each service fee collected under sections
22 811f and 811g shall be credited to the transportation
23 administration collection fund created under section 810b.
24 (2) The secretary of state shall identify and segregate the
25 fund-raising donations collected under sections 811f and 811g
26 into separate accounts. The secretary of state shall create a
27 separate account for each
fund-raising plate series and
1 matching its collector plates issued or sold by the
secretary
2 of state. for
a Michigan university or state-sponsored goal
3 pursuant to section
811e.
4 (3) As determined necessary by the secretary of state but not
5 more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the
6 secretary of state shall not less than once each calendar quarter
7 authorize the disbursement of fund-raising donations segregated
8 under subsection (2) and, independent from any disbursement under
9 subsection (2), report the number of each type of fund-raising
10 registration and matching collector plates issued, sold,
or
11 renewed bearing the
design or logo of that Michigan university
12 or state-sponsored
plate sponsor, to the following, as
13 appropriate:
14 (a) The treasurer of a Michigan university.
15 (b) The person or entity identified in a public act pursuant
16 to section 811e(3) to administer a state-sponsored fund-raising
17 registration plate fund.
18 (c) The sponsor of a fund-raising plate issued by concurrent
19 resolution as prescribed under section 811d.
20 (4) A fund-raising plate shall meet or exceed the following
21 sales goals:
22 (a) In the first year, 2,000 plates.
23 (b) In the second and each subsequent year, 500 original
24 plates.
25 (5) (4) The
secretary of state may cease to issue a
26 fund-raising registration
plate or to issue a duplicate
27 replacement of a
fund-raising registration plate for use on a
1 vehicle if the
secretary of state issued fewer than 500 of a
2 particular
fund-raising registration plate within any prior 24
3 consecutive months that fund-raising plate fails to meet a sales
4 goal described in subsection (4). The secretary of state may
5 also cease to sell a collector plate that matches the
6 discontinued fund-raising
registration plate. However, the
7 secretary of state may continue to renew fund-raising
8 registration plates already issued and collect the renewal
9 fund-raising donation for those plates. This subsection does not
10 apply to Michigan
university fund-raising registration plates
11 issued under described in section 811f and matching Michigan
12 university collector plates. issued under section
811g.
13 (6) (5) The
state of Michigan, through the secretary of
14 state, shall own all right, title, and interest in all
15 fund-raising registration
plates and collector plates,
16 including the right to use, reproduce, or distribute a
17 fund-raising registration
or collector plate or the image of a
18 fund-raising registration
or collector plate in any form. The
19 secretary of state may authorize the commercial or other use of a
20 fund-raising registration
or collector plate design, logo, or
21 image if written consent is obtained from the pertinent Michigan
22 university or other
person or entity that sponsored a
23 state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate. under
24 section 811e. However, the secretary of state shall not
25 authorize the commercial or other use of a fund-raising
26 registration or collector plate under this section unless the
27 user first agrees in writing to the terms and conditions that the
1 secretary of state considers necessary. Those terms and
2 conditions may include the payment of royalty fees to 1 or more
3 of the following:
4 (a) This state.
5 (b) A Michigan university.
6 (c) A Another
person or entity that sponsored a
7 state-sponsored fund-raising registration plate.
8 (7) (6) A
royalty fee paid to this state under a written
9 agreement described in
subsection (5) (6) shall be credited to
10 the Michigan
transportation administration
collection fund.
11 established under
section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.
12 Sec. 811i. (1)
The secretary of state shall develop under
13 section 811e and, upon
application, may issue under section 811f
14 a state-sponsored
water quality fund-raising registration plate
15 and a matching
state-sponsored water quality collector plate as
16 provided under section
811g. The plate shall be of a design as
17 determined by the
secretary of state after consultation with and
18 advice of the director
of the department of environmental
19 quality.
20 (1) (2)
Water quality fund-raising registration
21 Fund-raising plate donations collected for plates recognizing the
22 water quality of this state
under section 811f and matching
23 water quality collector plate fund-raising donations collected
24 under section 811g shall be disbursed under section 811h by the
25 secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the
26 donation money to the water quality protection fund created under
27 subsection (4) (3).
1 (2) (3) The
department of environmental quality shall
2 establish and administer a "water quality protection fund grant
3 program" and shall set policy and oversee this program. The
4 program shall provide grants to local units of government for the
5 purpose of protecting the water quality of the Michigan great
6 lakes and inland lakes, rivers, and streams. The department of
7 environmental quality may promulgate rules to implement this
8 grant program under the administrative procedures act of 1969,
9 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
10 (3) (4) The
water quality protection fund is created within
11 the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or
12 other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The
13 state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The
14 state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings
15 from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the
16 fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the
17 general fund. Money from the fund shall be expended, upon
18 appropriation, only for the purpose of protecting the water
19 quality of the Michigan great lakes and inland lakes, rivers, and
20 streams.
