Vehicles: fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising plates for prostate cancer awareness; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811kk.
Summary
House Bill 4701 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to authorize the Secretary of State to develop and issue a fundraising license plate recognizing prostate cancer awareness. The bill directs the Secretary of State, working with the P.C.U.P.S. Foundation, to design the plate and sell it under the state’s existing fundraising plate framework.
The bill also creates a prostate cancer awareness fund in the state treasury. Donation money collected from the sale of the plates would be transferred to the State Treasurer, credited to the fund, and invested with earnings retained in the fund. Money in the fund would not lapse to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year, and the State Treasurer would administer the fund for auditing purposes.
Impact
HB4701 would add a new section to the Michigan Vehicle Code authorizing a specialty fundraising plate and establishing a dedicated treasury fund for prostate cancer awareness. It would create a new revenue stream tied to vehicle registration plates and require the State Treasurer to disburse the fund’s money quarterly to the P.C.U.P.S. Foundation, thereby directing state-collected donations to a private nonprofit organization associated with prostate cancer awareness efforts.
Sentiment
Based on the bill text and the absence of recorded committee testimony or votes in the provided materials, the bill appears to be a straightforward, noncontroversial awareness-and-fundraising measure. Its purpose is charitable and symbolic rather than regulatory, and the available record does not show any formal opposition or debate. The overall sentiment is best characterized as neutral to supportive.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided committee transcripts or voting history, because none were supplied. Potential areas that could draw scrutiny in a bill like this would be the use of a state-administered fund to route money to a private foundation, the administrative role of the Secretary of State and State Treasurer, and whether the fundraising plate program is an efficient use of state resources. However, no actual objections are recorded here.
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