Section 257.811q - Support for our troops; design; transfer and disbursement; support our troops fund; report.
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949
257.811q Support for our troops; design; transfer and disbursement; support our troops fund; report.
Sec. 811q.
(1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate recognizing support for our troops shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state and contain the emblem or logo of Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, displaying a soldier and a child and the words "support our troops" and "Michigan". Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing support for our troops collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to the support our troops fund established under this section.
(2) The support our troops 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.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a monthly basis to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, which shall expend the money received under this section for troops and their families in accordance with its articles of incorporation.
(5) Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting of money received and used under this section.
(6) An application for a support our troops fund-raising or collector plate by a motor vehicle owner or lessee constitutes prior written consent and instruction by that owner or lessee to the secretary of state to provide the owner's or lessee's name and address to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan.
History: Add. 2006, Act 562, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007