Motorboat registration and certificate fee.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0696
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0289

Motorboat registration and certificate fee.

Sponsored by:
House Appropriations Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish and motorboats; increasing certain watercraft fees administered by the game and fish department; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 41
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104(
f), (k) and (m) and 41
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109(a)(
i
) and (ii) are amended to read:

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104
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Application for certificate; issuance of certificate and assignment of number; conformity with federal numbering system; expiration and renewal of certificate; transfer of ownership; duplicate certificate; manufacturer and dealer certificates.

(f)

Each certificate of number issued under this act expires on December 31 of the last year of valid registration under the certificate unless sooner terminated or discontinued under this act. A duplicate number may be obtained by an owner upon application to the department, which may require payment of a fee of not more than
five dollars ($5.00)
ten dollars ($10.00) as adjusted pursuant to W.S. 23
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302(
a)(xxxii)
. Certificates of number may be renewed by the owner in the same manner provided under this act for obtaining initial certification.

(k)

If any certificate of number is lost, mutilated or becomes illegible, the owner of the motorboat for which the certificate was issued may obtain a
duplicate certificate
upon application to the department. The department may set and collect payment of a fee for a duplicate certificate not to exceed
five dollars ($5.00)
ten dollars ($10.00) as adjusted pursuant to W.S. 23
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1
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302(
a)(xxxii)
.

(m)

A person engaged in the manufacture or sale of motorboats may, upon application to the department in the manner and on forms prescribed by rule and regulation,
obtain certificates of number for use in the testing or demonstrating of these motorboats. The fee for each registration under this subsection shall be
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
thirty dollars ($30.00) as adjusted pursuant to W.S. 23
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302(
a)(xxxii)
. The numbers assigned by certificates of number issued under this subsection shall be temporarily placed on the watercraft to be tested or demonstrated.

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109
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Motorboat registration fee.

(a)

The nonrefundable and nontransferable registration fee for motorboats is:

(
i
)

Fifteen dollars ($15.00)
Thirty dollars ($30.00) as adjusted pursuant to W.S. 23
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302(
a)(xxxii)
for one (1) year; or

(ii)

Forty dollars ($40.00)
Eighty dollars ($80.00) as adjusted pursuant to W.S. 23
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302(
a)(xxxii)
for three (3) years.

Section 2
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This act is effective January 1, 2018.

(END)

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