License plate vehicle indicator.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

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ENROLLED ACT NO. 50, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
motor vehicles; amending specifications for license plates and special license plates;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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204(b)
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213(d)(iii)(B) are
amended to read:

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204.

Issuance of certificates of registration and license plates by county; form.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided, license plates shall be of metal not less than twelve (12) inches long in the left-hand end of which shall be arabic numerals for the county in which issued, followed by the bucking horse and rider emblem and a distinctive number assigned to the vehicle, set forth in numerals and letters as determined by the department and above or underneath such numerals shall be the word "Wyoming" and arabic numerals for the year of issue or validation. License plates issued to dealers and for state or federal official forestry vehicles, motorcycles, multipurpose vehicles and trailers shall contain appropriate identification which may be in lieu of the bucking horse and rider emblem.
After the county number on the left-hand end, the license plate may also contain a distinctive symbol or letters, as determined by the department, indicating vehicle type.

License plates shall be changed or validated annually. There shall be a marked contrast between the color of the plate and that of the numerals and letters and the background of all plates shall be fully reflectorized. Plates for light utility trailers under one thousand (1,000) pounds, motorcycles and multipurpose vehicles shall not be less than three (3) inches wide and six (6) inches long. Antique license plates
shall bear no date and shall bear the inscription "Pioneer Wyo". License stickers for trucks and trailers used by any farmer or rancher for the transportation of livestock, feed or unprocessed agricultural products owned and produced by the farmer or rancher from the place of production to market and of ranch supplies intended solely for the use of the farmer or rancher, and not for sale, on the return trip, and not for the transportation of goods and persons for hire shall bear the inscription "Farm". Upon application to the department and payment of a fee as provided by W.S. 31
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102(a)(xix), veteran license stickers bearing the inscription "Veteran" and designating the conflict service of the veteran may be issued to the veterans' commission in a format approved by the department. The veterans' commission may sell the veteran license sticker to qualified veterans at a fee not to exceed cost, plus ten dollars ($10.00) per vehicle. Any fees collected by the veterans' commission under this subsection shall be deposited in the veterans' commission expendable trust fund. The veterans' commission shall establish eligibility criteria for veterans applying for a veteran license sticker. A qualified veteran purchasing a veteran license sticker manufactured by the department and sold by the veterans' commission may display the sticker on the license plate issued by the county treasurer. The provisions of W.S. 31
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205(a)(iv) shall not apply to any veteran license sticker manufactured by the department and displayed as provided in this section.

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213.

Department to supply registration certificates, plates and stickers; removable windshield placards.

(d)

As used in this section:

(iii)

"Special license plate" means a license plate that displays the international symbol of access:

(B)

The plate shall consist of the arabic numerals designating the county in which issued

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the left, followed by the bucking horse and rider emblem and a distinctive combination of up to three (3) numbers and letters as determined by the department, followed by the international symbol of access.
After the county number on the left-hand end, the license plate may also contain a distinctive symbol or letters, as determined by the department, indicating the vehicle type.

A special license plate issued for a motorcycle shall not be less than three (3) inches wide and six (6) inches long and shall contain the international symbol of access and appropriate identification which may be in lieu of the bucking horse and rider emblem.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2014.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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