SB-0536, As Passed Senate, June 25, 2003                                    

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 536

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 80124a.                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 80124a.  (1) Subject to subsection (3), the secretary                  

2   of state shall make available for purchase Great Lakes protection           

3   specialty watercraft decals.  The Great Lakes protection                    

4   specialty watercraft decal shall be designed by the secretary of            

5   state and shall depict some aspect of the Great Lakes or of Great           

6   Lakes water quality.  The secretary of state shall make Great               

7   Lakes specialty watercraft decals available for purchase when a             

8   person purchases a decal under section 80124 and at other times             

9   as determined by the secretary of state.                                    

10  (2) The Great Lakes protection specialty watercraft decal                   

11  authorized under subsection (1) shall be valid for 3 years and              

1   shall be sold for $35.00.                                                   

2       (3) The secretary of state shall discontinue sales of Great                 

3   Lakes specialty watercraft decals under subsection (1) if sales             

4   do not meet any of the following targets:                                   

5       (a) At least 1,000 decals sold in the fiscal year ending                    

6   September 30, 2005.                                                         

7       (b) At least 2,000 decals sold in the fiscal year ending                    

8   September 30, 2006.                                                         

9       (c) At least 3,000 decals sold in the fiscal year ending                    

10  September 30, 2007.                                                         

11      (4) If sales of Great Lakes specialty watercraft decals                     

12  authorized under subsection (1) exceed the targets described in             

13  subsection (3)(a), (b), and (c), the secretary of state shall               

14  continue decal sales in subsequent years.                                   

15      (5) By October 1, 2004 and by October 1 each year thereafter,               

16  the secretary of state shall submit a report to the chairs of the           

17  standing committees of the senate and the house of                          

18  representatives with primary jurisdiction over natural resources            

19  and the environment and to the chairs of the senate and house               

20  appropriations committees that details the number of decals sold            

21  during the previous state fiscal year.

22      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

23  effect unless Senate Bill No. 535 of the 92nd Legislature is                

24  enacted into law.