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S1168.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION LICENSE PLATES - FEES - Amends existing law to provide that on and after January 1, 2007, no funds from the motor vehicle license plate fee which are designated to the Idaho Heritage Trust shall be distributed from the Plate Manufacturing Account to the Idaho Heritage Trust. 02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/15 Rpt prt - to Transp
S1168|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1168 BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO HERITAGE TRUST; AMENDING SECTION 49-450, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE AND TO PROVIDE THAT ON AND 4 AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, NONE OF THE FIFTY CENTS PER PLATE FEE SHALL BE DES- 5 IGNATED TO THE IDAHO HERITAGE TRUST OR PAID FROM THE PLATE MANUFACTURING 6 ACCOUNT AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 49-450A, 7 IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE AND TO PROVIDE THAT ON AND 8 AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, NONE OF THE COSTS RELATED TO THE USE OF THE CENTEN- 9 NIAL DESIGN ON THE LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE DESIGNATED TO THE IDAHO HERITAGE 10 TRUST; AND AMENDING SECTION 67-7602B, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE 11 REFERENCE AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO FUNDS FROM THE PLATE FEE SHALL BE DIS- 12 TRIBUTED BY THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO THE IDAHO HERITAGE 13 TRUST AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 15 SECTION 1. That Section 49-450, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 16 amended to read as follows: 17 49-450. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH PLATE ISSUED. In addition to the vehicle 18 registration fee provided by law, whenever any plate is issued for vehicle 19 registration, there shall be charged a fee of three dollars ($3.00) per plate, 20 which shall be deposited into the plate manufacturing account created in sec- 21 tion 49-450A, Idaho Code. The actual cost of producing and manufacturing 22 license plates and the fifty cents ($.50 [ ) per 23 plate fee designated to the Idaho heritage trust for the use of the copy- 24 righted designprovided for in section 49-443(1), Idaho Code,25 shall be paid from the plate manufacturing account. The remainder of the plate 26 fee shall be deposited in the highway distribution account as established in 27 section 40-701, Idaho Code, for apportionment as designated in that section. 28 Funds designated to the Idaho heritage trust shall be matched with equal funds 29 from other sources for funding projects designed to preserve Idaho's historic 30 resources. Provided however, on and after January 1, 2007, none of the 31 fifty cents (50[) per plate fee shall be designated to the Idaho heritage 32 trust or paid from the plate manufacturing account. 33 SECTION 2. That Section 49-450A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 34 amended to read as follows: 35 49-450A. PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT. There is hereby created in the 36 state treasury an account to be known as the "plate manufacturing account" for 37 the purpose of paying the actual cost to manufacture license plates and to pay 38 costs related to use of the centennial design on the license plate. All moneys 39 in this account are hereby continuously appropriated to the department. Any 40 additional funds required to pay plate manufacturing costs will be transferred 41 by the state controller from the state highway account. Provided how- 2 1 ever, on and after January 1, 2007, none of the costs related to use of the 2 centennial design on the license plate shall be paid to the Idaho heritage 3 trust. 4 SECTION 3. That Section 67-7602B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 5 amended to read as follows: 6 67-7602B. FUNDING. The Idaho heritage trust shall receive funds collected 7 in section 49-450, Idaho Code, in the amount of fifty cents (50[) per plate 8 for the use of the copyrighted design .provided in section949-443(10), Idaho Code.The Idaho transportation department shall col- 10 lect such funds and distribute them to the Idaho heritage trust fund quar- 11 terly. Provided however, on and after January 1, 2007, no funds from the 12 plate fee shall be distributed by the department to the Idaho heritage trust. 13 The role of the heritage trust is to accept proposals from the public 14 requesting funds for heritage preservation projects. The proposals are evalu- 15 ated on established criteria, and if in the opinion of the heritage trust they 16 qualify, a grant may be awarded subject to the availability of funds. The her- 17 itage trust shall insure that the following occurs in respect to the manage- 18 ment of funds: 19 (1) Through December 31, 2006, fFunds earned 20 from the use of the motor vehicle license plate design shall be deposited 21 directly into the trust fund where it will earn interest that will be used for 22 heritage preservation projects. Contributions from privatefund raising23fundraising efforts may also be deposited to the trust 24 fund. 25 (2) Only the interest earned from the trust fund shall be expended, and 26 the trust fund shall remain as a permanent endowment generating income in per- 27 petuity for heritage preservation. 28 (3) The Idaho heritage trust shall require project sponsors to match the 29 funds granted for each project, so that no more than half the monetary support 30 for any project shall come from the proceeds of the trust fund.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08957
This bill sunsets $.50 fee paid to Idaho Heritage Trust on and
after January 1, 2007. The year 2007 is the next reissue date for
the plates. This will require new design to avoid copyright design
for which state has been paying $.50 per plate fee.
FISCAL NOTE
Under the staggered reissue license plate program, from 2007 to
2019, based on the sale of approximately 3,000,000 plates,
$1,500,000 would no longer be collected for the Idaho Heritage
Trust. Plate fee revenue collected over and above the cost of
manufacturing license plates would go to the Highway Distribution
Account
CONTACT: Senator Evan Frasure
Phone: 332-1315
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S 1168