AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; allowing a person with a disability to be issued a special license plate with a disabled designation for a multipurpose vehicle; specifying that a distinctive symbol may be used on a disabled license plate to designate vehicle type; and providing for an effective date.
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Senator Schuler
Last action
2023-02-27
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2023
Plain English Breakdown
The official bill summary does not provide specific details about costs or application numbers for the license plates.
Disabled License Plates for Multipurpose Vehicles
This law allows people with disabilities to get special license plates for their multipurpose vehicles and requires a distinctive symbol on these plates.
What This Bill Does
Allows individuals with disabilities to receive special license plates for their multipurpose vehicles.
Specifies that the special license plate must include a distinctive symbol or letters indicating the vehicle type.
Who It Names or Affects
People with disabilities who own multipurpose vehicles
Terms To Know
Special license plate
A type of license plate that includes a symbol indicating the vehicle owner has a disability.
Distinctive symbol or letters
Specific markings on the special license plate to show what kind of vehicle it is.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify how many people will apply for these plates.
It's unclear if there are any costs associated with getting a special license plate beyond regular fees.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes the timing for when motorcycle and multipurpose license plates will be available under the bill, setting it to January 1, 2024.
Adds a new section requiring the Wyoming Department of Transportation to make motorcycle and multipurpose license plates available starting on January 1, 2024.
The amendment does not provide details about what happens before or after this date for those needing these specific license plates.
It is unclear how the change will affect existing processes or timelines in place prior to the new requirement.
Bill History
2023-02-27LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 113
2023-02-27Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0061
2023-02-24House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0061
2023-02-24Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0061
2023-02-24LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0061
2023-02-24House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-7-0-0-0
2023-02-23House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-02-22House
H COW:Passed
2023-02-21House
H Placed on General File
2023-02-21House
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2023-02-14House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
2023-01-24House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-24Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-1-0-0
2023-01-20Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-19Senate
S COW:Passed
2023-01-19Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-01-19Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2023-01-10Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2023-01-04Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-12-27LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 23LSO-0412
Bill No.:
SF0067
Effective:
7/1/2023
LSO No.:
23LSO-0412
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0061
Chapter No.:
113
Prime Sponsor:
Schuler
Catch Title:
Multipurpose vehicles-disabled license plates.
Subject:
Special license plates.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act allows a person with a disability to be issued a special license plate for a multipurpose vehicle.
This act specifies that a special license plate may contain a distinctive symbol or letters indicating the vehicle type.
Comments:
The Wyoming Department of Transportation must make the special license plates required by this act available beginning on January 1, 2024.
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
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23LSO-0412
ORIGINAL Senate
File No
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SF0067
ENROLLED ACT NO. 61,
SENATE
SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; allowing a person with a disability to be issued a special license plate with a disabled designation for a multipurpose vehicle; specifying that a distinctive symbol may be used on a disabled license plate to designate vehicle type; 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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213(d)(iii)(B) and (h)(viii) is amended to read:
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213.
Department to supply registration certificates, plates and stickers; removable windshield placards.
(d)
As used in this section:
(iii)
"Special license plate" means a license plate that displays the international symbol of access:
(B)
The plate shall consist of the arabic numerals designating the county in which issued at the left, followed by the bucking horse and rider emblem and a distinctive combination of up to three (3) numbers and letters as determined by the department, followed by the international symbol of access. 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 the vehicle type. A special license plate issued for a motorcycle
or multipurpose vehicle
shall not be less than three (3) inches wide and six (6) inches long and shall contain the international symbol of access and appropriate identification which may be in lieu of the bucking horse and rider emblem.
The motorcycle and multipurpose vehicle license plate may also contain a distinctive symbol or letters, as determined by the department, indicating the vehicle type.
(h)
Effective January 1, 1993, any 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 for each vehicle and a special license plate for each motorcycle
or multipurpose vehicle
registered to a qualified applicant under this subsection upon payment of required fees.
Section 2
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The Wyoming department of transportation shall make the motorcycle and multipurpose license plates required by this act available beginning on January 1, 2024.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(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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