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H0363aa.......................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
LICENSE PLATES - Amends existing law to provide that license plates issued
after July 1, 2008, shall be valid for ten years; to provide a statewide
plate-number reservation program; and to increase additional fees charged
and deposited into the Plate Manufacturing Account upon the issuance of
license plates.
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AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez,
Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27),
Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Labrador, Lake
Floor Sponsor - King
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 363 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LICENSE PLATE FEES; AMENDING SECTION 49-450, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 INCREASE ADDITIONAL FEES CHARGED AND DEPOSITED INTO THE PLATE MANUFACTUR- 4 ING ACCOUNT UPON THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSE PLATES AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL 5 CORRECTION. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-450, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 49-450. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH PLATE ISSUED. In addition to the vehicle 10 registration fee provided by law, whenever any plate is issued for vehicle 11 registration, there shall be charged a fee ofthreefour dollars ($34.00) per 12 plate, which shall be deposited into the plate manufacturing account created 13 in section 49-450A, Idaho Code. The actual cost of producing and distributing 14 license plates and the fifty cents ($.50¢) per plate fee designated to the 15 Idaho heritage trust for the use of the copyrighted design provided for in 16 section 49-443(1), Idaho Code, shall be paid from the plate manufacturing 17 account. The difference between deposits into the account and disbursements 18 out of the account not required for future obligations shall be transferred by 19 the state controller from the plate manufacturing account to the highway dis- 20 tribution account as established in section 40-701, Idaho Code, for apportion- 21 ment as designated in that section. Funds designated to the Idaho heritage 22 trust shall be matched with equal funds from other sources for funding proj- 23 ects designed to preserve Idaho's historic resources.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008Moved by Smith (24) Seconded by Hagedorn IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 363 1 AMENDMENT TO THE BILL 2 On page 1, following line 6, insert: 3 "SECTION 1. That Section 49-443, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 4 amended to read as follows: 5 49-443. LICENSE PLATES TO BE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT -- FORM AND CON- 6 TENTS. (1) The assessor or the department shall furnish to every owner whose 7 vehicle is registered by that office, pursuant to sections 49-402 and 49-402A, 8 Idaho Code, one (1) license plate for vehicles registered under the provisions 9 of section 49-406, 49-406A or 49-408, Idaho Code, or a motorcycle, trailer, 10 truck-tractor, or semitrailer, and two (2) license plates for every other 11 motor vehicle. If a vehicle is issued one (1) plate only, that plate shall be 12 displayed in accordance with the provisions of section 49-428, Idaho Code. For 13 vehicles registered under the provisions of section 49-407, Idaho Code, the 14 applicant shall provide one (1) plate to be displayed on the rear of the vehi- 15 cle. 16 Commencing January 1, 1992, the color and design of the plates shall be 17 comparable to the color and design of the statehood centennial issue of 18 license plates withblueblack numerals and letters on a multicolored red, 19 white and blue background. Each license plate must bear upon its face the 20 inscriptions "Famous Potatoes" and "Scenic Idaho." 21 Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number 22 assigned to the vehicle and its owner and the name "Idaho" which may be abbre- 23 viated. The plates issued under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho 24 Code, and the required letters and numerals, including an identification of 25 the county in which the motor vehicle to which the plates will be affixed is 26 registered, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance 27 of seventy-five (75) feet during daylight, and each license plate and regis- 28 tration sticker shall be treated with a fully reflectorized material according 29 to specifications prescribed by the board. 