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21LSO-0099
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0099
ENGROSSED
3.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0019
Antique motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending the definition of "antique"; amending criteria to obtain antique vehicle licensure; requiring insurance; amending the format of antique vehicle license plates; requiring annual renewal and validation decal; increasing fees; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(A), 31
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204(b), 31
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213(b), 31
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223(a), (b)(intro), by creating new paragraphs (iv) and (v) and (c), 31
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102(a)(xiii)(A), (B) and by creating a new subparagraph (C) and 31
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101(a)(xxi) are amended to read:
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101.
Definitions.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided, as used in this act:
(xv)
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self
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propelled except vehicles moved solely by human power, electric bicycles or motorized skateboards.
The term includes the following vehicles as hereafter defined:
(A)
"Antique" means any motor vehicle which is at least
twenty
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five (25)
fifty (50)
years old and owned solely as a collectors item;
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204.
Issuance of certificates of registration and license plates by county; form.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided, license plates shall be of metal not less than twelve (12) inches long in the left
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hand end of which shall be arabic numerals for the county in which issued, followed by the bucking horse and rider emblem and a distinctive number assigned to the vehicle, set forth in numerals and letters as determined by
the department and above or underneath such numerals shall be the word "Wyoming" and arabic numerals for the year of issue or validation. License plates issued to dealers and for state or federal official forestry vehicles, motorcycles, multipurpose vehicles and trailers shall contain appropriate identification which may be in lieu of the bucking horse and rider emblem. After the county number on the left
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hand end, the license plate may also contain a distinctive symbol or letters, as determined by the department, indicating vehicle type. License plates shall be changed or validated annually. There shall be a marked contrast between the color of the plate and that of the numerals and letters and the background of all plates shall be fully reflectorized. Plates for light utility trailers under one thousand (1,000) pounds, motorcycles and multipurpose vehicles shall not be less than three (3) inches wide and six (6) inches long. Antique license plates
issued on or after July 1, 2021
shall bear
no date
the year of issue or validation
and shall bear the inscription "Pioneer Wyo". Distinctive license farm stickers shall be issued by the county treasurer upon request for trucks and trailers used by any farmer or rancher for the transportation of livestock, feed or unprocessed
agricultural products owned and produced by the farmer or rancher from the place of production to market and of ranch supplies intended solely for the use of the farmer or rancher, and not for sale, on the return trip, and not for the transportation of goods and persons for hire.
Farm stickers shall bear the inscription "Farm".
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213.
Department to supply registration certificates, plates and stickers; removable windshield placards.
(b)
The department may issue license plates, except dealer and antique motor vehicle license plates, which shall be valid for not more than eight (8) years if annual validation stickers are attached in the upper left corner of the license plate with the month and year of expiration clearly visible.
An antique motor vehicle license plate issued on or after July 1, 2021 shall be valid for the duration of the registered owner's ownership if annual validation stickers are attached as required in this subsection.
Department authorized license plates and annual stickers shall be of colors that are readily distinguishable from the previous year.
Annual validation
stickers issued under this subsection shall include the bucking horse and rider emblem.
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223.
Antique motor vehicles.
(a)
Antique motor vehicles may be registered and licensed pursuant to this section
only if they meet the criteria in subsection (b) of this section
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(b)
The owner of an antique motor vehicle shall register the vehicle within
ten (10)
sixty (60)
days from the date of acquisition of the vehicle
and annually thereafter
by submitting an application to the department indicating:
(iv)
The motor vehicle is covered by a motor vehicle liability policy in full force and effect in amounts provided by W.S. 31
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405(b) or a bond on file with the department in amounts provided by W.S. 31
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102(a)(xi);
(v)
The owner's signature or electronic signature on the application certifies that the owner meets the criteria in subsection (b) of this section.
(c)
Upon receipt of an approved application and payment of fees the vehicle shall be registered and license plates issued therefor. The registration
shall be renewed annually and
expires upon transfer of ownership of the vehicle. Notwithstanding W.S. 31
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205(a)(i)(A), a license plate shall only be required to be displayed on the rear of those antique motor vehicles that were originally manufactured to have one (1) license plate.
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102.
Miscellaneous fees.
(a)
The following fees shall be collected for the instruments or privileges indicated:
(xiii)
Antique motor vehicles
(A)
Initial license plates. . .
$10.00
$50.00
(B)
Transfer of license plates.
$2.00
$10.00
(C)
Annual validation sticker. . . . $50.00
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101.
Definitions.
(a)
As used in this act:
(xxi)
"Antique vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is at least
twenty
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five (25)
forty (40)
years old;
Section 2
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This act applies to all vehicles as of July 1, 2021. If as of July
1,
2021 a vehicle is at least twenty
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five (25) years old but not of a model year of 1979 or earlier and if as of July 1, 2021 the owner has already registered the vehicle according to W.S.
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223, obtained license plates according to W.S.
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204(b) and displayed them according to W.S.
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205(a)(i)(A)(VII), then the vehicle may continue to operate designated as an antique vehicle. For a vehicle that is at least twenty
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five (25) years old but not of a model year of 1979 or earlier and that previously had license plates designating it as an antique, that registration expires upon transfer of ownership of the vehicle, consistent with the expiration in W.S.
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223(c), and this act applies thereafter.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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