November 28, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Stahl, Nofs, Farhat, Moore, Newell, Hummel, Shaffer, Pastor, Wenke, Van Regenmorter, Garfield, Sheen, Caswell, Meyer, Mortimer, Baxter, Pearce, Casperson, Kooiman, Palmer, Palsrok, Hildenbrand, Sheltrown, Emmons, Stakoe, Elsenheimer, Hoogendyk, Gosselin, Marleau, LaJoy, Caul, Green, Rick Jones, Booher, Taub, Acciavatti, Mayes and Spade 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 sections 217i and 217j.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 217i. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under
section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f a
state-sponsored choose life fund-raising registration plate and a
matching state-sponsored choose life fund-raising collector plate
as provided under section 811g. The plate shall have the words
"choose life" on the plate and be of a design determined by the
secretary of state.
(2) State-sponsored choose life fund-raising registration
plate service fees collected under this section by the secretary of
state shall be identified and segregated by the secretary of state
into a separate account. The secretary of state shall on a
quarterly basis transfer the balance of the state-sponsored choose
life fund-raising registration plate service fees to the state
treasurer, who shall do both of the following:
(a) Credit $20.00 of the donation received under section 811f
to the choose life fund created in section 217j.
(b) Credit $5.00 of the donation received under section 811f
to the general fund.
Sec. 217j. (1) The choose life fund is created within the
state treasury.
(2) 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.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a
semiannual basis to each county in proportion to the amount of
donations received from issuing choose life registration plates in
each county.
(5) Each county shall distribute the money received from the
secretary of state under this section only to a nongovernmental
not-for-profit agency or organization that provides services and
counseling to women who have unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
Money shall not be distributed to an agency that is involved or
associated with referrals to abortion clinics or providing abortion
procedures.
(6) An agency receiving money under subsection (6) shall not
charge a fee for the services or counseling provided.
(7) An agency receiving money under this section shall provide
an annual accounting of the use of the money to the county.
(8) As used in this section, "fund" means the choose life fund
created in subsection (1).