30 (2) License plates shall be valid for a period of seven (7) years begin- 31 ning with the date of issuance of new plates, for all plates issued prior to 32 July 1, 2008. For all new plates issued on and after July 1, 2008, license 33 plates shall be valid for a period of ten (10) years. At the end of thesixth34yearvalid period, the registered owner shall receive notice of the date upon 35 which the plates will expire. The department shall implement a plate-number 36 reservation programbeginning prior to the 1999 plate issue and following once37every seven (7) years thereafter, for a limited plate-number sequence in each38county which chooses to offer a reservation programallowing a registered 39 owner to retain the owner's current issued plate number. Requests for license 40 plate number reservations shall be submitted to the county.during the open41reservation period established by the department.The department may charge a 42 minimal fee as determined by the board to recover costs to the department for 43 reservation of license plate numbers. The provisions of this subsection (2) 2 1 shall not apply to any license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of 2 section 49-434(4), Idaho Code. 3 (3) If a license plate number has expired as provided in subsection (2) 4 of this section and the number was not reserved, or if the vehicle registra- 5 tion is not renewed within sixty (60) days of its expiration, the plate number 6 shall be available for use by another registrant. To obtain a specific number 7 in the recycled license plate number file, the owner of a registered vehicle 8 shall pay a one (1) time fee as determined by rule of the board. 9 The provisions of this subsection shall apply only to vehicles registered 10 under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho Code, and section 49-434(1), 11 Idaho Code, as it applies to noncommercial vehicles. 12 (4) License plates issued for vehicles required to be registered in 13 accordance with the provisions of sections 49-402 and 49-402A, Idaho Code, 14 shall be issued color coded registration validation stickers showing the year 15 of registration. Each registration validation sticker shall bear a number from 16 1 through 12, which number shall correspond to the month of the calendar year 17 in which the registration of the vehicle expires and shall be affixed to the 18 lower right-hand corner of the plates within the outlined rectangular area. 19 (5) License plates for utility trailers registered under the provisions 20 of section 49-402A, Idaho Code, which are issued for five (5) or ten (10) 21 years and license plates for rental utility trailers registered under the pro- 22 visions of section 49-434, Idaho Code, which are issued for up to five (5) 23 years, shall use the design in effect on the date of manufacture. If a design 24 change occurs, plates from the effective date of the design change shall be 25 manufactured using the new design. Unexpired plates need not be reissued to 26 conform to a design change. 27 (6) For license plates which are lost, stolen, mutilated, or illegible, 28 the owner shall apply for a duplicate or substitute. The assessor shall also 29 furnish for each registration, and to validate the license plate, a pressure- 30 sensitive, uniquely-numbered registration sticker, except for trailers and 31 semitrailers registered under the nonexpiring provisions in section 49-434, 32 Idaho Code. License plates issued for state, county and city motor vehicles 33 shall be permanent and remain on the vehicle for which issued from year to 34 year, and need no renewal or validation sticker. 35 (7) Whenever a vehicle is completely destroyed by fire or accident and 36 the operator submits satisfactory proof of that destruction to the department 37 or appropriate assessor's office, the registration use increment and fees 38 shall be transferred to the replacement vehicle for a service transfer fee of 39 five dollars ($5.00), which fee shall be retained by the registering author- 40 ity. None of the original fees shall be subject to refund. 41 (8) The department shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle is regis- 42 tered under sections 49-434 and 49-435, Idaho Code, a pressure-sensitive, 43 uniquely-numbered registration sticker to validate the license plate, provided 44 however, the provisions of this subsection (8) shall not apply to trailers and 45 semitrailers registered under the provisions of section 49-434(4), Idaho Code. 46 (9) The board shall have authority to require the return to the depart- 47 ment of all license plates and registration stickers upon termination of the 48 lawful use of them by the owner. 49 (10) The board may promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the 50 provisions of this section."; and renumber the subsequent section accordingly. 51 CORRECTION TO TITLE 52 On page 1, in line 2, following "FEES;" insert: "AMENDING SECTION 49-443, 53 IDAHO CODE, TO REFERENCE THE CORRECT COLOR OF NUMERALS AND LETTERS ON LICENSE 54 PLATES, TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSE PLATES ISSUED AFTER JULY 1, 2008, SHALL BE 3 1 VALID FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE FOR A STATEWIDE PLATE-NUMBER RES- 2 ERVATION PROGRAM AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE; AND".