UW specialty license plates-2.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF WYOMING
06LSO-0470.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0182

UW specialty license plates-2.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Slater, Barnard, Berger, Brown, Edwards, Gilmore, Goggles, Hageman, Hastert, Iekel, Martin, Miller, Morgan, Powers and Warren and Senator(s) Meier

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates; authorizing special University of Wyoming license plates; specifying requirements; providing for termination of the issuance and report of the termination as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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219 is created to read:

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219.

University of Wyoming license plates.

(a)

Any person required to register a vehicle in Wyoming pursuant to W.S. 31
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201 may apply to the University of Wyoming alumni association for a statement of eligibility for distinctive University of Wyoming license plates for any motor vehicle owned by the applicant upon registration of the vehicle. Upon payment by the applicant of a fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), assessed by the association, the association shall issue a written statement of eligibility for University of Wyoming license plates. Application shall be made at least thirty (30) days before registration of the vehicle expires.

(b)

The written statement of eligibility issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be presented to the department before University of Wyoming license plates may be issued. License plates issued under this section shall be displayed upon the vehicle for which they are issued.

(c)

Except as provided in this section, application for, issuance and renewal of University of Wyoming license plates shall be subject to the same requirements and fees as provided in this article. The fee required under W.S. 31
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102(a)(viii) shall accompany each application.

(d)

The department shall prescribe the design of the special license plate authorized by this section, which shall include an image of the bucking horse and rider as described in W.S. 8
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117, in consultation with the University of Wyoming alumni association and the secretary of state's office, and arrange for production of the license plates. Following initial approval, University of Wyoming plates shall be subject to redesign on the same schedule as all license plates beginning with the year 2017 reissuance. The license plates shall be issued by the county treasurer of each county.

(e)

The department may prepare any special forms and issue any rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.

(f)

Unless one thousand (1,000) sets of license plates are issued under this section before December 31, 2016, the plate authorized under this section shall be eliminated from production and the department of transportation shall report the cessation of production to the legislature not later than January 15, 2017.

Section 2.

This act is effective January 1, 2007.

(END)

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