HOUSE BILL No. 4440


     March 8, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Minore, Kolb, Bovin, Spade, Bogardus, Lockwood, Jamnick, Woronchak, Ruth Johnson,
Kowall, Voorhees, Gosselin, Kooiman, Vear, Stewart, Faunce, Bishop, Allen, Shulman, Pappageorge, Jacobs, Rocca, Hansen, Pestka,
Clark, Dennis, Rich Brown and Adamini 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:

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           SEC. 811o.  (1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DEVELOP AND,

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      UPON APPLICATION, MAY ISSUE A VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION

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      PLATE TO AN APPLICANT FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE,

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      PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, MOTOR HOME, HEARSE, BUS, TRAILER COACH, OR

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      TRAILER FOR WHICH THE REGISTRATION PLATE IS ISSUED INSTEAD OF A

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      STANDARD REGISTRATION PLATE.  VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION

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      PLATES SHALL BEAR LETTERS AND NUMBERS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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      PRESCRIBES.  THE PLATE SHALL BE OF A DESIGN BY A CHILD IN A VERY

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      SPECIAL ARTS PROGRAM AND APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.  THE

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      WORD "MICHIGAN" SHALL APPEAR ON EACH VERY SPECIAL ARTS

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      REGISTRATION PLATE.


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           (2) AN APPLICATION FOR A VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION

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      PLATE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO

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      THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 217.  APPLICATION FOR AN

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      ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE

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      ACCOMPANIED WITH PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX

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      IN ADDITION TO A SERVICE FEE AS FOLLOWS:

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           (A) FOR AN ORIGINAL VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE, A

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      $35.00 SERVICE FEE, $25.00 OF WHICH SHALL BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE

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      JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FLINT, INC.

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           (B) FOR A RENEWAL VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE,

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      $10.00.

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           (3) A VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL EXPIRE AS

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      DESCRIBED IN SECTION 226.  UPON THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A VERY

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      SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE

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      A TAB OR TABS DESIGNATING THE MONTH AND YEAR OF EXPIRATION.

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           (4) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY REGISTRA-

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      TION PERMIT TO A PERSON WHO SUBMITS AN APPLICATION AND THE PROPER

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      PAYMENTS FOR A VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE IF THE

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      APPLICANT'S CURRENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION WILL EXPIRE BEFORE HIS

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      OR HER RECEIPT OF A VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE.  THE

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      TEMPORARY REGISTRATION SHALL EXPIRE UPON RECEIPT OF A VERY SPE-

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      CIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE OR 60 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF A

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      VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.

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      THE TEMPORARY PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED WITHOUT A SEPARATE FEE.

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           (5) VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES COL-

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      LECTED UNDER THIS SECTION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE

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      IDENTIFIED AND SEGREGATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTO A



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      SEPARATE ACCOUNT.  AFTER DEDUCTING THE MANUFACTURING AND

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      ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, INCLUDING ADMIN-

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      ISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING, REPLACING, AND SUBSTI-

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      TUTING PLATES, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS

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      TRANSFER $25.00 OF EACH FEE COLLECTED TO THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF

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      FLINT, INC. AND TRANSFER THE BALANCE OF THE VERY SPECIAL ARTS

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      REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES TO THE STATE TREASURER WHO SHALL

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      CREDIT THE FEE MONEY TO THE MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION FUND ESTAB-

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      LISHED IN SECTION 10 OF 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.

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           (6) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "VERY SPECIAL ARTS REGIS-

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      TRATION PLATE" MEANS A REGISTRATION PLATE CONTAINING A SPECIAL-

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      IZED DESIGN PERTAINING TO THE VERY SPECIAL ARTS.
































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