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 363, As Amended BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LICENSE PLATE FEES; AMENDING SECTION 49-443, IDAHO CODE, TO REFER- 3 ENCE THE CORRECT COLOR OF NUMERALS AND LETTERS ON LICENSE PLATES, TO PRO- 4 VIDE THAT LICENSE PLATES ISSUED AFTER JULY 1, 2008, SHALL BE VALID FOR A 5 PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE FOR A STATEWIDE PLATE-NUMBER RESERVATION 6 PROGRAM AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE; AND AMENDING SECTION 49-450, 7 IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE ADDITIONAL FEES CHARGED AND DEPOSITED INTO THE 8 PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT UPON THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSE PLATES AND TO 9 MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 11 SECTION 1. That Section 49-443, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 12 amended to read as follows: 13 49-443. LICENSE PLATES TO BE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT -- FORM AND CON- 14 TENTS. (1) The assessor or the department shall furnish to every owner whose 15 vehicle is registered by that office, pursuant to sections 49-402 and 49-402A, 16 Idaho Code, one (1) license plate for vehicles registered under the provisions 17 of section 49-406, 49-406A or 49-408, Idaho Code, or a motorcycle, trailer, 18 truck-tractor, or semitrailer, and two (2) license plates for every other 19 motor vehicle. If a vehicle is issued one (1) plate only, that plate shall be 20 displayed in accordance with the provisions of section 49-428, Idaho Code. For 21 vehicles registered under the provisions of section 49-407, Idaho Code, the 22 applicant shall provide one (1) plate to be displayed on the rear of the vehi- 23 cle. 24 Commencing January 1, 1992, the color and design of the plates shall be 25 comparable to the color and design of the statehood centennial issue of 26 license plates withblueblack numerals and letters on a multicolored red, 27 white and blue background. Each license plate must bear upon its face the 28 inscriptions "Famous Potatoes" and "Scenic Idaho." 29 Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number 30 assigned to the vehicle and its owner and the name "Idaho" which may be abbre- 31 viated. The plates issued under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho 32 Code, and the required letters and numerals, including an identification of 33 the county in which the motor vehicle to which the plates will be affixed is 34 registered, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance 35 of seventy-five (75) feet during daylight, and each license plate and regis- 36 tration sticker shall be treated with a fully reflectorized material according 37 to specifications prescribed by the board. 38 (2) License plates shall be valid for a period of seven (7) years begin- 39 ning with the date of issuance of new plates, for all plates issued prior to 40 July 1, 2008. For all new plates issued on and after July 1, 2008, license 41 plates shall be valid for a period of ten (10) years. At the end of thesixth42yearvalid period, the registered owner shall receive notice of the date upon 43 which the plates will expire. The department shall implement a plate-number 2 1 reservation programbeginning prior to the 1999 plate issue and following once2every seven (7) years thereafter, for a limited plate-number sequence in each3county which chooses to offer a reservation programallowing a registered 4 owner to retain the owner's current issued plate number. Requests for license 5 plate number reservations shall be submitted to the county.during the open6reservation period established by the department.The department may charge a 7 minimal fee as determined by the board to recover costs to the department for 8 reservation of license plate numbers. The provisions of this subsection (2) 9 shall not apply to any license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of 10 section 49-434(4), Idaho Code. 11 (3) If a license plate number has expired as provided in subsection (2) 12 of this section and the number was not reserved, or if the vehicle registra- 13 tion is not renewed within sixty (60) days of its expiration, the plate number 14 shall be available for use by another registrant. To obtain a specific number 15 in the recycled license plate number file, the owner of a registered vehicle 16 shall pay a one (1) time fee as determined by rule of the board. 17 The provisions of this subsection shall apply only to vehicles registered 18 under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho Code, and section 49-434(1), 19 Idaho Code, as it applies to noncommercial vehicles. 20 (4) License plates issued for vehicles required to be registered in 21 accordance with the provisions of sections 49-402 and 49-402A, Idaho Code, 22 shall be issued color coded registration validation stickers showing the year 23 of registration. Each registration validation sticker shall bear a number from 24 1 through 12, which number shall correspond to the month of the calendar year 25 in which the registration of the vehicle expires and shall be affixed to the 26 lower right-hand corner of the plates within the outlined rectangular area. 27 (5) License plates for utility trailers registered under the provisions 28 of section 49-402A, Idaho Code, which are issued for five (5) or ten (10) 29 years and license plates for rental utility trailers registered under the pro- 30 visions of section 49-434, Idaho Code, which are issued for up to five (5) 31 years, shall use the design in effect on the date of manufacture. If a design 32 change occurs, plates from the effective date of the design change shall be 33 manufactured using the new design. Unexpired plates need not be reissued to 34 conform to a design change. 