21 (4) (5) For
purposes of this chapter, : (a) "Local
22 "local unit of government" means any of the following:
23 (a) (i) A county,
city, village, or township.
24 (b) (ii) An agency
of a county, city, village, or
25 township.
26 (c) (iii) The
office of a county drain commissioner.
27 (d) (iv) A soil
conservation district established under
1 part 93 of the natural resources and environmental protection
2 act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.9301 to 324.9313.
3 (e) (v) A
watershed council established under part 311 of
4 the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
5 451, MCL 324.31101 to 324.31119.
6 (f) (vi) A local
health department as that term is defined
7 in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
8 333.1105.
9 (g) (vii) A
community college or junior college established
10 pursuant to section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution
11 of 1963.
12 (h) (viii) A 4-year
institution of higher education, public
13 or private, located in this state.
14 (i) (ix) An
authority or other public body created by or
15 pursuant to state law.
16 (b) "Water
quality fund-raising registration plate" means a
17 registration plate
containing a specialized design pertaining to
18 the water quality of
this state.
19 Sec. 811j. (1) The
secretary of state shall develop under
20 section 811e and, upon
application, may issue under section 811f
21 a state-sponsored A fund-raising plate or collector plate
22 recognizing children's
trust fund-raising registration plate and
23 a matching
state-sponsored children's trust collector plate as
24 provided under section
811g. The plate shall be of a
design as
25 determined by the secretary of state after consultation with the
26 state child abuse and neglect prevention board created in section
27 3 of the child abuse and neglect prevention act, 1982 PA 250, MCL
1 722.603.
2 (2) Children's
trust fund-raising registration plate
3 Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing children's trust
4 collected under section
811f and matching children's trust
5 collector plate
fund-raising donations collected under section
6 sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by
7 the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit
8 the donation money to the children's trust fund created under
9 section 1 of 1982 PA 249, MCL 21.171, for the support and benefit
10 of the children of this state.
11 (3) For purposes
of this chapter, "state-sponsored
12 children's trust
fund-raising registration plate" means a
13 registration plate
containing a specialized design pertaining to
14 the children of this
state.
15 Sec. 811k. (1)
The secretary of state shall develop under
16 section 811e and, upon
application, may issue under section 811f
17 a state-sponsored
lighthouse fund-raising registration plate and
18 a matching
state-sponsored lighthouse fund-raising collector
19 plate as provided
under section 811g. The plate shall be of a
20 design as determined
by the secretary of state.
21 (1) (2) The
Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund is
22 created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The
23 fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. The
24 state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source
25 for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the
26 investment of the fund.
The state treasurer department of
27 history, arts, and libraries shall credit to the fund interest
1 and earnings from fund investments. The state treasurer shall
2 annually present to the secretary of state an accounting of the
3 amount of money in the fund. Money in the fund at the close of
4 the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to
5 the general fund.
6 (2) (3) The
secretary of state department of history,
7 arts, and libraries shall administer the Michigan lighthouse
8 preservation fund and may
expend money from the that fund
9 through discretionary historical grants to preserve Michigan
10 lighthouses. The secretary
of state department of history,
11 arts, and libraries shall not use not more than 10% of the funds
12 for the secretary of state's costs that occur from fund
13 administration and grant project coordination.
14 (3) (4) The
secretary of state department of history,
15 arts, and libraries may award grants under subsection (2) for the
16 preparation of plans and specifications for restoration and
17 stabilization and for stabilization, rehabilitation, or other
18 preservation work on a Michigan lighthouse, but grants shall not
19 be awarded for
operational purposes. The secretary of state
20 department of history, arts, and libraries shall allocate grant
21 funds pursuant to eligibility and scoring requirements
22 established by the secretary
of state department of history,
23 arts, and libraries. To award grants under this section, the
24 secretary of state department of history, arts, and libraries
25 shall solicit applications from eligible recipients, score
26 applications based on the established criteria, and award grants
27 through executed contracts. All plans and work performed under a
1 grant shall be consistent with the United States secretary of the
2 interior's standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for
3 rehabilitating historic buildings, 36 C.F.R. 67, historic
4 preservation certifications.
5 (4) (5)
Lighthouse fund-raising registration plate donations
6 collected under
section 811f and matching lighthouse collector
7 plate fund-raising
donations collected under section
8 Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the historical
9 lighthouses of this state under sections 811f and 811g shall be
10 transferred under section
811m 811h by the secretary of state
11 department of history, arts, and libraries to the state
12 treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the Michigan
13 lighthouse preservation grant fund for the preservation of
14 historic Michigan lighthouses.
