00HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 153(FIN)                                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to issuance of special license plates."                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.181(o) is amended to read:                                                                  
04  (o)  Special request university plates.  Upon application by the owner of a                                           
05 passenger vehicle, [NONCOMMERCIAL] van or pick-up truck, or motor home, the                                             
06 department may design and issue registration plates representing the University of                                      
07 Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Alaska Southeast,                                       
08 or Prince William Sound Community College.  The department may disapprove the                                           
09 issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a                                   
10 duplication of an existing registration.                                                                                
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.181(s) is amended to read:                                                                     
12  (s)  Special request dog mushing plates.  Upon application by the owner of a                                          
13 passenger vehicle, [NONCOMMERCIAL] van or pick-up truck, or motor home, the                                             
14 department may design and issue registration plates representing the sport of dog                                       

01 mushing in the state.  The department may disapprove the issuance of registration                                       
02 plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing                                 
03 registration.                                                                                                           
04    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
05  (t)  Special request plates commemorating the arts.  Upon application by the                                          
06 owner of a passenger vehicle, van or pick-up truck, or motor home, the department                                       
07 may issue registration plates commemorating the arts.  The commissioner, after                                          
08 consulting with the Alaska State Council on the Arts, shall determine the design and                                    
09 color of plates commemorating the arts.  The department may disapprove the issuance                                     
10 of registration plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a duplication                                
11 of an existing registration.                                                                                            
12    * Sec. 4.  AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
13   (14)  special request plates commemorating the arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150                                   
14 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the fee                                    
15 required by this paragraph shall be collected biennially in the same manner as the fee                                  
16 required under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the commissioner of administration shall                                  
17 separately account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department                                       
18 deposits in the general fund; notwithstanding (g) of this section, the annual estimated                                 
19 balance in the account that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request plates                                  
20 may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of programs benefiting the arts.