BOY SCOUTS LICENSE PLATE S.B. 104:
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 104 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Roger Kahn, M.D.
Committee: Transportation
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to do the following:
-- Remove the current limit of eight on the number of State-sponsored fund-raising license plates that may be developed at any one time.
-- Require the Secretary of State (SOS) to create a fund-raising plate recognizing the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
-- Create the "Boy Scouts of America Fund" and require donations from the sale of the plate to be deposited into the Fund.
-- Require the State Treasurer to disburse money from the Fund on a quarterly basis to the BSA.
-- Require the BSA, beginning not later than February 1, 2012, to submit to the Department of Treasury a summary of the previous year's expenditures of the money from the Fund.
MCL 257.811e et al. Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would create a start-up cost to the Department of State. The start-up fee of $15,000 prescribed in the Code could be paid to the Department of State from the Boy Scouts of America Fund proposed in the bill; however, the bill does not include such a requirement. The revenue generated from the fund-raising license plate established under the bill would be deposited into the proposed Boy Scouts of America Fund, after which the State Treasurer would disburse payments from the Fund on a quarterly basis to the Boy Scouts of America.
The bill would have no fiscal impact on local government.
Date Completed: 4-26-11 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb104/1112