SENATE BILL No. 1036

January 30, 2002, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on

Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1929 PA 269, entitled

"An act to protect benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable

corporations in the use of their names and emblems; to provide

penalties for the violation thereof; and to repeal Act No. 255 of

the Public Acts of 1909,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 430.53).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any A person to SHALL

2 NOT display or permit to be displayed on his or her motor vehicle

3 any emblem or insignia of any organization, association, A NON-

4 PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR A fraternity, lodge, club, or order,

5 unless the owner of such THE motor vehicle be HAS MADE A CON-

6 TRIBUTION TO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR IS a member of the

7 organization, association, fraternity, lodge, club, or order,

8 FOR WHICH the emblem or insignia of which is so displayed:

9 Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not IS

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1 DISPLAYED. HOWEVER, THIS ACT DOES NOT apply to the owner or

2 owners of any motor vehicles A MOTOR VEHICLE upon which such

3 AN emblem or insignia is displayed solely for the purposes of

4 participation in any public parade, or at any public fair, exhib-

5 it, or carnival.

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