Section 257.811e - Fund-raising registration plate. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949

257.811e Fund-raising registration plate.

Sec. 811e.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2007, the secretary of state may develop a fund-raising plate as provided in this section.

(2) A start-up fee of $15,000.00 shall be paid for any new fund-raising plate authorized under this section. The fee shall be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund through October 1, 2011 to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising plates. If the fee described in this subsection is not paid within 18 months of the effective date of the public act that authorizes the development and issuance of a fund-raising plate, then the related fund-raising plate shall not be created, produced, or issued. A start-up fee paid under this subsection is nonrefundable.

(3) Not less than 3 years after the secretary of state first issues 1 of the fund-raising plates as described in subsection (1) and upon payment of $2,000.00, the Michigan university or other person sponsoring that fund-raising plate may redesign it as approved by the secretary of state. The payment required under this subsection shall be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund through October 1, 2011 to be used for the cost of creating, producing, and issuing fund-raising plates. A payment under this subsection is nonrefundable.

(4) The secretary of state may develop 1 or more limited term registration plates to recognize a Michigan university or an accomplishment or occasion of a Michigan university.

(5) The secretary of state may, at any 1 time, develop not more than 8 different state sponsored fund-raising registration plates as described in this section, and matching state-sponsored collector plates as described in section 811g.

(6) The secretary of state shall not develop or issue a fund-raising plate unless a public act authorizing the fund-raising plate, at a minimum, does all of the following:

(a) Identifies the purpose of the fund-raising plate.

(b) Creates a nonprofit fund or designates an existing nonprofit fund to receive the money raised through the sale of fund-raising plates and matching collector plates.

(c) If a fund is created, names the person or entity responsible for administering the fund.

History: Add. 2000, Act 77, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2001 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 562, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2009