Tribal license plates.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0434
ENGROSSED
3.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0120

Tribal license plates.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Allen, Blake, Campbell, Larsen and Miller and Senator(s) Case

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates; authorizing special license plates to be issued to enrolled members of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe or the Northern Arapaho Indian tribe; specifying requirements; providing for termination of the issuance of the special plates 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
.

W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
230 is created to read:

31
‑
2
‑
230
.

Tribal license plates
.

(a)

An enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe
, upon proof of eligibility,
may apply for distinctive Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe license plates for any motor vehicle
owned or leased by the member
that is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle upon registration of the vehicle.
The
department, in consultation with the
business council of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe
,
shall prescribe the design of the Eastern Shoshone license plate, which shall include an image of the bucking horse and rider
,
as described in W.S. 8
‑
3
‑
117
, and
need not include Arabic numerals for the county. The design of the plate
shall comply with any applicable federal or state law
.

(b)

An enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho Indian tribe
, upon proof of eligibility,
may apply for distinctive Northern Arapaho Indian tribe license plates for any motor vehicle
owned or leased by the member
that is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle upon registration of the vehicle.
The
department, in consultation with the
business council of the Northern Arapaho Indian tribe
,
shall prescribe the design of the Northern Arapaho license plate, which shall include an
image of the bucking horse and rider
,
as described in W.S. 8
‑
3
‑
117
, and
need not include Arabic numerals for the county. The design of the plate
shall comply with any applicable federal or state law
.

(c
)

The department shall arrange for production of the license plates authorized by this section. The license plates shall be issued by the county treasurer of each county.

(d
)

A
pplication for
license plates under this section shall be made
directly
to the county treasurer
at least thirty (30) days before registration of the vehicle expires
. Application forms shall be available at all county treasurer's offices. The
fee required under W.S. 31
‑
3
‑
102(
a)(viii) shall accompany each application.

No license plate or renewal sticker shall be issued under this section without proof
that
the applicant is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe or the Northern Arapaho Indian tribe.

(e)

License plates issued under this section shall be displayed
only
upon the vehicle for which they are issued.

(
f
)

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

(
g
)

Unless
five

hundred
(
5
00) sets of license plates are issued under this section before December 31, 2021, the plates authorized under this section shall be eliminated from production and the department shall report the cessation of production to the legislature not late
r than January 15, 2022.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective
January
1,
201
6
.

(END)

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