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SF0084 • 2018

Motor vehicle registration-deployed military members.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration; providing registration timelines for members of the armed forces on deployment; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Boner
Last action
2018-03-13
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0084SS001

Standing Committee • STransportation

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by STransportation

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Bill History

  1. 2018-03-13 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0031

  2. 2018-03-13 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 61

  3. 2018-03-08 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0031

  4. 2018-03-07 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0031

  5. 2018-03-07 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0031

  6. 2018-03-07 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-0-0-0

  7. 2018-03-06 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2018-03-05 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2018-03-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2018-03-02 House

    H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0

  11. 2018-02-27 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation

  12. 2018-02-27 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2018-02-23 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  14. 2018-02-22 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2018-02-21 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2018-02-19 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2018-02-19 Senate

    S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  18. 2018-02-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 28-1-1-0-0

  19. 2018-02-12 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2018-02-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0084
Effective
:
7/1/2018

LSO No.:
18LSO-0465

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0031

Chapter No.:
61

Prime Sponsor:
Boner

Catch Title:
Motor vehicle registration-deployed military members.

Subject:
Motor vehicle registration
dates
for
deployed military members.

Summary/M
ajor Elements:

This act allows military servicemembers whose vehicle registrations expire during a period of active deployment
of 90 days or more
to renew their vehicle registrations upon return to Wyoming without additional fee or penalty. Th
is
act allows servicemembers to change their registration month to the month in which they register after returning from deployment.

In order for
servicemembers to register under this act, they must provide to the county treasurer proper documentation of deployment and attest that the vehicle to be registered was not driven between the original date of expiration and the date of registration.

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
.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0084

ENROLLED ACT NO. 31,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE
OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration; providing registration timelines for members of the armed forces on deployment; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
201(a)
(intro)
and by creating a new subsection (q) is amended to read:

31
‑
2
‑
201
.

Registration required; timelines.

(a)

Except as provided in W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
224
and
subsection (q) of this section
, every owner, or if applicable, operator or lessee, of a vehicle which will be operated or driven upon any highway in Wyoming, shall be required to obtain registration at the following times:

(q)

Members of the armed forces
who
register their vehicles in Wyoming,
are deployed outside the continental United States
for ninety (90) days or more
and whose vehicle registrations expire during the
ir
term of deployment shall be permitted to register their vehicles
no later than

fourteen (14)
days
after
returning to Wyoming after deployment.
The
annual registration month
of a vehicle registered under this subsection shall be
the month in which the vehicle is registered after deployment.
No fees or penalties shall be charged as a result of reg
istration under this subsection
and the registration fees charged shall be the same as otherwise provided in this article. Members who register
under this subsection shall
:

(i)

P
r
ovide to the county treasurer pr
oper documentation of the deployment
;
and

(ii)

A
ttest that the vehicle to be registered was not driven between the date the vehicle registration expired and the date of registration under this subsection.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 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
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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