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SENATE BILL NO. 1082 – License plate, white water rafting

SENATE BILL NO. 1082

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S1082.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
WHITE WATER RAFTING LICENSE PLATE - Adds to and amends existing law to
establish the Idaho white water rafting special license plate program
effective January 1, 2004; and to provide that revenues from the program
shall be used for the general education and promotion of Idaho's white
water rivers and industries.
                                                                        
02/07    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 25-8-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Malepeai,
      Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
      Sorensen, Stennett, Sweet, Werk
      NAYS -- Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Little, Lodge, Noble,
      Stegner
      Absent and excused -- Calabretta, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Burkett
    Title apvd - to House
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/27    3rd rdg - PASSED - 51-18-1
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Bauer, Bedke, Bieter, Black, Block,
      Boe, Campbell, Cannon, Collins, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle,
      Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett,
      Henbest(Bray), Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
      Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Nielsen, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo,
      Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen,
      Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett, Bell, Bolz, Bradford, Clark, Crow, Gagner, Harwood,
      Kulczyk, Lake, McGeachin, McKague, Moyle, Raybould, Roberts,
      Smith(24), Stevenson, Tilman
      Absent and excused -- Sali
    Floor Sponsor - Langhorst
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/28    To enrol
03/31    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
04/01    Sp signed
04/02    To Governor
04/08    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 242
         Effective: 01/01/04

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1082
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE  PLATES;  AMENDING  SECTION  49-402,
  3        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A CODE REFERENCE AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT CODE REFER-
  4        ENCES;  AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 49, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
  5        SECTION 49-419C, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH AN  IDAHO  WHITE  WATER  RAFTING
  6        SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING 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
                                                                        
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  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, 49-419C, 49-420,
 28    49-420A, 49-420B, and 49-420C, 49-420D and 49-420E, Idaho Code, there shall be
 29    an  initial  program fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) and an annual program
 30    fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The fees  contained  in  this  subsection
 31    shall be applicable to all new special plate programs. The initial program fee
 32    and the annual program fee shall be deposited in the state highway account and
 33    shall be used to fund the cost of administration of special license plate pro-
 34    grams, unless otherwise 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 49-419C, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        49-419C.  IDAHO  WHITE  WATER  RAFTING PLATES. (1) On and after January 1,
 39    2004, any person who is the owner of a vehicle registered under the provisions
 40    of section 49-402, Idaho Code, or registered under any other  section  of  law
 41    for  which  the purchase of special plates is allowed, may apply for and, upon
 42    department approval, receive special Idaho white water rafting license  plates
 43    in  lieu  of  regular license plates. The provisions of this section shall not
 44    apply to any vehicle with a registered maximum gross  weight  over  twenty-six
 45    thousand  (26,000)  pounds.  Availability of Idaho white water rafting license
 46    plates for other vehicles shall be subject to the rules, policies  and  proce-
 47    dures 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 for deposit to the tourism and promotion fund of
  4    the department of commerce, and shall be used by the  department  of  commerce
  5    for  the general education and promotion of Idaho's white water rivers and the
  6    rafting and kayaking industries. The department of commerce shall confer  with
  7    the  consulting  panel  representing  white  water  river  communities and the
  8    rafting and kayaking industries before expending any moneys from the fund that
  9    were received into the fund from revenue derived  from  this  special  license
 10    plate program.
 11        (3)  Whenever  title  or interest in a vehicle registered under the provi-
 12    sions of this section is transferred or assigned, the owner may  transfer  the
 13    special  plates to another vehicle upon payment of the required transfer fees.
 14    The owner may only display the plates on another vehicle upon receipt  of  the
 15    new registration from the department.
 16        (4)  The  Idaho  white water rafting license plate shall be of a color and
 17    design in accordance with the provisions of section 49-402C, Idaho  Code.  The
 18    design  and  any  slogan on the plate shall be acceptable to the department of
 19    commerce and the consulting panel representing Idaho's white water river  com-
 20    munities and the rafting and kayaking industries, and shall be approved by the
 21    Idaho  transportation department utilizing a numbering system as determined by
 22    the department. Initial costs of the plate program, including costs  of  plate
 23    design,  shall  be  paid  by the department of commerce. Not more than fifteen
 24    percent (15%) of all revenues made available to  the  department  of  commerce
 25    from the sale and renewal of Idaho white water rafting license plates shall be
 26    used  by  the  department of commerce to pay for the costs of the plate design
 27    and for those administrative expenses necessarily incurred by operation of the
 28    general education and promotion program.
 29        (5)  Sample Idaho white water rafting license plates may be purchased  for
 30    a  fee  of  thirty  dollars  ($30.00),  ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be
 31    deposited in the state highway account and twenty dollars  ($20.00)  of  which
 32    shall  be  transferred  to the tourism and promotion fund of the department of
 33    commerce and shall be used for the general education and promotion of  Idaho's
 34    white  water rivers and the rafting and kayaking industries. No additional fee
 35    shall be charged for personalizing sample plates.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 37    ary 1, 2004.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12927
In recognition of the role the white water rafting community and
associated industries play in the promotion of tourism in the
state of Idaho, this amendment to the Idaho Code establishes a
special license plate program to promote Idaho as a tourist
destination for white water rafting enthusiasts.  A committee of
individuals made up of outfitters and advocates of the white
water rafting community, together with the Department of
Commerce, will work together using the proceeds garnered from the
sale of this special license plate for the general promotion and
education of Idaho's white water rivers and the rafting and
kayaking industries.  A white water rafting license plate would
allow members of the white water rafting community, and other
Idahoans, to promote Idaho rivers and spread awareness about this
unique feature of Idaho's outdoor experience.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
          This bill has no fiscal impact on the general fund.  

Contact
Name: Senator Mike Burkett 
Phone: 332-1352

Name: Jackie Nefzger, Mackay Wilderness River Trips
Phone:344-1881
          



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       S 1082