HOUSE BILL No. 5539

 

April 18, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Switalski 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 section 811u.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811u. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and issue

 

under sections 811e to 811g a fund-raising plate and a matching

 

collector plate promoting breast cancer awareness. The secretary of

 

state shall design the fund-raising plate and collector plate

 

authorized in this section. A plate designed under this section

 

shall include a pink ribbon emblem.

 

     (2) The breast cancer awareness fund is created within the

 

state treasury. 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. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year

 

shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall transfer the donation money

 

from the sale of fund-raising plates and collector plates promoting

 

breast cancer awareness to the state treasurer, who shall credit

 

the donation money to the breast cancer awareness fund created

 

under subsection (2).

 

     (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the breast

 

cancer awareness fund created under subsection (2) on a quarterly

 

basis to the breast and cervical cancer control program

 

administered by the department of community health.

 

     (5) The department of community health shall annually report

 

to the state treasurer an accounting of money received and used

 

under this section.

 

     (6) The secretary of state shall be the administrator of the

 

breast cancer awareness fund for auditing purposes.