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SENATE BILL NO. 1443 – License plates, motorcycle safety

SENATE BILL NO. 1443

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S1443aa...................................................by TRANSPORTATION
LICENSE PLATES - Amends and adds to existing law to create an Idaho
motorcycle safety program special license plate.
                                                                        
02/11    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/27    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/01    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/04    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/05    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/07    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
      Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Ingram
    Title apvd - to House
03/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1443
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE  PLATES;  AMENDING  SECTION  49-402,
  3        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE A CORRECT REFERENCE; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 49,
  4        IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A  NEW  SECTION  49-419B,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  5        ESTABLISH  AN IDAHO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING
  6        AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-402, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-402.  ANNUAL REGISTRATION. (1) The annual fee for operating each pickup
 11    truck and each other motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight not in excess
 12    of eight thousand (8,000) pounds shall be:
 13        Vehicles one (1) and two (2) years old ............................ $48.00
 14        Vehicles three (3) and four (4) years old ......................... $36.00
 15        Vehicles five (5) and six (6) years old ........................... $36.00
 16        Vehicles seven (7) and eight (8) years old ........................ $24.00
 17        Vehicles over eight (8) years old ................................. $24.00
 18        There  shall  be twelve (12) registration periods, starting in January for
 19    holders of validation registration stickers numbered 1, and proceeding consec-
 20    utively through December for holders of validation registration stickers  num-
 21    bered  12,  each of which shall start on the first day of a calendar month and
 22    end on the last day of the twelfth month from the first day of  the  beginning
 23    month.  Registration periods shall expire midnight on the last day of the reg-
 24    istration period  in  the  year  designated  by  the  validation  registration
 25    sticker.  The  numeral digit on the validation registration stickers shall, as
 26    does the registration card, fix the registration period  under  the  staggered
 27    plate  system of Idaho for the purpose of reregistration and notice of expira-
 28    tion.
 29        A vehicle that has once been registered for any of  the  above  designated
 30    periods  shall,  upon reregistration, be registered for the period bearing the
 31    same number, and the registration card shall show and be the  exclusive  proof
 32    of  the  expiration  date  of registration and licensing. Vehicles may be ini-
 33    tially registered for less than a twelve (12) month period, or for more than a
 34    twelve (12) month period, and the fee prorated on a monthly basis if the frac-
 35    tional registration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly series  regis-
 36    tration system.
 37        (2)  For all school buses operated either by a nonprofit, nonpublic school
 38    or  operated  pursuant to a service contract with a school district for trans-
 39    porting children to or from school  or  in  connection  with  school  approved
 40    activities, the annual fee shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00).
 41        (3)  For all motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles operated upon the public
 42    highways  the  annual  fee  shall be nine dollars ($9.00). For operation of an
 43    all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle off the public highways, the  fee  specified
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    in  section  67-7122,  Idaho Code, shall be paid. Registration exemptions pro-
  2    vided in section 49-426(2) and (3), Idaho Code, apply to all-terrain  vehicles
  3    and  motorcycles used for the purposes described in subsections (2) and (3) of
  4    section 49-426, Idaho Code.
  5        (4)  For all motor homes the fee shall be as specified in  subsection  (1)
  6    of  this  section and shall be in addition to the fees provided for in section
  7    49-445, Idaho Code.
  8        (5)  Registration fees shall not be subject to refund.
  9        (6)  A financial institution  or  repossession  service  contracted  to  a
 10    financial  institution  repossessing  vehicles  under  the terms of a security
 11    agreement shall move the vehicle from the place of repossession to the  finan-
 12    cial institution's place of business on a repossession plate. The repossession
 13    plate  shall  also be used for demonstrating the vehicle to a prospective pur-
 14    chaser for a period not to exceed ninety-six (96) hours. The registration fees
 15    for repossession plates shall be as required in subsection (1) of this section
 16    for a vehicle one (1) and two (2) years old. All  other  fees  required  under
 17    chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code, shall be in addition to the registration fee.
 18    The repossession plate shall be issued on an annual basis by the department.
 19        (7)  In  addition  to  the  annual registration fee in this section, there
 20    shall be an initial program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and an  annual
 21    program fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for all special license plate programs
 22    for  those license plates issued pursuant to sections 49-404A, 49-407, 49-408,
 23    49-409, 49-414, 49-416 and 49-418, Idaho Code. For special plates issued  pur-
 24    suant  to  sections  49-406 and 49-406A, Idaho Code, there shall be an initial
 25    program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)  but  there  shall  be  no  annual
 26    renewal  fee.  For special plates issued pursuant to sections 49-417, 49-417A,
 27    49-417B, 49-417C, 49-418A, 49-418B, 49-418C, 49-419, 49-419A, 49-419B, 49-420,
 28    49-420A and 49-420B, Idaho Code, there shall be  an  initial  program  fee  of
 29    thirty-five  dollars ($35.00) and an annual program fee of twenty-five dollars
 30    ($25.00). The fees contained in this subsection shall be applicable to all new
 31    special plate programs. The initial program fee and  the  annual  program  fee
 32    shall  be deposited in the state highway account and shall be used to fund the
 33    cost of administration of special license  plate  programs,  unless  otherwise
 34    specified by law.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  2.  That  Chapter  4,  Title  49, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 36    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 37    ignated as Section 49-419B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        49-419B.  IDAHO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM PLATES. (1) On and after January
 39    1,  2003, any person who is the owner of a vehicle registered under the provi-
 40    sions of section 49-402, Idaho Code, or registered under any other section  of
 41    law  for  which  the purchase of special plates is allowed, may apply for and,
 42    upon department approval, receive  special  Idaho  motorcycle  safety  program
 43    license  plates in lieu of regular license plates. The provisions of this sec-
 44    tion shall not apply to any vehicle with a  registered  maximum  gross  weight
 45    over  twenty-six  thousand  (26,000)  pounds. Availability of Idaho motorcycle
 46    safety program license plates for other  vehicles  shall  be  subject  to  the
 47    rules, policies and procedures of the department.
 48        (2)  In  addition  to  the regular registration fee required in chapter 4,
 49    title 49, Idaho Code, the applicant shall be charged a fee of thirty-five dol-
 50    lars ($35.00) for the initial issuance  of  plates,  and  twenty-five  dollars
 51    ($25.00) upon each succeeding annual registration. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the
 52    initial  fee and ten dollars ($10.00) of the renewal fee shall be deposited in
 53    the state highway account and shall be used to fund the cost of administration
                                                                        
