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HB 172/LM/CI (BR 415) - H. Collins
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the licensing and registration of motor vehicles, to define "special license plate," "street rod," "SF," "CF," and "EF"; establish the total initial fee and renewal fee for all special license plates currently in existence; provide that all extra funds required for a special plate in addition to the state fee shall be collected by a county clerk and transmitted annually to the appropriate designated group; permit the clerk to retain any investment income earned from holding the extra funds to offset administrative costs incurred by the clerk; establish a total fee of $28 for all special license plates created after the effective date of this Act, with the Transportation Cabinet receiving $25 and the county clerk receiving $3; establish general guidelines governing the design and replacement procedures for special license plates; provide that any group wanting a special license plate to be created must collect a minimum of 900 applications, each accompanied by a $25 state fees, and submit the applications and fees to the Transportation Cabinet as a whole; upon receipt of the 900 applications and fee require the cabinet to design and print the special license plate; permit applicants initially purchasing or renewing their registration to be permitted to make a voluntary donation, in addition to the required state and clerk fees, that is to be designated for a particular group or organization; establish the information that groups must submit to the Transportation Cabinet in order to be eligible to receive donated funds from the sale of their special license plate; establish a penalty of a Class D felony and a $5,000 fine for any individual or group violating the provisions governing the use of donated funds; require the Transportation Cabinet to perpetually produce all special license plates currently in existence until directed otherwise by the General Assembly; amend KRS 41.400, 186.041, 186.042, 186.043, and 186.174 to conform; repeal KRS 186.171, 186.1721, 186.1723, 186.1724, 186.1751, 186.1761, 186.177, 186.178, 186.179, 186.1831, 186.1835, 186.184, 186.185, 186.186, 186.18651, 186.1867, 186.1868, 186.18685, 186.187, 186.188, and 186.189.
HB 172 - AMENDMENTS
HCS (1/LM/CI) - Retain the provisions of the original bill with the following exception: In Section 2, increase the fee a county clerk will receive for administering donations for special license plates from the amount of interest earned on each license plate account to five percent of the funds donated for each license plate.
HCS (2/LM/CI) - Retain the provisions of the first committee substitute with the following changes: In Section 1 amend subsection (3) to provide that the $25 fee for a personalized license plate shall be divided with the Transportation Cabinet receiving $20 and the county clerk receiving $5; in Section 2 delete subsection (1) in its entirety relating to the county clerk retaining and distributing funds to groups and insert a provision for the clerk to forward funds to the Transportation Cabinet and the cabinet retain and distribute the funds to the various groups; permit the cabinet to retain investment income earned from holding funds for groups to offset administrative costs incurred by the cabinet; amend subsection (3) to clarify that the initial and renewal fees for future special license plates shall include an applicant's fee to register the vehicle under KRS 186.050; amend subsection (10) to conform; in Section 4 amend subsection (4) to make a technical correction to delete the provision for a renewal decal to be issued on July 31 and provide for the renewal decal to expire on July 31; add a new Section 9 to amend KRS 186.065 to include investigators of the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet in the category of personnel that may be issued a state vehicle without official markings; renumber existing Section 9 as Section 10.
HCS (3/LM/CI) - Adopt the provisions of the second committee substitute in their entirety with the following changes: In Section 2, amend subsection (9) to establish conditions groups must comply with prior to being eligible to apply for a special license plate; amend subsection (10) to establish an appeals process for a person or group denied a special license plate by the Transportation Cabinet; and amend Section 7 pertaining to the issuance of personalized license plates to conform.
HFA (1, H. Collins) - Add a new Section 9 to amend KRS 186.065, relating to how state vehicles are to be marked, to authorize regular license plates to be issued to motor vehicles being driven by investigators of the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet.
HFA (2/Title, H. Collins) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3/Title, H. Collins) - Make title amendment.
HFA (4, C. Belcher) - Retain the provisions of the committee substitute with the following changes: add $5 to the renewal cost for most veterans' license plates and designate the money for the Veterans' Trust Fund; require the $25 fee for personalized license plates to be divided with the Transportation Cabinet receiving $15 and the county clerk $10; delete provisions for the county clerk to collect, hold, and distribute extra money for special plates and place those duties with the Transportation Cabinet; provide that the initial and renewal fees for new special license plates created include the applicant's registration fee; establish a uniform voluntary contribution of $10 for all groups that want a voluntary contribution for their special plate; make a technical correction to delete reference that disabled veterans' plates are to be issued on July 31 and insert that the plates expire on July 31.
HFA (5, C. Belcher) - Retain the provisions of the committee substitute with the following exception: add $5 to the renewal cost for most veterans' license plates and designate the money for the Veterans' Trust Fund.
HFA (6, C. Belcher) - Retain the provisions of the committee substitute with the following changes: delete provisions for the county clerk to collect, hold, and distribute extra money for special plates and place those duties with the Transportation Cabinet; make a technical correction to delete reference that disabled veterans' plates are to be issued on July 31 and insert that the plates expire on July 31.
HFA (7, C. Belcher) - Retain the provisions of the committee substitute with the following additions: allow the county clerk to retain all fees collected on behalf of groups for special license plates to hold the fees in one account; require the clerk to ensure funds are properly tracked and identified for disbursement annually; provide that the clerk shall not be required to maintain a separate account for each group receiving funds from special license plates.
HFA (8, M. Weaver) - Retain the provisions of the second committee substitute with the following change: In Section 1 increase the renewal fee for a military license plate by $5 on all veterans except disabled veterans who receive assistance to purchase a vehicle from the VA, recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and recipients of one of the Distinguished Service Crosses.
HFA (9, J. Hoover) - Increase initial and renewal fees for special General Assembly member license plates by $10, with the extra fee going to the Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 5-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 6-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Feb 10-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed to Committee Substitute ; floor amendment (2-title) withdrawn ; floor amendment (3-title) filed
Feb 11-floor amendments (4) (5) (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 12-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Transportation (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 19-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) ; floor amendments (4) (6) and (7) withdrawn ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 20, 2004
Feb 23-floor amendment (8) filed to Committee Substitute (2)
Feb 24-3rd reading; returned to the Orders of the Day; recommitted to Transportation (H)
Feb 26-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (3)
Feb 27-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2004
Mar 2-floor amendment (9) filed to Committee Substitute (3)
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 85-7 with Committee Substitute (3), floor amendment (3-title)
Mar 5-received in Senate
Mar 10-to Transportation (S)
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