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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3050
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE PERKINS.
6478H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 301.472, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
Kansas City Chiefs special license plates.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 301.472, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 301.472, to read as follows:
301.472. 1. Any motor vehicle owner may receive special license plates for any
2 motor vehicle the person owns, either solely or jointly , other than an apportioned motor
3 vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds
4 gross weight as prescribed in this section after an annual payment of an emblem-use
5 authorization fee to a professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to
6 subsection 5 of this section. For the purposes of this section a "professional sports team" shall
7 mean an or ganization located in this state franchised by the National Professional Soccer
8 League, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National
9 Hockey League, the International Hockey League, or the American League or the National
10 League of Major League Baseball or a team playing in Major League Soccer .
11 2. The professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to subsection
12 5 of this section and which receives the emblem-use authorization fee hereby authorizes the
13 use of its of ficial emblem to be af fixed on multiyear personalized license plates as provided in
14 this section. Any vehicle owner may annually apply for the use of the emblem. The director
15 of revenue shall not authorize the manufacturer of the material to produce such license plates
16 with the individual seal, logo, or emblem until the department of revenue receives a minimum
17 of one hundred applications for each specific professional sports team.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 3. Upon annual application and payment of a thirty-five dollar emblem-use
19 contribution to the professional sports team such team shall issue to the vehicle owner ,
20 without further char ge, an emblem-use authorization statement, which shall be presented by
21 the owner to the director of the department of revenue at the time of registration of a motor
22 vehicle. Upon presentation of the annual statement and payment of a fifteen dollar fee in
23 addition to the regular registration fees, and presentation of other documents which may be
24 required by law , the director shall issue a personalized license plate, which shall bear the
25 of ficial emblem of the professional sports team in a manner determined by the director . Such
26 license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and
27 design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by
28 section 301.130. A fee for the issuance of personalized license plates issued pursuant to
29 section 301.144 shall not be required for plates issued pursuant to this section.
30 4. A vehicle owner , who was previously issued a plate with a professional sports team
31 emblem authorized by this section but who does not provide an emblem-use authorization
32 statement at a subsequent time of registration, shall be issued a new plate which does not bear
33 the professional sports team emblem, as otherwise provided by law .
34 5. The director of the department of revenue is authorized to make agreements with
35 professional sports teams on behalf of the state which allow the use of any such team's of ficial
36 emblem pursuant to the provisions of this section as consideration for receiving a thirty-five
37 dollar emblem-use contribution. Beginning August 28, 2026, any emblem agr eement with
38 the Kansas City Chiefs shall terminate and no new license plates shall be issued in the
39 state with the team's official emblem. License plates issued prior to August 28, 2026,
40 shall r emain valid until such plates expir e or are surren dered by the vehicle owner ,
41 except that no emblem-use fees shall be charged or collected by the Kansas City Chiefs
42 after such date.
43 6. [ Except as provided in subsection 7 of this section, ] A professional sports team
44 receiving a thirty-five dollar contribution shall forward such contribution, less an amount not
45 in excess of five percent of the contribution for the costs of administration, to the Jackson
46 County Sports Authority or the St. Louis Regional Convention and V isitors Commission.
47 The moneys shall be administered as follows:
48 (1) The sports authority may retain not in excess of five percent of all funds
49 forwarded to it pursuant to this section for the costs of administration and shall expend the
50 remaining balance of such funds, after consultation with a professional sports team within the
51 authority's area, on marketing and promoting such team. The amount of money expended
52 from the funds obtained pursuant to this section by the authority per professional sports team
53 shall be in the same proportion to the total funds available to be expended on such team as the
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54 proportion of contributions forwarded by the team to the authority is to the total contributions
55 received by the authority;
56 (2) The regional convention and visitors commission shall hold the revenues received
57 from the professional sports teams in the St. Louis area in separate accounts for each team.
58 Each team may submit an annual marketing plan to the commission. Expenses of a team
59 which are in accordance with the marketing plan shall be reimbursed by the commission as
60 long as moneys are available in the account. The commission may retain not in excess of five
61 percent for the costs of administration. If no marketing plan is submitted by a team, the
62 commission shall market and promote the team.
63 7. [The Kansas City Chiefs shall forward all emblem-use fees received, less an
64 amount not in excess of five percent of the costs of administration, to the Chiefs' Children's
65 Fund, a not-for -profit fund established to benefit children in need in the Kansas City area.
66 8. ] The director of the department of revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations
67 for the administration of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the
68 authority of this section shall become ef fective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the
69 provisions of chapter 536.
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