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H0369.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
LICENSE PLATES - SPECIAL - Amends existing law to provide that, if in each
of two consecutive years, fewer than one thousand license plates are issued
per year for a special license plate program, the Idaho Transportation
Department shall advise the Legislature and appropriate action may be taken
to discontinue that special license plate program; and to provide
exceptions.
03/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/15 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 60-5-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bieter, Black, Boe, Callister,
Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer(Duncan), Mortensen, Pischner, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Taylor,
Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Pomeroy, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Stoicheff
Absent and excused -- Bell, Bruneel, Lake, Montgomery, Moyle
Floor Sponsor - Kunz
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rules susp - PASSED - 32-1-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson,
Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs,
Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--Schroeder
Absent and excused--Keough, Parry
Title apvd - to House - to enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 385
Effective: 07/01/99
H0369|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 369 BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAMS; AMENDING SECTION 49-402C, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT IF IN EACH OF TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS FEWER THAN ONE 4 THOUSAND LICENSE PLATES ARE ISSUED PER YEAR FOR A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE 5 PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADVISE THE LEGISLATURE AND APPROPRIATE 6 ACTION MAY BE TAKEN TO DISCONTINUE THAT SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM, TO 7 PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS AND TO PROVIDE A CORRECT CODE CITATION. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 49-402C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 49-402C. SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAMS -- STANDARDIZED PLATE COLOR AND 12 DESIGN. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that special license plates 13 issued by the department be readily recognizable as plates from the state of 14 Idaho without losing the uniqueness for which the special plate was designed 15 and purchased. In addition, the legislature finds that the department can 16 operate in a more efficient, cost-effective manner by conforming special 17 plates to a basic color and design. 18 (2) No special license plates and no special license plate programs in 19 existence on or before June 30, 1998, shall be affected by the provisions of 20 this section. On and after July 1, 1998, any new special license plate program 21 authorized or any redesign of an existing special license plate, shall use the 22 same red, white and blue background as the standard issue of license plates 23 described in section 49-43343 , Idaho Code, except 24 that: 25 (a) The identification of county shall be omitted; 26 (b) The word "Idaho" shall appear on every plate; 27 (c) The inscription "Scenic Idaho" may be omitted without legislative 28 consideration and approval; and 29 (d) No slogan shall be used that infringes upon, dilutes or compromises, 30 or could be perceived to infringe upon, dilute or compromise, the 31 trademarks of the state of Idaho, including, but not limited to, "Idaho 32 Potatoes ," "Grown in Idaho ," "Famous Idaho Potatoes " or "Famous 33 Potatoes ." 34 The provisions of this section shall not apply to the second plate design 35 issued pursuant to the provisions of section 49-417, Idaho Code. 36 (3) Any redesign required for a special plate to conform with legislative 37 intent and the provisions of this section may be done in a manner similar to 38 that used to produce the original design. 39 (4) The special plates shall conform in all other respects with the pro- 40 visions of section 49-443, Idaho Code, relating to visibility requirements, 41 display of registration number, time period for validity of plates, and reser- 42 vation of plate numbers. 43 (5) Following an introductory period of two (2) years during which 2 1 the provisions of this subsection shall not apply, if, for two (2) consecutive 2 years, fewer than one thousand (1,000) plates are issued per year for a spe- 3 cial license plate program, the department shall so advise the legislature and 4 assist the legislature in adopting appropriate action to discontinue that spe- 5 cial license plate program. The provisions of this subsection shall apply only 6 to special license plate programs created after July 1, 1998.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09208
The purpose of this legislation is to place in code a mechanism for
discontinuing certain specialty license plate programs that fail to
maintain a level of profitability.
FISCAL NOTE
There will be no fiscal impact on the general fund of the state.
CONTACT: Rep. Kent Kunz
Rep. Debbie Field
(208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. H 369