Act No. 70

Public Acts of 2000

Approved by the Governor

March 30, 2000

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 4, 2000

EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 2000 Regular Session

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

Introduced by Senators McManus, Bullard, Bennett, Sikkema and McCotter

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 770

AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of owners and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date," (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 811l.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 811l. (1) The secretary of state shall develop under section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f a state-sponsored critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising registration plate and a matching state-sponsored critical nongame wildlife habitat collector plate as provided under section 811g. The plate shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state after consultation with the director of the department of natural resources.

(2) Critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising registration plate donations collected under section 811f and matching critical nongame wildlife habitat collector plate fund-raising donations collected under section 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the nongame fish and wildlife trust fund created under section 43902 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.43902.

(3) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored critical nongame wildlife habitat fund-raising registration plate" means a registration plate containing a specialized design pertaining to the critical nongame wildlife habitats of this state.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2000.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 180.

(b) Senate Bill No. 826.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.