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  1    of this special license plate program. Twenty-five dollars  ($25.00)  of  each
  2    initial  fee  and fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each renewal fee shall be trans-
  3    ferred by the state treasurer to the Idaho motorcycle    safety  program  fund
  4    established  in section 33-4904, Idaho Code, and shall be used exclusively for
  5    the purposes described in chapter 49, title 33, Idaho Code.
  6        (3)  Whenever title or interest in a vehicle registered under  the  provi-
  7    sions  of  this section is transferred or assigned, the owner may transfer the
  8    special plates to another vehicle upon payment of the required transfer  fees.
  9    The  owner  may only display the plates on another vehicle upon receipt of the
 10    new registration from the department.
 11        (4)  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 49-402C,  Idaho  Code,  the
 12    Idaho  motorcycle  safety program license plate shall be of a color and design
 13    acceptable to the motorcycle safety program advisory  committee,  except  that
 14    the word "Idaho" shall appear on each plate and the county designator shall be
 15    omitted to provide for distinguishing designs and slogans. The design shall be
 16    approved  by the department, utilizing a numbering system as determined by the
 17    department. Initial costs of the  plate  program,  including  costs  of  plate
 18    design, shall be paid by the Idaho motorcycle safety program.
 19        (5)  Sample  Idaho  motorcycle  safety  program license plates may be pur-
 20    chased for a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00), ten  dollars  ($10.00)  of  which
 21    shall be deposited in the state highway account and twenty dollars ($20.00) of
 22    which  shall  be  transferred  to the Idaho motorcycle safety program fund. No
 23    additional fee shall be charged for personalizing sample plates.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 25    ary 1, 2003.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Ingram              
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Marley              
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1443
                                                                        
