HOUSE BILL No. 5041 October 26, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Shackleton, Kowall, Gilbert, Toy, Rick Johnson, Middaugh, Birkholz, Ruth Johnson, Allen, Bovin, Tabor, Julian, Ehardt, Pappageorge, Garcia, Stamas, Kuipers, Jelinek, Bishop, Mead, Law, Mortimer, Geiger, Koetje, Prusi, Jansen, Jellema and Raczkowski 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 811k. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 811K. (1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DEVELOP UNDER 2 SECTION 811E AND, UPON APPLICATION, MAY ISSUE UNDER SECTION 811F 3 A STATE-SPONSORED LIGHTHOUSE FUND-RAISING REGISTRATION PLATE AND 4 A MATCHING STATE-SPONSORED LIGHTHOUSE FUND-RAISING COLLECTOR 5 PLATE AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 811G. THE PLATE SHALL BE OF A 6 DESIGN AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 7 (2) THE MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION GRANT FUND IS CRE- 8 ATED AS A SEPARATE FUND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. THE FUND 9 SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. THE STATE 10 TREASURER MAY RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER ASSETS FROM ANY SOURCE FOR 11 DEPOSIT INTO THE FUND. THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DIRECT THE H03489'99 * TLG 2 1 INVESTMENT OF THE FUND. THE STATE TREASURER SHALL CREDIT TO THE 2 FUND INTEREST AND EARNINGS FROM FUND INVESTMENTS. THE STATE 3 TREASURER SHALL ANNUALLY PRESENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AN 4 ACCOUNTING OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE FUND. MONEY IN THE FUND 5 AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR SHALL REMAIN IN THE FUND AND 6 SHALL NOT LAPSE TO THE GENERAL FUND. 7 (3) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND AND MAY 8 EXPEND MONEY FROM THE FUND THROUGH DISCRETIONARY HISTORICAL 9 GRANTS TO PRESERVE MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSES. THE SECRETARY OF STATE 10 SHALL NOT USE NOT MORE THAN 10% OF THE FUNDS FOR THE SECRETARY OF 11 STATE'S COSTS THAT OCCUR FROM FUND ADMINISTRATION AND GRANT 12 PROJECT COORDINATION. 13 (4) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY AWARD GRANTS FOR THE PREPARA- 14 TION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR RESTORATION AND STABILIZA- 15 TION AND FOR STABILIZATION, REHABILITATION, OR OTHER PRESERVATION 16 WORK ON A MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE, BUT GRANTS SHALL NOT BE AWARDED 17 FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ALLOCATE 18 GRANT FUNDS PURSUANT TO ELIGIBILITY AND SCORING REQUIREMENTS 19 ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. TO AWARD GRANTS UNDER 20 THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SOLICIT APPLICATIONS 21 FROM ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS, SCORE APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE ESTAB- 22 LISHED CRITERIA, AND AWARD GRANTS THROUGH EXECUTED CONTRACTS. 23 ALL PLANS AND WORK PERFORMED UNDER A GRANT SHALL BE CONSISTENT 24 WITH THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR 25 REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES FOR REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILD- 26 INGS, 36 C.F.R. 67, HISTORIC PRESERVATION CERTIFICATIONS. H03489'99 * 3 1 (5) LIGHTHOUSE FUND-RAISING REGISTRATION PLATE DONATIONS 2 COLLECTED UNDER SECTION 811F AND MATCHING LIGHTHOUSE COLLECTOR 3 PLATE FUND-RAISING DONATIONS COLLECTED UNDER SECTION 811G SHALL 4 BE TRANSFERRED UNDER SECTION 811M BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO 5 THE STATE TREASURER, WHO SHALL CREDIT THE DONATION MONEY TO THE 6 MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION GRANT FUND FOR THE PRESERVATION 7 OF HISTORIC MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSES. 8 (6) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, "STATE-SPONSORED LIGHT- 9 HOUSE FUND-RAISING REGISTRATION PLATE" MEANS A REGISTRATION PLATE 10 CONTAINING A SPECIALIZED DESIGN PERTAINING TO HISTORIC MICHIGAN 11 LIGHTHOUSES. 12 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 13 October 1, 2000. 14 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take 15 effect unless Senate Bill No. 826 or House Bill No. _______ 16 (request no. 03790'99) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into 17 law. H03489'99 * Final page. TLG