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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3273
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE THOMAS.
7100H.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
professional sports team 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Section A. Section 301.472, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu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 W omen's Soccer League, the National Football League, the National
9 Basketball Association, the W omen's National Basketball Association, the National
10 Hockey League, the International Hockey League, or the American League or the National
11 League of Major League Baseball or a team playing in Major League Soccer .
12 2. The professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to subsection
13 5 of this section and which receives the emblem-use authorization fee hereby authorizes the
14 use of its of ficial emblem to be af fixed on multiyear personalized license plates as provided in
15 this section. Any vehicle owner may annually apply for the use of the emblem. The director
16 of revenue shall not authorize the manufacturer of the material to produce such license plates
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.
17 with the individual seal, logo, or emblem until the department of revenue receives a minimum
18 of one hundred applications for each specific professional sports team.
19 3. Upon annual application and payment of a thirty-five dollar emblem-use
20 contribution to the professional sports team such team shall issue to the vehicle owner ,
21 without further char ge, an emblem-use authorization statement, which shall be presented by
22 the owner to the director of the department of revenue at the time of registration of a motor
23 vehicle. Upon presentation of the annual statement and payment of a fifteen dollar fee in
24 addition to the regular registration fees, and presentation of other documents which may be
25 required by law , the director shall issue a personalized license plate, which shall bear the
26 of ficial emblem of the professional sports team in a manner determined by the director . Such
27 license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and
28 design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by
29 section 301.130. A fee for the issuance of personalized license plates issued pursuant to
30 section 301.144 shall not be required for plates issued pursuant to this section.
31 4. A vehicle owner , who was previously issued a plate with a professional sports team
32 emblem authorized by this section but who does not provide an emblem-use authorization
33 statement at a subsequent time of registration, shall be issued a new plate which does not bear
34 the professional sports team emblem, as otherwise provided by law .
35 5. The director of the department of revenue is authorized to make agreements with
36 professional sports teams on behalf of the state which allow the use of any such team's of ficial
37 emblem pursuant to the provisions of this section as consideration for receiving a thirty-five
38 dollar emblem-use contribution.
39 6. Except as provided in subsection 7 of this section, a professional sports team
40 receiving a thirty-five dollar contribution shall forward such contribution, less an amount not
41 in excess of five percent of the contribution for the costs of administration, to the Jackson
42 County Sports Authority or the St. Louis Regional Convention and V isitors Commission.
43 The moneys shall be administered as follows:
44 (1) The sports authority may retain not in excess of five percent of all funds
45 forwarded to it pursuant to this section for the costs of administration and shall expend the
46 remaining balance of such funds, after consultation with a professional sports team within the
47 authority's area, on marketing and promoting such team. The amount of money expended
48 from the funds obtained pursuant to this section by the authority per professional sports team
49 shall be in the same proportion to the total funds available to be expended on such team as the
50 proportion of contributions forwarded by the team to the authority is to the total contributions
51 received by the authority;
52 (2) The regional convention and visitors commission shall hold the revenues received
53 from the professional sports teams in the St. Louis area in separate accounts for each team.
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54 Each team may submit an annual marketing plan to the commission. Expenses of a team
55 which are in accordance with the marketing plan shall be reimbursed by the commission as
56 long as moneys are available in the account. The commission may retain not in excess of five
57 percent for the costs of administration. If no marketing plan is submitted by a team, the
58 commission shall market and promote the team.
59 7. The Kansas City Chiefs shall forward all emblem-use fees received, less an amount
60 not in excess of five percent of the costs of administration, to the Chiefs' Children's Fund, a
61 not-for -profit fund established to benefit children in need in the Kansas City area.
62 8. The director of the department of revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations
63 for the administration of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the
64 authority of this section shall become ef fective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the
65 provisions of chapter 536.
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