35 (6) For license plates which are lost, stolen, mutilated, or illegible, 36 the owner shall apply for a duplicate or substitute. The assessor shall also 37 furnish for each registration, and to validate the license plate, a pressure- 38 sensitive, uniquely-numbered registration sticker, except for trailers and 39 semitrailers registered under the nonexpiring provisions in section 49-434, 40 Idaho Code. License plates issued for state, county and city motor vehicles 41 shall be permanent and remain on the vehicle for which issued from year to 42 year, and need no renewal or validation sticker. 43 (7) Whenever a vehicle is completely destroyed by fire or accident and 44 the operator submits satisfactory proof of that destruction to the department 45 or appropriate assessor's office, the registration use increment and fees 46 shall be transferred to the replacement vehicle for a service transfer fee of 47 five dollars ($5.00), which fee shall be retained by the registering author- 48 ity. None of the original fees shall be subject to refund. 49 (8) The department shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle is regis- 50 tered under sections 49-434 and 49-435, Idaho Code, a pressure-sensitive, 51 uniquely-numbered registration sticker to validate the license plate, provided 52 however, the provisions of this subsection (8) shall not apply to trailers and 53 semitrailers registered under the provisions of section 49-434(4), Idaho Code. 54 (9) The board shall have authority to require the return to the depart- 55 ment of all license plates and registration stickers upon termination of the 3 1 lawful use of them by the owner. 2 (10) The board may promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the 3 provisions of this section. 4 SECTION 2. That Section 49-450, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 5 amended to read as follows: 6 49-450. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH PLATE ISSUED. In addition to the vehicle 7 registration fee provided by law, whenever any plate is issued for vehicle 8 registration, there shall be charged a fee ofthreefour dollars ($34.00) per 9 plate, which shall be deposited into the plate manufacturing account created 10 in section 49-450A, Idaho Code. The actual cost of producing and distributing 11 license plates and the fifty cents ($.50¢) per plate fee designated to the 12 Idaho heritage trust for the use of the copyrighted design provided for in 13 section 49-443(1), Idaho Code, shall be paid from the plate manufacturing 14 account. The difference between deposits into the account and disbursements 15 out of the account not required for future obligations shall be transferred by 16 the state controller from the plate manufacturing account to the highway dis- 17 tribution account as established in section 40-701, Idaho Code, for apportion- 18 ment as designated in that section. Funds designated to the Idaho heritage 19 trust shall be matched with equal funds from other sources for funding proj- 20 ects designed to preserve Idaho's historic resources.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17338
This legislation will amend the plate fees currently assessed
under Idaho Code 49-450 to increase the fee from $3.00 to $4.00.
Current plate fees do not cover the cost of manufacturing and
handling of license plates. Cost increases have been incurred
over the past several years from Correctional Industries, the
state's license plate provider, and code has not kept pace with
these costs.
This proposal amends the length of time for replacement of physical
license plates from 7 to 10 years. It amends the color from blue to
black for the printing of numerals and letters on license plates to
accommodate the new digital printing process. It also amends the
plate reservation language to match current practice of a staggered
replacement, and allows the registered plate owner the option of
maintaining their current plate number in the year of replacement.
FISCAL IMPACT
The plate manufacturing account will potentially see an increase
of $256,000 to $424,000 (if current costs remain status quo).
However, over the past 5 year history the costs to produce and
manufacture plates has increased more than 30%. If this trend
continues at approximately 6% annually, then the revenue to the
plate manufacturing account would decrease to the lower end of
the revenue realized. Any additional revenue that is not
obligated, can by code, be transferred to the highway
distribution account.
By moving to a 10 year replacement schedule, and implementing this
replacement for all plates issued on and after the effective date,
July 1, 2008, the department and Correctional Industries will not
see the decrease in production until 2015 through 2018. Because
the department is currently in a 5 year contract with Correctional
Industries, the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to the
expiration of the contract prior to the decrease in volumes.
Contact
Name: Phylis King
Phone: 332-1227
Name Amy Smith, Vehicle Services Manager
Phone: 334-8660
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 363
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