  1                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2
  2        On page 3 of the printed bill, in line  11,  delete  "Notwithstanding  the
  3    provisions of section 49-402C, Idaho Code, the" and insert: "The"; in line 12,
  4    following  "design"  insert:  "in  accordance  with  the provisions of section
  5    49-402C, Idaho Code. That portion of  the  design  which  features  the  Idaho
  6    motorcycle  safety  program  shall  be"; and in line 13, following "committee"
  7    delete the remainder of the line; delete line  14;  and  in  line  15,  delete
  8    "omitted to provide for distinguishing designs and slogans".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE BILL NO. 1443, As Amended
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE  PLATES;  AMENDING  SECTION  49-402,
  3        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE A CORRECT REFERENCE; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 49,
  4        IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A  NEW  SECTION  49-419B,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  5        ESTABLISH  AN IDAHO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING
  6        AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-402, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-402.  ANNUAL REGISTRATION. (1) The annual fee for operating each pickup
 11    truck and each other motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight not in excess
 12    of eight thousand (8,000) pounds shall be:
 13        Vehicles one (1) and two (2) years old ............................ $48.00
 14        Vehicles three (3) and four (4) years old ......................... $36.00
 15        Vehicles five (5) and six (6) years old ........................... $36.00
 16        Vehicles seven (7) and eight (8) years old ........................ $24.00
 17        Vehicles over eight (8) years old ................................. $24.00
 18        There  shall  be twelve (12) registration periods, starting in January for
 19    holders of validation registration stickers numbered 1, and proceeding consec-
 20    utively through December for holders of validation registration stickers  num-
 21    bered  12,  each of which shall start on the first day of a calendar month and
 22    end on the last day of the twelfth month from the first day of  the  beginning
 23    month.  Registration periods shall expire midnight on the last day of the reg-
 24    istration period  in  the  year  designated  by  the  validation  registration
 25    sticker.  The  numeral digit on the validation registration stickers shall, as
 26    does the registration card, fix the registration period  under  the  staggered
 27    plate  system of Idaho for the purpose of reregistration and notice of expira-
 28    tion.
 29        A vehicle that has once been registered for any of  the  above  designated
 30    periods  shall,  upon reregistration, be registered for the period bearing the
 31    same number, and the registration card shall show and be the  exclusive  proof
 32    of  the  expiration  date  of registration and licensing. Vehicles may be ini-
 33    tially registered for less than a twelve (12) month period, or for more than a
 34    twelve (12) month period, and the fee prorated on a monthly basis if the frac-
 35    tional registration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly series  regis-
 36    tration system.
 37        (2)  For all school buses operated either by a nonprofit, nonpublic school
 38    or  operated  pursuant to a service contract with a school district for trans-
 39    porting children to or from school  or  in  connection  with  school  approved
 40    activities, the annual fee shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00).
 41        (3)  For all motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles operated upon the public
 42    highways  the  annual  fee  shall be nine dollars ($9.00). For operation of an
 43    all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle off the public highways, the  fee  specified
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    in  section  67-7122,  Idaho Code, shall be paid. Registration exemptions pro-
  2    vided in section 49-426(2) and (3), Idaho Code, apply to all-terrain  vehicles
  3    and  motorcycles used for the purposes described in subsections (2) and (3) of
  4    section 49-426, Idaho Code.
  5        (4)  For all motor homes the fee shall be as specified in  subsection  (1)
  6    of  this  section and shall be in addition to the fees provided for in section
  7    49-445, Idaho Code.
  8        (5)  Registration fees shall not be subject to refund.
  9        (6)  A financial institution  or  repossession  service  contracted  to  a
 10    financial  institution  repossessing  vehicles  under  the terms of a security
 11    agreement shall move the vehicle from the place of repossession to the  finan-
 12    cial institution's place of business on a repossession plate. The repossession
 13    plate  shall  also be used for demonstrating the vehicle to a prospective pur-
 14    chaser for a period not to exceed ninety-six (96) hours. The registration fees
 15    for repossession plates shall be as required in subsection (1) of this section
 16    for a vehicle one (1) and two (2) years old. All  other  fees  required  under
 17    chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code, shall be in addition to the registration fee.
 18    The repossession plate shall be issued on an annual basis by the department.
 19        (7)  In  addition  to  the  annual registration fee in this section, there
 20    shall be an initial program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and an  annual
 21    program fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for all special license plate programs
 22    for  those license plates issued pursuant to sections 49-404A, 49-407, 49-408,
 23    49-409, 49-414, 49-416 and 49-418, Idaho Code. For special plates issued  pur-
 24    suant  to  sections  49-406 and 49-406A, Idaho Code, there shall be an initial
 25    program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)  but  there  shall  be  no  annual
 26    renewal  fee.  For special plates issued pursuant to sections 49-417, 49-417A,
 27    49-417B, 49-417C, 49-418A, 49-418B, 49-418C, 49-419, 49-419A, 49-419B, 49-420,
 28    49-420A and 49-420B, Idaho Code, there shall be  an  initial  program  fee  of
 29    thirty-five  dollars ($35.00) and an annual program fee of twenty-five dollars
 30    ($25.00). The fees contained in this subsection shall be applicable to all new
 31    special plate programs. The initial program fee and  the  annual  program  fee
 32    shall  be deposited in the state highway account and shall be used to fund the
 33    cost of administration of special license  plate  programs,  unless  otherwise
 34    specified by law.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  2.  That  Chapter  4,  Title  49, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 36    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 37    ignated as Section 49-419B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        49-419B.  IDAHO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM PLATES. (1) On and after January
 39    1,  2003, any person who is the owner of a vehicle registered under the provi-
 40    sions of section 49-402, Idaho Code, or registered under any other section  of
 41    law  for  which  the purchase of special plates is allowed, may apply for and,
 42    upon department approval, receive  special  Idaho  motorcycle  safety  program
 43    license  plates in lieu of regular license plates. The provisions of this sec-
 44    tion shall not apply to any vehicle with a  registered  maximum  gross  weight
 45    over  twenty-six  thousand  (26,000)  pounds. Availability of Idaho motorcycle
 46    safety program license plates for other  vehicles  shall  be  subject  to  the
 47    rules, policies and procedures of the department.
 48        (2)  In  addition  to  the regular registration fee required in chapter 4,
 49    title 49, Idaho Code, the applicant shall be charged a fee of thirty-five dol-
 50    lars ($35.00) for the initial issuance  of  plates,  and  twenty-five  dollars
 51    ($25.00) upon each succeeding annual registration. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the
 52    initial  fee and ten dollars ($10.00) of the renewal fee shall be deposited in
 53    the state highway account and shall be used to fund the cost of administration
                                                                        
