Cancer prevention and awareness-special license plates.

WORKING DRAFT
2010
STATE OF
WYOMING
10LSO-0086

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0103

Cancer prevention and awareness
-
special license plates
.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Esquibel, K.,
Carson
, Davison, Gilmore, Goggles, Pedersen and Throne and Senator(s) Dockstader and Esquibel, F.

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing a special license plate for support of cancer prevention and awareness;

specifying use of the funds donated for the special license plate;
specifying qualifications to receive the special license plate; granting authority to promulgate rules;
specifying requirements for the design and continued production of the
special license plate;
and providing for an effective date.

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

S
ection 1.

W.S. 31
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2
‑
229
is created to read:

31
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2
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229
.

Special plates; cancer
prevention and awareness
.

(a)

Any
person required to register a vehicle in
Wyoming
may obtain
distinctive
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 cancer prevention and awareness
.

(
b)

To obtain
and retain
li
cense plates under this section
the registrant
shall
submit a
n annual
donation of at least one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the cancer control program established and administered by the department of health.
Donations
must be received by the department of health not less than sixty (60) days before the registration of the vehicle expires.
Within thirty (30) days of receiving the donation, the department shall issue a proof of donation which shall establish the registrant's eligibility to receive
, or continue displaying
,
a special cancer awarenes
s license plate from the county.
Donations to the cancer control program collected under this section shall be paya
ble to the department of health
and shall be deposited in an account to be used in a manner consistent with the purposes
of W.S. 35
‑
25
‑
203.

(c)

Except as provided in this section, payment for issuance and renewal of 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
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3
‑
102(a)(viii) shall apply to special license plates described in this
section
.

(d)

The department
of health
shall consult with the department of transportation to design a special cancer prevention and awareness license plate as authorized by this section and arrange for production of the special license plates. Following approval by the
Wyoming
department of transportation, special cancer prevention and awareness license plates shall be subject to redesign on the same schedule as all license plates beginning with the year 201
7
reissuance. The license plates shall be issued by the county treasurer of each county.

(e)

The department may pre
pare any special forms and promulgate
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
6
, 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, 20
17
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2010.

(END)

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