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SENATE BILL NO. 1080 – Plate manufacturing acct, use

SENATE BILL NO. 1080

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S1080.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT - Amends existing law to expand the purpose of
the Plate Manufacturing Account to include paying the actual cost of
producing and distributing license plates; to provide for distributions to
the Highway Distribution Account; and to authorize the state controller to
distribute additional funds to pay production and distribution costs.
                                                                        
02/02    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/21    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-0-8
      AYES -- Andreason, Broadsword, Bunderson, Cameron, Coiner, Compton,
      Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Brandt, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Goedde, Hill,
      Noble, Sweet, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Keough
    Title apvd - to House
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon,
      Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson(Barker), Ellsworth,
      Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet,
      Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews,
      McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Sali,
      Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen,
      Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Black, Eskridge, Harwood, Rydalch, Smith(24)
    Floor Sponsor - Ringo
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/22    To enrol
03/23    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/24    Sp signed
03/25    To Governor
03/28    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 160
         Effective: 03/28/05

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1080
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT; AMENDING  SECTION  49-450,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  THE  ACTUAL  COST  OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING
  4        LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE PAID FROM THE PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT  AND  TO
  5        PROVIDE  FOR  DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE HIGHWAY DISTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNT; AMENDING
  6        SECTION 49-450A, IDAHO CODE, TO EXPAND THE PURPOSE OF THE  PLATE  MANUFAC-
  7        TURING ACCOUNT TO INCLUDE PAYING THE ACTUAL COST OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIB-
  8        UTING  LICENSE  PLATES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE CONTROLLER TO DISTRIBUTE
  9        ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PAY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS;  AND  DECLARING
 10        AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-450, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        49-450.  ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH PLATE ISSUED. In addition to the  vehicle
 15    registration  fee  provided  by  law, whenever any plate is issued for vehicle
 16    registration, there shall be charged a fee of three dollars ($3.00) per plate,
 17    which shall be deposited into the plate manufacturing account created in  sec-
 18    tion  49-450A, Idaho Code. The actual cost of producing and manufacturing dis-
 19    tributing license plates  and the fifty cents ($.50) per plate fee  designated
 20    to the Idaho heritage trust for the use of the copyrighted design provided for
 21    in  section  49-443(1), Idaho Code, shall be paid from the plate manufacturing
 22    account. The remainder of the plate  fee  shall  be  deposited  in  difference
 23    between  deposits  into  the  account and disbursements out of the account not
 24    required for future obligations shall be transferred by the  state  controller
 25    from  the  plate  manufacturing account to the highway distribution account as
 26    established in section 40-701, Idaho Code, for apportionment as designated  in
 27    that  section.  Funds  designated to the Idaho heritage trust shall be matched
 28    with equal funds from other sources for funding projects designed to  preserve
 29    Idaho's historic resources.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION  2.  That  Section 49-450A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        49-450A.  PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT. There  is  hereby  created  in  the
 33    state treasury an account to be known as the "plate manufacturing account" for
 34    the  purpose  of  paying the actual cost to manufacture produce and distribute
 35    license plates and to pay costs related to use of the centennial design on the
 36    license plate. All moneys in this account are hereby continuously appropriated
 37    to the department. Any additional funds required to  pay  plate  manufacturing
 38    production  and distribution costs will be transferred by the state controller
 39    from the state highway account.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 3.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
  2    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                  STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE

                        RS 14398C1

This legislation will amend Sections 49-450 and 49-450A, Idaho 
Code, to allow all costs associated with the production and 
distribution of license plates (including postage costs currently 
paid by the consumer) to be paid from the Plate Manufacturing 
Account. By Idaho Code, ITD is required to implement a license 
plate reservation program every seven years. This legislation will 
allow the actual postage and packaging costs associated with the 
reservation program to be deposited in the plate manufacturing 
account, which is continuously appropriated. This action will 
alleviate the need for ITD to ask for additional spending 
authority to cover the actual costs paid to Correctional 
Industries for the packaging and distribution of plates under the 
plate reservation program. 

Program accounting will be significantly improved by consolidating 
all financial activity in a single fund which is continuously 
appropriated. 


                         FISCAL  IMPACT

This legislation will allow ITD to reduce its base budget by 
approximately $41,700 which is currently used to pay the cost of 
mailing specialty plates. If this legislation does not pass, ITD 
would need to request an enhancement to increase the base budget 
to pay the additional postage costs from the standard operating 
budget.


CONTACT	
Name:	 Amy Smith
Agency:	 Idaho Transportation Department
Phone:	 334-8660

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact	                   S 1080