HOUSE BILL No. 4336 February 13, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Bodem, Brackenridge, Jellema, McBryde, Goschka, Dalman, Curtis and LeTarte 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 811d, 811e, and 811f. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 811D. (1) UPON APPLICATION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 2 ISSUE 1 UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE WHICH SHALL BE USED ON THE 3 PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE, PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, MOTOR HOME, HEARSE, 4 BUS, TRAILER COACH, OR TRAILER FOR WHICH THE PLATE IS ISSUED 5 INSTEAD OF A STANDARD PLATE. UNIVERSITY PLATES SHALL BEAR LET- 6 TERS AND NUMBERS AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE PRESCRIBES. THE PLATE 7 SHALL BE OF A DESIGN AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH 8 SUITABLE SPACE RESERVED FOR A UNIVERSITY VIGNETTE AND NAME. THE 9 WORD "MICHIGAN" SHALL APPEAR ON EACH UNIVERSITY PLATE. 10 (2) AN APPLICATION FOR A UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL 11 BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES 00198'97 VPW 2 1 PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 217. APPLICATION FOR AN ORIGINAL OR 2 RENEWAL UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH 3 PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE IN ADDITION TO A 4 SERVICE FEE AS FOLLOWS: 5 (A) FOR AN ORIGINAL UNIVERSITY PLATE, $3.00 FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTH AND $2.00 PER MONTH FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MONTH OF THE REGIS- 7 TRATION PERIOD. 8 (B) FOR A RENEWAL UNIVERSITY PLATE, $10.00. 9 (3) THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR A UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE 10 SHALL BE PURSUANT TO SECTION 226. UPON THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL 11 OF A UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 12 ISSUE A TAB OR TABS DESIGNATING THE MONTH AND YEAR OF 13 EXPIRATION. 14 (4) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO A 15 PERSON WHO HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND THE PROPER FEES FOR A 16 UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE IF THE APPLICANT'S VEHICLE REGIS- 17 TRATION MAY EXPIRE BEFORE RECEIPT OF HIS OR HER UNIVERSITY 18 PLATE. THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR NOT 19 MORE THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE. THE TEMPORARY 20 PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED WITHOUT A FEE. 21 (5) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION 22 PLATE" MEANS A REGISTRATION PLATE CONTAINING A SPECIALIZED DESIGN 23 PERTAINING TO A STATE SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF 24 THIS STATE. 25 SEC. 811E. (1) A STATE SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDU- 26 CATION OF THIS STATE MAY MAKE APPLICATION TO THE SECRETARY OF 27 STATE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE TO 00198'97 3 1 REPRESENT THAT UNIVERSITY. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE AS 2 PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 3 (2) UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES COLLECTED BY 4 THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND DIVIDED BY THE 5 SECRETARY OF STATE INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR 6 WHICH THE PLATE WAS SOLD. AFTER DEDUCTING THE MANUFACTURING AND 7 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE RESPECTIVE 8 UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 9 ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING, REPLACING, AND SUBSTITUTING PLATES, THE 10 SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, TRANSFER THE BAL- 11 ANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES TO THAT 12 UNIVERSITY FOR WHICH THE FEES WERE COLLECTED. 13 SEC. 811F. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL 14 REPORT WHICH SHALL BE DESIGNATED THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION 15 PLATE AUDIT. A COPY OF THE REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOV- 16 ERNOR, THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF 17 REPRESENTATIVES ON JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL CON- 18 TAIN AN ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR OF ALL OF THE 19 FOLLOWING: 20 (A) THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATES SOLD FOR 21 EACH STATE SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS 22 STATE. 23 (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERV- 24 ICE FEES COLLECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EACH STATE SUP- 25 PORTED UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS STATE. 00198'97 4 1 (C) THE NET AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE 2 FEES FORWARDED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EACH STATE SUPPORTED 3 UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS STATE. 4 (D) THE MANUFACTURING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SECRE- 5 TARY OF STATE DEDUCTED FROM THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE 6 SERVICE FEES COLLECTED FOR EACH STATE SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY OF 7 HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS STATE. 8 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take 9 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ 10 (request no. 00199'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into 11 law. 00198'97 Final page. VPW