05/05/2001 01:10 PM Senate STA

          HB 167-MOTOR VEH.LIC.PLATES: NATL GUARD/ANTIQUE                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DYSON said a number of antique car  enthusiasts came                                                            
to him and  asked him to help make  it legal for them to  put a year                                                            
of manufacture  plate on their car.  The Division of Motor  Vehicles                                                            
has no objections to the  change. It is subject to two requirements.                                                            
First, the plate  must be legible and second, it must  not duplicate                                                            
an existing plate.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
At the  same time,  there was a  request to change  the law  so that                                                            
those individuals  with national guard plates wouldn't  have to turn                                                            
them in within 10 days following discharge from that service.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  THERRIAULT  asked whether  the person  who  served in  the                                                            
national  guard had the right  to keep that  plate forever  or until                                                            
the plate needed to be renewed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DYSON responded they  could keep the plate  forever.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN THERRIAULT called for questions. There were none.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
There was no prepared  CS and no amendments from committee  members.                                                            
There was a zero fiscal note.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
He called for the pleasure of the committee.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS  moved HB 167 and zero fiscal note  from committee.                                                            
There was no objection.