HB0128 Tribal license plates. | Wyoming Bill

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0128
Effective
:
1/1/2018

LSO No.:
17LSO-0354

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0043

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Allen

Catch Title:
Tribal license plates.

Subject:
Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe and Northern Arapaho Indian tribe
specialty
license plates

contributing to

scholarship funding for students at the University of Wyoming
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill
allows for

the creation and sale of
Eastern Shoshone Indian T
ribe
and

Northern Arapaho Indian T
ribe
license plates for any motor vehicle that is not a commercial or multipurpose vehicle
.

The Department of T
ransportation
and
the business council of
each
tribe
will work together
to
design
each T
ribe's
license plate
.

The bill establishes a
$70.00
application fee
, payable
to the University of Wyoming.
The fee must
be deposited in equal
amounts to the Chief Washakie Memorial Endowment Fund and the Northern Arapaho Endowment F
und for the purpose of funding scholarships for students at the University of Wyoming.

Comments:

The
bill requires a report
to the L
egislature
o
n or before
January 15, 2027
,

if
production of the specialty plates has ceased
because
fewer than
500 sets of license plates
are
issued before December 31, 2025.

This bill
is effective January 1, 2018.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill
No
.
HB0128

ENROLLED ACT NO. 43,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration; authorizing special Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe license plates and Northern Arapaho Indian tribe license plates; establishing a fee; eliminating production of the plates as specified; requiring a report upon cessation of production; 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)

Any person required to register a vehicle in

Wyoming pursuant to this article may apply for distinctive Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe license plates for any motor

vehicle
that is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle
owned or leased by the applicant 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)

Any person required to register a vehicle in
W
yoming pursuant to this article may apply for distinctive

Northern Arapaho Indian tribe license plates for any motor

vehicle that is not a

commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle
owned or leased by the applicant
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 county treasurer of each county shall issue t
he license

plates.

(d)

T
he applicant
shall pay an application
fee of seventy

dollars ($70.00)
to
the University
o
f Wyoming,
whereupon
the university shall issue a written statement

of eligibility for license plates under this section. Any

fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in equal

amounts to the Chief Washakie memorial endowment fund and

the Northern Arapaho endowment fund and are continuously

appropriated for the purpose of funding scholarships for

students at the University of Wyoming.

(e)

Applica
nts shall apply
at least thirty (30)

days before
registration is required for the
vehicle
for which the plates are intended
. Except as

provided in this section, application for, issuance and

renewal of license plates under this section shall be subject to the same requirements and fees as provided in

this article
in addition to the application fee in subsection (d)
. The
license plate
fee required under W.S.

31
‑
3
‑
102(
a)(viii) shall accompany each application.

(f)

License plates issued under this section shall be

displayed only upon the vehicle for which they are issued.

(g)

The department may prepare any special forms and

issue any rules and regulations necessary to carry out this

section.

(h)

Unless five hundred (500) sets of license plates are issued under this section before December 31, 2025, the plates 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, 202
7
.
Section

2
.

This
act is effective J
anuary
1,
201
8
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

Tribal license plates.

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