00SENATE BILL NO. 153                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to issuance of special license plates to commemorate the arts."                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
04  (t)  Special request plates commemorating the arts.  Upon application by the                                          
05 owner of a passenger vehicle, noncommercial van or pick-up truck, or motor home,                                        
06 the department may issue registration plates commemorating the arts.  The                                               
07 commissioner, after consulting with the Alaska State Council on the Arts, shall                                         
08 determine the design and color of plates commemorating the arts.  The department                                        
09 may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the                                       
10 requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration.                                                         
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
12   (14)  special request plates commemorating the arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150                                   
13 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the fee                                    
14 required by this paragraph shall be collected biennially in the same manner as the fee                                  

01 required under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the commissioner of administration shall                                  
02 separately account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department                                       
03 deposits in the general fund; notwithstanding (g) of this section, the annual estimated                                 
04 balance in the account that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request plates                                  
05 may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of programs benefiting the arts.