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20LSO-0457
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0457
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0105
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Sponsored by: Representative(s) Clem, Blake, Brown, Lindholm, Olsen and Yin and Senator(s) Driskill, Hutchings and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending license plate display provisions; repealing the requirement to display a front license plate; making conforming amendments; 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. 31
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204(a), 31
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213(h)(intro) and (viii), 31
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215(a) and (c), 31
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216(a), 31
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217(a), 31
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223(c), 31
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230(h) and 31
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231(f) are amended to read:
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204.
Issuance of certificates of registration and license plates by county; form.
(a)
Upon receipt of an approved application and payment of fees the county treasurer shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration conforming with the facts set forth in the application together with one (1) license plate or validation sticker
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for motorcycles, multipurpose vehicles, trailers, including house trailers, and vehicles operated with dealer license plates and two (2) license plates or proper validation stickers for any other vehicle.
A copy of the certificate of registration shall be carried at all times in the motor vehicle for which it is valid and shall be displayed upon demand of any peace officer.
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213.
Department to supply registration certificates, plates and stickers; removable windshield placards.
(h)
Effective January 1, 1993,
A
ny person eligible for a special placard under subsection (c) of this section
may apply to the county treasurer for special license plates for a motor vehicle owned by that person. Special license plates shall not be issued to any person who is eligible only for a temporary removable windshield placard under subsection (g) of this section. Special plates issued under this subsection are subject to the following:
(viii)
The county treasurer shall issue a
set of
plates
license plate
for each vehicle and a special license plate for each motorcycle registered to a qualified applicant under this subsection upon payment of required fees.
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215.
Disabled veteran's license plates.
(a)
A disabled veteran who receives fifty percent (50%) or more service connected disability compensation from the United States department of veteran's affairs and who is a resident at the time of initial application and renewal application under subsection (b) of this section, may apply for
a
distinctive license
plates
plate
for a passenger car, pickup truck, motorcycle or multipurpose
vehicle owned or leased by him upon registration of the vehicle.
These
The
license
plates
plate
shall be displayed upon the vehicle for which
they are
it is
issued. A disabled veteran may purchase one (1) additional
pair of
license
plates
plate
as provided in this section for either a motorcycle or a multipurpose vehicle upon payment of regular fees provided in this article. The license plates shall bear a distinctive symbol or letters identifying the registrant as a disabled veteran. The department shall prescribe the symbol or letters which shall not include arabic numerals designating the county.
(c)
The county treasurer shall only issue one (1)
pair of
license
plates
plate
annually that are exempt as provided by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv) to each applicant under this section.
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216.
Special plates; former prisoners of war.
(a)
The county treasurer shall issue one (1)
set of
special license
plates
plate
for either a passenger car, truck or motor home owned or leased by a former prisoner of
war in accordance with this section for the year 1988 and thereafter.
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217.
Special plates; Pearl Harbor survivors; national guard members; armed forces veterans; purple heart recipients.
(a)
The county treasurer shall issue one (1)
set of
special license
plates
plate
to each applicant for either a passenger car, truck, motorcycle, handicapped motorcycle or motor home owned or leased by a survivor of Pearl Harbor, a member of the Wyoming army or air national guard a purple heart recipient or honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces in accordance with this section for the year 1990 and thereafter.
For the year 1993 and thereafter,
T
he county treasurer shall issue one (1)
set of
special license
plates
plate
to each applicant for either a passenger car, truck, motorcycle, handicapped motorcycle or motor home owned by a purple heart recipient. These license plates shall be displayed upon the vehicle for which they are issued.
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223.
Antique motor vehicles.
(c)
Upon receipt of an approved application and payment of fees the vehicle shall be registered and license plates issued therefor. The registration expires upon transfer of ownership of the vehicle.
Notwithstanding W.S. 31
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205(a)(i)(A), a
The
license plate shall
only be required to
be displayed on the rear of
those
antique motor vehicles
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that were originally manufactured to have one (1) license plate.
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230.
Tribal license plates.
(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, 2027.
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231.
Wildlife conservation license plates; wildlife conservation account.
(f)
Unless one thousand (1,000)
sets of
license plates are issued under this section before December 31, 2023, 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, 2025.
Section 2
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W.S. 31
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205(a)(i)(A) is repealed.
Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2020
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