15 (6) For purposes
of this chapter, "state-sponsored
16 lighthouse
fund-raising registration plate" means a registration
17 plate containing a
specialized design pertaining to historic
18 Michigan lighthouses.
19 Sec. 811l. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
20 section 811e and, upon
application, may issue under section 811f
21 a state-sponsored
critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising
22 registration plate and
a matching state-sponsored critical
23 nongame wildlife
habitat collector plate as provided under
24 section 811g. The
plate A fund-raising plate or
collector plate
25 recognizing the critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state
26 shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state
27 after consultation consulting
with the director of the
1 department of natural resources.
2 (2) Critical
nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising
3 registration plate
donations collected under section 811f and
4 matching critical
nongame wildlife habitat collector plate
5 fund-raising donations
Fund-raising donations for plates
6 described in subsection (1)
collected under section sections
7 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the
8 secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the
9 donation money to the nongame fish and wildlife trust fund
10 created under section 43902 of the natural resources and
11 environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.43902.
12 (3) For purposes
of this chapter, "state-sponsored critical
13 nongame wildlife
habitat fund-raising registration plate" means a
14 registration plate
containing a specialized design pertaining to
15 the critical nongame
wildlife habitats of this state.
16 Sec. 811m. Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing
17 the Michigan veterans memorial collected under sections 811f and
18 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of
19 state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money
20 to the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section
21 3 of the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL
22 35.1053. These donations shall be used exclusively for the
23 purposes described in sections 5 and 7 of the Michigan Vietnam
24 veterans memorial act, 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1055 and 35.1057.
25 Sec. 811n. (1)
The secretary of state shall develop under
26 section 811e and, upon
application, may issue under section 811f
27 a state-sponsored
agricultural heritage fund-raising registration
1 plate and a matching
state-sponsored agricultural heritage
2 collector plate as
provided under section 811g. (2)
3 Agricultural heritage
fund-raising registration plate
4 Fund-raising donations collected
under section 811f and matching
5 agricultural heritage
collector plate fund-raising donations for
6 plates recognizing the agricultural heritage of this state
7 collected under section
sections 811f and 811g shall be
8 transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the
9 state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to
10 Michigan state university development, designated for the FFA
11 vision2000 endowment fund, for the purpose of providing grants
12 for agri-science, natural resources, and environmental K-12
13 educational programs.
14 (3) For purposes
of this chapter, "state-sponsored
15 agricultural heritage
fund-raising registration plate" means a
16 registration plate
containing a specialized design pertaining to
17 the agricultural
heritage of this state.
18 Sec. 811o. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate
19 recognizing American pride shall be of a design as determined by
20 the secretary of state and contain the words "proud to be
21 American" and "Michigan". Fund-raising donations for plates
22 recognizing American pride collected under sections 811f and 811g
23 shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state
24 to the state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to
25 the proud to be American fund established under this section.
26 (2) The proud to be American fund is created within the state
27 treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets
1 from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer
2 shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer
3 shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund
4 investments.
5 (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
6 remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
7 (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a
8 monthly basis as follows:
9 (a) Fifty percent to the American national red cross
10 established under chapter 3001 of title 36 of the United States
11 Code, 36 U.S.C. 300101 to 300111, as represented by the Michigan
12 state service council.
13 (b) Fifty percent to the salvation army.
14 (5) The American national red cross and the salvation army
15 shall expend the money received under this section for disaster
16 preparedness and disaster relief in the United States of
17 America.
18 (6) The American national red cross and the salvation army
19 shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting
20 of money received and used under this section.
21 Sec. 811p. (1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate
22 recognizing the Olympic education-training center in this state
23 shall bear an appropriate decal, the design of which the Olympic
24 education-training center shall submit to the secretary of
25 state. The secretary of state shall confer with the department
26 of state police to ensure that the design will not compromise the
27 ability of law enforcement agencies to accurately identify
1 specific vehicles.
2 (2) Registration plates bearing an Olympic education-training
3 center decal shall not be a duplication of another registration
4 plate. The Olympic education-training center shall comply with
5 section 803m(2), (3)(c) and (d), and (4)(c) and (d).
6 (3) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the Olympic
7 education-training center collected under section 811f or 811g
8 shall be transferred by the secretary of state to the state
9 treasurer, who shall credit the funds to the Olympic
10 education-training center fund. The money in the Olympic
11 education-training center fund shall, upon appropriation, be
12 distributed to the Olympic education-training center.
13 Enacting section 1. Sections 217m, 217n, and 811c of the
14 Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.217m, 257.217n, and
15 257.811c, are repealed.
16 Enacting section 2. Enacting section 1 of 2000 PA 77 is
17 repealed.