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25LSO-0723
ORIGINAL Senate
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SF0149
ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,
SENATE
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing county treasurers to accept applications and payment for wildlife conservation license plates; amending application requirements; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 31
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231(a), (b)(intro) and (c) is amended to read:
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231.
Wildlife conservation license plates; wildlife conservation account; authority to receive and expend monies
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(a)
Any person required to register a vehicle in Wyoming pursuant to this article may apply to the department
or county treasurer
for a statement of eligibility for wildlife conservation license plates for any motor vehicle that is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle owned or leased by that person upon registration of the vehicle.
The department
or county treasurer
may include as part of the application the option for the applicant to donate an additional amount in support of wildlife conservation efforts related to the transportation system. Upon payment by the applicant of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) to the department
or county treasurer
, plus any additional voluntary amount, the department
or county treasurer
shall issue a written statement of eligibility for wildlife conservation license plates. The department
or county treasurer
shall assess an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a person to retain eligibility for wildlife conservation plates, but this annual fee shall not be charged in the year the person pays the one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) eligibility fee. The person may submit an additional voluntary amount in support of wildlife conservation efforts related to the transportation system when remitting the annual fee.
(b)
The fees collected under subsection (a) of this section shall be payable to the department
or county treasurer
and shall be accounted for separately. Except as otherwise provided by law, the fees collected under subsection (a) of this section and funds collected under W.S. 23
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101(p), 23
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201(h), 23
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306(d), 24
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131(b), 31
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225(a)(vi), 31
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404(f)(ii), 31
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409(h)(ii), 31
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703(e)(ii), 31
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101(j), 31
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111(b)(xiv) and 36
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121(t) shall be distributed to the wildlife conservation account within the state highway fund, which is hereby created. The wildlife conservation account shall be administered in accordance with the following:
(c)
Applicants shall apply at least thirty (30) days before registration is required for the vehicle for which the plates are intended.
Except as provided in this section, application for, issuance and renewal of the wildlife conservation license plates under this section shall be subject to the same requirements and fees as provided in this article in addition to the fee collected under subsection (a) of this section. The license plate fees required under W.S. 31
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102(a)(viii) shall accompany each application. The license plates under this section shall be issued by the county treasurer of each county and shall be displayed only upon the vehicle for which they are issued.
Section 2
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The department of transportation shall adopt all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 3
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(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(b)
Section 1 of this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(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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