Breast cancer license plate.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0404

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0197

Breast cancer license plate.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Carson, Buchanan, Connolly, Gilmore, McKim, Pedersen and Wallis

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
motor vehicles
;

authorizing a sp
ecial license plate
for
support

of
breast cancer

prevention and
awareness
; and providing for an effective date.

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

S
ection 1.

W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
221 is created to read:

31
‑
2
‑
221.

Special plates; breast cancer

preven
tion and awareness
.

(a)

Any
person required to register a vehicle in
Wyoming
may obtain
distinctive
breast cancer
prevention and
awareness
license plates for any motor vehicle owned by that person upon registration of the vehicle. License plates issued under this section shall be displayed only on the vehicle for which they are issued. The license plates shall bear a distinctive symbol and letters identifying the registrant as
an individual
supporting
breast cancer
prevention and
awareness
.

(
b)

To
obtain li
cense plates under this section
the registrant
shall
submit a
donation

of
at least
one hundred dollars ($100.00)
to the
cancer control program established and
a
dministered b
y the department of health.
Proof of payment issued by the
department shall
establish the registrant's eligibility to receive
a
special
breast cancer
awareness
license plate

from the county treasurer
. Donations to the cancer control program
collected under this section shall be payable to the department of health,
and
shall be deposited in a
n account to be used in a manner consiste
nt with the purposes of W.S. 35
‑
25
‑
203
. The
minimum donative amount
authorized under this section may be increased annually as determined by the department.

(c)

Except as provided in this section, payment for
issuance and renewal of breast cancer
prevention and
awareness license plates shall be subject to the same requirements and fees as provided in this article. The fee required under W.S. 31
‑
3
‑
102(a)(viii) shall
apply to special license plates described in this article.

(
d
)

The department shall
c
onsult with the
Wyoming
department of transportation to design a special breast cancer
prevention and
awareness license plate as a
uthorized by this section and arrange for production of the
special
license plates.
Following
approval
by the
Wyoming
department of transportation
,
special
breast cancer
prevention and
awareness
license
plates shall be subject to redesign on the same schedule as all license plates beginning with the year 201
9
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, 201
9
, the plate authorized under this section shall be eliminated from production and the department shall report the cessation of production to the legislature not later than January 15, 201
9
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

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