Enrolled HB 19: Relating to special request registration plates; and providing for an effective date.
00Enrolled HB 19 01 Relating to special request registration plates; and providing for an effective date. 02 _______________ 03 * Section 1. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 04 (bb) Special request United States flag "In God We Trust" plates. Upon 05 application by the owner of a motor vehicle, the department may issue registration 06 plates with a design incorporating the flag of the United States and the motto "In God 07 We Trust" on the plate. The commissioner shall determine the design and color of the 08 plates. The department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this 09 subsection when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration. 10 (cc) Special request Lao veteran plates. Upon application by the owner of a 11 motor vehicle, the department may issue registration plates commemorating the 12 owner's service in military operations in support of the United States in the Kingdom 13 of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975. The commissioner shall
01 determine the design and color of the Lao veteran plates in consultation with veterans' 02 and Southeast Asian community organizations in the state. To be issued a registration 03 plate under this subsection, the owner must present evidence satisfactory to the 04 department that the owner served in military operations as required by this subsection. 05 The department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this 06 subsection when the requested plates are a duplicate of an existing registration. 07 (dd) Special request plates commemorating the National Rifle Association. 08 Upon application by the owner of a motor vehicle, the department may issue 09 registration plates commemorating the National Rifle Association. The commissioner, 10 after consulting with representatives of the National Rifle Association in Alaska, shall 11 determine the design and color of the plates. The department may disapprove the 12 issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a 13 duplication of an existing registration. 14 (ee) Special request breast cancer awareness plates. Upon application by the 15 owner of a motor vehicle, the department may issue breast cancer awareness 16 registration plates. The commissioner, after consulting with the Alaska office of the 17 American Cancer Society, shall determine the design and color of the plates. The 18 department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection 19 when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration. 20 (ff) Special request "Choose Life" plates. Upon application by the owner of a 21 motor vehicle, the department may issue registration plates with the phrase "Choose 22 Life" on the plate. The commissioner, after consulting with Alaska Choose Life, shall 23 determine the design and color of the plates. The department may disapprove the 24 issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a 25 duplication of an existing registration. 26 (gg) Special request "Pro-Family, Pro-Choice" plates. Upon application by the 27 owner of a motor vehicle, the department may issue registration plates with the phrase 28 "Pro-Family, Pro-Choice" on the plate. The commissioner, after consulting with 29 Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, shall determine the design and color of 30 the plates. The department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under 31 this subsection when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read: 02 (2) special request plates for 03 (A) Alaska National Guard personnel .............................. $30; 04 (B) veterans, [OR] retired veterans, or Lao veterans ...... $30; 05 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart ................................... none; 06 (D) owners of custom collector vehicles .......................... $50; 07 (E) Iditarod race finishers ................................................. $50; 08 (F) other special request plates ......................................... $30; 09 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required by this 10 paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the replacement of 11 special request plates; 12 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read: 13 (20) special request United States flag "In God We Trust" plates..$30 14 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) 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), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; 17 (21) special request National Rifle Association plates....................$50 18 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the $50 19 fee required by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and the 20 replacement of the special request plates; a $30 fee shall be collected biennially 21 thereafter in the same manner as the fee required under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this 22 section; the commissioner shall separately account for the fees received under this 23 paragraph that the department deposits into the general fund; notwithstanding (g) of 24 this section, the annual estimated balance in the account that is in excess of the cost of 25 issuing special request plates may be appropriated by the legislature to establish and 26 maintain a scholastic clay target program and for other youth shooting programs; 27 (22) special request breast cancer awareness plates........................$50 28 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the $50 29 fee required by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and the 30 replacement of the special request plates; the commissioner shall separately account 31 for the fees received under this paragraph that the department deposits into the general
01 fund; notwithstanding (g) of this section, the annual estimated balance in the account 02 that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request plates may be appropriated by 03 the legislature to programs that provide screening for breast and cervical cancer; 04 (23) special request "Choose Life" plates ...................................... $30 05 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the fee 06 required by this paragraph shall be collected biennially in the same manner as the fee 07 required under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the commissioner shall separately 08 account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department deposits in the 09 general fund; the annual estimated balance in the account that is in excess of the cost 10 of issuing special request "Choose Life" plates may be appropriated by the legislature 11 to programs supporting or benefiting adoption; 12 (24) special request "Pro-Family, Pro-Choice" plates.....................$30 13 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the fee 14 required by this paragraph shall be collected biennially in the same manner as the fee 15 required under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the commissioner shall separately 16 account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department deposits in the 17 general fund; the annual estimated balance in the account that is in excess of the cost 18 of issuing special request "Pro-Family, Pro-Choice" plates may be appropriated to the 19 Alaska Children's Trust (AS 37.14.200). 20 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.