HB0249 • 2023

Vehicle registration verification.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; confirming the ability of county treasurers to provide a temporary certificate of registration for online payments as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Larson, JT
Last action: 2023-01-31
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify which online payment methods are allowed.

Vehicle Registration Verification

A bill that allows county treasurers to provide a temporary certificate of registration and proof of payment for vehicle registration fees paid online.

What This Bill Does

Allows county treasurers to provide an electronic document as proof of payment when vehicle registration fees are paid online.
Gives county treasurers the ability to issue a temporary thirty-day certificate of registration while waiting for official documents to arrive.

Who It Names or Affects

Drivers who pay their vehicle registration fees online
County treasurers responsible for issuing vehicle registrations

Terms To Know

Temporary certificate of registration: A document given to drivers that allows them to legally drive a car for up to thirty days while waiting for the official registration documents.
Electronic document: An online receipt or proof of payment sent by email or text message after an online transaction is completed.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction.
It does not specify which online methods are allowed for payments.
The effective date mentioned in the bill (July 1, 2023) will not be reached since the bill did not pass.

Bill History

2023-01-31 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2023-01-25 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-24 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0689
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0689
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0249

Vehicle registration verification.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Larson, JT, Andrew, Brown, Byron, Conrad, Eklund, Lawley, Niemiec, Oakley, Singh, Stith, Trujillo, Wylie and Zwonitzer, Dn and Senator(s) Baldwin and Jones

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; confirming the ability of county treasurers to provide a temporary certificate of registration for online payments as specified; 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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106 by creating a new subsection (n) is amended to read:

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Annual renewal; delivery of license plates and stickers; staggered registration.

(n)

Upon receipt of an online payment for a vehicle registration fee a county treasurer may provide an electronic document providing proof of payment and a temporary thirty (30) day certificate of registration for use pending receipt of a certificate of registration and any required validation stickers.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

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