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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
]]]] 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
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