00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 63                                                                                
01 "An Act relating to special request licenses depicting the sport of dog mushing."                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  INTENT.  It is the intent of the legislature that the division of motor vehicles                       
04 of the Department of Public Safety consult with dog mushing organizations when designing                                
05 special request plates authorized by this Act.                                                                          
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
07  (s)  Special request dog mushing plates.  Upon application by the owner of a                                          
08 passenger vehicle, noncommercial van or pick-up truck, or motor home, the department                                    
09 may design and issue registration plates representing the sport of dog mushing in the                                   
10 state.  The department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this                                    
11 subsection when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration.                                     
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
13   (16)  special request dog mushing plates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50                                   
14 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the fee                                    

01 required by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the                                     
02 replacement of special request plates; the commissioner of administration shall                                         
03 separately account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department                                       
04 deposits in the general fund; notwithstanding (g) of this section, the annual estimated                                 
05 balance in the account that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request plates                                  
06 may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of programs benefiting dog                                       
07 mushing.