                                           3
                                                                        
  1    of this special license plate program. Twenty-five dollars  ($25.00)  of  each
  2    initial  fee  and fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each renewal fee shall be trans-
  3    ferred by the state treasurer to the  Idaho  motorcycle  safety  program  fund
  4    established  in section 33-4904, Idaho Code, and shall be used exclusively for
  5    the purposes described in chapter 49, title 33, Idaho Code.
  6        (3)  Whenever title or interest in a vehicle registered under  the  provi-
  7    sions  of  this section is transferred or assigned, the owner may transfer the
  8    special plates to another vehicle upon payment of the required transfer  fees.
  9    The  owner  may only display the plates on another vehicle upon receipt of the
 10    new registration from the department.
 11        (4)  The Idaho motorcycle safety program license plate shall be of a color
 12    and design in accordance with the provisions of section 49-402C,  Idaho  Code.
 13    That  portion of the design which features the Idaho motorcycle safety program
 14    shall be acceptable to the motorcycle safety program advisory  committee.  The
 15    design  shall  be  approved by the department, utilizing a numbering system as
 16    determined by the department. Initial costs of the  plate  program,  including
 17    costs of plate design, shall be paid by the Idaho motorcycle safety program.
 18        (5)  Sample  Idaho  motorcycle  safety  program license plates may be pur-
 19    chased for a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00), ten  dollars  ($10.00)  of  which
 20    shall be deposited in the state highway account and twenty dollars ($20.00) of
 21    which  shall  be  transferred  to the Idaho motorcycle safety program fund. No
 22    additional fee shall be charged for personalizing sample plates.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 24    ary 1, 2003.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                          RS 11798

The purpose of this legislation is to create a special motor 
vehicle license plate to generate funds for the Idaho Motorcycle 
Safety Training Program administered by the Department of 
Education.


                        FISCAL IMPACT

None.




Contact
Name:	Senator Cecil Ingram
Phone:	208—332—1332


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		S 1443