HOUSE BILL No. 4653 April 22, 1997, Introduced by Reps. LeTarte, DeVuyst and Oxender 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 00234'97 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 TAX 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 AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS STATE OR 24 OF ANOTHER STATE THAT MAKES APPLICATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE 25 AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 811E. 26 SEC. 811E. (1) AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS 27 STATE OR ANOTHER STATE MAY MAKE APPLICATION TO THE SECRETARY OF 00234'97 3 1 STATE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE TO 2 REPRESENT THAT UNIVERSITY. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE AS PRE- 3 SCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 4 (2) UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES COLLECTED BY 5 THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND DIVIDED BY THE 6 SECRETARY OF STATE INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR 7 WHICH THE PLATE WAS SOLD. AFTER DEDUCTING THE MANUFACTURING AND 8 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE RESPECTIVE 9 UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 10 ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING, REPLACING, AND SUBSTITUTING PLATES, THE 11 SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, TRANSFER THE BAL- 12 ANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE FEES TO THAT 13 UNIVERSITY FOR WHICH THE FEES WERE COLLECTED. 14 SEC. 811F. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL 15 REPORT WHICH SHALL BE DESIGNATED THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION 16 PLATE AUDIT. A COPY OF THE REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOV- 17 ERNOR, THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF 18 REPRESENTATIVES ON JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL CON- 19 TAIN AN ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR OF ALL OF THE 20 FOLLOWING: 21 (A) THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATES SOLD FOR 22 EACH INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER 23 STATE. 24 (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERV- 25 ICE FEES COLLECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EACH INSTITUTION 26 OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 00234'97 4 1 (C) THE NET AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION PLATE SERVICE 2 FEES FORWARDED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EACH INSTITUTION OF 3 HIGHER EDUCATION. 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 INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 00234'97 Final page. VPW